ACTIVITY CHECK: NOVEMBER 2022

[abraxasmods]

Activity Check: November 2022

It's time for activity check! Activity requirements are outlined below. If you have any additional questions, you can reach out to us on the FAQ.

View Activity Requirements

• Players will be required to link at minimum two threads with a brief summary of what each thread entails. Some months will have specific goals or events where linking extra threads related to those plots will result in extra rewards.


• There is no minimum comment count for linked threads, but we do ask that the threads indicate some level of interactivity with another player. We understand that sometimes threads are started late in the month, or are slow for reasons of conflicting availability between individual players, and so on. If we notice a pattern of making threads to fulfill the AC requirements and ignoring responses, or dropping threads as soon as AC is approved, we will have an individual discussion with the player in question.


• TDM threads, network threads, and inbox threads are acceptable as proofs for AC, but should not make up the total of both proofs (i.e. your two thread proofs submitted for AC cannot consist only of inbox threads). Further, at least one proof should be a log thread - both proofs cannot be network-style comment spam.


• Backdated threads from the previous month are acceptable, so long as the comments linked take place during the current AC month and the thread has not been used for a previous AC or for AC rewards. Backdated threads that were started at the end of the previous month are especially fine. If we notice a consistent pattern of backdated threads started at the beginning of the previous month with very sparse comments or regularly dropped threads, then we may have an individual discussion with the player in question.


• If you plan on using additional threads in a log post or top level to purchase bonus Activity Rewards, please link individual threads when filling out the main Activity Check rather than the entire top level or log, to help us keep track which thread has already been submitted where.


• You may hiatus once every four months (so, once you use a hiatus, you must make activity for the next three months). If you have extenuating RL circumstances that would require you to hiatus more, please contact the mods. There are no strikes separate from hiatuses, but you are not required to hiatus in advance of AC so if you find yourself without the necessary activity you can use your hiatus pass.


• Failing to post to AC before closure will count as idling out. If you think you'll be unable to post during this time period or extenuating RL circumstances prevented you from posting please contact the mods.

Please fill out the following form by November 30th at 11:59 PM ET to stay in the game! Failure to reply will count as idling out.

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Thread 1 Link + Summary:</b> <b>Thread 2 Link + Summary:</b> <b>Faction:</b> Fill this in only if 1) this is your first time submitting AC for the character; or 2) your character's faction has changed since the last AC round <b>Power or physical gain:</b> Either from the Horizon or event rewards. Please note you can only submit ONE gain request per AC period, but the choice is yours as to which one you want to claim first. <b>Notable actions:</b> (If applicable) NPC threads and/or actions that may result in others around them noticing (for this month). Include a brief description and a link if there is one

If you are passing with a hiatus or a strike, please use this form instead:

<b>Hiatus/Strike</b> <b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Faction</b> Fill this in only if 1) this is your first time submitting AC for the character; or 2) your character's faction has changed since the last AC round <b>Power or physical gain:</b> Either from the Horizon or event rewards

NOTE:

1. If you participated in October's event, you can request a reward gain at any time before the next event in December. See Reward Gains for more information. Though not required, we encourage players to consider a gain that reflects their experiences during the event!


2. Reminder that you can still sign up for interrogations as well as vote on whether Luna or Ikorr will open first. Votes for the latter will close by the end of this AC check.

Comments

[falcony]

Player Name: dai


Character Name: sam wilson
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Sam + Natasha; with a lot of emotions, a lot of hugs, and a lot of talk of loss (and regaining).
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Sam Not!Thanksgiving Invite; where he invites everyone to another big house party in the Horizon for not!thanksgiving, and he does his best to try and rebuild some relationships.
Power or physical gain: october event gain; i'd like to increase sam's calm emotions ability slightly! whether that involves a simple 'level up' in the abilities he already has been using/working on/increasing since the first horizon visit, or possibly interweaving within those abilities an aspect of 'charm person' where not only sam is able to calm loud emotions, but the person he uses this ability on is more likely to be amenable/listen to/follow orders from him.
Notable actions: sam has been back to his welcome party work this month, with trips out to the barracks and a lot of movement around the city. the odd distance that many of the locals have towards the Summoned becomes something of a point of focus for him, and Sam spends a lot of time working out those relationships (the best he can)

Character Name: yennefer of vengerberg
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Yennefer + Istredd; Istredd and Yennefer talk about Ciri, about his inability to speak to people like they're people, and she may or may not think he looks like a kicked puppy.
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Yennefer + Anakin; are having a quiet evening to themselves, will become nsfw down the road, and all through this Yennefer is going to use her Horizon power for the first time - a year and some change after getting it.
Power or physical gain: october event power gain; prestidigitation! which she is going to end up using primarily to help her alchemy/potion making.
Notable actions: yennefer is fully back to her normal alchemy and botany class schedule, though thornean mage attendance has wavered some due to their uncertainty of the summoned, and therefore yennefer. she has, as if in response, started putting much more time into private lessons with many of the summoned to help them learn abraxan magic as well as get a handle on their own. she continues to take part in her courtly duties as the queen requires of her, and does not seem to be at all affected or even really notice the shift in opinion where it concerns her (though that may be a specific choice on her own part).

Character Name: steve harrington
Thread 1 Link + Summary: Steve + Julie; at Julie's Halloween party.
Thread 2 Link + Summary: Steve + Henry; discuss how terrible children are as workers.
Power or physical gain: october event power gain; I would love to do something that sort of works as a distraction, but I can't find a direct comparison to DND stuff. What I'm thinking is that in fighting situations/combat, Steve can have this spell/ability that effectively distracts an enemy away from another target and puts it solely on him. It wouldn't be forever, so probably just about 5-10 seconds, but it would effectively be used to take an 'enemy's' attention away from whatever it is that it was focused on, and puts it on Steve. So a sort of 'charm person' but with a shorter frame of time??? y'all let me know if you think that works, mods, but it would be fun to play with as I'm building him up to be a kinda paladin/fighter character!!! c:
Notable actions: steve has been spending his time split between babysitting the youngest children in the primary settlement and helping clean/build back up/protect the shrines to the old gods, especially where it concerns getting rid of the omens and then continuing to help where he can / where the locals will let him.

[abraxasmods]

Your activity and gains have been accepted! Steve's gain can work like Compelled Duel if that works with what you're thinking!

[hairington]

that’s perfect!!! thank you!