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| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5181 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 313 of 432 20 April 2014 at 10:09pm | IP Logged | |||||
It would be really nice (eventually, once Surrealix gets to it) if we could sign up for a Double Challenge as well. I want to sign up for a Double for Spanish for sure, and I'm aiming for that for French as well. Well, whether or not it is an official option, I will do it anyway. :D Edited by Kerrie on 21 April 2014 at 1:15am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6383 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 314 of 432 20 April 2014 at 10:45pm | IP Logged | |||||
Yep. Life is what happens to you when you're busy making plans. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| surrealix Diglot Groupie New Zealand languagechallenge.su Joined 4390 days ago 66 posts - 152 votes Speaks: English*, Swedish Studies: French | Message 315 of 432 21 April 2014 at 1:13pm | IP Logged | |||||
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So as many of you have already noticed, the language challenge twitter bot is now up
and running for the 2014-15 challenge :-). It works the same way as last time, but if it's the first time you've done the challenge there are instructions on the bot's homepage - www.languagechallenge.surrealix.com There are a few features still missing from the bot and the webpages, but they'll be added soon. I expect things to run more smoothly than last time, but there might be a few small bumps as we kick off and I discover that the bot crashes when you use transliterated Bassa in book titles, or some equally obscure problem. So if you see anything unusual happening with the bot, shoot me a PM here, or contact me at philip@surrealix.com Otherwise, good luck with the challenge!
@langchallenge gets so many thousands of tweets that I don't read most of them. The best place to reach me on twitter is at either @surreal_lang or @philipbuchanan .
Yes, the bot could handle half challenges - I noticed the new registration talked about this, but I assumed this was tied in with the 50-books per star thing (or ribbons, or whatever they were). I might have to go back and re-read some of the thread. Given the simplification of challenge types I'm not sure what registering for half/full/double challenges would change?* If there's enough interest though, I'll add this back in. *(The books/week calculation was going to be the number required to reach the next star, so it's not dependent on any challenge type or goal.) I've only got sporadic internet access at the moment, so I'm keeping an eye on things but either way I won't be making any major changes until the end of the week ;). Edited by surrealix on 21 April 2014 at 1:26pm 4 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6383 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 316 of 432 21 April 2014 at 2:51pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Well, it's nice to state officially what you are aiming for and to sort the chart by challenge type. I'm glad you liked my suggestion, but it was basically an attempt to make up for not having half-challenges. (also, the original idea was about calculating this based on the next 6 months only, as long as there's more time than that left until the end of the challenge. but I'm fine with any options that won't give you discouragingly high numbers) As you can see in the sign-up thread, many are registering for half-challenges.
As for stars, with the half-challenges back in play I think they'll mostly matter for those who complete their challenge and want to get more stars in a custom way. Edited by Serpent on 21 April 2014 at 2:53pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5005 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu | Message 317 of 432 21 April 2014 at 5:04pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I just come over all excited. Don't actually need another language but .....
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6383 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 318 of 432 21 April 2014 at 6:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Just in case: it doesn't have to be a new or non-fluent language.
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| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4695 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 319 of 432 21 April 2014 at 8:17pm | IP Logged | |||||
Since the star system is going to be used, it might not really matter to implement the half/full/double option. Obviously, people would like to show their interest, but if it's more work it could be skipped. Especially as so many of us have registered already, it might get complicated. Also, our intentions are registered on the registration thread. Surrealix, have you seen my request to add in ancient Greek? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| surrealix Diglot Groupie New Zealand languagechallenge.su Joined 4390 days ago 66 posts - 152 votes Speaks: English*, Swedish Studies: French | Message 320 of 432 21 April 2014 at 9:03pm | IP Logged | |||||
Yes. I can't add it right now, but it'll be in the list before the start of may. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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