WSV operates on a seasonal activity check, meaning that each character requires (1) canon and Chime-worthy submission every 3 months at minimum to stay active. We are a relaxed group but encourage members to do more than the minimum requirement.
Each season (and their in-game counterpart) is as follows:
December
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
In order to be considered safe, you need to comment on THIS journal prior to the end of the season to have you and your characters marked safe.
It is not considered enough to simply upload, submit, and cash your piece. You must comment on the linked journal to be marked safe.
Activity checks must be a canon and chime-worthy piece, memes are not acceptable for activity checks even if they earn currency
Activity checks must be submitted to the group within the season they are for.
Activity checks require a minimum (50) word IC description
All collaborators on a (collab/roleplay) are able to use the same piece as an Activity Check for their involved character
Failure to save any of your characters will result in your removal from the group
All current characters must have an Activity Check completed for the season before any new characters can be brought in
Retirement explains with an IC reason why this character will not be around anymore. (i.e. they went missing in a storm, someone from their family found them and asked them to come home, etc)
A retirement piece must be a canon and chime-worthy piece with an included 100 word IC description for the fate of your character.
Retirements can be completed while you as a member remain in the group, or done with the intention of you as a member leaving the group.
Make sure prior to retiring your character that you cash all pieces you'd like to for said character. Once retired, their chime total is frozen and cannot be subtracted from or added to.
When a character is retired, the following restrictions apply;
Your character will keep previously purchased mutations, accessories, magia, etc, but lose any progression they may have
The chime count your character retired with will remain with them when they are brought back into active play
The character's name will be permanently reserved, meaning no new characters can be brought in with that name
Your character's rank progress is reset to untasked
Inactivity is in reference to failure to complete the seasonal activity check for your character.
Characters that go inactive are considered missing.
If a player fails to save ANY of their active characters, in addition to the above, the member is removed from the group
When a character is marked as inactive, the following restrictions apply;
Members must wait 2 full seasons before bringing the inactive character back into active play.
The character does not keep their previous chime total, and is reset to 2 chimes.
The character does not keep any accessories, abilities, etc. that was previously purchased, and their rank is reset to untasked.
If a character is brought back and repeatedly marked as inactive, on the third inactivity marking, the member forfeits the ability to bring back the character and the character is effectively marked as deceased.
If for any reason you need to take a break, but don’t want to leave the group entirely or run the risk of being removed for inactivity, members can take a hiatus.
Hiatuses may last up to two seasons. If you need a longer break, then we ask that you please consider your position in the group.
Hiatuses can be requested at most up to two weeks prior to the end of a seasonal activity check to have yourself and your characters considered safe. If one is requested within the final two weeks, there is no guarantee that it will be granted as staff will be doing end-of-season wrap up. We will never ask for the reason behind your need for a break.
To request a hiatus, simply open a ticket informing us you are requesting one, and for how long you think the hiatus may last (only one season or two).
DMing a staff member or putting in a post in the absences channel on discord do not suffice as a formal hiatus request.
There is no need to take a hiatus if you only need a couple of weeks break in the middle of a season. This is more so if you do not think you will be able to turn in activity for any of your characters due to real life circumstances.
If you feel ready to return to normal activity, you may terminate your hiatus early. Again, simply note the group informing the admin team of this.
When players return from hiatus, they will be required to submit one canon and currency-worthy piece within the first month of their return.
If a member wants to leave the group, they must inform staff through a ticket on the discord.
It is up to the member to retire their characters to give them a canonical end before their departure from the group. If they do not want to retire any of their characters, then their characters will be marked as inactive.
Leaving the group without any notice to staff will result in their characters being marked as inactive.
If reapplying to the group in the future with a RETIRED character:
Their chime count at the time of retirement is reinstated
They keep their previous abilities, mutations, accessories, but they do not keep their rank
If reapplying to the group in the future with an INACTIVE character:
Their chime count is reset to 2
They do not keep any of their previous purchases (abilities, mutations, accessories, ranks, etc)
If proper notice is given to staff about your departure from the group, you will be allowed to keep any unused banked tokens (free rank ups, free character, etc) and they will still be here should you choose to return.
Leaving the group due to inactivity or without notifying staff properly will void all unused tokens.