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route_292013-09-15 09:39 pm
these_balls) wrote in route_292013-09-15 09:39 pm
Activity Check Review!
Hey, Routians! We mentioned recently that the AC Check would be undergoing some new changes, and that's what you'll find here in this post! Please look over this post carefully to familiarize yourself with things; these are the standards we'll be going with from here on out, and referring to when performing AC Checks at the first of every month.
Please note that VERY LITTLE HAS CHANGED! Most everything in this post was already a rule anyway; all we've done is clarified some things and spelled out others, in the hopes of making the standards clearer and easier to meet in your monthly gameplay! And please feel free to ask if there's anything we've left unclear or in further need of clarification.
Have a great night, Route!
ACTIVITY CHECK REVIEW
Activity Checks encompass the activity made during the month of [X]. Posts and threads started between the 1st through the 8th of that month may be used as long as they were not used for the previous month's month's activity.
• Each proof linked must be at least ten (10) comments long (meaning 5 from you and 5 from another, or with threadjacking, etc.).
Full requirements should make at minimum thirty (30) comments overall, or at least 15 from your character.
Half requirements should make at minimum twelve (12) comments overall, at least 6 from your character.
• Proofs must be completed with three different characters. If Character A submits threads with Characters B, C, and D, this is a valid form of AC. If Character A submits two threads with Character B and one thread with Character D, this is NOT a valid form of AC.
• Players in control of multiple characters are discouraged from making AC by threading several of their characters off of the same opposing character. Though we are in no way prohibiting players from tagging a single post with multiple characters, we are restricting how many of those threads can be used as proofs for AC. The maximum number of threads a player may submit for AC with the same character (spread across different characters of their own) is two.
For example, say Player X controls Characters A, B, and C. Player X then tags Character Y's post with A, B, and C. However, even if all three threads reach AC length, Player X may submit no more than two of those threads for AC. In other words, Characters A, B, and C cannot all show proof of activity via a thread with Character Y. B and C, for example, could both use proofs with Y, but A could not.
• Action tagging count as threads. Conversations in voicemails/inboxes also count as threads as long as they are started during that month of AC.
• Multiple-comment icon spams count as just one comment.
• Half requirements are for those who were on hiatus for up to half of the month and returned more than one week before the Activity Check.
• Posts and threads made during the week of the Activity Check can be used for that month's activity check!
• Those who returned within a week of the activity check are exempt from the month's check. Those who are also currently on hiatus are exempt.
• Characters who are accepted during the second activity cycle of the month only need to check in. Posting half requirements is a bonus!
• Unless otherwise amended by the modteam, the activity check ends on the 8th of the month, 11:59 pm EST. Anyone who does not check in will be removed from the game on the 9th.
With Regard to What Posts and Threads Fall Within the AC Period:
• The AC period for any given month begins on the first of that month. This is a hard line. Posts and threads whose timestamps began before the first of the current month are not eligible for that month's AC. Players are welcome and encouraged to backdate on posts and threads for as long as they want. However, even if more than ten comments occurred on a thread during the current AC period, if the thread or post originated outside of that period, it is not eligible for AC. Therefore:
- Character X makes a post on July 29. Character Y tags into that post on August 2 and threads for 25 comments. This thread is NOT eligible for August AC because the post originated in July.
- Character X makes a post on August 5. Character Y tags into that post on August 16 and threads for 25 comments. This thread IS eligible for August AC because the post originated in August.
- Character X makes a post on August 2 and backdates the IC timing of that post to July 29. Character Y tags into that post on August 3 and threads for 25 comments. This thread IS eligible for August AC because the post originated in August.
The "exception" to this rule is voicemail posts, because voicemail posts by design are "always open" or "anytime" posts. Therefore, threads offered for AC that originated in voicemail posts will follow the timestamp of the first comment in the thread.
Please note that VERY LITTLE HAS CHANGED! Most everything in this post was already a rule anyway; all we've done is clarified some things and spelled out others, in the hopes of making the standards clearer and easier to meet in your monthly gameplay! And please feel free to ask if there's anything we've left unclear or in further need of clarification.
Have a great night, Route!
Activity Checks encompass the activity made during the month of [X]. Posts and threads started between the 1st through the 8th of that month may be used as long as they were not used for the previous month's month's activity.
You may use any combination of the following proofs for your AC threads, so long as they total three proofs in all:
- A Post made by your character
- A Thread in which you tagged another character.
- A Log on
Full Requirements: three complete proofs
Half Requirements: one complete proof and one incomplete proof
• Each proof linked must be at least ten (10) comments long (meaning 5 from you and 5 from another, or with threadjacking, etc.).
Half requirements should make at minimum twelve (12) comments overall, at least 6 from your character.
• Proofs must be completed with three different characters. If Character A submits threads with Characters B, C, and D, this is a valid form of AC. If Character A submits two threads with Character B and one thread with Character D, this is NOT a valid form of AC.
• Players in control of multiple characters are discouraged from making AC by threading several of their characters off of the same opposing character. Though we are in no way prohibiting players from tagging a single post with multiple characters, we are restricting how many of those threads can be used as proofs for AC. The maximum number of threads a player may submit for AC with the same character (spread across different characters of their own) is two.
• Action tagging count as threads. Conversations in voicemails/inboxes also count as threads as long as they are started during that month of AC.
• Multiple-comment icon spams count as just one comment.
• Half requirements are for those who were on hiatus for up to half of the month and returned more than one week before the Activity Check.
• Posts and threads made during the week of the Activity Check can be used for that month's activity check!
• Those who returned within a week of the activity check are exempt from the month's check. Those who are also currently on hiatus are exempt.
• Characters who are accepted during the second activity cycle of the month only need to check in. Posting half requirements is a bonus!
• Unless otherwise amended by the modteam, the activity check ends on the 8th of the month, 11:59 pm EST. Anyone who does not check in will be removed from the game on the 9th.
• The AC period for any given month begins on the first of that month. This is a hard line. Posts and threads whose timestamps began before the first of the current month are not eligible for that month's AC. Players are welcome and encouraged to backdate on posts and threads for as long as they want. However, even if more than ten comments occurred on a thread during the current AC period, if the thread or post originated outside of that period, it is not eligible for AC. Therefore:
- Character X makes a post on August 5. Character Y tags into that post on August 16 and threads for 25 comments. This thread IS eligible for August AC because the post originated in August.
- Character X makes a post on August 2 and backdates the IC timing of that post to July 29. Character Y tags into that post on August 3 and threads for 25 comments. This thread IS eligible for August AC because the post originated in August.
The "exception" to this rule is voicemail posts, because voicemail posts by design are "always open" or "anytime" posts. Therefore, threads offered for AC that originated in voicemail posts will follow the timestamp of the first comment in the thread.