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TheBigGreek the biggest german Chess-Streamer made an stream, where he learned Go from Tobias Berben. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1413189799

I made with Orcachess an Go video (in german). It's first view video about Go and if it has some success, Orca would like to make more Go videos. He is a german chess youtuber with a few thousand follower, so it's nice thing, to have him making Go more popular, also he got a lot of fun with that. I ...

I've been trying to promote go for forty-five years. I've taught A LOT of folks to play. I had a popular lecture during the Hikaru surge and gave away at least 100 of those cardboard punch-out sets provided by the American Go Federation.

During all of that interaction with total newbies, I only ...

I think there is something deeply intrinsic to Go that makes it unlikely to ever become very popular in Europe. My little sister, now a veteran teacher in elementary school, tried out both Go and Chess in her classroom and she found herself and the children much more attracted to Chess, even though ...

Maybe there is something on the move. The german Chessfluencer The Big Greek (he got greek roots) pronounced in the stream of the last Chess World Championship game, that he will learn Go in the new year and stream it. It seems he want to invite Yoon Youngsun too, which lives in Hamburg, same as him ...

How is the status of the EGC now? I think, the Corona situation can threaten the EGC in this year too. Probably it´s better, the EGS is 2021 also on hold. I don´t know if the responsible people already talked about it.
It´s not easy to make big events like this, during a pandemic. I don´t think ...

@danjosely

Hi thanks for the answer, also I would only agree with a part of it (even so it´s a big part).

First, you not have to depend on Pros. Enough good players could do a stram. Pros are just the first ones to consider. Look to chess, there came a lot of growing streams, not done by ...

I think part of the problem with targeting rank beginners and people who haven't played go previously is that the audience is pretty limited in terms of progress. For people who stick with go, graduating into a DDK happens relatively quickly, and then they're no longer in the target audience for a ...

Hi everyone,

thanks for the comments so far, even if I wouldn´t fully agree with all.

@Pio2001

You made a good example, two more good examples are Go Pro Yeonwoo and dwyrin, who gives much content. You can even see already 23800 followers in dwyrins channel.

https://www.youtube.com/results ...

I think there should be also thought making a new rating class, for tournaments with top players. The class A to C is not bad for normal tournaments I think (I don´t mention class D cause it´s only online), but in my opinion the system should be completed, wit han class S (for Special) or however ...

Hello everyone,

I like that Go got now some presence on Twitch and Youtube, but there are possibilities, to gain more attention.
In chess there are now some streamers, with a really growing number at followers (even among many people which where not interested in chess before), cause they are ...

Why is Eric Lui the only AGA pro, who plays the Masters at this congress?

Twitch should give here some chances. It´s a platform, with a lot of viewers. I heared, the AGA already have an agreement, getting money for an big amount of viewers. The EGF is still working on it.

Yes... but. Ask someone who actually has a channel (ie, not me), but monetization of these things ...

I hope, there are more possibilities to make mone for pros. The chance for a job and even if it´s just a side job, is the best support for them.

Twitch should give here some chances. It´s a platform, with a lot of viewers. I heared, the AGA already have an agreement, getting money for an big amount ...

I already saw, that EGF Pros did teaching or made analysis for games. That wasn´t much, but I saw it from Ali Jabarin. And I am not all around at the time, many lecturs and tournaments at the same time. Also some of our Pros are often in Asia, playing the Chinese C League or a tournament there ...