- You guys all know Ryan Prunty,
but what you might not know about him
is that he's an extreme "Lord of the Rings" fan.
- It's so much better, the director's cut.
Every movie is like 3 1/2 hours long.
- [Lizzy] So Google Play asked me if I had any ideas
on how to celebrate the annual Yule Festival
in "Lord of the Rings: Rise to War".
So me and the girls decided to travel all the way to LA
to Ryan's house to surprise him with
the biggest in real life Yule Festival.
- Oh my! - Right on his front lawn.
So we just got to Ryan's house,
and we are here to stake it out.
We're just waiting for him to leave because
his friends told me that he's gonna be filming all day.
And now we just wait for him to leave.
(upbeat music)
(gasps) There he is, there he is!
Okay, this is perfect. There he goes.
He has no idea.
Ryan just left, we gotta move. Let's go.
Let's go, let's go! Got a lot of work to get done today!
This is the art truck where all of our supplies live.
- [Worker] Let's do it.
(upbeat music)
Okay, Chelsea, you love "Lord the Rings",
so I'm gonna need your help on where to set things up.
- [Chelsea] Well, obviously,
it's not a Yule Festival without fireworks.
So Ashley, can you grab that?
- [Ashley] Okay, okay.
(upbeat music)
- (laughs) Giant fork.
This is gonna be the fake snow that we're setting up.
We might need some backup. Pull!
Ow! Do I look like Gandalf?
- [Chelsea] Yeah, kinda. (laughs)
- Oh my gosh. Look at this fish!
Oh my gosh! - Oh my gosh!
- Dang, there's so much food here.
- [Chelsea] Yeah, hobbits eat a lot.
- There you go.
Ashley!
(upbeat music)
To make this Yule even more festive,
we are gonna make it snow in LA.
Hey, boys!
(dramatic music)
- I've never seen snow in LA before.
This is so crazy. Oh my God!
- Guys, this is so awesome. It's actually real snow.
(machine whirring)
(all laughing)
- That didn't work out very well.
- At the center of the Yule event is the Yule Tree,
so we picked this tree in Ryan's front yard.
In the game, players can decorate it with custom ornaments,
from snowflakes to wizard's hats.
So we're gonna be making our own decorations
to really personalize Ryan's Yule Tree.
Okay, Ashley, we still have so much more to do,
so we gotta be quick with these ornaments.
Yes. Glitter Ryan is coming to life.
Here we go.
We're gonna start from the bottom
and snake it all the way up.
And time is of the essence.
- Oh my gosh. - Ashley, don't just
stand there, do something.
How did it get so tangled?
When did this happen?
Guys, I think we need backup.
- I really want him to see it,
so I'm gonna put it on this branch
so it's really easy to spot.
- Okay, Ashley, we are done with the tree.
We have so many other things to decorate, so let's move on.
Come on.
- Yule shall not pass.
- I like that.
(upbeat music)
- Who is responsible?
Someone from the art team is trying to sabotage us.
Guilty. - No.
Caught white-handed.
- What's a party in Hobbiton
without some enchanted fireworks?
Okay, Ashley, we have one, two, three, four,
five fireworks ready, how many more do we have left?
- Like 100.
- During the in-game Yule event,
you can give Gandalf a bunch of different materials
to build your own fireworks.
So today, we're gonna be putting
our own spin on these fireworks,
and it is gonna look really good once it gets dark outside.
- Oh, wow, this is amazing. This is so cool.
Ryan's gonna love this. It says his name on it.
- [Lizzy] You better keep this literally in his house.
If I had something like this- - It's really good.
- I would keep it. - I know.
- [Lizzy] I was like, "Chelsea's gonna be so jealous."
- I want one so bad. This is so cool.
- In "Rise to War", the actual Yule treasure
is hidden in the mountains,
so you have to find all the clues to figure out where it is.
For now, we are putting our Yule treasure
under the Yule Tree and we're gonna see what's inside later.
There is a key somewhere in your front yard
that unlocks this treasure chest.
- [Chelsea] Comment down below what you think
is inside here, 'cause my mind is running wild right now.
- Come on, we got work to get done.
- [Chelsea] Okay. (sighs)
- [Ashley] Oh, looks just like the door.
- [Lizzy] I know.
This is the Fellowship right here.
- [Lizzy] What's that?
- That's a horse. - Oh.
Put some muscle into it.
(festive music)
- This is gonna look so good.
- [Lizzy] Looking good.
Ryan really is a super fan.
- Apparently. I don't even have that at home.
- Really? - Yeah.
- [Lizzy] That is so sick. And the ring is on it.
- [Chelsea] Yeah.
- Hobbits love to sing.
In "Rise to War", the Yule Choir adds merriment to the event
with a variety of songs to choose from and musical gameplay.
Of course, we have to add this to Ryan's front yard.
(festive music)
And of course, we have the girl.
(cutout clattering)
And perfect.
- Wait, Liz, look. One more final touch.
- Oh my gosh, I love that.
Hi guys, I'm Ryan this is the best surprise ever!
I love "Lord of the Rings"!
Okay, Ashley, we gotta go! Come on!
There we go. Come on, keep moving.
(upbeat music)
- [Worker] It needs to come to me a little bit.
- (laughs) I don't think anything I'm doing is helping.
(upbeat music)
- It looks so good.
- Oh my gosh, Ethan said that they just finished filming
and Ryan's on his way back.
- How much time do we have?
- I don't know, but he can be back any second.
We gotta move.
Okay, art team, we gotta hustle.
Ryan is on his way back
and he could be here any minute now!
Move, move, move!
(dramatic music)
(dramatic music continues)
Ryan's gonna be here any second now.
But before he gets here, I wanna give a huge shout out
to Google Play for making this entire surprise possible.
I have been having so much fun
playing "Lord of the Rings: Rise to War".
If you guys love strategy games with a great storyline
and awesome graphics just like I do,
it is the perfect game for you.
And I discovered it through Google Play,
which has so many apps and games,
that there's gonna be something for you guys there.
- There's no lights. This is the perfect spot.
- [Chelsea] That's a pretty good spot.
- Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh, Ryan's here.
Guys, it's time for the big surprise.
(gentle music)
Okay, okay.
Three, two, one, lights!
- Oh my! Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
This is wild.
- Surprise! Ta-da!
- How did you do this? Why are you here?
- Okay, come on, let's go.
- Wait, I don't understand.
Wait, wait, this is "Lord of the Rings" themed.
- Yes, everything is "Lord of the Rings" themed,
and let me give you a little bit of a tour.
- Oh my gosh, it says Ryan's house.
This is sick. How did you do this?
I don't understand. There's snow!
Liz, we're in LA, there's snow. How did you do this?
- Well, we transformed your house into,
like, a hobbit house.
- Is that a hobbit door? - Yes.
- I've always wanted a hobbit door. There's a fire!
- There's a fire.
- How did you do this today? I don't understand.
- There's a choir
of hobbit Ryans. - Oh my God!
Why am I screaming?
- Because you're singing! - I'm like...
Dude, what? There's stuff in here!
- Presents! - It's like the Yule Festival.
- Yes!
Yule shall not pass. - Yule shall not pass.
Oh, I see what you did!
- [Chelsea] But Yule literally shall not pass
'cause it doesn't open.
- Yeah, oh. Wait, how do I deal with this?
- Let's keep moving. Come on, Ryan.
- Yo, that is incredible.
This is crazy! - We have Gandalf's fireworks.
- The wagon and everything.
Oh, the whole tree's decorated.
- Yeah, we have ornaments.
- [Ryan] This tree is normally so ugly,
but you made it look so nice.
That's me? - That's you.
- Okay, all right.
- That is literally you. - Just because it's wearing
orange and has a bad haircut doesn't mean that is me.
I love "Lord of the Rings".
It's how I bonded with my entire family growing up.
And I don't get to see them very much anymore,
so the fact that you, like, did this here means a lot.
- Aww, we're glad you like it.
- No, I don't like it, I love it.
This is is so magical, it's not even funny.
- Okay, well, the magic is not over, because-
- What's about to happen? I'm scared.
- We are doing a scavenger hunt.
- What do you mean?
- In "Rise to War", players must work to unlock clues
to find the hidden Yule treasure,
so we have created a treasure hunt of our own.
- Okay.
- And there is a key somewhere in your front yard
that unlocks this treasure chest.
And if you can find it,
you can keep what's inside. - Okay.
Are you serious?
- And Chelsea- - Wait, what?
- You and Ryan are competing to see
who's the bigger "Lord of the Rings" fan.
If you can answer this question, it's gonna give you a hint
that's gonna help you find the key.
How many dogs does Farmer Maggot have?
- That's easy. - That's so easy.
- Three. - Three.
- Okay, so there's your hint.
- Okay. - Ready, set, go.
Go, go, go, go, go.
- Three, three candles.
(dramatic music)
Wait.
- Out of my way. - Wait, no, come on!
I'm searching here, dude, come on.
Wait, there's three of me.
There's three of me. - There's three presents.
- It better not be this.
No. Oh, oh, oh, oh.
There's three layers, three buttons.
Okay. Sorry, Gandalf.
- Three? - There's no way.
- [Chelsea] Yeah, there's about three of those.
- Okay, I don't see you looking.
- [Lizzy] Come on, time's ticking.
- Maps.
- This isn't too obvious, right?
- All right, there's literally a giant number three on this.
- I looked through that whole book
and I did not see it there.
- It'd be way too obvious
to put it right next to the treasure chest.
I don't understand. - I don't know.
(upbeat music)
- Where? Oh, you found it already?
Come on! Wait, where'd you find it?
- Don't worry about it. - Wait, no, come on.
Tell me where it was. You gotta at least tell me where it was.
- No, I'm gonna let it eat you alive.
- Oh, come on. Was it over here?
Where?
- [Chelsea] All right, let's see.
- [Ryan] Is someone gonna hop out of this?
- [Lizzy] (laughs) It's a hobbit.
(upbeat music)
- Oh! That's so...
Dude, that is crazy.
- This is insane.
(all laughing)
- Yay, woo hoo! - Yeah!
- [Lizzy] Good job!
And Chelsea, on top of that,
there's also 1,000 Google Play Points in there
that you get to keep.
- Oh my gosh. There's so many, this is crazy.
- Have fun redeeming every Google Play Point one at a time.
- [Lizzy] One at a time.
- This place looks unreal, and I'm leaving it up all year.
I'm never taking it down.
- Thanks again to Google Play for sponsoring this video
and making this epic surprise possible.
Make sure to download "Lord of the Rings: Rise to War"
and join the Yule Festival.
Let me know in the comments below
how you guys are gonna be celebrating.
And happy Yule, I'll see you guys next time. Bye!
(upbeat music) (machine whirring)
Okay. I think it's a little too much snow!