The Olympics, FIFA, and why we love sports: Crash Course Games #17

[@cavalcadeofbobs3559]

YAY! John Green! I have misssed him since world history!

[@IamSamys]

There's also Crash Course Literature, hosted by John.

[@cavalcadeofbobs3559]

Ret Samys but its not really my thing

[@IamSamys]

THEBOSSMAN I get that. Don't worry, I'm sure he'll be back with something you like some day.

[@Katieushka]

i actually was disappointed because at 0:56 he didn't say something about the mongols

[@cavalcadeofbobs3559]

Pietro Celano yes

[@asherfitzgerald6036]

Of course when John gets hold of an episode it becomes a history lesson :D XD Love it!

[@simplyoiseau]

"Players almost never bite eachother." John Green quoting Luis Suarez lol

[@jonasmuller1880]

OMG! It is so much fun to watch John Green explain aspects of society, like he did and used to on CC literature and American/World History! I would be thrilled if we see more of that kinda stuff :)

[@luisguillermojg]

I actually met Andre during Comic-Con. He's very sweet in person, and I was surprised by how tall he is.

[@unknownentity4926]

This was a nice change in pace for this series. I love John and I certainly love me some Vidya Gaems!

[@Zeldaschampion]

Since John plays so many Soccer video games, he was probably the better pick anyways.

[@cmckee42]

That is John, not Hank.

[@Zeldaschampion]

Christopher McKee My bad. Fixed.

[@cmckee42]

Zeldas Champion Well, in fairness, the Channel is called Hankgames

[@killerfrenchy]

He's also a part owner (or donor, i'm not sure) for a soccer (or football if u prefer) team in the UK. He loves him some soccer.

[@sirBrouwer]

+killerfrenchy he is a sponsor of AFC Wimbledon i know that he had a sponsorship on there left or right hip and butt cheek.

[@aziz716]

9:08 "Loving Liverpool is literally bad for my health" lmao

[@yochlel2642]

8:07 Ah yes, Kickabout, the prog rock song and ending theme to Harper's Bazaar Adventure, i love that song.

[@july_fish]

This video made me realized that Andre is equal to crash course games in my brain

[@Araanor]

I've never liked football but I still enjoy watching it with close friends from time to time. It's fun to get passionate about something together even if you don't really care who wins or loses. You feel a special connection with your friend

[@StephenStaver]

Of course, John is the one to talk about Sports games. XD

[@schmittelt]

Is there a Crash Course: Ancient Mythology in the works? I'd love that!

[@m00rtin4]

man thats a idea of a series id love too follow

[@nikkimorris4569]

Yes yes yes yes yesssssss +++++

[@jansentipmore4656]

+

[@soritahin1283]

Yes please. It would be so awesome.

[@Classica_1750]

tenouttaten would watch

[@jigglycarollo805]

This is an important episode. Glad I finally got around to it like a year after it was uploaded.

[@TheCheesyNachos]

6:42 "players almost never bite each other" Looking at you, Suarez.

[@jaxxon2475]

Inb4 this video gets taken down for saying the words "Olympics"

[@aisha-bp4iv]

I know this is totally irrelevant but I love your profile picture.

[@photosinensis]

You can talk about the Olympics, whether ancient or modern, as a thing without incurring their wrath. Do NOT, however, imply any association with them or reshare their content outside the boundaries of news coverage or obvious commentary.

[@CrazedsHideout]

You actually can't anymore. Just look at what happened with Oiselle.

[@EnkiduShamesh]

you mean the superb owl?

[@sirBrouwer]

no do to the fact that this video is purely used for educational purposes and that the name Olympics is not pure a brand name. by so there is no legal ground for this video to be removed by anyone affiliated by the IOC.

[@Xenophage100]

JOHN! So glad to see you doing this video. Your Crash Course: History videos are my favorites of all the Crash Course content.

[@snowman01]

serena williams won 4 premier league trophies???

[@georgeboulter2237]

ha I thought that's what she was carrying

[@endriasy3807]

Lol...I thought I was the only one who noticed that. Lol

[@christ6345]

4 more than Liverpool!

[@endriasy3807]

christ6345 you sir, have won the comment section for today. Here take this "W"

[@jeffersonexcellence9883]

+christ6345 :(

[@KimShailee]

Is youtubing a sport? I'd like it to be a sport... Why isn't it a sport?!

[@salvage64]

Welcome to the KZbin Olympics! Lets get star- oh nevermind pewdiepie won all the gold medals

[@KimShailee]

+SalvageMarine64 Haha! He's unbeatable. Let's make watching youtube videos a sport! How many comments ppl can read in one minute, hiw many trolls they see, how many times they find the same joke in the comments, binge watching crash course. WE NEED OUR GOLD MEDALS

[@salvage64]

***** Still waiting for making memes to be a sport

[@BabyShenanigans]

Well if that's the case I must be in great shape because I play youtube every day! lol

[@BabyShenanigans]

Appleberry Smith I'm sold.

[@toolazy26]

Man, I LOVE John Green and watch all his crash course videos, but I did miss Andre lol. He's just so spirited and fun to watch!

[@AdnanCucak]

I think its interesting the way John went about this video, it certainly feels more like a Crash Course: History than it does a Crash Course: Games. I enjoyed it though, but I suppose thats because I enjoy the other videos as well.

[@TheOsamaBahama]

It sounds so much more interesting and deep with John Green.

[@TylerPlantaTree]

I've been really enjoying Andre hosting this series, but if John had to substitute any episode this was the ideal one. John love you dawwwg

[@cotoXD]

Loving liverpool is litterally bad for your health, cracked me up

[@TBSkyen]

Put John on the couch and suddenly it feels a lot like History and Literature are sneaking their way in :)

[@stormcloudsabound]

if andre weren't at comic con i would be annoyed john was on yet another crash course series.

[@OwlKami]

John is on every Crash Course series, since he was one of the founders of Crash Course and currently an executive producer for most of its series.

[@chiefartificer7159]

Andre come back soon!

[@sirBrouwer]

+Huge Disappoint he is the co own and co executive together with his Henk Green.

[@edwardliu111]

I'm sorry but I actually like John better XD

[@mattsmith5704]

I kind of wish you had mentions the Paralympics or disabled sports at all :(

[@duncansiror5033]

good point

[@trbry.]

I feel you man, he didn't talk about floorball, curling nor golf... So excluded we are.

[@mattsmith5704]

those are specific sports, disabled sports is much bigger than that

[@trbry.]

+matt smith that is just your criteria which I won't contend. But I'd say almost all paralympic sports are just sports played by less fortunate people. So why don't you include these sportsmen when he talks about sports in general?

[@mattsmith5704]

and that right there is why I wish he had brought up disabled sports, people that constantly refer to people like me as "less fortunate" no we're just different and if the disabled community would get recognized more often people would start to see that

[@Katieushka]

0:56 even the mongols played! *mongols music*

[@katerinafaith]

Mongols everywhere! :)

[@flamedragon07]

Lol John Green talks about games through history. LOL. How cool is that? I wonder how Hank would do it if he hosted an episoide?

[@saunders317]

You guys need to make a series on sports. So much material there

[@isaacliu896]

Soccer is coming for you, America. You can't resist the rest of the world forever...

[@ZachJ-0]

you said the same thing about the metric system and yet here we are.

[@ianb8677]

It's a sport for the poor

[@R_U_Good]

+Ian B in the US it's a sport for people with money :/ $1,000+ a year just to get you kid on a decent club

[@UsedMooMooMilk]

If only it were a sport for the poor in US like it is elsewhere. Some of the best players in world came from nothing. All they had was a ball to kick around and some friends to play with. It's a shame we don't have that same atmosphere here in the states.

[@andersonandrighi4539]

they already fell for it. Soccer is the most popular sport among women in the US. The avarage Joe just consider soccer a "female's" game.

[@gabe_klassen]

Very excited and surprised to see John this week! Great job as always John!

[@halberdierv2]

This felt like an episode of Crash Course History. I like it.

[@tiller6750]

Any Crash Course episode with John Green is better than a Crash Course episode without John Green.

[@Rosie2009ify]

I got so happy as soon as I saw John 😂

[@papasa4050]

Great Video! Lovin the Liverpool banter 😂

[@drizzlingrose]

the word tackle isint about sports john, its about Pokémon

[@gato815]

This is a joke right? Pease let it be a joke.

[@drizzlingrose]

David Arias oh hell no :D

[@gato815]

Sarah Vittrup The first use of tackle in a sporting sense was in 1867, 22 years before Nintendo was founded, and 131 before the first game.

[@drizzlingrose]

David Arias im talking about the importent use of Tackle :p its the basic move ! :D

[@drizzlingrose]

Your Mother you 2 are awefully in my face for nerdfighters :o

[@r.slaurent437]

Good to see you again John

[@tiaanengelbrecht9378]

At this moment I'm really interested in all of Crash Course's videos. Philosophy, Literature, Physics and Games! It's just so good.

[@bunthewiser]

You read my mind in the first 10 seconds. Okay, you have my attention, Mr. Green.

[@Scerttle]

You got Crash Course History mixed up with my Crash Course Games... I like it.

[@ДмитрийМальков-с1у]

it's quite unusual to see John so peaceful and hasteless unlike his style on world history or literature. Good job. Thanks, CC!

[@varana]

He's not going to get shocked, so that presumably takes a lot of pressure away. :D

[@stevenjlovelace]

Hearing about history and Nationalism really makes me want John to make more History episodes. I'd really like to see Crash Course European History, since AP Euro was my favorite subject in high school.

[@jtgoode8541]

John Green: teaching history wherever he goes.

[@harunsuaidi7349]

It's good to have Crash Course History back

[@ZakJames]

You guys are awesome, I only wish I had a little extra coin to throw at your patreon. =)

[@Matt-io8cx]

The thing about sports is that it's a big family that you could lean on and trust. Unless you live in America and your all alone waking up at 5:30 in the morning to watch a 0-0

[@harisiqbalralph]

Did anyone notice that the tetris blocks were not as neatly placed at it always use to be when Andre Meadows was hosting?

[@lukefarmer4239]

Hooray. John Green is back!

[@Yaseface]

God damn it John you're brilliant please do more crash course

[@BenWillock]

No, thats okay John, you can host forever now.

[@alexturlais8558]

as much as I love John, I think Andre is far better at presenting the nerdy world of games.

[@GuiiBrazil]

Nice timing. The opening is happening right now! :)

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

I wrote a newspaper article saying about the same thing during the 2014 World Cup. The two teachers I interviewed successfully predicted the two finalists: Germany and Argentina.

[@ecuageorge1]

The Liverpool banter was great 👏🏽

[@muhammadmirshkk1251]

holy moly its john green, his voice made me smile

[@Toastytop]

I think the cave painting kinda looks like it coulda been a concert, I see things resembling a guitar and drums/sticks

[@MrCreeper1O2]

My thing when I play pick up hockey is that I push myself to the max, don't care about a win but HATE losses.

[@aperson22222]

He's at Comic-Con this week? Doing what, cleaning up?

[@HereBeDragonsYT]

Andre is awesome, but the elder Green brother is a fantastic stand-in.

[@MakeMeThinkAgain]

Are we supposed to believe that John just happened to be needed for the episode that covered soccer?

[@calmman32]

As Cleveland Browns fan I understand hope and disappointment and can emphasis with others. As an OSU fan I get to celebrate with fellow fans. Enjoyed the episode, thank you

[@cheaterman49]

Didn't know John was that cool ^__^ thanks John!

[@moalawadi]

"As opposed to the contemporary version of the sport, you know where players never bite each other." *wink* hahahaha where is Luis Suarez, he needs to watch this! XD

[@thenorup]

2:18 Yeah sure... "Wrestling"...

[@moonong2347]

At 6:14 he says soccer is played at over 200 countries but there are only 200 countries? Do all countries play soccer?

[@robkennyduk]

really nice to see you John, miss the old days, 😊

[@johnfoelster507]

Silly Thought Bubble. That's James VI of Scotland at ~6:52. He reigned as James I of England. James I of Scotland was his Great-Great-Great-Granddad.

[@johnfoelster507]

And did John Green just say Edward III reigned in 1325 >>BCE

[@ShadowDelta97]

Uhm Suarez bites people

[@Badbufon]

in soviet russia, people bites suarez

[@ShadowDelta97]

+Robed Figure pretty much XD

[@TropicalPhysics]

wink! ;)

[@drakan4769]

well that's why he said they *almost* never do that

[@Ramboost007]

that's the joke

[@swsephy]

Is there going be a video on racing games/sims?

[@gurgelurk]

So at 0:55 you say that the Mongols were _not_ an exception?

[@samimas4343]

john pretty much turned into a history or sociology crash course

[@orenashkenazi9813]

Well, it's harmless until a team's fans take it too far and then suddenly it's not. That's certainly not a problem unique to sports but still worth thinking about.

[@LordBlackLight101]

You know, i would love to have a "Crash Course: Mythology!" Greek Myths are awesome! (If you can ignore the huge amount of death. And vengeance.)

[@xractertone8095]

Oh my god I would love that. Especially since Greek Mythology is a course that is starting to be offered more and more at colleges all around the US. Idk about other countries, but it would be awesome to have an extra edge above the rest barring the Greek mythology knowledge I gained from reading Percy Jackson when I was younger and the additional research I did on the various myths. Anyway, I wholeheartedly support a Crash Course Greek Mythology Course.

[@isaacliu896]

#John4Host

[@dagmar5117]

+

[@archdukeferdinandofthe3rdc9]

Egyptian myths > Greek myths

[@arpanarai9392]

There is one Crash Course Mythology now. Just search it up. Hit a like if you have seen Crash Course Mythology.

[@absintherraful]

John, Please make more History Crash Courses. They are my favorite! :'(

[@OnTwiggysTerms]

Can you do a video on Motorsports? Rally racing, Indianapolis 500, the cannonball run?

[@QueenAssbuttXO]

What I wanna know is why it's socially acceptable to be passionately obsessed with a sports team but when I feel the same way about a TV show it's weird.

[@collinruesch5989]

Will there be a video on sports video games?

[@Jokkkkke]

It's King James VI if you're referring to Scotland, King James I if you're referring to England.

[@switchcraft792]

John green complete legend

[@zacrochecouste5165]

I love hockey!! Go Australia!!

[@ZakJames]

-_- Nice

[@ZakJames]

Yay relevance!!!!

[@SCIFIguy64]

Wait, you have ice in Australia?

[@arrgghh1555]

hockey... not ice hockey.

[@jacobedwards7678]

+Joseph Stassup I think he means field hockey

[@Danger_lurks]

John you will never walk alone

[@Wolfenkuni]

I think John missed a big chance here to talk about Leicester. One reason Soccer is so amazing is that a small Club can win the Premier league beside having the odds 1:5000 against them

[@Vhailor_Mithras]

I was under the impression that gamers only played FIFA to see all the neat and funny glitches.

[@guzameduza1175]

seems that John Green will never walk alone

[@ikesweitzer9815]

I clicked on this, saw John and was like, BOI!

[@nathanhart8457]

I am watching the opening ceremony. Costa Rica is up.

[@Mattteus]

6:26 oh, so that's what the Wilhelm scream sounds like in Chinese

[@BunnyFett]

Very kind of you to fill in for Andre.

[@rolfredford]

Why is game side never captioned? :( Autocaptions work but not always.

[@kevind814]

Gladiatorial combat was also a spectator sport; and wasn't it the Aztecs who beheaded the loser of their ball sport (can't remember what it was called)? How many sports do spectators watch for the violence that may occur (American football, hockey, car racing)? I think part of sports appeal is that it alleviates some of our own need for violence.

[@kingdewoot]

John is a better host by far.

[@dhu192]

Perfect timing, oh wait never mind.

[@Flounderboy15]

...and whenever Andre isn't on screen, everyone else should be asking "Where's Andre?"

[@Kalleosini]

CrachCourse with Andre, without Andre. Ofcourse John is going to talk about FIFA

[@peridotmyredcapybara]

Just got back from Greece John and in lore it wasn't Hercules that planted the tree but Athena that gifted the first olive tree, which crowns are made of 😊

[@andrewsjfc]

I have been watching the first few episodes of Crash Course Games with Andre. Seeing John Green as a temporary host was one of the few surprises that are nice, like an unexpected tax refund, or... ran out of things that are nice ideas. Although I suppose it is fitting that it is John who is covering an episode about FIFA.

[@rauloropeza7426]

Great Job!

[@cassiedevereaux-smith3890]

I'm glad they're moving into a more broad look at games.

[@maldoran9150]

I bet Andre is at the Olympics and just says Comic-Con to keep his nerd rep.