Skip to content

Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters

2009-09-28 · announcement · John · 3:56 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Announcements · tags: community lore, civic or action cta, fundraising ask, song or performance, self 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

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

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 · DJ Paige Railstone, 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 · Ningmaster, Nerdfighter Ning, Brotherhood 2.0 forum

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
  • ★★★ 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 Shawn Ahmed's Uncultured Project, where Wheezy Waiter's Driftless Pony Club will play. — 00:01:11 · 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, 10-word challenge
  • ★ 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, 10-word challenge

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

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: 10-word challenge · Ningmaster · Paper Towns · Paper Towns song (song-challenge winner)

Also: People: Craig Benzine · Shawn Ahmed · Woody Guthrie

Projects: Brotherhood 2.0 forum · DJ Paige Railstone · Nerdfighter Ning

Organizations: 20Q · Uncultured Project

Groups: Driftless Pony Club

Terms: world suck

Places: San Francisco Bay Area

Products: My Little Pony

Myths: unicorn

animal: Willy

Only in the description or credits: Ningmaster Tom

Also centred on Ningmaster: Before Looking for Alaska… · Winners and Winners and Ningmasters

← Previous: TV For Chickens · Next → DFTBA TAKEOVER!!!