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But you can't negotiate if you don't speak the language to a level
beyond {mi pendo do}.

On 24 February 2012 20:38, MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com> wrote:
> This game sounds less a test of language ability than of game-playing or
> negotiating ability.
>
> stevo
>
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Robin Lee Powell
> <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> So we've started a Diplomacy game (
>> http://www.webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=3D80849 ). =A0Diplomacy is
>> a game with extremely simple rules, where winning the game is based
>> more-or-less entirely on your ability to negotiate with the other
>> players (and then betray them at the best time :D).
>>
>> I think this is a very good format for demonstrating proficiency, in
>> a manner similar to my commentary earlier about "if you can figure
>> out co-operative puzzles, you are competent". =A0I imagine that
>> whether or not you can win at diplomacy with turns of a given length
>> says quite a bit about your proficiency with Lojban. =A0Turns of, say,
>> two minutes long would push your Lojban ability to the limit, I
>> imagine.
>>
>> -Robin
>>
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