ACTIVITY CHECK

[theearth]

Activity check will remain open until May 6th. Only activity from April 1st onwards will be acceptable. (i know, duh)

Note: Although it is impossible for any character to fail by insufficient activity this round, all players not on hiatus must reply by May 6th or be removed from the game. It is not necessary to fill out the below form. A note simply saying the player name and the character(s) played is acceptable. This would be the ordinary procedure for any character not in the game for less than a month and obviously that is all the characters this time. However, the more full responses we receive the better. The results will be used to gauge player comfort with the proposed requirements. If you do fill out the form, please do so as if your place in the game depended on it, to get more accurate results.


Please fill out the following form and add it in to this post.
Player Section
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<b><u>OOC Information:</u></b> <b>Name:</b> Whatever handle you go by. <b>Contact:</b> Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?
Activity Section
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<b>Character:</b> <b>Character Journal:</b> <b>Plot Relevant Action:</b> At least one action a character took that was related to the game's overarching plot. A good rule of thumb is that any event which grants an Echo that was not from canon parallels would count, although other actions (for example investigation, training for combat, organising groups) may also be accepted. If unsure, give several examples. <b>Thread 1:</b> <a href=URL GOES HERE>Thread with character 1</a> <b>Thread 2:</b> <a href=URL GOES HERE>Thread with character 2</a> <b>Thread 3:</b> <a href=URL GOES HERE>Thread with character 3</a> <b>Thread 4:</b> <a href=URL GOES HERE>Thread with character 4</a>
Feedback
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<b>How did you find meeting these requirements?:</b> <b>Would you prefer more clearly defined requirements, or do you like the more open to interpretation system?</b> <b>How quickly would you say it took you to reach the requirements?</b> <b>General thoughts on the activity check:</b>

Thanks for being in the game!

Comments

[iaijutsu]

OOC Information:
Name: Sam
Contact: estamir or PM

Character: Hajime Saitou
Character Journal: iaijutsu
Plot Relevant Action: Participation in the werewolf hunt. He was also on the grue hunt, reacted to Paul Ben's death, and tried to put together a newbie guide of sorts.
Thread 1: Thread with Bakura
Thread 2: Thread with Hijikata
Thread 3: Thread with Souji
Thread 4: Thread with Euphie

How did you find meeting these requirements?: Moderate. Tagging into enough things is easy; holding conversations long enough to call the threads "moderate" in length is harder, since Hajime really...isn't that chatty, and tends to just answer a question, make a point, and then shut up. To give some idea - I have about thirty things I tagged into on my AC spreadsheet, I didn't mark anything green until I had at least ten comments, and only about a fifth of my links made it there. (And some of those are multiples with the same character, so they wouldn't both be usable.)
Would you prefer more clearly defined requirements, or do you like the more open to interpretation system? I don't mind an open/flexible system but I do feel that having a range, even if not a specific comment count, would help a lot. The cutoff I gave myself of 10 comments is pretty arbitrary and I'm still not sure if it's what you're looking for or if I need something longer.
How quickly would you say it took you to reach the requirements? I had things covered in about a week, but my pace in getting long enough threads also slowed up considerably after that first week, so it's not the best meterstick.
General thoughts on the activity check: Echoing the comment Kazuma's player made, my threads nearly always run under ten comments and it does have me worried about whether that'll be viable in the future. Being able to link a couple extra to cover my ass if mine are all short would be a nice option. That said, that's my only real concern here, and I think having plot involvement as part of AC is a great move.