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Activity checks
Activity checks are based on a reward system. There is a basic activity constraint—that is, what you have to pass to stay in the game—but activity beyond that can earn your character rewards (or traumas, depending on your predilections as a player). Activity checks are posted on the first of every month, and last for a week. They only include tags posted from the first day to the last day of any given month.
The basic AC is:
Letters and simple notes do not count toward AC. Threads with NPCs do, provided NPC threads do not constitute any more than half of the activity offered. Subsequent activity should also display a preference toward player activity; persistent reliance upon NPCs (ie, three months wherein a full half of activity is from NPCs) may result in a strike. Characters who are less than ten days in the game can request a ‘Newbie strike’ which allows them to pass activity for the month, but they will need to pass next month’s activity.
Following that, you have a choice of activity bonuses. You receive a point for each one (or for repeats) on top of your basic activity constraints each month, and when you earn enough OOC points you can choose a reward. NPC threads do not count toward activity bonuses.
The following are the activities for which you can earn points:
Fifteen points means you may choose a small, non-essential or non-sentimental item to give to your character—something completely random. (Eg, a wrench. Or some batteries. Or even some petunias, if they want to liven up their room.)
Twenty-five points means you may choose a small, non-essential but important item from their character’s canon—or something they have coveted strongly but don’t possess. (Eg, a family heirloom or a family photo, or a non-working replica of Tony Stark’s arc reactor.)
Thirty points means you can choose a large important item from your character’s canon. (Eg, Tony Stark’s armour.)
Please note that although you may request a magical or electronic item, its powers may be limited just as individual character powers are. It will also be subject to the same constraints as contextless technology. You might request a radio, but that doesn’t mean it will have batteries to work. You could ask for a gun, but that doesn’t mean it will have bullets. And so forth.
If you receive an activity bonus, you will be alerted by the mods during AC; however, bonuses will only be made according to the activity you have offered during AC. All bonus requests should be made to this page.
The basic AC is:
- two threads making up six tags each OR
- an open post and one thread making up six tags (separate from one another) OR
- two open posts.
Letters and simple notes do not count toward AC. Threads with NPCs do, provided NPC threads do not constitute any more than half of the activity offered. Subsequent activity should also display a preference toward player activity; persistent reliance upon NPCs (ie, three months wherein a full half of activity is from NPCs) may result in a strike. Characters who are less than ten days in the game can request a ‘Newbie strike’ which allows them to pass activity for the month, but they will need to pass next month’s activity.
Following that, you have a choice of activity bonuses. You receive a point for each one (or for repeats) on top of your basic activity constraints each month, and when you earn enough OOC points you can choose a reward. NPC threads do not count toward activity bonuses.
The following are the activities for which you can earn points:
- an open prose post
- a thread consisting of twenty-four of your own comments.
- an ICly finished thread
- tagging a character whom you haven’t tagged before.
Fifteen points means you may choose a small, non-essential or non-sentimental item to give to your character—something completely random. (Eg, a wrench. Or some batteries. Or even some petunias, if they want to liven up their room.)
Twenty-five points means you may choose a small, non-essential but important item from their character’s canon—or something they have coveted strongly but don’t possess. (Eg, a family heirloom or a family photo, or a non-working replica of Tony Stark’s arc reactor.)
Thirty points means you can choose a large important item from your character’s canon. (Eg, Tony Stark’s armour.)
Please note that although you may request a magical or electronic item, its powers may be limited just as individual character powers are. It will also be subject to the same constraints as contextless technology. You might request a radio, but that doesn’t mean it will have batteries to work. You could ask for a gun, but that doesn’t mean it will have bullets. And so forth.
If you receive an activity bonus, you will be alerted by the mods during AC; however, bonuses will only be made according to the activity you have offered during AC. All bonus requests should be made to this page.