I hated Vim for my first few days! I was at a hackathon and actually left half way through because I was so frustrated by my inability to properly navigate between normal and insert modes. It wasn’t until I played a few solid hours of vim-adventures that I realized how fun Vim can be.
If the intro video is any indication, the Art of Vim will also be an awesomely fun way for beginners to get the Vim bug!
I have been using vim for the better part of the last 3 years and I still found some awesome tidbits from a few episodes in the series already. Awesome stuff all around.
In fact, combining relativenumber and number gives me the most of the experience, since the “zero” line now shows the absolute number and helps me to better locate inside the file.