Was amazed by the #Duolingo “league” that I wound up in yesterday. The leader did 4,280 “XP” (experience points) in ONE DAY. 🤯
To understand why this is amazing, each language lesson in Duolingo is typically worth 10-20 XP. With bonuses and rewards some can get to 40, 50, or 80 XP.
To get to 4,280 requires a HUGE number of lessons and investment of MANY HOURS of time!
A mind-blowing amount of work.. clearly someone is extremely focused on learning a new language! 😲
@danyork it's possible to harvest ~1000XP/h with paid Speak practices in base mode and double that with bonus of course. So 4000 per day can mean some 3 h per day for a person with super, intense but far from crazy.
Usefulness of this is another question, but if one doesn't repeat stuff aloud at normal lessons, it can actually have a benefit...
@johartig Oh, that could be! Hadn’t thought about that.
Either that or I’m picturing someone who MUST learn a language for a job opportunity (or to keep a job) and they are just sitting there for hours and hours doing nothing but Duolingo! 🤯
(When we lived in Ottawa, we did meet people who were working for the Canadian government and had job requirements around French proficiency - and if they didn’t meet them in a certain period, they would lose their jobs.)
@LouisY That’s cool if you just want to learn without the distractions. I admit that I find the whole gamification aspect amusing and sometimes motivating, so I participate with a sense of amusement. I’m in to learn the language … where I wind up in rankings doesn’t much matter to me.
@ondrej Very well could be! Or… they just have a ton of time and can sit there doing Duolingo for hours and hours. As much as I enjoy app, I reach a point where my brain just can’t keep doing it! 😀
@danyork People cheat in weird shit… I kind of believe the guy on the 3rd place as there’s supporting data in his profile. The second one could be an honest mistake - did he meant a trail bike? Otherwise it’s hard to believe that he did 850km in just 10 activities while still doing 500km in simple Running in the same 30 day window.
The account at the top is clearly a cheater. Nobody with human body can do 3000km in 30 days.
@danyork
There is also something called 'Matching Madness', which is quite fun and gives a lot of XP as you progress, much more than lessons. Maybe that person is addicted to that?
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