For the ease of moderating and keeping RC moving, I (Ang) will be changing the activity rules.
There will be an activity check posted on the first of every month. Players have until the 15th to respond. This might seem unfair, but it's really unreasonable for me or Ren to have to sort back through threads for a month to see who has been active and who isn't, and if you cannot check the board within a 14 day period and haven't supplied an OOC message in regards to why, you are probably too busy to continue playing. That said, I'm going to try and get a bunch of advertising done next month, once everything has sorted out.
That said, removals are of links in the Wiki only until a second activity check is issued, giving you another 15 days, give or take, to contact a moderator if your PC or internet failed or a RL emergency has taken place, because those things do happen.
The reason for this harsh new rule is that I personally am taking a very aggressive and active part as a moderator, and will be trying to provide monthly plots, along with just-for-fun random prompts, challenges, and possibly news and weather. Neither I or Ren get paid for this so in return we deserve dedication. It's going to suck working on personal challenges or plots for people who ultimately end up dying off OOCly.
For those who haven't finished their wikis
Tonight or tomorrow I will be dropping the first plots. Personalized prompts and challenges will still take some time, but characters without wiki pages suitable enough for me to work off of, or not linked to their personal wiki page, etc, will not be given prompts or challenges for their characters. So, there is a little motivation for getting that rolling ;)
Try not to consider this a negative thing, I'm personally very excited about getting RC really rocking. We have a lot of very talented and bright writers here and I'd love for us to all continue RPing together in an environment that really encourages and inspires. Once we overcome the hurdles of 'how the hell do we get all interacting?', I think there is a lot of potential here.
As always, PLEASE contact me with questions, ideas, etc. I'm a moderator first and player second. Without happy, active players, a board, and a moderator, has no purpose, so pester away!
~ Ang