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Super Challenge discussion thread 2014 | ||
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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5115 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 337 of 432 23 April 2014 at 1:01am | IP Logged | ||
No, quarter challenges are not allowed. However there are some who feel that they need to register everything they do in order to stay motivated. And they can do that. But it will be for their own benefit only. I was very reluctant to allow even half challenges, because they defeat the purpose of the exercise, which was to introduce massive amounts of reading and watching movies in one specific language. 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6378 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 338 of 432 23 April 2014 at 1:08am | IP Logged | ||
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But how many stars does a full challenge equal? And a half-challenge?
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| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 4790 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 339 of 432 23 April 2014 at 1:49am | IP Logged | ||
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:-D How much is it in potatoes? And if I exchange pages for potatoes and potatoes for stars, will the exchange rate be favorable?
Now seriously. I don't think any kind of inflation is going to affect the challenge. Cutting down books is already making it easier for motivation purposes and some people, like me, just choose to aim for more books because we feel like it. You can ignore the stars or use them. You can just join in to be part of the "support group" and have totally different and original goals. Noone is going to laugh at you for signing up for a half challenge with a comment: I'm actually aiming for 25 books. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| danyal Groupie United States Joined 5022 days ago 43 posts - 50 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Italian | Message 340 of 432 23 April 2014 at 1:51am | IP Logged | ||
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registration starts 01/05/2014, do you guys allow registration after this date or is it too late? do you guys count graded readers for the book part? Edited by danyal on 23 April 2014 at 1:52am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4690 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 341 of 432 23 April 2014 at 2:39am | IP Logged | ||
Several people started after the start date last time. Personally, I'd rather start before the start date, but apparently reading before the start date doesn't count. And any book in your target language counts, whether it's an easy reader or the height of literature. So yes, feel free to use a graded reader (but of course you only want to count the pages with reading, not, for example, translation, vocab lists, etc). 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Suzie Diglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 4010 days ago 155 posts - 226 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Dutch | Message 342 of 432 23 April 2014 at 8:28am | IP Logged | ||
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As someone who has just needed several months to read around 1000 pages in her TL, I whole-heartedly agree that this is a massive achievement for a newbie. And I will be a happy star hunter in either case. I completely agree - if it motivates while not de-motivating others (and I wouldn't see why this should be the case here), it's perfect. I just was concerned with the signatures being a bit crowded afterwards - a mere practical aspect. If it's down to 1/16th of the original challenge, this is not that challenging anymore, wouldn't you agree? And I am saying this as one of the low-performers in the forum.
But as said before, if I am the only one who would be concerned by that, I am completely fine. The more stars to catch for me, too :-) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5115 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 343 of 432 23 April 2014 at 9:18am | IP Logged | ||
I have tried to look back and see what we decided, but I can't find the answer right now. I suppose if we said one star for every 25 movies/ books then everyone has reachable goals. What do the rest of you think? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 4790 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 344 of 432 23 April 2014 at 11:44am | IP Logged | ||
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I think the stars for every 25 items is a good idea not only for people wishing to go for less than 100/100 but as well for us who want full challenge or more. Especially those who rely on the bot to do the counting for them, it may be very useful to see such a positive message "hey, another quarter of the challenge is behind you, good job!".
So, I'm all for 25 per star approach. It hurts noone, in my opinion 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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