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[shapenaji]

I'm gonna pull this off... I may have to start mugging graphic artists... but I'm gonna make this work.

[shapenaji]

Update: Got a stream going, (snagged some viewers from the chess community too!)

Check it out sometime!

http://www.twitch.tv/shapenaji

[shapenaji]

'bout to start broadcasting

[daal]

I actually saw part of it (nice job winning games while commenting during a live test broadcast in the middle of the night ^^), but didn't see you drawing any lines. Did you give up on/postpone that aspect or did I just miss it? I think it's a great idea, and I'd love to see you implement it.

I must admit that I like the live-cam a lot. Not only is it fun to see a person whose posts I've been reading over the last few years, but it also adds a human dimension to the comments which I suspect helps to affix things in one's brain.

I didn't see much of the broadcast, but my impression was that it was designed to give chess players a window into the world of go, and as such it was a mixture of introductory comments and somewhat generalized comments regarding strategic and tactical choices. I don't know if this was your plan, or if it just turned out that way because of the type of questions that viewers threw at you, but it's probably a good idea to pick a target audience beforehand.

In any case, the possibility of drawing on the board, showing groups, cutting points, borders, directions etc. would be great - particularly on an introductory level to clarify which battles are taking place and what the key factors are. Keep up the good work, and let us know when you plan your next broadcast!

[shapenaji]

I actually saw part of it (nice job winning games while commenting during a live test broadcast in the middle of the night ^^), but didn't see you drawing any lines. Did you give up on/postpone that aspect or did I just miss it? I think it's a great idea, and I'd love to see you implement it.

I must admit that I like the live-cam a lot. Not only is it fun to see a person whose posts I've been reading over the last few years, but it also adds a human dimension to the comments which I suspect helps to affix things in one's brain.

I didn't see much of the broadcast, but my impression was that it was designed to give chess players a window into the world of go, and as such it was a mixture of introductory comments and somewhat generalized comments regarding strategic and tactical choices. I don't know if this was your plan, or if it just turned out that way because of the type of questions that viewers threw at you, but it's probably a good idea to pick a target audience beforehand.

In any case, the possibility of drawing on the board, showing groups, cutting points, borders, directions etc. would be great - particularly on an introductory level to clarify which battles are taking place and what the key factors are. Keep up the good work, and let us know when you plan your next broadcast!

Thanks for watching! Yeah, I've been having issues being able to get a good overlaying system working, I thought just getting the stream going would be a good start, and then I can work on the cool annotation tools later.

The first broadcast was definitely aimed at chess players, since they were the main ones who showed up (RobertT has been making friends in the chess community on twitch.tv). But I plan on doing a range of presentations. Just tonight we did kind've a group stream: myself, RobertT, and Andrew Jackson. I played some fast games and we all did some live analysis of some of twoeye's games.

I might actually just make a new thread here "Shapenaji's live stream", and update it with topic/time information for the next stream.

[Bonobo]

FWIW, I also tuned in some time late last night and watched for some time … I enjoyed watching your game while listening to your comments, must’ve instantly made me two stones stronger

Looking forward to more of this, Shapenaji, thanks a lot!

[topazg]

Looks really good - I ought to do another livestream at some point - would you like to play me and we can both stream it? would be fascinating to see each other's thoughts as the game progresses for one thing

[uglyboxer]

Just chiming in as another who dropped by last night. It was a lot of fun. I thought it seemed scattered, but I didn't realize at the time it was a "test". So all things considered, Bravo! I especially enjoyed the blitz game you played. I was surprised how much Malkovich info you packed into those ten second moves. Keep up the good work and keep us posted, I'll look back in.

[yoyoma]

I checked it out as well. A new way to idle time away.

Suggestion: Put baduk/weiqi in your description to make these streams easier to search for.

http://www.twitch.tv/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=baduk