King of The Nerds (2013) s01e08 Episode Script
The King Is Crowned
1 Previously on king of the nerds Welcome to Nerdvana.
11 of the world's preeminent nerds stormed into Nerdvana This is amazing.
This is truly nerd heaven.
To compete in the ultimate nerd challenge: Cosplay Kneel before unaLA tharock.
Live gaming - - Suck it.
- Debate It is irresponsible to prevent a superhero from intervening.
Come on, help me! - Puzzles - What in the world? - Nerd anthems - The world is a kingdom And nerds are king - Amazing.
- Amazing.
And physics.
The nerds fought valiantly.
Scientist Hendrik, mathematician jon, neuroscientist Brandon I pretty much just got slaughtered.
Batman expert alana, comic book nerd Joshua, computer hacker Virgil, and last week, NASA engineer Moogega was defeated in an engineering showdown.
These seven saw their dreams shattered.
Congratulations, the final four.
And now, there are only four nerds remaining.
This week, will pro gamer Celeste, blogger Danielle, game designer Ivan, or fantasy writer Genevieve win the right to sit atop the throne of games? Who will be crowned king of the nerds? I won.
I beat a mechanical engineer at building.
"I don't know why you guys are so intimidated by me.
"It's not like I win every challenge that is presented to me.
" I thought moo was gonna win that one.
I know it scares my opponents that I've won three nerd-offs.
I'm not going to lie.
It makes me feel pretty good.
- Pop! - All right, ladies.
- Yay! - Final four.
Seven people gone.
I am so proud of myself that I've made it to final four.
I am the only one in the house to have never gone to a nerd-off.
How did that happen? - Cheers.
- Well done.
Well done.
I'm in the final four.
I am now Ivan, the dragon lord, and he is going to bring down fire on this last leg of the competition.
Champagne's gross.
It's only good in mimosa form.
I don't see the point in celebrating being in the final four.
It's like counting your chickens before they hatch.
I'm not here to get final four.
I'm here to win.
To the final four.
- Whoo! - Final four.
- Seriously, we got this.
- Cheers.
Yay.
I deserve the crown.
I want it so bad.
This is like hunting the largest game in the Savanna.
I've spent my whole life trying to track this one animal, and now it's in my sights.
I just want to say I'm glad you made it to this round, and I'm glad I made it to this round.
Are you glad I made it to final four, or are you upset at me? Genevieve and I had an alliance until she kind of backstabbed me.
Genevieve said, if you really want moo to stay, the best chance of that would be to put Celeste in the nerd-off.
I felt really insulted because I never said, "Danielle, vote for Genevieve.
" Danielle did say that you said, if you wanted to keep moo in the game, send Celeste.
You threw me under the bus.
I'm pretty upset that Celeste is like, "well, you threw me under the bus," when she's going off of Danielle's word.
That's you said that, though? I'm not sure if I specifically said your name or not.
Danielle is in the habit of saying whatever's convenient to save Danielle's behind.
I went along with it 'cause I didn't want to get sent to the nerd-off, but she'd already brought you up.
Mmhmm.
The fact that she betrayed me was a blessing, because now I can go into the final just going for myself.
And I will be king of the nerds.
Calling all nerds.
Calling all nerds! Please join us in the courtyard.
Oh, my God.
Curtis looks like I did when I was an eight-year-old girl learning to ride the roller skates.
He's got a pillow strapped to him.
Welcome to your final nerd war.
In the throne room, you'll find the ultimate nerd machine the nerd mover.
Which you four will use to race each other through the maze of terror! The first three to make it through the maze move on to the next phase of our nerd war, the nerd bowl, the ultimate test of nerd knowledge.
You have until this afternoon to learn to ride the nerd mover.
It is the horn of dismissal.
Ah, awesome.
I dub thee spitfire.
The nerd war is going to be us segwaying is that the right word? through an awesome maze.
These are fun.
I have to study my segway.
I get to test my racing skills.
It's going to be interesting, though, because you don't know what the maze is like until you're in it, and one wrong turn Waah! Ivan! This is so much fun.
Red leader, this is gold leader.
Gold leader, this is red leader.
We're zipping around curves.
Like, just literally banking hard u-turns.
I'm feeling really comfortable on these things.
Oh, God, oh, God, oh, God, oh, God.
Calling all nerds.
Please join us in the maze of terror.
Oh, no.
What if I die in the maze of terror? What if I die? Game over.
Calling all nerds.
Please join us in the maze of terror.
If you dare! - You all right? - Fine.
Thank you.
No more voting.
No more politics.
No more diplomacy.
Whoever's last goes home.
Welcome, the final four.
I would really love to win this, because it's kind of like athletic-ish.
I don't win athletic things very often, but when I do, it's on a segway.
I love my segway decoration.
It's all comic book.
Pow! That's me all right.
Pow! - Did you see mine? - Yes.
It's an orc.
Long live thrall.
Lok'tar ogar.
Awesome.
Your last nerd war begins here, at the maze of terror.
This is not a very scary maze.
Guys, there's nothing in it.
I know that's the joke.
I get it.
But still The last nerd to make it through the maze of terror will be banished immediately.
Are you ready to ride? - Whoo! - Whoo! - I'm ready! - Mount your nerd movers.
Gentle-nerds, start your engines.
Three Two One.
Go! Boy, do you see the smoke coming off their tires out of that starting gate? There are several dead ends in this maze and only one pathway to the exit.
I learned how to do a hedge maze from Nancy drew.
You always turn left, and that way you don't double back on accident.
That's a sound strategy, because Nancy drew was nothing if not intrepid and successful.
- Ooh.
- Crap.
Look at that, Robert.
Ivan has chosen to use the extreme left of the maze.
That's right, and he has also started off solidly in advance of the other three players.
He just made a wrong turn.
He did, Robert.
He's hit a dead end.
He has to turn around and start again.
Me.
Damn it.
I made a left when I should have made a right.
Danielle seems to be busting through.
In the game I play, orcs kill dragons all the time.
Ivan's got a lot of ground to make up.
Genevieve is closing in on Danielle.
Danielle's ahead of me, but I am one with the nerd mover.
Oh, no, Genevieve has fallen off the nerd mover.
Oh, she could be in big trouble here, Curtis.
Yes! Celeste it's like she's born to ride this thing.
These gamers, you gotta watch 'em.
.
Dead end! Genevieve's already ahead of me, and so's Danielle.
I still have a chance.
If I get past Ivan, I won't come last.
This is very tense.
Celeste now appears to be in last.
I'm behind everyone at this point, and I see Ivan standing still.
And I'm thinking, "why is he just sitting there?" Ivan has just made a critical mistake.
Celeste cuts in front of me.
I didn't even realize she was behind me.
But I can do this.
This has to happen.
I'm not gonna go home over a segway race.
Oh, my God.
Ivan's down.
- No! - He's battling to catch up to them.
But Danielle has made considerable headway.
She's headed towards the end.
Danielle! First one through the gate.
We have a winner.
I am first place.
I'm a beast on a segway is what I am.
- And Genevieve, second through.
- Yeah! And, Celeste, you're third.
Celeste in final three Celeste in final three And here comes Ivan.
Ah, damn it.
I didn't want to go down falling on a segway.
I'm sorry to say, Ivan, you've lost this nerd war.
I thought that I had this one in the bag.
I lost my opportunity.
Ivan, though you have lost the chance to be crowned king of the nerds, when the time comes to face the zombie apocalypse, it will be in your bunker we will want to hide.
So go back to the real world, Ivan, and prepare to triumph over the undead.
You guys are always welcome there.
Thank you.
Bye, Ivan.
- Bye, guys.
- It sucks to go home.
Ivan was someone that I really liked in the house.
Congratulations, final three.
The second phase of this nerd war will begin soon.
So head back to Nerdvana.
Congrats, guys.
I'm really surprised there are three women in the final nerd bowl, but I think it sends a great message to all the little girls out there that you can be a strong female nerd and succeed.
You know, every nerd has been through some strife.
My middle school years were rough.
I had tortoise frame glasses and a neon green Fanny pack that I kept all of my kleenex and antihistamines in.
But I've taken my nerdy elements and I've made it work for me.
When I call myself a nerd, I do it in a word of acceptance.
The whole point of doing this is to let our nerd-dom shine, to raise the banner, so to speak, and say, "hey, we are nerd, we are proud.
" You know? And that's a beautiful thing.
- Ready, Bobby? - Okay.
Let me try.
Oh! - Yay! - Success! Final Three! - Congrats, guys.
- Congratulations.
Awesome job.
I'm so excited to be in the final three, but I don't want to celebrate milestones.
I want to celebrate victory.
I just have to do well in the nerd bowl, and then God only knows what the last nerd-off will be, and then I will be king of the nerds.
And I will sit upon the throne of games.
You have a helmet imprint on your head.
Well, mine was really tight on my head, okay? It's 'cause you got a big head, Danielle.
Danielle is the biggest threat right now.
Every time you think Danielle's going to struggle on a challenge, she winds up doing well, so I would never count her out.
Danielle! Celeste! Genevieve! Please join us in the courtyard! Welcome to the final phase of this nerd war.
You will be asked multiple-choice questions specific to nerd culture video games, fantasy, math & logic, memory, Sci-Fi, science, comic books, and gaming.
The questions will range between difficult and ludicrously difficult.
The first two nerds to answer five questions correctly will remain in competition for the crown.
Whoever comes in third, though, will be knocked out.
There's like a fire inside of me that's burning, and it's just like, "I need to win.
" Danielle, since you were the first to make it through the maze of terror, you have the advantage of being able to choose the first category and level of difficulty.
Well, I'm intrigued to see how hard ludicrously difficult is, so I'll take video games for 5.
I know a lot about video game history.
Let's see if we can't make 'em sweat a little.
So reveal your answers.
The correct answer is "D," Allan Alcorn, nolan bushnell.
Oh.
I'm not super interested in playing pong.
Genevieve, Celeste, congratulations, you each have one point.
I think going first was a disadvantage.
Genevieve, select a question.
Comic books at number 3.
My strategy is to pick questions in the categories I know best but do it at a difficulty that I don't think my opponents will be able to match.
Reveal your answers.
The correct answer is "a," the incredible hulk.
Damn it.
I knew that.
I swear.
It's stupid marvel.
I do not know marvel as well as DC.
They should ask more DC comics questions.
I should have gone with my first instinct.
That's exactly how I just felt.
It makes me feel not so bad about getting my question wrong because I got her question right.
Hulk 27.
- Celeste.
- Video games, number 4, please.
This is how you know I'm anxious.
The correct answer mortal kombat.
Danielle, "B" is incorrect.
Mortal kombat should be in the Smithsonian.
Sorry I got that one wrong, but mortal kombat's a awesome game.
Danielle, you may select the next question.
I'd like to try memory for 3.
Please reveal.
Correct answer is "D.
" Celeste, you now have four points.
Genevieve, Danielle, your answers were incorrect.
I feel like Celeste is getting really lucky right now.
Celeste, you are one point away from making it - into the final two.
- Yes.
Genevieve, you may select the next question.
I'll choose Sci-Fi for 1, please.
Reveal your answers.
The correct answer is "B," 12.
Genevieve, Danielle, you got it right.
The details of, like, star wars, man,I just like Danielle, your turn.
I'll try out math & logic for 1.
I'm gonna switch to math, because I know I can do math.
You may reveal your answers.
The correct answer is "a," 0.
875.
6/8 is 75%.
So 1/2 of 25% is 12.
5%.
So add 12.
5% to 75%, and you get 87.
5%.
Celeste, you are incorrect.
Celeste and Genevieve, you each need one more correct answer to become the final two.
Comic books for 1, please.
Are you ready with your answers? It is "B," the daily bugle.
Congratulations.
Yes! Yes! Oh, my God! You are the final two.
I'm in final two.
I'm in final two.
Oh, my God! Bye, Danielle.
Sorry.
I didn't want to be a poor winner, but then I was, like, so excited! Congratulations, Genevieve and Celeste.
I'm sorry I don't know the guy who created pong.
Ask me what the release date halo 4 is.
November 6, 2012.
I'm sorry, Danielle.
It seems you will not be ruling Nerdvana.
But, when you return to the real world, you will rule as queen of cyberspace.
But you will not be going home just yet.
Danielle you will not be going home just yet.
In fact, you will have a say in which of the final two will be crowned king of the nerds.
Along with all the other banished nerds.
What? I think it's fitting that all the nerds come back and set judgment upon the two that are the last pick.
Kings who are born into power normally fail, but it's the ones that are brought into power by their own people that truly rule.
Banished nerds, you will spend tonight in Nerdvana.
Tomorrow, you will vote which of these two nerds will be crowned king of the nerds.
The Eve of judgment is upon us.
All right, so you've got Genevieve and Celeste.
Honestly, not the two I thought I'd see there.
It should be me.
It should be me.
This is me putting on my imaginary crown.
I'm I'm bitter.
Like, I'm not I'm not gonna be a graceful loser.
I just got kicked to the curb with everybody else.
What happened? I'm furious because it was over one one one question.
Well, I really missed you.
Well, I mean, you two made it, and congratulations.
I mean, as far as I'm concerned, we all made it, - so, um - Yeah! My task at hand is to pick someone to represent the nerd community.
Blextrophy, whoa! It's really debatable.
I won a building challenge against moo.
Huh.
My strategy is to approach each person and let them know why I think I should be king of the nerds.
I always just did my best and worked my hardest.
I went to three nerd-offs.
Three.
I worked my ass off from the beginning, since my name was pulled out of the hat.
I led Blextrophy.
And you know what? The final two members are both from Blextrophy, so that should say something.
My name is Celeste, and I am the best Trying to get your vote, so My strategy is just being honest and telling people how much personal growth I've had through this entire competition.
When I was finally in final four, I still doubted myself, but I had gained so much confidence just through the competition.
You know exactly how I've worked.
You know exactly And you've gone through great things to get here personally.
I mean, the cosplay, you knew how worried I was.
Yeah, yeah, you have stage fright and all that stuff, yeah.
Celeste started off extremely insecure.
You know, I'm sure most nerds have experienced these feelings at some point, so that's, you know, definitely a nerdy quality right there.
I won the individual challenge, and then this one I only lost by one point, and I go home.
The questions I got wrong were stupid and obscure and don't prove my nerd-dom.
I'm talking, like, playstation one and beyond.
I would've anything, like, fifth gen and beyond, I would have gotten.
I'm just so frustrated.
Like, how do you know who the creator of pong is? Actually, I know who that is.
I think I broke my space helmet.
Most of us aren't under a whole lot of stress because, you know, we're free, so to speak.
It's just two left who really have to sweat, so maybe they won't want to party, but the rest of us should feel the opportunity to have a good time.
Tonight, we celebrate! I would like to have a drink with Patrick Stewart and Neil Degrasse Tyson at the same time.
It's a cognitive behavioral exercise.
I think you'll like it.
We're doing the lego version of the millennium falcon.
Seeing my fellow nerds is really exciting.
Pure dto would be 1 part in 20 for a mass increase.
Yes, I'm not talking about a one-to-one replacement.
Ah, my people.
We all know that our eyes have a retina, correct? - Yes.
- All right, so Feels good to be back in Nerdvana.
I've missed the radioshack lab.
All of the neurons feed into one location.
I am home, amongst my peers, where I belong.
I'm still debating, but right now my vote is more on Genevieve's side than Celeste's.
I can't vote for her.
I can't do it.
Danielle has a lot of emotion toward Genevieve, but I feel that Genevieve has a great broad knowledge in math, science, comic books.
She's an awful representative for nerdness.
She has led her team to many victories, and Genevieve has won three nerd-offs.
No, I would definitely vote for Celeste over Genevieve.
Personally.
Nine! The number of people we had to beat in this house.
To that, I will drink! Congratulations, Celeste and Genevieve! This means everything to me.
I really want to be king of the nerds.
I'd love to have all my hard work pay off.
All my schooling, all my nerdiness, all the teasing would all be worth it.
I probably won't make up my decision - until I have to.
- Yeah.
I want this so bad.
Like, I really do.
I want this win so bad.
Not for the $100,000 completely.
Just having that title, king of the nerds, would mean the world to me.
Calling all nerds! Please join us in the throne room.
I'm feeling really nervous.
Oh, my gosh.
This is the last nerd-off, the moment of truth.
Celeste, Genevieve, bend a knee.
My hands are shaking, and my heart is racing, and there's $100,000 at stake.
This is probably the most intense thing I've ever been through in my life.
We are about to find out which one of you will walk away with $100,000 and the right to sit atop the throne of games and to be crowned king of the nerds.
We are about to find out who will walk away with $100,000 and be crowned king of the nerds.
Banished nerds You will now make an epic decision.
You will have to choose between Celeste and Genevieve.
Genevieve, convince your fellow nerds why you should be crowned king of the nerds.
There's $100,000 at stake, and it could all rest on my argument that I'm about to give.
When I came here, my goals were primarily to stay in the game, and my secondary goal was to learn, but interestingly, the learning didn't necessarily come from the challenges, like I expected it would.
It came from you guys.
I learned that Dr.
moo has the best prescription for sadness.
I learned that team bat is awesome.
And I learned that my zombie apocalypse plan will probably fail.
But I'm glad to know it.
My time here at Nerdvana has been really life-changing.
It was so much fun to find out that I'm not alone in this world, that there are other people like me.
I don't care if it's klingon or na'vi.
Talk nerdy to me.
It's all about how smart guys are hot.
There have been times when I've laughed like crazy.
Yeah! And times when I cried like crazy.
However, I continued to fight.
I studied more than alana with comics and beat her in the comic book nerd-off, proving my comic book superiority.
- Wow.
I beat Virgil in my second trip to a nerd-off in the one thing on the planet I'm probably the worst at, dancing.
I out-built Moogega in my third nerd-off in the ultimate tower-building contest.
Genevieve wins this nerd-off.
I put my heart and soul into this game, and it's time for me to take the title.
I took responsibility for being a leader of team Blextrophy.
Ultimately, I think leadership is a really strong part of being a king of nerds.
I really hope that you will give me the opportunity to prove just how devoted I am to this and just how much I want to be a good ambassador.
Celeste, tell your fellow nerds why you should be chosen king of the nerds.
My hands are shaking right now.
Like, I can't concentrate, but I have my good luck shoes.
They're actually custom-made by a bunch of friends that have believed in me since the beginning.
And this is for them.
This is for myself.
This is for my friends.
This is for my family.
Coming into this house, I never thought I'd be standing here in front of you guys as the top two.
The moment I saw everyone here and I compared myself to all of you, I thought I wasn't good enough, and I thought I didn't deserve to be here.
And I've struggled with self-confidence, and I've struggled with what every nerd ever struggles in their life, and it's finally accepting who they are and representing their nerd-dom.
The reason why I came into this house was to fight and to challenge myself.
And so I had to deal with being a nerd who was shy and insecure and, like, the first, biggest struggle was that cosplay challenge.
Why, hello there.
My name is miss Ruby.
It was so hard for me, but I was able to get through it and then again, the live debate, I went up on stage, and I was so nervous.
But for me to just go out there and be in front of everyone, it felt incredible.
I felt a very bittersweet moment, 'cause we had lost, but at the same time, I again overcame a personal battle.
This is when I started actually believing in myself.
I finally was being vocal.
- It would have to be 9.
- Why? Why, Virgil? - 9.
9.
- Good.
Okay, good job.
I felt a little more comfortable, and I felt, "okay, I can do this.
" And as an individual, I finally came to a point where I said, I'm okay to be who I am as a nerd, I'm okay to dance up here and feel silly.
All I needed was to have faith in myself and have confidence, 'cause look where I am.
I'm top two, and that just means the world to me.
I feel good enough to be king of the nerds.
I really believe it now.
I stand today in front of you as a really confident person, someone who is loving of herself, someone who is proud to be a nerd.
And that it's okay, and I can tell the young nerds out there, you know, we may struggle, but you are who you are, and you need to learn to love yourself, and you need to learn to accept yourself.
And I can't tell you today how happy I am to finally accept being a nerd and being a representative for you guys.
Nerds Behold The tablets of power.
Banished nerds The power to crown the king now lies in your hands.
It's time to make your decisions.
Hendrik.
Who do you choose? I choose Genevieve.
It's gotta be Genevieve, because she worked for it.
Danielle.
Who do you choose? I choose Celeste.
I don't want to vote for either of them because it should have been me.
It should have been me, because accumulatively speaking, I did better than both of them.
Jon.
Who do you choose? I choose Celeste.
The difference between the Celeste I knew at the start and the Celeste that I have known for the past couple days at the end is very noticeable, so that's definitely a nerdy quality right there not giving up, you know? Just bashing your head against something until it works.
- Now Brandon.
- Yes.
Who did you choose? I'd like to say that it was a very difficult decision until one candidate showed themselves to have poured their passion into their entire life.
And I think that that is what best exemplars nerd.
And so I chose Celeste.
Brandon, with that vote, Celeste has three votes, and Genevieve is trailing with just one, sole vote.
Ivan, who do you choose? As always, the choices are difficult.
You both have so much to be proud of.
I only wish there was two slots.
Genevieve.
Genevieve's won three nerd-offs.
She's shown her mettle.
She's beaten other nerds, and for that reason, Genevieve has my vote.
Moogega.
Who did you choose? I choose Genevieve.
I feel that Genevieve really earned the title.
She does have a broad knowledge of a little bit of every aspect of the nerd culture, and I think that embodies the king of the nerds.
- Alana.
- Being the princess of tabletop gaming, I would like to welcome whichever one of you gets a higher score into royalty with me.
I have categories that I have put them either first or second in leadership, relatability, nerd cred, and role model.
I choose Celeste.
Celeste has grown much more as a person in this house, and I'm giving this title to somebody who I think will take this title places.
Nerds, there are only two votes remaining.
Genevieve, you need both of those votes to become king of the nerds.
And, Celeste, you need only one more vote to win.
- Virgil.
- Seriously? It all comes down to Virgil? Who do you choose? Currently, Celeste has four votes and Genevieve has three.
Celeste, if you receive one more vote, you will be king of the nerds.
Genevieve, you need both of the remaining votes to win.
I may be down, but I'm not out yet.
I mean, I beat incredible odds.
Even if each nerd-off was just a coin flip, I flipped heads three times in a row.
Probability-wise, that's one-in-eight odds.
Virgil.
I mean, I don't really know what makes a good ambassador of nerds, but I do know Genevieve is sort of the more traditional leader role, hands down.
I think, in terms of, like, classical nerd-dom, the way society defines the term, Genevieve is more the quintessential nerd.
She showed her mettle time and time again.
But Celeste's story about, like, overcoming, like, insecurity and, like, not being liked, things like that, that would have really spoken to me when I was younger.
I mean, I guess that's kind of the advantage of this competition.
We're allowed to decide what we value.
That's why I choose Celeste.
- Celeste, you win $100,000 - Yeah! - And the right - Did it.
You did it! To sit atop the throne of games! Bring it out.
Bring it out.
For someone who was struggling with that inner battle with herself, I freaking worked extremely hard.
I'm ready to represent everyone.
I'm ready to show that a nerd really did come this far.
Bring it out.
Bring it out.
I am happy that it's Celeste, because we set out, the two of us at the beginning, we said we were gonna try for the final two, and we made it to the final two.
I think that's amazing.
I wish I had won, but congratulations to Celeste.
My only piece of advice is consult a financial investment advisor.
Celeste, we scoured this nation looking for the greatest nerds we could find.
Of the 11 stellar nerds who came to Nerdvana, you have risen to the top.
Yeah! - Arise, your majesty - You did it! And claim your throne! Bring it out.
Bring it out.
Yeah! King of the nerds! Yeah! Yeah! Whoo! Whoo! I am obviously upset it wasn't me, but I think that a lot of people are gonna be very inspired by her.
Yay.
Group hug.
Group hug.
If you go out there in the world and you feel like no one appreciates you because of something that you love, just keep looking, 'cause there are people out there who love what you love and who will appreciate you for who you are.
Being a nerd is about being special.
It's about being different.
But most importantly, it's about embracing that and making wonderful things happen for yourself.
So go out there and be the best damned nerd that you can be.
I feel completely shocked, but I feel incredible.
I am king of the nerds!
11 of the world's preeminent nerds stormed into Nerdvana This is amazing.
This is truly nerd heaven.
To compete in the ultimate nerd challenge: Cosplay Kneel before unaLA tharock.
Live gaming - - Suck it.
- Debate It is irresponsible to prevent a superhero from intervening.
Come on, help me! - Puzzles - What in the world? - Nerd anthems - The world is a kingdom And nerds are king - Amazing.
- Amazing.
And physics.
The nerds fought valiantly.
Scientist Hendrik, mathematician jon, neuroscientist Brandon I pretty much just got slaughtered.
Batman expert alana, comic book nerd Joshua, computer hacker Virgil, and last week, NASA engineer Moogega was defeated in an engineering showdown.
These seven saw their dreams shattered.
Congratulations, the final four.
And now, there are only four nerds remaining.
This week, will pro gamer Celeste, blogger Danielle, game designer Ivan, or fantasy writer Genevieve win the right to sit atop the throne of games? Who will be crowned king of the nerds? I won.
I beat a mechanical engineer at building.
"I don't know why you guys are so intimidated by me.
"It's not like I win every challenge that is presented to me.
" I thought moo was gonna win that one.
I know it scares my opponents that I've won three nerd-offs.
I'm not going to lie.
It makes me feel pretty good.
- Pop! - All right, ladies.
- Yay! - Final four.
Seven people gone.
I am so proud of myself that I've made it to final four.
I am the only one in the house to have never gone to a nerd-off.
How did that happen? - Cheers.
- Well done.
Well done.
I'm in the final four.
I am now Ivan, the dragon lord, and he is going to bring down fire on this last leg of the competition.
Champagne's gross.
It's only good in mimosa form.
I don't see the point in celebrating being in the final four.
It's like counting your chickens before they hatch.
I'm not here to get final four.
I'm here to win.
To the final four.
- Whoo! - Final four.
- Seriously, we got this.
- Cheers.
Yay.
I deserve the crown.
I want it so bad.
This is like hunting the largest game in the Savanna.
I've spent my whole life trying to track this one animal, and now it's in my sights.
I just want to say I'm glad you made it to this round, and I'm glad I made it to this round.
Are you glad I made it to final four, or are you upset at me? Genevieve and I had an alliance until she kind of backstabbed me.
Genevieve said, if you really want moo to stay, the best chance of that would be to put Celeste in the nerd-off.
I felt really insulted because I never said, "Danielle, vote for Genevieve.
" Danielle did say that you said, if you wanted to keep moo in the game, send Celeste.
You threw me under the bus.
I'm pretty upset that Celeste is like, "well, you threw me under the bus," when she's going off of Danielle's word.
That's you said that, though? I'm not sure if I specifically said your name or not.
Danielle is in the habit of saying whatever's convenient to save Danielle's behind.
I went along with it 'cause I didn't want to get sent to the nerd-off, but she'd already brought you up.
Mmhmm.
The fact that she betrayed me was a blessing, because now I can go into the final just going for myself.
And I will be king of the nerds.
Calling all nerds.
Calling all nerds! Please join us in the courtyard.
Oh, my God.
Curtis looks like I did when I was an eight-year-old girl learning to ride the roller skates.
He's got a pillow strapped to him.
Welcome to your final nerd war.
In the throne room, you'll find the ultimate nerd machine the nerd mover.
Which you four will use to race each other through the maze of terror! The first three to make it through the maze move on to the next phase of our nerd war, the nerd bowl, the ultimate test of nerd knowledge.
You have until this afternoon to learn to ride the nerd mover.
It is the horn of dismissal.
Ah, awesome.
I dub thee spitfire.
The nerd war is going to be us segwaying is that the right word? through an awesome maze.
These are fun.
I have to study my segway.
I get to test my racing skills.
It's going to be interesting, though, because you don't know what the maze is like until you're in it, and one wrong turn Waah! Ivan! This is so much fun.
Red leader, this is gold leader.
Gold leader, this is red leader.
We're zipping around curves.
Like, just literally banking hard u-turns.
I'm feeling really comfortable on these things.
Oh, God, oh, God, oh, God, oh, God.
Calling all nerds.
Please join us in the maze of terror.
Oh, no.
What if I die in the maze of terror? What if I die? Game over.
Calling all nerds.
Please join us in the maze of terror.
If you dare! - You all right? - Fine.
Thank you.
No more voting.
No more politics.
No more diplomacy.
Whoever's last goes home.
Welcome, the final four.
I would really love to win this, because it's kind of like athletic-ish.
I don't win athletic things very often, but when I do, it's on a segway.
I love my segway decoration.
It's all comic book.
Pow! That's me all right.
Pow! - Did you see mine? - Yes.
It's an orc.
Long live thrall.
Lok'tar ogar.
Awesome.
Your last nerd war begins here, at the maze of terror.
This is not a very scary maze.
Guys, there's nothing in it.
I know that's the joke.
I get it.
But still The last nerd to make it through the maze of terror will be banished immediately.
Are you ready to ride? - Whoo! - Whoo! - I'm ready! - Mount your nerd movers.
Gentle-nerds, start your engines.
Three Two One.
Go! Boy, do you see the smoke coming off their tires out of that starting gate? There are several dead ends in this maze and only one pathway to the exit.
I learned how to do a hedge maze from Nancy drew.
You always turn left, and that way you don't double back on accident.
That's a sound strategy, because Nancy drew was nothing if not intrepid and successful.
- Ooh.
- Crap.
Look at that, Robert.
Ivan has chosen to use the extreme left of the maze.
That's right, and he has also started off solidly in advance of the other three players.
He just made a wrong turn.
He did, Robert.
He's hit a dead end.
He has to turn around and start again.
Me.
Damn it.
I made a left when I should have made a right.
Danielle seems to be busting through.
In the game I play, orcs kill dragons all the time.
Ivan's got a lot of ground to make up.
Genevieve is closing in on Danielle.
Danielle's ahead of me, but I am one with the nerd mover.
Oh, no, Genevieve has fallen off the nerd mover.
Oh, she could be in big trouble here, Curtis.
Yes! Celeste it's like she's born to ride this thing.
These gamers, you gotta watch 'em.
.
Dead end! Genevieve's already ahead of me, and so's Danielle.
I still have a chance.
If I get past Ivan, I won't come last.
This is very tense.
Celeste now appears to be in last.
I'm behind everyone at this point, and I see Ivan standing still.
And I'm thinking, "why is he just sitting there?" Ivan has just made a critical mistake.
Celeste cuts in front of me.
I didn't even realize she was behind me.
But I can do this.
This has to happen.
I'm not gonna go home over a segway race.
Oh, my God.
Ivan's down.
- No! - He's battling to catch up to them.
But Danielle has made considerable headway.
She's headed towards the end.
Danielle! First one through the gate.
We have a winner.
I am first place.
I'm a beast on a segway is what I am.
- And Genevieve, second through.
- Yeah! And, Celeste, you're third.
Celeste in final three Celeste in final three And here comes Ivan.
Ah, damn it.
I didn't want to go down falling on a segway.
I'm sorry to say, Ivan, you've lost this nerd war.
I thought that I had this one in the bag.
I lost my opportunity.
Ivan, though you have lost the chance to be crowned king of the nerds, when the time comes to face the zombie apocalypse, it will be in your bunker we will want to hide.
So go back to the real world, Ivan, and prepare to triumph over the undead.
You guys are always welcome there.
Thank you.
Bye, Ivan.
- Bye, guys.
- It sucks to go home.
Ivan was someone that I really liked in the house.
Congratulations, final three.
The second phase of this nerd war will begin soon.
So head back to Nerdvana.
Congrats, guys.
I'm really surprised there are three women in the final nerd bowl, but I think it sends a great message to all the little girls out there that you can be a strong female nerd and succeed.
You know, every nerd has been through some strife.
My middle school years were rough.
I had tortoise frame glasses and a neon green Fanny pack that I kept all of my kleenex and antihistamines in.
But I've taken my nerdy elements and I've made it work for me.
When I call myself a nerd, I do it in a word of acceptance.
The whole point of doing this is to let our nerd-dom shine, to raise the banner, so to speak, and say, "hey, we are nerd, we are proud.
" You know? And that's a beautiful thing.
- Ready, Bobby? - Okay.
Let me try.
Oh! - Yay! - Success! Final Three! - Congrats, guys.
- Congratulations.
Awesome job.
I'm so excited to be in the final three, but I don't want to celebrate milestones.
I want to celebrate victory.
I just have to do well in the nerd bowl, and then God only knows what the last nerd-off will be, and then I will be king of the nerds.
And I will sit upon the throne of games.
You have a helmet imprint on your head.
Well, mine was really tight on my head, okay? It's 'cause you got a big head, Danielle.
Danielle is the biggest threat right now.
Every time you think Danielle's going to struggle on a challenge, she winds up doing well, so I would never count her out.
Danielle! Celeste! Genevieve! Please join us in the courtyard! Welcome to the final phase of this nerd war.
You will be asked multiple-choice questions specific to nerd culture video games, fantasy, math & logic, memory, Sci-Fi, science, comic books, and gaming.
The questions will range between difficult and ludicrously difficult.
The first two nerds to answer five questions correctly will remain in competition for the crown.
Whoever comes in third, though, will be knocked out.
There's like a fire inside of me that's burning, and it's just like, "I need to win.
" Danielle, since you were the first to make it through the maze of terror, you have the advantage of being able to choose the first category and level of difficulty.
Well, I'm intrigued to see how hard ludicrously difficult is, so I'll take video games for 5.
I know a lot about video game history.
Let's see if we can't make 'em sweat a little.
So reveal your answers.
The correct answer is "D," Allan Alcorn, nolan bushnell.
Oh.
I'm not super interested in playing pong.
Genevieve, Celeste, congratulations, you each have one point.
I think going first was a disadvantage.
Genevieve, select a question.
Comic books at number 3.
My strategy is to pick questions in the categories I know best but do it at a difficulty that I don't think my opponents will be able to match.
Reveal your answers.
The correct answer is "a," the incredible hulk.
Damn it.
I knew that.
I swear.
It's stupid marvel.
I do not know marvel as well as DC.
They should ask more DC comics questions.
I should have gone with my first instinct.
That's exactly how I just felt.
It makes me feel not so bad about getting my question wrong because I got her question right.
Hulk 27.
- Celeste.
- Video games, number 4, please.
This is how you know I'm anxious.
The correct answer mortal kombat.
Danielle, "B" is incorrect.
Mortal kombat should be in the Smithsonian.
Sorry I got that one wrong, but mortal kombat's a awesome game.
Danielle, you may select the next question.
I'd like to try memory for 3.
Please reveal.
Correct answer is "D.
" Celeste, you now have four points.
Genevieve, Danielle, your answers were incorrect.
I feel like Celeste is getting really lucky right now.
Celeste, you are one point away from making it - into the final two.
- Yes.
Genevieve, you may select the next question.
I'll choose Sci-Fi for 1, please.
Reveal your answers.
The correct answer is "B," 12.
Genevieve, Danielle, you got it right.
The details of, like, star wars, man,I just like Danielle, your turn.
I'll try out math & logic for 1.
I'm gonna switch to math, because I know I can do math.
You may reveal your answers.
The correct answer is "a," 0.
875.
6/8 is 75%.
So 1/2 of 25% is 12.
5%.
So add 12.
5% to 75%, and you get 87.
5%.
Celeste, you are incorrect.
Celeste and Genevieve, you each need one more correct answer to become the final two.
Comic books for 1, please.
Are you ready with your answers? It is "B," the daily bugle.
Congratulations.
Yes! Yes! Oh, my God! You are the final two.
I'm in final two.
I'm in final two.
Oh, my God! Bye, Danielle.
Sorry.
I didn't want to be a poor winner, but then I was, like, so excited! Congratulations, Genevieve and Celeste.
I'm sorry I don't know the guy who created pong.
Ask me what the release date halo 4 is.
November 6, 2012.
I'm sorry, Danielle.
It seems you will not be ruling Nerdvana.
But, when you return to the real world, you will rule as queen of cyberspace.
But you will not be going home just yet.
Danielle you will not be going home just yet.
In fact, you will have a say in which of the final two will be crowned king of the nerds.
Along with all the other banished nerds.
What? I think it's fitting that all the nerds come back and set judgment upon the two that are the last pick.
Kings who are born into power normally fail, but it's the ones that are brought into power by their own people that truly rule.
Banished nerds, you will spend tonight in Nerdvana.
Tomorrow, you will vote which of these two nerds will be crowned king of the nerds.
The Eve of judgment is upon us.
All right, so you've got Genevieve and Celeste.
Honestly, not the two I thought I'd see there.
It should be me.
It should be me.
This is me putting on my imaginary crown.
I'm I'm bitter.
Like, I'm not I'm not gonna be a graceful loser.
I just got kicked to the curb with everybody else.
What happened? I'm furious because it was over one one one question.
Well, I really missed you.
Well, I mean, you two made it, and congratulations.
I mean, as far as I'm concerned, we all made it, - so, um - Yeah! My task at hand is to pick someone to represent the nerd community.
Blextrophy, whoa! It's really debatable.
I won a building challenge against moo.
Huh.
My strategy is to approach each person and let them know why I think I should be king of the nerds.
I always just did my best and worked my hardest.
I went to three nerd-offs.
Three.
I worked my ass off from the beginning, since my name was pulled out of the hat.
I led Blextrophy.
And you know what? The final two members are both from Blextrophy, so that should say something.
My name is Celeste, and I am the best Trying to get your vote, so My strategy is just being honest and telling people how much personal growth I've had through this entire competition.
When I was finally in final four, I still doubted myself, but I had gained so much confidence just through the competition.
You know exactly how I've worked.
You know exactly And you've gone through great things to get here personally.
I mean, the cosplay, you knew how worried I was.
Yeah, yeah, you have stage fright and all that stuff, yeah.
Celeste started off extremely insecure.
You know, I'm sure most nerds have experienced these feelings at some point, so that's, you know, definitely a nerdy quality right there.
I won the individual challenge, and then this one I only lost by one point, and I go home.
The questions I got wrong were stupid and obscure and don't prove my nerd-dom.
I'm talking, like, playstation one and beyond.
I would've anything, like, fifth gen and beyond, I would have gotten.
I'm just so frustrated.
Like, how do you know who the creator of pong is? Actually, I know who that is.
I think I broke my space helmet.
Most of us aren't under a whole lot of stress because, you know, we're free, so to speak.
It's just two left who really have to sweat, so maybe they won't want to party, but the rest of us should feel the opportunity to have a good time.
Tonight, we celebrate! I would like to have a drink with Patrick Stewart and Neil Degrasse Tyson at the same time.
It's a cognitive behavioral exercise.
I think you'll like it.
We're doing the lego version of the millennium falcon.
Seeing my fellow nerds is really exciting.
Pure dto would be 1 part in 20 for a mass increase.
Yes, I'm not talking about a one-to-one replacement.
Ah, my people.
We all know that our eyes have a retina, correct? - Yes.
- All right, so Feels good to be back in Nerdvana.
I've missed the radioshack lab.
All of the neurons feed into one location.
I am home, amongst my peers, where I belong.
I'm still debating, but right now my vote is more on Genevieve's side than Celeste's.
I can't vote for her.
I can't do it.
Danielle has a lot of emotion toward Genevieve, but I feel that Genevieve has a great broad knowledge in math, science, comic books.
She's an awful representative for nerdness.
She has led her team to many victories, and Genevieve has won three nerd-offs.
No, I would definitely vote for Celeste over Genevieve.
Personally.
Nine! The number of people we had to beat in this house.
To that, I will drink! Congratulations, Celeste and Genevieve! This means everything to me.
I really want to be king of the nerds.
I'd love to have all my hard work pay off.
All my schooling, all my nerdiness, all the teasing would all be worth it.
I probably won't make up my decision - until I have to.
- Yeah.
I want this so bad.
Like, I really do.
I want this win so bad.
Not for the $100,000 completely.
Just having that title, king of the nerds, would mean the world to me.
Calling all nerds! Please join us in the throne room.
I'm feeling really nervous.
Oh, my gosh.
This is the last nerd-off, the moment of truth.
Celeste, Genevieve, bend a knee.
My hands are shaking, and my heart is racing, and there's $100,000 at stake.
This is probably the most intense thing I've ever been through in my life.
We are about to find out which one of you will walk away with $100,000 and the right to sit atop the throne of games and to be crowned king of the nerds.
We are about to find out who will walk away with $100,000 and be crowned king of the nerds.
Banished nerds You will now make an epic decision.
You will have to choose between Celeste and Genevieve.
Genevieve, convince your fellow nerds why you should be crowned king of the nerds.
There's $100,000 at stake, and it could all rest on my argument that I'm about to give.
When I came here, my goals were primarily to stay in the game, and my secondary goal was to learn, but interestingly, the learning didn't necessarily come from the challenges, like I expected it would.
It came from you guys.
I learned that Dr.
moo has the best prescription for sadness.
I learned that team bat is awesome.
And I learned that my zombie apocalypse plan will probably fail.
But I'm glad to know it.
My time here at Nerdvana has been really life-changing.
It was so much fun to find out that I'm not alone in this world, that there are other people like me.
I don't care if it's klingon or na'vi.
Talk nerdy to me.
It's all about how smart guys are hot.
There have been times when I've laughed like crazy.
Yeah! And times when I cried like crazy.
However, I continued to fight.
I studied more than alana with comics and beat her in the comic book nerd-off, proving my comic book superiority.
- Wow.
I beat Virgil in my second trip to a nerd-off in the one thing on the planet I'm probably the worst at, dancing.
I out-built Moogega in my third nerd-off in the ultimate tower-building contest.
Genevieve wins this nerd-off.
I put my heart and soul into this game, and it's time for me to take the title.
I took responsibility for being a leader of team Blextrophy.
Ultimately, I think leadership is a really strong part of being a king of nerds.
I really hope that you will give me the opportunity to prove just how devoted I am to this and just how much I want to be a good ambassador.
Celeste, tell your fellow nerds why you should be chosen king of the nerds.
My hands are shaking right now.
Like, I can't concentrate, but I have my good luck shoes.
They're actually custom-made by a bunch of friends that have believed in me since the beginning.
And this is for them.
This is for myself.
This is for my friends.
This is for my family.
Coming into this house, I never thought I'd be standing here in front of you guys as the top two.
The moment I saw everyone here and I compared myself to all of you, I thought I wasn't good enough, and I thought I didn't deserve to be here.
And I've struggled with self-confidence, and I've struggled with what every nerd ever struggles in their life, and it's finally accepting who they are and representing their nerd-dom.
The reason why I came into this house was to fight and to challenge myself.
And so I had to deal with being a nerd who was shy and insecure and, like, the first, biggest struggle was that cosplay challenge.
Why, hello there.
My name is miss Ruby.
It was so hard for me, but I was able to get through it and then again, the live debate, I went up on stage, and I was so nervous.
But for me to just go out there and be in front of everyone, it felt incredible.
I felt a very bittersweet moment, 'cause we had lost, but at the same time, I again overcame a personal battle.
This is when I started actually believing in myself.
I finally was being vocal.
- It would have to be 9.
- Why? Why, Virgil? - 9.
9.
- Good.
Okay, good job.
I felt a little more comfortable, and I felt, "okay, I can do this.
" And as an individual, I finally came to a point where I said, I'm okay to be who I am as a nerd, I'm okay to dance up here and feel silly.
All I needed was to have faith in myself and have confidence, 'cause look where I am.
I'm top two, and that just means the world to me.
I feel good enough to be king of the nerds.
I really believe it now.
I stand today in front of you as a really confident person, someone who is loving of herself, someone who is proud to be a nerd.
And that it's okay, and I can tell the young nerds out there, you know, we may struggle, but you are who you are, and you need to learn to love yourself, and you need to learn to accept yourself.
And I can't tell you today how happy I am to finally accept being a nerd and being a representative for you guys.
Nerds Behold The tablets of power.
Banished nerds The power to crown the king now lies in your hands.
It's time to make your decisions.
Hendrik.
Who do you choose? I choose Genevieve.
It's gotta be Genevieve, because she worked for it.
Danielle.
Who do you choose? I choose Celeste.
I don't want to vote for either of them because it should have been me.
It should have been me, because accumulatively speaking, I did better than both of them.
Jon.
Who do you choose? I choose Celeste.
The difference between the Celeste I knew at the start and the Celeste that I have known for the past couple days at the end is very noticeable, so that's definitely a nerdy quality right there not giving up, you know? Just bashing your head against something until it works.
- Now Brandon.
- Yes.
Who did you choose? I'd like to say that it was a very difficult decision until one candidate showed themselves to have poured their passion into their entire life.
And I think that that is what best exemplars nerd.
And so I chose Celeste.
Brandon, with that vote, Celeste has three votes, and Genevieve is trailing with just one, sole vote.
Ivan, who do you choose? As always, the choices are difficult.
You both have so much to be proud of.
I only wish there was two slots.
Genevieve.
Genevieve's won three nerd-offs.
She's shown her mettle.
She's beaten other nerds, and for that reason, Genevieve has my vote.
Moogega.
Who did you choose? I choose Genevieve.
I feel that Genevieve really earned the title.
She does have a broad knowledge of a little bit of every aspect of the nerd culture, and I think that embodies the king of the nerds.
- Alana.
- Being the princess of tabletop gaming, I would like to welcome whichever one of you gets a higher score into royalty with me.
I have categories that I have put them either first or second in leadership, relatability, nerd cred, and role model.
I choose Celeste.
Celeste has grown much more as a person in this house, and I'm giving this title to somebody who I think will take this title places.
Nerds, there are only two votes remaining.
Genevieve, you need both of those votes to become king of the nerds.
And, Celeste, you need only one more vote to win.
- Virgil.
- Seriously? It all comes down to Virgil? Who do you choose? Currently, Celeste has four votes and Genevieve has three.
Celeste, if you receive one more vote, you will be king of the nerds.
Genevieve, you need both of the remaining votes to win.
I may be down, but I'm not out yet.
I mean, I beat incredible odds.
Even if each nerd-off was just a coin flip, I flipped heads three times in a row.
Probability-wise, that's one-in-eight odds.
Virgil.
I mean, I don't really know what makes a good ambassador of nerds, but I do know Genevieve is sort of the more traditional leader role, hands down.
I think, in terms of, like, classical nerd-dom, the way society defines the term, Genevieve is more the quintessential nerd.
She showed her mettle time and time again.
But Celeste's story about, like, overcoming, like, insecurity and, like, not being liked, things like that, that would have really spoken to me when I was younger.
I mean, I guess that's kind of the advantage of this competition.
We're allowed to decide what we value.
That's why I choose Celeste.
- Celeste, you win $100,000 - Yeah! - And the right - Did it.
You did it! To sit atop the throne of games! Bring it out.
Bring it out.
For someone who was struggling with that inner battle with herself, I freaking worked extremely hard.
I'm ready to represent everyone.
I'm ready to show that a nerd really did come this far.
Bring it out.
Bring it out.
I am happy that it's Celeste, because we set out, the two of us at the beginning, we said we were gonna try for the final two, and we made it to the final two.
I think that's amazing.
I wish I had won, but congratulations to Celeste.
My only piece of advice is consult a financial investment advisor.
Celeste, we scoured this nation looking for the greatest nerds we could find.
Of the 11 stellar nerds who came to Nerdvana, you have risen to the top.
Yeah! - Arise, your majesty - You did it! And claim your throne! Bring it out.
Bring it out.
Yeah! King of the nerds! Yeah! Yeah! Whoo! Whoo! I am obviously upset it wasn't me, but I think that a lot of people are gonna be very inspired by her.
Yay.
Group hug.
Group hug.
If you go out there in the world and you feel like no one appreciates you because of something that you love, just keep looking, 'cause there are people out there who love what you love and who will appreciate you for who you are.
Being a nerd is about being special.
It's about being different.
But most importantly, it's about embracing that and making wonderful things happen for yourself.
So go out there and be the best damned nerd that you can be.
I feel completely shocked, but I feel incredible.
I am king of the nerds!