Yeah, you would think that. The truth of the matter is that I get exposed to a lot of masters (and even more charlatans) but I don't really get the opportunity to train with them. It's more show and tell than actual practice. And there's this whole obligation thing. Sure, I can train with almost anyone in the area, but then I'm under this Confucian teacher/student obligation which has implicit conflict of interest issues.
Most of my job is really sitting on my arse, reading submissions (some good, most god-awful), trying to find a better deal on paper and shipping and printing, and of course, doing research (both martial and market). Oh, and then there's monitoring this beastie of a forum. It's not nearly as romantic as one might imagine.
Don't get me wrong either - I totally support video training. It would be hard for me to do what I do - produce videos and such - if I didn't believe in them. It's just that personally for me, right now in my life, I can't see learning a form from a video. Perhaps that's an artifact from my job. There was a day when I could, but I've always been blessed by having good access to good teachers, so it seemed a little pointless.
Everyone needs to follow their own path with their training. You can't let others dictate your path, especially not people on a web forum. You can follow a master. You can follow a video. You can follow a snake and crane. But these are all only signposts that direct you to follow what's really important - your own path.