Okay, hi everyone! Again, LOL. Please note that I've bolded some points for easier readability since I realize this is kind of long. But before I launch into what I've got written, I want to emphasize that I'm A-Okay with people having different posting speeds/styles/comfort zones.
My desire to change the AC requirements does not stem from wanting to make people with different posting speeds feel bad or unwelcome. On the contrary, I think it's good to have a relatively broad range of players. Furthermore, I don't think a new Activity Check would necessarily disrupt people's usual posting schedules. Rather, I'd like to see regularly scheduled activity checks (preferably once every full DS/NS cycle -- in other words, roughly once every 6 weeks), and requirements that are a little more structured in order to hopefully help encourage people to finish backthreads.
Regularly-scheduled activity checks would make it less likely for squatters to fall through cracks, and would give a more concrete goal than what's currently provided. I understand that would require more work on the mods' part, to which I suggest considering the possibility of allowing 1-2 NPC mod teams to alternate in assisting Court and Erin in going through activity stuff however they saw fit/necessary.
Obviously, this would depend on the Head Mods' feelings on this idea, as well as the NPC Mods' willingness to volunteer some of their time in this endeavor. What are you guys' thoughts on this particular point?
If not every full DS cycle, maybe every 2 DSes or so could work (like we were trying to do before), but I think that still lets a squatter potentially hang around for the better part of a year, which we want to avoid.
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My desire to change the AC requirements does not stem from wanting to make people with different posting speeds feel bad or unwelcome. On the contrary, I think it's good to have a relatively broad range of players. Furthermore, I don't think a new Activity Check would necessarily disrupt people's usual posting schedules. Rather, I'd like to see regularly scheduled activity checks (preferably once every full DS/NS cycle -- in other words, roughly once every 6 weeks), and requirements that are a little more structured in order to hopefully help encourage people to finish backthreads.
Regularly-scheduled activity checks would make it less likely for squatters to fall through cracks, and would give a more concrete goal than what's currently provided. I understand that would require more work on the mods' part, to which I suggest considering the possibility of allowing 1-2 NPC mod teams to alternate in assisting Court and Erin in going through activity stuff however they saw fit/necessary.
Obviously, this would depend on the Head Mods' feelings on this idea, as well as the NPC Mods' willingness to volunteer some of their time in this endeavor. What are you guys' thoughts on this particular point?
If not every full DS cycle, maybe every 2 DSes or so could work (like we were trying to do before), but I think that still lets a squatter potentially hang around for the better part of a year, which we want to avoid.