The Hardest Thing: The Miracle of Swindon Town #6

[@matthewpaul9432]

i love watching these videos well after they are relevant and being repeatedly the only person to comment on them in over 1000 days

[@nothing-2-live-4]

here I am three years after you made this comment to PWN u

[@jaxlaxsurprise]

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[@NES8594]

"Having a kid is pretty hard, too, but it's also really fun."

[@iAMwReckLesss]

It's so great to watch and listen to a novelist play a video game - you rarely find gamers on KZbin that are well educated. Plus I love video games, and I love JG. ;) Also, I like that when you say you'll put something in the description, you actually do it.

[@rachelreynolds5863]

I listen to this video when I take the bus to school in the morning and it helps me tune out the awful people at 6:45 am

[@flyifyouwanttofly]

"BALD JOHN GREEN! I love you so much!" ...my favorite moment of that video. Oh... oh, it was so beautiful.

[@chickensdontclap147]

I'm watching through the entire Miracle of Swindon Town series. Loving it!

[@mearahayden7738]

I listen to your stories like I'm listening to a book on tape. While I'm cleaning my room or making dinner. Its really nice.

[@renschuon4992]

"I do not like the cold" this is why Hank is the Green brother that lives in Montana

[@HistoryNerd808]

As someone who used to live in Chicago which is in the state right next to Indiana, I can tell you that they get some pretty bad winters(20 degrees Fahrenheit is high for the winter, usually it's in the teens amd lower) and blizzards during the winter. They also get some pretty bad blizzards. When I was 8, 11 years ago and was still living there, I had to walk to school in 2 feet of snow once. Not fun walking to and from school(after school, playing in the snow was fun though lol.

[@HistoryNerd808]

Michael Hill I mentioned the blizzards twice lol. I'm tired. It's 1AM.

[@magnoliamae27]

I find my job immensely rewarding! (Both personally and in terms of contributing to the world) I teach English as a foreign language in the Czech Republic. I basically spend my days talking to people & correcting their grammar. Helping people communicate in another language is basically opening up an entire world to them. It's so great!

[@samehereno1]

Thank you John Green soooo much for writing all your books, being a vlogger and just genrally being awesome :)

[@papercutoutgirl]

Please don't stop making these videos! I really enjoy listening to your stories!

[@sofcats]

I can't believe how long it took me to find these videos! It's like Storytime with John=)

[@MegaBookWormGirl]

"Writing a novel is hard. Its time consuming and there was no assurance that anyone was ever gonna read it, so you're working basically mainly on faith." Thank you for summing up the past two years of my life xD

[@vyrnmn]

These videos are so good to watch and listen to. I think having video that doesn't bear any relation at all to the main topic of discussion helps me to concentrate on both simultaneously

[@gabgabo]

You know hoW John talks about how it's important to believe in your job's value. That's so true. I work in a bar, and I feel partly responsible for all the fun people have. Makes me like my job so much more

[@michailnenkov]

i feel like this is the greatest thing to come out of vlogbrothers, which may be exaggerated, true, but it's the most helpful thing for me right now.

[@teapotjuggler]

I'm from Swindon :) my uncle works for the football team in some capacity, so I've met the Swindon Town team many times.. woah, surreal

[@leandermol]

I am studying to be a vet right now, and I started it because I wanted to help animals. I decided that in 4th grade or something (I don't know how that works in the US), and since then I always said it. I got myself through this year because I only thought of how I always wanted to be a vet, so in a way, it's quite selfish. But the main goal is still to help in the happiness of people, because most of them love their pets :p

[@bucketblunderbuck]

Things that make me happy: When John says "I wrote a novel about that" in regular 'conversation'-type stuff.

[@YtsJaccoG]

Hi John in Hank games without Hank. You talk about the difference between feeling excited or working to get something. I'm a student in the game industry going on to my last year now and I noticed that, when I am excited about something I make, or I get feedback from people, the things I make flow out more easily and are of a much higher quality. there are times however I lose sight of that dream i'm chasing. talks like this from you motivate and inspire me then. thank you and stay awesome :)

[@mabyeabitmad]

Thank you! You just inspired me to write my creative essay, I've been stuck for an idea for weeks. This, the last vlogbrothers video and maureen johnsons book, I cannot thank you enough for this idea :)

[@thedogbird44]

I see a lot of people at school reading looking for alaska, which makes sense because it’s amazing. It’s really cool to see them reading one of my favorite books.

[@Somecrazyshish]

"Changing from working hard because you want X or Y or Z to working hard because you're really excited about the work you're doing, and I've been really John Green!" That's right, you have been.

[@RogueCulture]

Thus is the beauty of football. It can all be taken away/all be gained in the blink of an eye.

[@Arat1t1]

"Do not quote me" -John Green

[@MrMattM2727]

"There's lots of different kinds of 'hard'." Context is everything

[@animewolf16]

I love how similar John and Hank sound when they get frustrated.

[@Hawkeye4102]

Regular John Green, Bald John Green, and Other John Green are my three favorite John Greens!!!

[@ClocksInMyPlace]

If I had known there would be talking about real life from you guys I would have gone to this channel sooner! :P Sorry John, I hardly watched you play, but it was very interesting listening to you. Especially about 9/11 being a turning point for you. One of Coldplay's greatest songs "Politik" is written shortly after 9/11 and you can clearly hear the influence. It's beautiful and one of my favourite songs.

[@LochNessaM0nster]

I love listening to you tell stories. :D

[@Tarcitano]

Let the ball do the work, John! Passes/Shots are key!

[@WHATRadioNickSembrat]

Hey john, on free kicks hold the shot button until the bar is half way (or all the way green with a teeny bit of yellow depending on how far away you are) and tilt the analog stick (what you use to move players) forward, this puts top spin on the ball thumbs up so john can see

[@cosyclouds]

It's really interesting to hear you talk about writing and everything that comes with it. :)

[@TacticusPrime]

On PS3, the L1 button allows one to chip the ball over the goalie. Additionally, holding the R1 button produces a finesse shot.

[@InevitablyInevitable]

I find the "Do not quote me" quote to be doubly amusing because not only is there the fact that instructions not to quote have been quoted, but there's also the fact that it's misquoted, John used a contraction.

[@RuhBuhJuh1]

With free kicks, I recommend using the LB button too, it's more powerful and generally more accurate. You have to get the power right, too little not too much or it won't be much of an advantage! Also, hold the analog stick towards the kicker depending on which foot they use (aim left for right footed kickers, aim right for left footed kickers). Also, when you're preparing to kick, hold RT and you'll get a list of your players, look for the player with the highest FKA (free kick accuracy)! :)

[@Mylifeofdragons]

This is like additional, longer versions of John's Vlogbrothers videos except random comments about the game thrown in. I kind of like it as much as his normal videos in fact the only thing his videos are different from this are that he talks faster and you can see his face but this is anywhere up to 7 minutes longer than one of his videos, so its like 3 times as much John Green, which is awesome. Or, you could say, like a whole lot more John Green, as, like, every player on his team is J. Green

[@SweetheartMorada]

John, you may not be contributing to the social well-being of the world, but I can attest to the fact that you are contributing to the mental well-being of me. Thanks for the laugh, I really needed it. DFTBA

[@Kabhaq]

Looking for alaska was such a devestating book, i am unable to force myself to re-read it.

[@tomwarfel1]

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy. For if you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man's hunger. And if you grudge the crushing of the grapes, your grudge distils a poison in the wine. ~Kahlil Gibran

[@LieutenantSheep]

Lol! "Thank you fat Lucas..." !!John, you make my day.

[@TheJacksonification]

Whilst playing in the snow, the ball travels further due to less friction with the surface of the pitch. You probably dont play as well in the snow because you arent able to anticipate the ball as perfectly as you normally would :) Hope this helps P.S. You need to press and hold the left stick up when taking a freekick as it causes the ball to dip down over the wall of defenders

[@StumpedByTacoPizza]

It's 3AM and I'm stressing over a paper, so I'm taking a "listen to John Green break." It is nice.

[@sugarthekitty8689]

monumental episode. the first episode where he resolutely calls them the swooldie poopers (sorry for the spelling) and I believe the first calling of Fat Lucas by his new name.

[@oceansurferg]

What I've learned about fufillment during school is that I am only happy when I feel like what I'm doing has a purpose. So usually my music classes make me happy, because I know it's another step towards molding the musical minds of our future. And could you talk about some of the various jobs you wanted when you were a child? It would be funny to learn you wanted to be a clown or something xD

[@Claudeandmaddie]

When you have a free kick hold the left stick forward to add topspin and have the power between half and 3/4 usually, hopefully this helps :D

[@Kerpunk12]

@MadeofAwesome4ever because the particular tournament John is playing in is a league system, 3 points for a win, one for draw, none for a loss. At the end of the season the team with the most points win, to put it simply.

[@cardichick]

ITS ELEVEN MINUTES AND ELEVEN SECONDS! it must be a good sign for Swindon Town!

[@perkie2121]

aww john...its cute how you call the right bumper the "RB" button

[@atrociousCreations]

The man that most people say invented the Christian AD-BC calender was named the Venerable Bede, who wrote The Ecclesiastical History of the English People around 731. (He started with the Roman Invasion around 55BC.) He's the one who estimated when the birth of Christ was, but I mean, that was already around 700 years later, so he was bound to get a little off. C: All of this I learned from my BritLit class, so if I'm totally wrong, it's not my fault.

[@KaiGuent]

I love this whole concept.

[@Grim19910]

John Green, John Green He's a goal scoring machine, He's old, he's bald but he scores goals John Green, John Green, John Green, John Green. (Sang in the same tune as Heigh-Ho)

[@heather23renae]

Ha! I work at target! I always thought about how important even the littlest jobs are, even before I had a job. But now it's getting harder and harder to be happy as a cashier. I want to be smiling and friendly because you never know how you might change someone's day but 90% of people don't even realize I'm a human being... /emo

[@Claytagator]

For Free kicks, hold up the left analogue stick, it puts top spin on and lets you hit it up over the wall and dip down. In this way you can it it harder and it still goes in :) DFTBA

[@britishhedgehog]

Also, the mascot for Swindon Town is a Robin and they're creatively known as the Robins :)

[@lysolcoke2HD]

@bigguy1028 Just do a VB marathon. You learn SO MUCH about them. You don't learn everything, but you get a lot. Maybe a 'knowing me' video would be a good placeholder for those who don't have time for a marathon(obviously everyone wants to).

[@mimimirwitch]

If you kick it over, you might be holding down D for too long. The longer you hold down D (shoot) the higher the shot :) try pressing D quickly. Also, if you're taking penalty kicks, try crossing it and then shooting it when it lands on the head of one of your players in the goal. Been playing FIFA a lot this week because of this!

[@BertBerg]

i love the combination of playing football, you'll win on snow someday. A topic's to talk about? The complexity of how much more choices we have now compared to past generation Also the value and dangers we have of being able to have so many choices (on studies, work, habits, products and so on.) Cheers

[@HighKingTurgon]

Can you imagine writing a critical essay on Looking for Alaska and citing this football video-game Let's Play for his explanation of the novel's structure? I grin. : D

[@Miranzira]

They can't communicate now, but they sure can hug between the knees.

[@killerhunter2008]

i love this series

[@beecovered]

My beloved Grecians!!!! NOOoooooo! A sad day. I loved my year as an exchange student in Exeter so much so that it made me a rabid Exeter FC supporter despite my almost pathological inability to really care about soccer...

[@effie_jay]

At first I started watching these just to listen to your stories, but now I'm actually getting interested in watching the game too :-P C'mon Swoodilypoopers!

[@thejerrymobile]

I'd like to make clear that I'm not only watching this due to the publishing issue that has persisted for the last two days. The key word being "only."

[@circlegamemobiusloop]

Bald John Green's mustache, a creature who is elusive as The Yeti

[@gamingaddictmike125]

Your transition in going away to college, and learning you wanted to write

[@TheErinMunroe]

these things are so addicting

[@ClydeLeeM]

That was a little enjoyable look into the mind o the past.

[@autumnsylver]

John appears to have a somewhat unhealthy obsession with moustaches. XD

[@sandwichperson]

@theadambri I think that's a great idea. I don't remember John ever mentioning he was depressed, but I've always wanted to see a vlogbrothers video on the topic of depression and suicide.

[@drnoise]

...also press the yellow Y button when the other team breaks away and are potentially going to score. it'll make the goal keeper come out and meet the shot. It helps ;)

[@theoneandonlyandyman]

its like a vlogbrothers video, without the time limit, and with football

[@bellacullen98a]

I'm 13 and I'm writing a 50,000 word novella, just because it's something I want to do and man, It is hard! I get writer's block and then there's rewriting. And rewriting a rewriting. Plus a truckload of homework and just like, social-ness. My friends who offer constant opinions and actually enjoy it, although I can't really know if they're being nice or just genuinely like it help me keep writing. KZbin helps too, just having it play in the background :D

[@marckiede18]

here's a tip... take the ball up the sides. pass the ball constantly. and when you take a shot use RB and B to finesse the shot over the goalies head

[@ThatOneCrazyGirl100]

he's big, he's fast, he's got a nice mustache! Bald John Green!

[@YayyyItsCarrie]

i love how you're playing a video game, but the subjects your talking about are serious hahaha

[@zware88]

John, you should try making more through balls by pressing "Y". Had you pressed that button you would have passed it to your teammate instead of passing it to the goalie.

[@dylancool2]

In order to score from a free kick you need to use the "shoot button" and aim downward with the left stick. That way it will curve downward instead of going over. :D

[@pkConda]

talk about crushes, im sure we'd all love to hear :)

[@thekirdistheword]

"Yes... Yes... YES! BALD JOHN GREEN! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! Oohhh oh, show me your mustache, show me your mustache, don't just show me your bald head, show me your beautiful mustache! Ooohhhhh"

[@geeksquad4ever]

♫ Greeeeeennn! The man they called Greeeeeen! ♫

[@SpazzMaker]

Anyone else find it extremely awesome that this video ends on 11:11? Just me? Okay.

[@minimusmicr0s]

Could you talk about how you figured out what to do with your life/what direction to take your life after your senior year of high school? Like, how did you know where to go to school, what to study, etc. -C

[@OnTheBigAdventure]

I find it interesting that the structure is what unlocked writing LFA for you. Novels start to come to life for me more when I finally understand the intricacies of the main character. I have to structure later, in revision. I'm really interested in your writing process, in general. Are you the sort of writer that needs to set up a time that you write every day? Just curious.

[@DFTBeAwesome]

I'd love again to hear about you proposed. It's always really interesting to hear about you're writing process. do you ever write poems?

[@vngaris]

What did you expect going into Brotherhood 2.0? You always talk about how you got so much more than you expected (obviously, I don't think anyone could imagine this), but what were you thinking would happen? If there hadn't been as much response to it, do you think you guys still would have finished the initial project? Were there time you wanted to quit? I guess, generally, talk about your experience with the original Brotherhood 2.0.

[@AtomicHoneyBadger]

"Important events tend to be date markers." He's a novelist

[@catherineet]

I'm moving to Exeter this week, so you've made my day by playing this. Is that a little odd?

[@cloverhighfive]

This week I decided it's time to change jobs, and fast. I am talented to do what I do, and I put in the long nights and week-end hours so that everything's ready on time - only to be told, often enough, that in fact there is not enough time to carry out my part of the work. Do you know what I do, dear John Green? I'm a proofreader. Of laws. Now you have confirmation of what you might have dreaded most: novels are much more polished than laws. Frightening.

[@Yarjibo]

You should talk about the moments in your childhood/teen years when you knew you were a nerd

[@jackackckkable]

How about this for a Swoodlipoopers' crowd chant: HE'S BIG HE'S FAST HE'S GOT A NICE MOUSTACHE BALD JOHN GREEN, BALD JOHN GREEEEEN!!!

[@Michelleisamazingful]

John green makes me happy

[@sk8rdman]

Bald John Green is such a tease.

[@aimeelikescheese]

"You don't have to show me your bald head, show me your beautiful moustache."

[@k9unit23]

FREE KICKS: From that distance, power barely over half... HOLD THE LEFT STICK UP. it will bend slightly left depending on his accuracy.

[@beeveearr]

Talk about Henry! I want to hear Henry related things. If not this, can you tell us some Dread Pirate William Roberts stories?

[@sup3rghandi]

I love how the only football chant nerdfighters know is from "A knights tale"

[@scootinand]

You should talk about the most surreal, wtf moment of your life like not a bad moment not a good moment just a moment in your life that was just surreal. one of those "the hell just happened?" moments

[@brendanhansen6168]

As a video topic: What's the story behind your first encounter with The Catcher in the Rye? I'm thoroughly enjoying this new addition to HankGames :)

[@ross_coron]

8:13 True love for mustachioed John Green right there! Even in anger, you compliment him.