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Hey Everyone,
I've been posting YouTube tutorials for almost two years now, and throughout this time have gone from super crappy tutorials to tutorials that I am mostly proud of. Of course if they were perfect I would have nothing to strive for, so I decided to post my newest tutorials on here, and see what you guys think.

If you have any comments, constructive criticism, or compliments I would be glad to hear them. And I emphasize the "constructive" in constructive criticism, meaningless bashes/insults will do no good to anyone.

I will update this post, as well as posts throughout the thread whenever I make a new tutorial.

I have added my comments on each video, as well as the video itself, in the spoiler tag.

2x2 Ortega Tutorial: Uploaded June 28th, 2010
[youtubehd]Eqm2UFeTbvA[/youtubehd]
Description
YT Description said:
Step 1: First Face
Tips and Tricks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK2Y11gKAV0
by Rowe Hessler

Step 2: OLL
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iZL03cLhC0
by Monkeydude1313
0 Corners Up:
Car:
Easy: F (R U R' U') (R U R' U') (R U R' U') F'
Advanced: R' U' R U' R' U R U' R' U2 R

Wagon:
Easy: f (R U R' U') f' F (R U R' U') F'
Advanced: R U2 R2 U' R2 U' R2 U2 R

1 Corner Up:
Sune:
R U R' U R U2 R'

Anti-Sune:
R U2 R' U' R U' R'

2 Corners Up:
Chameleon:
r U R' U' L' U R U'

Headlights:
(R U R' U') (R U' R' U2)x2 R U R'

Diagonals:
l' U' L' U R U' L U

Step 3: Permuting all pieces on both layers.
Case 1: Opposite Corner Switch on both Layers
x' R2 U2 R2

Case 2: Adjacent Corner Switch on both Layers
R2 U' R2 U' D' R2 U' R2

Case 3: Adjacent Corner Switch on Top Layer and Opposite Corner Switch on Bottom Layer
R U' R F2 R' U R'

Case 4: Adjacent Corner Switch on Top Layer, Bottom Layer Solved
T-Permutation, any PLL that switches only two adjacent corners,
or
R U2 R' U' R U2 L' U R' U' L

Case 5: Opposite Corner Switch on Top Layer, Bottom Layer Solved
Y-Permutation, any PLL that switches only two opposite corners,
or
R U' R' U' F2 U' R U R' D R2

If you have any questions or comments, leave them below this video.
Comments: I think I went over everything clearly. Something you may comment on is the 2-Look OLL algs that are given are for the 3x3, and therefore way to long for the 2x2. I did this because I thought it would kill two birds with one stone for beginners learning the method to also get Fridrich 2-Look OLL down.

How to solve the Skewb: 1-Algorithm Tutorial: Uploaded July 21st, 2010
[youtubehd]s5xYFkMllOw[/youtubehd]
Description:
YT Description said:
This is a tutorial on how to solve the Skewb using Monkeydude1313's simple 1-algorithm method.

Algorithm:
1st Step:
None.

2nd Step:
R' L R L'

3rd Step:
(R' L R L') x2

How to apply this method to:
The Skewb Ultimate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF1ILc5gHF0

The Polymorphix:
Tutorial coming soon.

Tony Fisher's Golden Cube:
Tutorial coming soon.

Thanks for watching, hope this helps!
Comments: I am quite happy with how this turned out, however it is a little long for my liking. I couldn't figure out a way to make this suitable and understandable to all people watching and to make it shorter, so I took the "Slowly but surely" method rather than risking it.

How to solve the Skewb Ultimate: Using MD1313's Skewb Method: Uploaded July 22nd, 2010
[youtubehd]gF1ILc5gHF0[/youtubehd]
Description:
YT Description said:
This is a tutorial on how to solve the Skewb Ultimate using Monkeydude1313's simple 1-algorithm method.

Algorithm:
1st Step:
None.

2nd Step:
R' L R L'
Or L R' L' R (to make it a little faster)

3rd Step:
(R' L R L') x2

4th Step:
(R' L R L') x6

How to apply this method to:
The Skewb:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5xYFkMllOw

The Polymorphix:
Tutorial coming soon.

Tony Fisher's Golden Cube:
Tutorial coming soon.

Thanks for watching, hope this helps!
Comments: Same goes for this one as the Skewb tutorial, too long for my liking, but I don't know how I could have made it shorter.

Thanks for leaving your thoughts on these, as I want to make my future tutorials as good as I possibly can.

~Chris

Hey Chris, get your fatass movin and add in the Yau Walkthrough!
 
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lol most of these have nothing to do this his videos :p Well i must say, these are very decent tutorials, and I could easily learn how to solve the skewb and solve the 2x2 using the ortega method. If you think about it, do you think a person without any knowledge of the cube could understand most of the tutorial?
 
lol most of these have nothing to do this his videos :p Well i must say, these are very decent tutorials, and I could easily learn how to solve the skewb and solve the 2x2 using the ortega method. If you think about it, do you think a person without any knowledge of the cube could get anything out of the tutorials?

For the Skewb and Skewb Ultimate, yes.

The Ortega tutorial is not meant for beginners.

~Chris
 
lol most of these have nothing to do this his videos :p Well i must say, these are very decent tutorials, and I could easily learn how to solve the skewb and solve the 2x2 using the ortega method. If you think about it, do you think a person without any knowledge of the cube could get anything out of the tutorials?

For the Skewb and Skewb Ultimate, yes.

The Ortega tutorial is not meant for beginners.

~Chris

Mmmmm ok well I recommend not throwing around words like algorithm or permutation before you explain them as beginners might get confused.
 
I lieked your UFO one. But it took me until today to realize that I could about half the time it took by doing both sides at once. :fp
 
The Skewb one is pretty awesome. I took some stuff from it to make my own method.

I have a little graphic that says "Chris Bird Win" But I don't feel like posting it now.
 
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