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Indeed, if I'm about to go to bed on the 25th, having typed 2000 words today, about the max I can manage, and the site tells me I need 1995 words a day to survive then it thinks I'm going to win. "Yay,...

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Re: "Words per day to finish on time" is calculated in a misleading way

Yeah, this seems to be a yearly rant. And it seems we do not find a hammer big enough or a rail thick enough to make OLL understand that it is not working logically at the moment. :-\ Especially as...

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Re: "Words per day to finish on time" is calculated in a misleading way

So it seems -- for you wrote "It is only accurate if you've not begun your writing for the day" -- that you also agree with me that the number is right only at the start of the day, before I've written...

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Re: "Words per day to finish on time" is calculated in a misleading way

[quote=Seera] Based on your current words of 8236 on Day 5. You have 41,764 words to go. 25 days to do it in. Words per day to finish on time. is 1671. [/quote] It's probably a minor point, but: If I...

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Re: "Words per day to finish on time" is calculated in a misleading way

Seera is correct. The days remaining includes today, because the site is recognizing that people still have today to write. It is only accurate if you've not begun your writing for the day. By the same...

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Re: "Words per day to finish on time" is calculated in a misleading way

Based on your current words of 8236 on Day 5. You have 41,764 words to go. 25 days to do it in. Words per day to finish on time. is 1671. The words per day is calculated by taking words remaining and...

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"Words per day to finish on time" is calculated in a misleading way

For example, I am currently behind. I am not up to the today's total of 8333 words. Therefore, logically, I have to type more than 1667 words per day to actually finish on time. If I typed 1667 per...

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Re: "Words per day to finish on time" is calculated in a misleading way

Indeed, if I'm about to go to bed on the 25th, having typed 2000 words today, about the max I can manage, and the site tells me I need 1995 words a day to survive then it thinks I'm going to win. "Yay,...

View Article


Re: "Words per day to finish on time" is calculated in a misleading way

Yeah, this seems to be a yearly rant. And it seems we do not find a hammer big enough or a rail thick enough to make OLL understand that it is not working logically at the moment. :-\ Especially as...

View Article


Re: "Words per day to finish on time" is calculated in a misleading way

So it seems -- for you wrote "It is only accurate if you've not begun your writing for the day" -- that you also agree with me that the number is right only at the start of the day, before I've written...

View Article

Re: "Words per day to finish on time" is calculated in a misleading way

[quote=Seera] Based on your current words of 8236 on Day 5. You have 41,764 words to go. 25 days to do it in. Words per day to finish on time. is 1671. [/quote] It's probably a minor point, but: If I...

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Re: "Words per day to finish on time" is calculated in a misleading way

Seera is correct. The days remaining includes today, because the site is recognizing that people still have today to write. It is only accurate if you've not begun your writing for the day. By the same...

View Article

Re: "Words per day to finish on time" is calculated in a misleading way

Based on your current words of 8236 on Day 5. You have 41,764 words to go. 25 days to do it in. Words per day to finish on time. is 1671. The words per day is calculated by taking words remaining and...

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"Words per day to finish on time" is calculated in a misleading way

For example, I am currently behind. I am not up to the today's total of 8333 words. Therefore, logically, I have to type more than 1667 words per day to actually finish on time. If I typed 1667 per...

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