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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2015 19:40:12 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>March Activity Check Warning List</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey everyone, a reminder that the &lt;a href=&quot;http://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/263063.html&quot;&gt;March  Activity Check&lt;/a&gt; is still ongoing, and all characters who aren&apos;t checked in by the time it&apos;s over (by the end of the &lt;font color=&quot;red&quot;&gt;8th&lt;/font&gt;) will be removed. This is your only warning! (One extra day&apos;s leeway is being given, due to the holiday.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please make your check-ins on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/263063.html&quot;&gt;original post&lt;/a&gt; and not here, so we can keep track of things. If there&apos;s an error like a journal being listed in the warning list when they were checked in, however,  go ahead and poke here! Please do not notify us if you see a dropped character on the warning list, we know there are some. That said,&lt;i&gt; if you haven&apos;t checked in yet and are &lt;b&gt;not&lt;/b&gt; listed here, &lt;b&gt;please check if you&apos;re on the taken post&lt;/b&gt; and notify us if you are not.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following journals have a valid hiatus for January, and &lt;i&gt;should check in on the AC post&lt;/i&gt;: &lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___1&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/265078.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;Here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___1&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warning list&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Characters who have not yet been accounted for &lt;i&gt;must&lt;/i&gt; check in before the end of the 7th and either post activity or take a strike, or will be swept from the game. Their journals can be found below: &lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___2&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/265078.html#cutid2&quot;&gt;Here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___2&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=265078&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:49:03 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>March Activity Check</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Activity check will remain open through &lt;u&gt;Aprill 7th.&lt;/u&gt; Only activity from &lt;u&gt;March 1st through March 31st&lt;/u&gt; will be acceptable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;red&quot;&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;Only TWO proofs are needed for this month&apos;s activity check. April will not have an activity check.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;b&gt;You require two threads with different characters, of which the shortest should be 3 long or 5 short comments in length. The other two threads must be longer than that.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In case that more than one thread only reaches the bare minimum length, bolster threads (which may be with repeat characters) can be used to make up for the shortness. Alternatively they can be used to prove that one is worthy of leniency because of special circumstances (due to none of the threads having been dropped by oneself/to avoid swiping/etc). A bolster thread must be at least two long or three short comments in length.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All characters must also have a link to some sort of &quot;How&apos;s My Driving&quot;/crit post in addition to their info/Echoes post. While there&apos;s no other requirements (such as allowing anonymous posting or logging IP addresses), comments &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; need to be enabled. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character was accepted during this last month/activity cycle, you need only to check them in with their name/journal/info post/HMD, and do &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; have to fill out the three thread links and activity summary sections. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character has an &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;announced hiatus&lt;/a&gt; of a week or more in length for this month, this may be used instead of providing activity. Please use the regular form up to and including the activity summary, and then instead of providing threads link us to your hiatus comment on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;hiatus post&lt;/a&gt;. A hiatus is not valid before the day on which the hiatus comment was submitted to the hiatus post; you may not call retroactive hiatuses - a hiatus called on the 9th which runs from the 5th to the 12th will not cover you for AC, as we&apos;ll only count the 9th-12th. But you can of course submit your hiatus comment for the 5th-12th on the 1st.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only players/characters that are exempt from posting to the hiatus are those who are &lt;i&gt;currently on hiatus throughout the full AC period&lt;/i&gt;, though we appreciate it if you do; if such a hiatus covers enough of the AC month, they will be assumed to have used a hiatus, if it does not,  they will be assumed to have requested a strike for it. If you have special circumstances and need to provide your activity after the 7th, please speak to the mod processing AC (Mark).&lt;br /&gt;Please note that using a hiatus instead of providing full activity two months in a row will constitute a strike, which will stay in place for four months (you can, however, use a hiatus the month after you took a strike); we therefore encourage players who have sufficient activity to post it to submit it even if they have a valid hiatus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character does not meet activity requirements and is not covered by a hiatus, you may opt to take a strike for them by replying here. Characters with an existing strike who then qualify for another will be removed from the game, and cannot be apped in again until their initial strike has expired. However, again, each strike only lasts four months before being reset. For example, a character who has a strike from December will need to have activity or a declared hiatus each month up to and including April&apos;s activity check.&lt;br /&gt;If you will be late posting to AC or claiming a strike, please notify the mod processing AC (Mark) - however, keep in mind that you will still be required to check in to the post itself, using the regular form up to and including &quot;Activity Summary&quot;. Current characters on strike can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhDrr8jx2yi0dE1YMkZKeG52NU5acnQ4ZGhVSHpQV2c&amp;amp;output=html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Another player &lt;i&gt;may&lt;/i&gt; provide activity for another (for example, in the case of broken computers/sickness/etc.), as long as permission is given. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please fill out the following form and add it into a new comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Player Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Player:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever handle you go by.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Contact:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Activity Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once per character. Do not alter the form. When using a hiatus/taking a strike, please use the form up to and including &quot;Activity Summary&quot; and then link us to your hiatus comment or tell us that you wish to take a strike in lieu of the threads. If you are new, use the form up to and including &quot;Link to HMD&quot;.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character Journal:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;user name=USERNAME&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Info Post:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; If your echoes aren&apos;t a part of your info post, there MUST be a link to your echoes post/spreadsheet/etc on your info post.
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Link to HMD:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Activity Summary:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Please briefly describe what this character has been up to in the last month. This does not have to be linked at all, and does not have to be as dramatic as fighting baddies or organizing groups of hitmen; simply discussing or reacting to things on the network with others, gaining Echos, and other such things are fine, too.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 1:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 1&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 2:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 2&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 3:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Anything else?:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What can I use?- FAQ:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All threads in &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://savetheearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png&apos; alt=&apos;[community profile] &apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://savetheearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;savetheearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; or IC inboxes can be used. &lt;br /&gt;• You may use up to &lt;i&gt;one&lt;/i&gt; inbox thread as activity proof. Up to one &quot;bolster thread&quot; can be an inbox thread as well. (Bolster thread: If you feel that your three threads are not enough, you may provide up to two more (&quot;bolster threads&quot;), both of which &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be with a character who is the same as in one of the first three linked threads. If more than one thread only barely meets our minimum requirements, bolstering threads are required.)&lt;br /&gt;• Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; all be from the same entry (for example if your character made a network post, started a log or you were involved in a party log).&lt;br /&gt;• Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; have been originally started before the month&apos;s start. However, at least two threads provided must have been started during the actual month in question, and all threads must have sufficient activity within the cycle duration. Please also refrain from using the same thread for AC more than once.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;iframe width=&quot;420&quot; height=&quot;315&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/xghYihKX9Es&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;i&gt;My friends, it has been a fantastic time doing AC for you all. Now go forth and end this game on a bang!&lt;br /&gt;-Mark.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=263063&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2015 17:58:25 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>February Activity Check Warning List</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey everyone, a reminder that the &lt;a href=&quot;http://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/260984.html&quot;&gt;February Activity Check&lt;/a&gt; is still ongoing, and all characters who aren&apos;t checked in by the time it&apos;s over (by the end of the 7th) will be removed. This is your only warning!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please make your check-ins on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/260984.html&quot;&gt;original post&lt;/a&gt; and not here, so we can keep track of things. If there&apos;s an error like a journal being listed in the warning list when they were checked in, however,  go ahead and poke here! Please do not notify us if you see a dropped character on the warning list, we know there are some. That said,&lt;i&gt; if you haven&apos;t checked in yet and are &lt;b&gt;not&lt;/b&gt; listed here, &lt;b&gt;please check if you&apos;re on the taken post&lt;/b&gt; and notify us if you are not.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following journals have a valid hiatus for January, and &lt;i&gt;should check in on the AC post&lt;/i&gt;: &lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___1&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/261763.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;Here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___1&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warning list&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Characters who have not yet been accounted for &lt;i&gt;must&lt;/i&gt; check in before the end of the 7th and either post activity or take a strike, or will be swept from the game. Their journals can be found below: &lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___2&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/261763.html#cutid2&quot;&gt;Here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___2&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=261763&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2015 14:19:20 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>February Activity Check</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Activity check will remain open through &lt;u&gt;March 7th.&lt;/u&gt; Only activity from &lt;u&gt;February 1st through February 31st&lt;/u&gt; will be acceptable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;b&gt;You require three threads with different characters, of which the shortest should be 3 long or 5 short comments in length. The other two threads must be longer than that.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In case that more than one thread only reaches the bare minimum length, bolster threads (which may be with repeat characters) can be used to make up for the shortness. Alternatively they can be used to prove that one is worthy of leniency because of special circumstances (due to none of the threads having been dropped by oneself/to avoid swiping/etc). A bolster thread must be at least two long or three short comments in length.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All characters must also have a link to some sort of &quot;How&apos;s My Driving&quot;/crit post in addition to their info/Echoes post. While there&apos;s no other requirements (such as allowing anonymous posting or logging IP addresses), comments &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; need to be enabled. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character was accepted during this last month/activity cycle, you need only to check them in with their name/journal/info post/HMD, and do &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; have to fill out the three thread links and activity summary sections. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character has an &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;announced hiatus&lt;/a&gt; of a week or more in length for this month, this may be used instead of providing activity. Please use the regular form up to and including the activity summary, and then instead of providing threads link us to your hiatus comment on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;hiatus post&lt;/a&gt;. A hiatus is not valid before the day on which the hiatus comment was submitted to the hiatus post; you may not call retroactive hiatuses - a hiatus called on the 9th which runs from the 5th to the 12th will not cover you for AC, as we&apos;ll only count the 9th-12th. But you can of course submit your hiatus comment for the 5th-12th on the 1st.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only players/characters that are exempt from posting to the hiatus are those who are &lt;i&gt;currently on hiatus throughout the full AC period&lt;/i&gt;, though we appreciate it if you do; if such a hiatus covers enough of the AC month, they will be assumed to have used a hiatus, if it does not,  they will be assumed to have requested a strike for it. If you have special circumstances and need to provide your activity after the 7th, please speak to the mod processing AC (Mark).&lt;br /&gt;Please note that using a hiatus instead of providing full activity two months in a row will constitute a strike, which will stay in place for four months (you can, however, use a hiatus the month after you took a strike); we therefore encourage players who have sufficient activity to post it to submit it even if they have a valid hiatus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character does not meet activity requirements and is not covered by a hiatus, you may opt to take a strike for them by replying here. Characters with an existing strike who then qualify for another will be removed from the game, and cannot be apped in again until their initial strike has expired. However, again, each strike only lasts four months before being reset. For example, a character who has a strike from December will need to have activity or a declared hiatus each month up to and including April&apos;s activity check.&lt;br /&gt;If you will be late posting to AC or claiming a strike, please notify the mod processing AC (Mark) - however, keep in mind that you will still be required to check in to the post itself, using the regular form up to and including &quot;Activity Summary&quot;. Current characters on strike can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhDrr8jx2yi0dE1YMkZKeG52NU5acnQ4ZGhVSHpQV2c&amp;amp;output=html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Another player &lt;i&gt;may&lt;/i&gt; provide activity for another (for example, in the case of broken computers/sickness/etc.), as long as permission is given. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please fill out the following form and add it into a new comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Player Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Player:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever handle you go by.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Contact:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Activity Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once per character. Do not alter the form. When using a hiatus/taking a strike, please use the form up to and including &quot;Activity Summary&quot; and then link us to your hiatus comment or tell us that you wish to take a strike in lieu of the threads. If you are new, use the form up to and including &quot;Link to HMD&quot;.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character Journal:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;user name=USERNAME&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Info Post:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; If your echoes aren&apos;t a part of your info post, there MUST be a link to your echoes post/spreadsheet/etc on your info post.
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Link to HMD:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Activity Summary:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Please briefly describe what this character has been up to in the last month. This does not have to be linked at all, and does not have to be as dramatic as fighting baddies or organizing groups of hitmen; simply discussing or reacting to things on the network with others, gaining Echos, and other such things are fine, too.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 1:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 1&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 2:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 2&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 3:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Anything else?:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What can I use?- FAQ:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All threads in &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://savetheearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png&apos; alt=&apos;[community profile] &apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://savetheearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;savetheearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; or IC inboxes can be used. &lt;br /&gt;• You may use up to &lt;i&gt;one&lt;/i&gt; inbox thread as activity proof. Up to one &quot;bolster thread&quot; can be an inbox thread as well. (Bolster thread: If you feel that your three threads are not enough, you may provide up to two more (&quot;bolster threads&quot;), both of which &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be with a character who is the same as in one of the first three linked threads. If more than one thread only barely meets our minimum requirements, bolstering threads are required.)&lt;br /&gt;• Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; all be from the same entry (for example if your character made a network post, started a log or you were involved in a party log).&lt;br /&gt;• Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; have been originally started before the month&apos;s start. However, at least two threads provided must have been started during the actual month in question, and all threads must have sufficient activity within the cycle duration. Please also refrain from using the same thread for AC more than once.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Characters that cannot use a hiatus this month due to having used one last month are: &lt;small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dominateartimus&lt;br /&gt;detectivetroll&lt;br /&gt;professorwolf&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=260984&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2015 17:22:13 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>January Activity Check Warning List</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey everyone, a reminder that the &lt;a href=&quot;http://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/258633.html&quot;&gt;January Activity Check&lt;/a&gt; is still ongoing, and all characters who aren&apos;t checked in by the time it&apos;s over (by the end of the 7th) will be removed. This is your only warning!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please make your check-ins on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/258633.html&quot;&gt;original post&lt;/a&gt; and not here, so we can keep track of things. If there&apos;s an error like a journal being listed in the warning list when they were checked in, however,  go ahead and poke here! Please do not notify us if you see a dropped character on the warning list, we know there are some. That said,&lt;i&gt; if you haven&apos;t checked in yet and are &lt;b&gt;not&lt;/b&gt; listed here, &lt;b&gt;please check if you&apos;re on the taken post&lt;/b&gt; and notify us if you are not.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following journals have a valid hiatus for December, and &lt;i&gt;should check in on the AC post&lt;/i&gt;: &lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___1&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/259024.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;Here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___1&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warning list&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Characters who have not yet been accounted for &lt;i&gt;must&lt;/i&gt; check in before the end of the 7th and either post activity or take a strike, or will be swept from the game. Their journals can be found below: &lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___2&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/259024.html#cutid2&quot;&gt;Here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___2&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=259024&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 16:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>January Activity Check</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Announcement:&lt;/b&gt; Location Voting is closed! The new echo locations that will appear before the game ends have been decided. They are;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;•Galápagos Islands&lt;br /&gt;•London, UK&lt;br /&gt;•Amazonas near Santarém, Brazil&lt;br /&gt;•Tokyo, Japan &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be on the lookout for future announcements regarding these locations!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;***&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;For January, You may use up to &lt;i&gt;two fourth wall threads&lt;/i&gt; as examples of activity!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;***&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Activity check will remain open through &lt;u&gt;February 7th.&lt;/u&gt; Only activity from &lt;u&gt;January 1st through January 31st&lt;/u&gt; will be acceptable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;b&gt;You require three threads with different characters, of which the shortest should be 3 long or 5 short comments in length. The other two threads must be longer than that.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In case that more than one thread only reaches the bare minimum length, bolster threads (which may be with repeat characters) can be used to make up for the shortness. Alternatively they can be used to prove that one is worthy of leniency because of special circumstances (due to none of the threads having been dropped by oneself/to avoid swiping/etc). A bolster thread must be at least two long or three short comments in length.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All characters must also have a link to some sort of &quot;How&apos;s My Driving&quot;/crit post in addition to their info/Echoes post. While there&apos;s no other requirements (such as allowing anonymous posting or logging IP addresses), comments &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; need to be enabled. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character was accepted during this last month/activity cycle, you need only to check them in with their name/journal/info post/HMD, and do &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; have to fill out the three thread links and activity summary sections. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character has an &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;announced hiatus&lt;/a&gt; of a week or more in length for this month, this may be used instead of providing activity. Please use the regular form up to and including the activity summary, and then instead of providing threads link us to your hiatus comment on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;hiatus post&lt;/a&gt;. A hiatus is not valid before the day on which the hiatus comment was submitted to the hiatus post; you may not call retroactive hiatuses - a hiatus called on the 9th which runs from the 5th to the 12th will not cover you for AC, as we&apos;ll only count the 9th-12th. But you can of course submit your hiatus comment for the 5th-12th on the 1st.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only players/characters that are exempt from posting to the hiatus are those who are &lt;i&gt;currently on hiatus throughout the full AC period&lt;/i&gt;, though we appreciate it if you do; if such a hiatus covers enough of the AC month, they will be assumed to have used a hiatus, if it does not,  they will be assumed to have requested a strike for it. If you have special circumstances and need to provide your activity after the 7th, please speak to the mod processing AC (Mark).&lt;br /&gt;Please note that using a hiatus instead of providing full activity two months in a row will constitute a strike, which will stay in place for four months (you can, however, use a hiatus the month after you took a strike); we therefore encourage players who have sufficient activity to post it to submit it even if they have a valid hiatus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character does not meet activity requirements and is not covered by a hiatus, you may opt to take a strike for them by replying here. Characters with an existing strike who then qualify for another will be removed from the game, and cannot be apped in again until their initial strike has expired. However, again, each strike only lasts four months before being reset. For example, a character who has a strike from December will need to have activity or a declared hiatus each month up to and including April&apos;s activity check.&lt;br /&gt;If you will be late posting to AC or claiming a strike, please notify the mod processing AC (Mark) - however, keep in mind that you will still be required to check in to the post itself, using the regular form up to and including &quot;Activity Summary&quot;. Current characters on strike can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhDrr8jx2yi0dE1YMkZKeG52NU5acnQ4ZGhVSHpQV2c&amp;amp;output=html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Another player &lt;i&gt;may&lt;/i&gt; provide activity for another (for example, in the case of broken computers/sickness/etc.), as long as permission is given. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please fill out the following form and add it into a new comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Player Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Player:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever handle you go by.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Contact:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Activity Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once per character. Do not alter the form. When using a hiatus/taking a strike, please use the form up to and including &quot;Activity Summary&quot; and then link us to your hiatus comment or tell us that you wish to take a strike in lieu of the threads. If you are new, use the form up to and including &quot;Link to HMD&quot;.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character Journal:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;user name=USERNAME&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Info Post:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; If your echoes aren&apos;t a part of your info post, there MUST be a link to your echoes post/spreadsheet/etc on your info post.
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Link to HMD:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Activity Summary:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Please briefly describe what this character has been up to in the last month. This does not have to be linked at all, and does not have to be as dramatic as fighting baddies or organizing groups of hitmen; simply discussing or reacting to things on the network with others, gaining Echos, and other such things are fine, too.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 1:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 1&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 2:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 2&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 3:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Anything else?:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What can I use?- FAQ:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All threads in &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://savetheearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png&apos; alt=&apos;[community profile] &apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://savetheearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;savetheearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; or IC inboxes can be used. &lt;br /&gt;• You may use up to &lt;i&gt;one&lt;/i&gt; inbox thread as activity proof. Up to one &quot;bolster thread&quot; can be an inbox thread as well. (Bolster thread: If you feel that your three threads are not enough, you may provide up to two more (&quot;bolster threads&quot;), both of which &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be with a character who is the same as in one of the first three linked threads. If more than one thread only barely meets our minimum requirements, bolstering threads are required.)&lt;br /&gt;• Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; all be from the same entry (for example if your character made a network post, started a log or you were involved in a party log).&lt;br /&gt;• Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; have been originally started before the month&apos;s start. However, at least two threads provided must have been started during the actual month in question, and all threads must have sufficient activity within the cycle duration. Please also refrain from using the same thread for AC more than once.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Characters that cannot use a hiatus this month due to having used one last month are: &lt;small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mood2wiingiing&lt;br /&gt;greenisthenewblack&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=258633&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:27:36 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>December Activity Check</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Activity check will remain open through &lt;u&gt;January 7th.&lt;/u&gt; Only activity from &lt;u&gt;December 1st through December 31st&lt;/u&gt; will be acceptable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;red&quot;&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;b&gt;For December we only require ONE proof of activity!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;s&gt;• &lt;b&gt;You require three threads with different characters, of which the shortest should be 3 long or 5 short comments in length. The other two threads must be longer than that.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/s&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In case that more than one thread only reaches the bare minimum length, bolster threads (which may be with repeat characters) can be used to make up for the shortness. Alternatively they can be used to prove that one is worthy of leniency because of special circumstances (due to none of the threads having been dropped by oneself/to avoid swiping/etc). A bolster thread must be at least two long or three short comments in length.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All characters must also have a link to some sort of &quot;How&apos;s My Driving&quot;/crit post in addition to their info/Echoes post. While there&apos;s no other requirements (such as allowing anonymous posting or logging IP addresses), comments &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; need to be enabled. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character was accepted during this last month/activity cycle, you need only to check them in with their name/journal/info post/HMD, and do &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; have to fill out the three thread links and activity summary sections. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character has an &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;announced hiatus&lt;/a&gt; of a week or more in length for this month, this may be used instead of providing activity. Please use the regular form up to and including the activity summary, and then instead of providing threads link us to your hiatus comment on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;hiatus post&lt;/a&gt;. A hiatus is not valid before the day on which the hiatus comment was submitted to the hiatus post; you may not call retroactive hiatuses - a hiatus called on the 9th which runs from the 5th to the 12th will not cover you for AC, as we&apos;ll only count the 9th-12th. But you can of course submit your hiatus comment for the 5th-12th on the 1st.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only players/characters that are exempt from posting to the hiatus are those who are &lt;i&gt;currently on hiatus throughout the full AC period&lt;/i&gt;, though we appreciate it if you do; if such a hiatus covers enough of the AC month, they will be assumed to have used a hiatus, if it does not,  they will be assumed to have requested a strike for it. If you have special circumstances and need to provide your activity after the 7th, please speak to the mod processing AC (Mark).&lt;br /&gt;Please note that using a hiatus instead of providing full activity two months in a row will constitute a strike, which will stay in place for four months (you can, however, use a hiatus the month after you took a strike); we therefore encourage players who have sufficient activity to post it to submit it even if they have a valid hiatus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character does not meet activity requirements and is not covered by a hiatus, you may opt to take a strike for them by replying here. Characters with an existing strike who then qualify for another will be removed from the game, and cannot be apped in again until their initial strike has expired. However, again, each strike only lasts four months before being reset. For example, a character who has a strike from December will need to have activity or a declared hiatus each month up to and including April&apos;s activity check.&lt;br /&gt;If you will be late posting to AC or claiming a strike, please notify the mod processing AC (Mark) - however, keep in mind that you will still be required to check in to the post itself, using the regular form up to and including &quot;Activity Summary&quot;. Current characters on strike can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhDrr8jx2yi0dE1YMkZKeG52NU5acnQ4ZGhVSHpQV2c&amp;amp;output=html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Another player &lt;i&gt;may&lt;/i&gt; provide activity for another (for example, in the case of broken computers/sickness/etc.), as long as permission is given. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please fill out the following form and add it into a new comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Player Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Player:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever handle you go by.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Contact:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Activity Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once per character. Do not alter the form. When using a hiatus/taking a strike, please use the form up to and including &quot;Activity Summary&quot; and then link us to your hiatus comment or tell us that you wish to take a strike in lieu of the threads. If you are new, use the form up to and including &quot;Link to HMD&quot;.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character Journal:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;user name=USERNAME&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Info Post:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; If your echoes aren&apos;t a part of your info post, there MUST be a link to your echoes post/spreadsheet/etc on your info post.
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Link to HMD:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Activity Summary:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Please briefly describe what this character has been up to in the last month. This does not have to be linked at all, and does not have to be as dramatic as fighting baddies or organizing groups of hitmen; simply discussing or reacting to things on the network with others, gaining Echos, and other such things are fine, too.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 1:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 1&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 2:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 2&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 3:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Anything else?:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What can I use?- FAQ:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All threads in &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://savetheearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png&apos; alt=&apos;[community profile] &apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://savetheearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;savetheearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; or IC inboxes can be used. &lt;br /&gt;• You may use up to &lt;i&gt;one&lt;/i&gt; inbox thread as activity proof. Up to one &quot;bolster thread&quot; can be an inbox thread as well. (Bolster thread: If you feel that your three threads are not enough, you may provide up to two more (&quot;bolster threads&quot;), both of which &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be with a character who is the same as in one of the first three linked threads. If more than one thread only barely meets our minimum requirements, bolstering threads are required.)&lt;br /&gt;• Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; all be from the same entry (for example if your character made a network post, started a log or you were involved in a party log).&lt;br /&gt;• Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; have been originally started before the month&apos;s start. However, at least two threads provided must have been started during the actual month in question, and all threads must have sufficient activity within the cycle duration. Please also refrain from using the same thread for AC more than once.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Characters that cannot use a hiatus this month due to having used one last month are: &lt;small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;oncedevil&lt;br /&gt;grannyfucker&lt;br /&gt;gogoghostpowers&lt;br /&gt;wirsinddiejager&lt;br /&gt;dorkytracksuit&lt;br /&gt;drama8om8&lt;br /&gt;thebalrogslayer&lt;br /&gt;vaimo&lt;br /&gt;fridayisyellow&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=255235&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2014 18:21:41 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>november activity check</title>
  <link>https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/251302.html</link>
  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Activity check will remain open through &lt;u&gt;December 7th.&lt;/u&gt; Only activity from &lt;u&gt;November 1st through November 30th&lt;/u&gt; will be acceptable. &lt;b&gt;NOTE: Activity on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://savetheearth.dreamwidth.org/691002.html&quot;&gt;Halloween Monster Mash&lt;/a&gt; event post will count towards activity for November.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;b&gt;You require three threads with different characters, of which the shortest should be 3 long or 5 short comments in length. The other two threads must be longer than that.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In case that more than one thread only reaches the bare minimum length, bolster threads (which may be with repeat characters) can be used to make up for the shortness. Alternatively they can be used to prove that one is worthy of leniency because of special circumstances (due to none of the threads having been dropped by oneself/to avoid swiping/etc). A bolster thread must be at least two long or three short comments in length.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All characters must also have a link to some sort of &quot;How&apos;s My Driving&quot;/crit post in addition to their info/Echoes post. While there&apos;s no other requirements (such as allowing anonymous posting or logging IP addresses), comments &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; need to be enabled. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character was accepted during this last month/activity cycle, you need only to check them in with their name/journal/info post/HMD, and do &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; have to fill out the three thread links and activity summary sections. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character has an &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;announced hiatus&lt;/a&gt; of a week or more in length for this month, this may be used instead of providing activity. Please use the regular form up to and including the activity summary, and then instead of providing threads link us to your hiatus comment on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;hiatus post&lt;/a&gt;. A hiatus is not valid before the day on which the hiatus comment was submitted to the hiatus post; you may not call retroactive hiatuses - a hiatus called on the 9th which runs from the 5th to the 12th will not cover you for AC, as we&apos;ll only count the 9th-12th. But you can of course submit your hiatus comment for the 5th-12th on the 1st.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only players/characters that are exempt from posting to the hiatus are those who are &lt;i&gt;currently on hiatus throughout the full AC period&lt;/i&gt;, though we appreciate it if you do; if such a hiatus covers enough of the AC month, they will be assumed to have used a hiatus, if it does not,  they will be assumed to have requested a strike for it. If you have special circumstances and need to provide your activity after the 7th, please speak to the mod processing AC (Mark).&lt;br /&gt;Please note that using a hiatus instead of providing full activity two months in a row will constitute a strike, which will stay in place for four months (you can, however, use a hiatus the month after you took a strike); we therefore encourage players who have sufficient activity to post it to submit it even if they have a valid hiatus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character does not meet activity requirements and is not covered by a hiatus, you may opt to take a strike for them by replying here. Characters with an existing strike who then qualify for another will be removed from the game, and cannot be apped in again until their initial strike has expired. However, again, each strike only lasts four months before being reset. For example, a character who has a strike from December will need to have activity or a declared hiatus each month up to and including April&apos;s activity check.&lt;br /&gt;If you will be late posting to AC or claiming a strike, please notify the mod processing AC (Mark) - however, keep in mind that you will still be required to check in to the post itself, using the regular form up to and including &quot;Activity Summary&quot;. Current characters on strike can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhDrr8jx2yi0dE1YMkZKeG52NU5acnQ4ZGhVSHpQV2c&amp;amp;output=html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Another player &lt;i&gt;may&lt;/i&gt; provide activity for another (for example, in the case of broken computers/sickness/etc.), as long as permission is given. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please fill out the following form and add it into a new comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Player Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Player:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever handle you go by.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Contact:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Activity Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once per character. Do not alter the form. When using a hiatus/taking a strike, please use the form up to and including &quot;Activity Summary&quot; and then link us to your hiatus comment or tell us that you wish to take a strike in lieu of the threads. If you are new, use the form up to and including &quot;Link to HMD&quot;.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character Journal:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;user name=USERNAME&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Info Post:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; If your echoes aren&apos;t a part of your info post, there MUST be a link to your echoes post/spreadsheet/etc on your info post.
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Link to HMD:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Activity Summary:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Please briefly describe what this character has been up to in the last month. This does not have to be linked at all, and does not have to be as dramatic as fighting baddies or organizing groups of hitmen; simply discussing or reacting to things on the network with others, gaining Echos, and other such things are fine, too.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 1:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 1&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 2:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 2&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 3:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Anything else?:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What can I use?- FAQ:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All threads in &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://savetheearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png&apos; alt=&apos;[community profile] &apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://savetheearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;savetheearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; or IC inboxes can be used. &lt;br /&gt;• You may use up to &lt;i&gt;one&lt;/i&gt; inbox thread as activity proof. Up to one &quot;bolster thread&quot; can be an inbox thread as well. (Bolster thread: If you feel that your three threads are not enough, you may provide up to two more (&quot;bolster threads&quot;), both of which &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be with a character who is the same as in one of the first three linked threads. If more than one thread only barely meets our minimum requirements, bolstering threads are required.)&lt;br /&gt;• Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; all be from the same entry (for example if your character made a network post, started a log or you were involved in a party log).&lt;br /&gt;• Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; have been originally started before the month&apos;s start. However, at least two threads provided must have been started during the actual month in question, and all threads must have sufficient activity within the cycle duration. Please also refrain from using the same thread for AC more than once.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Characters that cannot use a hiatus this month due to having used one last month are: &lt;small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;brotimaeus&lt;br /&gt;feastorfamine&lt;br /&gt;gobybessie&lt;br /&gt;jasminebloomingshadow&lt;br /&gt;seed_of_memory&lt;br /&gt;sylvanguard&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=251302&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2014 12:44:56 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>October activity check</title>
  <link>https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/248905.html</link>
  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/247801.html?thread=6467577#cmt6467577&quot;&gt;poll&lt;/a&gt; favoured a clearer version of the existing system, so here we go again. For your convenience, paragraphs that were altered in content or phrasing have been marked with &lt;img src=&quot;http://i.imgur.com/XdXOBFN.gif&quot; title=&quot;http://cherish.silk.to/&quot;&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Activity check will remain open through &lt;u&gt;November 7th.&lt;/u&gt; Only activity from &lt;u&gt;October 1st through October 31st&lt;/u&gt; will be acceptable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;img src=&quot;http://i.imgur.com/XdXOBFN.gif&quot; title=&quot;http://cherish.silk.to/&quot;&gt; &lt;b&gt;You require three threads with different characters, of which the shortest should be 3 long or 5 short comments in length. The other two threads must be longer than that.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In case that more than one thread only reaches the bare minimum length, bolster threads (which may be with repeat characters) can be used to make up for the shortness. Alternatively they can be used to prove that one is worthy of leniency because of special circumstances (due to none of the threads having been dropped by oneself/to avoid swiping/etc). A bolster thread must be at least two long or three short comments in length.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All characters must also have a link to some sort of &quot;How&apos;s My Driving&quot;/crit post in addition to their info/Echoes post. While there&apos;s no other requirements (such as allowing anonymous posting or logging IP addresses), comments &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; need to be enabled. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character was accepted during this last month/activity cycle, you need only to check them in with their name/journal/info post/HMD, and do &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; have to fill out the three thread links and activity summary sections. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;img src=&quot;http://i.imgur.com/XdXOBFN.gif&quot; title=&quot;http://cherish.silk.to/&quot;&gt; If your character has an &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;announced hiatus&lt;/a&gt; of a week or more in length for this month, this may be used instead of providing activity. Please use the regular form up to and including the activity summary, and then instead of providing threads link us to your hiatus comment on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;hiatus post&lt;/a&gt;. A hiatus is not valid before the day on which the hiatus comment was submitted to the hiatus post; you may not call retroactive hiatuses - a hiatus called on the 9th which runs from the 5th to the 12th will not cover you for AC, as we&apos;ll only count the 9th-12th. But you can of course submit your hiatus comment for the 5th-12th on the 1st.&lt;br /&gt;The only players/characters that are exempt from posting to the hiatus are those who are &lt;i&gt;currently&lt;/i&gt; on hiatus, though we appreciate it if you do; if such a hiatus covers enough of the AC month, they will be assumed to have used a hiatus, if it does not, they will be assumed to have requested a strike for it. If you have special circumstances and need to provide your activity after the 7th, please speak to the mod processing AC (Mark).&lt;br /&gt;Please note that using a hiatus instead of providing full activity two months in a row will constitute a strike, which will stay in place for four months (you can, however, use a hiatus the month after you took a strike); we therefore encourage players who have sufficient activity to post it to submit it even if they have a valid hiatus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character does not meet activity requirements and is not covered by a hiatus, you may opt to take a strike for them by replying here. Characters with an existing strike who then qualify for another will be removed from the game, and cannot be apped in again until their initial strike has expired. However, again, each strike only lasts four months before being reset. For example, a character who has a strike from December will need to have activity or a declared hiatus each month up to and including April&apos;s activity check.&lt;br /&gt;If you will be late posting to AC or claiming a strike, please notify the mod processing AC (Mark) - however, keep in mind that you will still be required to check in to the post itself, using the regular form up to and including &quot;Activity Summary&quot;. Current characters on strike can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhDrr8jx2yi0dE1YMkZKeG52NU5acnQ4ZGhVSHpQV2c&amp;amp;output=html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Another player &lt;i&gt;may&lt;/i&gt; provide activity for another (for example, in the case of broken computers/sickness/etc.), as long as permission is given. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please fill out the following form and add it into a new comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Player Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Player:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever handle you go by.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Contact:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Activity Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once per character. Do not alter the form. When using a hiatus/taking a strike, please use the form up to and including &quot;Activity Summary&quot; and then link us to your hiatus comment or tell us that you wish to take a strike in lieu of the threads. If you are new, use the form up to and including &quot;Link to HMD&quot;.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character Journal:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;user name=USERNAME&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Info Post:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; If your echoes aren&apos;t a part of your info post, there MUST be a link to your echoes post/spreadsheet/etc on your info post.
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Link to HMD:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Activity Summary:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Please briefly describe what this character has been up to in the last month. This does not have to be linked at all, and does not have to be as dramatic as fighting baddies or organizing groups of hitmen; simply discussing or reacting to things on the network with others, gaining Echos, and other such things are fine, too.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 1:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 1&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 2:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 2&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 3:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Anything else?:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i.imgur.com/XdXOBFN.gif&quot; title=&quot;http://cherish.silk.to/&quot;&gt; &lt;b&gt;What can I use?- FAQ:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All threads in &lt;span style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://savetheearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png&apos; alt=&apos;[community profile] &apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://savetheearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;savetheearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; or IC inboxes can be used. &lt;br /&gt;• You may use up to &lt;i&gt;one&lt;/i&gt; inbox thread as activity proof. Up to one &quot;bolster thread&quot; can be an inbox thread as well. (Bolster thread: If you feel that your three threads are not enough, you may provide up to two more (&quot;bolster threads&quot;), both of which &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be with a character who is the same as in one of the first three linked threads. If more than one thread only barely meets our minimum requirements, bolstering threads are required.)&lt;br /&gt;• Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; all be from the same entry (for example if your character made a network post, started a log or you were involved in a party log).&lt;br /&gt;• Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; have been originally started before the month&apos;s start. However, at least two threads provided must have been started during the actual month in question, and all threads must have sufficient activity within the cycle duration. Please also refrain from using the same thread for AC more than once.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Characters that cannot use a hiatus this month due to having used one last month are: &lt;small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;waltharius&lt;br /&gt;wirsinddiejager&lt;br /&gt;fridayisyellow&lt;br /&gt;dorkytracksuit&lt;br /&gt;mood2wiingiing&lt;br /&gt;umbrael&lt;br /&gt;originaloddcouple&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=248905&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2014 05:53:12 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>September Activity Check</title>
  <link>https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/245211.html</link>
  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Activity check will remain open through &lt;u&gt;October 7th.&lt;/u&gt; Only activity from &lt;u&gt;September 1st through September 30th&lt;/u&gt; will be acceptable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character was accepted during this last month/activity cycle, you need only to check them in with their name/journal/info post/HMD, and do &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; have to fill out the three thread links and activity summary sections. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character has an &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;announced hiatus&lt;/a&gt; of a week or more in length for this month, this may be used instead of providing activity and you do not &lt;i&gt;have&lt;/i&gt; to reply here, though we do appreciate it. HOWEVER, please note that using a hiatus instead of providing full activity two months in a row will constitute a strike, which will stay in place for four months. Players who are &lt;i&gt;currently&lt;/i&gt; on hiatus will be noted, but are encouraged to post their activity when able to avoid consequences if another hiatus has to be used next month in lieu of activity. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Another player &lt;i&gt;may&lt;/i&gt; provide activity for another (for example, in the case of broken computers/sickness/etc.), as long as permission is given. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All other characters &lt;i&gt;must check in with all sections&lt;/i&gt; (or accept a strike) by or during the 7th or be removed from the game! Even if you&apos;ve spoken with a mod processing AC (this month Mark and Kira), please remember to post here as soon as possible! Also keep in mind the three required threads must also be with three &lt;i&gt;different&lt;/i&gt; characters. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All characters must also have a link to some sort of &quot;How&apos;s My Driving&quot;/crit post in addition to their info/Echoes post. While there&apos;s no other requirements (such as allowing anonymous posting or logging IP addresses), comments &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; need to be enabled. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please fill out the following form and add it into a new comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Player Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Player:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever handle you go by.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Contact:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Activity Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once per character. Do not alter the form.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character Journal:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;user name=USERNAME&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Info Post:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; If your echoes aren&apos;t a part of your info post, there MUST be a link to your echoes post/spreadsheet/etc on your info post.
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Link to HMD:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Activity Summary:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Please briefly describe what this character has been up to in the last month. This does not have to be linked at all, and does not have to be as dramatic as fighting baddies or organizing groups of hitmen; simply discussing or reacting to things on the network with others, gaining Echos, and other such things are fine, too.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 1:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 1&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 2:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 2&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 3:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Anything else?:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What can I use?- FAQ:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Threads do not have to be a set length to count, but it must be evident that some work/thought was put into them; a network-based thread of many brief comments may hold the same weight as a shorter one with a higher word count per comment. As a rule &lt;i&gt;of the thumb&lt;/i&gt;, the &lt;i&gt;shortest&lt;/i&gt; thread should be a minimum of either three tags of a minimum of two-three lines or five shorter tags. &lt;br /&gt;• Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; all be from the same entry (for example if your character made a network post, started a log or you were involved in a party log).&lt;br /&gt;• Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; have been originally started before the month&apos;s start. However, at least two threads provided must have been started during the actual month in question, and all threads must have sufficient activity within the cycle duration. Please also refrain from using the same thread for AC more than once.&lt;br /&gt;• You may use up to &lt;i&gt;one&lt;/i&gt; inbox thread as activity proof. Up to one &quot;bolstering thread&quot; (see below) can be an inbox thread as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other words, don&apos;t sweat it, though if you feel three threads is not enough, you may provide up to two more (&quot;bolstering threads&quot;), both of which &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be with a character who is the same as in one of the first three linked threads. If more than one thread only barely meets our minimum requirements, bolstering threads are required.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Strikes:&lt;/u&gt; If your character does not meet activity requirements for whatever reason, you may opt to take a strike for them by replying here. Characters with an existing strike who then qualify for another will be removed from the game, and cannot be apped in again until their initial strike has expired. However, again, each strike only lasts four months before being reset. For example, a character who has a strike from December will need to have activity or a declared hiatus each month up to and including April&apos;s activity check.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you will be late posting to AC or claiming a strike, please notify a mod processing AC (this month Mark and Kira) - however, keep in mind that you will still be required to check in to the post itself. Current characters on strike can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhDrr8jx2yi0dE1YMkZKeG52NU5acnQ4ZGhVSHpQV2c&amp;amp;output=html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Characters that cannot use a hiatus this month due to having used one last month are: &lt;small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;amajin&lt;br /&gt;jueki&lt;br /&gt;kyoumibukai&lt;br /&gt;sunshinethatwarmsherup&lt;br /&gt;yerawizarderi&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=245211&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2014 18:29:41 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>August Activity Check</title>
  <link>https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/241585.html</link>
  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Activity check will remain open through &lt;u&gt;September 7th.&lt;/u&gt; Only activity from &lt;u&gt;August 1st through August 31st&lt;/u&gt; will be acceptable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character was accepted during this last month/activity cycle, you need only to check them in with their name/journal/info post/HMD, and do &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; have to fill out the three thread links and activity summary sections. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character has an &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;announced hiatus&lt;/a&gt; of a week or more in length for this month, this may be used instead of providing activity and you do not &lt;i&gt;have&lt;/i&gt; to reply here, though we do appreciate it. HOWEVER, please note that using a hiatus instead of providing full activity two months in a row will constitute a strike, which will stay in place for four months. Players who are &lt;i&gt;currently&lt;/i&gt; on hiatus will be noted, but are encouraged to post their activity when able to avoid consequences if another hiatus has to be used next month in lieu of activity. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Another player &lt;i&gt;may&lt;/i&gt; provide activity for another (for example, in the case of broken computers/sickness/etc.), as long as permission is given. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All other characters &lt;i&gt;must check in with all sections&lt;/i&gt; (or accept a strike) by or during the 7th or be removed from the game! Even if you&apos;ve spoken with a mod processing AC (this month Mark and Kira), please remember to post here as soon as possible! Also keep in mind the three required threads must also be with three &lt;i&gt;different&lt;/i&gt; characters. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All characters must also have a link to some sort of &quot;How&apos;s My Driving&quot;/crit post in addition to their info/Echoes post. While there&apos;s no other requirements (such as allowing anonymous posting or logging IP addresses), comments &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; need to be enabled. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please fill out the following form and add it into a new comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Player Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Player:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever handle you go by.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Contact:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Activity Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once per character. Do not alter the form.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character Journal:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;user name=USERNAME&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Info Post:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; If your echoes aren&apos;t a part of your info post, there MUST be a link to your echoes post/spreadsheet/etc on your info post.
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Link to HMD:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Activity Summary:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Please briefly describe what this character has been up to in the last month. This does not have to be linked at all, and does not have to be as dramatic as fighting baddies or organizing groups of hitmen; simply discussing or reacting to things on the network with others, gaining Echos, and other such things are fine, too.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 1:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 1&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 2:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 2&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 3:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Anything else?:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What can I use?- FAQ:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Threads do not have to be a set length to count, but it must be evident that some work/thought was put into them; a network-based thread of many brief comments may hold the same weight as a shorter one with a higher word count per comment. As a rule &lt;i&gt;of the thumb&lt;/i&gt;, the &lt;i&gt;shortest&lt;/i&gt; thread should be a minimum of either three tags of a minimum of two-three lines or five shorter tags. &lt;br /&gt;• Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; all be from the same entry (for example if your character made a network post, started a log or you were involved in a party log).&lt;br /&gt;• Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; have been originally started before the month&apos;s start. However, at least two threads provided must have been started during the actual month in question, and all threads must have sufficient activity within the cycle duration. Please also refrain from using the same thread for AC more than once.&lt;br /&gt;• You may use up to &lt;i&gt;one&lt;/i&gt; inbox thread as activity proof. Up to one &quot;bolstering thread&quot; (see below) can be an inbox thread as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other words, don&apos;t sweat it, though if you feel three threads is not enough, you may provide up to two more (&quot;bolstering threads&quot;), both of which &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be with a character who is the same as in one of the first three linked threads. If more than one thread only barely meets our minimum requirements, bolstering threads are required.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Strikes:&lt;/u&gt; If your character does not meet activity requirements for whatever reason, you may opt to take a strike for them by replying here. Characters with an existing strike who then qualify for another will be removed from the game, and cannot be apped in again until their initial strike has expired. However, again, each strike only lasts four months before being reset. For example, a character who has a strike from December will need to have activity or a declared hiatus each month up to and including April&apos;s activity check.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you will be late posting to AC or claiming a strike, please notify a mod processing AC (this month Mark and Kira) - however, keep in mind that you will still be required to check in to the post itself. Current characters on strike can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhDrr8jx2yi0dE1YMkZKeG52NU5acnQ4ZGhVSHpQV2c&amp;amp;output=html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Characters that cannot use a hiatus this month due to having used one last month are: &lt;small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;show-my-cannons&lt;br /&gt;sassymaru&lt;br /&gt;nowi-wins&lt;br /&gt;dorkytracksuit&lt;br /&gt;fridayisyellow&lt;br /&gt;moodswinging&lt;br /&gt;guitar_case_vagabond&lt;br /&gt;alilyinthemoonslight&lt;br /&gt;hotshots&lt;br /&gt;purestblade&lt;br /&gt;starlightheart&lt;br /&gt;shortwork&lt;br /&gt;professorwolf&lt;br /&gt;adquartum&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=241585&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2014 21:44:15 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>July Activity Check</title>
  <link>https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/236069.html</link>
  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Activity check will remain open through &lt;u&gt;August 7th.&lt;/u&gt; Only activity from &lt;u&gt;July 1st through July 31st&lt;/u&gt; will be acceptable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;b&gt;We&apos;re experimenting with a reduced AC of three threads per character this month. We also tried to clarify what can and cannot be used as AC proof, and established a rule on inbox threads. Feedback is, as always, very welcome!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character was accepted during this last month/activity cycle, you need only to check them in with their name/journal/info post/HMD, and do &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; have to fill out the three thread links and activity summary sections. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character has an &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;announced hiatus&lt;/a&gt; of a week or more in length for this month, this may be used instead of providing activity and you do not &lt;i&gt;have&lt;/i&gt; to reply here. HOWEVER, please note that using a hiatus instead of providing full activity two months in a row will constitute a strike, which will stay in place for four months. Players who are &lt;i&gt;currently&lt;/i&gt; on hiatus will be noted, but are encouraged to post their activity when able to avoid consequences if another hiatus has to be used next month in lieu of activity. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Another player &lt;i&gt;may&lt;/i&gt; provide activity for another (for example, in the case of broken computers/sickness/etc.), as long as permission is given. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All other characters &lt;i&gt;must check in with all sections&lt;/i&gt; (or accept a strike) by or during the 7th or be removed from the game! Even if you&apos;ve spoken with a mod processing AC (this month Louise and Kira), please remember to post here as soon as possible! Also keep in mind the three required threads must also be with three &lt;i&gt;different&lt;/i&gt; characters. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All characters must also have a link to some sort of &quot;How&apos;s My Driving&quot;/crit post in addition to their info/Echoes post. While there&apos;s no other requirements (such as allowing anonymous posting or logging IP addresses), comments &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; need to be enabled. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please fill out the following form and add it in to a new comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Player Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Player:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever handle you go by.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Contact:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Activity Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once per character.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character Journal:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;user name=USERNAME&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Info/Current Echoes Post:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Link to HMD:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Activity Summary:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Please briefly describe what this character has been up to in the last month. This does not have to be linked at all, and does not have to be as dramatic as fighting baddies or organizing groups of hitmen; simply discussing or reacting to things on the network with others, gaining Echos, and other such things are fine, too.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 1:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 1&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 2:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 2&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 3:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Anything else?:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What can I use?- FAQ:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Threads do not have to be a set length to count, but it must be evident that some work/thought was put into them; a network-based thread of many brief comments may hold the same weight as a shorter one with a higher word count per comment. As a rule of the thumb, the shortest thread should be a minimum of either three tags of a minimum of two-three lines or five shorter tags.&lt;br /&gt;• Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; all be from the same entry (for example if your character made a network post, started a log or you were involved in a party log).&lt;br /&gt;• Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; have been originally started before the month&apos;s start. However, at least two threads provided must have been started during the actual month in question, and all threads must have sufficient activity within the cycle duration. Please also refrain from using the same thread for an AC more than once.&lt;br /&gt;• You may use up to &lt;i&gt;one&lt;/i&gt; inbox thread as activity proof. Up to one &quot;bolstering thread&quot; (see below) can be an inbox thread as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other words, don&apos;t sweat it, though if you feel three threads is not enough, you may provide up to two more (&quot;bolstering threads&quot;), both of which &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be with a character who is the same as in one of the first three linked threads. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Strikes:&lt;/u&gt; If your character does not meet activity requirements for whatever reason, you may opt to take a strike for them by replying here. Characters with an existing strike who then qualify for another will be removed from the game, and cannot be apped in again until their initial strike has expired. However, again, each strike only lasts four months before being reset. For example, a character who has a strike from December will need to have activity or a declared hiatus each month up to and including April&apos;s activity check.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you will be late posting to AC or claiming a strike, please notify a mod processing AC (this month Louise and Kira) - however, keep in mind that you will still be required to check in to the post itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Current characters on strike can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhDrr8jx2yi0dE1YMkZKeG52NU5acnQ4ZGhVSHpQV2c&amp;amp;output=html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=236069&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2014 03:43:42 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>JUNE ACTIVITY CHECK</title>
  <link>https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/228418.html</link>
  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Activity check will remain open through &lt;u&gt;July 7th.&lt;/u&gt; Only activity from &lt;u&gt;June 1st through June 30th&lt;/u&gt; will be acceptable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character was accepted during this last month/activity cycle, you need only to check them in with their name/journal/info post/HMD, and do &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; have to fill out the four thread links and activity summary sections. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character has an &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;announced hiatus&lt;/a&gt; of a week or more in length for this month, this may be used instead of providing activity and you do not &lt;i&gt;have&lt;/i&gt; to reply here. HOWEVER, please note that using a hiatus instead of providing full activity two months in a row will constitute a strike, which will stay in place for four months. Players who are &lt;i&gt;currently&lt;/i&gt; on hiatus will be noted, but are encouraged to post their activity when able to avoid consequences if another hiatus has to be used next month in lieu of activity. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Another player &lt;i&gt;may&lt;/i&gt; provide activity for another (for example, in the case of broken computers/sickness/etc.), as long as permission is given. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All other characters &lt;i&gt;must check in with all sections&lt;/i&gt; (or accept a strike) by or during the 7th or be removed from the game! Even if you&apos;ve spoken with a mod, please remember to post here as soon as possible! Also keep in mind the four required threads must also be with four &lt;i&gt;different&lt;/i&gt; characters. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All characters must also have a link to some sort of &quot;How&apos;s My Driving&quot;/crit post in addition to their info/Echoes post. While there&apos;s no other requirements (such as allowing anonymous posting or logging IP addresses), comments &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; need to be enabled. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please fill out the following form and add it in to a new comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Player Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Player:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever handle you go by.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Contact:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Activity Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once per character.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character Journal:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;user name=USERNAME&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Info/Current Echoes Post:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Link to HMD:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Activity Summary:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Please briefly describe what this character has been up to in the last month, with emphasis on their involvement in the game&apos;s current plot. This does not have to be linked at all, and does not have to be as dramatic as fighting baddies or organizing groups of hitmen; simply discussing or reacting to things on the network with others, gaining Echos, and other such things are fine, too.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 1:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 1&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 2:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 2&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 3:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 4:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 4&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Anything else?:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Threads do not have to be a set length to count, but it must be evident that some work/thought was put into them; a network-based thread of many brief comments may hold the same weight as a shorter one with a higher word count per comment. Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; all be from the same entry and &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; have been originally started before the month&apos;s start. However, at least one thread provided must have been started during the actual month in question, and of course, all threads must actually have activity within the cycle duration. Please also refrain from using the same thread for an AC more than once.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other words, don&apos;t sweat it, though if you feel four threads is not enough, you may provide up to two more here, both of which &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be with a character who is the same as in one of the first four linked threads. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Strikes:&lt;/u&gt; If your character does not meet activity requirements for whatever reason, you may opt to take a strike for them by replying here. Characters with an existing strike who then qualify for another will be removed from the game, and cannot be apped in again until their initial strike has expired. However, again, each strike only lasts four months before being reset. For example, a character who has a strike from December will need to have activity or a declared hiatus each month up to and including April&apos;s activity check.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you will be late posting to AC or claiming a strike, please notify a mod - however, keep in mind that you will still be required to check in to the post itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Current characters on strike can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhDrr8jx2yi0dE1YMkZKeG52NU5acnQ4ZGhVSHpQV2c&amp;amp;output=html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=228418&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2014 18:21:55 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>MAY ACTIVITY CHECK</title>
  <link>https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/223063.html</link>
  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Activity check will remain open through &lt;u&gt;June 7th.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• This month, activity requirements are &lt;i&gt;waived&lt;/i&gt;. All players need only to check in with your character&apos;s name/journal/info post/HMD, and do &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; have to fill out the four thread links and activity summary sections. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character has an &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;announced hiatus&lt;/a&gt; of a week or more in length for this month, you do not &lt;i&gt;have&lt;/i&gt; to reply here. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Another player &lt;i&gt;may&lt;/i&gt; provide activity for another (for example, in the case of broken computers/sickness/etc.), as long as permission is given. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All other characters &lt;i&gt;must check in with all sections&lt;/i&gt; (or accept a strike) by or during the 7th or be removed from the game! Even if you&apos;ve spoken with a mod, please remember to post here as soon as possible!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All characters must also have a link to some sort of &quot;How&apos;s My Driving&quot;/crit post in addition to their info/Echoes post. While there&apos;s no other requirements (such as allowing anonymous posting or logging IP addresses), comments &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; need to be enabled. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please fill out the following form and add it in to a new comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Player Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Player:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever handle you go by.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Contact:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Activity Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once per character.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character Journal:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;user name=USERNAME&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Info/Current Echoes Post:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Link to HMD:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Anything else?:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you will be late posting to AC, please notify a mod - however, keep in mind that you will still be required to check in to the post itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Current characters on strike can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhDrr8jx2yi0dE1YMkZKeG52NU5acnQ4ZGhVSHpQV2c&amp;amp;output=html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=223063&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2014 03:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>APRIL ACTIVITY CHECK</title>
  <link>https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/213626.html</link>
  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Activity check will remain open through &lt;u&gt;May 7th.&lt;/u&gt; Only activity from &lt;u&gt;April 1st through April 30th&lt;/u&gt; will be acceptable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character was accepted during this last month/activity cycle, you need only to check them in with their name/journal/info post/HMD, and do &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; have to fill out the four thread links and activity summary sections. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character has an &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;announced hiatus&lt;/a&gt; of a week or more in length for this month, this may be used instead of providing activity and you do not &lt;i&gt;have&lt;/i&gt; to reply here. HOWEVER, please note that using a hiatus instead of providing full activity two months in a row will constitute a strike, which will stay in place for four months. Players who are &lt;i&gt;currently&lt;/i&gt; on hiatus will be noted, but are encouraged to post their activity when able to avoid consequences if another hiatus has to be used next month in lieu of activity. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Another player &lt;i&gt;may&lt;/i&gt; provide activity for another (for example, in the case of broken computers/sickness/etc.), as long as permission is given. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All other characters &lt;i&gt;must check in with all sections&lt;/i&gt; (or accept a strike) by or during the 7th or be removed from the game! Even if you&apos;ve spoken with a mod, please remember to post here as soon as possible! Also keep in mind the four required threads must also be with four &lt;i&gt;different&lt;/i&gt; characters. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All characters must also have a link to some sort of &quot;How&apos;s My Driving&quot;/crit post in addition to their info/Echoes post. While there&apos;s no other requirements (such as allowing anonymous posting or logging IP addresses), comments &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; need to be enabled. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please fill out the following form and add it in to a new comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Player Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Player:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever handle you go by.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Contact:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Activity Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once per character.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character Journal:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;user name=USERNAME&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Info/Current Echoes Post:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Link to HMD:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Activity Summary:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Please briefly describe what this character has been up to in the last month, with emphasis on their involvement in the game&apos;s current plot. This does not have to be linked at all, and does not have to be as dramatic as fighting baddies or organizing groups of hitmen; simply discussing or reacting to things on the network with others, gaining Echos, and other such things are fine, too.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 1:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 1&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 2:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 2&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 3:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 4:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 4&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Anything else?:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Threads do not have to be a set length to count, but it must be evident that some work/thought was put into them; a network-based thread of many brief comments may hold the same weight as a shorter one with a higher word count per comment. Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; all be from the same entry and &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; have been originally started before the month&apos;s start. However, at least one thread provided must have been started during the actual month in question, and of course, all threads must actually have activity within the cycle duration. Please also refrain from using the same thread for an AC more than once.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other words, don&apos;t sweat it, though if you feel four threads is not enough, you may provide up to two more here, both of which &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be with a character who is the same as in one of the first four linked threads. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Strikes:&lt;/u&gt; If your character does not meet activity requirements for whatever reason, you may opt to take a strike for them by replying here. Characters with an existing strike who then qualify for another will be removed from the game, and cannot be apped in again until their initial strike has expired. However, again, each strike only lasts four months before being reset. For example, a character who has a strike from December will need to have activity or a declared hiatus each month up to and including April&apos;s activity check.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you will be late posting to AC or claiming a strike, please notify a mod - however, keep in mind that you will still be required to check in to the post itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Current characters on strike can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhDrr8jx2yi0dE1YMkZKeG52NU5acnQ4ZGhVSHpQV2c&amp;amp;output=html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=213626&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2014 23:14:06 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>MARCH ACTIVITY CHECK</title>
  <link>https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/197228.html</link>
  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Activity check will remain open through &lt;u&gt;April 7th.&lt;/u&gt; Only activity from &lt;u&gt;March 1st through March 31st&lt;/u&gt; will be acceptable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character was accepted during this last month/activity cycle, you need only to check them in with their name/journal/info post/HMD, and do &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; have to fill out the four thread links and activity summary sections. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character has an &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;announced hiatus&lt;/a&gt; of a week or more in length for this month, this may be used instead of providing activity and you do not &lt;i&gt;have&lt;/i&gt; to reply here. HOWEVER, please note that using a hiatus instead of providing full activity two months in a row will constitute a strike, which will stay in place for four months. Players who are &lt;i&gt;currently&lt;/i&gt; on hiatus will be noted, but are encouraged to post their activity when able to avoid consequences if another hiatus has to be used next month in lieu of activity. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All other characters &lt;i&gt;must check in with all sections&lt;/i&gt; (or accept a strike) by or during the 7th or be removed from the game! Please remember the four required threads must also be with four &lt;i&gt;different&lt;/i&gt; characters. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All characters must also have a link to some sort of &quot;How&apos;s My Driving&quot;/crit post in addition to their info/Echoes post. While there&apos;s no other requirements (such as allowing anonymous posting or logging IP addresses), comments &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; need to be enabled. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please fill out the following form and add it in to a new comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Player Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Player:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever handle you go by.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Contact:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Activity Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once per character.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character Journal:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;user name=USERNAME&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Info/Current Echoes Post:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Flavor:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever flavor your character is assigned.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Link to HMD:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Activity Summary:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Please briefly describe what this character has been up to in the last month, with emphasis on their involvement in the game&apos;s current plot. This does not have to be linked at all, and does not have to be as dramatic as fighting baddies or organizing groups of hitmen; simply discussing or reacting to things on the network with others, gaining Echos from plot-related rather than canon-paralleling incidents, and other such things are fine, too.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Daily Calorie Intake:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [On average, how many calories your character consumes per day (NOT burns/uses). General average is good, but a range is just as workable.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 1:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 1&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 2:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 2&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 3:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 4:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 4&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Anything else?:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Threads do not have to be a set length to count, but it must be evident that some work/thought was put into them; a network-based thread of many brief comments may hold the same weight as a shorter one with a higher word count per comment. Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; all be from the same entry and &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; have been originally started before the month&apos;s start. However, at least one thread provided must have been started during the actual month in question, and of course, all threads must actually have activity within the cycle duration. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other words, don&apos;t sweat it, though if you feel four threads is not enough, you may provide up to two more, both of which &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be with a character who is the same as in one of the first four linked threads. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Strikes:&lt;/u&gt; If your character does not meet activity requirements for whatever reason, you may opt to take a strike for them by replying here or speaking with a mod. Characters with an existing strike who then qualify for another will be removed from the game, and cannot be apped in again until their initial strike has expired. However, again, each strike only lasts four months before being reset. For example, a character who has a strike from December will need to have activity or a declared hiatus each month up to and including April&apos;s activity check.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=197228&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2014 16:47:27 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>FEBRUARY ACTIVITY CHECK</title>
  <link>https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/188608.html</link>
  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Activity check will remain open through &lt;u&gt;March 7th.&lt;/u&gt; Only activity from &lt;u&gt;February 1st through February 28th&lt;/u&gt; will be acceptable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character was accepted during this last month/activity cycle, you need only to check them in with their name/journal/info post/HMD, and do &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; have to fill out the four thread links and activity summary sections. If your character is less than a week old as of this announcement (accepted from Feb 22nd onward), you do not have to reply here &lt;i&gt;at all&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character has an &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;announced hiatus&lt;/a&gt; of a week or more in length for this month, this may be used instead of providing activity and you do not &lt;i&gt;have&lt;/i&gt; to reply here. HOWEVER, please note that using a hiatus instead of providing full activity two months in a row will constitute a strike, which will stay in place for four months. Players who are &lt;i&gt;currently&lt;/i&gt; on hiatus will be noted, but are encouraged to post their activity when able to avoid consequences if another hiatus has to be used next month in lieu of activity. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All other characters &lt;i&gt;must check in with all sections&lt;/i&gt; (or accept a strike) by or during the 7th or be removed from the game! Please remember the four required threads must also be with four &lt;i&gt;different&lt;/i&gt; characters. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;b&gt;NEW THIS MONTH:&lt;/b&gt; All characters must now have a link to some sort of &quot;How&apos;s My Driving&quot;/crit post in addition to their info/Echoes post. While there&apos;s no other requirements (such as allowing anonymous posting or logging IP addresses), comments &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; need to be enabled. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please fill out the following form and add it in to a new comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Player Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Player:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever handle you go by.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Contact:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Activity Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once per character.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character Journal:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;user name=USERNAME&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Info/Current Echoes Post:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Link to HMD:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Activity Summary:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Please briefly describe what this character has been up to in the last month, with emphasis on their involvement in the game&apos;s current plot. This does not have to be linked at all, and does not have to be as dramatic as fighting baddies or organizing groups of hitmen; simply discussing or reacting to things on the network with others, gaining Echos from plot-related rather than canon-paralleling incidents, and other such things are fine, too.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 1:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 1&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 2:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 2&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 3:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 4:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 4&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Anything else?:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Threads do not have to be a set length to count, but it must be evident that some work/thought was put into them; a network-based thread of many brief comments may hold the same weight as a shorter one with a higher word count per comment. Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; all be from the same entry and &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; have been originally started before the month&apos;s start. However, at least one thread provided must have been started during the actual month in question, and of course, all threads must actually have activity within the cycle duration. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other words, don&apos;t sweat it, though if you feel four threads is not enough, you may provide up to two more, both of which &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be with a character who is the same as in one of the first four linked threads. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Strikes:&lt;/u&gt; If your character does not meet activity requirements for whatever reason, you may opt to take a strike for them by replying here or speaking with a mod. Characters with an existing strike who then qualify for another will be removed from the game, and cannot be apped in again until their initial strike has expired. However, again, each strike only lasts four months before being reset. For example, a character who has a strike from December will need to have activity or a declared hiatus each month up to and including April&apos;s activity check.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=188608&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2014 01:33:07 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>JANUARY ACTIVITY CHECK</title>
  <link>https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/170374.html</link>
  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Activity check will remain open through &lt;u&gt;February 7th.&lt;/u&gt; Only activity from &lt;u&gt;January 1st through January 31st&lt;/u&gt; will be acceptable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character was accepted during this last month/activity cycle, you need only to check them in with their name/journal/info post, and do &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; have to fill out the four thread links and activity summary sections. If your character is less than a week old as of this announcement (accepted from Jan 25th onward), you do not have to reply here &lt;i&gt;at all&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character has an &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;announced hiatus&lt;/a&gt; of a week or more in length for this month, this may be used instead of providing activity and you do not &lt;i&gt;have&lt;/i&gt; to reply here. HOWEVER, please note that using a hiatus instead of providing full activity two months in a row will constitute a strike, which will stay in place for four months. Players who are &lt;i&gt;currently&lt;/i&gt; on hiatus will be noted, but are encouraged to post their activity when able to avoid consequences if another hiatus has to be used next month in lieu of activity. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All other characters &lt;i&gt;must check in with all sections&lt;/i&gt; (or accept a strike) by or during the 7th or be removed from the game! Please remember the four required threads must also be with four &lt;i&gt;different&lt;/i&gt; characters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please fill out the following form and add it in to a new comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Player Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Player:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever handle you go by.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Contact:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Activity Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once per character.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character Journal:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;user name=USERNAME&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Info/Current Echoes Post:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Activity Summary:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Please briefly describe what this character has been up to in the last month, with emphasis on their involvement in the game&apos;s current plot. This does not have to be linked at all, and does not have to be as dramatic as fighting baddies or organizing groups of hitmen; simply discussing or reacting to things on the network with others, gaining Echos from plot-related rather than canon-paralleling incidents, and other such things are fine, too.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 1:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 1&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 2:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 2&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 3:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 4:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 4&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Anything else?:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Threads do not have to be a set length to count, but it must be evident that some work/thought was put into them; a network-based thread of many brief comments may hold the same weight as a shorter one with a higher word count per comment. Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; all be from the same entry and &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; have been originally started before the month&apos;s start. However, at least one thread provided must have been started during the actual month in question, and of course, all threads must actually have activity within the cycle duration. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other words, don&apos;t sweat it, though if you feel four threads is not enough, you may provide up to two more, both of which &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be with a character who is the same as in one of the first four linked threads. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Strikes:&lt;/u&gt; If your character does not meet activity requirements for whatever reason, you may opt to take a strike for them by replying here or speaking with a mod. Characters with an existing strike who then qualify for another will be removed from the game, and cannot be apped in again until their initial strike has expired. However, again, each strike only lasts four months before being reset. For example, a character who has a strike from August will need to have activity or a declared hiatus each month up to and including December&apos;s activity check.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=170374&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2014 02:58:51 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>December Activity Check</title>
  <link>https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/153304.html</link>
  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Activity check will remain open through &lt;u&gt;January 7th.&lt;/u&gt; Only activity from &lt;u&gt;December 1st through December 31st&lt;/u&gt; will be acceptable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character was accepted during this last month/activity cycle, you only need to check them in with their name/journal/info post, and do &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; have to fill out the four thread links and activity summary sections. If your character is less than a week old as of this announcement (accepted from Dec 25th onward), you do not have to reply here &lt;i&gt;at all&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character has an &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;announced hiatus&lt;/a&gt; of a week or more in length for this month, this may be used instead of providing activity and you do not &lt;i&gt;have&lt;/i&gt; to reply here. HOWEVER, please note that using a hiatus instead of providing full activity two months in a row will constitute a strike, which will stay in place for four months. Players who are &lt;i&gt;currently&lt;/i&gt; on hiatus also do not have to reply here, but are encouraged to when able to avoid consequences if another hiatus has to be used next month in lieu of activity. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All other characters &lt;i&gt;must check in with all sections&lt;/i&gt; (or accept a strike) by or during the 7th or be removed from the game!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please fill out the following form and add it in to a new comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Player Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Player:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever handle you go by.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Contact:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Activity Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once per character.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character Journal:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;user name=USERNAME&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Info/Current Echoes Post:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Activity Summary:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Please briefly describe what this character has been up to in the last month, with emphasis on their involvement in the game&apos;s current plot. This does not have to be linked at all, and does not have to be as dramatic as fighting baddies or organizing groups of hitmen; simply discussing or reacting to things on the network with others, gaining Echos from plot-related rather than canon-paralleling incidents, and other such things are fine, too.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 1:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 1&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 2:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 2&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 3:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 4:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 4&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Anything else?:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Threads do not have to be a set length to count, but it must be evident that some work/thought was put into them; a network-based thread of many brief comments may hold the same weight as a shorter one with a higher word count per comment. Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; all be from the same entry and &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; have been originally started before the month&apos;s start. However, at least one thread provided must have been started during the actual month in question, and of course, all threads must actually have activity within the cycle duration. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other words, don&apos;t sweat it, though if you feel four threads is not enough, you may provide up to two more, both of which &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be with a character who is the same as in one of the first four linked threads. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Strikes:&lt;/u&gt; If your character does not meet activity requirements for whatever reason, you may opt to take a strike for them by replying here or speaking with a mod. Characters with an existing strike who then qualify for another will be removed from the game, and cannot be apped again until their initial strike has expired. However, again, each strike only lasts four months before being reset. For example, a character who has a strike from August will need to have activity or a declared hiatus each month up to and including December&apos;s activity check.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=153304&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2013 17:44:47 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>NOVEMBER ACTIVITY CHECK</title>
  <link>https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/132199.html</link>
  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Activity check will remain open through &lt;u&gt;December 7th.&lt;/u&gt; Only activity from &lt;u&gt;November 1st through November 30th&lt;/u&gt; will be acceptable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character was accepted during this last month/activity cycle, you only need to check them in with their name/journal/info post, and do &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; have to fill out the four thread links and activity summary sections. If your character is less than a week old as of this announcement (accepted from Nov 24th onward), you do not have to reply here &lt;i&gt;at all&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• If your character has an &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;announced hiatus&lt;/a&gt; of a week or more in length for this month, this may be used instead of providing activity and you do not &lt;i&gt;have&lt;/i&gt; to reply here. HOWEVER, please note that using a hiatus instead of providing full activity two months in a row will constitute a strike, which will stay in place for four months. Players who are &lt;i&gt;currently&lt;/i&gt; on hiatus also do not have to reply here, but are encouraged to when able to avoid consequences if another hiatus has to be used next month in lieu of activity. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• All other characters &lt;i&gt;must check in with all sections&lt;/i&gt; (or accept a strike) by or during the 7th or be removed from the game! :O&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please fill out the following form and add it in to a new comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Player Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Player:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever handle you go by.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Contact:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Activity Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once per character.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character Journal:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;user name=USERNAME&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Info/Current Echoes Post:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Activity Summary:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Please briefly describe what this character has been up to in the last month, with emphasis on their involvement in the game&apos;s current plot. This does not have to be linked at all, and does not have to be as dramatic as fighting baddies or organizing groups of hitmen; simply discussing or reacting to things on the network with others, gaining Echos from plot-related rather than canon-paralleling incidents, and other such things are fine, too.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 1:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 1&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 2:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 2&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 3:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 4:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 4&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Anything else?:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Threads do not have to be a set length to count, but it must be evident that some work/thought was put into them; a network-based thread of many brief comments may hold the same weight as a shorter one with a higher word count per comment. Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; all be from the same entry and &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; have been originally started before the month&apos;s start. However, at least one thread provided must have been started during the actual month in question, and of course, all threads must actually have activity within the cycle duration. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other words, don&apos;t sweat it, though if you feel four threads is not enough, you may provide up to two more, both of which &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be with a character who is the same as in one of the first four linked threads. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Strikes:&lt;/u&gt; If your character does not meet activity requirements for whatever reason, you may opt to take a strike for them by replying here or speaking with a mod. Characters with an existing strike who then qualify for another will be removed from the game, and cannot be apped again until their initial strike has expired. However, again, each strike only lasts four months before being reset. For example, a character who has a strike from August will need to have activity or a declared hiatus each month up to and including December&apos;s activity check.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=132199&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 02 Nov 2013 02:54:38 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>OCTOBER ACTIVITY CHECK</title>
  <link>https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/119755.html</link>
  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Activity check will remain open through &lt;u&gt;November 7th.&lt;/u&gt; Only activity from &lt;u&gt;October 1st through October 31st&lt;/u&gt; will be acceptable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All characters accepted a week before this announcement (Oct 25) and who are not already &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;on hiatus&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i&gt;must check in&lt;/i&gt; by or on the 7th or be removed from the game. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hiatuses a week or more in length may be used instead of providing activity. HOWEVER, please note that doing so two months in a row will constitute a strike, which will stay in place for four months. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;For characters using hiatus and new characters accepted within the last month:&lt;/u&gt; it is not &lt;i&gt;necessary&lt;/i&gt; to fill out the &apos;Activity Summary&apos; section and all four threads. Simply listing the new character&apos;s name, journal, and info post is fine. Players currently on hiatus need not worry, though you are also welcome to provide links to activity upon your return to avoid potential strikes from using a hiatus two months in a row!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please fill out the following form and add it in to a new comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Player Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Player:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever handle you go by.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Contact:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Activity Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once per character.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character Journal:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;user name=USERNAME&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Info/Current Echoes Post:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Activity Summary:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Please briefly describe what this character has been up to in the last month, with emphasis on their involvement in the game&apos;s current plot. This does not have to be linked at all, and does not have to be as dramatic as fighting baddies or organizing groups of hitmen; simply discussing or reacting to things on the network with others, gaining Echos from plot-related rather than canon-paralleling incidents, and other such things are fine, too.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 1:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 1&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 2:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 2&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 3:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 4:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 4&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Anything else?:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Threads do not have to be a set length to count, but it must be evident that some work/thought was put into them. A network-based thread of many brief comments may hold the same weight as a shorter one with a higher word count per comment. Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be from the same entry, so long as they are with different characters. In other words, don&apos;t sweat it, though if you feel four threads is not enough, you may provide up to two more, both of which &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be with a character who is the same as in one of the first four linked threads. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Strikes:&lt;/u&gt; If your character does not meet activity requirements for whatever reason, you may opt to take a strike for them by replying here or speaking with a mod. Characters with an existing strike who then qualify for another will be removed from the game. However, again, each strike only lasts four months before being reset. For example, a character who has a strike from August will need to have activity or a declared hiatus each month up to and including December&apos;s activity check.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=119755&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 00:19:17 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>SEPTEMBER ACTIVITY CHECK</title>
  <link>https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/103120.html</link>
  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Activity check will remain open through &lt;u&gt;October 7th.&lt;/u&gt; Only activity from &lt;u&gt;September 1st through September 30th&lt;/u&gt; will be acceptable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All characters accepted a week before this announcement (Sept 24) and who are not already &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;on hiatus&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i&gt;must check in&lt;/i&gt; by or on the 7th or be removed from the game. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hiatuses a week or more in length may be used instead of providing activity. HOWEVER, please note that doing so two months in a row will constitute a strike, which will stay in place for four months. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;For characters using hiatus and new characters accepted within the last month:&lt;/u&gt; it is not necessary to fill out the &apos;Plot Relevant Actions&apos; section and all four threads. Simply listing the new character&apos;s name, journal, and info post is fine. Players currently on hiatus need not worry, though you are also welcome to provide links to activity upon your return to avoid potential strikes from using a hiatus two months in a row!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please fill out the following form and add it in to a new comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Player Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Player:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever handle you go by.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Contact:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Activity Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once per character.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character Journal:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;user name=USERNAME&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Info/Current Echoes Post:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Plot Relevant Actions:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Please briefly describe what this character has been up to in the last month, and/or provide an example of your character being involved in the game&apos;s current happenings. This does not have to be linked, and does not have to be as dramatic as fighting baddies; simply discussing things on the network with others is fine. A good rule of thumb is that anything granting an Echo that was not from a canon parallel would definitely go here, although other actions (for example investigation, training for combat, being involved in groups organized on the network) are also stellar.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 1:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 1&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 2:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 2&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 3:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 4:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 4&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Anything else?:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Threads do not have to be a set length to count, but it must be evident that some work/thought was put into them. A network-based thread of many brief comments may hold the same weight as a shorter one with a higher word count per comment. Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be from the same entry, so long as they are with different characters. In other words, don&apos;t sweat it, though if you feel four threads is not enough, you may provide up to two more, both of which &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be with a character who is the same as in one of the first four linked threads. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Strikes:&lt;/u&gt; If your character does not meet activity requirements for whatever reason, you may opt to take a strike for them by replying here or speaking with a mod. Characters with an existing strike who then qualify for another will be removed from the game. However, again, each strike only lasts four months before being reset. For example, a character who has a strike from August will need to have activity or a declared hiatus each month up to and including December&apos;s activity check.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=103120&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2013 23:32:49 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>ACTIVITY CHECK REMINDER!!</title>
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  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey everyone, a reminder that replying to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/87971.html&quot;&gt;August activity check&lt;/a&gt; is &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; optional and all characters who need to be checked in but aren&apos;t by the time it&apos;s over (end of tomorrow, the 7th) will be removed. This is your last warning! :O&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please make your check-ins on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/87971.html&quot;&gt;original post&lt;/a&gt; and not here, so we can keep track of things. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Characters who have not yet been accounted for:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;s&gt;carolinesays / GLaDOS&lt;/s&gt;&lt;br /&gt;deathcough / Souji Okita&lt;br /&gt;&lt;s&gt;dododo / The Doctor&lt;br /&gt;doomedtheworld / Vin&lt;br /&gt;grimmopedia / Monroe&lt;br /&gt;hawaiianheir / John Egbert&lt;/s&gt;&lt;br /&gt;kindofearthy / Terra&lt;br /&gt;knight_of_heart / Ace&lt;br /&gt;lightedprincess / Kairi&lt;br /&gt;lionbeforelambs / Arthas Menethil&lt;br /&gt;&lt;s&gt;mezool / Mezool&lt;br /&gt;millennias / Damara Megido&lt;/s&gt;&lt;br /&gt;misgives / Amaimon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;s&gt;pitch_slap / Kuchiki Rukia&lt;/s&gt;&lt;br /&gt;redelivers / Toshizou Hijikata&lt;br /&gt;rivalize / Riku Replica&lt;br /&gt;&lt;s&gt;seabeast / Romsca&lt;br /&gt;seriallylucky / Felix&lt;br /&gt;shut_up_idiot / Kurogane&lt;/s&gt;&lt;br /&gt;steelettos / Lenalee Lee&lt;br /&gt;&lt;s&gt;strikeraid / Sora&lt;br /&gt;talkshitgetsis / Rei Ayanami&lt;/s&gt;&lt;br /&gt;unfearing / Euphemia li Britannia&lt;br /&gt;voiceof / Cecil&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=90849&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 14:32:44 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>AUGUST ACTIVITY CHECK</title>
  <link>https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/87971.html</link>
  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Activity check will remain open through &lt;u&gt;September 7th.&lt;/u&gt; Only activity from &lt;u&gt;August 1st onwards&lt;/u&gt; will be acceptable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All characters accepted a week before this announcement (August 24) and who are not already &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;on hiatus&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i&gt;must check in&lt;/i&gt; by or on Semptember 7th or be removed from the game. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hiatuses a week or more in length may be used instead of providing activity. HOWEVER, please note that doing so two months in a row will constitute a strike, which will stay in place for four months. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;For characters using hiatus and new characters accepted within the last month:&lt;/u&gt; it is not necessary to fill out the &apos;Plot Relevant Actions&apos; section and all four threads. Simply listing the new character&apos;s name, journal, and info post is fine. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please fill out the following form and add it in to a new comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Player Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Player:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever handle you go by.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Contact:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Activity Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once per character.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character Journal:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;user name=USERNAME&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Info/Current Echoes Post:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Plot Relevant Actions:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Please briefly describe what this character has been up to in the last month, and/or provide an example of your character participating in the game&apos;s current plot. This does not have to be linked, and does not have to be as dramatic as fighting baddies. A good rule of thumb is that anything granting an Echo that was not from a canon parallels would definitely count here, although other actions (for example investigation, training for combat, being involved in groups organized on the network) are also stellar.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 1:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 1&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 2:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 2&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 3:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 4:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 4&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Anything else?:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Threads do not have to be a set length to count, but it must be evident that some work/thought was put into them. A network-based thread of many brief comments may hold the same weight as a shorter one with a higher word count per comment. Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be from the same entry, so long as they are with different characters. In other words, don&apos;t sweat it, though if you feel four threads is not enough, you may provide up to two more, both of which &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be with a character who is the same as in one of the first four linked threads. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If your character does not meet activity requirements for whatever reason, you may opt to take a strike for them by replying here or speaking with a mod. Characters with an existing strike who then qualify for another will be removed from the game. However, each strike only lasts four months before being reset.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=87971&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 23:41:31 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>JULY ACTIVITY CHECK</title>
  <link>https://saveyourselves.dreamwidth.org/67900.html</link>
  <description>Posted by: &lt;span lj:user=&apos;theearth&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos; class=&apos;ljuser&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png&apos; alt=&apos;[personal profile] &apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;https://theearth.dreamwidth.org/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;theearth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Activity check will remain open through &lt;u&gt;August 7th.&lt;/u&gt; Only activity from &lt;u&gt;July 1st onwards&lt;/u&gt; will be acceptable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All characters accepted a week before this announcement (July 24) and who are not already &lt;a href=&quot;http://theearth.dreamwidth.org/2594.html&quot;&gt;on hiatus&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i&gt;must check in&lt;/i&gt; by or on August 7th or be removed from the game. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hiatuses a week or more in length may be used instead of providing activity. HOWEVER, please note that doing so two months in a row will constitute a strike, which will stay in place for four months. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;For characters using hiatus and new characters accepted within the last month:&lt;/u&gt; it is not necessary to fill out the &apos;Plot Relevant Actions&apos; section and all four threads. Simply listing the new character&apos;s name, journal, and info post is fine. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please fill out the following form and add it in to a new comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Player Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Player:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Whatever handle you go by.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Contact:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Activity Section&lt;/i&gt; &lt;small&gt;(Paste once per character.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character Journal:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;user name=USERNAME&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Character&apos;s Info/Current Echoes Post:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Here.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Plot Relevant Actions:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; [Please briefly describe what this character has been up to in the last month, and/or provide an example of your character participating in the game&apos;s current plot. This does not have to be linked, and does not have to be as dramatic as fighting baddies. A good rule of thumb is that anything granting an Echo that was not from a canon parallels would definitely count here, although other actions (for example investigation, training for combat, organizing groups on the network) are also good.]
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 1:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 1&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 2:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 2&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 3:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 3&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Thread 4:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=URL GOES HERE&amp;gt;Thread with character 4&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; | DATE STARTED

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Anything else?:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Threads do not have to be a set length to count, but it must be evident that some work/thought was put into them. A network-based thread of many brief comments may hold the same weight as a shorter one with a higher word count per comment. Threads &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be from the same entry, so long as they are with different characters. In other words, don&apos;t sweat it, though if you feel four threads is not enough, you may provide up to two more, both of which &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be with a character who is the same as in one of the first four linked threads. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If your character does not meet activity requirements for whatever reason, you may opt to take a strike for them by replying here or speaking with a mod. Characters with an existing strike who then qualify for another will be removed from the game. However, each strike only lasts four months before being reset.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=saveyourselves&amp;ditemid=67900&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <lj:poster>theearth</lj:poster>
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