Activity Check: December 2016

[undergroundmods]

IMPORTANT: Activity check will run from 1st-5th January. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU READ THIS POST.

Here's your monthly activity check! Please read this post carefully, then complete the form below and comment to this post to stay in the game:

<b>Character name</b> | <user name="journalname"> | Level ? <b>Activity links:</b> • <a href="LINKURL">Thread/Post 1 with Character Name</a> (# comments) • <a href="LINKURL">Thread/Post 2 with Character Name</a> (# comments) • <a href="LINKURL">Thread/Post 3 with Character Name</a> (# comments) <b>Additional activity links:</b> • <a href="LINKURL">Thread with Character Name</a> (# comments) • <a href="LINKURL">Thread with Character Name</a> (# comments) • <a href="LINKURL">Thread with Character Name</a> (# comments) <b>Additional comments total:</b> Total number of additional comments submitted. <b>Points carried over from last month:</b> No. of points you have remaining from previous activity checks. <b>Points acquired this month:</b> Convert no. of additional comments into points. Ten comments = 1 point. <b>Request a reward?:</b> If you would like to spend your points on a reward, say so here. You can request multiple rewards if you have enough points. <b>Points total:</b> The total number of points you have remaining (minus any you wish to spend).

This activity check is for the month of December. All the activity that you submit to go towards the minimum activity requirements or activity rewards must have been posted in that month. The game operates on a UK timezone i.e. GMT, so please check to make sure that your submitted activity falls within the right month in this timezone.

If you are currently on hiatus, you do not need to check in. Everyone else should check in. If you have been on hiatus for two weeks or more during the past month, you must still check in but you do not need to submit any activity proofs.

IMPORTANT: Unless you are on hiatus RIGHT NOW DURING THE ACTIVITY CHECK, you MUST CHECK IN.

Anyone who does not comment to this post to check in on time will be removed from the game.

Activity Requirements
Activity check runs from the 1st-5th of every month. The minimum activity requirements vary depending on your character's rank. They are as follows:

Levels 1-2
One post from you with at least five comments from you.
OR
Ten comments across 1-2 threads where you tagged someone else's post.

Levels 3-4
One post from you with at least five comments from you and five comments across 1-2 threads in other posts.
OR
Twelve comments across 2-3 threads where you tagged someone else's post. Must submit a minimum of 2 threads.

Level 5
One post from you with at least five comments from you and eight comments across 2-3 threads in other posts. Must submit a minimum of 2 threads.
OR
Fifteen comments across 3-4 threads where you tagged someone else's post. Must submit a minimum of 3 threads.

• All activity submitted must be from the relevant month i.e. the month before each activity check. The month is measured according to UK time.
• You can link to threads that include comments from the previous or next month, as long as you only count comments within that thread from the current month.
• You can submit thread comments and comments from posts made by you that were originally started in the month before the AC period, but no older than that. For example, for an August activity check, you could submit comments from a thread that had been started in July, and count the comments from that thread that were made in August. You could not submit comments from a thread that started in June, even if that thread did include comments from August.
• Comments do not have to be evenly spread between threads. You could submit two threads of 7 and 3 comments respectively, and this would add up to your 10 comment total.
• The comment count applies only to comments posted by you. For example, a thread of 20 comments in which Player A posted 10 comments and Player B posted 10 comments, could be submitted by each player as a count of 10 comments.
• Text messages, phone calls and other network-style posts and comments cannot be counted towards AC.
• If you play a character at level 2 or above, your character will go down one level if you do not obtain any activity points for two months in a row. This includes being excused for hiatus or taking a strike.

Activity Rewards
After meeting the minimum activity requirements, you can also submit additional activity in exchange for points, which you can spend on rewards. Check out the Activity Rewards for the list of rewards you can claim.

Ten comments = 1 point

These ten comments do not have to be in the same thread, they can be from any number of threads. Any extra comments that don't add up to ten won't get you anything. For example, if you have 15 additional comments beyond the minimum activity requirements, this would net you 1 point. If you have 20 additional comments, this would net you 2 points. If you have 29 additional comments, this would still net you 2 points, as the extra nine comments aren't enough to reach one more point.

• You must pass the minimum activity requirements first. Posts and threads that you submit for AC cannot be used to exchange for points, even if they go beyond the minimum activity requirement. Nor can you claim any points if you are on hiatus, just checking in or you fail the activity check. The rewards system is for additional activity only.
• For any posts that you didn't use for AC, you can count your starter post as one comment.
• You can only count comments that are posted by you. Comment spamming (i.e. posting multiple responses to a single comment) only counts as one reply.
• Text messages, phone calls and other network-style posts and comments cannot be exchanged for points.
• Comments must be posted within the AC period i.e. the month before each activity check. You can submit thread comments and comments from posts made by you that were originally started in the month before the AC period, but no older than that. For example, for an August activity check, you could submit comments from a thread that had been started in July, and count the comments from that thread that were made in August. You could not submit comments from a thread that started in June, even if that thread did include comments from August.
• The maximum number of points you can claim at each activity check is 15.
• You can save up points from previous activity checks. So if you received 2 points in one month, you could save these and gain an additional 2 points in the next month, for a total of 4 points.
• There may be some instances where points will not be awarded e.g. if a player's activity consists only of threads between themselves and one other player, or if the submitted activity consists of very short threads that have all been dropped. This will be decided according to mod discretion. Please don't try to game the system.

ACTIVITY CHECK ENDS 5TH JANUARY AT 18:00 GMT.

If you check in late, you will receive a strike, so make sure you check in on time! As always, feel free to ask if you have any questions.

Comments

QUESTIONS

[undergroundmods]

[knightscode]

I was on hiatus for most of December! So I think I am exempt...?

[knowntohisfriends]

Jack Dawkins/The Artful Dodger | knowntohisfriends | Level 1
Activity links: • Post Made by Jack (# comments)
• Thread/Post 2 with Nancy "Fagin" (# comments)
• Thread/Post 3 with Faolan (# comments)
Additional activity links: • Thread with Character Name (5 comments)
• Thread with Character Nancy and Cooper (2 comments)
Additional comments total: 8
Points carried over from last month: 0
Points acquired this month: 0
Request a reward?: N/A
Points total: N/A

[dirtyredneck]

Check In for Daryl Dixon

[reticence]

Faolan | reticence | Level 3 Guardian, Level 5 Hillingdon
Activity links:
• Thread with Liadan (5 comments)
• Thread with Anya (5 comments)
• Thread with Lancelot (5 comments)
Additional activity links:
• Thread with Caroline (4 comments)
• Thread with Nancy (5 comments)
• Thread with Arthur (4 comments)
• Thread with Dodger (2 comments)
• Thread with Roddy (1 comment)
• Thread with Party (4 comments)
Additional comments total: 20
Points carried over from last month: 46.
Points acquired this month: 2.
Request a reward?:
• Gain an ability of your choosing (6 points) -- increasing his sensitivity to magic. Specifically, the ability to sense visions/flashes of past magical activity as detailed here. (Perhaps they have been spending a bit too much time together, and Lancelot’s magical abilities have started to rub off on Faolan. Literally.) The gaining of such an ability would greatly help Faolan in his role as Guardian, as well as his more personal role as a Private Investigator, which I’d like to push him to step up more work in again.
Points total: 42.

[undergroundmods]

Congratulations Faolan on increasing your sensitivity to magic! Faolan can now pick up visions/flashes of past magical activity.

At the moment Faolan's magic is still very weak (1). Would you also like to use another 6 points to increase his magical power?

[reticence]

After giving it some thought, yes, I think I would like to spend the 6 points to increase his magical power up another level! (I certainly have the points to spend haha)

[undergroundmods]

Done! Faolan's magic has now increased to 2. Your points total is 36.

[baisant]

Jean-Claude | baisant | Level 5 Islington
Activity links:
• Thread with Nancy (4 comments)
• Thread with Evie (4 comments)
• Thread with Nancy (4 comments)
• Thread with Sylvia (3 comments)
Additional activity links:
• Thread with Caroline (3 comments)
• Thread with Natasha (3 comments)
• Thread with Thomas (3 comments)
• Thread with Joscelin (1 comment)
• Thread with Cooper (1 comment)
• Thread with Eames (2 comments)
• Thread with Joss & Caroline (1 comment)
• Thread with Micheletto (1 comment)
Additional comments total: 15.
Points carried over from last month: 0.
Points acquired this month: 1.
Request a reward?: n/a
Points total: 1.

[stauncherhearted]

Nancy "Fagin" | stauncherhearted | Level 2
Activity links: • Thread with Liadan (7 comments)
• Thread with Sylvia (5 comments)


Additional activity links: • Thread with Micheletto (9 comments)
• Thread with Sirius (15 comments)

Additional comments total: 24

Points carried over from last month: 30
Points acquired this month: 2

Points total: 32

[freelife]

Evie Frye | freelife | Level 3
Activity links: • Thread with Dodger (18 comments)
• Thread with Caroline, JC and Joss (19 comments)


Additional activity links: • Thread with Natasha (19 comments)


Additional comments total: 19
Points carried over from last month: 7
Points acquired this month: 1

Points total: 8

[excrucior]

Micheletto Corella | excrucior | Level 1
Activity links: • Thread by Micheletto (10 eligible comments)
Additional activity links: • Thread by Micheletto (17 eligible comments)
Additional comments total: 17
Points carried over from last month: N/A
Points acquired this month: 1
Request a reward?: N/A
Points total: 1

[undergroundmods]

The activity submitted doesn't have 10 eligible comments, but if you substitute it for the additional activity, you do pass activity check. Your points total is therefore 0.

[vampire_barbie_girl]

Caroline Forbes | vampire_barbie_girl | Level 2
Activity links:
• Thread with Jack (10 comments)


Additional activity links:
• Thread with Faolan (5 comments)
• Thread with Nancy (31 comments)
• Thread with Oliver (4 comments)
• Thread with Cesare (4 comments)
• Thread with Nancy (14 comments + 1 for post)
• Thread with Jean-Claude (3 comments)
• Thread with Thomas (4 comments)
• Thread with Evie (13 comments)
• Thread with Natasha (10 comments)
• Thread with Joss (4 comments)
• Thread with Cooper (5 comments)
• Thread with Cesare (2 comments)

Additional comments total: 100
Points carried over from last month: 20
Points acquired this month: 10
Request a reward?: Increase strength by 1.
Points total: 24

[undergroundmods]

Vampires cannot increase their strength, but there is an option to increase magic if you have at least 3 vampires sired by Caroline in the nest. You have enough points to create 3 or more minions, would you like to do this?

[defy_the_stars]

Sorry, I should have read the Powers page more carefully. I can't really see Caroline siring many vampires, so I'll keep the points for now.

[undergroundmods]

No problem. Caroline has 30 points in total.

[defy_the_stars]

Liadan Waters | defy_the_stars | Level 1
Activity links:

• Post & threads with Nancy, Cooper, Sirius, and Faolan

Additional comments total: 0
Points carried over from last month: 4
Points acquired this month: 0
Request a reward?: Randomly receive any one of the following: a useful item, an ability, a (temporary) curse.
Points total: 1

[undergroundmods]

Liadan will receive a set of Grow Me and Shrink Me potions, each containing four doses. Unfortunately the bottles have been mislabelled: the Grow Me potion is actually a Shrink Me potion and vice versa...

[specifiercity]

I took a two week hiatus that ends today but if that doesn't cover me I'll have to take a strike with both of mine (Arthur and Finnick).

[undergroundmods]

Hiatus is fine! Noting however that Finnick's rank will go down to level 1, as he has gone two months in a row without earning any activity points.

[roddy_reinigen]

Roddy Geiger | roddy_reinigen | Level 1
Activity links: • Thread with Party (3 comments)
• Thread with Dodger (9 comments)
Additional activity links: N/A
Additional comments total: 0
Points carried over from last month: 3
Points acquired this month: 0
Request a reward?: N/A
Points total: 3

[loveconquersdinosaurs]

Thomas Raith | loveconquersdinosaurs | Level 1
Activity links: • Thread with Caroline (5 comments)
• Thread with Nancy (5 comments)
Additional activity links: N/A
Additional comments total: 0
Points carried over from last month: 8
Points acquired this month: 0
Request a reward?: N/A
Points total: 8

[constantprisoner]

Sirius Black | constantprisoner | Level 1
Activity links: • Thread 1 with Nancy (17 comments)
• Thread 2 Liaden (12 comments)
Points carried over from last month: 11
Points acquired this month: 0
Request a reward?:n/a
Points total: 11

[emotioneater]

John Cooper | emotioneater | Level 4
Activity links: • Thread with Dodger (6 comments)
• Thread with Liadan (7 comments)
Additional activity links: • Thread with Nancy (13 comments)
• Thread with Sylvia (7 comments)
• Thread with Caroline, Joss, and Jean-Claude (10 comments)
Additional comments total: 30
Points carried over from last month: 15
Points acquired this month: 3
Request a reward?: Randomly receive any one of the following: a useful item, an ability, a (temporary) curse. (3 points)
Points total: 15

[undergroundmods]

Cooper will gain the ability to sense emotions! This only works when he is in close proximity to others around him.

[longterm]

Cesare Borgia | longterm | Level 4
Activity links:
• Thread with Joscelin and Evie (5 comments)
• Thread with Caroline (1 comment)
• Thread with Caroline (4 comments)

Additional activity links:
• Thread with Nancy (5 comments)
• Thread with Natasha (3 comments)
• Thread with Sylvia (3 comments)
• Thread with Micheletto (7 comments)

Additional comments total: 18
Points carried over from last month: 3
Points acquired this month: 1
Request a reward?: N/A
Points total: 4

[undergroundmods]

You have only submitted 10 comments in your activity links. Level 4 characters require 12 comments to pass. It still works out if you substitute the last additional activity thread for the Caroline threads, just noting for future reference!

[longterm]

Oh! Sorry! I Accidentally wrote "thread" instead of "post" for the top link with Joscelin and Evie. Would that fix it?

[undergroundmods]

No, because that post is from November, not December which is the period for activity check. You can submit individual threads from old posts if they have comments from the current month, but not the post itself. Looking at it again, you actually only have 4 comments from December in that post. I think it does still work out if you switch things around though!

[longterm]

Ah, ok! Thanks for clearing that up for me! Do I still get one AC point? Just so I know for next month.

[undergroundmods]

No problem. Yes, you still get one AC point!

[longterm]

Great! Thanks! <3

[dredefulchilde]

Joscelin Fitzthomas de Lisle | dredefulchilde | Level 1
Activity links:
• Thread with Cooper (5 comments)
• Thread with Caroline and Jean-Claude (5 comments)
Additional activity links:
• Thread with Jean-Claude (1 comment)
• Thread with Evie (1 comment)
• Thread with Natasha (13 comments)
• Thread with Micheletto (6 comments)
Additional comments total: 21
Points carried over from last month: 0
Points acquired this month: 2
Request a reward?: n/a
Points total: 2

[injectablefame]

Party Poison | injectablefame | Level 1
Activity links: • Open Post (16 comments)
Additional comments total: n/a
Points carried over from last month: 2
Points acquired this month: 0
Request a reward?: n/a
Points total: 2

[outstandingbalance]

Natasha Romanoff | outstandingbalance | Level 2
Activity links: • Thread 1 with Caroline (11 comments)

Additional activity links: • Thread with Joscelin (12 comments)

Additional comments total: 12
Points carried over from last month: 43
Points acquired this month: 1
Request a reward?: NA
Points total: 44

[falsify]

Taking a strike! I messed up this month.

[catphishing]

Strike for Oliver please.

[undergroundmods]

Oliver's rank will go down to level 1, as he has gone two months in a row without earning any activity points. That means he no longer has a senior role and will take a pay cut.

[undergroundmods]

Activity check is now closed.