I know exactly when I will rank up!

[TheBeardedBaby]

What is puzzling me is at what exact activity you are supposed to rank up. We all have much more posts than activity so, you get 14 with every new post in the new round. From 1022 til 1030 you have 8 different possibilities, so we don't really know.

How it's 8 different possibilities? I see:
1. He is going to have 1022+14 in the next period, and he become the Legendary (1030+)
2. Delete minimum 7 posts from the beginning to make sure they were already added in the activity counts. So in the next round he will have 1022-7+14 which will possibly still keep him in Hero :-D
3. We can keep reporting his early posts to ensure minimum 14 gets deleted in each round :-P
4. Someday the system will get tired and will award him the rank eventually without having 1030 activities.

Assuming coinlocket$ makes at-least one post in each round.

One way to find out is deleting a couple thousand posts

Only two digit numbers will do :-P

You have 1023,1024,1025,1026,1027,1028,1029 and 1030 all those different activity are a possible rank up case.
If your post count = you activity score, you can do it by deleting a few posts back to see when it was you actual rank up, but in our case to get your post count to equals your activity then we have to delete a few thousands posts.
That is what Loyce is talking about.

Let me explain a bit, for every post count you get an activity point, but you have a restriction to get only 14 activity points in a two weeks period. If your post count is higher than your activity, those activity points that are over the post count are not lost. With every first post in the new activity period you get automatically extra 13 points activity (in those cases when the post count is at least 13 points over the current activity).
Here an example
You have 50 posts and 28 activity, the new 14 days cycle have started and you make a new post (51 total posts), then you activity will go to 42. Let's say after that post you go to some nice place for vacation and you come back after 3 weeks (the new cycle has started again) and you make only one post again. Your activity will go to 52 same as your post count.

On the other hand:
If you have 140 activity and 1000 post count you need to delete 861 posts to reduce your activity with 1.

[AB de Royse777]

You have 1023,1024,1025,1026,1027,1028,1029 and 1030 all those different activity are a possible rank up case.

All these activities in fact including the 1036th, are in one round which is the next round. Of course if no one is reporting and successfully is deleting at least 7 old activities to make it at 1029.

[TheBeardedBaby]

You have 1023,1024,1025,1026,1027,1028,1029 and 1030 all those different activity are a possible rank up case.

All these activities in fact including the 1036th, are in one round which is the next round. Of course if no one is reporting and successfully is deleting at least 7 old activities to make it at 1029.

You can't delete activity, you can only delete posts and post count = activity with the 14 days restriction rule and the 1 post in the cycle rule.
Read the above post I edited.

Yes you can :-D

Let's get go with you.

Activity: 1036
Merit: 2087
Posts: 4167

You have 1036 activity right now. Go back to your post history and delete one post from your 1st to 1035th post. Check back after few minutes (give it a half an hour the max), you will see you have 1035th activity.

Chellange accpeted, let's see. I deleted a random posts from 2018, I won't post anyting in the next few hours/until I get a activity change. That will be interesting to test

[LoyceV]

Assuming full 14 activity points every two weeks, there are only 8 points to be gained in the 19th period (as evidenced by your activity score of 1022) so I think that means only 8/(1030-775+1) = 3.125% of wannabe-Legendaries can be sure.

Now you're assuming theymos made a linear scale for the chance of reaching Legendary between 775-1030 Activity.
From what I've seen, I expect something like this:

b*(1-0.15*^s/_b)

[AB de Royse777]

On the other hand:
If you have 140 activity and 1000 post count you need to delete 861 posts to reduce your activity with 1.

You can't delete activity, you can only delete posts and post count = activity with the 14 days restriction rule and the 1 post in the cycle rule.
Read the above post I edited.

Yes you can :-D

Let's get go with you.

Activity: 1036
Merit: 2087
Posts: 4167

You have 1036 activity right now. Go back to your post history and delete one post from your 1st to 1035th post. Check back after few minutes (give it a half an hour the max), you will see you have 1035th activity.

Edit:
My current activity is 1134
Wait for it :-P

[LoyceV]

You have 1036 activity right now. Go back to your post history and delete one post from your 1st to 1035th post. Check back after few minutes (give it a half an hour the max), you will see you have 1035th activity.

As long as you have more Posts than Activity, your Activity can only be a multiple of 14.

My current activity is 1134
Wait for it :-P

You can make it 1120, but not 1133. Unless you delete 80% of your posts.

[AB de Royse777]

As long as you have more Posts than Activity, your Activity can only be a multiple of 14.

Correct!

My current activity is 1134
Wait for it :-P

You can make it 1120, but not 1133. Unless you delete 80% of your posts.

I already deleted one of my post from the very beginning. I am waiting for 1133 because the way I understood the activity system, it will reduce one activity from that deleted post of mine.

[suchmoon]

As long as you have more Posts than Activity, your Activity can only be a multiple of 14.

Correct!

My current activity is 1134
Wait for it :-P

You can make it 1120, but not 1133. Unless you delete 80% of your posts.

I already deleted one of my post from the very beginning. I am waiting for 1133 because the way I understood the activity system, it will reduce one activity from that deleted post of mine.

Only one of these statements can be true. I'm quite certain LoyceV is right so all you're doing is just confirming the hegemony of AI with your experiment. We're doomed.

[LoyceV]

I am waiting for 1133 because the way I understood the activity system, it will reduce one activity from that deleted post of mine.

See:

You only need to make at least one post in each activity period to be able to collect the activity at a later date. For instance, you could make one post in three different periods and you would then have 3 posts and 3 activity, but a potential activity of 42. Once you made the 42 posts you would then have 42 activity but no more.
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If your post count eclipses your activity by 14 or more then you will only need to make one post in the new period to get the full 14 activity. For instance, your post count is 200 but your activity is only 28. To get another 14 activity you will only need to make one post in the new period and you will then have a total of 42 activity.

[TheBeardedBaby]

We waited enough.I was 100% sure about how the activity system is working and It seems I was right.
I did delete one post from 2018 just to test it and after almost 2 hours of waiting, there was no activity change.

This confirms that my statement above is correct.

[AB de Royse777]

I did not run away but fall asleep and once I woke up I was expecting to see I have 1133 and now what!!!

We're doomed.

I did delete one post from 2018 just to test it and after almost 2 hours of waiting, there was no activity change.

Doomed!
Sorry bud.

~snip~

Confession: Not long ago, I deleted many posts and the activity lowered by the same number. I was arguing on that basis. Now I have no clue why that time it lowered, I do not remember if that was lowered by 14 though but I feel it was not.

[hosseinimr93]

Confession: Not long ago, I deleted many posts and the activity lowered by the same number.

This can happen only if your activity is equal to post count.

.....Now I have no clue why that time it lowered, I do not remember if that was lowered by 14 though but I feel it was not.

Your activity decreased, because you deleted all posts made in one (or more) two-week activity period.

Activity = min (14*n, posts)
in which n = number of two-week periods in which you make at least one post.

So, as long as your post count is bigger than 14*n, your activity can change only by 14, 28, 42, ....

If you enter a new two-week period and make a post, your activity increases by 14.
If you delete all posts made in a two-week period, your activity decreases by 14.

[tranthidung]

Can I give you my congratulation in advance?

Will you rank up today, @coinlocket$?  

[coinlocket$]

Ding, soon.

[TheBeardedBaby]

Ding, soon.

Let me be the first one to congratulate you (soon). BTW I already checked you account this morning but you were not active. Well, today is the day
Congrats, it's been a long wait.. Now you have nothing more to chase unfortunately.

[mole0815]

Ding, soon.

Yeah coinlocket$



That went fast. Now your paranoia can disappear again and enjoy your new (final) rank

[LoyceV]

Ding, soon.

Congratulations Mr. Legendary! Welcome to the Club.

I checked if you have some easy old posts to report just to mess with you, but I don't think it can clear a 14 days Activity period

 That would have been the funniest dick move I've seen in a while.

I can think of another dick move: theymos could introduce a new Rank above Legendary right now, that requires twice the Activity you needed to become Legendary. All this just to mess with Steamtyme

[-CryptoViking-]

Congrats on becoming a legendary It was the longest haul for you so it must feel extra sweet to finally ding Gz Gz

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Yeah coinlocket$
<snip>
That went fast. Now your paranoia can disappear again and enjoy your new (final) rank

You took the words right out of my mouth--I was going to congratulate OP on hitting Legendary and assuage his anxiety/paranoia about the system not working right for whatever reason. 

Weird, I remember you when you were a newbie, coinlocket$.  I recall reading a lot of your posts (I think you made a good deal of them in Meta and/or Reputation) and was intrigued by your choice of username as well.  It's weird seeing you all grown up and Legendary--that silly maternal instinct I somehow possess despite me not being female makes me want to pinch your cheeks and ruffle your hair.  But I can't and won't--but I do wish you the best of luck henceforth, and you're an example to others on how to rank up from scratch.

[PrimeNumber7]

I checked if you have some easy old posts to report just to mess with you, but I don't think it can clear a 14 days Activity period

No, don't do this.

Keep coinlocket$ Legendary!