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I’ve had an idea for a while, but I’m actually not sure if such activities would work out in a competitive game like DU... Heck I’ll just DU it! Let’s see what you think of my proposal: A problem when learning a new language is to find native speakers to practice by actually speaking the language. Since DU will bring players from all around the world together, this could be a perfect opportunity for a language exchange. Of course most players will be very engaged in the work with their own orgs, but sometimes there may be some spare time for other activities. Especially as there will be a lots of grinding in DU. I mean even when NQ is trying to make resource gathering more interesting, it’s essentially just about digging holes for hours. During these monotone activities of the game you could join a voice chat with a native speaker of a foreign language and practice with him. (essentially what platforms like hellotalk.com, sharedlingo.com, ect. are providing) You could do some vocabulary exercises, play some language learning games, or even do a discussion about DU in a foreign language. Now what could we do to further promote this in DU: 1) I highly encourage organizations operating in the native language of their members, which have come up a lot lately! We could create a list of all non English orgs to provide a “language map” of Alioth. Players could use this to find speakers of their own language, or where to go to improve their foreign language skills. This should work like a language exchange travel guide. 2) We could also provide a platform to bring different language learners together. You would be able to search for people that are willing to teach language A, and learning language B. e.g. someone speaking German who’s learning Spanish would want to find someone speaking Spanish learning German. We could create jet another discord server dedicated to that, however it’s probably better to use platforms like hellotalk which have much better features, as they are especially designed for that purpose! 3) Furthermore we could create a nonprofit organization in DU dedicated to promote language exchange. This would probably not work like a normal org as, would not participate in claiming resources/land or military. But we could build a "language exchange forum" close to the arkship, to inform other players about this project. If the org-mechanics are flexible enough we could use sub-orgs to better organize different language groups. E.g. a sub-org “Spanish learners” could get together to organize weekly Spanish classes. If this becomes popular enough we could even create language exams, to check people’s language proficiency level. I would be very happy if we could gather some interested people to develop this further, but honestly I would probably not be the best person to actually lead this project due to my inconsistent on-time... I’m just a guy interested in learning more languages, and it would be awesome if there would be a platform that combines language learning with gaming. xD