So I just created a new email address and YouTube page purely to upload videos to for putting on blogs. I then uploaded the 2 videos from the last blog on it, then deleted the one with my car from my regular channel. I would have deleted the one with Markiplier, but it already has 304 views, more then every other video I've ever posted combined, so I kind of can't delete that. Anyway, I digress. Today was day 2 of VidCon. I arrived much earlier then I did yesterday and got to my first panel (which again, started at 9:30AM) about 40 minutes early. This was the Rocket Jump Shorts team Q&A (ooooooo, look who learned how to post hyperlinks on here).

Cherish Chen, Clinton Jones, Ellary Porterfield, Jimmy Wong and Trisha Arnold in a really terrible picture.  I should look at these after I take them.  Have I mentioned I'm a bad photographer? — Cherish Chen, Clinton Jones, Ellary Porterfield, Jimmy Wong and Trisha Arnold in a really terrible picture. I should look at these after I take them. Have I mentioned I'm a bad photographer?

I mentioned Rocket Jump yesterday, but didn't go into detail about them. Rocket Jump is a channel that makes short video projects and TV series that are most known for their action/comedy and special effects. It was started by Freddie Wong, Matthew Arnold and Desmond Dolly. They used to make 5-10 minute shorts all the time, but a few years ago they made a series called "Video Game High School". Because of the amount of work that went into this, they stopped making the shorts. Last year it was decided that they would make a Shorts team who would make a new short video every 2 weeks with a behind the scenes video the week between. They got 5 people they had worked with to make up this team. Clinton Jones has his own channel and is a special effects wizard (he was also the guard in the Legend of Zelda video I mentioned to yesterday, which by the way, now has a hyperlink). Next is Ellary Porterfield, who was an actress in Video Game High School. Next is Jimmy Wong, who is Freddie's brother. Then there are the 2 who weren't on the panel because they got called away to work on something, Ashley and Anthony Burch. Anthony is a writer and actually wrote the Boarderlands 2 DLC that had Tiny Tina doing the D&D campaign. Tiny Tina was actually voiced by Ashely. It was decided after they had done about 5 videos that they needed an overseer, so Cherish Chen was added to the team as the Producer. Trisha Arnold is the merchendising director for Rocket Jump and she moderated the panel. It was very entertaining for so early in the morning and you can really tell how much these people work on their stuff. Next up was a gaming panel about "Indie Vs. AAA".

Ashley Esqueda, Greg Miller, Chai Cameron, Boogie2988, Tim Gettys and Lawrence Sonntag.

One of the new things this year at VidCon is a bigger emphasis on video games. In fact they set up a large stage dedicated to it (as you can see, sponsors by Snickers). This panel was all about small indie video games Vs. big budget AAA games. I only knew 2 of the people on the panel. Greg Millier used to be a writer for IGN (one of the largest video game websites). He (along with Tim Getty who I didn't really know) left to create the channel "Kinda Funny Games". They have become super popular, with Greg even winning the Spike Video Game award for "Trending Gamer". He won the hearts of game developers everywhere when he dedicated the award to everyone who spends countless hours of crunch time making the games people love, but don't ever give them the respect of how much work they put it. It was a really amazing speech, you should look it up (or just click here). The other person I knew was Boogie2988. He portrays a character known as "Francis" a lot of the time. I first saw a video of his in 2010 where Francis was complaining about changes made to World of Warcraft. It really wasn't until about 2 years later I found out it was a character. He puts on this really annoying voice when he plays Francis, but he actually has a really good, almost radio quality voice. I met him last year at VidCon and just wanted to tell him how entertaining his videos are. This panel was good, but really out of place as they really didn't talk about YouTube so much as actual game development. I'd have expected to see something like this at E3 last week instead. Although I guess since they're all YouTubers and not developers, that would have been weird. After this it was off to the Creator "Building your team" panel.

Burnie Burns, Meghan Camarena, Rafi Fine, Harley Morenstein and Hank Green.

This panel was all about hiring people to help out with your channel. I knew who all 5 of these panelist were, although I didn't realize I knew who Burnie Burns was until they said who he is. Let's start with him. Burnie Burns is the founder of Rooster Teeth. What started as a group of 5 guys making machinima videos using Halo 2 has turned into a company with over 200 employees. I did a demo on their stream last week at E3. I know someone who has their logo tattooed on her arm, and Burnie along with 2 other Rooster Teethers were on @Midnight just the other day. They're kind of a big deal. Next is Meghan Camarena (AKA Strabury17). I really only know of her due to collaborations she's done with YouTubers I watch, and because she always has a big presence at VidCon, appearing on a lot of panels and even having her own booth. She was also on "The Amazing Race". Next if Rafi Fine, who is one half of the Fine Brothers. If you've ever seen a "Kids React" or "Teens React" or "Adults React" or "Parents React" or "Elders React" or "YouTubers React" video, that's them. They recently got in a lot of heat because they tried to copyright the word "React" when it came to making videos because they made a business plan that would allow people to make their own react videos in their style. Needless to say, the Internet got upset (shocking). So the Fine brothers not only scrapped the idea of copyrighting "React", they also canceled all the copyrights they had on all the reacts I mentioned above as a show of good faith. Next is Harley Morenstein who created "Epic Meal Time". Basically they're a bunch of crazy Canadians that make large, ridiculous food items. It's a great time. Lastly we have Hank Green who I'm going to actually discuss tomorrow in great detail because when it comes to VidCon, he's the most important person I've seen so far. After this panel I just waited in the same room for the next panel, which was the "From Videos to the Writen Word" panel.

Will Darbyshire, George Watsky, Savannah Brown, Mamrie Hart and Judith Curr.

This panel was all about YouTubers writing books. This is actually something that is a major thing now. I can name 10 YouTubers who have written books without even really thinking about it. Mamrie was the only person on the panel I knew as she is part of the Holy Trinity (who we will get into in a bit). This panel was entertaining, but really only because Mamrie was on it. Once it ended I rushed over to make a gamble, which didn't pay off.

Food Vincent, Justin Dennis, Didda, Cassidy Quinn, Steph Payano, Jess Abad and Ashley Mardell.

This panel was the "Less Then Famous" over 600 YouTubers auditioned to be on this panel. Their subscriber bases ranged from 400-44,000. It was interesting to hear from these people who have such a different view compared to all the other panels that have creators with hundreds of thousands or even millions of subscribers. But really I was just taking a gamble. You see, the panel after this in this room was "The Holy Trinity Q&A". Since I had so much luck with Markiplier yesterday, I figured I'd try again today. Unfortunately they announced that if you were there for the Trinity panel and hoped to just stay in the room, you might as well leave now and get in line because they were going to empty the room first. As they waited until they brought the panelist out to announce this, I felt a little guilty getting up an leaving, so alas, I missed the Trinity panel. In all honesty they shouldn't have their panel in this tiny ballroom. There is a main stage that between seating and standing room could easily fit 2,000 people. They were on that last year, however this year I guess the idea is that VidCon wanted to make it more intimate, so only like 500 people could get in. This was a mistake that I'm sure will be hevily criticized when they send out the survey (I think they send out a survey).

So after this I really didn't have to much else scheduled. There was a Creator track party on the second floor at 6:00PM, but it was only 4:30PM. So I went and ate, then went over to the Snicker's Competative Gaming Stage, not to be confused with the Snicker's Gaming Stage. They've had people playing Mario Kart and Mario Party on this stage with fans. While I was there, Meghan Camarena was doing Minecraft trivia with Lizzie "LDShadowLady", Chai Cameron and Joel "SmallishBeans".

Meghan Camarena (Strawbury17), Lizzie "LDShadowLady", Joel "SmallishBeans" and Chai Cameron.

Once 6:00PM rolled around I went up to the Creator party. I took a picture of the crowd gathering below for the evenings outdoor concert from the balcony, then spent about another 45 minutes until my introvertedness kicked in and I had to leave.

Tomorrow is the last day. There are a few panels I want to get in on which shouldn't be a problem. I still haven't decided if I'm going to participate in the Sunday activity, but for the sake of the blog I just might. We will see.