towforce wrote: ↑Sun Aug 23, 2020 9:13 am My suggestion: maybe the chess programming YouTube home page could prompt viewers to start with an overview video which shows how all the parts fit together to make a whole.
Reading this thread has prompted me to think about what computer chess is all about: for me, it was always a gateway/insight into AI, but now I think it's not that at all for most of us. For the majority here, computer chess is a new type of chess for modern times, and the OP of this thread wants to be a YouTube coach for this new game.
Interesting suggestion, I was thinking about it as well, but didn't yet come up with a proper decision because the target auditory has just started getting clear. I mean those having experience creating their own engines already know that while those who either don't know this or not the part of this forum DOESN'T CARE in most cases (hence the title of this thread) - I mean before opening this thread I head only a few subscribers from my other YT channel not related to chess programming. Well, may be my assumption was wrong though. Also I don't feel like I'm good at explaining theory... Anyway, thanks for your suggestion, maybe one day... who knows.My suggestion: maybe the chess programming YouTube home page could prompt viewers to start with an overview video which shows how all the parts fit together to make a whole.
I think it's very personal. For example for me chess programming is the matter of self research and making videos is the way to gain a fair evaluation of my current skills/understanding (both very basic IMO). I'm not intending to be a coach, it's more like to get surrounded by like minded people and grow together. I mean the format of tutorials sometimes fools people in terms of an illusion like the author wants to teach, not at all in my case. For me it's the pure matter of making the topic easy to try on your own for everyone.Reading this thread has prompted me to think about what computer chess is all about: for me, it was always a gateway/insight into AI, but now I think it's not that at all for most of us. For the majority here, computer chess is a new type of chess for modern times, and the OP of this thread wants to be a YouTube coach for this new game.
And one last important thing regarding the reason of doing this exactly on YouTube:
I'm asking questions in the tech discussions room on this forum from time to time when get stuck and the problem is...
Well, let be better explain this on example: ones I head an alpha-beta related question, but my understanding was so weird and poor that even AFTER GETTING full page sized answers FROM GURUS LIKE HGM I was feeling SUCH A NOOB... It feels like: "sir, I deeply appreciate your response, but I need to do chess programming for another 5 years before I'll be ready to ask this question again, sorry for wasting your time...", It's such a weird feeling when you're reading a top level tech consultation that was kindly given to you absolutely for free and you realize that you don't understand 70% of terms being involved in that answer. Obviously later on after rereading the post many many time and googling at the same time you finally realize the brilliancy behind the particular tech solution given to you, but this is SO HARD. And I believe that not many guys have enough time and will to go through this. So I thought if I can cover most basic concepts in my videos it would at least prepare people to start asking decent questions within tech discussions room on this forum.