One Nerd in Omaha! (Live from Dragonsteel MiniCon) - Ep. 32 of Intentionally Blank

[@fiachnaodonnell7895]

That crowd back and forth was so funny

[@ekt242]

It was even better to be on the other side of the wall. We really were cheering in response. And we knew that it was being recorded. So I have been waiting to hear how Brandon reacted. And he does not disappoint.

[@Duiker36]

I swear, two big groups of people cheering back and forth across a wall is always going to be funny.

[@dumpster_fiyah]

So, I saw this and said to myself: Oh wow! He's not signing a giant stack of autographs in this one. They're usually pretty good when he's only halfway paying attention. This one's going to be even better.

[@michaelgunn8752]

I love the absence of toxic energy in this comment section, it's one of the few I still read because not only is the creator interactive but the fans also have so much to add thats genuinely enjoyable to read.

[@Grunik1618]

What I would give to be a fly on the wall of one of Brandon's writing groups. Maybe they could record one and release it years later once all of the material has either been released or discarded.

[@ChristmasLore]

Isn't that very close to what Writing Excuses podcast is about?🤔

[@hunterkat]

This entire opening was hilarious

[@bIuecrimson]

I want to see bran-dan play wacky dnd now.

[@althechicken9597]

Me too! It would be the most entertaining absurd adventure ever!

[@RealAkerbos]

Have Matt Mercer DM; he'll never complain about Sam Riegel again.

[@davidarmstrong3302]

I would love to run that game.

[@leopardscanfly]

2:04 perfectly synced wheeze

[@coreypodwinski4428]

As a nerd from Omaha I have to listen to this!

[@aaronalbus6879]

Same!

[@jdschuncke]

@@aaronalbus6879 also same

[@tonig6813]

@@jdschuncke also also same

[@CrankyOldDave]

Omaha nerds unite!

[@chrisashford3379]

On Freefall Burrito City: Good Lord, the plumbing...

[@daisuke133]

Since it wasn't said, I will now speak the words. How's that Ben ?

[@odiums_taint]

freefall world, water gathering: solve with high humidity? water condensing/collecting on objects as they travel through. also can solve the plant growing issue. the characters not requiring the same oxygen levels as earth-bound humans can free you up to get pretty thick with moisture levels.

[@Trethan3266]

I was here live! It was amazing!! I hope you have this mini con again.

[@TheDiabeticGameMaster]

Man, I wish I had friends who were also writers. It sounds so great to have somebody who has your back and also understands what you are going through. My wife is the best but she isn't a writer so no matter how I explain it to her, eventually, at some point, her eyes glaze over. Super jealous.

[@rickmmakes]

Free fall world sounds like you are stuck in orbit around a planet with a large atmosphere.

[@rickmmakes]

A wizard did it.

[@tatatatira]

dude dan wells is an interesting person, love his personality

[@andrewberenson5717]

Happy New Year to Brandon and Dan (as well as the rest of the Dragonsteel team)

[@lonsunocook]

This panel was so much fun to be a part of. Can't wait till next minicon thanks Not Dan and Not Brandon!

[@FallenAdam]

My brain just immediately jumped to the first book in Death Gate Cycle at the mention of a city in perpetual free fall. I know it's not that, but I can't get it out of my head now.

[@superiorgo2368]

I read Brandon's name card as "Not Well" 3 times before I clued in.

[@beowulfshaeffer8444]

I think that free-fall city could fall through a cloud layer repeatedly to avoid the problem of holding your breath. Then the people there could just take it for granted that clouds come from below, but it would be a good clue to the readers that the city is falling through an infinite loop.

[@durazno4948]

They could also have great big mesh nets to scoop water out of the clouds and collect them in basins.

[@madiantin]

2:00 Hahahaha! That boo! Hilarious. =D This has seriously become my favourite thing to watch. I look forward to it every week. And every week when it starts I'm all, "How can two guys shooting the breeze possibly be interesting? This is going to be boring." And then every week at the end of the episode I'm all, "Oh my gosh that was SO fun!" Ben's cameo was fabulous. His point was hilarious. I did miss the "How was that, Ben?" as you both look into the camera though.

[@Richardiii2]

If there is ever a Sanderson Biopic, it must include the Chinese spaghetti story.

[@ivanfiodorov6429]

would love to see Brandon and Dan play dnd on this channel!

[@farmgirlsauer3861]

This is one of MY FAVORITE ones!!! So ENJOYABLE!!

[@SunRayz3r]

The amount of passive aggressiveness when cheering in response to the Wheel of Time panel, is amazing!

[@bossgbini]

Two of my Top 10 authors. I'm so happy watching these two. I'm gonna shake their hands someday. And hopefully be on a panel with them. Have my WIP going on. They inspire me!

[@c.a.mcdivitt9722]

Well, nine minutes in and I've nearly pulled my stiches laughing again...

[@storieswithc]

I want to watch a completely absurdist DnD campaign with Brandon and Dan now 😂

[@JackDespero]

Dear Brandon, your idea of a city in perpetual falling state already exists: It is the International Space Station. The "weightless" feeling inside the ISS is caused by this state of perpetual fall.

[@calebmauer1751]

I think the key thing was that it's an open air city with breathable oxygen, not necessarily just a contained space station. Karl Schroeder's Virga books have a giant balloon the size of a planet that has breathable oxygen but insufficient mass for there to be a noticeable gravitational pull, so they all live on like floating towns and can fly around on like fan-powered ships. Close enough I'd say. Can't remember how they got water though, I guess condensation?

[@alex626ification]

I have never been to a Con before, but i really want to go.

[@billyalarie929]

that "Sword of Truth" joke is especially funny, for a lot of reasons. not least of which is we still all DEFINITELY agree that joking about Terry Goodkind even after his death is absolutely not a foul on the play.

[@Mariannl5]

Barbara Hambly was at the "BYU Science Fiction Writers Symposium".

[@daegraith6524]

XD "Triangle Success" reminds me of when Dan said "Triangle Money" at TABC to describe James Dashner. It's a goal of mine to meet him one day and send the reference back to him.

[@reaganorton1710]

I’ve missed being able to randomly mention burrito world. This was just as great as it was live

[@Josh-bs3ru]

I can confirm, I am a huge nerd for fantasy and sci-fi as well as football. Me being a nerd is part of the reason WHY I am such a fan of football and I don't watch other sports. Football is like chess, in violent motion.

[@zachtaylor8222]

dan is so cool

[@danwells9305]

I agree

[@Florfilm]

Awesome panel. Such good chemistry, especially if they are live.

[@Hevensxj]

These are never long enough 😩

[@darmokandjalad7786]

Would be nice to see Dave on the podcast or a livestream!

[@koriel-in-real-life]

Entertaining that they're explaining cons at a con. Very enjoyable though

[@eldestmissbear4235]

Dang it! I'm laughing too hard! I can't listen to this while trying to write a college admissions essay about my faith! I'll have to listen later. :(

[@jacknixon2812]

and bioshock infinite's columbia is, technically a city in freefall, but the paritcle just never hit the ground

[@Sybato]

Maybe only part of the perpetual free fall city gets water and that could be part of the conflict, also Tuesday needs to be called Taco Tuesday.

[@ZombieKnight13]

So I was there for this and saw Brandon and thought he was a cosplayer at first lmao. Goodtimes lol

[@reillyliner]

LOL sword of truth

[@TheRealGravyTrain]

Holy cow, was that unexpected and hilarious.

[@RosmaryGrace]

Perpetually Falling Burrito world!! Please please please write this!! Also I was there at Dragonsteel so this is cool.

[@jholewczynski]

Isn't this basically Dragon Wing from the Death Gate Cycle?

[@logancole5101]

free falling Cities?

[@Cooldito1111]

Guacamole Day is my fav

[@rationalagent6927]

A free fall city is just a space station

[@MarioMjoed]

uhh.. the ISS is basically the perpetually falling city you speak of :D

[@cmdrenfuego]

Yes, minus the Chick-fil-A and the waterfall :)

[@danielhuras617]

The freefall world sounds like a nightmare. Turbulence would tear everything apart. Where do you get resources? You can't mine, you can't farm.

[@andrewbacon3583]

There's bound to be a way condensation could form that they could collect.

[@crt5866]

I love the name tags

[@NahlaAnwer]

I have major FOMO right now. I hope I could go to one of these in the future.

[@anotherone5235]

"We didn't know what we were doing" ... Do you know, what you're doing _now_, Dan?

[@d.j.mulcahy1657]

As an aspiring writer myself, one issue I've tended to have is figuring out which stories I should focus on. I have two current story ideas that I both like, but I don't know which one should be written first. What advice would you give for someone with this dilemma? Should I focus more on writing my most fleshed-out stories or the most recent one I came up with?

[@SaltySolomon]

Welph, the pure lake is never the same to me niw...

[@Hubert99999]

4:23 so basically if space had gravity and earth didn't lol

[@jamcdonald120]

14:45 "Brandon and Dan cant both be players"

[@Sakiya876]

It’s great that before graduation Brandon found the friends he wished he’d had all through school. God works in amazing ways.

[@l.mcmanus3983]

I just had an add for an Elantra. Which makes me think of Elantris. Coincidence?

[@zenthepoet.]

Adoooonalsiiiiium

[@Nasser851000]

what is that?

[@zenthepoet.]

@@Nasser851000 The main cause of all our enjoyment..

[@יעלגורנו]

Don’t call his name in vain!!

[@AlanGrover1010]

The best book about Cons is Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones

[@KHicks697]

Has anyone seen those water sphere's? Could that work in the walling world? And animals and plants, don't they just adapt to their environment over time?

[@KHicks697]

I am so so sad I had to work 😭

[@krishbohra5536]

The fact that their names are exchanged . . .

[@trielt1]

I was trying to puzzle out why it says "NOT Brandon Sanderson" and "NOT Dan Wells" and it just clicked.

[@krishbohra5536]

@@trielt1 I feel foolish . . .

[@kyrroti]

I was there in person. They only had one of their two names available up front. Brandon(?) gave his name to Dan and wrote NOT up top. When Dan’s name arrived, he wrote NOT on his and gave it to Brandon. I could’ve gotten them mixed up, if so replace Dan with Brandon, and Brandon with Dan.

[@sheilaklein3822]

Okay, so I seem to be the only person that doesn't know this since I went through a bunch of comments and didn't see this question: who is Ben? Maybe it just gets answered later or everyone knows who is at the con, but I haven't seen it yet.

[@bonniemcknight5289]

Ben is their friend they refer to all the time, the one who gave them a hard time for not having an outro :)

[@LiorTamir]

Your not name tags are everything.

[@aenea22980]

Isn't Brandon's bad idea already a book by Ben Bova? I can't think of the name, or even if it's Ben Bova but I read this scifi novel before...

[@auntied4950]

💚

[@akanlian]

Ranked Dungeons and Dragons

[@lonsunocook]

Burrito world!!!!!

[@beowulfshaeffer8444]

Wait a second, Brandon's a producer on the WOT show? Was he involved in the screenwriting at all?

[@bz6046]

no just puts his input in sometimes they listen sometimes they don't.

[@beowulfshaeffer8444]

@@bz6046 Okay, that makes sense now :)

[@solprovider5385]

Brandon Sanderson wrote WoT books 12‐14 after Robert Jordan died, si Brandon is the only available official resource. He is producer, sometimes consultant, not a television "writer" which is full-time career.

[@Duiker36]

@@solprovider5385 Robert Jordan's wife is still alive and has the same credit that Brandon does on the show. She gives even less input, but she was the one who picked Brandon to finish the books.

[@rodee1671]

Omaha?

[@Grunik1618]

City in Nebraska, the state in which Brandon was born.

[@gordo6908]

somewhere in middle america

[@TheDragon160]

Did you report me for calling you a schill? Take it. You and harriet allowed rafe to ruin robert jordans masterpiece!

[@KS-ui4hi]

I want the freefall burrito city book please

[@jacknixon2812]

stormlight's massive storm is just threadfall from the Pern series

[@SALdosry]

Intentionally names swapped

[@bonniemcknight5289]

I got to be at this one in person, and one thing the video can't do justice to is the way Ben just sat at the other table, feet up, just completely judging them. It was really just perfect

[@lexyprice4753]

You're killing me! Do you know how hard it is to laugh with bronchitis? I'm also a Nebraska nerd.

[@cozi8097]

lolol