The end of TAC?
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Re: The end of TAC?
Serpent wrote:is our Spanish-German group happening?
I've been wondering the same thing.
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Re: The end of TAC?
Hopefully there will be some kind of TAC in 2016, but if not, I'll just keep plugging away with Japanese anyway ...
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Re: The end of TAC?
Brun Ugle wrote:Serpent wrote:is our Spanish-German group happening?
I've been wondering the same thing.
Ooh, where do I sign up?
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Re: The end of TAC?
Thank you for the kind words regarding Team Rare. In 2014 it was a strange mix, but five of us crossed the finish line (in style, I should add). In 2015, the dust still hadn't settled when the problems struck, so we'll never know.
The idea of having a team with outliers was risky, but had the potential to be rewarding. There's always the enthusiastic newbie that will try to tackle an obscure language with few resources (who among us has never entertained the idea of learning Navajo or Tibetan, even for a couple of days?). But there's also the person that has weighed her options and gone for the one that could actually be tackled (resources, time, determination...).
A handful of the latter is an inspiration: there's nothing like a team with many scripts, language families, etc. And the challenges can be really awesome. Take a look at our 2014 thread.
I addressed the mix by setting up rules. The person tackling three exotic languages at A0 level deserves the benefit of the doubt, but a heterogeneous team can't survive without some strict control. It's hard enough as it is with it, let alone without.
I'm writing this post to bring up a few points that I believe are important to keep a team together and going:
1. If needed, set up some rules for the team: it's only a game, but it's also a team game.
2. Enforce the rules.
3. Set up some kind of follow-up. I did it once per quarter. It needn't be much, just signal to your teammates that someone is looking after the shop.
Just another thing: if there's some reward for winners (ribbons or other), make sure the concerned people get it. TAC is, after all, a competition, and winners should get their rewards, symbolic as they may be.
That's it. I didn't read the whole thread, so I hope I'm not reopening any closed discussions.
Have fun. I did.
The idea of having a team with outliers was risky, but had the potential to be rewarding. There's always the enthusiastic newbie that will try to tackle an obscure language with few resources (who among us has never entertained the idea of learning Navajo or Tibetan, even for a couple of days?). But there's also the person that has weighed her options and gone for the one that could actually be tackled (resources, time, determination...).
A handful of the latter is an inspiration: there's nothing like a team with many scripts, language families, etc. And the challenges can be really awesome. Take a look at our 2014 thread.
I addressed the mix by setting up rules. The person tackling three exotic languages at A0 level deserves the benefit of the doubt, but a heterogeneous team can't survive without some strict control. It's hard enough as it is with it, let alone without.
I'm writing this post to bring up a few points that I believe are important to keep a team together and going:
1. If needed, set up some rules for the team: it's only a game, but it's also a team game.
2. Enforce the rules.
3. Set up some kind of follow-up. I did it once per quarter. It needn't be much, just signal to your teammates that someone is looking after the shop.
Just another thing: if there's some reward for winners (ribbons or other), make sure the concerned people get it. TAC is, after all, a competition, and winners should get their rewards, symbolic as they may be.
That's it. I didn't read the whole thread, so I hope I'm not reopening any closed discussions.
Have fun. I did.
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Re: The end of TAC?
I'm interested in joining for Spanish. TAC sounds like just my kind of challenge: mutual support and community helping us all forward.
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