Skip to content

Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters

2009-09-29 · John · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · announcement promotion

Filming in his yard during a house demolition, John reports Nerdfighters convinced 20q.net that Paige Railstone is real, announces new Ningmasters and a wiki relaunch, promotes a Bay Area gathering fundraiser for the Uncultured Project, and names the last Paper Towns paperback contest winners.

What is said

00:00:00 — Filming outside during demolition; part one: Paige Railstone is 'real' on 20q.net; part two begins: new Ningmasters

  • ★★ John says he is filming in his front yard because people inside are currently demolishing his house. — 00:00:06
  • ★★ John announces that Nerdfighters have convinced the bots at 20q.net that Paige Railstone is a real person. (playful) — 00:00:06 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John announces that Senior Executive Ningmaster Tom has recruited new Ningmasters for the forum, images, chat, books, blogs, anti-worldsuck and 'Ducky's', and, for the first time, the wiki. — 00:00:06 · Nerdfighter Ning

00:00:41 — New Ningmasters continued; the wiki relaunch and a call to contribute

  • ★ John says hating unicorns doesn't mean he doesn't love people who love unicorns. (playful) — 00:00:41 · unicorn
  • ★★★ John says they are relaunching the wiki and asks Nerdfighters to contribute at wiki.brotherhood2.com, saying they really need them to. — 00:00:41 · Brotherhood 2.0 forum, Nerdfighteria

00:01:11 — Part three: Bay Area Nerdfighter gathering on October 10, a fundraiser for the Uncultured Project

  • ★★★ John urges Nerdfighters in or around the Bay Area to attend an October 10 gathering raising money for Sean Ahmed's Uncultured Project, where Wheezy Waiter's Driftless Pony Club will play. — 00:01:11 · Shawn Ahmed, Craig Benzine

00:01:40 — Part four: the song-challenge and 10-word comment winners of the Paper Towns paperbacks, with John's comments

  • ★★★ John announces the last ten Paper Towns paperback winners: a song-challenge winner chosen from many great songs, and nine 10-word comment winners. — 00:01:40 · Paper Towns
  • ★ Reading a lolspeak comment built on a Woody Guthrie line he used in Paper Towns, John says Guthrie could not have imagined it. (playful) — 00:02:18 · Paper Towns
  • ★★ John says there were more than 15,000 entries, a 1 in 1,000 chance of winning, apologizes to non-winners and hopes they still consider getting the book. — 00:02:18 · Paper Towns

00:03:04 — Winners asked to email addresses; sign-off; excerpt of the winning Paper Towns song

  • ★★ John plays part of the winning Paper Towns song, whose lyrics describe someone hiding in a paper town for weeks. — 00:03:04 · Paper Towns

Humor (significant)

  • John tells viewers more info on the gathering is in the sidebar. — 00:01:11 > «I'm pointing in the wrong direction. Dang it.»
  • A winning comment asks where Willy will hide his victims once the wall is gone. — 00:01:40 > «Willy, where do you keep the bodies? He's not talking.»
  • A winning comment: going naked under your graduation robe can never end well. — 00:01:40 > «Which is really one of the main lessons I was trying to impart when writing paper towns.»
  • The last winning comment reassures Hank that My Little Ponies is a legit obsession. — 00:02:18 > «Don't listen to her, Hank. It isn't.»

Threads in this video

BR2_b8478a26c5