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Serpent
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 Message 41 of 63
02 November 2014 at 7:30am | IP Logged 
It's up to you. And maybe depends on the music, too - some songs have long instrumental sections and others don't.
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Via Diva
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 Message 42 of 63
02 November 2014 at 7:40am | IP Logged 
It's not a rule, but just how I decided to deal with it. There's some certain amount of time when it's just the music, but I am not insane enough to count time that precise. Sometimes I logged music full-time - like when I was trying to sing along or just reading lyrics carefully. As for counting full/ half attention - I never did that with music. I guess I thought 1/3 contains that point already.
The point is that you evaluate this stuff all by yourself. For example, there was a rule/ an advice to log movies watched with subtitles only divided by two, but I don't agree with that and log it full-time even in English now - I am paying attention to the language anyway.
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Solfrid Cristin
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 Message 43 of 63
02 November 2014 at 8:10am | IP Logged 
I ended up logging one third - when listening actively. Sometimes when I listen to music I just tune out, and
then obviously I would not log anything, and in order to log full time I would have to sit down and listen and
write down words.
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Josquin
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 Message 44 of 63
02 November 2014 at 12:04pm | IP Logged 
I wasn't sure whether to take part, as I'm still recovering from recently being sick. However, as I'm almost back to normal, I decided to register with Irish. It's the language I love the most and which I really want to improve during the next six weeks.

Good luck to everyone and beirigĂ­ bua!
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kanewai
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 Message 45 of 63
06 November 2014 at 8:19pm | IP Logged 
I've got a lot of days off coming up, so I'm hoping to make some big jumps. And I'm
already experiencing both the ups and downs that I remember from the last time I did a
6WC challenge:

The good stuff:

- Thanks to timing everything I know exactly how long it takes me to read 20 pages in
French (I can do it over lunch) and Italian (it takes me all week).
- The graphs are a good reality check: I wasn't spending as much time reading as I
thought, and I was watching far more tv.
- It helps me keep a good balance between Assimil, regular courses, and super-
challenge stuff, as well as a balance between Italian and French.

Not so good:

- It's easy to get obsessive with this (i.e., start stopwatch, practice anki, stop
watch, log onto twitter, start timer for twenty minutes, read Assimil, etc ...
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Mohave
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 Message 46 of 63
24 November 2014 at 4:37am | IP Logged 
The 6WCBOT is no longer updating my stats when I Tweet updates. I've waited several hours now with no
updates. Has anyone had this happen before? I note that others' stats are being updated so I don't believe it
is a system-wide issue, and I am having no problem with the Super Challenge Bot updating correctly. I have
emailed the admin for assistance, but I thought someone else may have previously had this problem and
corrected it. Would appreciate any thoughts. Thanks in advance.
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tristano
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 Message 47 of 63
26 November 2014 at 5:31pm | IP Logged 
Mohave wrote:
The 6WCBOT is no longer updating my stats when I Tweet updates. I've
waited several hours now with no
updates. Has anyone had this happen before? I note that others' stats are being updated
so I don't believe it
is a system-wide issue, and I am having no problem with the Super Challenge Bot updating
correctly. I have
emailed the admin for assistance, but I thought someone else may have previously had this
problem and
corrected it. Would appreciate any thoughts. Thanks in advance.


Problem solved.
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Mohave
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 Message 48 of 63
30 November 2014 at 1:03am | IP Logged 
tristano wrote:
Mohave wrote:
The 6WCBOT is no longer updating my stats when I Tweet updates.
I've
waited several hours now with no
updates. Has anyone had this happen before? I note that others' stats are being updated
so I don't believe it
is a system-wide issue, and I am having no problem with the Super Challenge Bot updating
correctly. I have
emailed the admin for assistance, but I thought someone else may have previously had this
problem and
corrected it. Would appreciate any thoughts. Thanks in advance.


Problem solved.


Tristano - thanks for your quick response and pointing me in the right direction! Thanks again!


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