To win what? The lessons are not competitive.
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finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoI think it should be added that people who pay premium get infinite lives, everyone else gets 1 wrong answer every 6-ish hours with a maximum of 5, meaning they can answer wrong at most 5 times and fail a lesson, forcing them to do a recap practice lesson to earn a heart and then retry the lesson with only 1 heart or they’re just done for the day.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
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There actually is a weekly leaderboard bracket where you compete with about 30 to 50 other people.
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Completing a lesson is winning, losing all your lives is losing.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
A completely optional, side objective that has no bearing on anything else? You can completely ignore the leader board and still progress. It’s not competitive.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yeah of course, winning or losing a game has no bearing on anything. It’s still winning or losing.
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
You can set your profile to private to completely disable the leaderboard stuff.
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J52@lemmy.nz 4 weeks ago
I have so many bonus points, I just get 5 new hearts. I find the lack of grammer in the free version holding me back (possibly by design, so I’ll finally pay for something). I think it’s time to leave for me too (I didn’t enjoy the gaming side and won’t tolerate AI integration, even if it’s free).