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March 14: Becoming a NerdFighter

2007-03-14 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:12 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Personal life) · mode: Announcements · tags: community lore, song or performance, civic or action cta

After a confidential meeting with Yahoo, Hank proposes that becoming a nerdfighter should involve tasks: figure out what kind of nerdfighter you are and write a lyric for the nerdfighter song; he offers his own as a Magic: The Gathering nerd and asks viewers to post theirs on Brotherhood2.com.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Cold and tired; a day of very important meetings; the confidential Yahoo call

  • ★ Hank, cold and tired, says he has two very important meetings today after one yesterday, the most he has ever had in two days. (playful) — 00:00:11
  • ★★ Hank has a confidential phone meeting with Yahoo, which he says went very well. — 00:00:11

00:01:17 — 'I Googled you'; a way to become a nerdfighter; Hank as a Magic: The Gathering nerd

  • ★ Hank opened the call by telling the Yahoo people he had Googled them. (playful) — 00:01:17 · Google
  • ★★★ Hank proposes there should be a way to become a nerdfighter, possibly a series of tasks. (hedged) — 00:01:17 · Nerdfighteria, nerdfighter
  • ★★★ First task: figure out what kind of nerdfighter you are; second: write a lyric for the nerdfighter song from that nerdfighter's perspective. (hedged) — 00:01:17 · nerdfighter
  • ★★ Hank thinks he might be a Magic: The Gathering nerd: in high school it was among the nerdiest things to do, and he kept playing though really bad. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:17
  • ★ Hank explains Magic: collectible cards ranked common to rare, rules for playing them, and attack and defense ratings; very complicated, meaning nerdy. (playful) — 00:01:54

00:02:21 — Hank's nerdfighter song lyric

  • ★★ Hank performs his own nerdfighter lyric as a collectible-card-game nerd, with a Shivan Dragon and a Wizards of the Coast pun. (playful) — 00:02:21

00:02:59 — Sign-off; submit your nerdfighter type and lyrics on Brotherhood2.com

  • ★★★ Hank asks would-be nerdfighters to click 'Nerdfighters' in the Brotherhood2.com sidebar, say what kind of nerdfighter they are, and post their lyrics. — 00:02:59 · Brotherhood 2.0, Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • Hank tells the Yahoo people he did research on them before the call. — 00:01:17

    “People at Yahoo don't Google. People at Yahoo would rather you not Google. People at Yahoo, Yahoo.”

  • Hank explains Magic's rules and says it's really very complicated. — 00:02:21

    “I mean nerdy.”

  • Hank's lyric boasts about his collectible card powers. — 00:02:21

    “just meet my shivan dragon and get burninated.”

  • The lyric's closing boast plays on the card company's name. — 00:02:21

    “I'm a wizard of the coast and I rarely shower.”

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Mentioned

Central: Magic: The Gathering · Yahoo!

Also: Brotherhood 2.0 · Google · nerd · nerdfighter · Shivan Dragon · Wizards of the Coast (“wizard of the coast”)

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