When we made the rule, we were considering those who may be using the same one or two people back to back on ac. We will allow players to use characters twice in back to back months if overall their other activity looks good. The idea isn't to punish the slower taggers by any stretch, and backdated threads are still usable for AC so long as one new thread from the current month is included in the proofs, the backdated thread wasn't used for a previous AC, and the submitted proof is within the AC time range. If, however, someone uses the same character for a third month, we may ask for a different proof.
The mod team doesn't expect for everyone to tag a completely new character every month for AC, but we're just making sure that we see diversity in our comments as we're now at cap. The majority of the playerbase has been following this so far, including those who have expressed concerns in this thread, and already something we've been keeping an eye on. It's just a notice / update on the fact that we're looking at those sorts of things. That being said, we are also keeping an eye on dropped threads and will address it accordingly, as it's unfair to expect effort from one party and not the other. Obviously we can't make anyone do their tags, but cross-canon CR is important to the nature of this game, and with the size the game is now, we don't want to run into cliques being formed. Again, we don't see this behavior much in terms of the current playerbase, but we wanted to address it before it became a problem in this case.
Other than that, the rules surrounding AC remain pretty much the same. We didn't actually make that much change, but we will make sure the playerbase is informed of this clarification if there is concern from outside this comment thread. While we are firm on our comment requirement for AC, as always we will monitor AC and let everyone know if there are more clarifications or added thoughts. The nature of hiatuses were the only rules we made new for this month.
I know Jelle that you were concerned on plurk about getting removed from the game after submitting AC that has errors in it – the modteam regularly processes AC through the month as it's submitted, and if there are problems with it we will notify the player of their error. Those who have posted AC will be given notice and not just removed from the game after the end of the month if there are errors in their comments. Only those who do not comment to the activity page at all and don't communicate with the mods their circumstances behind this will be removed from the game. That's why we have the deadline of midnight EST on the last day of the month, and we will not hear or accept activity after that. AC warning list gets posted a week before it closes, activity in general is available all month, and our playerbase helps with reminders as well, so we will have no further one-on-one reminders from the modteam.
We will not be splitting AC into logs versus network tags either now or in the future. Everyone wants to engage with the game in different ways, and for many people, network tags are as thorough, meaty, and plot-advancing as log tags can be. Our goal is to encourage engagement within the setting in whatever way players see fit, and we cannot assign different values to different kinds of tags for this reason. This is part of the reason why we allow backdated threads for AC, so those that would continue a thread at a slower or more thorough pace may still get their proofs for the month.
Communication with the modteam is always key and important to us, and if anyone has an extenuating circumstance they must come to us earlier rather than later via either dm or a screened comment on the mod contact post. If you have any other comments or concerns, you may reply to this comment or contact us in the avenues above.
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The mod team doesn't expect for everyone to tag a completely new character every month for AC, but we're just making sure that we see diversity in our comments as we're now at cap. The majority of the playerbase has been following this so far, including those who have expressed concerns in this thread, and already something we've been keeping an eye on. It's just a notice / update on the fact that we're looking at those sorts of things. That being said, we are also keeping an eye on dropped threads and will address it accordingly, as it's unfair to expect effort from one party and not the other. Obviously we can't make anyone do their tags, but cross-canon CR is important to the nature of this game, and with the size the game is now, we don't want to run into cliques being formed. Again, we don't see this behavior much in terms of the current playerbase, but we wanted to address it before it became a problem in this case.
Other than that, the rules surrounding AC remain pretty much the same. We didn't actually make that much change, but we will make sure the playerbase is informed of this clarification if there is concern from outside this comment thread. While we are firm on our comment requirement for AC, as always we will monitor AC and let everyone know if there are more clarifications or added thoughts. The nature of hiatuses were the only rules we made new for this month.
I know Jelle that you were concerned on plurk about getting removed from the game after submitting AC that has errors in it – the modteam regularly processes AC through the month as it's submitted, and if there are problems with it we will notify the player of their error. Those who have posted AC will be given notice and not just removed from the game after the end of the month if there are errors in their comments. Only those who do not comment to the activity page at all and don't communicate with the mods their circumstances behind this will be removed from the game. That's why we have the deadline of midnight EST on the last day of the month, and we will not hear or accept activity after that. AC warning list gets posted a week before it closes, activity in general is available all month, and our playerbase helps with reminders as well, so we will have no further one-on-one reminders from the modteam.
We will not be splitting AC into logs versus network tags either now or in the future. Everyone wants to engage with the game in different ways, and for many people, network tags are as thorough, meaty, and plot-advancing as log tags can be. Our goal is to encourage engagement within the setting in whatever way players see fit, and we cannot assign different values to different kinds of tags for this reason. This is part of the reason why we allow backdated threads for AC, so those that would continue a thread at a slower or more thorough pace may still get their proofs for the month.
Communication with the modteam is always key and important to us, and if anyone has an extenuating circumstance they must come to us earlier rather than later via either dm or a screened comment on the mod contact post. If you have any other comments or concerns, you may reply to this comment or contact us in the avenues above.