Over a million people watched a block of ice melt today, because “Game of Thrones”
Bet no one woke up Thursday morning and thought “Oh gee, today looks like a great day to sit for an hour and watch a block of ice melt — live!” But that’s exactly what many of us did. Game of Thrones melted a block of ice for over an hour, and we just sat around and watched the block of ice melt. You know, typical Thursday.
And why did Game of Thrones do this? WHY DID WE WATCH IT? The premiere date for Season 7 was hidden in the block of ice, so it needed to melt to reveal the date. Obviously. This is our new favorite past time! (Our old favorite past time was patiently waiting for Season 7.)
Thankfully, we don’t have to wait too much longer for new episodes, as Season 7 will drop on July 16th, 2017.
But getting to this big premiere date reveal? Oh Drogon. Over a million people (and at this point, probably more) tuned into the live stream and literally all that happened was a block of ice was melted with fire — get it? ICE? FIRE? A Song of Ice and Fire? Jon Snow and Dany??
Anyhoo. It was just your regular, typical Thursday.
That's right: @GameOfThrones fans will just sit there and watch ice melt.
— Watchers on the Wall (@WatchersOTWall) March 9, 2017
I'm watching ice melt, thanks @GameOfThrones
— taki ★ (@capn_tak) March 9, 2017
Watching ice melt is the new watching paint dry. Thanks @GameOfThrones. #GOTS7 pic.twitter.com/tx7lHUgQsQ
— Andy Swift (@AndySwift) March 9, 2017
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When you are so obsessed with #GameOfThrones that you would literally watch a block of ice melt pic.twitter.com/waFdslF2C7
— Jon Snow (@LordSnow) March 9, 2017
Seriously, this was agonizing, but also A+ work to whoever thought this up. Give them a raise, HBO. false
This has made me hate ice as much as Anakin Skywalker hates sand.
— Eric Goldman (@TheEricGoldman) March 9, 2017
"Let's put the #GoT premiere date in ice & melt it with dragon fire!"-HBO Exec
"Genius!"-Boardroom
"THE ICE IS TOO THICK HELP!"-HBO Exec— Josh Macuga (@JoshMacuga) March 9, 2017
HBO better promote the sick intern who suggested MELTING ICE ON FACEBOOK LIVE for this pic.twitter.com/xf4A0o1Q4u
— Marc (@MarcSnetiker) March 9, 2017
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And then there were the jokes.
HBO "Ya'll will watch anything. Here's proof." 🔥❄️🔥
— Fire and Lunch (@FireandLunch) March 9, 2017
me: ok time to go and do something productive
got: type “FIRE” in the comments to reveal the #GoTS7 premiere date
me: pic.twitter.com/dVxvNOSXuI— Andrés🦩 (@andivhs) March 9, 2017
I remember when Christopher Hewett melted a block of ice so people would know the Mr. Belvedere premiere date.
— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) March 9, 2017
I'm now going to pass in all of my assignments in an ice block that my professors will have to torch for approx. 2 hours on Facebook Live
— emily (@emilyrpaige) March 9, 2017
Now I want an oral history of the Game of Thrones Facebook Live reveal. But it must be etched into a block of ice or I won't read it.
— Jen Chaney (@chaneyj) March 9, 2017
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Somehow, La La Land got dragged into this.
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The #GOT block of ice revealed that "R+J=Emma Stone, La La Land."
— Ryan McGee (@TVMcGee) March 9, 2017
Also, the video crashed not once but TWICE, and then the ice would literally not melt fast enough and Twitter kinda started losing it. false
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george rr martin will finish Winds of Winter before this premiere date is revealed #GOTs7 #GameOfThrones
— Cait Duffy (@duffosaurus_rex) March 9, 2017
#GameofThrones just made 100000 people tune in to watch ice melt on Facebook, then the stream crashed and all hell broke loose.
— Snarglepip 😻 (@Snarglepip) March 9, 2017
Eventually, the flames cut through the fire (…foreshadowing?) and the premiere date was revealed and everyone went back to work. Now, forevermore, we can all ask one another, “So where were you when Game of Thrones melted that block of ice?”
