Quote from: Milkcookie on August 21, 2014, 09:49:52 PM

Quote from: Vlad2Vlad on August 21, 2014, 09:34:23 PM

I have had several periods when I received more than 14 points in one single 2 week period. Does anybody know how I did that or how that happened? Clearly the 14 points variable has other options but I have never seen anything discussed about it.

Does anybody know anything about this? Thx.

Regards...

i got 28 in just 4 days Huh

This is a quirk of how the system works. The two week periods are global; that is, they aren't related to your account's age, but rather a fixed epoch. You registered three days before a shift in two-week periods, so the forum believes you to have posted in two 2-week periods, and hence caps your activity at 28. Since you have more than 28 posts, that's why your activity is 28.

Quote from: Vlad2Vlad on August 21, 2014, 09:51:16 PM

Quote from: dree12 on August 21, 2014, 09:46:23 PM

This activity system has always been the activity system, replacing a raw post count system. There has been no rule change since its implementation.

That simply cannot be true.

I went on vacation last Christmas at the Sr. Level with activity of nearly 1,500 and post count of nearly 1,500 and I came back after about 3 weeks with the same post count but my activity dropped massively to a lousy Jr. member level. I was days away from becoming HERO and I had to start over but this time adding activity points become way more difficult.

So clearly, the activity algo was changed in a big way; I know this for a fact cause I had to start over 8 months ago and I'm still not where I was before I made the mistake of taking a little time off.

This current activity system was in place last Christmas. In addition, 1500 is more than enough activity to be a Hero Member. You must have gotten dates mixed up somewhere.

Also, taking a little time off is not really detrimental to your activity, as it can't decrease unless posts are deleted. However, taking time off does increase how long it will take to reach a certain activity level.