Language Requirement Clarification

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Language Requirement Clarification

Postby Ixzo on September 8th, 2016, 8:07 pm

To learn a language to FLUENT --> A PC must spend a year immersed in the language in question. Threads in that year's time must demonstrate the struggle for understanding and learning. The requirements for conversational and poor must be met as well. The two threads exclusively used for language cannot be combined with other types of threads like job threads or skill gains in other aspects.


My first question lands on how many threads focused on learning the language we need. If our character started out with a basic language in their SP and is bringing it up to fluent. Say they've met the having been immersed in a language for a year, and struggling and growing with it in all their threads. The, would we only need to write the two threads? OR do we have to write eight threads over the year to make up for the fact that we skipped past the last two requirements with the starting package?

Second, highlighting the last sentence: "The two threads exclusively used for language cannot be combined with other types of threads like job threads or skill gains in other aspects." I understand don't use them as job threads, Seasonal XP, Seasonal Challenges, etc. But does this mean we cannot just gain regular grades from these?

Lastly, do we turn these requirements into our ST or the HD?
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Language Requirement Clarification

Postby Gossamer on September 9th, 2016, 1:04 am

There is no actual thread requirement for Fluent. There is for other language levels, depending on where you start. If your starting from scratch you need three seasons plus a year working on getting a language to fluent. That time period would require two threads the first season, four threads the second two seasons, and a body of threads the final year. If you start from scratch you need to start with the basic requirement and then move up to the other requirements until you get to fluent. This takes time. If you already have a language at BASIC, you just need the fluent requirements - a body of threads over a period of a year that displays your struggle learning the language in ways that are clear to the reader then you can call yourself fluent.

To learn a language to FLUENT --> A PC must spend a year immersed in the language in question. Threads in that year's time must demonstrate the struggle for understanding and learning. The requirements for conversational and poor must be met as well. The two threads exclusively used for language cannot be combined with other types of threads like job threads or skill gains in other aspects.


To learn a language to BASIC --> A PC must spend two seasons with EVERY thread having a PC mentioning the language struggle and learning and with two threads exclusively dedicated to learning the language. Those two dedicated threads must include practicing a PCs ability to gain vocabulary and work on putting those vocabulary words together into a reasonable understandable spoken communication. The two threads exclusively used for language cannot be combined with other types of threads like job threads or skill gains in other aspects.


To learn a language to POOR --> A PC must spend one season involved and which includes two threads devoted to learning the language exclusively and practicing a PCs ability to gain vocabulary. The two threads exclusively used for language cannot be combined with other types of threads like job threads or skill gains in other aspects.
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