swet1 said:

So is the study group active? How do I get involved?

 

Post your Skype name and I'll add you. It's still a work in progress, but slowly getting lift off.

TPE Name: swet1

Skype name: blackserac

Time Zone: Central (Canada)

I can PM the rest of my info when required.

In order to fasten the liftoff a bit I would like to ask all who are interested to put some important data inhere like I will do now: (you can also mail them to me and I will see to it that you will be added)

1. TPE name Bytie_nl

2. skypename: jjvandenburg1

3. screenname on stars: Bytie_nl

4. screenname on Lock (merge): zerobytie

5. TIMEZONE: CET, Netherlands (important to know the timezones we are living in for setting up the meetings)

6. email: j.j.vandenburg@hotmail.com

Audio will probably work fine with skype, and chip chimp71 pointed out a program "join.me"with which we can share a specific desktop with the member who will play the HH , vid or whatever is planned on a particular meeting

We also need to agree upon working procedures imo. I will explain this:

I think that a few simple "rules of engagement" will be rather important to make this  a succes.

1. Announcing each meeting in the forum here at TPE

2. Appointing a sessionleader for a specific session or more. He will lead the discussion by giving the turn to speak to the next member after the current speaker has finished.

3. Before speaking every TPE member that wants to say something in the discussion states his TPE name and the sessionleader appoint this TPE member tp speak next.

4. Feedback after each meeting can be done in this thread or in a thread we will create specifically for this goal

Maybe the above seems much too strict and maybe it is… If the natural sponaneaous discussion works, all fine, we can start off with that for sure. If however 4 people (or more..lol!) are talking at the same time, my english, not being my motherlanguage, will defenitely fail to understand all that is said and i guess even english or american participants will loose the thread. Next to that and more importantly, the level of discussion will be much higher after getting used to this speaking rules after some time.

The group will decide on the proceedings so this is only a suggestion from me of which I hope you will agree upon.

bennymacca said something about the members blog function which could be used some way. I don't know how that works yet but will dive into it this week to get to know the possibillities and report back here.

Benny you might explain to me what your thoughts are on this?

Anyways, I think there will be more and more members who will get interested in this, specifically if the setup is thought through well and we can adjust and change as we go….

I am very stoked about the possibilities to exchange thoughts in real time with a group of dedicated members. It will benefit our pokerskills for sure if we do it right!

LIFT OFF: TEST RUN saturday, 11th febr I would like to invite you all to a half hour test run at 2:00 pm ET , 8:00 pm CET

I will be on skype (and maybe chip chimp71) and we will add everyone to the group meeting who sends me a mail and puts his data inhere

So lets make this a succes

So is the study group active? How do I get involved?

 

Post your Skype name and I'll add you. It's still a work in progress, but slowly getting lift off.

eric_rollins

poker alias: investpro

Today running0uts, chip chimp71 and me had a short dry run with skype text plus speech, which worked rather nicely and we are anxious to get the study group up and running soon. (replaying HH, vids, theme night.. the sky is the limit..!)

i hope we are going to talk about the desired structure a lot more and here is a good place to put all of our ideas right :p

For instance chip chimp71 has experience with it and one of the possible humps can be people talking at the same time.. imagine 10 or more simultaneously hehe!

Some simple structures can solve these kind of things very well tho I think. For instance appointing a session leader who leads the convo. If some1 wants to comment, he can say his (TPE) name. The session leader will than appoint him to speak at appropiate time, after the current speaker has stopped.

The succes of this effort will depend partly on these kind of measures imo, so I would greatly appreciate all the ideas other future study group members have. I myself will create a list of suggestions coming week about this and we all can change things as we go and agree upon.

Again, it might take some time to get it running smoothly and effctive but I have high hopes that all participant members can greatly benefit from each others knowledge and insights. Lets get it rolling!!

Recording sessions and making it available to all TPE members if TPE agrees can be worthwile too if we think it was a great session etc.

 if we add each other, referring to the  studygroup video review seems a good idea not to get refused as our skynames will often not ring a bell right..

Also the TPE nickname and maybe ur pokerroom name as well might be a good idea?

Lets setup a test meeting on skype within a few weeks ok?

i think the best thing is just to set a date and get it up and going if people really want to give it a go. we can change the structure as we go to see how it suits people, otherwise i think we will just be going back and fourth on here and it could just fall by the way side.

i have been busy dealing with other things the last 2 weeks so havent even played a hand of poker, but i can commit from the 28th January onwards most days once given a bit of notice.

Anyway, leave me know what ye think

mcgcork is my skype name, add away

I have a server and would be willing to put any member video up there and post the download link each time inhere.

i think a skype group could work really well, so long as it doesn't detract from posting hands here, because that is the last thing we all want. but i think it could work really well for chatting whilst playing, in conjunction with the tpe chat

Hi ya all 🙂

Since I saw this thread some days ago, i have been thinking about it and that process is still going on ...

I love the idea of group reviewing, as long as certain conditions are met indeed imo. Foremost it should be a TPE  group using skype, teamviewer or other communication software, only accessible if you are a TPE member.  Secondly and maybe as important, a good and working structure would have to be created. Remote web conference software is sometimes free, like Teamviewer and you need a code to get connected. Or else a software like mikogo could be used. The acces code can be posted each time at TPE.

Maybe it will take some time to get it running smoothly, but its worth the effort i think! These sessions could even be recorded and posted if the group decides the vid or part of it is worthwile to let other TPE members enjoy...

Each period (week, month, whatever works) one member of this group could open a (teamviewer, mikogo, skype.. whatever works after testing) connection and all others connect to him at a specific time posted on the TPE forum. Group audio could  be created by skype if teamviewer, mikogo could not manage the bandwith. 

A member could than volonteer or be requested to lead a session on a given day, if he has a mtt where he went real deep for instance and the group will be able to discuss the hands. For that, the volonteer member would fire up a replayer and walk through the tournament or significant part. All connected members would be able to discuss it together through the audio.

HH could be replayed in a first in first out order, putting the last session leader at bottom of the volonteer list to ensure the cycling idea. Another option could be an appointed session leader, who will have the HH of a selected member to be replayed that evening. (just not sure if the replayers are able to play foreign handhistories easily. Will test that.

Throughout january I will test some options if you agree and will post the results inhere. I intend to create a testing session at the end of january or sooner if possible, depending how much time I will have to dive into this.

To me, creating a good structure will be fundamental to the succes of this initiative as I am convinced that a lot of members will like the idea, if they 'd know how it would work. Downloading the free teamviewer and connecting to the sessionleader seems a good start. bennymacca could set it up maybe if he wants or else I would be willing to give a test a go too or maybe some other member 🙂

And, as a suggestion to TPE staff, maybe a group licence for teamviewer or mikogo (for 10? to start with), combined with free audio skype or the build in audio feature, might be a good idea to structure this for the benefit of TPE and its members, ensuring at the same time it will stay a part of TPE while broadening the service TPE creates for its members.

Just my 2cts on this guys