What video content do you want to see at the 2015 Congress?

Jujube · Post by **Jujube** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 11:07 am

It's a good try, logistics and technology is certainly important. I like that you're posting the experiments on YouTube, it gives a community feel to everything. The more experience gained now, the smoother things are bound to run, right?

I'm sure that people have mentioned about audio issues which I hope can be resolved.

Pro commentary is certainly important, however, recall in the 2013 and 2014 World Chess Championships you had low-GMs and a few IMs doing the commentary, so it doesn't need to be all-out! Remember, the higher-qualified teacher might not give the audience the best commentary!

This is going to sound really stupid, but please, put the board on a table. Then the camera won't get confused and I won't have to stare at a pair of knees.

EDIT: I know I'm gushing but really, well done everyone. I'm assuming that unlike the CCSCSL, there isn't a billionaire funding the centre, and therefore any video or livestream of go events is a blessing really.

seigenblues · Post by **seigenblues** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 11:59 am

Yes, the audio issues are also being worked on -- on that video, i had misconfigured the software to use the wrong microphone for the first half hour or so :oops:

skip ahead, skip ahead...

I admit though, i don't know what you mean by "put the board on a table" -- the board there *is* on a table? In fact, the SGC even puts their floor boards on tables, for redundancy. Maybe skip to the middle of the video to see how it worked once we got it all set up. Actually, skip to the end, the middle contains me playing poorly :-?

Alas, we are billionaire free. If you know any, please encourage them to donate :cool:

Do you have any commentators in mind?

Jujube · Post by **Jujube** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 2:02 pm

Oh...

I'm watching in 144p (my internet is that slow) - so it's a bit blurred!

What it looks like is: the floor boards are on low, narrow tables so that they can be used with chairs.

The camera can't focus because the SGC's floor and the surface of the goban are in the same shot. A table board on a *table* table, like 2 minutes into this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOomZEDHp0Q (worst music award goes to...?) would mean that your camera can focus, the players' legs aren't occasionally in shot, and you can even put a sharp, logo-ridden SGC Main Event tablecloth as a backdrop. Preferably not as garish as in the above video.

Commentators? No idea. Go Juan co-commentating with Sean Plott sounds pretty funny.

seigenblues · Post by **seigenblues** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 2:55 pm

The camera isn't focusing for other reasons, but you're generally right. Mostly it's because it's a dumb webcam that wants to see faces. Also, the full frame shot is actually much wider: as a webcam, it has a very wide lens, but to keep it out of the field of view of the players, it's set up higher than it maybe should be. This means the source is actually cropped down in the streaming software to just have the board; the sensor itself is getting a much wider shot, which contributes to its confusion. Naturally, the software controls logitech provides are windows-only... Either way, trust me, i got this one under control ;-)

The laptop at congress will be windows, but if i have to spy on the USB comms and bitbang the blasted thing into shape, so help me i will.

xed_over · Post by **xed_over** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 12:05 am

seigenblues wrote: The laptop at congress will be windows,

mine won't be

often · Post by **often** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 9:29 am

Is this Andrew as in Andrew Jackson?

Also, I have some ideas for interviews and stuff but I haven't been able to coordinate that with the pro coordinator ever or have been able to get a hold of Josh.

My "interviews" end up being amusing talks with the pros over copious amounts of alcohol, haha.

seigenblues · Post by **seigenblues** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 12:09 pm

Yep that's me! would be great to get some of those interviews on camera

often · Post by **often** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 1:10 pm

<--------- this is kevin hwang. hello~~~

yea i talked with nakano at seattle with him and his wife. eventually the topic of his famous self atari was brought up. it was an interesting talk that i wish more people could hear.

i was thinking it'd be interesting to have an hour each day at the go congress to talk Go with a professional. maybe devote half an hour to talk and another half an hour to Q&A. i sorta tried to do that with Xie He at the tail end of our game reviews, but the schedule for him was always packed solid so i never got a chance. i'll have to see if i can wrangle up something like that for this year with someone.

xed_over · Post by **xed_over** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 1:37 pm

often wrote:yea i talked with nakano at seattle with him and his wife. eventually the topic of his famous self atari was brought up. it was an interesting talk that i wish more people could hear.

I love Nakano.
I got to play a game of 10 minute speed go with him at a local pub near the Tacoma Go Congress a couple of year's ago. It was a lot of fun.

vash3g · Post by **vash3g** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 5:15 am

often wrote:i was thinking it'd be interesting to have an hour each day at the go congress to talk Go with a professional. maybe devote half an hour to talk and another half an hour to Q&A. i sorta tried to do that with Xie He at the tail end of our game reviews, but the schedule for him was always packed solid so i never got a chance. i'll have to see if i can wrangle up something like that for this year with someone.

This sounds like an entertaining go podcast.

often · Post by **often** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:58 pm

vash3g wrote:
often wrote:i was thinking it'd be interesting to have an hour each day at the go congress to talk Go with a professional. maybe devote half an hour to talk and another half an hour to Q&A. i sorta tried to do that with Xie He at the tail end of our game reviews, but the schedule for him was always packed solid so i never got a chance. i'll have to see if i can wrangle up something like that for this year with someone.

This sounds like an entertaining go podcast.

Talked with both andrew (OP) and josh (go congress organizer for this year). it looks like a possibility.

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