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Activity Check Rules


1. Characters accepted into The Wake during this month's cycle are exempt but need to check in the month that they are accepted. You will be required to meet AC in the next month. You may not take a hiatus to avoid an AC the month after acceptance unless you receive permission from the moderators ahead of time.

2. Activity Requirements: Two (2) pieces of activity are required each month for each character in order to remain in the game. Ascended characters must have three (3) pieces of activity to maintain their Ascended status and will drop down one level if this requirement is not met and a save isn't or cannot be taken.

3A. What Counts as Activity: A piece of activity is defined as follows:

Any post to [community profile] thewake your character originates, provided you made an effort to reply to responses.
Participation in any log on [community profile] thewakelogs.
A comment thread in which at least 12 of the responses are your character's. This piece of activity can also be made up of two separate threads in which your character contributes a minimum of 6 comments each (6+6 = 12). Chained reaction comments (the ones labeled 1/2, 2/4, etc.) count as one response.

Note: Two pieces of activity may be a comment thread in a network post not originated by you.

3B. The Six Month Rule: As of October 2016, we will now allow applicable activity to include ongoing threads in posts and logs as long as the submitted activity takes place within the Activity Check's month and is submitted within a 6 month period of the original activity's creation. Such activity can be used for a maximum of two times within this period. These threads must meet the usual requirements for AC. This does not count the starting post of a post or log but would count the threads inside of them. This rule pertains to ANY VALID ACTIVITY that took place from September 2016 but not prior to that (ie: August 2016 and prior are invalid).

A second use of a thread must be marked by the person submitting it for AC. An attempt to submit a third time is invalid. Usage of a thread after a 6 month time period is also invalid even if it is not submitted a second time prior. Please refer to these two charts for visual clarification on this rule: Wake AC Validity Chart and Wake AC Sample Use

Though simply an original post doesn't count towards AC with this new criteria (due to it being made in a previous month), if a thread within the post meets the condition to count as a valid thread within this validity window for the original poster, it can be used for AC for the character who originally posted it.

Deliberate attempts to misuse submitting in this system (Including but not limited to trying to pass off a 3rd attempt as a 2nd, etc) will result in a strike.

4. Things that do not qualify as activity: The following are not valid to be counted towards activity
Logs with your character's name on them but none of your character's active participation (e.g. the log was dropped before your intended entrance, your character was passively there "in the background", etc.).
A second use of a thread not marked as such, or an attempt to use a third time. (please refer to Wake AC Sample Use)

5. Hiatuses: If you took a hiatus in this month that lasted for two weeks or longer, you will also be exempt from the AC. Hiatuses must have been posted to the Hiatus Post and approved prior to AC for us to count them; hiatuses cannot be retroactive. Remember, if you are exempted for a hiatus in one month, you must meet the AC in the following month unless the mods approve of an extension.

6. Special Circumstances: In the event of serious extenuating circumstances (ie: physical health, job situation, loss of access to electronics, loss of computers/cars, extended trips, etc.) preventing you from turning in activity, please contact the mods directly either personally or via reliable proxy. It is ideal that these things are brought up as soon as possible prior to Activity Check so that we are aware. These cannot be taken into consideration after Activity Check has closed.

7. Saves: In the event that a character has failed an Activity Check a Save can be requested for that character if that character has been consistent previously. This is only allowed while Activity Check remains open.

Saves are not meant to replace regular activity and hiatuses. Saves are ideally taken sparingly.

Save Restrictions:
1) Saves cannot be used the month after a hiatus or the month after acceptance. That Activity Check must be met.
2) The month after a character is saved, the Activity Check must be met for that character with one extra piece of activity to compensate for the missed activity from the previous month. That Activity Check may not be missed due to hiatus.
3) Ascended status can only be saved once every six months with an Ascension Save.
4) Overuse of Saves may result in a character's removal from the game. The mods will contact a player prior to removal from the game to alert them to the situation.
5) Deliberate attempts to misuse submitting in this system (Including but not limited to trying to pass off a 3rd attempt as a 2nd, etc) will result in a strike.

8. Activity Check Duration: Activity Check runs from 12am PST on the 1st day of the month until 3pm PST on the 4th day of each and every month. Reminders will go out following that and Activity Check is finalized on the 8th of the month. Please reply before that time to remain in the game. Mods may privately contact players who consistently neglect to post their activity without prior given reason.

*Characters that do not post to the Activity Check while it is open, fails it after a Save/Hiatus/new character exemption will be dropped from the game regardless of Ascension status.

Ascended characters who make two but not three pieces of activity will not be dropped, but they will lose their character's Ascension status by one rank unless they request a save, and they will require four pieces of activity the next month in order to maintain Ascended status.

Characters ejected from the game due to lack of activity are allowed to re-apply although acceptance will be entirely at the discretion of the mods. If a character has been dropped multiple times due to activity issues, reclaiming said character is less likely. Ascended characters that have been dropped from the game due to inadequate activity will lose their Ascended status upon their return.