When to practice ten clean copy of the game i'm not good at?

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  MissChanandler Alum Member Sage ⭐

  December 2018 3256 karma

  Are you spreading out those 2-5 or doing them back to back? There's a big difference between being able to do it right after watching the video and say a week later. I would do it once the day of, once the next day, and once several days or a week later. If it doesn't take you ten copies to get a game then that's okay
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  Leah M B Alum Member ⭐

  December 2018 edited December 2018 8392 karma

  Generally around here, most of us have done a game up to 10 times... but if you can once or twice in a row get it done under the time that JY recommends, you can move on. I usually only needed about 3 times max in order to meet the time.

  Here is an alternative way to do foolproofing that's known as the "Pacifico method" in the 7sage forum. It's generally what I did, and I think a lot more efficient. You might want to consider doing it this way too.

  https://7sage.com/discussion/#/discussion/2737/logic-games-attack-strategy/p1

  To make it even more efficient when it comes to paper, some people have only printed 1 copy of each game, put them in clear sheet protectors, and then use a fine point dry erase marker on the protector. Just erase and do it again for each try. So smart!
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  redshift Alum Member

  December 2018 edited December 2018 261 karma

  I do it like this:

  Easy Games: 3x in a row right after the video
  Medium Games: 5x in a row right after the video
  Hard Games: 10x in a row right after the video

  After I foolproof the game and can do it from memory, I print out a fresh copy of the game and keep it in a Foolproofing Binder. Then, every weekend, I take out a couple from that Binder and do them.

  If you feel comfortable with a game then you can move on. Just make sure you have a system in place so that you can re-visit games to make sure you still understand it. Another thing I've found helpful is not watching J.Y.'s videos all the way through. Once I see enough of the video to know what's going on, or how he made a certain inference, I'll pause it and complete the questions on my own. I do that a few times, then I return to the video to see if he did it any differently.
• 916329363 Member

  December 2018 15 karma

  Thank you!