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ASSTASTIC posted:Probably, but one major thing that was missing was the amount of fake food the Seattle exhibit had vs the NYC one. This was like year 1 props that weren't in NYC.
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Has anyone received their Pottermore emails yet? Friends of mine have already received theirs but I have yet to get mine. The girl who plays Luna Lovegood in the movies managed to get sorted into Gryffindor. So I guess it's really up to what you answer.
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Aug 20, 2011 17:34
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courtney_beth posted:Has anyone received their Pottermore emails yet? Friends of mine have already received theirs but I have yet to get mine. Oh good, then getting sorted into Gryffindor should be pretty easy (I'm too dumb for Ravenclaw  ).
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Aug 20, 2011 17:40
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I just want to be sorted into Hufflepuff. Actually any of the houses other than Gryffindor would be amazing because you get a "unique" experience from Harry. Once you guys get sorted, please post what house you were sorted into. I'm curious as to where we all end up.
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Aug 20, 2011 17:51
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Obligatory Toast posted:Oh good, then getting sorted into Gryffindor should be pretty easy (I'm too dumb for Ravenclaw Well, you're at least smart enough to recognize that Ravenclaw is the best house. In any event, you don't actually need to be smart to be in Ravenclaw - you just need to value knowledge.
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Aug 20, 2011 18:04
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DontMockMySmock posted:Well, you're at least smart enough to recognize that Ravenclaw is the best house. In any event, you don't actually need to be smart to be in Ravenclaw - you just need to value knowledge. If you're not smart then your rear end gets locked out of the dorm every time you leave though.
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Aug 20, 2011 22:15
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The Ravenclaw common room door is the best and my favourite thing in the entire series. The best.
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Aug 20, 2011 22:41
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courtney_beth posted:Has anyone received their Pottermore emails yet? Friends of mine have already received theirs but I have yet to get mine. And apparently she's having a bit of an identity crisis. http://twitter.com/!/evy_lynch EDIT: Holy poo poo look at that picture. 
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Aug 21, 2011 03:31
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Evanna Lynch seems so down to earth. I think she's just like the rest of us as we find out our houses. Also - it's really cool that she's best friends with the girl who played Pansy Parkinson in the Potter films 
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Aug 21, 2011 03:39
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courtney_beth posted:I just want to be sorted into Hufflepuff. Actually any of the houses other than Gryffindor would be amazing because you get a "unique" experience from Harry. I got in on the first day. I'm in Gryffindor. The house with the most members (by a long shot) is Ravenclaw. There are almost 7,000 people in Ravenclaw. The other 3 houses each have about 5,500. There are about 23,500 people total in Hogwarts...which means only about 2% of the 1 million beta testers have access right now.
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Aug 21, 2011 07:49
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:And apparently she's having a bit of an identity crisis. Holy poo poo that picture is awesome and creepy
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Aug 21, 2011 16:12
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I wonder how they're going to get 1 million people in before the October deadline - only 2% in a week? Ouch.
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I doubt it'll stay at 2% a week. It'll probably scale up rapidly once there are no site breaking incidents.
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Aug 22, 2011 09:10
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Yay, boyfriend got his e-mail today! Currently at 25,950 students at Hogwarts, so almost 2.6% of the 1 million. In other news, people found a loophole in potions brewing and took advantage of it to gain house points. There's a ridiculous amount of scheming going on off-site. When something like this occurs during beta testing, is it basically just a learning experience for the developers, or are the members likely to get in trouble? I only tried it once (and couldn't get it to work), and I haven't tried it since because it feels wrong. One week in and already it's nutty.
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Aug 23, 2011 00:35
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What house did your boyfriend get sorted into? Still waiting (patiently?) for my email.
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Aug 23, 2011 03:04
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2.6%, wow that's ridiculously slow gating. No way in hell I would even have contemplated trying to stay up to like 5am if I knew there was a good chance I wouldn't even get in until maybe a couple weeks out from general admittance. (I eventually got in at like one of the 4pm ones or something)
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Aug 23, 2011 03:07
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courtney_beth posted:What house did your boyfriend get sorted into? Hufflepuff! He desperately wanted to get into Hufflepuff, so I'm really happy for him. I knew as soon as I met him that he was a Hufflepuff 
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Aug 23, 2011 06:13
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Am I the only one who doesn't have a house preference? I want to see where her little diagnostic test thing places me based on what I say.
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Aug 23, 2011 06:44
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You're going to Ravenclaw
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Speaking of Ravenclaw, there's still a ridiculous number of them. 8,000 Ravenclaws, and about 6,400 in each of the other houses.
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Aug 23, 2011 13:23
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Pig Boots, what day did you and your boyfriend register with the magic quill challenge? 1st day? 2nd day?
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The only reason there are so many Ravenclaws right now is because Ravenclaw is the NERD house and everyone who got into this beta test is obviously a NERD. If everyone answered honestly (not trying to get into a specific house), then all of Hogwarts right now would be Ravenclaw. I am going to answer honestly but since I am a power hungry teacher, I am hoping to get into Slytherin (SNAPE REPRESENTIN')
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Bizarro Kanyon posted:The only reason there are so many Ravenclaws right now is because Ravenclaw is the NERD house and everyone who got into this beta test is obviously a NERD. If everyone answered honestly (not trying to get into a specific house), then all of Hogwarts right now would be Ravenclaw. My wife says I would be in Slytherin and would love it. I agree, now show me some of that sweet dark magic!
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Scissors posted:Pig Boots, what day did you and your boyfriend register with the magic quill challenge? 1st day? 2nd day? There doesn't seem to be a rhyme or reason. I got in of the first day, and I haven't gotten my email yet, where as I've seen people who got in on the fourth or fifth day who are now in and have been sorted.
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Scissors posted:Pig Boots, what day did you and your boyfriend register with the magic quill challenge? 1st day? 2nd day? We registered on the first day, but it's random. A friend of mine also registered on the first day, and he still hasn't gotten his e-mail. Also, when I look at people's profiles on Pottermore, I can see that they registered on different days. You just have to get lucky. I got in on the first day of beta, boyfriend got in 1 week later. Update: Now up to nearly 2.8% of the 1 million
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:There doesn't seem to be a rhyme or reason. I got in of the first day, and I haven't gotten my email yet, where as I've seen people who got in on the fourth or fifth day who are now in and have been sorted. I got in the second day and haven't gotten my e-mail yet. Still waiting patiently but I sure wouldn't have stayed up til 3 AM had I known I wouldn't get first dibs on being let in. That's what I get for being a huge nerd I suppose.
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:Am I the only one who doesn't have a house preference? I want to see where her little diagnostic test thing places me based on what I say. You're not the only one. I kind of hope I don't get Gryffindor only so I can experience a different part of the books that I have before, but honestly I'm just really curious to see where the test places me. I guess that puts me in Ravenclaw as well.
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Can you influence the sorting at all? Like how Harry said "not Slytherin" to the sorting hat could you do something to prevent being sorted into, say, Hufflepuff if you didn't want to?
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thrawn527 posted:You're not the only one. I kind of hope I don't get Gryffindor only so I can experience a different part of the books that I have before, but honestly I'm just really curious to see where the test places me. I guess that puts me in Ravenclaw as well. NERD! 
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HelixFox posted:Can you influence the sorting at all? Like how Harry said "not Slytherin" to the sorting hat could you do something to prevent being sorted into, say, Hufflepuff if you didn't want to? Nope. Just answer honestly and you'll end up where you're meant to go...you just have to kind of accept that wherever you're placed is where you're meant to be.
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How "meant to be" is it, like does it actually kind of justifiably work or is it just "here you go, you're in house X, deal with it".
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arioch posted:How "meant to be" is it, like does it actually kind of justifiably work or is it just "here you go, you're in house X, deal with it". Regarding how it works: You answer a series of questions (no series is the same, and the answers don't always point obviously to a certain house) and after your final question (which you are not told is your final question, I think), a page suddenly comes up with a banner in your house colors announcing "The Sorting Hat has placed you in _________." It definitely appears to be based on how you answered the questions, it's not just a random assignment. Regarding whether or not it works: Personally, I think it works. I always felt I belonged in Gryffindor (for personal reasons...people who didn't know me well enough would always say I should be in Ravenclaw), and I answered all the questions honestly and got placed in Gryffindor. I always felt my boyfriend was a Hufflepuff, he identified with Hufflepuff, and after giving the hat honest answers, he was placed in Hufflepuff. I know someone who tried to sway the hat into putting her into Gryffindor by answering how she thought she should answer to get that result and she ended up in Hufflepuff. I suspect she may have gotten the house she wanted if she had just answered honestly. The potions loophole incident and the way the house points currently stand also seem to indicate that overall, the hat is right. A Gryffindor, in his/her desire to gain more house points and general laziness found a loophole which allows potions to brew faster (in the books, Gryffindors are pretty competitive and several (primarily Harry and Ron) are a bit lazy and just want to get through their assignments with minimal effort). Slytherins and Ravenclaws then seemed to catch on. The Ravenclaws simply took advantage of the loophole and started doing it to maintain their second place position above Gryffindor. The Slytherins took advantage of the loophole, brewed like crazy, and tried to come up with schemes that would cause the loophole to be fixed only after they had pulled far ahead of everyone (however, these schemes either never went into effect, or they didn't go as planned, since Gryffindor is now in the lead). As for the Hufflepuffs...well, they've always been in last place and don't seem too concerned about the whole House Cup thing. I'm probably over-thinking all of this, but I really think the hat is accurate.
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Pig Boots posted:Regarding how it works: That paragraph about the points makes me want my Welcome e-mail SO BADLY.
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Crow_Robot posted:That paragraph about the points makes me want my Welcome e-mail SO BADLY. Haha, I only know all that stuff because of a group I'm in on Facebook (I feel kind of old for it, but it's pretty amusing). Of course, even if you had no inside info, you'd likely be amused simply by watching the house points change in a manner consistent with what you'd expect from each house. Slytherins want to win at all costs, Gryffindor is just plain competitive and wants to stop Slytherin, the Ravenclaws just don't want to look incompetent, and the Hufflepuffs...exist lol. Edit: And now the Slytherins are reporting Gryffindors' comments just to annoy them. Oh, Slytherins  General Update: About 31,000 people have access to Pottermore There are about 9,500 Ravenclaws, and about 7,200 people in each of the other houses. Points in House Cup competition are as follows: Gryffindor=4,191, Slytherin=4,141, Ravenclaw=3,931, Hufflepuff=3,771 Yet another Potions loophole has been discovered. Dueling is down for maintenance Potions is glitchy There are logout/login glitches from time to time Pig Boots fucked around with this message at 01:28 on Aug 25, 2011 |
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Gonna give this bit its own post because it's interesting: Apparently, if the Sorting Hat is really stuck between two houses when it's sorting you, it lets you choose which of those two houses you'd rather be in.
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Pig Boots posted:Gonna give this bit its own post because it's interesting: That's really cool. I wonder how often that happens? I just hope it doesn't happen to me, I could never choose.
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I hate you all, every day I missed the beta thing.  I have to wait until it opens up to the public to start this! Once it starts though, I'm going to start my re-read of the whole series. I'm so excited!!! I'll be devastated if I don't get sorted into Ravenclaw though. I honestly can't see myself fitting into any other house.
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I got in yesterday and finished the beta invite dealy on the first day. I was sorted into Gryffindor. I never really knew which house I'd fit into best, so I wasn't worried about it. Thanks Sorting Hat! Potion brewing is kind of annoying since you have to check back in or it gets ruined.
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DaisyDanger posted:I got in yesterday and finished the beta invite dealy on the first day. I was sorted into Gryffindor. I never really knew which house I'd fit into best, so I wasn't worried about it. Thanks Sorting Hat! There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class...
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Pottermore is up to about 50,000 students...so 5% of the beta testers. Two of my friends got in today. Over 14,000 Ravenclaws, about 12,000 people in each of the other houses. As for the House Cup, Ravenclaw is winning, followed by Slytherin, Gryffindor, and Hufflepuff. No idea how that happened. njbeachbum posted:There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class... The funny thing is, there *is* wand-waving in potions in Pottermore haha.
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