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Activity Policy
2011-04-05 22:48Aather is a game that, by its nature, needs players/characters to be active! Time is more-or-less linear, and your relationships with your team and with other teams are constantly developing. We also have a limited number of character slots; and teams rely on each other being there to play in games. In short: being active and present in a game like this is a big part of keeping the game running at its best.
We understand that sometimes real life is busy, and of course, you have other things to attend to—in no way do we want people be pressured to play more than they’re comfortable with, or to get stressed out if they aren’t feeling it or don’t have time to play! We fully want it to be at your pace and whatever you're interested in playing with. If there is an event that you aren't interested in, or if you need a short break, we don't want this to be an issue for anybody! In light of all this, our current policy is as follows:
❦ There will be a monthly check-in post—you can fulfill activity at any point between the 1st until the end of the month.
❦ You will be asked for a link with:
1. a single 20(+) comment thread, or
2. two 15-comment threads
*This is per character—15 or 20 comments from you in a consecutive thread.
❦ Running a post is another option for meeting activity, even if none of the individual threads reach 15 comments. As long as you are making an honest effort to engage with the post, it will count—this does not mean you must reply to every person who comments to the post, but keep in mind general posting etiquette.
❦ Multiple shorter threads in the dramatispersonae also count towards activity. However, you must be demonstrably present and contributing during the game.
❦ Play with your teammates, or with a variety of teams if you're a knight.
❦ Make sure to comment to the check-in post. If you don't have any threads but still want to play, it's fine to just let us know that you want to stick around and make AC for the following month! Just be sure to comment to the check-in post saying "hey, I'm here and still playing."
❦ Players that don't comment will receive an email reminder. If we don't hear back from you after that and there are no recent tags, inactive players/characters will still be idled.
❦ It will no longer be necessary to call a hiatus, but if you will be "on hiatus" for more than 3 weeks, make sure you have a hiatus reason (so your team knows ICly where your character is) or consider tempdropping, since you can reapp at any time. Additional information on hiatuses can be found here.
❦ You will be asked for a link with:
1. a single 20(+) comment thread, or
2. two 15-comment threads
*This is per character—15 or 20 comments from you in a consecutive thread.
❦ Running a post is another option for meeting activity, even if none of the individual threads reach 15 comments. As long as you are making an honest effort to engage with the post, it will count—this does not mean you must reply to every person who comments to the post, but keep in mind general posting etiquette.
❦ Multiple shorter threads in the dramatispersonae also count towards activity. However, you must be demonstrably present and contributing during the game.
❦ Play with your teammates, or with a variety of teams if you're a knight.
❦ Make sure to comment to the check-in post. If you don't have any threads but still want to play, it's fine to just let us know that you want to stick around and make AC for the following month! Just be sure to comment to the check-in post saying "hey, I'm here and still playing."
❦ Players that don't comment will receive an email reminder. If we don't hear back from you after that and there are no recent tags, inactive players/characters will still be idled.
❦ It will no longer be necessary to call a hiatus, but if you will be "on hiatus" for more than 3 weeks, make sure you have a hiatus reason (so your team knows ICly where your character is) or consider tempdropping, since you can reapp at any time. Additional information on hiatuses can be found here.
Players that don't comment to the monthly check-in post will receive an email reminder. If we don't hear back from you after that and there are no recent tags, inactive players/characters will be idled.
You should be playing with your team (if you're on one) and with a wide variety of teams (if you're a knight): Communication and playing with your team is an important part of Aather, so if we notice that you are only playing with CR outside of your team, we may open dialogue with you regarding this! Similarly, with knights, you are expected to try to create a wider web of CR with a variety of different teams, since you will have to play with multiple teams during games, and have different expectations as part of the knight role.
Remember, picking up characters after dropping/idling is not a painful process at Aather! Just fill out the reapp form here.
✦ We will be doing a monthly check for Persona activity! We would like to see each Persona out at least once a month, with at least one thread every two months.
What counts as activity for a Persona?
✦ running a game or event
✦ putting up a themed post! (ie: a mingle that states, "today there are shadow portals on the ground!" Anything that encourages participation and mingling and has something to do with your Persona's domain
✦ or just threading with someone!
Basically, what we determine to be activity for Personae is very flexible; we'd just like to see them out and around and doing something.
If we don't see your Persona out during the month, we will drop you an email query just to note that we would like to see them out the month following. If you go two months without doing anything with your Persona, we will email you to consider temporarily retiring your Persona if you don't think you're interested in playing them any longer. If you've just been having a busy month or two and have some further ideas that you're planning to implement, that is A-OK as well, though.
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What counts as activity for a Persona?
✦ running a game or event
✦ putting up a themed post! (ie: a mingle that states, "today there are shadow portals on the ground!" Anything that encourages participation and mingling and has something to do with your Persona's domain
✦ or just threading with someone!
Basically, what we determine to be activity for Personae is very flexible; we'd just like to see them out and around and doing something.
If we don't see your Persona out during the month, we will drop you an email query just to note that we would like to see them out the month following. If you go two months without doing anything with your Persona, we will email you to consider temporarily retiring your Persona if you don't think you're interested in playing them any longer. If you've just been having a busy month or two and have some further ideas that you're planning to implement, that is A-OK as well, though.