September Activity Check

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Hello Re-Alignment! It's time for the



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<b>Character Name:</b> <b>1st Example:</b> <a href="INSERT LINK/LOG/THREAD URL HERE">WITTY EXAMPLE TEXT</a> <b>2nd Example:</b> <a href="INSERT LINK/LOG/THREAD URL HERE">WITTY EXAMPLE TEXT</a> <b>Activity Summary:</b> (This only needs to be a small paragraph or list of what your character has done. Feel free to be general (IE 'McCrane has spent the last two months trying to find fuel to survive, getting an engine overhaul, and then building all the places.') or to be specific (IE 'McCrane has made friends with Noisy Boy, working with him to construct a punching block while trying to come up with ways for him to defeat Midas and thus gain the other robot's respect. He's also been...' etc).

AC Rules!

• -Comment to this entry using the above text box, once for each character. You may combine multiple characters into one post.
  
• -We'll be accepting any activity for this check that occurred between July 7th and September 14th.
  
• -You will need to post two Examples of Activity and an Activity Summary for every character you have in the game. (See below)
  
• -Any character accepted on August 15th or later will not be required to participate in this Activity Check.
  
• -You will have one week from when this post goes up to provide your activity check (so until end of day September 21th).
  

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EXAMPLES OF ACTIVITY

Examples of activity are really straightforward: we just need you to give us the URL to any two of the following:

• -A Link-network post made by your character containing at least 20 comments of any kind
  
• -A log post made by your character containing at least 7 comments of any kind
  
• -Any thread in the main community in which your character has made at least 10 comments
  
• -Any thread in the logs community in which your character has made at least 5 comments
  

You may provide two of the same KIND of example (two Link posts, two log threads, etc.) Comment chains in which your character makes two or more comments at once will count as only one comment towards the total of the thread. If needed, you may combine multiple links to smaller threads until you have reached the minimum (so for ONE activity example, you could link to two main community threads with 5 comments each to reach the minimum ten comments.)

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ACTIVITY SUMMARY

In addition to the two examples of activity provided, you must also give us an activity summary.

An activity summary consists of a small paragraph explaining what your character has been up to since the previous Activity Check (or since arriving in the game if you are new.) This can be as simple or as detailed as you would like! At the minimum, be sure to hit any events your character has participated in (either game events or character plots) and where they're currently residing. If you'd like to get more detailed (such as drawing up CR charts, mentioning what Firstforged they've talked with, or adding links) we're not going to stop you, as this will make a handy future reference for you as well as for us!

The activity summary will help the mods in determining alignment swaps, determining future Firstforged plans for your characters, and will also keep us from missing anything important about your character. In no way will your activity summary have any effect on you passing or failing activity check, unless it is completely absent. In other words, doing the minimum on this can't hurt you, but going above and beyond can help you!

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EXCLUSIONS AND EXEMPTIONS

Characters are only expected to participate in an Activity Check if they have been in the game for a month or more. Generally, this means anyone who arrived in the most recent application cycle won't be expected to provide any samples of activity or a summary for that AC.

In order to qualify for an exemption to the Activity Check, you must have posted a hiatus of 2 weeks or longer to the official hiatus page during the period covered by the Activity Check. You may not request back-to-back exemptions, regardless of any length hiatus you may take. If you are unable to meet the requirements for activity due to real-life circumstances/an emergency, you MUST communicate with the mods before the end of the Activity Check.

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FAILING ACTIVITY CHECK

If you fail to post to an Activity Check within the week that it is open and you have not contacted the mods beforehand, then any characters not posted will be dropped from the game. The mods will put up a list of characters in danger of being dropped at the end of Activity Check, at which point they will have three days to contact the mods and provide AC and explanation for failing it. After those three days have passed, the drops will be official and the characters will be removed from the taken list and PC page.

If you post to the activity check but do not meet the minimum requirements in your Examples of Activity, you will be given a one week period in which to provide one (or two, as needed to meet the minimum requirement) new example of activity of any kind. If you are able to do so, then you will have passed activity check and be fine (although the 'new' example of activity will not be usable in the next AC.) If you fail to do so, then your character will be dropped.

Comments

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Character Name: 4
1st Example: Happy Birthday to you~
2nd Example: Shape up or I'll kill you
Activity Summary:

To start out on a good note, Four went with the others out into the badlands. She turned out to be very useful, as she was able to everyone's link translator, which would have made travel more difficult. Unfortunately, she ended up getting stepped on and injured, though it didn't put that much of a damper on her spirits.

When one spends most of their time in the company of criminals, it's hard to keep your already questionable moral compass in check. Four has been spending most of her time being taught music and poetry from Tarn, and science from Shockwave. This has resulted in a stitchpunk who believes that deceiving a friend and leading him to Shockwave is an acceptable thing to do, because she's curious about what he looks like inside.

The capture of Tarn has left Four with a few questions though, and she hopes to get them answered someday, preferably from Tarn himself. She knows that siding with Tarn was the wrong thing to do, because Tarn is a bad guy, but at the same time he has always treated her well. It's difficult thing for her to work through. Oh, and she semi-confessed her feelings to Shockwave, who took it as well as Shockwave could.

Character Name: Megatron
1st Example: Megatron does something for the lulz
2nd Example: Part 1 Part 2
Activity Summary:

Megatron has mostly been sitting in the shadows, watching things as they go by. He tends to only surface when he wants to amuse himself with something, whether it be joining the Police Force or tormenting Starscream. His resources are few, and the number of Decepticons loyal to him are even fewer, however Shockwave more than makes up for any of that.

He intends to have a more active part to shaping the future of Cybertron... but not yet. For now, he will wait.

Character Name: Cody Burns
1st Example: Education is necessary... unfortunately
2nd Example: Kay what are you doing
Activity Summary:

Cody's been busy enough. Working under Prowl all the time means that he's never without things to do. Still, he wishes that he could do more. He often tells Mccoy, despite the other's concern, that he thinks his workload is just fine, and that there isn't much need to worry. In fact, Cody has recently decided to try out for a spot on the Law Committee, wouldn't that be cool? After a talk with Kay, Cody is determined to find something for her to do, even if it's a little bit dangerous. Also Cody is determined to set up surveillance cameras around the temples. He'll get to that someday.

Character Name: Chromedome
1st Example: All the robot manangst
2nd Example: Love of my life
Activity Summary:

Chromedome has let himself be influenced by Prowl so much that he ends up doing what he wants almost without question. Prowl asked him to inject into Thundercracker in order to bring him under his control, and Chromedome complied. He believes that what they're doing is for the greater good, and that he can help bring order. This will make everyone safe. His convictions were further cemented when Rewind was put into a coma, apparently by Tarn. Angry, Chromedome went along with the others to take the DJD down, only managing to suffer minor injures along the way.

When Rewind finally woke up, Chromedome explained what happened and was happy that his lover was back. He plans on keeping it that way. At this moment, he's stalking both Starscream and Tarn in prison.

Character Name: Red Alert
1st Example: Signing you all up for healthcare
2nd Example: Mingling at the hospital
Activity Summary:

Overall Red Alert has been focused on the well-being of everyone and spends most of her time tending to them. Despite her disdain towards Megatron, she agrees to go along with him on his field trip to serve as a medic. During that time she managed to patch up Starscream's wing (whom she sarcastically refers to as "Skyfire"), and stopped him from killing an interesting specimen. She finds the blades and samples she got from the centipede to be worth leaving it alone.

Red Alert's been trying to crack down on the number of idiots mechs who are too proud to come to her when they need help. Her first solution is mandatory health care. Her initial proposal was met with general approval, as her fellow medics were also keen to grab those stubborn patients. She hopes to gain more support from the committee, since she can't exactly enforce this herself. On the side, she's met and spoken with Knock Out and may play a part in engineering an illness with Blackarachnia. Nothing serious, but it would help make her point that monthly checkups would be useful. It's not very ethical, but it's for the greater good, yes?

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Activity Check cleared, thank you!

Some of Megatron's links are from outside the activity period; they will not be eligible for the next Activity Check in November.