#rivalsupdate

Recently there have been some problems and trends I have been noticing regarding activity and I would like to address them. While I increased the activity limit a while back-- and that, in general, was a good idea-- it seems to me that people have been starting to abuse it.

Even with a bigger activity limit, you need to be active. Posting one reply every month is not activity. Going on hiatus and disappearing for longer than you told us you would be gone, only to do one or two replies is not activity. If you need a hiatus, by all means, let us know, but you need to give the admins an end date, and you need to be aware that if you go over that end date, we will unfollow you.

If you don’t have more than one or two replies in your activity, answer starters. Make starters for other people-- if you scroll down the dash, you will see plenty of examples of people starting threads off the cuff to get activity up. I promise you, no one will mind being tagged in starters.

I will be messaging people who’s activity has been concerning me, but at the end of the day, you are FC hoarding. You are holding on to FCs and positions that other people could be using and enjoying while you disappear for months on end only to come back and do one reply, and that is not okay. 

The admin team will start unfollowing people who show a trend of doing this.

ok so a couple of things

first of all, i’m so sorry for being the worst and pushing the rivalstv stuff back. i swear up and down it will be out tomorrow. i finally have my head on straight and am ready to get shit done

bUT on another note, i had an idea for a really big event type thing, but i dont want to put work into it without knowing whether or not people would be down for it. so! would everyone be down with a really big, multiple-month long event that could potentially change the format/plot for a few months (not to drastically but in a kind of cool way that i think everyone would be excited for)? it’s hard to ask this without revealing what i’m thinking of but mostly i’m just asking if everyone is down for change-- temporary change but change all the same

at the beginning of november, we upped the activity limit to a month, and while that was a good choice (in my opinion) and has been working well, i need to stress something i put in the original post.

“that being said, while you have more time, the activity limit will be more rigid. in the past, we have give some people about to be unfollowed a couple days to get on their shit before posting it so they could save themselves, and there have been characters unfollowed that have been re-followed at the next acceptance. this will no longer be happening. if you need a hiatus or semi-hiatus, you need to make the main aware so we can mark that down accordingly, and if you aren’t on one, there is no reason you cannot get on at least once a month. furthermore, we ask that you check the main and the admin tags a lot more regularly if you aren’t on often, just so you can stay updated and in the loop. “

if you cannot get on your characters at least once a month, then perhaps you should go on hiatus. or perhaps you should not have those characters. i don’t mean to be blunt, but the activity limit is by far one of the longest ones i’ve ever seen, with most roleplays giving you 3 or 4 days max.

furthermore, while i usually do warn you all before i do a check, i am not required to do that. it is your responsibility to stay within the limit. it is a month. you should be able to do that without prompting, and if you can’t, then perhaps an hiatus is best for you.

If you have any questions, please direct them to the main. We also ask that you like this post once you’ve read it so we know that you’ve seen it!

through talking with a lot of you and observing the dash, i have made the decision to up the activity limit to one month. while you are all getting online, a lot of semi-hiatuses have been requested as of late, and i know a lot of you are struggling to stay on top of school and work and rivals replies. i made this rp to be chill and welcoming, not a stresser, so it’s a change i’m happy to make in the interest of the rp-- i feel like everyone can enjoy themselves a little more with a little more wiggle room.

that being said, while you have more time, the activity limit will be more rigid. in the past, we have give some people about to be unfollowed a couple days to get on their shit before posting it so they could save themselves, and there have been characters unfollowed that have been re-followed at the next acceptance. this will no longer be happening. if you need a hiatus or semi-hiatus, you need to make the main aware so we can mark that down accordingly, and if you aren’t on one, there is no reason you cannot get on at least once a month. furthermore, we ask that you check the main and the admin tags a lot more regularly if you aren’t on often, just so you can stay updated and in the loop.

our next activity check will be saturday, november 18th, so if you believe you are behind on activity, please do some replies before then!

If you have any questions, please direct them to the main. We also ask that you like this post once you’ve read it so we know that you've seen it!

do you want us to make a new blog for the multi-muse, or can we convert one of our other ones?

it is completely up to you! if you feel more comfortable keeping your blog and renovating it, you are free to do that, but if it is better for you to start fresh, that works too!

if i convert a blog, can i keep the url or should i change it?

this is also up to you-- if you change your url, though, let us know.

what sort of things should i use for the url?

anything you’d like! you can use your name, like i did-- character names, song lyrics, aesthetic stuff. anything! as long as you have the ‘rv’ in the title somewhere, you’re good.

is there going to be a new system for applying for new characters?

no-- applications will remain exactly the same.

how will follow/unfollows work?

if it is a single muse-blog, exactly the same. for multi muse blogs, we will still make posts, but instead of telling to follow, we will just make a post stating that a character has been added to a specific blog. for unfollows, we will make a post making that clear as well, and all threads with that character will be dropped.

do we have to make a separate page for each muse?

no, you can have a general directory, so long as you (at the very least) link to the bios on the company pages, so people who want to plot with you can get familiar with your character if need be.

can we keep old threads from our original blogs going?

yep! that is completely allowed!

does the starter rule apply per character, or per blog!

We may be wrong, but we figured a lot of the lag on the dash had to do with the fact that most people have many characters and it is overwhelming to get online and do replies for all of them, and thought that maybe having all the characters in the same place might be easier to keep track of, but also easier to do replies and stay on top of things.

You do not have to switch over to a multi-muse blog if you do not want to. If you are more comfortable and confident keeping things separate, then we do not want to stifle you. We are just keeping this as an option for members who do want to do it. 

You can see an example of a multi-muse blog here. While there are currently no posts, all of the pages are up and running, and the tagging system is in place. 

With this new system comes a new set of rules. Activity limits on multi-muse blogs will be a maximum of two weeks for the blog as a whole, but we will be keeping track of every character you have on these blogs, to make sure none are getting neglected. Each character will have the standard month to be active, and I will be checking multi-muse blogs regularly to be sure all characters are active. The blog-wide activity limit may be tweaked in the future.

If you are picking up a character on a multi-muse blog, or moving your characters to a multi-muse blog, you need to be just as active as you must be on a regular blog. We realize there will be some characters you use more than others, but this is not a green flag to hoard fcs and positions while being active with other characters.

To make this work, you will need a very clear tagging system, as well as a page making that system clear, so it is easier for the admins to keep tabs on your characters. Here is an example, however you do not need to use the same tagging system as I do.

As for URLs, you can use whatever you would like, as long as it has the standard ‘rv’ in the url somewhere. I used my name, but that is not required.

We recognize that many members of the RP have aliases and characters under alias, so we are throwing out the character limit. You can drop aliases and have all of your characters on your multi-muse if you would like.

If anyone has any questions or concerns, please direct them to the main or to one of the admins. If you are planning on making the switch to multi-muse, please message the main about that as well! Please like this once you have seen it, so we can make sure everyone has.