Super Challenge 2016-17 DISCUSSION THREAD

[Brun Ugle]

What problem did you have? Note that you should reply to your own tweet, not the bot's.

I replied to my own tweet but it didn't modify the totals as I expected. I'm not used to twitter as I never had an account (nor wanted one as I have no interest in social media) until I joined the SC. It's not really an issue now (unless I make a typo) as I have a set command that I use now.

Depending on what the mistake is, sometimes it's easier just to "undo" the tweet and tweet it again rather than trying to edit it.

[CarlyD]

I've read with interest the posts talking about doing the SC when you're starting at a lower level. I think it can be done, but I'm not expecting it to be easy.

I'm currently about A2 for Spanish. Using the guideline of a 1 hour tv show being 1/2 of a film (assuming 1 hour minus commercials) I'm planning to DVR a bunch of series where I already know they speak a bit slower or more clearly than on other shows. Plus I can replay it as needed for comprehension, so that's workable.

For books, I already have a ton of books in Spanish, although most are kids books of varying level. This evening, I actually sat down and counted words in a bunch of the books. Using the guideline of 250 words/page, I have a good number of books where reading the entire book will give me a page count of 3 to 5 pages. So be it.

I signed up for a Double Challenge for Spanish--200 books. Can I do it? Probably/possibly not. Will I end up in a better place than where I am now? Absolutely.

I also signed up for German, to start after I finished Spanish. Given that if I read every single page of every single book currently in my possession I'll only end with a "real" count of 98 books, I don't think I'll be finishing any time soon, but you never know.

Good luck to everyone.

[Kerrie]

I'm currently about A2 for Spanish. Using the guideline of a 1 hour tv show being 1/2 of a film (assuming 1 hour minus commercials) I'm planning to DVR a bunch of series where I already know they speak a bit slower or more clearly than on other shows. Plus I can replay it as needed for comprehension, so that's workable.

There are lots of sites online you can watch Spanish shows free, too. DramaFever has quite a few, and RTVE.es has a lot of stuff available, too. I'm sure there are other sites, but those are the two I use the most.

If you want to watch on RTVE, go to the A La Carta section. You can turn on subtitles in Spanish. Also - if you right-click on the transcript on the side of the video, you can translate it to English. (Sometimes when I do that, I will get Spanish and English subs, and they go by too fast. If you pause it before you right-click and translate, you will get the Spanish subtitles, but the transcript on the right side will be in English. It's usually a pretty bad translation - I imagine it's just Google Translate - but it can help you if you miss something, especially at the earlier levels.)

[alexkelbo]

Depending on what the mistake is, sometimes it's easier just to "undo" the tweet and tweet it again rather than trying to edit it.

How do you undo a tweet? I just had to edit a tweet multiple times because the bot ignored the duration for a movie I watched. It's now correct but in the future undoing may be easier.

[Kerrie]

I just had to edit a tweet multiple times because the bot ignored the duration for a movie I watched. It's now correct but in the future undoing may be easier.

I've had that problem, too. It seems to work better when I put the time/page count before the title.

[alexkelbo]

Thanks, I'll try that next time.

[Brun Ugle]

Depending on what the mistake is, sometimes it's easier just to "undo" the tweet and tweet it again rather than trying to edit it.

How do you undo a tweet? I just had to edit a tweet multiple times because the bot ignored the duration for a movie I watched. It's now correct but in the future undoing may be easier.

Use the tag #undo or #delete. I haven't yet tried it in the Super Challenge, but I've used it in the 6 Week Challenge. It's listed among the tags you can use.

[Arnaud]

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[Radioclare]

What stands the "blue star" for?

I think you get blue stars for every 25 books you read or every 25 films you watch. But last time there was a limit on how many you could have, so if you watch lots of films but don't read any books, eventually you will stop getting extra ones.

[alexkelbo]

I've had that problem, too. It seems to work better when I put the time/page count before the title.

Tried it this morning, works like a charm.