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Post by Mu-chan on Dec 12, 2007 9:40:11 GMT
www.freerice.com/index.phpPlay a vocabulary game and donate 20 grains of rice with each correct answer. XD Someone shared this link with me a few weeks ago, so I'd thought I'd share it with you all to help brighten up this place, and I guess help a world-charity at the same time. ^^ Enjoy~ WARNING: Don't play for long periods of time if it'll distract you too much from your studies. XD
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Post by Indefinite Description on Dec 12, 2007 9:57:00 GMT
I tried that a while back and the highest I managed to get was 46. At the moment I have to resist the urge to go back and try again in case I lose another afternoon.
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Post by Maruno on Dec 13, 2007 22:42:02 GMT
I got up to 37, but kept dropping back down to 34. Didn't play for a long time, though.
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Post by Indefinite Description on Jan 13, 2008 17:40:15 GMT
I've now managed 49; unfortunately I'm currently supposed to be working.
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Post by Elscyre on Jan 18, 2008 13:01:55 GMT
Ah yes, this game. Well, I call it a game, it's more of a hideous distraction =p
Is it just me, or does it seem that the game gives easier words for any given level initially than it does after a while of playing? If that's true then the best bet for a high level would be to get lucky and 'rush' it =p
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Post by Indefinite Description on Jan 18, 2008 13:32:52 GMT
There's certainly a luck aspect, in that one mistake costs you what it takes several correct answers to gain, so two or three successive wrong answers can be quite a setback; but it's hard to judge how easy or hard a given word is. In particular, I found myself using educated etymological guesswork a lot, which means I have a better chance with classically derived words (where I might recognise the stems from elsewhere) than with rustic countryside terms for animals or whatever, but someone else might not find that.
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Post by bedlam on Mar 16, 2008 19:52:23 GMT
Ah yes, this game. Well, I call it a game, it's more of a hideous distraction =p Is it just me, or does it seem that the game gives easier words for any given level initially than it does after a while of playing? If that's true then the best bet for a high level would be to get lucky and 'rush' it =p Yeah, I managed to get 40 on my first go and I didn't play long. I also guessed a hell of a lot.
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