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Bg Live in London 2009 - Film Reports

Posted By: Stick
Date: Saturday, 21 November 2009, at 6:55 a.m.

In Response To: Bg Live in London 2009 - Film Reports (Mike Main)

Since nobody has given you any feedback yet I took a minute to watch a handful of these clips. First, as you say, the two seminars will be published soon in full which I and I'm sure others will be interested in seeing. The 'Sunday Quiz' by Sean was nice to see. It's amazing how such a simple position (42P-55P-64?) from the early game would be played wrong by a large number of players but those who have studied the opening or understand the structure of the position would make the correct play almost immediately.

The video quality is great and I'd like to see a platform at all bg tournaments, a stage (or more) set up where people could either be assigned to play and have their match recorded and streamed online or if that is too pushy, if two players decided they wanted to play on the platform they'd be permitted, match streamed, recorded, and sent to them of course. I think all the later rounds of major tournaments should be aired and will be eventually.

Even though a lot of this is kind of boring to the outsider who doesn't know the people involved in the tournament, it's good for the people involved to be able to see themselves online and link their video to friends/family. I say upload it to your site, upload it to youtube, upload it to ustream, upload it to facebook, anywhere and everywhere.

The more things out there like this the better it is for backgammon overall. When I got back to the US from Europe and talked to my mom she told me she figured out how to search for me on youtube and found an interview I did for the WSOB. Little things like this can have a big impact.

I'm sure you'll figure out more inventive things to film at your tournaments if you keep down this road. I'd recommend getting two strong players to play speed bg if you can figure out a way to film it, or film it and edit it, to make it exciting to your lay viewer.

Stick

Messages In This Thread

• Bg Live in London 2009 - Film Reports
  Mike Main -- Thursday, 19 November 2009, at 5:55 p.m.
  • Bg Live in London 2009 - Film Reports
    Stick -- Saturday, 21 November 2009, at 6:55 a.m.
    • Bg Live in London 2009 - Film Reports
      Matt Ryder -- Sunday, 22 November 2009, at 6:59 a.m.
      • Bg Live in London 2009 - Film Reports
        Mike Main -- Sunday, 22 November 2009, at 2:32 p.m.
        • Bg Live in London 2009 - Film Reports
          Dan Pelton -- Monday, 23 November 2009, at 1:18 a.m.
          • Bg Live in London 2009 - Film Reports
            Mike Main -- Monday, 23 November 2009, at 9:49 p.m.