Was the first review time changed?

WaniKani
#12

Man, this is so awesome. It is now insanely easier to stay on the minimum timeline.

There are 8 “critical” times to do reviews to stay on track for a minimum level up. In the past, you had to complete all your “critical” reviews within 15 minutes of them appearing to not lose any traction. Basically there was no breathing room.

Now, you can basically use 8 extra hours, by doing your critical reviews almost an hour after they appear each time, and lose no time in your schedule.

You don’t get to pick and choose where those 8 hours are available to you, but it’s so much easier to schedule around now.

I’m so pumped that this is appearing just before I hit the “short” levels lol.

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#13

Good to know! My level up time is on the hour, so I hadn’t noticed, and I’ve been making it a point to do my lessons within 15 minutes…

Short levels are coming up for me too, but i’m not sure if want to keep the minimum timeline going…40% increase in lessons per day to keep up…

#14

I was surprised to notice this change too, but mistook it for my clock being off. The smaller 15 minute more accurate reviews were handier for planning when to come back. Look at the clock: oh, 4 hours later. Easy.

I am not into that. Then again, I was not into the last step to Guru going down a day either. All this shortening to the SRS has left me not flexing my memory muscles as much…

@Viet @Koichi is there a scientific reason for this change? Or to just make programming/server loads easier?

#15

I’m so glad you post these things, Leebo. Whenever I can’t remember something regarding level up times, I always go back and read your posts about it. Thank you!

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#16

Okay, so, am I missing something?

I did a bunch of kanji and vocab lessons this morning. I completed all the lessons before 7am. I’m just now about to have my first review of them at noon. What the heck?

Edit : Sorry, I’m dumb, I was looking at the wrong ones… Ignore this!

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#17

I hear what you are saying about not liking the shorter times as far as SRS goes and I understand. If anything, maybe they could round up to next hour instead of backwards? Otherwise you will just have to keep track of it yourself I guess.

I AM a fan, however, of grouping them together in one hour versus every 15 minutes. If you are like me and obsessively check your review queue throughout the day only to find 2 or 3 reviews at a time every 15-30 minutes, this will be very helpful I think. I would rather just do them in larger chunks (not 100+ but maybe 20-30) at a time. I feel more accomplished that way I guess…

#18

I almost choked on what I was eating…

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#19

Lol…

I don’t actually want that… I was just throwing that out there, trying to placate @AnimeCanuck :grinning:

Personally, as someone who has tried to keep my level up time solidly under the 8 day mark, I say, the faster the better.

#20

Happy Birthday @viet !

If everybody’s review is now being “rounded down” to the nearest hour, does that mean your servers could expect a lot more activity on the hour. With the old 15 minute rounding, the load is spread throughout the hour.

The new batching will be better than having the reviews arrive in dribs and drabs.

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#21

Yeah, even though it’ll take months for all the 15 minute intervals to get wiped away, they’ll decrease over time and we can just worry about checking once per hour.

#22

We didn’'t expect any significant load changes. Still the case after the changes. Will have to wait and see what will happen long term.

#23

When I’m at my computer, larger sets of 15-50 are pretty nice… But on the other hand, if I’m at my computer all day anyway, it doesn’t matter much how many there are or not at once - I’m still at my computer.

However when I’m on my phone and only can type with two thumbs, smaller chunks are great - especially for my commute on the subway with spotty internet.

#24

Don’t worry, @Leebo too, I’ll keep track of the time myself rather than ask for the timers to round up. I think I’d be stoned for that!

For instance, I know my new lessons will come up at 9, but I shouldn’t start them until 9:20-9:30 now.

#25

How are you part of “team going slow” if you are doing your reviews on time???

#26

Yeah I can see that for sure. I end up avoiding them on my phone unless there are only a few in there because I can’t stand how slow it is…

#27

Correct me if I am wrong but it sounds like @AnimeCanuck is just trying to follow the whole SRS method pretty strictly…

#28

You hear that @AnimeCanuck??!

#29

An average of 5 lessons a day, lately.

#30

I’m just a jokester. Don’t mind me.

ヽ(*・ω・)ﾉ

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#31

I wouldn’t say “strictly” but the old timings worked better for my memory.

Honestly, if there was some way I could know that it was an Apprentice 4-to-Guru 1 item in the review queue, and I could reorder it to the back, I’d let them sit in the pile for another day. I used to Master and Enlighten things back then. Since the changes, most items end up in an Apprentice-Guru-Apprentice-Guru-Apprentice loop before I can get them up to Master (I’m looking mainly at Kanji, since they’re the first time I get a reading and meaning, vocab still remain about the same, as usually they are jukugo using readings I already know or half-life by the time I get them.)