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Super Challenge discussion thread 2014 | ||
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| tristano Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 4044 days ago 905 posts - 1262 votes  Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: Dutch | Message 329 of 432 22 April 2014 at 3:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ja, thank you very much! :)
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| dampingwire Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4662 days ago 1185 posts - 1513 votes Speaks: English*, Italian*, French Studies: Japanese | Message 330 of 432 22 April 2014 at 9:36pm | IP Logged | ||
Thanks for the confirmation. I'll de-rate audio time while commuting (or cycling) by 50% to allow for the fact that I won't be able to devote 100% of my attention to it. As for online reading, I just checked what I think is my densest Japanese physical book and that is 17 columns of 50 characters each. So 850 characters per page. So I'll copy+paste each article I read into one document and simply ask the wordprocessor to count for me. (I'll eliminate punctuation first). Then I'll divide by 850 and round down for a page count. I presume I can just feed the bot pages and/or duration each tweet and it will do the all the calculations for me? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5163 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 331 of 432 22 April 2014 at 9:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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So, will quarter-challenges be allowed, based on the star-systems?
This changes everything. Also, how does it work in practical purposes? I don't plan on registering to the bot, I'm going to log it manually. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6594 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 332 of 432 22 April 2014 at 10:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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I thought there would be a star for 25 books according to the old rules, ie 50 according to the new ones.
As for net etc, here's how Tadoku handles it: A newspaper article or webpage counts as 1 page if it has roughly the 3 paragraphs worth of text, give or take a sentence. If the webpage or news article is unusually long, you may count it as more than a page. 1 page = 2-3 paragraphs 1 paragraph = 5-8 short sentences OR 2-4 long sentences Also, for Japanese 1 page is about 400 characters, and books like this are considered "double-rowed" where each page counts as double. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Suzie Diglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 4226 days ago 155 posts - 226 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Dutch | Message 333 of 432 22 April 2014 at 10:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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I would fear a great star inflation if we would really get a star for each 25 books in the new system. That would be...erm...one star per 1250 pages, so for 3 books in average? In 2016, people might find themselves mixing up HTLAL with the Milky Way... Anyway, if people would find this motivating - I would be ok with it.... 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5163 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 334 of 432 22 April 2014 at 11:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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I see the inflation regarding books, but I'm more worried about films...I really can't do 30 minutes a day for each of my languages without jeopardizing my progress on the other skills.
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| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4906 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 335 of 432 23 April 2014 at 12:12am | IP Logged | ||
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I don't see how 1 star for 25 books or films is inflation. The definition of Books were reduced in pages because people has so much trouble finishing the last challenge. Are we now complaining that the new system is too easy? LOL!
Stars were something Surrealix put on the bot page. Then I suggested stars for partial achievement to keep people going. My original idea was to give people quarter stars (obviously for each quarter completed). Also remember that this challenge is for most learners, not just the super learners (which is one reason Solfrid keeps pushing the idea of focusing on one language). For most language learners, 1250 pages in their target language is a massive accomplishment. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5392 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 336 of 432 23 April 2014 at 12:20am | IP Logged | ||
Yes, especially if it is your first 1250 pages in a language! 4 persons have voted this message useful |
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