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Weekly English Word Spelling Challenge #1

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Hoshimegu Mio
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Week 1
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Word #1:


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Word #2:


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Word #3:


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Word #4:


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Word #5:


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Word #6:


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Word #7:


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Word #8:


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Word #9:


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Word #10:


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Google Form

Hopefully at least 2 people actually respond...

Ok accidentally deleted the information but whatever.

Brief overview:

So you guess the word based on the audio, with the word itself and an example sentence. Then you put the guesses in the above form.

1 weekly win = 1 tokens.
Runner-up = 0.67 tokens.
3rd place = 0.33 tokens.

Perfect round (100/100) = 3 extra tokens.

1 token = 1 USD (only for supporter, I'd love to do other stuff but I can't)

2 tokens = Avatar GFX edit

You can give the tokens or tag to someone else.

Each word is worth 1~2 points depending on how many people get it right, and 1 point bonus for closest guess if no one guesses something.

Please don't look up the words while you do this for fairness, nor discuss answers with other people publicly before the answers are out.

Answers are released on the following week.

That's about all you need to know lol. If you have questions just ask.
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Nuuskamuikkunen
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Nuuskamuikkunen
Well I gave my answers.
Kobold84
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Kobold84
I voted.
Hoshimegu Mio
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Hoshimegu Mio
Woah two responses! This lasts for a week so hopefully there will be more than that...

Oops I forgot to put a username question ahh!
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Patatitta
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Patatitta
wasn't there a thread like this like a year ago?
Hoshimegu Mio
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Hoshimegu Mio

Patatitta wrote:

wasn't there a thread like this like a year ago?
Yeah that one was a failure. This one should be much more reasonable and stable though. Plus it's weekly so way way easier to maintain.
nominomu
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nominomu
there's... a red underline when u misspell a word so im not sure if google forms would work
Hoshimegu Mio
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Hoshimegu Mio

nominomu wrote:

there's... a red underline when u misspell a word so im not sure if google forms would work
Any form of collecting is prone to autocorrect. Plus some of them are still very hard even with autocorrect.
Karmine
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Karmine
I didn't read instructions and didn't type in full lowercase lol
Hoshimegu Mio
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Hoshimegu Mio

Karmine wrote:

I didn't read instructions and didn't type in full lowercase lol
Dw I'll manually check the responses.
Mysdibule
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Mysdibule
This suits Forum Games to me

YyottaCat wrote:

Please don't look up the words while you do this for fairness, nor discuss answers with other people publicly before the answers are out.
Is there any way to spot a cheater? And how can someone defend themselves from the accuse of playing unfair?
Kobold84
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GIoxSM_J962 wrote:

This suits Forum Games to me
It's more of an event.
Hoshimegu Mio
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Hoshimegu Mio

GIoxSM_J962 wrote:

This suits Forum Games to me

YyottaCat wrote:

Please don't look up the words while you do this for fairness, nor discuss answers with other people publicly before the answers are out.
Is there any way to spot a cheater? And how can someone defend themselves from the accuse of playing unfair?
I just have to rely on trust. If someone cheats for a dumb little forum event I think they have a problem.
[ Corn ]
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[ Corn ]
man, i shouldn't have entered so early. now i'm going to have anxiety about it the rest of the week lol
Duck o-o
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Duck o-o
I can finally put my ... being english skills to use
Edit: shit i spelt one using the obsolete spelling aaaaaa
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Doom Mood
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Doom Mood
ok at least i got half of them right lol
Corne2Plum3
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Corne2Plum3
:p



Also r/softwaregore moment:
Doom Mood
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Doom Mood

Corne2Plum3 wrote:

:p



Also r/softwaregore moment:
💀
Hoshimegu Mio
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Hoshimegu Mio

Dementedduck wrote:

I can finally put my ... being english skills to use
Edit: shit i spelt one using the obsolete spelling aaaaaa
Obsolete spellings... 700-year-old duck /j
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Hoshimegu Mio
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Hoshimegu Mio
I don't know who it was but the response from "Tiananmen square protest and massacre" has been removed as invalid.
Manishh
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Manishh
fuck I should have read the thread first, I type them ;-;
Manishh
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Manishh
lmao only 2 are correct xD, Can you dm me the 6th answer
Farfocele
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Farfocele
last word is especially a challenge, good job XD
Hoshimegu Mio
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Manishh wrote:

lmao only 2 are correct xD, Can you dm me the 6th answer
Only 1 person got 6. You'll know what it is next week.
Aireunaeus
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Aireunaeus
Damn they are indeed challenging words lel
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Hoshimegu Mio
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Farfocele wrote:

last word is especially a challenge, good job XD
The final word has got to be one of the rare ones lol.
Farfocele
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YyottaCat wrote:

Farfocele wrote:

last word is especially a challenge, good job XD
The final word has got to be one of the rare ones lol.
very, clearly. Did anyone get it right?
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Hoshimegu Mio
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Farfocele wrote:

YyottaCat wrote:

Farfocele wrote:

last word is especially a challenge, good job XD
The final word has got to be one of the rare ones lol.
very, clearly. Did anyone get it right?
Not yet.
Scyla
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1. Xdeing
2. Salang
3. Ass
4. Onion
5. Sell it
6. Death
7. Im a dong
8. Chuvaness
9. Follow
10. E-bolions
Duck o-o
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Duck o-o

Scyla wrote:

1. Xdeing
2. Salang
3. Ass
4. Onion
5. Sell it
6. Death
7. Im a dong
8. Chuvaness
9. Follow
10. E-bolions
Actually right :o
Farfocele
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Farfocele

Scyla wrote:

1. Xdeing
2. Salang
3. Ass
4. Onion
5. Sell it
6. Death
7. Im a dong
8. Chuvaness
9. Follow
10. E-bolions
can we give them all the supporter in the world
Hoshimegu Mio
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Farfocele wrote:

Scyla wrote:

1. Xdeing
2. Salang
3. Ass
4. Onion
5. Sell it
6. Death
7. Im a dong
8. Chuvaness
9. Follow
10. E-bolions
can we give them all the supporter in the world
I'm broke.
Hoshimegu Mio
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[ Corn ] wrote:

man, i shouldn't have entered so early. now i'm going to have anxiety about it the rest of the week lol
There will (hopefully) always be next week, so no need to be anxious about it.
Aireunaeus
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im waiting for results lel
Manishh
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Manishh
Can you add more accent?
Hoshimegu Mio
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Manishh wrote:

Can you add more accent?
I have a limited character bandwidth for the TTS. Besides, I tried to keep the accents more even, and it doesn't seem to be causing problems with recognizing the words.

I'll do a poll maybe though to see what accents people prefer.
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Hoshimegu Mio
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A bit of bump here. It doesn't seem that there are any more submissions so I'm working on next week's selections!

Btw: Do you think this week's difficulty is too easy, just right, or too hard? Please give feedback!
Karmine
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At first I thought it was too easy (assuming I got the first few right) then some seemed impossible so I guess it's fine :D
Blushing
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If I had to choose an accent to do it would be either british or american. Australian english is not going to reflect the vowels correctly, imo.
Duck o-o
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Duck o-o
try either uk reporter accent, queens english or an american reporter accent
Corne2Plum3
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YyottaCat wrote:

A bit of bump here. It doesn't seem that there are any more submissions so I'm working on next week's selections!

Btw: Do you think this week's difficulty is too easy, just right, or too hard? Please give feedback!
too hard
Farfocele
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Farfocele

YyottaCat wrote:

A bit of bump here. It doesn't seem that there are any more submissions so I'm working on next week's selections!

Btw: Do you think this week's difficulty is too easy, just right, or too hard? Please give feedback!
Honestly, some of those were actually hard. And then the last one was probably just downright impossible.
Nuuskamuikkunen
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Nuuskamuikkunen

YyottaCat wrote:

A bit of bump here. It doesn't seem that there are any more submissions so I'm working on next week's selections!

Btw: Do you think this week's difficulty is too easy, just right, or too hard? Please give feedback!
Pretty hard D:
Hachiman Ryouta
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i suck at hearing :u
Karmine
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Hachiman Ryouta wrote:

i suck at hearing :u
That's called being deaf.
Hoshimegu Mio
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Dementedduck wrote:

try either uk reporter accent, queens english or an american reporter accent
Hmm yes. Though I don't think the TTS program supports that lol. I could try to do the audio myself or gaslight someone else into doing it later on.

But for the time being, maybe I'll stick to only using the British accents since the General American TTS randomly omits ending consonants.

Blushing wrote:

If I had to choose an accent to do it would be either british or american. Australian english is not going to reflect the vowels correctly, imo.
Yeah I'll remove Australian English next time.

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Regarding future events, I'm planning on this:

1. Expanding total word count to 15, with 3 categories of (assumed) difficulty level, and removing perfect round bonus (I doubt anyone will ever get that);

2. Increasing the point value of each word from 1~2 to 5~10, following formula:

wordValue = 10 - 5 * correctGuess / totalGuess

3. Adding an accuracy attribute to each guess, calculated through comparing letters in the guess in order with the answer, counting the number of correct letters and dividing by the total number of letters.

Example:

Answer: Individual

Example guess: Indefidal

Incorrect letters marked in brackets: Ind(ef)id()al

Accuracy: 7/10 = 0.7

4. Adding an extra point category for incorrect guesses:

wrongValue = wordValue * (1 - averageAccuracy)

The amount of points for granted for an incorrect guess is determined as follows:

wrongPoints = wrongValue *(accuracy ** 2)

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If you have any other ideas or changes, do post them. I'd like to hear your ideas about ehich or what specific accent(s) to use.
Hoshimegu Mio
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