| activity check, november 2014. |
[01 Dec 2014|02:22am] |
It's time again for Activity Check! Just as a reminder, the currently activity rules are the following:
» 1 log and 2 other pieces of activity (network posts, text or email conversations, or more logs). Logs, net conversations, texts and emails must have at least 5 comments per character in an individual conversation to count toward activity. The original post counts as a "comment". You can only make one count of activity per post.
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» 5 network conversations, texts or emails, all meeting the 5 comment per character minimum.
Sometimes we have a special log theme for the month! Logs using the special theme will count for two pieces of activity if they are completed or reached 20 comments instead of 10.
Narratives and gifts that don't result in conversations in the post don't count. The activity requirements are specifically to foster interaction between characters. We certainly want you to write narratives for the fun of it, but they don't count as official activity.
If the need comes up, being on hiatus will get you out of activity check for one consecutive month. If you know you're going to be too busy to play for longer than that, then we need to reconsider whether New Avalon is the right game for you.
Characters apped on or after the 20th will only be required to have 2 net conversations, and on or after the 27th they're exempt completely.
Any character or player who doesn't check in will be removed. Barring extraordinary circumstances, you can return after a missed Activity Check once, and only once, with a single character. Missing it twice will result in being banned. Checking in shows us that you still have interest in the game in general, and failure to check in will result in removal if the mods aren't contacted ahead of time.
Also, we strongly encourage players to track their activity over the course of the month instead of gathering it all on the last day. In this and other games we've run, we've noticed that activity check-related panic is often the result of confusion or ambiguity at not knowing your own activity status in the game. Recently Kait's made an ACTIVITY TEMPLATE (which both mods use) that anyone is free to use. To put it into your own GDocs, just go to File » Make A Copy..., and it'll make a copy of the document for you. The GDoc will also make it ten times easier to show us your activity if you're in the market to re-apply for a lost character.
Keeping track of your activity as you go -- even if you only do it once a week or once every couple weeks or when you feel you need it -- will save you the stress of wondering whether or not you made activity by the end of the month.
We're doing something special this month. We know that the second half of November was rough, owing largely to the fact that a mod basically went silent (sorry, guys), and we know that can take the wind out of such a small game. So we're offering you this: you can ask for exemption from activity in either November or December. So, for example, if Jo says "hey, I'll take you up on that, give me a pass for November", she'll have to pass fully in December, but if she says "I'll do my necessary drops in November but may need a pass in December", then she can do that. We know the holiday season gets busy, especially for those of us here with kiddos, so our December activity rules are already going to be a bit lighter than normal.
Activity Check will run from Monday, December 1st to Sunday, December 7th, ending at midnight EST. All activity must be from November 1st to midnight November 30th. Fill out the form below, toss it into a comment, and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, or until edges are browning. You can also link us to a copy of your Activity Template on GDocs instead if you have it set up; just make sure that the doc is set to allow anyone with a link to view it.
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