What's up, POLYchromatic?

...not LJ, necessarily--unfortunately.

So we have a quick announcement here in that regard:

We're coming up on the end of the month and, therefore, Poly's monthly activity check. However, because of the recent DDoS attacks on LJ and the problems those have been posing for, well, everyone on LJ--

We have decided to waive the activity requirements for July.

In other words, you have already made activity, no matter what, even if you couldn't make a single post due to this DDoS downtime. You and your characters are fine, so don't fret about making activity.

But there are a couple of specific details:

→ If you reclaimed a character at the end of June and promised three posts for July, we will now expect those three posts to come in August. (If you promised three posts for July and three posts for August, we will expect three posts in August and three posts in September.) Basically, everything has shifted with this "clean start."

→ Hiatuses declared for July will not "transfer" over into August--unlike posting requirements. If you were on hiatus for all of July with an intention to return in August, please do return! Your activity was covered for July as if you hadn't been on hiatus at all. But if you're back for August, you'll owe the usual two posts. Your July hiatus doesn't change or move. (If you are on hiatus for August or part of August, this is a different matter entirely, and please don't worry about it. This section applies only to players who were on hiatus for July with an intention to return in later July or August.)

Of course, we encourage everyone to post as often as they can or as often as they like. Posts are love~!!♥ And posts make the world Carousel go 'round. These are just the minimum activity requirements. And, at a time like this, everyone wants some Polychromatic funtiems, right? (I know I do.)

We also know that Grab Bag Weekend is this weekend and it may or may not work out for everyone. So if it doesn't come to pass, we're planning a second Grab Bag Weekend to make up for it in the first part of August (providing, of course, that this whole issue is resolved by then--we'll pull a Tim Gunn and make it work).

If this keeps up, we will update these notices as necessary, but this is how we're going to try and make this whole crazy thing work for right now.

We know LJ is up and down with all these attacks, so please feel free to spread this news around to other Polychromatids who may not be able to access this post. Signal boost and retweet and replurk to your heart's content.

If you have any questions, you can comment with them here or you're welcome to email us (polychromatic.mods@gmail.com). Commenting has been one of those up and down things lately, so if email works better at the moment, email away! We will do our best to respond, so long as we can get through.

Thank you, and keep your fingers crossed for LJ's servers!!