Brave New World OOC Comm

The following characters have not filled out this month's activity check and have been removed from the game:

John Egbert

If you believe there has been an error, please comment here. These characters may be applied for again by the same players on October 1st if they have not been reapplied in the meantime and provided they have not been repeatedly failing AC.

As a reminder, if you have taken a strike this month, you must pass the next two subsequent activity checks and will not be permitted to hiatus for two months.

The following characters are cleared from the Strike list:
Fili

The following characters are on Strike:
Jack Frost (October 1st, November 1st ACs)
Bilbo Baggins (October 1st, November 1st ACs)
Pearl Fey (October 1st, November 1st ACs)
Danny Fenton (October 1st, November 1st ACs)
Thorin Oakenshield (October 1st, November 1st ACs)
Tatara Totsuka (October 1st, November 1st ACs)
Rise Kujikawa (October 1st, November 1st ACs)
Isabela (October 1st, November 1st ACs)
Saber (October 1st, November 1st ACs)
Domri Rade (October 1st, November 1st ACs)

It's time for our activity check!

Activity consists of the following:
- Two threads that, combined, consist of 10 or more comments in a thread from your character, played off of two different characters; or
- A thread in a log post consisting of 10 or more comments from your character, played off of two different characters, not including Non-Player Characters (NPCs)
- Acceptable threads must contain at least 3 comments by the your character

Dates of activity posted must be from a time period consisting of dates between:
- The first day of the activity cycle month through the last day of the month; or
- The first day of the next month through the fourteenth day of the next month

Posts that count toward activity or half activity:
- Threads in an in character post posted to the main community consisting of at least 3 comments by the person posting activity
- Approved shop and/or organization threads or Secret Base threads posted in a character's journal may only be used for 5 of the required 10 comments.

Posts that do not count toward activity or half activity:
- In character contact post threads do not count toward monthly activity
- Pokemon catch-all threads do not count toward monthly activity
- Threads used in a previous activity check do not count toward monthly activity

A post made by your character no longer counts for activity. Do not link a post to AC. You must link two separate threads within the post itself that fulfill the requirements as listed above.

- If you do not post activity before September 8th, you will be warned. Warned characters have a further week to post activity.

- If you fail to post activity after being warned, your character will be removed from the game. For storyline purposes, they will be lost in the wilderness.

- If you have maximum slots (5 characters) and would like an additional slot, you may post double activity for ALL active characters in a single cycle to open up an extra slot. Subsequent activity cycles will not require any more than standard activity to maintain, but there is no limit to additional slots that may be acquired in such a fashion.

- If you have additional slots and one of your characters is ejected from the game in such a manner, you will lose slots based on the number of characters ejected, to a minimum of the standard 5.

- Characters currently on hiatus are exempt, and you may hiatus for up to a month. You may hiatus for 2 months if you have special mod permission. You must post hiatus on our Hiatus page.

- Characters who were accepted into the game within the last two weeks or who hiatused for more than 2 weeks of the month are exempt from activity. Please simply post to check-in with these characters if you can.

- We have now implemented a strike system. If you find that you cannot make full activity for the month with one or more of your characters characters, you can take a strike for this month's activity. You need to post here requesting a strike, and you must pass the next two subsequent activity checks. You will not be permitted a hiatus for two months.

Exemption from September 1st AC
Levi (Umi Sonoda, Xiu, Kyouko Sakura)
Lex (Pamela Isley)
Din (Gilgamesh)

The following characters are on Strike:
Fili (September 1 ACs)
Maya Fey (September 1 ACs, October 1 ACs)
Shyvana (September 1 ACs, October 1 ACs)

The following characters have not filled out this month’s Activity Check and have one week to post activity before they are expelled from the game:

Feliks Łukasiewicz
Matthias
Maya Fey Strike!
Shyvana
Tara Adams

If you believe that this is in error, please comment here with a link to your activity thread. If not, please post your activity here. Those characters that have not provided activity by August 16th at 12 midnight Eastern time will be expelled from the game. To be clear, that's the moment it turns August 16th, according to EST. Due to the fact that the Warned List is up a day late, there will be an extra day for response this month.

The following characters have not filled out this month's activity check and have been removed from the game:

Usagi Tsukino

If you believe there has been an error, please comment here. These characters may be applied for again by the same players on July 1st if they have not been reapplied in the meantime and provided they have not been repeatedly failing AC.

As a reminder, if you have taken a strike this month, you must pass the next two subsequent activity checks and will not be permitted to hiatus for two months.

The following characters are cleared from the Strike list:
Eiji Hino
Feliks Łukasiewicz
Rin Hoshizora

The following characters are on Strike:
Banzu (August 1 ACs)
Quinn (August 1 ACs)
Fili (August 1, September 1 ACs)

It's time for our activity check!

Activity consists of the following:
- Two threads that, combined, consist of 10 or more comments in a thread from your character, played off of two different characters; or
- A thread in a log post consisting of 10 or more comments from your character, played off of two different characters, not including Non-Player Characters (NPCs)
- Acceptable threads must contain at least 3 comments by the your character

Dates of activity posted must be from a time period consisting of dates between:
- The first day of the activity cycle month through the last day of the month; or
- The first day of the next month through the fourteenth day of the next month

Posts that count toward activity or half activity:
- Threads in an in character post posted to the main community consisting of at least 3 comments by the person posting activity
- Approved shop and/or organization threads or Secret Base threads posted in a character's journal may only be used for 5 of the required 10 comments.

Posts that do not count toward activity or half activity:
- In character contact post threads do not count toward monthly activity
- Pokemon catch-all threads do not count toward monthly activity
- Threads used in a previous activity check do not count toward monthly activity

A post made by your character no longer counts for activity. Do not link a post to AC. You must link two separate threads within the post itself that fulfill the requirements as listed above.

- If you do not post activity before July 8th, you will be warned. Warned characters have a further week to post activity.

- If you fail to post activity after being warned, your character will be removed from the game. For storyline purposes, they will be lost in the wilderness.

- If you have maximum slots (5 characters) and would like an additional slot, you may post double activity for ALL active characters in a single cycle to open up an extra slot. Subsequent activity cycles will not require any more than standard activity to maintain, but there is no limit to additional slots that may be acquired in such a fashion.

- If you have additional slots and one of your characters is ejected from the game in such a manner, you will lose slots based on the number of characters ejected, to a minimum of the standard 5.

- Characters currently on hiatus are exempt, and you may hiatus for up to a month. You may hiatus for 2 months if you have special mod permission. You must post hiatus on our Hiatus page.

- Characters who were accepted into the game within the last two weeks or who hiatused for more than 2 weeks of the month are exempt from activity. Please simply post to check-in with these characters if you can.

- We have now implemented a strike system. If you find that you cannot make full activity for the month with one or more of your characters characters, you can take a strike for this month's activity. You need to post here requesting a strike, and you must pass the next two subsequent activity checks. You will not be permitted a hiatus for two months.

Exemption from July 1st AC
Melaka Fray (Charles)

The following characters are on Strike:
Matthias (July 1 ACs)
Banzu (July 1, August 1 ACs)
Quinn (July 1, August 1 ACs)

The following characters have not filled out this month’s Activity Check and have one week to post activity before they are expelled from the game:

Kaido
Kuriva
Quinn
Rin Hoshizora (cannot take a strike)
Usagi Tsukino
Varun "Banzu" Elmas (insufficient activity, needs to link a second thread)

If you believe that this is in error, please comment here with a link to your activity thread. If not, please post your activity here. Those characters that have not provided activity by June 15th at 12 midnight Eastern time will be expelled from the game. To be clear, that's the moment it turns June 15th, according to EST.

The following characters have not filled out this month's activity check and have been removed from the game:

Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu
Mari Mochizuki

If you believe there has been an error, please comment here. These characters may be applied for again by the same players on May 1st if they have not been reapplied in the meantime and provided they have not been repeatedly failing AC.

As a reminder, if you have taken a strike this month, you must pass the next two subsequent activity checks and will not be permitted to hiatus for two months.

The following characters are cleared from the Strike list:
Umi Sonoda

The following characters are on Strike:
Eiji Hino (May 1, June 1 ACs)
Feliks Łukasiewicz (May 1, June 1 ACs)
Rin Hoshizora (May 1, June 1 ACs)
Jayce (June 1, July 1 ACs)
Matthias (June 1, July 1 ACs)

It's time for our activity check!

Activity consists of the following:
- Two threads that, combined, consist of 10 or more comments in a thread from your character, played off of two different characters; or
- A thread in a log post consisting of 10 or more comments from your character, played off of two different characters, not including Non-Player Characters (NPCs)
- Acceptable threads must contain at least 3 comments by the your character

Dates of activity posted must be from a time period consisting of dates between:
- The first day of the activity cycle month through the last day of the month; or
- The first day of the next month through the fourteenth day of the next month

Posts that count toward activity or half activity:
- Threads in an in character post posted to the main community consisting of at least 3 comments by the person posting activity
- Approved shop and/or organization threads or Secret Base threads posted in a character's journal may only be used for 5 of the required 10 comments.

Posts that do not count toward activity or half activity:
- In character contact post threads do not count toward monthly activity
- Pokemon catch-all threads do not count toward monthly activity
- Threads used in a previous activity check do not count toward monthly activity

A post made by your character no longer counts for activity. Do not link a post to AC. You must link two separate threads within the post itself that fulfill the requirements as listed above.

- If you do not post activity before May 8th, you will be warned. Warned characters have a further week to post activity.

- If you fail to post activity after being warned, your character will be removed from the game. For storyline purposes, they will be lost in the wilderness.

- If you have maximum slots (5 characters) and would like an additional slot, you may post double activity for ALL active characters in a single cycle to open up an extra slot. Subsequent activity cycles will not require any more than standard activity to maintain, but there is no limit to additional slots that may be acquired in such a fashion.

- If you have additional slots and one of your characters is ejected from the game in such a manner, you will lose slots based on the number of characters ejected, to a minimum of the standard 5.

- Characters currently on hiatus are exempt, and you may hiatus for up to a month. You may hiatus for 2 months if you have special mod permission. You must post hiatus on our Hiatus page.

- Characters who were accepted into the game within the last two weeks or who hiatused for more than 2 weeks of the month are exempt from activity. Please simply post to check-in with these characters if you can.

- We have now implemented a strike system. If you find that you cannot make full activity for the month with one or more of your characters characters, you can take a strike for this month's activity. You need to post here requesting a strike, and you must pass the next two subsequent activity checks. You will not be permitted a hiatus for two months.

Exemption from May 1st AC
Brantron (Chie Satonaka, Merrill, Lenna Charlotte Tycoon, Hanayo Koizumi)
Aradraugfea (James Gordon)
Lex (Pamela Isley)
Amy (Chibiusa)

The following characters are on Strike:
Eiji Hino (May 1, June 1 ACs)
Feliks Łukasiewicz (May 1, June 1 ACs)
Rin Hoshizora (May 1, June 1 ACs)
Umi Sonoda (April 1, May 1 ACs)

The following characters have not filled out this month’s Activity Check and have one week to post activity before they are expelled from the game:

Feliks Łukasiewicz - Strike
Vanitas - Strike

If you believe that this is in error, please comment here with a link to your activity thread. If not, please post your activity here. Those characters that have not provided activity by April 15th at 12 midnight Eastern time will be expelled from the game. To be clear, that's the moment it turns April 15th, according to EST.

The following characters have not filled out this month's activity check and have been removed from the game:

Garen Crownguard
Hajime Hinata
Kotori Minami
Minato Arisato
Natalia L.K. Lanvaldear

If you believe there has been an error, please comment here. These characters may be applied for again by the same players on April 1st if they have not been reapplied in the meantime and provided they have not been repeatedly failing AC.

As a reminder, if you have taken a strike this month, you must pass the next two subsequent activity checks and will not be permitted to hiatus for two months.

The following characters are on Strike:
Usagi Tsukino (March 1, April 1 ACs)
Estelle Bright (March 1, April 1 ACs)
Char Aznable (March 1, April 1 ACs)
Mari Mochizuki (March 1, April 1 ACs)
Kaido (March 1, April 1 ACs)
Umi Sonoda (April 1, May 1 ACs)
Kyoko Sakura (April 1, May 1 ACs)
Princess Mikotsu (April 1, May 1 ACs)

Additionally, we’re going to be making some revisions to our Activity Check rules. The intent behind our Activity check is and always has been twofold. One, we want to maintain a baseline requirement of play for remaining in the game, which we feel is important to both the reputation of the game and to ensure characters others might want to play are not held indefinitely by people who are not truly playing the game. Second, we want to use it as a vehicle to ensure players are active in the game, taking part in the day-to-day play and interacting with each other.

We have noticed over the course of the game that there have been some instances where we’ve seen a loophole or borderline case we’ve been forced to make a ruling on. This has created a lack of clarity as to what the rules actually were, they’ve become in our opinion a bit of a patchwork and we’ve fielded a number of questions on what they actually mean which is confusing both to the players and even to us as mods. Our intent is to bring the new rules in line with what we think they should be.

The biggest change is that posts will themselves no longer qualify for activity. This is a big change and it is not one we make lightly. Since our AC is designed to be relatively easy for anybody who is actively playing in the game, we are loathe to make it more difficult. Unfortunately, the rules as written have allowed for some characters to comfortably maintain presence in the game without actually being an active member of it. The new requirements will simply require a total of 10 comments with at least two separate characters. Making a post is still encouraged, as it remains by far and away the easiest way to make activity. Also of note, we are officially ruling that activity with NPCs will not be considered. Since Activity intended to keep people interacting with each other, interacting with NPCs we felt was not appropriate for Activity Requirements. As always, we will continue to reward interaction with NPCs in other ways, typically via plot rewards.

The new rules will apply for the next Activity Check, which will be posted on April 1st. If you have any questions about the new rules, please feel free to ask here!

Activity consists of the following:

- Two threads that, combined, consist of 10 or more comments in a thread from your character, played off of two different characters; or
- A thread in a log post consisting of 10 or more comments from your character, played off of two different characters, not including Non-Player Characters (NPCs)
- Acceptable threads must contain at least 3 comments by the your character


Dates of activity posted must be from a time period consisting of dates between:
- The first day of the activity cycle month through the last day of the month; or
- The first day of the next month through the fourteenth day of the next month


Posts that count toward activity or half activity:
- Threads in an in character post posted to the main community consisting of at least 3 comments by the person posting activity
- Approved shop and/or organization threads or Secret Base threads posted in a character's journal may only be used for 5 of the required 10 comments.


Posts that do not count toward activity or half activity:
- In character contact post threads do not count toward monthly activity
- Pokemon catch-all threads do not count toward monthly activity
- Threads used in a previous activity check do not count toward monthly activity