empatheias_ooc | ACTIVITY CHECK: DECEMBER

— ACTIVITY CHECK: DECEMBER 1 - 31 —

Hello everyone! Every activity check will run throughout the last 7 days of every month, coinciding with the opening of Reserves.

While you're going through your activity, don't forget to comment to the Emotion Tracker if you find any particularly emotional threads!

All proofs must fall within December 1 through December 31. The deadline is Saturday, December 31, 11:59PM CST.

Important! Given the holiday season, for this month only we are reducing activity requirements by half. The adjusted requirements are listed below and forms have been formatted to fit. As another little "gift," anyone who provides the original full AC requirements will earn one free pass to use for 2017. If for whatever reason you end up not being able to fulfill AC, forgot to post hiatus, etc., instead of a strike or risking expulsion, you can use the pass. You cannot use the pass if you have a strike. This can only be used once and it's only for 2017.

You can choose one of the following options:

1 entry.
Threads totaling 5 comments.

Here are some clarifications:

You can use multiple threads for each option.
You count your tag comment, not the other character's (so 7-10 comments made by you).
Threads must be at least 2 comments long. No 1 comment submissions!
You cannot use threads made within your own entry for either option. All threads must be made somewhere else.
- Exception: You can use multiple threads made within event/mingle entries without restriction.
Your top level comments in event/mingling logs are considered as one giant thread. Threads made in reply to other top levels are considered as different threads.
Ideally, all proofs must begin within the month to count. However, if necessary we'll accept threads that started within the last seven days of the previous month so long as the majority of tags occur within the current month.

Anyone on the Hiatus page is exempt. Do not try to use the hiatus as a way to bypass the Activity Check—we will notice! If you were on hiatus for at least half of the month, you only need to provide half of the amount of proofs.

If you do not have all of the requirements, you can get a strike if you at least have some proof of activity. This means you will have to completely pass the following Activity Check to clear it, or be forced to drop. Thus you can fail once and then pass the next round to have a clean slate again. However, you must have some proof of activity to qualify for a strike.

The following journals have a strike and must complete this month's activity check to pass:

a_boy_robot

captainscruffy

descendend

explodewiththerage

ledbythewind

Here are some copy/paste forms that you can use:

1 entry	5 comments
<b>Player:</b> YOURNAME <b>Character:</b> YOURCHARACTER \| <user name="JOURNAL"> <b>Entry:</b> <a href="LINKURL">DATE</a>	<b>Player:</b> YOURNAME <b>Character:</b> YOURCHARACTER \| <user name="JOURNAL"> <b>Thread:</b> <a href="LINKURL">DATE</a> Including a comment count is optional.

NEW PLAYERS/CHARACTERS: If you were accepted during the month of the activity check, you only need to give one link for this time only. If you have the full requirements, then go ahead and use the above form. Otherwise, use the following:

If you have any questions about any of this, feel free to ask in the provided thread or contact us privately.