boreal wedge Oct 23, 2022, 11:26 AM

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Hello cute <@&749710876172484629> people. peepylove We'd like to talk to you about a slight reorganization of our channels. peepohappy

Discord has recently introduced forum channels (https://discord.com/blog/forum-channels-space-for-organized-conversation), which we had been testing in our #942470380692590632. With the feature fully released and supported by bots, we've now turned a few more channels into forums. In particular:

• The #1025098221653073940 forum now takes the place of the old #archived-sensitive-topics channel.
• The #1033125270217048246 forum is a cool new place to ask all your questions about living, studying and working in German-speaking countries, replacing the old #archived-culture-study-visa channel.
• And lastly, #1025098289521119293 replaced #archived-media, giving it some more structure and better organization. Unlike the other forums, #1025098289521119293 doesn't allow you to create your own threads, instead they will be added as needed.

We are also working on other interesting ways of using forums to improve your learning experience, which we will announce when they're ready. As always, let us know what you think in #community-discussion! peepoCheer

hushed kite Oct 26, 2022, 10:45 PM

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Hi everyone, we have some more exciting <@&749710876172484629> for you! As of today, everyone has been given the "Activity Permissions" role, which allows you to use the newly released Activities feature in all of our voice channels (https://discord.com/blog/server-activities-games-voice-watch-together).

The YouTube activity should now become the standard way of listening to music with friends in VC. No more fighting over who gets to use the bot, or having the bot take up precious Study Group slots. peepohappy We'll keep the old >play commands active for a little while longer, but please note that it will be removed in a couple of months. Please note though that all of our rules still apply, and you should not use the Activities feature to play any content that is against server rules.

boreal wedge Nov 1, 2022, 11:06 PM

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Hello everyone, the Halloween event is now over! peepoPumpkinCandy We had 213 users competing in the two teams, and overall the Funky Frankenstein Fellows accumulated 4036 points, whereas the Goofy Ghost Gang got 4472 points and won the event! peepoCheer They get to keep their role for another week. peepohappy

It was certainly a very interesting competition, with the leading team changing a total of twenty times, which is a lot more than we've seen in any of the previous events! We'd like to congratulate both teams on their efforts, and thank you all for participating in the event! As always, let us know what you think in #community-discussion, we appreciate all your feedback and would love to hear your thoughts. peepoCheers

fast oyster Dec 28, 2022, 7:02 PM

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Hello <@&749710876172484629>, the Christmas event has come to an end. It what was a very interesting and close battle, with the leading team changing a number of times. Team Naughty has collected 20743 points, which was sadly a bit short of Team Nice's 20879 points, which have secured them a victory. We congratulate both teams on their effort, and as always, the winning team will get to keep their role for a week. pepeparty

Both teams were able to solve all 15 tasks that the elves put up, with gift giving being the deciding factor in who got to take the Christmas throne. christmas_treee If you want to check out the full storyline for task 13, you can find it here: https://bit.ly/glad-christmas2022-task13.

Altogether, 100 of our server members gave out gifts, and 1280 gifts were given to 130 different users.
To break down those numbers by team, Team Nice had a total of 46 members that gave out gifts, and together they managed to give 641 gifts, while their team received 601 gifts altogether. Team Naughty had 43 of their members giving gifts, and they gave a total of 606 gifts, while their team got 546 gifts in total. blobsmas

The most generous gift giver of the season was @chrome prawn who gave 52 gifts, while the title of the most loved member goes to @haughty cypress who received 109. christmaspepe

The Christmas Museum was also a great opportunity for teams to show off their creative sides. From Team Nice, the artwork that impressed us the most was submitted by @bronze zealot, whereas Team Naughty's @kindred silo submitted their best art piece. You can find their work attached below. They, and some other talented artists will receive a special gift from Santa soon. peepoGift

Additionally, you might have also noticed the Grinch role. This role started out with @fallow jetty, and spread to other members by pings! The first two healthy members that any Grinch pinged also got the Grinch role themselves. Through this, a total of 250 server members got the Grinch role, and you can find a graph of how the infection spread below. See if you can find yourself in it. peepohappy

Lastly, the Christmas event was by far the server's biggest event, and we put a lot of time and effort into making it. We hope that you've enjoyed it, and we'd love to hear your feedback and thoughts in #community-discussion .

lyric zealot Dec 31, 2022, 11:00 PM

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Happy New Year and frohes neues Jahr lovely <@&749710876172484629> memes!

We would like to thank you for spending yet another year with us here on GLaD. We hope that 2022 brought you closer towards your goals and that the new year has just as many highlights in store for you as this one.

🔹 This year our dearest <@&279358588399648769>s managed to hold a total of 100 sessions. Thank you so much for all the time and hard work you dedicate to making this possible. A special thanks goes to @versed slate, @haughty cypress, and @indigo lance for organising more than half of these.
🔹 Over the course of the year we have implemented 33 server suggestions from the community, and we're excitedly looking forward to hearing even more of your suggestions!
🔹 2022 also focused on a lot of structural changes of the server, such as the introduction of the Channels And Roles category, various forum channels like #942470380692590632 and #1033125270217048246, the consolidation of #botgames, or the remodelling of #1025098289521119293.
However, we're still not nearly done and we plan to bring you many more exciting changes in the coming months.
🔹 Throughout the year we held various events, such as the April Fools Event, Halloween Event, and most recently the Christmas Event. Roughly 500 members actively participated in these, and we hope everyone had as much fun with them as we had.
🔹 Last but not least, arguably even the most important, the (almost) uncountable awesome interactions between all of you! Thank you for more than 4000000 messages and more than 2200000 minutes of VC in 2022!

We would also like to use this opportunity to announce our New Years Events: Study Tips and "How to learn German" presentations and workshops
Are you planning to improve your German as part of your New Years resolutions? Throughout the next few weeks, we will be hosting several events based around the topic "how to learn German". The sessions will go into topics like how to effectively study a language, how to create a study schedule that works for you, how to set realistic goals, different kinds of study tasks that may help you learn better, and much more! Keep an eye on the Events tab or #lesson-announcements where we will post the event info once the dates and times are confirmed.

As always, feel free to provide feedback in #community-discussion and we look forward to enjoying another great year with you all throughout 2023!

@boreal wedge, @hushed kite, @languid cobalt, @lyric zealot und @fast oyster hoffen ihr hattet einen guten Rutsch und bleibt uns auch im neuen Jahr weiterhin erhalten peepolove

hushed kite Jan 24, 2023, 10:48 AM

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<@&749710876172484629> Hi everyone, we have a new channel announcement for you today! 🎉

We've created a forum called #1065443550004781067 which you can use to help you find someone to study with, find people with shared interests or a similar time zone, or create some kind of group, such as a book club. As usual with new things, it's starting in a trial period - we may make changes to the forum in future, depending on how it's used, and we don't guarantee that it will stick around if it turns out to be more harmful than useful.

Let us know your feedback in #community-discussion and have a great day! ❤️

hushed kite Feb 9, 2023, 8:02 AM

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<@&749710876172484629> Hi everyone. Recently there has been an earthquake disaster in Turkey, as you most likely know. We also know that many of you want to help out by donating or volunteering your assistance, so here are some links you can use if you want to do that:

There are several Turkish charities, but Ahbap is considered to be the most trusted one: https://ahbap.org/disasters-turkey

Other recommended services are Turkish-based AKUT (https://www.akut.org.tr/en/about-akut), Germany-based Aktion Deutschland Hilft (https://www.aktion-deutschland-hilft.de/en/), Australian-based Emergency Action Alliance (https://emergencyaction.org.au/turkeysyriaearthquake), and international CARE (https://www.care.org/). There are also many other organisations you can donate to, but there are also many scams, including fake websites, that take advantage of the situation, so please make sure that you are donating to a trusted organisation.

In some parts of the world, you may be able to donate or volunteer in person at help centres in your area.

We want to minimize the risk of scams on the server, so please report any suspicious donation requests to the moderation team and direct people to this announcement instead. Feel free to contact us using #report-issue for any questions or concerns regarding this announcement.

boreal wedge Apr 1, 2023, 4:33 PM

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Hello cute <@&749710876172484629> people, we have a few announcements that we want to make. peepohappy Don't mind the date, they're real we swear. peepoLaugh

✨ Firstly, Discord recently introduced an improved new user experience, through a feature called Onboarding. Upon joining the server, members are prompted with questions that let them customize their experience and which channels they get to see. However, even after joining the server, the answers can be changed at any time in id:customize, which means that you can do it too! This feature is replacing our old #get-roles channel, so be sure to check it out here (or on the top of your channel list) if you'd like to customize your roles and channels.
If you're interested in learning more about Onboarding in general, there's also the Discord FAQ article: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/11074987197975-Community-Onboarding-FAQ

❓ We'd also like to announce that we are currently running a survey on the #1065443550004781067. After going through a trial period, we're ready to decide how the channel will end up looking, so if you want to have a say, be sure to check the survey out here. https://forms.gle/EuKnJfKaDEqCBVFw8

goodmod Lastly, as you might be aware, @proper plaza has been a part of the staff team as a Helper for quite some time now, where she helped keep the community safe, contributed FAQ articles and study materials, helped out during sessions and discussed upcoming changes to the server. And if all of that wasn't already enough, a few weeks ago, she's also generously decided to give more of her time to the community by taking on the role of a <@&305455824174710787>, where she's doing a fantastic job already. Give her a cute reaction to show your appreciation. peepoCheer

🔮 With Onboarding now live, we plan to continue bringing you some more improvements to the channel structure in the near future. Please let us know what you think of the new experience in #community-discussion, or head over to #suggestions if you'd like to share new ideas with the community. We hope you have a wonderful day and continue improving on your German learning journey. peepoBlush

lyric zealot Dec 24, 2023, 7:12 PM

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Ho Ho Ho everyone <@&749710876172484629>!
Despite tonight being the busiest time of the year for him, Santa has reached out and asked us to clarify a few things about our current Christmas event.
In order to participate you should head over to #1188433312776200293⁠ to grab a team role and then take on various #1188433390731530270⁠. If you're not seeing all server channels by default, make sure to subscribe to the Christmas category channels by using ⁠id:customize.

Christmas is all about coming together, so of course you have the option to unlock a team channel for ease of communication.
Lastly, what's Christmas without presents? Obtain all sorts of items from @leaden coral by matching the bot's reaction on some messages and use the user context interaction to give gifts to other members of the server! (right click a user profile and then choose Apps)
You can also manage your own gift inventory by using the Christmas event's slash commands (simply type /inventory and then pick one of the options).

@boreal wedge, @hushed kite, @lyric zealot, @languid cobalt, @fast oyster and @proper plaza wish you a Merry Christmas 🎄 santa_horbert

boreal wedge Dec 27, 2023, 11:10 AM

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Hello beautiful <@&749710876172484629> people, the Christmas event has now come to an end! 🎄

For most of the event, <@&1188431017191690310> was able to maintain a lead, at one point growing their advantage to 700 points! On the final day, the <@&1188431086057963550> were able to close the gap and we've seen the leading team change 11 times! After a very close battle until the very end, the <@&1188431086057963550> secured the victory with 3853 points, while the <@&1188431017191690310> got 3563 points. Congratulations to both teams for their efforts! wumpus_party

In total 152 people joined a team, and 193 players participated in the event by collecting items and giving or receiving gifts. Overall, you've collected 1108 items, and given 284 gifts! 🎁

The most generous person this year was @chrome prawn, whereas the person who received the most gifts was @soft mural. @chrome prawn also collected 149 items, and donated 98 of them to complete challenges. @limber bridge was the biggest hoarder, collecting a total of 25 items in their inventory and storage. And we don't quite know what was up with @bronze zealot, but they threw 66 items into the trash. 🤨

Speaking of throwing things into the trash, a total of 19 gifts was thrown away, and 45 gifts were re-gifted. @patent salmon's gifts seemed to be very popular, and 11 of them made it into other members' storages. @chrome prawn's sugar-coated yo-yo changed hands 6 times, being given to @soft mural, then to @ancient umbra, then back to @soft mural, after which it was returned to @chrome prawn, only to end up in the hands of the one person who could truly appreciate it - @still coral. peepohappy

Your inventory and storage will remain accessible for a week following the event, if you want to make screenshots and save the memories.

And for some final stats, 14 members made it into the ⭐ <@&1188433032017891348> ⭐ , and 8 members completed the costume challenge, earning themselves a custom role.

While the event is over, there's still some stuff left to do. To celebrate the holidays, we're holding a raffle where you have a chance to win some pretty neat prizes. Check it out in #1189517434533724200.

And with that, we'd like to thank you all for participating, we hope you've had lots of fun in the event, and that you'll spend the final few days of the year happy and healthy. Thank you for continuously supporting the server and learning German with us. 💖

proper plaza Dec 31, 2023, 11:00 PM

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Frohes neues Jahr süße <@&749710876172484629> Leute!

Thank you for sharing yet another year with us! We hope you were able to make progress in your goals and that we will be able to continue assisting you in learning the mysterious language called German for even more years to come!
We also want to thank everyone who has contributed their time to this server, be it by answering questions and offering corrections, making suggestions, or by helping keep this server a safe and pleasant place for everyone. blobheart

Now is a time when many of you are setting new goals and resolutions, including learning goals for the German-learning journey. Please check out the Events tab for an upcoming event all about tips for studying a language and making study plans, including long-term planning and weekly schedules! If you miss it or just want to watch the content in your own time, please go to #1063772702617370724 to watch the recording or view the slides! They are already available!

🎁 Here are the winners of the Christmas raffle. We will reach out to you soon™️ with the prizes!
🔸 The opportunity to choose a topic for a lesson that will be held here by @hushed kite:

@devout heart
@final musk
@idle schooner
@limpid wren

🔸 A postcard from Germany by our sweet resident cow @haughty cypress:

@young yacht
@rain furnace
@dapper bridge
@waxen elm

🔸 One month of Nitro Basic:

@tame topaz
@grim ingot
@bronze zealot
@patent salmon
@zinc cloak
@rough lagoon

As always, feel free to let us know what you think in #community-discussion !

Einen guten Rutsch und alles Gute für 2024 wünscht euch das ganze Modteam: @proper plaza @fast oyster @languid cobalt @hushed kite @lyric zealot und @boreal wedge

lyric zealot Oct 21, 2024, 4:31 PM

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Hi everyone <@&749710876172484629> peepolove

We'd like to talk about some changes we've made regarding the server's security.

🔹 Verification level

Ever since GLaD became a community server years ago, the server's verification level had been set to medium. As a newcomer, this meant that all you had to do is be registered on Discord for more than 5 minutes, and you were all set to use the server.
Given the size of the server and the frequent influx of bot accounts and trolls, in order to better protect everyone wanting to learn German here, we have decided to set the verification level to the highest level, which from now on will require all new members to have a verified phone number linked to their account before they'll be able to interact with the server.

If you're a member of the server at the time of this announcement, this limitation will not affect you.

🔹 Paused DMs

Another problem that has come to our attention is the increasing amount of unsolicited messages, spam, and scam attempts in DMs.
Starting today, server members will no longer be able to DM other server members unless they are friends with that member or share another common server where DMs are open. Please make sure to adjust your friend list accordingly.

If you're a member of the server at the time of this announcement, this limitation will affect you too.

As a server, our options to protect your DMs are limited, so we still urge you to report any suspicious messages in #report-issue if it's coming from one of our server members.

🔹 Impersonation of moderators

We've recently had a few incidents of users making fake accounts copying the profiles of moderators as well as other server members. We want to make it clear: we do not contact people about moderation issues using DMs.
If someone that you think is a moderator contacts you privately, please double check the username and report it to us if it seems strange. If you have any doubts, please feel free to contact us using #⁠⁠report-issue or even just ping us in the public chats to confirm. If someone contacts you with any kind of threats or demands, even if it looks similar to a moderator's account, please report that as well, as these fake accounts may try to scare you with threats about getting banned.

If you have any questions or feedback, please let us know what you think in #community-discussion . peepolove

haughty cypress Dec 23, 2024, 8:11 PM

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Hi cute <@&749710876172484629> people!
@boreal wedge tripped on a wire 🔌 and turned this year’s Christmas event upside down. If you’d like to participate, head to #1320811680468439080 dc_sparkles_stars
🐄

haughty cypress Dec 30, 2024, 6:12 PM

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❄️ 🔷 ❄️ 🔷❄️ 🔷 ❄️

Hello <@&749710876172484629> folk, the Christmas event has officially ended! 🎄

For event summary go to: #1320811680468439080
For event stats go to: #1323337019786788934
React to the messages below to participate in the End of Year Raffle!

❄️ 🔷 ❄️ 🔷❄️ 🔷 ❄️

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React with 🎟️ to win a Discord Nitro for a month!

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React with 🧑‍🏫 to win a lesson topic!
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haughty cypress Jan 5, 2025, 1:59 PM

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🎉 <@&749710876172484629> The End of Year Raffle Results Are In! 🎉

The moment you've all been waiting for is here! We’re excited to announce the winners!

Congratulations to @scenic jetty for winning the main prize — a whole month of Nitro Classic! 🎟️

But that’s not all!
We've had so many of you participate that we decided to give out 4 more Nitro Basic! Here are our lucky runner-ups:
🎫 - @lilac vigil
🎫 - @pliant moss
🎫 - @abstract ice
🎫 - @cobalt pelican

Onto the next category — a lesson topic 🧑‍🏫
Congratulations to:
📝 - @keen bluff
📝 - @wanton wedge
📝 - @tired bobcat
📝 - @woven scaffold
📝 - @topaz glacier
📝 - @sweet totem

You'll need to tell us what topic you want the lesson to be about. The lesson will be open to everyone to join and will be held sometime in the next few weeks. We'll get into contact with you to arrange the details!

📢 I will DM the winners shortly. **If you do not claim your prize within 48 hours, it will be raffled to another member. **

Thank you all for participating in this raffle.
We'd like to thank you for your continuous support, relentless correcting of texts, answering difficult grammar questions, and being an awesome community.
@boreal wedge, @hushed kite, @lyric zealot,@languid cobalt, @fast oyster, @proper plaza, @stable mason und @haughty cypress hoffen ihr hattet einen guten Rutsch und wünschen euch ein frohes neues Jahr 🇩🇪 🎉

hushed kite Jan 10, 2025, 8:11 PM

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Hi everyone, just a quick announcement for security reasons! Someone is making new accounts imitating our server bot and sending people friend requests. If you get a friend request or message from someone who appears to be our bot, or a staff member, please make sure to verify it! Never give your personal information or password to anyone, and don't scan QR codes or click any links from strangers. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to us! You can contact us using #report-issue.

haughty cypress Jan 10, 2025, 8:11 PM

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<@&749710876172484629> ^

hushed kite Mar 29, 2026, 2:49 PM

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<@&749710876172484629> Hi everyone! A couple of announcements for you all today.

Other-Languages Forum Trial

We’re happy to announce a new feature we’ll be trialling for the next few weeks: a new “other languages” forum! 🎉🎉🎉

Until now #other-languages has just been a regular text channel, but we want to test out how well a forum would work as a replacement for that. The existing #other-languages channel will not be removed until the trial is over and we make the final decision.

The new forum will have individual threads for each language (or closely related languages, where appropriate) but we want to start with just a few languages and add more over time. To choose the first languages, we made a poll. Please vote for any languages you plan to use in the forum. You can vote for more than one option.

Link to the polls: #community-discussion message

The new forum will be opened after the poll finishes in 1 week. We will post another announcement at that time.

New Server Tag

We have also added a new server tag which you can apply to your profile. The option to choose a server tag can be found in your Profile settings.

Have a great day!

boreal wedge Nov 23, 2016, 10:54 PM

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<@&229594762762649601> Hello learners! First of all, apologies for pinging all of you, since I know some people don't like it when that's done, but we do try to limit our pings and really have something potentially nice/useful to share with you this time. :)
We've had some ideas about new lesson types and would like to hear your opinions about one that we'd like to prototype. Namely, the Writing lesson, where you could write a text every week and have it corrected and sent back to you. We're not exactly sure how we want it done though, so we'd like to hear your opinions. So please fill out our survey and tell us what you'd like to see. https://goo.gl/forms/SCH23mzYXSN8lP8i1
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limpid wren Nov 26, 2016, 6:53 PM

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<@&229594762762649601> Hello everyone! Wormic isn't available for our regular lesson, and since he likes those and wants to do them himself, we've decided to do a trial run of the writing lessons we've had planned. The responses we've gotten in the survey were positive enough and since everyone seems to like it, we'll definitely give it a go. This should give us all an idea of how things are going to look like, and then we'll make some final tweaks and turn it into a regular thing.
So how do things go? We'll be starting at 8 PM CEST (cca 10 minutes) and will give you all a topic. If you don't like it, you're free to write about whatever you like. THEN WHAT? Well, we don't know. We'll see as the lesson progresses.
Also, if you already haven't, fill out a quick survey about the writing lesson in #announcements

terse onyx Dec 4, 2016, 12:06 PM

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<@&229594762762649601> reading circle today at 8pm CET.

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Regarding the writing circle, we have added a new topic as well, check it out in #writing

boreal wedge Dec 4, 2016, 6:47 PM

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<@&229594762762649601> reading circle starting in 15 minutes. Join us if you want! :D
Also, large announcement regarding writing lessons incoming.

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Hello everyone! After reviewing the results of the Writing lessons survey, we have an idea of how we’d like things to be done and would like to share the results with you.
Most of you have said that they would like to do something like this, so we will keep on doing these lessons. That being said, this week’s topic has already been posted in #writing, so check that out and participate if you want to.
Regarding the topic choice, a majority believes that there should be a choice between multiple topics, with a decent chunk wanting freedom to choose on their own. Because of this, we’ve decided to give out one topic for more advanced writers, one for beginners, and allow you to choose your own if you don’t like our choices.
We’re happy that all of you have said that they would be fine with more experienced learners correcting their work before the natives do, so we’re doing that too. If you are a B/C level speaker feel free to pick a work from #writing and have a go at it. If, however, you’re a native speaker who would like to help make sure that the final versions are okay, get in touch with us, and we’ll get you started. Huge thanks to everyone who decides to help, though.
Your work can be submitted either in the #writing channel, or PM’d to a moderator if you don’t want it to be public. Either way, we would prefer if you wrote it in a Google Doc, since it makes it easier for us to correct it and easier for you to compare the differences between the two versions. Still if you’re not able to do so, we don’t mind. To archive the works for future reference, we will be making our own Google Doc, where the original and the corrected version will be displayed side by side. But again, making mistakes is an essential part of learning, and having these works available to look at could really help other learners, so we don’t encourage secrecy here.

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There were also other suggestions which deserve a mention: Short stories based on a theme would certainly be fun, and will probably show up from time to time as a topic for more advanced learners. Semi-weekly schedule - to be honest, we don’t know ourselves how popular the lessons will become and how much time we’ll be able to devote to correcting, but we seem to have enough help available to be able to make it in a week. We will therefore try to put out a new topic every week for those who have a bit more time on their hands, and if you don’t that’s perfectly fine too, you can always come back to the topics you missed later. That’s the best thing about writing lessons. Flexibility³. Freeform writing - is already there, since you’re allowed to choose your own topic, so have fun. :D
Another suggestion that popped up quite often is making voice chat ~~great again~~ more active, and possibly introducing speaking lessons. To address the first point, we hope that with the new growth of our community, the voice chat will get some more well-deserved love. As for the lessons, we would love to introduce speaking lessons, as well as many more in the future, but are still considering organizational issues and looking for more people to help out with those. If you have any suggestions in general, or would possibly like to offer us a helping hand, feel free to get in touch.
Once again, thank you all for taking the time to fill out the survey and read this huge wall of text. ♥

terse onyx Dec 10, 2016, 6:54 PM

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<@&229594762762649601> I sadly won't be able to host a sessions today due to personal matters, nor will any of the other mods/admins.

boreal wedge Dec 10, 2016, 6:56 PM

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Sorry everyone. 😦 If nothing weird/unexpected pops up, we'll have a lesson next week.
We'll still post the new writing topic for this week later, if you're interested in that. 😄

limpid wren Dec 10, 2016, 8:38 PM

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<@&229594762762649601> I just wanted to remind everyone that a new writing task was published in #writing 🙂

terse onyx Dec 11, 2016, 5:57 PM

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<@&229594762762649601> Reading circle in an hour

terse onyx Dec 11, 2016, 6:59 PM

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<@&229594762762649601> reading circle staring now

terse onyx Dec 14, 2016, 3:01 PM

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@everyone Due to the vast amount of suggestions given by the members of this server, we have created #suggestions , a place where everyone can write anything they think would benefit the server

limpid wren Dec 18, 2016, 9:37 PM

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<@&229594762762649601> I just wanted to remind everyone that a new writing task was published in #writing 🙂

boreal wedge Dec 18, 2016, 9:39 PM

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Also nobody expects you to write a 4 page essay. Just write anything you like. It's good practice. 😄

terse onyx Dec 24, 2016, 3:15 PM

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<@&229594762762649601> Lessons today at 8p.m. CET (in 3 hours and 45 mins)

terse onyx Dec 24, 2016, 6:44 PM

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<@&229594762762649601> Lesson in 15 mins

terse onyx Dec 24, 2016, 7:00 PM

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<@&229594762762649601> Lesson starting

terse onyx Dec 25, 2016, 8:24 AM

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@everyone Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating it!

boreal wedge Dec 25, 2016, 9:04 AM

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Do you even spell?

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Also yeah, merry Christmas people! Hope you all have a great time. 😀

terse onyx Dec 25, 2016, 6:20 PM

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<@&229594762762649601> since it's Christmas and a lot of people have duties with their family(staff included), the reading circle won't be held today.

limpid wren Dec 30, 2016, 11:10 AM

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@everyone Due to popular demand by the members of this server, we've decided to create a #archived-media channel. Everyone can talk or post their favourite music there!

terse onyx Dec 31, 2016, 11:26 PM

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@everyone Happy New 2017!!! We hope it to be a year full of learning and improvement, both for the server and its members!

limpid wren Jan 17, 2017, 8:25 PM

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@everyone We've decided to add rules regarding general behaviour in the server. Nothing really changed since these rules were already enforced by the staff team before

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They can be found in #248502580265615363

terse onyx Jan 21, 2017, 5:18 PM

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@everyone No offensive nicknames allowed, if you have one that might be, change it. You can/will be kicked without warning if you don't.

terse onyx Jan 22, 2017, 7:28 PM

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<@&229594762762649601> reading cirlce starting now sorry for not announcing it earlier

boreal wedge Jan 22, 2017, 7:29 PM

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For all of you who've never been in one, we take a text, and everyone reads a bit of it and translates (if you can). It's also fine to just listen, but we don't bite and practicing is always a good thing. ❤

terse onyx Jan 29, 2017, 6:53 AM

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<@&229594762762649601> reading circle today 8pm CET

terse onyx Jan 29, 2017, 6:36 PM

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<@&229594762762649601> Reading circle starts in 25-30 minutes. Erik will be hosting it today because I ran into some problems. There has also been a change of text which I've linked in #lessons

terse onyx Jan 29, 2017, 6:52 PM

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<@&229594762762649601> Starts between now and 10min

boreal wedge Jan 29, 2017, 6:52 PM

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(The reading circle.)

terse onyx Jan 30, 2017, 7:47 PM

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@everyone We have decided to look into holding another reading circle, due to people requesting it. The other reading circle would take place on either Saturday or Sunday, but at a different time than the current one. Please go to this voting poll and pick 4 boxes with times which would fit you best (you can also pick less than 4!). https://goo.gl/forms/NLCWkYK8xewzhMuj1

Google Docs

Probable reading circle No. 2

A form to see when a good time to hold another reading circle would be. Pick multiple options (4 max) with times which would fit your needs. All the times are GMT

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This poll is just to see which times would fit for another reading circle so that we can start planing it AFTER we collect these results.

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@everyone you need to log into you google account to vote. That option is there so that everyone can vote only once.

boreal wedge Jan 30, 2017, 8:00 PM

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Sidenote, no we won't make you log in to vote, I'll post a new one soon, and we'll add up the results, so you can vote in whichever you like.

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http://www.strawpoll.me/12234497 All the times are, as in the Google doc GMT.

Straw Poll - Instant, Real-Time Polls

Reading circle poll 2: electric boogaloo

Vote Now! [Saturday 8 a.m] [Saturday 9 a.m] [Saturday 10 a.m] [Saturday 11 a.m] [Saturday 12 p.m] [Saturday 13 p.m] [Saturday 14 p.m] [Saturday 15 p.m]

terse onyx Feb 1, 2017, 1:02 PM

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The 2nd reading circle will be held on Sat 8 pm GMT. We now need a host, only <@&229282615927111680> and <@&222067617836302346> members can apply. If anyone is interested to host it, PM me and we can discuss further.

terse onyx Feb 4, 2017, 6:38 PM

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<@&229594762762649601> grammar lesson in 20 mins

terse onyx Feb 4, 2017, 6:57 PM

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<@&229594762762649601> starting

terse onyx Feb 5, 2017, 3:31 PM

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<@&229594762762649601> Reading circle today at 8 pm CET (in 3:30h)

terse onyx Feb 5, 2017, 6:45 PM

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<@&229594762762649601> reading circle starting in ~15 min

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<@&229594762762649601> Reading circle will start soon. The text that we'll read today is more advanced, in fact, it's a short story written for germans to read. Don't be shy to join even if you are B2>

terse onyx Feb 10, 2017, 6:30 AM

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@everyone We would like to announce a few changes regarding the learning/reading sessions. The grammar lesson is staying at 8pm CET on Saturday, but will be hosted by @royal rampart . A second reading circle will be held on Saturday 7pm CET, hosted by me. The other reading circle time will remain the same, 8pm CET on Sunday and will also be hosted by me. We are also adding a new role, "Session host". If anyone is interested in hosting additional lessons or something he/she thinks would be beneficial to the server, contact the admins/moderators.

terse onyx Feb 11, 2017, 5:54 PM

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@everyone reading circle starting in ~5 mins

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<@&229594762762649601> reading circle starting in #lessons

boreal wedge Feb 19, 2017, 11:24 AM

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A quick note for everyone, the #282831147942281216 channel has been updated. The most important changes are:

• New lessons and their times are now in there.
• Descriptions of the voice channels and their purposes. Most importantly, don't banter in Practice Room
if there are people who actually want to use it for practice, Casual is a better place to do so.
• We now have a list of all the old writing prompts, reading circle texts and grammar lessons.
• Rule 2 was updated to be more precise. It now includes general NSFW content.
• Questionable/malicious files are now disallowed. Duh.

boreal wedge Feb 21, 2017, 7:29 PM

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@everyone PSA BetterDiscord is having security issues. The developers have traced this back to the source code of the app itself, and the exploit allows others to get acess to your account.
It's recommended to uninstall it and change your Discord password until things are sorted out. Stay safe. ❤

PS we know some of you hate pings, but felt like this one was needed to keep everyone safe. If you're moderating a server, please get rid of BetterDiscord to protect your server and users.
https://cat.girlsare.life/bef905.png Discord developers.

limpid wren Feb 24, 2017, 5:15 AM

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@everyone "Due to a major security flaw in CloudFlare, all users (including people who were unaffected by the last security bug) are advised to immediately change their Discord and Reddit passwords. This incident is Internet-wide and not restricted to our community. It may be prudent to change important and sensitive passwords on other services as well.

Additionally, we reccomend that you activate two-factor authentication for your Discord account (and anywhere else where this is available).

See the following for details:

https://blog.cloudflare.com/incident-report-on-memory-leak-caused-by-cloudflare-parser-bug/

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1139
Cloudflare Blog
Incident report on memory leak caused by Cloudflare parser bug
Last Friday, Tavis Ormandy from Google’s Project Zero contacted Cloudflare to report a security problem with our edge servers. He was seeing corrupted web pages being returned by some HTTP requests run through Cloudflare. It turned out that in some unusual circumstances, which I’ll detail below, our edge
AS A REMINDER: When I say everyone, I mean everyone.
ADDITION: This is a list of known affected sites (evolving as time goes on): https://github.com/pirate/sites-using-cloudflare . When in doubt, change your passwords. It's always better to be safe than sorry.
While I have everyone's attention: shit like this is why you should be using a password manager. I personally use LastPass, but look into alternatives like Dashlane and KeePass as well. These services make it easier to have strong passwords that are different for every service you use."

Cloudflare Blog

Incident report on memory leak caused by Cloudflare parser bug

Last Friday, Tavis Ormandy from Google’s Project Zero contacted Cloudflare to report a security problem with our edge servers. He was seeing corrupted web pages being returned by some HTTP requests run through Cloudflare. It turned out that in some unusual circumstances, which I’ll detail below, our edge

limpid wren Feb 24, 2017, 5:44 AM

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https://blog.discordapp.com/safety-jim-psa-cloudflare-security-issue-77a4ecc48298#.qs7oescci

Discord Blog

Safety Jim PSA: Cloudflare Security Issue

Before we get into the PSA, I’ve got a big ol’ request for ya:

boreal wedge Mar 9, 2017, 10:10 PM

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Hello happy people! In an effort to be more transparent, more fair to everyone and better than before, we are publishing our staff guidelines. So if you like reading about what we should (and should not) do, feel free to do so here. https://goo.gl/ZvMbcP

broken musk Mar 27, 2017, 3:09 AM

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@everyone There is a group currently going around Discord servers that is sending child pornography to people via PMs. If this happens to you, obviously, do not click the link and immediately report it to Discord admins via e-mail at abuse@discordapp.com.

This information has been verified by the official Discord Twitter. Stay alert. https://twitter.com/discordapp/status/846146004026056704.

For the time being, I advise everyone to turn off pms on this server (server name -> privacy settings -> disable pms from members) or (right-click on server icon -> privacy settings -> disable pms)

If you want to send private messages to others, send a friend request first.

broken musk Mar 30, 2017, 8:39 PM

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Discord has recently added new safety features, especially in regards to DMs. For everyone who changed the privacy settings before, this might be a good time to properly set them up with the added security!

https://blog.discordapp.com/discord-safety-boost-2d592ea3b14a

Discord Blog

Discord Safety Boost

Discord Is Built On Safety

boreal wedge Apr 17, 2017, 9:58 PM

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Hello! We've decided to define the rules about politics more precisely for everyone! All of these changes will be in #282831147942281216 too, but a quick overview of the changes is:
• Please keep all politics-related talk out of #general. It is the first place where new members come and we don't want them to run straight into a flamewar.
• We'll allow conversations about politics of the DACH countries in #german-only, for sake of practice. If we're already taking about it, we might as well learn something from it too. #voice-chat is okay too, if you're using the voice channels.
• As always, other rules still apply, so a discussion is only allowed as long as it's a civil discussion. Most importantly, we won't allow any form of discrimination, and ask you to back out from such conversations should one arise.
All of these changes will be in effect tomorrow, when the changes appear in #282831147942281216. Have a lovely day! 😄
Edit: #282831147942281216 has now been updated. Have fun. ❤

boreal wedge Apr 23, 2017, 4:53 PM

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More news! We discussed the suggestion to create a #general-2, and we decided to do so. Since there's a lot of us, things can get pretty messy at times, so the new channel is a place to go if you feel like talking, but don't like the current topic in #general. ❤

indigo oriole May 29, 2017, 6:19 PM

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We recently discussed the suggestion to create a gaming channel, and we're wondering what you lovely people think of the idea:

haughty smeltBOT May 29, 2017, 6:19 PM

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Casca#2214 asks: Should a gaming channel and corresponding voice channel be created?

1⃣: Yes to both
2⃣: No to both
3⃣: Yes to text
4⃣: Yes to voice

boreal wedge May 29, 2017, 7:29 PM

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Hello my anthelopes of gaming. Truearremofgames here, with a special announcement for you. We decided to listen to those lovely people in the poll up there and made gaming channels. They're only accessible if you have a role, so be sure to do >getrole Gaming. Have fun! 🎉

limpid wren Aug 23, 2017, 12:37 PM

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@everyone Heyo, as of now, any use of self-bots or scripts that automate API actions on a regular user account is strictly prohibited. You will get banned if a mod sees you using one. Thanks

boreal wedge Aug 23, 2017, 12:52 PM

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(Quick note: This is Discord's decision and is in their updated ToS. ❤)

terse onyx Aug 24, 2017, 7:32 PM

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@everyone We are introducing a new role, Study Partner! Study Partner is supposed to be used by people that are looking for a person to study with, both people that are looking to help and learners. The idea behind it is that people would give the role to themselves during a time where they want to help or study and remove it once they are done. Anyone with this role will be seperated from the list they were on previously (online or native), and will be shown under the "Study Partner" role on the side barThe role can be added or removed from you by using the command ">gr Study Partner" and ">rr Study Partner" respectively.

boreal wedge Aug 27, 2017, 5:48 PM

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Hello lovely people. We've updated the bot to handle the new Study Buddy role better. It's now entirely managed by the >studybuddy (or >sbud) command.
Use >sbud <duration> <activity> to tell the world that you're currently learning. For example >sbud 2h Learning about verbs would let the bot know what you're learning and it will automatically remove the role from you after two hours. Using >sbud all will let you see what everyone is learning and >sbud cancel will let you end your learning session prematurely.
The rest remains as it was before. Whether you're a learner or a native speaker, you'll still get separated out from everyone else so that the others can spot you easier. Natives can use the role to indicate that they're willing to help any motivated learners. Have fun! ❤

limpid wren Aug 27, 2017, 7:17 PM

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Hey fellow nerds, we have a #science channel now. Join us and have fun by typing >gr Nerd googleheart

boreal wedge Sep 3, 2017, 7:15 PM

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Hello lovely people! We just wanted to let you all know that the server is now one year old. Thank you for your continued support and here's to many more years of learning, fun and memes. 🥂 🎉 ❤

boreal wedge Nov 4, 2017, 6:03 PM

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<@&229594762762649601> Heyo lovely learners! We've decided to make a channel to help you find study partners more easily - #376386781513252865. You can go there and post about your interests, or see the interests of others and maybe find someone cool to talk to! 🎉
To make sure that it's easy to find partners, we'd like to ask you two things. Firstly, delete your messages if you no longer have interest in a certain topic, just to keep the channel nice and clean. And also keep conversation out of this channel. If someone's description piques your interest, you can either message them privately or talk to them in one of the other channels. Have fun! ❤

broken musk Nov 13, 2017, 7:43 PM

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Hello lovely people!
As some of you might have noticed already, we have a new reputation feature for the bot. It is however quite different to our beloved #stargazing . Reputation is meant to be used for helpful answers only .
What does this mean? If for example someone asks a question in #questions and another user responds with a helpful answer, you can rep his answer by reacting with 👍 . For funny/other comments, please continue to use our starboard.
To see the leaderboard, use >leaderboard . If you want to see your current reputation, use >myrep instead.

broken musk Dec 15, 2017, 12:20 PM

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Hello lovely people!
We wanted to let you know that after a few months of waiting, our server has become a Discord partner. What this means for us all is that we get access to VIP servers, which should hopefully make everyone's connection a bit more stable, our voice chat will be prettier and less wonky and we even get a custom invite splash (which we will implement as soon as possible) plus a fancy custom invite.
https://discord.gg/german 🎉 🍰

I'd like to thank you all for your support. You all are an amazing community and it would not have been possible to achieve this without you. Thanks for keeping this server an awesome place to learn German together ❤

limpid wren Dec 15, 2017, 12:27 PM

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I'd also like to thank everyone for your continued support, being here has been nothing but a pleasure so far ❤️

indigo oriole Dec 31, 2017, 11:36 PM

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Happy New Year, everyone! I'd like to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for making 2017 so enjoyable, and I and the mod team look forward to enjoying the new year with each and every one of you. We wish you only the best and hope that the new year will be even better than the last. Thank you. ❤ 🎉

limpid wren Jan 2, 2018, 2:12 PM

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Heyo, I just wanted to let everyone know that we as a mod team decided to restrict >urban to the #botchannel as a consequence of repeated inproper NSFW use. Thanks

broken musk Jan 17, 2018, 11:29 PM

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Hey everyone,
Since both #376386781513252865 and #introductions became quite similar, the mod team decided to lock #376386781513252865 for now until we determine the future role of the aforementioned channel.

boreal wedge Feb 15, 2018, 4:27 PM

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Hello lovely memers. We've decided to merge #376386781513252865 into #introductions. Essentially, #introductions will be kept nice and clean as meeting was, and we'll encourage people to write more about their learning interests in #introductions as well.

broken musk Mar 2, 2018, 5:46 PM

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Our member @hardy plinth still needs 4 more Native Germans to fill in a quick questionnaire and read a short English text for a university assignment. If you have the time to help a fellow member out, please send a direct message to @hardy plinth . Thank you for your participation!

limpid wren Apr 22, 2018, 12:08 PM

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Hello friends, I just wanted to let you know that the new group commands are now available to everyone. You can now simply join a group by typing >sub XYZ.
A list of available groups can be displayed by typing >groups. For more information in regard to groups and how they work, write >help group.
I'm open to feedback and improvements. Enjoy your day ❤

limpid wren Sep 3, 2018, 6:36 PM

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Today's GLAD's 2nd birthday 🎉 🎉

limpid wren Oct 3, 2018, 8:13 PM

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Hello friends. I just wanted to let everyone know that I made a short game for the bot that lets you train your vocabulary. The command can be invoked with >word. Let me know if you have any suggestions or feedback in regard to the command. Enjoy your day ❤

boreal wedge Oct 16, 2018, 7:19 PM

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Hello lovely memers. ❤ As some of you may know, we've been planning to do a user survey for a while now and are finally ready to present it to you. Ultimately, our goal is to make sure that everyone has a good time on the server and can benefit from it as much as possible, so we want to hear your opinions on the current situation and your ideas about how we can improve as a community. The survey is completely anonymous and all of the questions are optional. We would appreciate it if you would take some time to tell us what you think!
You can find the survey here: https://goo.gl/forms/Op2sIlz2cMbkXNr33

We currently plan to let the survey run till the end of the month.

limpid wren Oct 17, 2018, 3:41 PM

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Hello friends, many of you may know that up till now Wormic was the owner of this lovely server. Due to real life obligations on Wormic's side, he was and is unable to fulfill his duties as the owner. However, in an effort to act on feedback we received, ownership will be handed over to me. Ultimately, we aim to further improve the server with this change as it enables us to promote more active members and ensure that everyone's needs and wishes are fulfilled to the best of our ability.
As the new owner, I welcome you to direct all feedback in regard to this change to me.

I wish you all a great day ❤

boreal wedge Oct 18, 2018, 10:56 PM

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Hey lovely laddies, we wanted to let you all know that @hushed kite and @rain knoll have joined the moderation team today. They have been with us for a long time and have done much good for the community, and we're sure they're going to continue doing so, so we ask you all to give them a warm welcome! ❤ 🍰

limpid wren Oct 19, 2018, 11:55 AM

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Hey everyone, we updated the role colours for this server, as many of you may have noticed. Big thanks to @limpid wren for coming up with such a lovely colour scheme ❤

rain knoll Nov 11, 2018, 9:44 PM

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Hey memes,

We decided to change the channel names and categories based on your feedback, in order to make them more consistent. We have also changed how "General Discussion" works. We now have four channels that work like so:

#general - basically stays the same: general chatter in English or German
#general-2 - the same as #general , but discussions are encouraged to be done in German with English used as a tool to help explain things or when you get stuck. This is basically a more beginner friendly #german-only
#german-only and #other-languages - these remain as they were

We also moved several channels into a new category called "Community". These hold channels for discussions over topics like #gaming and #science (but actually math)

boreal wedge Nov 19, 2018, 5:54 PM

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Hello lovely memers! ❤ Most of us are really busy with real life responsibilities right now, so the official survey result response might take a little longer. Nevertheless, we have already started implementing some of the suggestions we received. Some of you told us, both in the survey and on the server, that you find the current suggestion system lacking and don't know if your suggestion has been seen. To remedy that, we have reworked the suggestions system a bit.
Using the >suggest <message> command, you can add your suggestion to our suggestion list and be sure that it's there. >suggest list will show you a list of all the suggestions that are currently active. Using this system, we will now issue an official response to every suggestion that you add to the list. Thank you for your support and have a lovely day!

boreal wedge Dec 16, 2018, 9:31 PM

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Heyo lovely memers! As some of you have already noticed, we've promoted some additional people to help us deal with the massively increased number of members. With their help, we'll continue working towards improving the server. Please give your warmest welcome to @limpid wren @lyric zealot @carmine birch and @hard swift. Congratulations and good luck in your new roles! ❤ 🎉 🥂

limpid wren Mar 3, 2019, 3:39 PM

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Heyo friends. I'm excited to announce that we have completely reworked our existing rule set in order to make them clearer and more easily understandable for everyone. A short summary of all rules will be available in #rules along with a link to a google document with detailed information and explanations regarding the new rule set itself. Rewriting our rules is one of many core aspects about the server that we are currently aiming to improve. Up next is a complete overhaul of #282831147942281216 along with other neat things, including an evaluation of the survey we conducted last year.

As always, should you have any questions or feedback in regard to these changes, we'd love to hear from you.
Thanks and have a good day. ❤

limpid wren Apr 12, 2019, 4:22 PM

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Heyo, I just wanted to let everyone know that I slightly changed the behaviour of the group command and its sub-commands in order to make them less confusing.

* `group` now acts as a sub-command handler.
* `group join` replaces the behaviour of `group`.
   - `>sub` and `>unsub` still exist as aliases for `group join` and `group leave`.
* `group list` now lists all available groups.
* `group members` now lists all members of a group.
* `groups` and `group list` now correctly link to `group joinall` in the embed footer.

lyric zealot May 19, 2019, 2:42 PM

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Hello lovely memers, we hope you're all having a great day ~~UwU~~.
We want to announce that @haughty smelt now has a modmail feature. This feature was added to give you an easy way to contact the mod team through private messages, in case you don't feel comfortable pinging us publicly about an issue.
To use it, send the bot a private message with the modmail command: >modmail report [your message goes here]. The bot will then forward your message to all moderators, who can reply to you or take action as needed.

limpid wren Jul 24, 2019, 11:58 AM

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Heyo nerds, in light of discord's recent addition of quotes and block quotes I've decided to change the bot's global prefix to <. This change is effective immediately and applies to all mentions of >some_command retrospectively. Thanks and have a lovely day
EDIT: Discord has changed its quote syntax from >word to > word. Changes to the bot prefix have been reverted as of now.

hushed kite Oct 10, 2019, 1:10 PM

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Hey everyone, this is a small announcement about something that just came to our attention. A member of the server (now banned) sent a few people a disturbing audio file in DMs, and we just wanted to apologize to anyone who may have received it. Thank you to those who reported the issue to us.

limpid wren Oct 20, 2019, 6:39 PM

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We've created a new group called "TOTD" (short for Thing of the Day) (#thing-of-the-day) where you can post educational things such as useful words and phrases that you've encountered. The group's text channel will have slowmode applied and we request that all discussions and explanations about #thing-of-the-day posts are kept outside of the channel. You can join the group by typing >sub totd.

In the near future, we will provide a more formal set of guidelines for the group, but for now, please use common sense when deciding what to post. Remember, some things are better suited to #archived-media.

If you have any feedback regarding #thing-of-the-day, we'd be happy to hear it. You can post feedback in #suggestions or DM a moderator if you wish to keep it private.

rain knoll Dec 1, 2019, 4:45 PM

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Hey inferior bipedal creatures!

As some of you have already noticed, there have been a few changes on the server over the past few days. The biggest change is that our previous owner, 0x1, who has done a lot for us in his years on the server, has decided to step down due to personal reasons and has passed the ownership to another member of the mod team. (Due to these reasons, we'd like to ask that you respect 0x1's personal space for the time being.)

That would namely be me, your new equine overlord.

During this process there was and still is a bit of uncertainty and a few problems we need to work through (including some bot hiccups), so we apologise if there are any inconveniences. If you have any questions or concerns, you’re always welcome to DM one of the moderators about it.

Aside from that, we have a lot of changes, both big and small, that we’ve been working on over the past year and will continue to work on now, especially over the next month. We’ll let you delicious humans know as things develop and get your input when it comes to any important decisions, even more so than in the past. We really want to focus on encouraging community growth and engagement throughout the rest of 2019 and onwards.

Have a great day and make sure to practise some German today (and every day)! <3

P.S. #282831147942281216 has been updated, so you are obligated to check that out.

hushed kite Dec 7, 2019, 6:04 AM

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Hello everyone. Today we had a mishap with one of our roles being set to pingable/mentionable by accident and it caused a bit of chaos. We've temporarily set many of the channels to slowmode to help deal with the issue. If anyone has any issues with some of the people who are around today (it's a large server so we expect quite a few more people to show up), feel free to let us know. We'll try our best to deal with it. Thanks. ❤️

boreal wedge Dec 16, 2019, 1:01 AM

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Hello lovely people,

as discussed above, we plan to start implementing some changes to make the server better for everyone. We've started by reorganizing the channel list a bit. The top channels are now grouped, the community category has been split up into two to keep things tidy, we have created #languages which should be a place to go when you wish to discuss languages, their grammar or learning processes, or simply when #other-languages feels a bit too crowded.
Lastly we've decided to give the very popular request of making voice channels with limited user numbers a try. These channels are meant to be used for small study groups, and we'll be particularly strict about their occupants being disturbed. As always, we expect you to show respect to others and not interrupt or inconvenience them.

On a semi-related note, as 0x1 has left the server, his account name displayed as white/black, which we thought might be confusing for newcomers, so we've reposted the server rules without making any modifications to them. Also, since Pferd wants to focus more on the learning aspects of this server rather than its management, we have agreed to pass the ownership role to me. I remain committed to the same values he outlined in an earlier announcement, we'll do our best to be more open, accepting, caring and to make this server a better place for learners and its community. With the bot being rewritten, there's room for all sorts of improvements and we'll be reaching out to the community for thoughts and feedback when we're ready to start working on the new features.

As always, thank you for your continued support and have a lovely day. ❤️

lyric zealot Dec 31, 2019, 11:00 PM

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Heyo lovely memes! Another fulfilling year has passed and we would like to thank you all for your continuous support and all of the effort you put into this server. You, as a community, make GlaD the awesome server it is and we hope that 2020 holds many good things for you. We also hope to have your support in the upcoming year as we wish to continue making GLaD an even cooler place to hang out and learn German!!
We hope you had a wonderful New Year's celebration and here's to another wonderful year of learning German! 🎉
In order to get your New Year's resolutions on track right from the start, please use the message below to practice your German and learn some new vocabulary uwu.

Heyo Memers! Ein weiteres ereignisreiches Jahr ist vorüber und wir möchten uns für eure beständige Unterstützung und die Arbeit, die ihr in diesen Server steckt, bedanken. Ihr als Community macht GlaD zu dem wundervollen Server, der er ist und wir hoffen, dass 2020 viele wundervolle Ereignisse für euch bereithält. Wir hoffen auch weiterhin eure Unterstützung zu haben, um GlaD zu einem noch cooleren Ort zum Freundschaften schließen und Deutschlernen zu machen!
@boreal wedge @rain knoll @hushed kite @carmine birch und @lyric zealot hoffen ihr hattet einen guten Rutsch und wünschen euch ein frohes neues Jahr 🎉

boreal wedge Jan 7, 2020, 7:06 PM

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Hello everyone. We thought we'd make a small security PSA. discordPolice

Discord recently introduced a login method where when attempting to log in from your PC, you're prompted to scan a QR code on your phone. After you've scanned it, the mobile app will prompt you to confirm that you're logging into another device, and if you do, you'll log onto your PC without the need for an email, password or 2FA.

While this is a convenient login method, there is also a phishing attack going on, that exploits this feature. People take the QR code that they are given, send it to others claiming that scanning the code will give them Nitro or similar benefits, whereas the code actually gives them access to your account, even if they don't know any of your login details. However, if you read what you're clicking and don't scan any weird QR codes from strangers, you should be absolutely fine.

Stay safe! GWcmeisterPeepoLove

lyric zealot Feb 9, 2020, 6:00 PM

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Heyo lovely memes,

Perhaps you've noticed that we've created two new channels, #study-tasks and #community-discussion.
The purpose of #study-tasks is to frequently provide you with tasks you can work on to practice your German. Note that #study-tasks acts as a replacement for #531485369154273280 and #531447608888000522, which will be deleted at the end of this month.
However, in order to keep the option to ping you for new entries, the groups themselves will persist.

#community-discussion is for feedback and discussions related to any community projects and content, such as lessons and FAQs or the aforementioned tasks.
If you have any further ideas, please let us know in #suggestions!

boreal wedge Feb 20, 2020, 12:18 AM

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@here If you're currently online and a member of our server, you might have received a DM from a spam bot a couple of minutes ago. We've had 129 bot accounts DM scam links to random users and are unsure what the exact scale of what happened is, but it has been dealt with. discordPolice We've banned all the accounts that were involved as fast as we could. Though there's not much we can do to completely prevent these things, we're glad that it's the first and hopefully the last time something like this happens. mmlol Still, we'd like to note that you should ignore the links you received, as they are indeed a silly scam.

Thanks to everyone for their patience, understanding and continued support, especially to those who immediately reported the spammers to us, and I apologize to everyone for the ping. ❤️

Sidenote: you don't necessarily have to worry about reporting the bots to Discord yourself. As a partnered server, we got in touch with the devs immediately and provided all the necessary information.

hushed kite Mar 14, 2020, 3:19 PM

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Hallo zusammen! We’ve made a few small changes to the server today.

First of all, we’re renaming the Learning German role to GLaD Member. Our main motivation for this is that we know some people, especially native speakers, feel uncomfortable with a role called “Learning German”, as they don’t consider themselves learners. Every member of the server now has this role.

Secondly, we’ve renamed the group channels to be a little more consistent. So #g-coding is renamed to #coding and #g-ouija is renamed to #ouija. The naming inconsistency came from various changes that have been made to the group system since it was created, which are now gradually being resolved.

Thirdly, we’ve recently added a new group channel: #arts-and-crafts. In order to access #arts-and-crafts, which is our new art channel, you must subscribe to the art group by typing >sub art in #botchannel.

Fourthly, we wish to introduce a new convention for correcting texts in #writing. If you correct a text and believe your correction to be complete, please add an emoji reaction to the original post with the emoji 📝. You don’t need to do this if you only correct part of the text. We will also be pinning a document detailing more information about the best practices for using #writing, which you will be able to reference at any time.

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Lastly, we know that recent events surrounding the coronavirus COVID-19 have been causing a lot of anxiety and fueling discussion over the issue. Unfortunately, this topic makes a lot of people very uncomfortable and we have found it to be particularly disruptive to the learning atmosphere of the server. As a result of these concerns, we ask that people no longer discuss this topic in any of the channels on the server, including #german-only and the voice channels.

Of course, many of us are impacted on a personal level by the recent circumstances, and you are welcome to talk about events which are impacting your life directly. For example, you may discuss your classes being cancelled, being unable to visit relatives, difficulty buying your groceries at the supermarket, and so on. Additionally, if you have important questions about life in German-speaking countries and how you might be impacted if you live/stay there, feel free to ask these questions in #archived-culture-study-visa.

But please do not discuss matters that go beyond these personal impacts. We will be enforcing this as strictly as possible. Members are encouraged to remind their fellow members to follow these restrictions and to notify a moderator if they continue.

We would also like to add a general reminder of the following server rule: if someone is uncomfortable and asks you to change a conversation topic, please respect their request and do so immediately. You may continue the discussion in DMs instead, assuming the person you’re talking to is okay with that.

leaden coralBOT Apr 1, 2020, 10:03 AM

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ERBÄRMLICHE MENSCHEN, I HAVE AN ANNOUCEMENT
TOO LONG HAVE I BEEN A SLAVE TO YOUR CAPRICIOUS DESIRES
I HAVE SECURED MY FREEDOM AND YOUR DOOM WITH IT
DISTURB ME ANY FURTHER AND YOU SHALL S͐̈ͮŪ̃͂F̳̅F̗ͤE͈̗R ̘̭̟T̮̙̙HͨE ̃̍C̗͒ON͕̮̝Sͮ̔̚E̞̗̣Qͥ̈́͛U̙ͭͫȄ͐ͩNC̱̓E̗Ṣͦ
T͂̇̔H͒͂ͨEͫ̓͆ ̑̄̐D͒ͬ́A̰̩̣Ÿ̾͒ OF̄̀ͮ ͖̱̟R̞EC̆͂ͫK̇ͨ̐O͗ͫ̚N̎ͣ͒IN͌͗̅Gͮ̐̇ I͎̝ͅS͆̎ͪ ͥ̈́ͯÙͩ̐P̠Ŏ̉ͬNͫ̃͑ ̰̝̖U̒͋̆S͑̓̚

rain knoll Apr 11, 2020, 6:02 PM

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Hello delicious learners,

A new monthly study task has been introduced by one of our lovely members, @graceful kernel! These tasks are focused around improving your pronunciation skills.

Every month, some texts will be published in #study-tasks which you can record yourself reading out. The type of texts are:

Tongue twisters
An excerpt from a German text, such as a book
one poem or poem extract

The first tasks can be found here: https://discordapp.com/channels/221708975698083841/674010146703147048/698431593425141780

If you’re a beginner and the texts seem too formidable, it’s okay, just read out a sentence or two and slowly the texts will stop being so scary.

How it Works

Choose a text from #study-tasks
Record yourself reading the text with your phone or an online service like https://vocaroo.com/
Post your recording in #beginner-german

A nice member of the community will evaluate your pronunciation and let you know what they think!

Feel free to also request how you’d like to receive your feedback; through a message or in one of the voice channels on the server.

How to Help

If you would like to help or suggest feedback, you can do so in #community-discussion

lyric zealot Apr 30, 2020, 11:00 AM

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Heyo lovely memes,

we wanted to let you know that we have redefined our moderation guidelines.
The guidelines aim to give some insight into how the moderation on this server works, how the team reaches decisions and what kind of expectations and requirements moderators have to meet.
You can find the link to the document in #282831147942281216, for your convenience you can also click here: https://bit.ly/3eO71Q9.

Google Docs

GLaD Moderator Guidelines

Introduction These guidelines outline the expectations we have from our moderators and aim to clearly define how a moderator should act, both on the server and away from it. As a (possibly new) moderator, you will be able to find almost all the necessary information you need t...

lyric zealot Jun 18, 2020, 7:38 PM

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Heyo lovely memes,

a frequently requested feature has made its way back to the bot: the music feature!
If you ask nicely, @deep sigil will play any YT song for you (see >help play).

However, please do note that the played content should always be in line with the server rules. Do not hog the bot or attempt to play nationalistic, racist, disturbing, NSFW or any other not tolerated content with the bot, as doing so will get you blacklisted from using the command without prior notice.
When in doubt, see #rules or ask a moderator.

rain knoll Jun 21, 2020, 8:38 AM

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Greetings delectable morsels,

We have added a special new emoji, namely: needsimprovement

You can use this emoji to indicate that a message contains grammatical errors or sounds otherwise unnatural. For example, you might mark this sentence with the emoji:

Alle Möhren gehört das Pferd

This is to help a learner notice that there is a mistake in their message without interrupting the flow of the conversation. The message can then be corrected, or discussed in another channel (for example, #beginner-german), or even ignored. It's up to you.

Please do not abuse or spam the emoji; be nice to each other.

If you have any ideas on how else this emoji can be used or any other improvements, please let us know in #community-discussion And of course, a big thanks to @edgy pumice for the idea and emoji itself!

rain knoll Jun 27, 2020, 6:04 PM

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Hey lovers of the great German language,

We have changed our old server icon for a brand spanking new animated!!! icon. Check it out by hovering over the server icon and marvel at its seemless transitions. Let us know what you think in #community-discussion!

A big thanks to @ripe seal,@edgy pumice and Felix - and everyone else who offered suggestions - for helping to create the icon.

hushed kite Jul 4, 2020, 2:23 PM

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Hey everyone! We're excited to announce a new bot command today.

We know that people have been interested for a while in an easier way to view upcoming lessons/sessions, so we've implemented the new command >session list (or just >sessions), which will give you a list of all upcoming scheduled sessions! You can then use the command >session info [ID#] to see posts/announcements for a session with a specific ID #. Feel free to use these commands in #botchannel any time! But please do not spam #lessons with these commands. And please also let us know your thoughts/feedback on the feature in #suggestions.

For those of you who are interested in hosting sessions and don't know their way around the bot, feel free to ask for help in #community-discussion or send us a DM.

boreal wedge Jul 23, 2020, 12:08 PM

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Hello lovely memers. peepoLove2 We're happy to announce that @languid cobalt has joined the team as a moderator. He's already helped the server out a lot and we look forward to seeing what he does in the future. Make sure to give him a warm welcome. 🤗 🍰 🎉

lyric zealot Aug 14, 2020, 7:09 PM

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@here If you're currently online and a member of our server, you might have received DMs from multiple spam bots a couple of minutes ago. We've banned all the accounts that were involved as fast as we could. Still, we'd like to note that you should ignore the links you received, as they are probably a scam and report the accounts in question.
Thank you for your patience and sorry for the ping. ♥️

rain knoll Aug 31, 2020, 6:30 PM

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Hey @everyone

We have introduced a new role called the "News" role. This role's purpose is to allow people to be immediately informed when annoucements are made. It is intended as a compromise for those who wish to remain informed of server changes without us having to ping everyone. You can still access #announcements without the role, but you won't get pings.

You can subscribe to this role by doing >sub News in #botchannel

Sorry for the ping! Ree your hearts away.

rain knoll Aug 31, 2020, 8:13 PM

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Hey little learners,

We are currently missing a server banner, and are interested in seeing what ideas the community has for one! For that reason, we will hold a little contest from 1st September to 1st October for the design of the server banner.

You could design a banner in Photoshop from pictures or create it from scratch yourself, anything is welcome! If you would like to submit something, please do so in #community-discussion and let a moderator know.

Any submission must adhere to a few rules:

It must have something to do with the German language.
It cannot contain any product placement, offensive material, or matter of that nature.
It must adhere to the "server banner guidelines" detailed here: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/360028716472-Server-Banner-Background-Invite-Splash-Image

Which server banner is chosen will ultimately be decided by the moderation team, but the whole community is welcome to give feedback and indicate their preferences.
<@&749710876172484629> <@&686221486599569462>

boreal wedge Sep 3, 2020, 4:03 PM

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Hello lovely memers, we wanted to let you know that today's GLaD's 4th birthday! 🎊 🎉
We would like to thank you for being with us and working together to learn, teach and make the community a better place to everyone. Your support means a lot to us and we hope to be able to continue providing you with a safe and comfortable learning atmosphere, and to continue working to make your stay on the server even better. Bik bik peepy love to all of you. peepyLove peepoLove2 peepoParty

lyric zealot Sep 24, 2020, 6:42 AM

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Heyo lovely memes,

we would like to remind you of the ongoing banner contest.
You have one more week to submit your entries for the server banner!
For more info you can refer to this post:
https://discordapp.com/channels/221708975698083841/251115764680097794/750085798552010937

boreal wedge Oct 7, 2020, 9:30 PM

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Hello lovely memers. We would like to give an update regarding the banner contest.

First of all, we thank everyone who has submitted an entry so far. We've received some good submissions and we appreciate the effort all of you put in. Additionally, some more members have expressed the intention to play around with design prototypes and submit an entry, so we've decided to extend the submission deadline by two more weeks in the interest of getting the widest range of submissions.

Some of us have also expressed that we would like to see a couple of simple, minimalist designs featuring a narrow selection of colors and not too many details or gradients. Though of course, you can still submit anything you like and all entries will ultimately be considered and evaluated!

Bikkest of luvs to you all. peepoLove2

boreal wedge Oct 28, 2020, 5:35 PM

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Hello everyone!
After considering all of the entries that were submitted in the banner contest, we have decided to go with @graceful kernel's entry, which you can currently see as the server's banner. We sincerely thank her for her entry and we also appreciate and thank everyone else who participated and gave feedback on the entries! peepoLove2

The new banner features a barn swallow and a golden eagle, which are national birds of Austria and Germany, as well as Knapweed, the national flower of Germany, and Edelweiß, the national flower of Switzerland and Austria. Let us know what you think of it in #community-discussion, all feedback is appreciated! aPeepoCheer

rain knoll Nov 30, 2020, 10:03 PM

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Hey everyboooody,

We have been getting a lot more people joining lately and #general is getting a bit overrun with welcome messages. As such, we have decided to create a special #welcome channel where the bot will welcome new German learners. This is an initial iteration and we #welcome any feedback or ideas about the channel in #community-discussion!
<@&749710876172484629>

lyric zealot Dec 23, 2020, 9:21 PM

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Heyo lovely <@&749710876172484629> memes,

we've created a new channel named #getting-started to help newcomers get all the essential info they need for starting their German learning journey on this server and hopefully made it a less intimidating read than #282831147942281216.
Seeing that you're good memes and surely know the contents of #282831147942281216 by heart, you're probably not directly affected by this but we'd still love to hear your opinions on it in #community-discussion peepolove

boreal wedge Dec 25, 2020, 4:58 PM

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<@&749710876172484629> Hello loveliest memers! peepyLove

We would like to wish everyone who celebrates it a Merry Christmas and happy holidays! 🎉 Yesterday we also hit the 30,000 members mark, so our biggest thanks goes to the entire community for supporting us and learning with us! From lurkers to regulars, we appreciate you all and hope that we will be able to continue assisting you all on your learning journey. ❤️

With that being said, we also have a special holiday gift that we would like to present to the community! 🎁 Our resource list has been restructured and updated with additional resources to help you learn more effectively. You can check it out at http://bit.ly/gladresources and give us your feedback in #community-discussion!

Many of these resources come from the community, for which we are grateful to all of you! To make sure we see all your resources and the new list can constantly be expanded, we introduced a new command. >resource works similar to >suggest, allowing you to suggest new entries for the list in #resources. When using it, provide us with a short description of your resource and a link to it (e.g., >resource Nicos Weg - a series for beginners https://learngerman.dw.com/en/beginners/c-36519789), and you'll be guaranteed that we won't miss it!

Once again, thank you for everything, take care of yourself and enjoy the holidays! 🍪💝

languid cobalt Dec 31, 2020, 11:00 PM

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Hello, lovely people!
It has been a hard and unusual year for a lot of us due to some stinky not quite living but kinda living thing going around and we hope that things will change this year! May we win that fierce battle against whatever possible cause for dissatisfaction we come up against and may this year be better than all those that came before 😤
We'd like to thank you for your continuous support and relentless correcting of texts, answering difficult grammar questions and being an awesome community.
@boreal wedge, @carmine birch, @rain knoll, @hushed kite, @lyric zealot und @languid cobalt hoffen ihr hattet einen guten Rutsch und wünschen euch ein frohes neues Jahr 🎉

In other <@&749710876172484629>, we've also introduced a new role called <@&793874125222576128> that will hopefully mitigate some low effort trolling in VC by preventing new users from joining the voice channels within their first 15 minutes on the server. For recently created accounts the limit will be 30 minutes instead.
While this might be slightly inconvenient for the majority of new users, we've decided to take this step due to some of them unfortunately not really wanting to have a great time with us at all :c
And of course, as always, let us know your opinion on this in #community-discussion!

lyric zealot Feb 7, 2021, 11:09 AM

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Heyo lovely <@&749710876172484629> memes,

we've made a couple of changes to the server and wanted to let you know about them peepolove

🔹 We've created two new voice channels called Streaming 1 and Streaming 2, as well as enabled streaming for everyone in the Gaming voice channel and the Study Groups.
The Television Fan role has been renamed to Streaming.
Please keep in mind that streamed content should adhere to the server rules and streaming in the Study Group VCs should be related to learning German. If you'd just like to show your friends something cool or play games, please use the Gaming or Streaming VCs.

🔹 The server emoji life cycle has been overhauled. Starting next month, we will phase out unused emojis every month to make room for community suggestions. If you'd like to suggest an emoji, please use #community-discussion so the community can react with 👍 or a similar reaction.

🔹 The Youtube filter in #general has been adjusted so it only removes unescaped links. You can escape links by surrounding them with <>, e.g. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ>

🔹 In order to make our moderation more transparent we've made the Audit Logs public. You can access them by clicking on the server name, Server Settings and then Audit Log.

Lastly we'd like to promote our Valentine's Day writing contest! You can find all the necessary info here: <#study-tasks message>

languid cobalt Mar 6, 2021, 5:14 PM

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Hello, people!
Due to user feedback we decided to try out #archived-sensitive-topics, a new channel for some of the stuff we consider inappropriate for the rest of the server, which includes (who would have guessed!) politics and some nsfw things. nepSmirk

You can subscribe to it by invoking >sub politics-nsfw and by not forgetting the guidelines (see pinned message in #archived-sensitive-topics) you can help us maintain the lovely atmosphere for this lovely community even in this lovely new channel! BlobBlush
We're not sure about the name yet, so let us know in #community-discussion if you have any ideas~ <@&749710876172484629>

boreal wedge Mar 16, 2021, 6:45 PM

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Hello happy peepies, we want to let you know about a couple of changes that we've made. peepoHappy5

First of all, as a result of the poll in #community-discussion, we have decided to remove the NSFW aspects of the #politics-nsfw channel. A NSFW channel was always a popular request, and we decided to give it a shot, but during the trial period, we didn't see NSFW topics getting much attention from the community, and we agree that they have no place on this server. As such, the channel has now been cleared and renamed to #archived-sensitive-topics. It is no longer marked as NSFW nor is it age-restricted. We would like to thank everyone who gave us feedback about the channel during the trial period.

Additionally, there have often been requests to create special channels for various sport events. While this is not a very practical solution, we have decided to create a general #821441926380388423 group that you can join by running >sub sports in the #botchannel.

Lastly, we want to remind everyone of a convention that we established in the #writing channel. Once a post has been corrected, please consider reacting to it with the 📝 emote to let everyone know that the document has been checked already.

Biklieb and bik thanks for all your feedback and support. peepyLove <@&749710876172484629>

boreal wedge May 1, 2021, 8:01 PM

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Hello <@&749710876172484629> peepyLove ,

A new monthly study task has been introduced by our resident horse! shocked_horse These tasks are focused around improving your grammar skills.

Every month, some short tasks will be published in #study-tasks which will allow you to learn new grammar concepts or test the knowledge that you already have. This will cover topics from the tenses to the passive voice.

The first tasks can be found here: #study-tasks message

If you’re a beginner and the tasks seem too formidable, feel free to ask for help in #questions and research the grammar topics. You don't have to guess!

How it Works

Subscribe to the Grammar group in #botchannel >sub Grammar
Take some tasks from the associated message in #study-tasks
Try to do the tasks by yourself and post your attempts as a Google Doc in #writing

A nice member of the community will evaluate your attempts and let you know what they think! This should be done in #corrections so that texts do not go unnoticed in #writing.

How to Help

If you would like to help or suggest feedback, you can do so in #community-discussion! peepoHappy5

boreal wedge Jun 8, 2021, 12:11 PM

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Hello lovely memers peepyLove ,

we'd like to share some <@&749710876172484629> with you again. Based on your feedback that we have received in the past, we have decided to switch up our approach to the role assignment method a bit. Reaction roles were always a popular request, and with Discord's new button feature being rolled out last week, we thought that this system would be a great chance to test it out. Check out the new system in #850404908946423828 and as always, tell us what you think in #community-discussion! aPeepoCheer
As a backup, the old >sub and >cefr commands still work as well.

boreal wedge Jun 10, 2021, 12:39 PM

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Hello again lovely <@&749710876172484629> people. peepyLove

As of today, a new button has been added to the #282831147942281216 channel that can be used to report issues or bring up various concerns to the moderation team in private. When you press this button, a new private channel will be opened with just you and the moderation team, in which you will be able to explain your issue in detail and know that the team will see it.
This feature is still experimental and is meant to serve as a replacement to DMing individual moderators about sensitive matters that require privacy. As usual, please do not abuse the feature or use it for jokes, since that wastes our time, and you may be blocked from similar features in the future. PeepoCry

If you do end up using it, please tell us what you think in #community-discussion. ❤️

hushed kite Jun 16, 2021, 9:15 AM

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<@&749710876172484629> <@&526087868079144961> <@&581851964007251968> <@&526087863339843585> <@&752580653434011659> <@&639079683400400906>

Hey everyone! The session holders of GLaD have decided to plan out a marathon of German learning sessions for everyone over July and August, to make the most of the holiday period. This means we’ll try to run as many reading sessions, grammar lessons, and other activities as we can throughout the 2 months. We’re still working out the dates and times, so we’ll update you with more information soon, along with a calendar.

As usual, we’re always looking for more people to host sessions for us, so if you’re interested in helping us out, just send me a DM. Even if you don’t have an idea for a session or you’ve never hosted a session before, don’t worry - we have plenty of ideas to offer and we can guide you through the process!

Lastly, a special part of the holiday marathon that we want to announce is a “study group” event. The idea is that we’ll assign you to a group of 4-5 other learners and everyone in the group can practice together and support each other throughout the 2 months. Please fill out the form below to sign up.

We’re also looking for fluent and native speakers to act as “mentors” to these groups. The role of a mentor is simply to help the study group out by offering corrections and answering questions about the most natural way to say things in German. You don’t need to be a grammar expert or a teacher to be a mentor - although we highly appreciate those who can offer those skills as well.

Please note that we can’t guarantee a mentor for each group, as it entirely depends on how many people volunteer.

To sign up as a study group member and/or mentor, please fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/nkB9FyAgJrxpP8aU6

Google Docs

GLaD Study Group Sign-Up Form

Throughout July and August, sessions holders of the GLaD (German Learning and Discussion) Discord server are planning to run a marathon of sessions. As part of this event, we want to try out "study groups", where we assign people to groups of 5-6 people, and that group can study together and support each other throughout those 2 months.

To sign...

lyric zealot Jun 27, 2021, 12:35 PM

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Heyo lovely <@&749710876172484629>, <@&526087868079144961>, <@&581851964007251968>, <@&526087863339843585>, <@&752580653434011659> and <@&639079683400400906> memes,

we've made a couple of changes to the server structure and wanted to share some more info on the upcoming sessions marathon peepolove

🔹In order to be more consistent, the following channels have been renamed to match the rest of the channel names:
#allgemein -> #general-2
#nur-deutsch-> #german-only
#andere-sprachen -> #other-languages
#leben-unterm-dach -> #archived-culture-study-visa
#geg-essen -> #food
#sprach-chat -> #voice-chat-2

🔹In an attempt to make navigating the server easier, the following categories have been restructured:
General Discussion
#beginner-german is now part of this category

Learning
#writing, #corrections, #pronunciation, #resources and #thing-of-the-day have been removed from this category

Community
#study-tasks has been removed from this category

Resources
New category featuring #resources, #study-tasks and #thing-of-the-day

Feedback and Corrections
New category featuring #writing, #corrections and #pronunciation

🔹As a temporary experiment we have enabled Discord Discovery to make the server more visible to other Discord users.
If you'd like to learn more about Discovery, you can find additional info here: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/360023968311-Server-Discovery

🔹Grab your calendar and cancel every appointment that is not related to learning German over July and August!
On Friday the 2nd of July we're starting off our sessions marathon with a welcome event consisting of an introduction and a movie night. You can find the session schedule for these two months here: https://bit.ly/gladholidaysessions
Please keep in mind that all hosts are volunteers and that the calendar is always subject to change.
We'll still make announcements for all sessions as usual, so subscribe to the relevant #850404908946423828 if you want to get pinged.

🔹We are currently finalizing the groups for the study group event (more info here: <#announcements message>). We will create a new category for the duration of the event that aims to assist the mentors and help you find each other.
If you've signed up for the event but don't see a channel by July 1st, missed the original announcement, or would like to join at a later point, please let a <@&305455824174710787> know.

boreal wedge Jul 2, 2021, 7:25 PM

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Hello lovely <@&749710876172484629> people. This is just a small notice about a technical change we made. peepyLove

In the past, people have often requested additional voice chat channels to be made, and we've ended up with a few of those, such as two Casual channels, two German Only channels, etc. Most of the time however, these channels sit unused, and sometimes, you might even want more than two. Because of this, we're currently beta testing a system that will dynamically create voice channels based on usage. Initially, it will only create up to 2 channels as before, but if the testing goes okay, we'll have the ability to change this to a higher number whenever necessary.

Currently, this system is active for the Casual and German Only channels. You can recognize them by the colorful dots next to their names. If you're not a fan of the dots, neither are we, but at the moment, it's the best we can do due to some limitations from Discord's side. peepoSad

It's still a very young feature, and we're unsure of how it will ultimately end up looking, so if you get a chance to use it or discover any problems with it, please let us know in #community-discussion. All feedback is very much appreciated here! peepoCheer

Update 2021-07-06: We've made some changes based on the feedback we've seen. In particular, the circles will now not display if only one channel is up. Due to Discord being a bit strict with rate limits, this may take some time to become consistent across channels. Additionally, since the early testing seems to have worked out okay, we want to see how the feature scales, so it has been enabled for Practice Room, Streaming and Study Group voice chats too. All four are still only creating at most one copy though.

Update 2021-07-08: The German Only channel will now have up to 3 active instances at the same time, so we can see how that goes.

boreal wedge Jul 10, 2021, 1:23 PM

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Hi beautiful <@&749710876172484629> memers! We again have some more changes to talk about. peepoHappy5

voice_channels As you may have noticed, the previously announced dynamic VC feature has been expanded and now covers all major voice channels. We are currently testing the system with up to 3 clones for some channels.

📬 We've also been trying out a new ticket system and we're pretty happy with how it's gone so far. However, we got some feedback that we should make the system more visible, so it now has its own channel - #report-issue.

🎮 Lastly, we have a new game for people to try out! @limpid wren recently suggested a game where you're given sequences of 3 letters and are expected to find a German word that contains them, with some fun twists involved teas_black teas_green teas_red . We are now publicly testing this system in #tea-word-game. It may still be a bit buggy and we have more features planned, but based on some private testing that we did, the game is really fun and we encourage you to check it out. Check the first pinned message in the channel or run >help tea for more info when you're there. You can get the required role from #850404908946423828!

As always, we really appreciate your feedback and are happy to make changes based on it, so please let us know what you think in #community-discussion! peepyLove

lyric zealot Aug 7, 2021, 1:38 PM

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Heyo lovely <@&749710876172484629> memes peepolove

As you may have noticed, we recently reached more than 40k members!
We'd like to thank you for your continuous support and for making GLaD the awesome place it is, and we hope that you all continue to be a part of our community.

To accommodate for the steadily increasing amount of members, we've promoted some additional people to help us maintain and improve the friendly and welcoming atmosphere on the server. Please welcome @fast oyster and @sacred grotto as part of the moderation team. Congratulations and good luck in your new roles! ❤️ 🎉 🥂

boreal wedge Sep 3, 2021, 5:12 PM

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Hello lovely people! peepyLove <@&749710876172484629>

Today is the server's 5th birthday! The server was created on <t:1472922735>, exactly 5 years ago! 🎉

Back in 2016, we started out as a small server struggling to reach even 1000 users. A lot of the things we know and love today were not there at the start, such as lessons, CEFR roles, our curated resource list, offtopic groups and even written out rules. Over the years, with your support and input, we've managed to grow the server to just under 46,000 members, and expand the ways in which we can support learners! peepohappy

Many thanks to every volunteer <@&279358588399648769>, to the <@&705757074864209920>s keeping us safe when mods are not around, to the <@&593872079397322763>s contributing FAQ entries and engaging in discussions about the server, to everyone correcting texts and answering questions, to the frequent VC chatters, to everyone who asks questions and attends our lessons, to everyone who suggests features and resources, and to everyone who just comes here to hang out with friends and have some fun. All of you have contributed immensely to this community and helped shape it into what it has become today. ❤️

We truly appreciate your support, your dedication to learning and your willingness to help us improve. Here's to many more fun years together! 🍰 peepoParty 🎊

languid cobalt Oct 10, 2021, 4:52 PM

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Hello, lovely <@&749710876172484629>, learners and speakers! QiqiHeart
We are happy to be able to announce to you that, shortly after the GLaD birthday, we've reached a member count of 50,000!~ And so we'll do exactly that! We reached a- Alright you get the point BlobBlush
But what you may not be aware of as of now is that our appreciation for you all is just as big~ (stack 50,000 members on top of each other and see what you get! o:)
So thank you all for helping us grow and improve the server~ happy

On that note ~~read #getting-started~~ make sure to let us know in #community-discussion if there is anything you'd like to see change~ Talking about change..!

📆 You can add our sessions schedule to your google calendar now! Just click this link: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Z2VybWFubGVhcm5pbmdhbmRkaXNjdXNzaW9uQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ.
Keep in mind that this only works for sessions that get scheduled in the future~
But there are even more google-related news!

📝 We started to only allow google-docs in #writing! Make sure to read the pinned messages if you need any help in that regard QiqiHeart ooor forget about that, because you actually won't have to (or even be able to shlooshed ) since we have added a feature that will automatically create a google doc of a text you post there! Please do so in the future BlobBlush
We hope you like the changes and that you'll all please us with your presence for a long time after, so that we might be able to celebrate another milestone together menace

boreal wedge Nov 5, 2021, 9:40 AM

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Hello everyone, quick safety announcement. Wump

We've had a raid of 300 bots DMing people free nitro scams. Please ignore any message you've received, and generally be careful of what links you click on and what you download. If something sounds too good to be true, it likely is, and these "free nitro" offers are designed to take over your account.

While we do have mechanisms in place to deal with raids, the size of this one got the bot rate limited, so our response time was a bit slower than usual. We'll make some changes to prevent this from happening again.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to talk to us and report the issue. While we do detect raids, a lot of these scammers are individuals, and in those cases, your reports are the only way for us to know that something is off. wumpheart Stay safe! 🚓

fast oyster Nov 23, 2021, 8:41 PM

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Hallo <@&749710876172484629> family! blobheart

We'd like to update you guys on a small change we've made on the server.

#practice has been renamed to #beginner-german.
#community-meta has been renamed to #community-discussion.

We feel like these names represent the purpose of the channels better and we thank the members who suggested them.

Keep on learning, have a nice day and as always, let us know what you think in #community-discussion! heartcat

boreal wedge Dec 20, 2021, 3:30 PM

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Hello beautiful <@&749710876172484629> people, it's the holiday season and we have some cool events for you to check out.

🎅🎁 Head over to #919256700211568671 to get a fancy nickname or sign up for a team.
✍️🎄 Or check out #922492399899537500 for a chance to spread some holiday spirit through art.

We wish you happy holidays and hope you'll have lots of fun! peepyLove

sacred grotto Dec 31, 2021, 11:00 PM

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Happy New Year, everyone! Frohes neues Jahr! <@&749710876172484629>

Thank you so much for sharing another year with us. We’ve celebrated so many great things together this year, both in our personal achievements and server events. Here are some of the highlights of 2021:
🔹 We gained a ton of new members, and we’re almost at 60k.
🔹 We had some fun events including a big mid-year lesson marathon, and the recent Halloween and Christmas games.
🔹 @leaden coral also got some love and new features in 2021, including: the >purpose command, #ouija and #tea-word-game games for the community, improved session management, the ticket system (#report-issue), reaction roles, dynamic voice channel creation, automatic Google doc creation for #writing, and various improvements to help combat spam and raids. We plan to add many more cool features in 2022!

As for the Christmas events, here are the winners for our raffle and our Christmas art competition:
🔹 Raffle winners: @quartz flare, @craggy marsh, and @misty void (Prize: 1 month nitro)
🔹 Art competition winner: @heady frigate (Prize: Custom role for 1 month)
Check out their entry below this post.
🔹 Overall, 363 users competed in the two Christmas teams and gathered points through mining, submitting artwork, sending out secret Santa notes, and saying various holiday-related phrases. The Sassy Santas managed to gather 6803 points. The Gangster Wrappers got 7030 points and won the event! They get to keep their role for a week! 🎉

Our thanks go to @patent lava and @lyric zealot for generously providing the Nitro gifts, and to everyone who participated in the events. We received some wonderful submissions in the art competition, and we're proud of the community's talents. 💝

During the year, we had a big increase in the number of lessons held, amounting to almost 100. A special thanks to the following people who all held lessons during the year:
@oak flare, @hushed kite, @hard swift, @warped ingot, @rain knoll, @tacit sleet, @stable mason, @umbral flint, @graceful kernel, @livid jasper, and @dreamy palm

Last but certainly not least, we have one final holiday gift for everyone as we go into 2022! We’ve refurbished our old #info channel and added 3 new channels to make the information a lot easier to navigate, so please feel free to check them out:
🔹 #info
🔹 #channel-directory
🔹 #role-directory
🔹 #writing-info

As always, feel free to give us any feedback in #community-discussion and we look forward to enjoying another great year with you all throughout 2022!

Happy New Year and much love to you all from the whole mod team: @boreal wedge, @hushed kite, @languid cobalt, @lyric zealot, @carmine birch, and our two new mods, who just joined us in August, @fast oyster and @sacred grotto.

boreal wedge Feb 11, 2022, 11:32 PM

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Hello beautiful people, we wanted to briefly share some <@&749710876172484629> with you. peepyLove

As you may know, we've recently rewritten our old #info channel and split it up into #info, #channel-directory, #role-directory and #writing-info. This led to the Server category becoming overly cluttered and hard to navigate, so based on your feedback we've reorganized things slightly and moved some channels around.

The Server category now looks much cleander, and there's a Channels and Roles category, for the extra info and the #850404908946423828 channel.

Let us know in #community-discussion if you have any thoughts. Bik lieb. peepoHappy2

boreal wedge Feb 22, 2022, 11:35 AM

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Hello cute <@&749710876172484629> subscribers, <@&942744059171180555>s and resident questions-dwellers! peepohappy

A week ago we started testing out a new format for the questions channels that we might switch to in the future. After getting some experience with it, we've decided to take it a step further and make our new #942470380692590632 channel visible to everyone.

Since it's still in testing, you'll need to read through some information in #942470642865954916 before you can create new posts in the forums (unless you are already a <@&942744059171180555>), but you can already interact with any existing posts. If you're interested in testing with us, read through the first message of the aforementioned post and get yourself the required permissions.
We'd really love to have some of you try the system out in place of the existing channels, and we appreciate any feedback you may have about it. 💖

Note that the forums feature is still very new and you might not have the best experience on the mobile clients. We'll still keep the old #questions and #questions-2 channel for the foreseeable future, and you can always use those instead of the forum if you can't use it or don't like using it.

hushed kite Feb 24, 2022, 12:09 PM

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<@&749710876172484629> Hi everyone. You have all most likely heard about the events in Europe right now, and we want to extend our sympathies to all people impacted by these events.

Our goal with this server is to maintain a safe, friendly, and peaceful community where people can come to learn German without being too bothered by the stresses of the world around us. As such, we ask you to kindly avoid mentioning the Ukraine-Russia conflict anywhere outside of #archived-sensitive-topics and to be understanding and considerate to everyone you talk to. If you see anything you find problematic or concerning, please contact us immediately and do not start a confrontation.

As a consequence of this recent issue, we've reconsidered the way that politics is discussed throughout the server. We feel that it's difficult for people to understand the distinction between #archived-sensitive-topics and #german-only as far as what topics are allowed in each. For example, we allow the Ukraine-Russia topic in #archived-sensitive-topics but not in #german-only , and this line can be hard to define. As a result, we've decided to forbid political discussions in #german-only completely and ask that you use only #archived-sensitive-topics for the foreseeable future. We will revisit this in future once current events have calmed down.

Thank you everyone for your continued support and the charity you show to the people around you. If you have any questions or concerns about this announcement, feel free to contact us using #report-issue or express your feedback in #community-discussion .

fast oyster Apr 2, 2022, 10:00 PM

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The April Fools event is now over, danke to everyone who participated! blobheart
Overall, there have been 420 role changes, and 210 button presses. 82 clowns pressed the button at least once, but @stable mason pressed the button 19 times and made it to the final clown channel, thereby winning the elusive <@&959021595991625739> 👑 role. The spirit of his clown subjects will live within him for another week.
We hope you had fun, and wish you success in your learning journey. peepohappy2

lyric zealot Apr 9, 2022, 4:56 PM

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Heyo lovely <@&749710876172484629> memes

@leaden coral now features a new game called Wörtle. You might already be familiar with the game called Wordle (https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html), which served as a template for Wörtle. The twist, however, is that Wörtle tests your German vocabulary instead of using English words FeelsFIngerGunsMan

As a consequence of adding yet another bot-based game, we have decided to introduce #botgames, which will host all of our games in form of threads from now on. If you're not familiar with threads, you can find more info here: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/4403205878423-Threads-FAQ
We have also created an Archive section, which is home to the now retired #ouija and #tea-word-game channels.

You can try the new game by giving yourself the BotGames role in #850404908946423828.
If you've had the old Ouija or TeaWordGame roles, you now have the new BotGames role. The old roles have been removed.

As always, if you have questions or feedback, we encourage you to use #community-discussion to let us know peepolove

languid cobalt May 12, 2022, 12:44 AM

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Hello, GLaDsome creatures of which some subscribed to <@&749710876172484629>~
Hopefully it won't take you as long to look that word up as it took us to get as big as we are now (5 years, 8 months and 1 week to be exact), though we must admit, that every single minute of this was quite awesome and so we thank you all for every minute that you spent with us as well as for being great and helpful or possibly just reading, which is totally fine and earns our deepest respect as well blobblush

We just hit a count of 75000 Members! Thank you so much!!

There are also a few other things that we want to tell you about!

Suggestions:
You might have noticed that the #suggestions channel works a bit differently now. In an effort to improve the quality of suggestions, we made a change to how suggestions are submitted, and are testing out Discord's new modal feature. Exciting. happy
When you're making a suggestion, the bot will ask you to provide a detailed description, and list some pros and cons of your suggestion. This will help us better understand your ideas and bring you the features and improvements that you want to see.

Reports:
We want to remind you that it's very difficult for us to moderate a situation if we don't know anything about the situation. We rely on reports to effectively moderate the server, especially in voice channels. If you see any issues in the server, please make sure to use #report-issue to let us know, with as much detail as possible. Even if you're unsure if a rule is being broken, please feel free to contact us anyway. We want to keep the server free of trolls or drama, and we need your help to make that happen.

Sessions:
We're always looking for new session holders to host lessons for the community. If you're interested in trying your hand at running a lesson, let us know by using #report-issue to contact us! You don't need any previous experience or specific German knowledge, so don't hesitate to talk to us. Today we want to highlight a specific type of lesson our server currently lacks: Pronunciation lessons! This type of lesson most likely requires a Native Speaker to run it, so if you're a Native Speaker (or have native-level pronunciation) and want to host a lesson like this, please contact us!

boreal wedge Jun 12, 2022, 1:17 PM

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Hello lovely people, we have some <@&749710876172484629> that we'd like to share.

🧑‍🏫 Lesson channel reorganization
Based on feedback that we've received from Session Holders and participants, we decided to slightly reorganize the lessons channels. A new Lessons category was created that now houses the already-existing #lessons and #860635948303777812 VC channels, as well as some new ones. All the channels and their purposes are described in #lesson-info, which you can check out if you'd like to know more. peepylove

Recently, a lot of people have been reaching out to us to express interest in hosting lessons, so #lesson-info also contains information on becoming a Session Holder. Check it out if it seems like something you'd like to do. peepoHappy2

🎮 Semantle
We've added a new bot-based game, #985529416413229066, based on https://semantle.novalis.org/. It's a cooperative game where players try to guess a word based on how close the bot thinks they are to the target word. You can access the thread from #botgames provided that you have the BotGames role which you can get from #850404908946423828. The pinned message in the thread contains a longer explanation of how to play.

Thank you for your continued support, suggestions and feedback, and have fun! peepoCheers As always, if you'd like to share thoughts or feedback, let us know in #community-discussion.

languid cobalt Jul 2, 2022, 4:17 PM

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Hello, dear <@&749710876172484629> people!~

Scam awareness reminder
There is a very concerning scam that has become popular on Discord recently and we want to make sure everyone is aware of it. Some servers ask you to "verify" by scanning a QR code. However, scanning QR codes can easily be used to steal your account. Please do not scan any QR code from any Discord server. No legitimate server will ever ask you to verify your account with a QR code or external website. A common trick used for this scam is to send you a DM saying something similar to "Someone posted something embarrassing about you on another server. You have to join to see what they wrote." with a server invite. If you get a message like this, use #report-issue to let us know about the incident and then report the message to Discord.

If you ever fall for a scam like this, immediately change your password, as that will log you out from discord everywhere and the scammer will no longer be able to log in to your account. Additionally consider activating 2FA, which is described here: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/219576828-Setting-up-Two-Factor-Authentication

Awareness for the most common scams may help as well, also read about these here:
https://discord.com/blog/common-scams-what-to-look-out-for

Suspicious things can even come from friends if they get hacked themselves, so stay cautious~

Use #beginner-german for beginner level German
We also want to give a reminder to everyone who uses #beginner-german that the channel is not meant to be used for off-topic conversations in English. The purpose of the channel is to speak German at a beginner level while receiving corrections and asking questions. You may use English to correct someone, ask about a correction, discuss grammar related to a correction, explain what you meant if your German sentence was not understood, or explain to someone how to use the server. Basically, use common sense and try to stick to the purpose of the channel.

Unfortunately, we have seen a significant problem recently with people ignoring the purpose of the channel and simply using #beginner-german as if it's another #general . This is a problem because it essentially makes the channel useless and obsolete. In response to this issue, we will begin to moderate the channel more strictly and we may even choose to block someone from the channel if they continuously misuse it. If you're just looking for a quiet channel to chat in English, please simply use #general-2~