INACTIVITY

 

INACTIVITY ISSUES

Here's how this will hopefully play out: if a character is meeting POST requirements [presently, a minimum of one post/ month] but repeatedly failing to deliver tags, and absenting long enough to prevent any sort of plots, you can leave a note here. We expect and would appreciate it if this function were not abused: please try to talk things out with the player in question, and do keep in mind that hiatusing is also inevitable throughout gameplay.

We will undertake investigations based on these notes, and discuss matters with players whose tagging / comment / plotting inactivity is a definite impediment for crew / game development. We will however also be looking out for potential grudges and will definitely ask if you've tried dealing with the issue on your own.

Players who have not officially dropped a character but have actively removed all association with polychromatic [such as removed communities, locked all poly-related entries, etc.] from the character journal they use in the game will be considered to have dropped this character from POLYchromatic. The character will be made appable immediately. Those who have had their character removed for this reason will not have the option to repick; they must re-apply for the character. Depending on the time lapsed since and/or circumstances surrounding the removal, we may or may not allow a re-application at our discretion. -- We are not actively monitoring every player's journal for this offense. We will take action only if a member of the community reports it to us.

Comments are not crew (all players can comment on all players); comments screened; anonymous comments not accepted.

Go HERE for information on Activity Expectations.

<b>[inactive character / player]:</b><br /><b>[series of inactive character]:</b><br /><b>[nature of complaints / what you've noticed insofar]:</b><br /><b>[do you play someone in the crew?]:</b> <br /><b>[have you addressed the issue with the player?]:</b><br /><b>[have you had to issue an inactivity complaint against this player beforehand?]:</b>

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CHARACTERIZATION COMPLAINTS

MODERATORS

Same system as here.

If you feel that, even taking into account the character development entertained since entering the City, a particular character is played in such an especially inappropriate way, you are invited to submit a complaint by replying with the following:

<b>[their series]</b> <br /><b>[their RP eljay]</b> <br /><b>[complaint]</b><br /><b>[suggestion for improvement]</b><br /><b>[do you play someone from their fandom crew?]</b><br /><b>[if so, who?]</b><br /><b>[have you had to issue a complaint about this character before?]</b><br /><b>[does this character/player have a personal crit thread?]<b><br /><b>[have you used it? please link if yes and unscreened]</b><br /><b>[if no, why not?]

Since it is expected of moderators to set an example of general responsibility, expect or demand efficiency in our dealing with these complaints.

Furthermore, to avoid doubt of our public acknowledgment of these complaints, comments will not be screened – we ask, however, that they be anonymous.

Please use this thread to address complaints against us in our quality as players, not moderators.

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CHARACTERIZATION COMPLAINTS

REGULAR PLAYERS


Here’s how the system works:

If you feel that, even taking into account the character development entertained since entering the City, a particular character is played in such an especially inappropriate way, you are invited to submit a complaint by replying with the following:

<b>[name of badly portrayed character]</b><br /><b>[their series]</b> <br /><b>[their RP eljay]</b> <br /><b>[complaint]</b><br /><b>[suggestion for improvement]</b><br /><b>[do you play someone from their fandom crew?]</b><br /><b>[if so, who?]</b><br /><b>[have you had to issue a complaint about this character before?]</b><br /><b>[does this character/player have a personal crit thread?]</b><br /><b>[have you used it? please link if yes and unscreened]</b><br /><b>[if no, why not?]</b>

We highly encourage the use of personal characterization/crit posts and communication with the possibly OOC player before turning to our official complaint process. Contact information is available for all players in the Taken List and on the official roster.

We do not require that a complainant be a part of the same canon crew as the character being complained about. This is a pan-fandom game and extreme OOCness has the potential to affect any and/or all characters in play, not just the characters from the canon in question. We also recognize that players may be very familiar with the source canon, but simply may not be playing characters from that canon. Unlike Bleach, for instance, some canons have limited play opportunities.

After three official complaints have been submitted, we will compile them and send the player of the allegedly OOC character an email with the following information: number of complaints, the nature of complaints, and any suggestions the complainants may have offered.

Per the majority will of the community, the identities of complainants will be kept anonymous at all times, however, if the person receiving the complaint letter wishes to do so, they may respond to the complaints - civilly - and we, the moderators, will convey the response to the complainants.

Once such an e-mail has been issued, we leave improvement to player discretion, and only further consider new complaints after two weeks.

We function on a three-strikes basis for characterization matters. If we end up having to email someone three times about the same character, signaling that absolutely no modification has been made and general RPing with the character is highly inconvenient, we will be forced to directly address the player on the issue and perhaps suspend their control of the problematic character.

The third complaint letter sent will include a request to arrange a time to have an IM conversation with two mods of the player's choice. This will be to discuss the nature of the complaints issued, the player's concerns on the matter, and whether or not the mods will consider suspension or removal of the problematic character.

Feel free to address anything from OOCness and inconsistency, to bothersome plot issues. For complaints against characters played by one of the moderators of this game, go here.

All comments are screened to protect your privacy. No anonymous comments accepted.

FOR COMPLAINTS AGAINST MODERATORS VISIT THIS THREAD.