i forget, what's the payout?
― j., Sunday, 28 June 2020 19:00 (three years ago) link
10 XP. So not a big payout, but seems like you can turn them around quickly if needed.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 June 2020 19:01 (three years ago) link
More like a simple, no-frills way to practice.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 June 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
Like I just did the first castle checkpoint in one language and it only asked me two questions.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 June 2020 19:05 (three years ago) link
Hm. The next time it asked me seven questions
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 June 2020 19:07 (three years ago) link
Then I switched languages, did the same. First time it asked me eight easy questions. Then the second time exactly one.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 June 2020 19:10 (three years ago) link
Then three questions.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 June 2020 19:11 (three years ago) link
Just now looking at the others on my leaderboard and see that everyone in the top five had at least one 1000 XP day.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 June 2020 19:40 (three years ago) link
Lots of people right above the demotion line- and a few right below - have about 440 XPs
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 June 2020 20:08 (three years ago) link
Just checked and my buddy has one day each of 2K, 3K and 4K, two 1K days and two other days that average to 1K each. Sheesh!
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 June 2020 20:25 (three years ago) link
Spoke too soon. He's headed for another 2K day.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 June 2020 21:55 (three years ago) link
Rounding third and he's headed for home
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 June 2020 21:57 (three years ago) link
huh suddenly i got the option to do 'hard practice' (double the points) or 'regular practice' on my competed levels. seems the stories page has changed somewhat too, shows the points possible for the stories (which it didn't before). maybe the language update i accepted finally kicked in.
― j., Sunday, 28 June 2020 23:11 (three years ago) link
Hm, that's sounds interesting. What language?
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 June 2020 23:19 (three years ago) link
franch
― j., Sunday, 28 June 2020 23:23 (three years ago) link
i don't know that the practice is much harder but it does seem to run through some more combinatorial stuff, which is an appreciated change of pace
When do you see that option?
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 June 2020 23:42 (three years ago) link
when i tap on a skill, where you would normally see the option to read the tips or take a lesson/practice
― j., Sunday, 28 June 2020 23:43 (three years ago) link
Don't see it. Must be in A/B testing.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 June 2020 23:53 (three years ago) link
Or maybe it’s only for a Gold lesson, which I don’t usually bother with as stated earlier.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 June 2020 23:56 (three years ago) link
I have some on Dutch but don't see that option.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 June 2020 23:57 (three years ago) link
But I just read about it somewhere else.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 June 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
it's only an option on un-stale skills. on the ones that are maxxed out but slipping, i can only practice (for 10 xp) to refresh.
― j., Monday, 29 June 2020 00:15 (three years ago) link
I guess for me I haven’t cared for keeping the tree gold in several years or even red. I’d rather find either a lesson where I am interested in the grammar or vocabulary and can reinforce that lesson by non-Duo means, or find where the sweet spot of difficulty for me is located in the tree and do lessons there.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 June 2020 00:20 (three years ago) link
For some languages I shouldn’t really be doing Duolingo at all, unless maybe for laddering, like Euler is doing learning Italian from French. For others I should be using the hints way less often.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 June 2020 00:23 (three years ago) link
I am leg end.Good job!You finished #2 and kept your position in the Diamond League
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 June 2020 00:48 (three years ago) link
Got 1200 gems out of that at least. Not sure what to use them for.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 June 2020 00:49 (three years ago) link
Do you pay for plus?
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 29 June 2020 01:27 (three years ago) link
Yes.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 June 2020 01:28 (three years ago) link
On my current leaderboard I see there is one person who got 11KXP last week and another who got 8KXP.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 June 2020 01:30 (three years ago) link
Right now laddering from Spanish to Swedish. Maybe I can broker between Euler and unperson.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 June 2020 01:35 (three years ago) link
Most of the rest have under 2KXP or well under that. There is even a j. on my board this time. Although they are capital J., have 1.3KXP and are studying Spanish so I guess it’s someone different.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 June 2020 01:45 (three years ago) link
I got 1k xp this week
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 29 June 2020 01:51 (three years ago) link
I figure that's a nice, safe reasonable number.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 June 2020 01:57 (three years ago) link
I guess my, um, point is you can check people’s past performance right away to see whether you should even bother to try to come in first or whatever, assuming that is something you even want to do.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 June 2020 02:07 (three years ago) link
Top person already has 900 XP after about an hour.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 June 2020 02:09 (three years ago) link
i wasn't going to try but since they were giving me so many more points i decided to do a little, but the third-place person woke up and made it impossible for me to crack that many points on a sunday night.
still, enough that now i have to compete in a diamond league to not get demoted. : / think i'll wait a day or two and see if i get a shittier league.
― j., Monday, 29 June 2020 02:16 (three years ago) link
What do you mean by wait? Didn't it already assign you a league?
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 June 2020 02:18 (three years ago) link
you don't get shown your competitors until you lodge some points during the new week. the screen says you're joining 'this week's leaderboard', but i read somewhere online that given the number of users you are being slotted into leagues at your level only if you begin to score points, not until then. i suppose it could be true that the league you will be joining is already predetermined, though.
trick is supposed to be to wait so you're not immediately vying with ppl who go hog wild on sunday night and ratchet up the competition for the rest of the week.
― j., Monday, 29 June 2020 02:23 (three years ago) link
Right, exactly. You should know what league you are in: it either promoted you, or demoted you or you kept your place. Usually I wait until Monday evening to avoid the crazies but after last week I decided to dive in and try this new thing of looking at past performance. Maybe the best thing is actually to start as late as possible on Sunday night instead of waiting until Monday, then you get a good performance numbers but avoid the more obvious crazies.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 June 2020 02:28 (three years ago) link
Also think maybe some crazies wait until later as well.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 June 2020 02:29 (three years ago) link
Who knows, some may even sandbag on weeks when they know they can’t win so other people don’t see them coming.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 June 2020 02:31 (three years ago) link
Current number one is at 2K XP already
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 June 2020 03:16 (three years ago) link
Number two only at 1K
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 June 2020 03:17 (three years ago) link
And I’m in fifth with 300 XP.
One thing Duolingo has over most other such apps as far as I know, is that it doesn’t dominate the sound output so one can still listen to music whilst practicing. Actually one can do the same with Drops, but the volume doesn’t seem to be loud enough.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 June 2020 03:33 (three years ago) link
Successfully made it to the Pearl league.
― brain (krakow), Monday, 29 June 2020 07:52 (three years ago) link
Nice. I made Améthyste.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 29 June 2020 09:09 (three years ago) link
Well done. I awoke to find the top scorers in on my board with 4K and 3K XP, with the two behind each a little above 1K. Must ... avert ... my eyes.
― Two Spocks Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 June 2020 11:14 (three years ago) link
the french tree got refreshed again and there are like 12 new lessons
― maura, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 04:16 (three years ago) link