Yup. I just find activity checks stressful. They actually stifle creativity, imho. My game doesn't have one. I don't see the point in them.

Oh, yes! He's one of my favorite characters. :D I play him at Genessia...which only has the lightest of activity checks. Every other month you have to respond to an ooc post, saying which characters you want to keep and even that is a new thing there.