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251: back in my day wank meant something

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Idk if it's ideal, but something I want to float and see what the anons think because I think I'm going to be the change I want to see and start a game

10 comments in a network post, 5 comments in a log post, can't be with the same character, and you can't submit CR with the same character more than two months in a row. If you have canon/franchise mates at least one proof of AC has to be a non canon/franchise mate

seems like it'd be a fucking headache to police those last bits if your game is anything but miniature in terms of amount of players

just curious about how you'd do it. a spreadsheet? looking at 3 months worth of ac at once to make sure they didn't submit with the same character too much? relying on memory? i know we all hate "cliques" or whatever but that seems like a quick route to tearing your own hair out over something that's really not that serious

As someone who has helped with AC in large games before, you're overthinking how difficult it is to check for this. Most games these days use permanent AC pages so every player's prior AC submissions are right there in front of you.

It's also not difficult to notice the patterns unless you have the memory of a goldfish because if you checked their previous AC, reuse of a character that many times will jog your memory. The ones who are the worst about this especially so.

this. with permanent ac pages it's a piece of cake to open the player's past few months of ac in multiple tabs with just a few clicks.

Permanent AC and a form that asks for thread partner you only have to open one tab.

"# comments w/Jack"

Right in front of your eyeballs with no effort.

i havent been in a game with permanent ac posts in a while and forgot they existed ok

I was mostly commenting on the person who said permanent ac and then multiple tabs (airt is presumably familiar by choice of wording). Multiple tabs should not even be necessary if your permanent ac post is done right.

The easiest way to know who people are tagging with is to require character names in the form. The only exception to this is players who constantly post open posts or top levels as a proof and then manage to only tag their BFF in that top level. Which is also a pattern of behavior that will become obvious with time as another comment pointed out. Mods typically recognize their "skirting by ac" problem players after a few months.

this doesn't appeal to me at all.

too micromanaging and coming across like you assume the worst and expect players to be cliquey. makes it hard for players with a strong preference for either network or log posts for no good reason (i've seen plenty of meaty network tags and one-line log tags, and some characters are easier to write one or the other with).

i'd put in the rules that the game promotes crosscanon tagging and wide cr circles and that it isn't a place to just write with your canonmates or ship partner. so if you get particular players like that you can warn or get rid of them citing game rules. much better than making your entire playerbase jump through ac hoops to prevent it.

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