Brotherhood 2.0: February 15, Nerd Fighters
In which John discusses Nerd Fighters.
posted by John Green @ Thursday, February 15, 2007
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30 Comments:
speaking of challenges, whatever happened to Hank completing his own survey??
Is it sad that I've been refreshing this page all day, when I should have been studying Chaucer and Arthurian Literature???
Is it sad that, according to youtube, I was the very first one to watch this???
Is it sad that I have no life??? lol
I have to admit, for some reason that I don't know, I am thoroughly addicted to Brotherhood 2.0 (haha, that rhymed).
Anyways, John, I love the Nerd Fighters song.
CHALLENGE IDEA!: Create your own nerd fighter character and come up with an adventurous story for them!
(after all, you did a good job with everybody poops in my pants)
I personally enjoyed the band geek refrences seeing as how my family consists of a bunch of band geeks...me being one of them...great job...great job...
That theme song frakkin' rocks!
i made the mistake of sipping a beverage as you started the "nerd fighters" theme song and promptly started choking, which caused one of the cats to look up in alarm (and then walk away). when will i learn not to consume beverages when watching brotherhood 2.0??
*sigh*
Love the song!
Challenge idea: Each of you must babysit a real live baby (with wife, Catherine and Yeti's supervison, of course) and then share the results and effect on baby pangs.
Awesome job on the Nerd Fighter's theme song (and the whole video game idea :P).
No challenge ideas as of now, but I'll have to think of one or two for you.
I'm still waiting for the Saltines challenge.
Ok. The whole 'I see your George W. Bush' thing was brilliant. Abso-frakkin-brilliant.
hey! i'm an english nerd, and i resent your disparaging comments!
except for the part where i DO pick Toad when i play Mario Kart 64...
dammit
The english nerd's special power could be to drop the whole OED on them.
lots of hardcovers = lots of damage
*fits of giggles*
Challenge idea: I'm dying to know which of the Green brothers can declare themselves the Video Blogging Pudgy Bunny Champion. Although, to fit more closely with the blog, perhaps you should stuff your face with marshmallows and say "Pudge is funny."
But, please, if you accept this challenge, be sure your wives are there to supervise. Pudgy bunny kills!
I thought my comment today would consist of the embarrassing revelation that I actually had a Brotherhood 2.0 dream last night--no, really, I totally did, you were both in it. It rocked--but after this vlog, I've got to add these three thoughts:
1) Giggled endlessly when you raised on George Bush. Not hard to do, admittedly, but as ever, it was the way in which you said it.
2) I like Toad. If someone else selected Toad before I could, I settled for Yoshi. Which brings me to this question. What is Yoshi? Is he actually some sort of mini dinosaur?
3) The Nerd Fighter theme song was comic gold, and I shall be singing it all day. The mumbled asides almost made me choke with laughter. Just when I think you can't get any funnier, you make me squeal.
I really think you should try out for American Idol while you are still young enough.
Great seeing you in Columbus. I got new wipers and they are awesome! Glad you are snow free for a spell. JM
"Their not my real friends..." - I almost spit out my coffee. Check out overdue media's reaction...http://www.overduemedia.com/archive.aspx?strip=20070208
Challenge idea (maybe contest idea): arrange musical accompaniment for the Nerd Fighters song and lay down a frakkin' awesome track with vocals full of pathos and a scorching guitar solo.
Okay so I have watched this episode about 15 times now and still don't get the George Bush comment. Will somebody please explain??
Glad to hear the Nerd Fighters question I posed back when Hank mentioned it so clearly articulated (and answered).
I see your George Bush and I raise you . . . Hilarious. And how I loved hearing Jane Austen (subject of my current WIP) in there with Einstein and Ghandi.
I second the challenge idea of laying down Nerd Fighters to actual music. It was indeed "frakkin' awesome."
And the asides were pure comedic gold.
Great post, but you know that Toad is actually the best person to use in MarioKart, right? I mean he actually says, "I'm the best." AND you get a lot of super charged mushrooms. BTW, can I have a spot in "Nerd Fighters?" I believe this post serves as a sufficent resume...
I'd like to suggest the "eat the oldest thing in your refrigerator" challenge.
Also, the "buy the most ridiculous thing you can find at Walmart/Target/Kmart for $10 challenge."
And finally, going way back to one of the first videos, I really like the idea of you guys learning to knit something as a challenge.
Here is my challenge to Hank: Go to a bookstore posing as your brother and offer to do a book signing or a stock signing. Since it doesn't sound like John is going to be sent to Missoula on a book tour in the near future, take the joke as far as you possibly can, holding an actual book signing if no one catches on. If you do get busted, try to rationalize that one Green brother signing their books is almost authentic as the other, since you share similar DNA and all.
So I've just completed a very extensive internet search ... and I cannot find anything on NERD FIGHTERS.
Actually, if you go to google and type in Nerd Fighters, your blog is the second thing that comes up.
I must ... play ... nerd fighters ... to know the greatness or the game!
John, I hate to point it out, but I believe there is a _huge_ hole in your Nerds v. Non-nerds math. (you can check with your math guy if you like) You see, you are placing total importance on the end result of people's lives. But, non-nerds are like heavy-metal rockers. They would rather burn out then fade away. So, while it is very rare for a non-nerd to achieve great heights during the latter years of life, it is roughly the same number as the number of nerds who achieve much success in the early years. Therefore, if life ended at say 18, I think your lists would look pretty different. For example, I believe this fat kid named Mark who used to take bites out of coke cans and spit them at me calling them "Marky-coins" would absolutely trump your Einsteins and Lincolns.
My only suggestion for your game, which I can't wait to play, is that you make the "mike tyson" my " fat mark" and that you have to duck to dodge his marky-coins. Maybe that would only appeal to me, but boy would it.
How did any of us survive before that theme song? Best ever.
John,
Never heard of Nerd Fighters, but it'll now be the only game that I'll play! Great theme song!
I much prefer "frellin'" to "frakkin'," but the song was pretty good.
I agree with Acajjou. I, too, prefer Farscape's "frelling" over "frakking".
Isn't it interesting to note in the future, no matter how advanced humans become, there is still a desire and need to use the "f" word. Not to mention the pure, physical satisfaction of formulating that particular expletive on one's lips in moments of raw anger or frustration. I should fit right in.
I have a challenge idea for the dieting John: list five of your absolute, "to die for", make your mouth water favorite foods/dishes/meals/desserts while eating a dry rice cake.
John and Hank!
Challenges...hmmm. This might be sadistic but how about watching an episode of "One Tree Hill" (possibly, the worst TV show out there) and give a critique of the show!
That would be a riot!
R
The english nerd could quote Shakespeare and make the Mike Tyson player really dizzy and confused! Kinda like subzero in Mortal Kombat and then just smash him.
My sister is NOT a nerd, but after I made her watch this video, she spent the next few hours singing that rediculous song.
This is the best b2 video yet. (Although the year is still young!) And I think John's posts are better than Hanks although... I may be a little biased since 'An Abundance of Katherines' is one of my favorite books.
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