I love your videos! This one was exactly what I was looking for: A good approach to improving my early game: based on general rules and the "feel" of the board, but with your students asking the questions that I actually have. Please continue what you're doing here, it's very valuable for some people :)
Great lecture, horrible cam! Thanks. Got most of them right at my 10kyu, but not all. Your explanations really explain something, in ways a western mind like mine can understand. And you're not taking it too seriously.
Big thanks for all of your videos! I've been reading "The Direction of Play" and it has transformed the opening from something to get through into my favorite part of the game. I got most of these correct, whereas a month ago I doubt I could have gotten any of them!
Really great video, thank you! I completely forgot about my seasickness because I was so caught up in listening to your students discussing! It's amazing how easy it is to get some of these moves wrong even if you do understand the reasons in theory. Takes far too long for me to consider some of the implications of a number of these moves, even though it's so obvious if you take the time to list them. Hope to see more videos of this kind in the future!
Go is pretty much the same everywhere. China has slightly different counting rules from Korea, Japan, and the rest of the world - but, in the end it doesn't really matter!
Very nice video. Of course the "sea sickness" wasn't the greatest but the rest was great :) The only problem with the camera was, I believe, not the constant motion, but the fact that sometimes while you talked about the board and played stones, the camera didn't show the area being played at all... Which might frustrate a bit... However, great vid!
I want to play go, but here we have 바둑 (korean go) but is it 100% the same as GO or they have slightly different rules, and game play? I used to play Korean chess but it has slightly different rules to Shogi and veitnamese and chinese chess =3=;; any adive
I like the idea of using colored spots as potential answers... but you shouldn't use white as it's too easy to mistake as a stone. Also, the pink and tan? spots were really hard to make out. Darker shades of these colors would have worked better.
Try gokgs (dot) com for the most popular western server. Lots of people chat and review games there so it has a friendly atmosphere. Other popular servers are IGS(japanese), Wbaduk and Tygem(korean). The asian servers all have english rooms, but since most players speak different languages, no one usually talks. They just play. All servers are free.
i'm av. 16 kyu and i answer : 1) p4 2) g17 or n4 3) c3 4) F18 5) c10 6) R18 7) Q17 or b18 8) m16 or p18 9) h16 or m17 10) q3 or o4 11)c10 and i hope not h3 12) s3 13) a lazy h16
You're welcome. If you're making an account on KGS, add me to your buddy list (eikons) and I'll be glad to show you the ropes when you catch me online.
I kept watching the last minute just to see if you would bitchslap that really noisy guy. Unfortunately I got wrong 2 of the answers, but I learned a lot from this video. Thank you!
Why do I always get the feel like the way Nick Sibicky talks is "arrogant" sounding? Patronizing maybe. Maybe I am the one with the problem. I don't know. It's like he is talking down to children when people surrounding him are adults. Sounds a little strange.
I love your videos! This one was exactly what I was looking for: A good approach to improving my early game: based on general rules and the "feel" of the board, but with your students asking the questions that I actually have. Please continue what you're doing here, it's very valuable for some people :)
I was so appretitive for this lecture in the middle of the lecture i stop my adblocker thank you
vladi grigoryev but there are no ads on my videos.... :-)
Great lecture, horrible cam! Thanks. Got most of them right at my 10kyu, but not all. Your explanations really explain something, in ways a western mind like mine can understand. And you're not taking it too seriously.
Big thanks for all of your videos! I've been reading "The Direction of Play" and it has transformed the opening from something to get through into my favorite part of the game. I got most of these correct, whereas a month ago I doubt I could have gotten any of them!
so i slowly made my way through the video. good stuff! love the theme music!
Really great video, thank you! I completely forgot about my seasickness because I was so caught up in listening to your students discussing!
It's amazing how easy it is to get some of these moves wrong even if you do understand the reasons in theory. Takes far too long for me to consider some of the implications of a number of these moves, even though it's so obvious if you take the time to list them.
Hope to see more videos of this kind in the future!
Go is pretty much the same everywhere. China has slightly different counting rules from Korea, Japan, and the rest of the world - but, in the end it doesn't really matter!
i just started playing go and its a beautiful game
thanks for the lessons bro^^
Thx nick, very entertaining and educational!
Very nice video. Of course the "sea sickness" wasn't the greatest but the rest was great :) The only problem with the camera was, I believe, not the constant motion, but the fact that sometimes while you talked about the board and played stones, the camera didn't show the area being played at all... Which might frustrate a bit...
However, great vid!
Great video! Congrats for the music!
What boards, bowls, and stones do you guys use at this club? They look really nice!
Can you release a "full length" version of the theme music? It sounds great, and I'd like a longer version to listen to while playing Go.
do you know where i can play go online possible for free if not at least for a total novice?
I want to play go, but here we have 바둑 (korean go) but is it 100% the same as GO or they have slightly different rules, and game play? I used to play Korean chess but it has slightly different rules to Shogi and veitnamese and chinese chess =3=;; any adive
Great video! I love having a group of amateurs ask questions. Next time, make a student hold the camera.
32:33 "NOW... NOW NOW RIGHT NOW!!"
Did pretty good. I had forgotten about Dan..........
With a better camerajob or change of the whole capturing technique this would be even better!
thnks so much :) will check em out asap :D
I like the idea of using colored spots as potential answers... but you shouldn't use white as it's too easy to mistake as a stone. Also, the pink and tan? spots were really hard to make out. Darker shades of these colors would have worked better.
Try gokgs (dot) com for the most popular western server. Lots of people chat and review games there so it has a friendly atmosphere. Other popular servers are IGS(japanese), Wbaduk and Tygem(korean). The asian servers all have english rooms, but since most players speak different languages, no one usually talks. They just play.
All servers are free.
i'm av. 16 kyu and i answer :
1) p4
2) g17 or n4
3) c3
4) F18
5) c10
6) R18
7) Q17 or b18
8) m16 or p18
9) h16 or m17
10) q3 or o4
11)c10 and i hope not h3
12) s3
13) a lazy h16
Seasickness aside, this was a good lesson.
So difficult for a colorblind like me!!!!
I really appreciate the video...but the constant movement of the camera is making me sick. :(
You're welcome. If you're making an account on KGS, add me to your buddy list (eikons) and I'll be glad to show you the ropes when you catch me online.
This cam-man must be kidding with us :D , or he was very bored when he hold that cam.
I kept watching the last minute just to see if you would bitchslap that really noisy guy.
Unfortunately I got wrong 2 of the answers, but I learned a lot from this video. Thank you!
Theme music was good, but that atonal stuff during the first 5 minutes was quite painful.
Why do I always get the feel like the way Nick Sibicky talks is "arrogant" sounding? Patronizing maybe. Maybe I am the one with the problem. I don't know. It's like he is talking down to children when people surrounding him are adults. Sounds a little strange.
Please don't teach and act as cameraman at the same time. Get anybody else to hold the camera.
yes indeed. nick... please perhaps use a tripod in situations like this? maybe? thank you. :-)