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Where are my "paid for" bonus topics?

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John Little
Brazil

Where are my "paid for" bonus topics?

Post by John Little »

I "paid" 1,000 gems each for the extra 'Idioms' and 'flirting' topics that now don't appear on the snake. Actually, it was more than that, because I "paid"more gems to take them to legendary level!

Given that 1,200 gems cost £4.29, I have, in theory, paid around £8 for those extra lessons. They certainly were not worth the "pain and suffering" incurred earning those 2,000 gems but now, all that suffering was in vain!(or ended now the flirting one has disappeared).

:)

John661162

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MoniqueMaRie
Germany

Re: Where are my "paid for" bonus topics?

Post by MoniqueMaRie »

It's a shame that you're now losing the ability to flirt in your target language. It's the same with me - flirting is no longer possible. :D

Native :de: / using :uk: / learning :fr: :cn: :it: / once learnt Image / trying to understand at least a bit :poland:

Deleted User 4833

Re: Where are my "paid for" bonus topics?

Post by Deleted User 4833 »

Ha, I remember when flirting lessons were an option. I always thought it was a bit silly. :D

Maybe Duolingo will give you your gems back “as a one time courtesy” (the exact phrase they use on Twitter when folks complain about lost XP, gems, and the like) if you complain. ;)

Steve579062

Re: Where are my "paid for" bonus topics?

Post by Steve579062 »

John Little wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 9:48 am

( the flirting one has disappeared).

:)

I'm still here to assist :P

https://www.insider.com/how-to-flirt-i ... -2018-11

I'm using language to keep my old brain working.

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MoniqueMaRie
Germany

Re: Where are my "paid for" bonus topics?

Post by MoniqueMaRie »

Flirting - On the subject "bad pick up lines":

I just re-read "the cuckoo's calling" and remember the way Cormoran Strike meets Charlotte Campbell. His t-shirt has a stain from curry sauce and to Charlotte's question "did you want something?" he shows her the stain on his t-shirt with the question "what d'you reckon's the best way to get this out?"

My only reaction would have been to refer him to a dry cleaner. A good short answer might have been "vanish"

Native :de: / using :uk: / learning :fr: :cn: :it: / once learnt Image / trying to understand at least a bit :poland:

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Thomas.Heiss
Germany

Re: Where are my "paid for" bonus topics?

Post by Thomas.Heiss »

English (Lessons or Legendary):

https://www-internal.duolingo.com/skill ... Proverbs/1

https://www-internal.duolingo.com/skill/en/Flirting/1

https://www-internal.duolingo.com/skill/en/Christmas/1

Portuguese (Lessons or Legendary):

https://www-internal.duolingo.com/skill ... Proverbs/1

https://www-internal.duolingo.com/skill/pt/Flirting/1

https://www-internal.duolingo.com/skill/pt/Christmas/1

English (Practice):

https://www-internal.duolingo.com/skill ... s/practice

https://www-internal.duolingo.com/skill ... g/practice

https://www-internal.duolingo.com/skill ... s/practice

Portuguese (Practice):

https://www-internal.duolingo.com/skill ... s/practice

https://www-internal.duolingo.com/skill ... g/practice

https://www-internal.duolingo.com/skill ... s/practice

German (Practice):

https://www-internal.duolingo.com/skill ... s/practice

https://www-internal.duolingo.com/skill ... g/practice

https://www-internal.duolingo.com/skill ... s/practice

German (Lessons or Legendary):

https://www-internal.duolingo.com/skill ... Proverbs/1

https://www-internal.duolingo.com/skill/de/Flirting/1

https://www-internal.duolingo.com/skill/de/Christmas/1

Explanation:

en/pt/de is the abbreviation for the TARGET language which needs to match your ACTIVE (- currently selected - L2 course.
Base/source is irrelevant.

/1 is the lesson number to complete crown sessions (it will automatically correct itself and increment the lesson counter from previously finished lessons).
Just repeat that Url for a few lessons.

If a bonus skill is finished the /1 (or /0) will start the Legendary crown sessions mode.
But I didn't complete those, so maybe they won't finish, as mentioned here by another user, and grading might fail at the end and give you no XPs.


Staff took down bonus skills after I practiced them on the Android app (checked several times; edit: was a false alarm).

They are not visible on the app or the web shop anymore and I cannot see them on my app tree (old version with the tree) for several courses.

Edit2: They come and go - very buggy and often the bonus row completely disappears.
Another issue: Leveling up one bonus skill to Legendary crown level made this skill permanently disappear on the bonus row. It doesn't show up again after app restart!

Maybe I shouldn't have reported an error with one of them, I believe it was Christmas :-)

Q: Does Christmas bonus skill crash their server?
I remember there was a bigger error contained in 2016/17.

..(...)..

Bonus skills are available for these courses:

  • Portuguese from English
  • English from German
  • German from English
  • English from Portuguese
  • ...

One skill "Flirting" was double listed on the old Android app, Idioms wasn't shown in the bonus row for my Portuguese (from English) course.
Completing Idioms&Proverbs on the Web didn't fix the app bug. That's a nice trick with the Web access.

Didn't test the rest.

Probably you will have had to buy one of the three BEFORE in the Lingot shop (before they got hidden) to make the system track and evaluate your work.
Highly guessing on my side.

On the old Android one of the courses (En from Pt probably??) offered me to buy one for 1000 Gems.
Now that option is also gone since today 28. January 2023 (edit: it is working again).

Last edited by Thomas.Heiss on Sun Jan 29, 2023 8:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.

:de: Native | :us: Upper-B2 (BritishCouncil) | ImageL25 (Duo) / A2 (6+y, McGraw-Hill) - Learning (Busuu): :fr: (A1 McGraw-Hill) | :brazil: (interm.)

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LICA98
Finland

Re: Where are my "paid for" bonus topics?

Post by LICA98 »

paying real money for gems smh 😑

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John Little
Brazil

Re: Where are my "paid for" bonus topics?

Post by John Little »

LICA98 wrote: Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:57 pm

paying real money for gems smh 😑

Thankfully I never actually "paid" for the gems, except in "blood sweat and tears". But i might have done

:)

John661162

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Thomas.Heiss
Germany

Re: Where are my "paid for" bonus topics?

Post by Thomas.Heiss »

I do see two bonus skills (Idioms, Flirting) in the Spanish from English (CEFR, staff-based) course.
One (Idioms) is already added to the course when it was started 2016/17, the other two (incl. Christmas, which is hidden) I can directly access with the above URLs.

But I can't use the direct skill URLs for the French from English course.
Also none bonus skills are offered on the Lingot shop or app shop (Gems).

Somehow the Christmas ES bonus skill crashed the Duolingo website (Firefox Nightly) as the second half page was blank.
Probably a web JS error was logged in the Web console (Firefox Developer tools, USB remote debugging).

For the French from English CEFR course I can't see any bonus skills in the web/app store or access the direct skill URLs on the website (launching lessons).

:de: Native | :us: Upper-B2 (BritishCouncil) | ImageL25 (Duo) / A2 (6+y, McGraw-Hill) - Learning (Busuu): :fr: (A1 McGraw-Hill) | :brazil: (interm.)

Deleted User 5745

Re: Where are my "paid for" bonus topics?

Post by Deleted User 5745 »

LICA98 wrote: Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:57 pm

paying real money for gems smh 😑

Years ago I remember Duo asking me for Real Moolah to save my streak. I said "NO."
After that they only asked me for lingots to pay for a streak freeze. 😅

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