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Screaming Through VidCon

2012-05-04 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Projects · announcement promotion

Hank tours the Anaheim Convention Center, the new home of VidCon 2012, screaming his way around it, then lists the contests and programmes VidCon is offering this year, especially for lesser-known creators.

What is said

00:00:00 — Hank in Anaheim planning VidCon on top of his other projects; the screaming tour begins at the Hilton lobby

00:00:23 — Venue tour: registration lobby, Expo Hall, the arena for the main stage, the quarter-mile building's second and third floors

  • ★★ Hank shows where VidCon 2012 will happen: registration in the main lobby, the Expo Hall, and an arena for the main stage event with floor seating. — 00:00:23 · VidCon
  • ★ Hank says the convention center is a quarter-mile-long building, and VidCon has the whole second and third floors, which it is filling up. — 00:00:59 · VidCon
  • ★★ Hank finds the new building spacious and airy, with light, unlike last year's basement venue, and his cell phone works there. — 00:00:59 · VidCon

00:01:28 — Outdoor deck and the dentists' conference; VidCon 2012 opportunities: pilot contest, T-shirt contest, VYou questions, King of the Web, open mic room, book drive and charity auction, achievement ribbons, costume contest

  • ★★★ Hank says that at past VidCons it was easy to get in front of people only if they already knew you; this year VidCon is trying to make that easier for talented unknowns. — 00:01:28 · VidCon
  • ★★ VidCon is partnering with Celebrate the Web on a web series pilot contest with many prizes; Hank says the deadline is very soon and details are in the description. — 00:01:57 · VidCon
  • ★★ Designers can design the shirt everyone will wear at VidCon 2012; the selected designer wins a free camera. — 00:01:57 · VidCon
  • ★★ VidCon has been asking VidCon-related questions on VYou; Hank invites viewers to answer, and something cool might happen if a suggestion is taken. (hedged) — 00:01:57 · VidCon
  • ★★ King of the Web is working with VidCon to crown VidCon kings in music, gaming, vlogging and other categories; Hank is pretty sure winners get a free ticket and cash. (hedged) — 00:02:27 · VidCon
  • ★★ Musicians can apply for VidCon's open mic room, where less well-known performers will play for attendees. — 00:02:27 · VidCon
  • ★★★ VidCon 2012 will raise money for the Project for Awesome and the Foundation to Decrease World Suck through a book drive and a charity auction; attendees should bring books. — 00:02:27 · VidCon, Project for Awesome, Foundation to Decrease World Suck
  • ★★ Attendees can unlock achievements: ribbons for their badges, given at certain events to people who are curious, awesome, creative or costumed. — 00:02:56 · VidCon
  • ★★ VidCon will hold an online video costume contest; the winners get to come up on stage. — 00:02:56 · VidCon

00:03:28 — Plug: Crash Course Q&A and behind-the-scenes on Wednesday; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank tells viewers to go to the Crash Course channel next Wednesday, when they will answer viewers' questions and show behind the scenes of how Crash Course works. — 00:03:28 · Crash Course

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