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- Length · 21 Mar 2026
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Video #22308 · Vlog
Story about real life sidequestsfrom @joinwabi
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Overview
The creator introduces a real-life 'lore' competition he started with a friend, demonstrates the custom app he built to track their 'side quests', and explains a specific challenge to see a volcano. He then details the obstacle of his friends being employed and unavailable to travel, shows his problem-solving process of adding local regions to the app, and concludes with a dynamic montage of their successful local side quest going fossil hunting in the rain.
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Simple outline
- 1Establish high-concept challenge
- 2Introduce real-world obstacle
- 3Pivot to accessible alternative
- 4Prove alternative is superior
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Classification
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Hook analysis
What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds
Verbal hook · 35%
See three weeks ago me and my friend Jake started a competition to see who could get the most lore in thirty days.
Visual hook · 65%
The creator abruptly thrusts a large physical whiteboard reading 'THREE WEEKS AGO...' directly into the camera lens, immediately followed by a creative stop-motion chalkboard animation using paper cut-out faces.
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Hook template
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Thrust a physical sign reading ' AGO...' directly into the camera, then cut to a stop-motion or handmade animation that sets up the opening scene of a between you and .
- — Shove a whiteboard reading 'SIX MONTHS AGO...' into the lens, then cut to a hand-drawn stop-motion map showing the starting point of a road trip bet between two friends to visit every state capital.
- — Push a chalkboard reading 'ONE YEAR AGO...' into the camera, then cut to a paper cut-out animation of two stick figures at a starting line to set up a fitness transformation competition between coworkers.
- — Thrust a cardboard sign reading 'THIRTY DAYS AGO...' into the frame, then cut to a stop-motion whiteboard animation showing two shopping carts racing to set up a budgeting challenge between two roommates.
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Hook and payoff
The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back
Hook
The High-Stakes Premise: Introduce a unique, time-bound competition with a specific, intriguing metric to instantly capture attention and set the narrative stakes.
Payoff
The Superiority Resolution: Visually prove that the accessible, scaled-down alternative delivered a better, more authentic experience than the original impossible task, leaving the viewer with a satisfying emotional takeaway.
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Narrative framework
The structural pattern this video runs on
Framework
The Gamified Pivot Blueprint
Hook viewers with a high-concept, gamified challenge, introduce a relatable real-world obstacle, and pivot to a scaled-down, emotionally resonant alternative that proves to be superior.
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The Infrastructure Flex
Briefly showcase the custom system, tool, or extreme effort used to track the challenge, establishing the creator's authority and deep investment in the premise.
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The Logistical Roadblock
Present a highly ambitious task generated by the challenge, immediately followed by the relatable real-world constraints (like location or busy friends) that make it impossible to execute.
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The Value Realignment
Shift the narrative focus from the grand ambition to the emotional core of the challenge, justifying a change in plans to the audience.
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The Accessible Pivot
Introduce the modified, scaled-down solution that solves the roadblock while maintaining the spirit of the original challenge.
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Post caption
Lore maxxing with friends <3
Text overlays
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THREE WEEKS AGO...
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me
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started a competition
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who could get
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IN 30 DAYS
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and I made an entire app
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i got a sidequest
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I LIVE IN
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now I could've booked a cheap flight
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my friends they're all employed
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the best part of sidequests is doing it with friends
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with a solution
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so i didn't go to a volcano
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but we did manage to get a group of friends
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in whitby instead
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a volcano would've been cool
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to finding a fossil on a rainy beach?
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much cooler.
Transcript
See three weeks ago me and my friend Jake started a competition to see who could get the most lore in thirty days. Me. Me. Me. Me. And I made an entire app to track our score and give us side quests. But last week I got a side quest to see a volcano. I live in London. Now I good have booked a cheap flight to Italy and see Mount Vesuvius, but when I asked my friends if they were free, they're all implored. For me, the best part of side quests is doing it with friends. So I came up with a solution. Get new friends. Regions. I added three better. Local, national and global. So I didn't go to a volcano better we did manage to get a group of friends to go fossil hunting in Whitby instead because seeing the volcano would have been cool better our reaction to finding a fossil on a rainy beach? Yeah. Much cooler.