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QUADRAGOCON 2015 - WHO WILL WIN!

2015-05-08 · challenge / punishment · Hank, John · 3:59 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: punishment or challenge, guest or collab, on location, community lore, self promotion

Hank and John play the Quadragocon, a set of competitions (croquet, apple-seed spitting, typing, pool, and the viewer-judged Blue Steel) filmed during their visit; it ends in a tie.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Greetings; time for the Quadragocon; John rates his chances 'medium'

  • ★★ John announces it is time for the Quadragocon; asked about his chances, he says medium, and that he would not like them at all against anyone but Hank. (playful) — 00:00:01

00:00:21 — Montages of events set to Hank's 'T-Shirt and Jeans' and the Chariots of Fire theme

00:00:50 — Croquet: neither knows how it works

  • ★ both: At croquet Hank does not really know how it works and John thinks you just go through the wickets. (playful) — 00:00:50

00:01:23 — Montage set to 'The Universe is Weird'; Scott Westerfeld's spitting contest, with apple seeds

  • ★★ Scott Westerfeld suggested a spitting contest; Hank says spitting spit is gross, so they spit apple seeds. (playful) — 00:01:36

00:01:49 — Typing quiz: John usually types over 100 but has had drinks; Hank's 65

  • ★★ John: In the typing quiz John says he is usually over 100 but has had a few drinks; at the end a score of 65 is called out (who won is unclear). (playful) — 00:01:49

00:02:14 — Hank from the future: viewers chose Hank as Blue Steel winner by about two to one; he takes a point

  • ★★★ Hank from the future says the first event was the Blue Steel competition, decided after John's video; viewers chose Hank by about two to one, so he takes another point. — 00:02:14 · Blue Steel

00:02:35 — Last event, pool; Hank scratches on the 8 ball and explains the brothers' house rule

  • ★★ Hank says the rule that scratching on the 8 ball loses is not an official rule, just one the brothers have always played by; under official rules his shot did not end the game. — 00:03:19

00:03:35 — Quadragocon 2015 ends in a tie; time with John and the family; see you Tuesday

  • ★★★ Hank says Quadragocon 2015 is over and ended in a tie with John, which he minds a little. (hedged) — 00:03:35
  • ★★ Hank says it was great to spend time with John and the family doing things together, and he misses John already. — 00:03:40 · John Green

00:03:46 — Quadragocon 2015 shirt available for pre-order for one week

  • ★★ Because Hank wanted one, a Quadragocon 2015 shirt can be pre-ordered for the next week and then never again. — 00:03:46

00:03:53 — Outtake: 'points for style'

In the description and comments

  • ★★ The description says Hank and John compete in fourteen different events in under four minutes. — video description

Humor (dominant)

  • Asked how he likes his chances, John says 'medium'. — 00:00:10

    “I mean, if I were up against anyone but you, I wouldn't like them at all.”

  • Before the typing quiz John says he feels pretty confident. — 00:01:59

    “I'm usually at over 100, but I've had a few drinks.”

  • Bad at pool and down in the game, John picks up the cue. — 00:02:50

    “Use this tiny little stick and I'm just going to hit my balls as hard as I can.”

  • Hank scratches on the 8 ball after John's poor play. — 00:03:14

    “That's my whole strategy is to have someone else screw up the 8 ball.”

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Mentioned

Central: Quadragocon

Also: Blue Steel · Quadragocon shirt · T-Shirt and Jeans · The Universe is Weird

Only in the description or credits: Scott Westerfeld

Also centred on Quadragocon: QUADRAGOCON 2021!! LET THE GAMES CONTINUE!!!! · ONE TAKE JOHNNY · Let's Just Be Stupid For a Moment

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