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VidCon, Punishments, Comments, and Pumpkins

2013-11-08 · announcement · Hank, a guest · 3:51 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Projects (also: Nerdfighteria, Internet & YouTube) · mode: Announcements · tags: self promotion, punishment or challenge, community lore, calendar ritual, civic or action cta, guest or collab

A roundup from Hank: his yearly VidCon montage and VidCon 2014 tickets, praise for Nerdfighteria's football sponsorship, Emma Approved's first arc, John's punishment (Henry cooks his dinner), the 12 Days of Pizzamas, YouTube's new comments, Subbable comments, and a fairer pumpkin poll.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — 'What's the best thing about VidCon for you?' and the start of Hank's VidCon footage montage to music

00:00:32 — Montage voices on VidCon; VidCon 2014, the fifth annual VidCon, announced

  • ★ a guest: A voice in the montage says this year's (2013) VidCon is bigger than every previous VidCon combined. — 00:00:32 · VidCon
  • ★★★ Hank announces VidCon 2014, the fifth annual VidCon, about 230 days away, with tickets on sale now. — 00:00:32 · VidCon

00:01:22 — VidCon 2014 tickets on sale, VidCon's Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook; Hank on VidCon's growth and his pride in it

  • ★ VidCon now has a Tumblr, vidconblr.tumblr.com, and is on Twitter and Facebook to answer questions. — 00:01:22 · VidCon, Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook
  • ★★★ Hank says it is crazy how big VidCon has grown, but it still feels like a special time for online communities to come together in the real world, and he is proud of it. (hedged) — 00:01:22 · VidCon

00:01:46 — Thanks and apology to those who can't come; Hank backs Nerdfighteria sponsoring a football team; Emma Approved's first arc done

  • ★ Hank thanks VidCon's supporters and tells those who can't come he is sorry it exists in the real world and so is constrained by space-time. (playful) — 00:01:46 · VidCon
  • ★★★ Hank tells John he thinks Nerdfighteria sponsoring a professional football team is an amazing idea that just feels pretty cool. (hedged) — 00:01:46 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Emma Approved has finished its first story arc, so viewers who want to binge rather than follow in sequence can do so now; a playlist is in the description. — 00:01:46 · Emma Approved

00:02:12 — John's punishment: Henry decides and cooks John's dinner and John has to eat it

  • ★★★ Hank sets John's punishment, a mix of suggestions: Henry decides and cooks John's dinner, short of poisoning him, and John has to eat it. (playful) — 00:02:12 · Punishment, Henry Green

00:02:35 — The 12 Days of Pizzamas: the Pizza John face on many products, pre-order until the 15th

  • ★★★ Hank says they are in the middle of the 12 Days of Pizzamas: instead of last year's (2012) limited-edition Pizza John designs, the Pizza John face goes on many different products. — 00:02:35 · Pizzamas, Pizza John
  • ★★ The Pizzamas items (hoodie, keychains, pin, mugs, guitar picks, frisbees, fleece blanket, pencils, journals, mouse pads, socks) are on pre-order until the 15th, then never available again. — 00:02:58 · Pizzamas

00:02:58 — YouTube's new comment system: Hank's two videos on linking Google+ and on how he feels about it

  • ★★ For anyone confused by the new YouTube comments, Hank made two videos, one on adding a Google+ page to a YouTube account, which viewers need to do. — 00:02:58
  • ★★ Hank's second video is about how he feels about YouTube's new comment system: some good, some bad. — 00:03:19

00:03:19 — Subbable launches comments; pumpkin contest moved to a separate poll; thanks to carvers and voters

  • ★★ By coincidence, Subbable has also just launched comments, its own comment system. — 00:03:19 · Subbable
  • ★★★ Hank admits the pumpkin carving contest was unfair, since early posters got far more votes, so all entries are moving into a separate poll. — 00:03:19
  • ★★ Hank asks viewers to vote for their favourite pumpkin now and thanks all the carvers and voters. — 00:03:19

00:03:40 — Sign-off: 'Wednesday. Tuesday.' and a joke about people named Carver

In the description and comments

  • ★★ In the description Hank says one of his favourite yearly things is editing a YouTuber's music with VidCon clips; this year (2013) he used Mike Diva's BFD. — video description · VidCon

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Mentioned

Central: Pizzamas · VidCon

Also: People: Henry Green

Projects: Subbable

Works: Emma Approved

Organizations: Facebook · Google+ · Tumblr · Twitter

Rituals: Punishment

Terms: Pizza John

Products: YouTube comments

Only in the description or credits: BFD · Mike Diva

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