Activity Policy

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Presented to the game for vote on Mar 21, 2011 and accepted as policy April 6, 2011; amended by player vote September 3, 2021

Activity Requirements

X-Project's minimum activity requirements are one log (posted on xp_logs) or one post to any community within the game (xp_communication, xp_staff, xp_teams, xp_generation_x or xp_journals) or one journal or xp_newscast entry or one reply to another journal entry or comm post per character per month. Wiki edits and entries also count as activity, as does socking of NPCs.

Activity Checks

Activity checks are done by the mods once every three months on the 15th of that month. As such the "month" runs from the 16th of one month through the 15th of the next. Even though activity is only checked once every three months players are responsible for being active every month per the minimum requirements of the game.

Semi-Hiatus/Part-Time Players

(instituted by the mods after discussion, January 11, 2016)

For those struggling with various personal circumstances who cannot be active enough to meet the normal minimum activity requirements, but who can be around less frequently, players may discuss the possibility of a semi-hiatus or part-time player status with the mods.

Semi-Hiatus:

  • would not require the character be written off screen, though IC justification for the decreased presence of the character would need to get onscreen somehow (either through the character or through another character) which can be as simple as the character being very busy with work and school but they are understood to be around and IC reference from other PCs can occur with permission of the player who will be available via EMail, IM or other means for arranging such things.
  • would involve a much more lax activity requirement to be worked out between the mods and the player.
  • requires the player being weaned back toward regular active status by slowly increasing their personal activity requirements (i.e. one log/post/reply every three months to one log/post/reply every two and then back up to the regular requirements). Semi-hiatus is intended to be a temporary solution to an activity problem.
  • semi-hiatus will be available for all players, though proper justification for this will need to be disclosed to the modteam. The modteam will then ask the player to inform the main list of their hiatus, and check to make sure that the player has kept in touch with any players that have strong ties to their characters so that no other players are unduly affected by this without a chance to resolve a lack of on-screen interactions.

Part-Time Players:

edited by player agreement January 13, 2020

  • part-time player status will only be available to players who have been involved in X-Project on a full-time basis for at least one year, and includes players who have left the game after at least a year's full-time play and wish to return. It is intended for players who are still interested and enthusiastic about X-Project but may have outside influences that affect their ability to play consistently.
  • part-time players will be required to maintain a lessened activity check, after discussion with the mod team. This may be an understanding that they can only play in scheduled plots, or that they may disappear for one or more activity checks on a regular basis but can make a commitment to activity otherwise, or other special considerations. On average, the mods will expect at least one piece of activity per activity check, instead of the usual one piece of activity per month.
  • part-time players will be asked to not app for additional characters unless they can commit to 3 full activity checks and inform the mods that they intend to maintain full-time player status. A player asking for part-time status will be asked to drop down to one character.
  • At this time, players will NOT be required to change to part-time player status by the mods.


This is not intended as punishment for activity struggles. This is an option that players can volunteer for only, after extended issues with activity while still maintaining an interest in X-Project as a game. However, the mods are able to suggest dropping characters and moving to part-time status if players are repeatedly missing activity checks.

  • Part-time players will be asked to justify their character's absence in the character's background or status.
  • Part-time players will be asked to not run as moderators for X-Project. Part-time players will still be asked to vote on policy changes, mod elections and other game issues.


Plot/IC Related Absences

From time to time, a plot or other game driven circumstance will come through in which a character is taken off screen for a variety of reasons for some time - kidnappings, going undercover, etc. To avoid being labeled as on hiatus or making people feel pressured to meet activity requirements during this time the activity checks will be put on hold until the character is back on screen. The mods will check in with the player if the character has remained off-screen longer than the plot originally stipulated to make sure that everything is going well and to see if the player might need a hand bringing them back in.

Should something come up the player can decide to turn this into an actual hiatus at any time if they wish, at which point the mods will discuss what works best for the player with them and help make arrangements accordingly.

Using a plot as a means by which to achieve and explain an actual hiatus is also perfectly acceptable should that be the player's intention.


Questions should be directed to the Mods.