Hey Guys, so a few weeks back Molson reached out to me with a really cool opportunity.
they wanted to invite me to the Coors Light Games, where I'd get free food and drinks,
play some really weird games, and go to some wicked parties. But even better, they wanted
me to bring 3 friends to act as my team in the games, and share the experience with me.
The whole trip was just unbelivably wicked, but the biggest thing it taught me was that
I actually have really great friends. So today I wanted to share with you guys what I learned,
and to show you some signs I've realized help
determine whether or not you have good friends.
First of all, I was only confirmed to go to these games about 2 weeks before they were happening, and so my biggest fear was
that all my friends were going to be busy.. and uh, they were. But the first sign that you
have good friends, is that they're willing to drop everything to go on a crazy adventure.
And such was the case with my team for the weekend.
The first person I talked to was Chris. He's a crazy talented drummer, and his job is to
actually go to parties and drum on the dance floor. He had a gig the same weekend, but
the second I told him about the games he cancelled it
and started talking teammates.
The next buddy I went to was Fil. This guy's always been an A student, and I've never been
all that great at science or anything, but from my understanding of what he does,
he's curing cancer. I'm sure that's a pretty complicated process, and he's only human,
so a weekend off won't be the end of the world.
Lastly, I had to call my buddy Nick. This guy creates energy out of thin air. For real,
I've seen him at 4am at parties amped up and ready to keep going. He's a student so he
actually didn't have to cancel anything for this weekend as school hasn't
started yet, but he drove to Toronto from London Ontario which is 2+ hours just for
this trip, and honestly, knowing him I'm sure he
would've driven 10x that if he had to.
Anyways we all met up downtown and got on a bus that would take us to the games. When
we got there, a golf cart drove us to the campground, and the second we got in it they handed us beer.
It was pretty sweet. they set us up with a
tent, more beer, and then gave us dinner. Afterwards there was an 80's & 90's themed
party, where I realized that I completely forgot to bring a costume. Luckily Chris offered
to share his, which resulted in both of us being half of mc hammer. which leads me to
sign number 2, friends will help a friend in need.
The party was cool, but day 2 was gonna be bigger and better. We woke up, got breakfast,
then put on our team uniform, and got some ink.
My friends and I are all pretty competitive so we agreed we'd take it slow with the beer
which was EVERYWHERE and try to focus on winning, and right after agreeing to that,
I single handedly held our whole team back on the first event that day, relay. the guys
were cool about it though...they didn't make me feel too bad.
There was a ton of other cool games, all of which i did much better in than the first
one, like zorb croquet, bubble soccer, water luge. We crushed everything. Seriously though,
We got first place in like half our events. And while nobody told us what our final rank was,
I honestly think it was in the top 10.
I personally haven't done any team sports in years, but I guess
when you're just all on the same page you know how to work together well. So I guess
the third sign that you have good friends is that you
work together well, and play off each other's strengths.
But with that being said, none of us are pros, and I'm definitely not an athelete, but honestly,
a good friend wouldn't make you feel crappy for falling down, or really embarassing
yourself. Which seemed to happen a lot that day. More than anything, It's just about having
a good time.
That night the party was 10 times crazier than the one before.
The 4th sign that you have good friends is that you have to
have each other's back.
For example, that night at the party, Nick had his eyes on a girl,
and so, being the good friends that we are, the whole team tried to go wingman him.
Okay so in hindsight, it might've come off as a little overwhelming, but our intentions were good!
At the end of the weekend we were all just completely exhausted.
We sat around on the bus home in silence just thinking about all the cool stuff we just experienced, and I
think that alone is a sign you have
good friends. The silence isn't awkward. Nothing's awkward. These are your friends, and doing
anything becomes 10x better when they're with you.
Anyways thanks for watching the video and thanks to Molson for inviting me to the coors
light games. It was a ton of fun and I hope to go again next year. But I'm curious,
do you agree with these signs? How many of them do your friends fit? Would they drop
everything to go on an adventure with you? Would they go out of their way to help you
out? Do you work together well, and have your friend's
back? Is there any awkwardness in your friendship?
Let me know in the comments below.
Also, this is pretty different from my usual type of video
but if you enjoyed it let me know by giving it a thumbs up, and maybe I'll do similar stuff.
And with all that being said, I'll see you guys next time.
peace.