Post by Super Gmagical on Nov 1, 2017 6:55:42 GMT -8
ACTIVITY CHECK!
Welcome to Horizons’ sixth Activity Check!
We're doing things a little differently this time. Namely, in the past, we mostly just asked a player to still be around and active. However, this time, we've decided we will do a check per character, albeit with a very low activity requirement and a few other caveats. We want to be pretty lenient, but also want this to encourage people to make sure they're still using the characters they're keeping around.
Please keep in mind that archiving a character does not mean giving them up; it only means marking them as "not active and available to RP right now", so that other players can more easily see who is around, and most characters can be revived at any time.
In the case of limited positions, like Gym Leader types and psychics, there is a chance of a slot no longer being available by the time you get both the time and muse to play them again. However, aura and psychic slots have not been filled since the cap was raised a few months ago, so those should likely stay fine for quite some time; and in the cases of Gym Leaders and Professors, the character can always be revived without the position, being a dedicated type specialist or researcher without the official League association. So there is little to no risk of not being able to get the character back. We simply want an accurate look at who's active, and in the case of Profs and GLs to open the positions to people who can use them right away rather than just eventually, if possible.
So for this Activity Check:
Simply fill out the template given below once; do not post in this AC as each of your characters. Just post with one of your characters (or a staff account) filling out this template, so everything is consolidated for each member. Thank you!
We're doing things a little differently this time. Namely, in the past, we mostly just asked a player to still be around and active. However, this time, we've decided we will do a check per character, albeit with a very low activity requirement and a few other caveats. We want to be pretty lenient, but also want this to encourage people to make sure they're still using the characters they're keeping around.
Please keep in mind that archiving a character does not mean giving them up; it only means marking them as "not active and available to RP right now", so that other players can more easily see who is around, and most characters can be revived at any time.
In the case of limited positions, like Gym Leader types and psychics, there is a chance of a slot no longer being available by the time you get both the time and muse to play them again. However, aura and psychic slots have not been filled since the cap was raised a few months ago, so those should likely stay fine for quite some time; and in the cases of Gym Leaders and Professors, the character can always be revived without the position, being a dedicated type specialist or researcher without the official League association. So there is little to no risk of not being able to get the character back. We simply want an accurate look at who's active, and in the case of Profs and GLs to open the positions to people who can use them right away rather than just eventually, if possible.
So for this Activity Check:
- Every player gets one "freebie slot" so long as they reply to the AC. No matter how long it's been, if you think you might want to get back in the game with that character soon, you can keep one "active" to make it a smoother transition back into playing.
- Otherwise, we'd like to ask every character to have made at least 3 in-character posts since the previous AC, which ended July 16. These can be from any point from late July up through the end of November. (This is also why we're doing a full instead of half month this time.) Non-typical but still ic posts, such as Swarm catches and ic contest entries, do count toward activity, but only up to 2/3 of it. For normal characters, this means at least 1 post in a catch, training, treasure, or interaction thread of some kind. Anything that isn't "one post and done" basically.
- Gym Leaders and Professors have double the requirement, but this is still only 6 in-character posts since mid-July. Up to 4 can be Swarms/etc while a minimum of 2 have to be standard RP in a non-oneshot thread.
- All characters approved in November are automatically immune to the AC. All characters approved in October are also safe unless the player doesn't log on for the entirety of November. As long as they're still around, being slow to get started is fine.
- All characters approved in September only need one post (2 for Profs), and those approved in August only need 2 (4 for Profs). (Newer Gym Leaders will have already had to do their 10 standard posts to secure their positions, so either they will have already qualified or won't be GLs anymore by this time anyway.) This way we give a bit more leniency to newer characters. Characters approved in or before July have the full reqs described above.
- (Note: returning characters who were unarchived during that timeframe will be treated the same as characters newly made; just be sure to note it if that's the case!)
- When posting the characters you're keeping, please @ tag all of them, and note if one hasn't been active but you want to keep them as your 'freebie slot'. You do not need to post proof of activity. So long as you do the @ tag, we can quickly and easily check each character's recent posts to see that each has qualified, so you can focus on posting rather than keeping up with links.
Simply fill out the template given below once; do not post in this AC as each of your characters. Just post with one of your characters (or a staff account) filling out this template, so everything is consolidated for each member. Thank you!
[b]OOC Name:[/b] Your name in the cbox/forum
[b]Archiving:[/b] Who, if anyone, you're archiving. N/A otherwise
[b]Characters:[/b] The characters you're keeping.
PHARAOH LEAP.