2012-04-05
Christian K ★
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Hey.
Some time ago I suggested that someone made some videos of matches where they commentated on the moves to entertain the others and help players get into new games.
I did a video on a game of dots and boxes, which I hope you will watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&v=cL7Y4AIqj50
I think it shows a nice match and illustrates the mechanics of the game. I hope someone will enjoy watching it, and I REALLY hope someone will take their time to make similar videos of their favorite game (which of course is allowed to be dots and boxes too :))
I think the video format with a commentator helps spicing the expirience up of watching other peoples' games. Do you agree?
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2012-04-05
kpato
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i don’t know what is going to think Richard about the user “LittlegolemTV”
but i loved watch your video, and I’m pretty sure, that kind of videos could bring more players to the site!
Could you imagine, videos of entires tournaments commented?
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2012-04-05
Christian K ★
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Thanks a lot for the comments guys
kpato: yeah you could imagine in every championship that at least the games between the highest rated players in the 1st division would result in a commentated video. It would be great for everyone trying to learn new games and it would surely attract a lot of new players to the site.
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2012-04-06
Hjallti
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This is really great...
I would love to see a video about the chain rule... maybe giving the game backwards...
end game
explanation of double cross
some calculation why blue goes for odd and red for even.
((60 moves – 24 extra moves (boxes filled – 1) + doublecrosses (disappearing extra moves))
than an easy chain battle
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2012-04-09
Christian K ★
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It is a great idea for another video as the current video is aimed towards players who are already fairly familiar with the basic concepts.
However, it would be really great if someone else did a video on a nice match of their favorite game :) I am sure that a lot of people would like to see someone who knows about a games comment on a match.
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2012-04-09
darse
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Great idea! I enjoyed the video, showing some of the more advanced concepts of Dots and Boxes as they arise in a real game between top players. An introductory video would be great too, for new players.
Video is a nice way to get people interested quickly, and to promote Little Golem as the best place to play those games.
If i was to do a commented screen-capture video, could i give it to you to post under the same LittleGolemTV youtube account? It seems like a good place to put similar videos together.
I’m thinking i could do an introductory game of LoA, and then re-play some of the heavily analyzed LoA games that Mona has played in the past. Then maybe an easy Ewn intro, and a game with some deeper analysis.
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2012-04-09
Christian K ★
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Sure, I would love to post anything (remotely relevant) under the name.
I don’t really think it is an issue that the youtube user has “LittleGolem” in its name. I am sure noone finds the videos offensive and they are a nice advertisement for the site.
I would love to see some video on LoA. Tried to get into it a while ago but it was quite hard to get into.
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2012-04-09
FatPhil
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It was good, but there’s room for even more. For example you mention that smoores wants to close the ring such that it doesn’t form a rho shape with the long chain, but you don’t explain why. Sure, the 1800+'s all know why, but do the 1600s, say?
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2012-04-09
darse
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There could be a community discussion on the fine points of a selected game, determining the content to be used for the video highlights...
Here’s a related idea for the forum (not video):
A Canadian chess magazine used to have a feature called “Master's Forum”. Four or five masters would write commentary on a game that they were given, without knowing who the participants were or what tournament the game came from. That was a very interesting way to see different viewpoints, and different ways of thinking about positions that arise in a real game.
Maybe some good players on the LG forum would be willing to analyze a game? A manager could choose the game, and merge the commentaries for a similar feature. (I can’t volunteer right now, as i’m insanely busy, but maybe i could coordinate one in a few weeks).
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2012-04-09
FatPhil
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There’s nothing unusual about people asking for a post-mortem of their match. The most interesting one becomes self-selecting as it garners comments. Then again, by that stage there’s little need to turn it into video form, apart from the change of medium itself.
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2012-04-10
Nagy Fathy
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Thank You Thinkkaman, it is a very nice vedio. For me it is a very good educational matrial, I’d love to see more vedios like this one!!
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2012-04-18
Christian K ★
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I am thinking of doing one on min shogi. Will try and find time for it next week. Of course, I am not as expirienced in that as I am in D&B (specifically because there is no monthly cup :( ) but it is a game that I enjoy a lot. Very fun, very fast paced.
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2012-05-17
Christian K ★
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It is long overdue, but I finally made another video. It is another dots and boxes match and can be seen at http://youtu.be/VSZ69gvaxns It is not the videos getting the most popularity (ie. views) but I have the feeling that some of the people who watch it actually enjoy it a lot.
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2012-05-18
Christian K ★
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It is seemingly impossible to bump these days, but I will try anyway :) what is up with the clock anyway?
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2012-05-18
MRFvR
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It seems that in one and half day (36h40m to be precise) we’ll be back in bumpability! 8-)
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2012-05-20
MRFvR
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As MarleysGhost pointed out in another thread, we’re already back there: full bumpability restored!
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2012-05-21
Christian K ★
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Since no one seemed to notice (or no one cared), I’ll just mentioned that I did another LGTV video. It can be found here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSZ69gvaxns hope someone enjoys it and makes something similar for their favorite game (which of course may be D&B too). If you want me to post your video under the LGTV name so that they can all be found together, just give me the video and I will post it.
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2012-05-22
Christian K ★
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Unlike what this thread might suggest, a lot of people have actually shown interest in the project, which is of course very flattering. The first concrete contribution is FatPhil who did a video on another championship match from championship #28.
It can be found here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f663KWBcNWs
It is high quality stuff and more detailed than what I did in the other videos, so I can really recommend watching for anyone interested in the game. Thanks Phil.
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2012-07-12
Christian K ★
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Another episode is done. This time it is about Minishogi. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OlcWNUV5gA
I think it is an awesome match, thanks to the players.
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2012-07-13
Tobias (TORBEN .BSW)
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2012-07-13
FatPhil
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Blimey, minishogi looks like a pretty brutal game – thanks for the upload and the commentary!
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2012-07-14
milesd ★
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What a great idea! thanks for this commented games. I’m waiting for more...
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2012-08-18
Christian K ★
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New episode done :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSuat4ZgmdU
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2013-04-02
Christian K ★
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New episode done. This technology makes it much easier to produce them just with screen captures and trmph.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzKCjpXSSrk
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2013-04-03
z ★
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Nice job, Thnikkaman! I’m really glad that trmph.com turns out to be helpful. How did you make similar videos before? Another thing I’m curious about: why do top dots-and-boxes players play to the end? The outcome is quite obvious many moves ago, even to a beginner.
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2013-04-03
Christian K ★
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Before I captured the images, used paint to cut them and a basic video editor and mic recorder to make the video. It took very long time, first capturing the images and cutting them correctly in paint. Then I had to do the actual sound recording, and finally editing where I had to set when it should flip between the picture. Needless to say, it took very long time and it was one of the reasons I didn’t do them so often. With trmph.com and a nice screen capture program I just have to record once and I can even use the mouse to comment on different regions. There is no editing work so it is really the ideal solutions. I would really like to do one on blokus too, but only if it is to be found on trmph.com which seems to require that Richard changes something about the text representation. I am not sure why there is more of a tradition to play to the end. Maybe to help beginners who look at the games, maybe to hope the opponents passes out irl and forgets to respond so you get a win. I do not know, but the endgames are not that long (compared to for example GO)
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