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Fru Fru posted:Gryffindor - 97,945 My wife is convinced they're curving the results in some way to make the numbers in each house relatively equal. I think she might just be mad she got Gryffindor when she was hoping for Hufflepuff. It is a little weird how close the numbers are, though.
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So there's about 400,000 people who got the e-mail for early access, then? And there were about 1 million early activation accounts in total. Well...that sort of makes me feel better about not having gotten an e-mail yet. I'm getting so tired of waiting though. I just want my wand and my house, man!  It is kind of interesting how more-or-less evenly split the house numbers are. You'd think that people wouldn't be so easily split into either Bravey, Smarty, Schemy or Worky.
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Sep 19, 2011 22:10
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Dopefish Lives! posted:So there's about 400,000 people who got the e-mail for early access, then? And there were about 1 million early activation accounts in total. Well...that sort of makes me feel better about not having gotten an e-mail yet. I'm getting so tired of waiting though. I just want my wand and my house, man! Shefali Chowdhury, the girl that played Parvati Patil in the movies, tweeted a couple days age that she hasn't gotten her email yet either. If "I was in the movies, goddamnit <  >" isn't enough to get a timely email, I don't think the rest of us have any real chance. I really hope they aren't curving the House results, too, if I get Hufflepuff I'm just going to walk away from my computer and never return.
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Sep 20, 2011 00:33
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WeaponGradeSadness posted:Shefali Chowdhury, the girl that played Parvati Patil in the movies, tweeted a couple days age that she hasn't gotten her email yet either. If "I was in the movies, goddamnit < I agree. Getting Hufflepuff is the ultimate shame. This probably means I'm a Slytherin
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Sep 20, 2011 02:48
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Dopefish Lives! posted:I agree. Getting Hufflepuff is the ultimate shame. Go suck on a dead niffler. Edited because I'm a moron. huffle the puff, yo. TheBigBudgetSequel fucked around with this message at 06:16 on Sep 20, 2011 |
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Sep 20, 2011 04:39
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I do hope I get into Ravenclaw Maybe Slytherin wouldn't be so bad.
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Sep 20, 2011 20:42
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Has anyone heard any rumors over how much the e-books are going to cost and when the official store opens up? How much would you be willing to pay for the e-books? I am hoping that none of them are over $10 but it would not surprise me if they were. P.S. I am still not in. I hate you J.K. Rowling.....I hate you so much. Why must you continuously tease me?
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Sep 22, 2011 18:00
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Bizarro Kanyon posted:Has anyone heard any rumors over how much the e-books are going to cost and when the official store opens up? I doubt they'll be less than $15. They're basically a license to e-print money. There will be people who will buy the first round of books no matter the price. You might get a discount if you buy all seven maybe?
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Sep 23, 2011 02:08
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Paragon8 posted:I doubt they'll be less than $15. They're basically a license to e-print money. There will be people who will buy the first round of books no matter the price.
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WeaponGradeSadness posted:The paperbacks are less than 10 bucks at Target; at least the first couple are, I was really only looking at Sorcerer's Stone. I want to say that they wouldn't make the ebook cost more than the physical copy, but another part of me knows that the more...obsessive HP fans will pay whatever it costs, even if it makes no sense to do so. Also which versions are they going to be or does it depend on where you live
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Sep 23, 2011 03:21
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WeaponGradeSadness posted:The paperbacks are less than 10 bucks at Target; at least the first couple are, I was really only looking at Sorcerer's Stone. I want to say that they wouldn't make the ebook cost more than the physical copy, but another part of me knows that the more...obsessive HP fans will pay whatever it costs, even if it makes no sense to do so. Amazon and Apple frequently price e-books above physical market value so I don't see why Scholastic wouldn't do the same for Harry Potter. I think I'm just jaded by things in general being at least 20% more than I expect them to cost.
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Sep 23, 2011 12:50
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Paragon8 posted:Amazon and Apple frequently price e-books above physical market value so I don't see why Scholastic wouldn't do the same for Harry Potter.
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Sep 23, 2011 14:56
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If you're thinking about buying the paperbacks, you can buy the complete set new on Amazon for $49.97. That's what I recently did instead of waiting for the ebooks.
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Sep 23, 2011 16:45
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Paragon8 posted:Amazon and Apple frequently price e-books above physical market value so I don't see why Scholastic wouldn't do the same for Harry Potter. Amazon and Apple don't set ebook prices any more, the publishers do. Notice the "This price was set by the publisher" bit there: http://www.amazon.com/Ready-Player-One-ebook/dp/B004J4WKUQ/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2
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Paragon8 posted:Amazon and Apple frequently price e-books above physical market value The reason for this is that Amazon and Apple's cut of ebook sales is usually more than the cost to print and distribute a physical book, so the publisher needs to charge more to make the same profit. It's dumb, but there you go.
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Sep 23, 2011 17:37
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yeah, so the ebooks will most likely be more than the physical books which is the point I was trying to make! 
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I just finished a re-read of these books and I'm still impressed with how well each book "ages" along with the characters. I love reading and I quite enjoy re-reading books, but usually not till after a few years so I can "forget" alot of details. But I first read the Harry Potter series last year and I've just finished my third read through of all seven books. I don't know exactly what it is, she's hardly the best writer I've ever read, not by a longshot, and in particular with the earlier books (which are aimed at a far, far younger audience than myself) she includes some ridiculously childish concepts.... but something about her writing just captures my imagination and sweeps me along. I still can't get over how impressive a character Snape is, knowing everything about him puts every single action he takes in all the books into an entirely new context - but she never went for the easy solution of making him a genuinely "good" guy - he WAS a total rear end in a top hat, he DID agree with Voldemort, he remained obsessed with the Dark Arts, he did loving hate Harry's guts, he was somewhat justified in his contempt for James and Sirius (not Lupin though, gently caress anybody who hates Lupin) but he still did what needed to be done just for the memory of a love that he never had. I remember being irritated when I first heard that Snape killed Dumbledore because I figured it was putting all the nice complexities to the side in favor of,"Nope, dude dressed in black was evil all along," so I was delighted that Rowling didn't fall into that pitfall. Even more than Harry naming one of his sons in honor of Snape, I'm touched by the moment in Deathly Hallows when Harry is thinking about how Dumbledore and Flitwick never found the Room of Requirement and notes that it was the type of place found by the "lost boys" like Voldemort, himself and Snape. Harry identifying with Snape was such a nice touch, I'm glad she included it.
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Sep 24, 2011 05:08
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That Harry Snape and Voldermort all found a home at Hogwarts and it influenced them in different ways. With Harry he found friends and family, Snape found a unrequited love and bad influences and Voldermort found power.
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Sep 24, 2011 05:13
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Jerusalem posted:I'm touched by the moment in Deathly Hallows when Harry is thinking about how Dumbledore and Flitwick never found the Room of Requirement and notes that it was the type of place found by the "lost boys" like Voldemort, himself and Snape. Harry identifying with Snape was such a nice touch, I'm glad she included it. I thought Dumbledore did though? I'm sure he mentioned that he found it while looking for a toilet.
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Muppetjedi posted:I thought Dumbledore did though? I'm sure he mentioned that he found it while looking for a toilet. I think the quote, in the book, was referring that Dumbledore or Flitwick would never though of looking in the Room of Requirement for the Diadem.
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Sep 24, 2011 14:08
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Muppetjedi posted:I thought Dumbledore did though? I'm sure he mentioned that he found it while looking for a toilet. Dumbledore found it, but he only found it once and as far as he knew it was just a bathroom. He never found it again, so he didn't know how to get in or why it disappeared.
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J.K. Rowling is a beautiful person. I finally got in. House: Gryffindor Wand: Spruce and Unicorn, 14.5 inches, pliant. I wanted slytherin but I answered honestly so that got me in Gryffindor.
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Sep 24, 2011 20:32
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Finally got in and sorted! Gryffindor house! Glad it wasn't Slytherin. Wand is Pear and Unicorn, 14.5 inches, quite flexible. All this extra information about the wands is great.
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Sep 24, 2011 22:39
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DontMockMySmock posted:Dumbledore found it, but he only found it once and as far as he knew it was just a bathroom. He never found it again, so he didn't know how to get in or why it disappeared. Yeah, he never had a reason to need the room (other than the time he happened to pas it while really needing to take a piss), and in particular he never needed a place to hide anything. He was a model student, Head Boy, Prefect etc, life was perfect for him at Hogwarts.
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Finally sorted. Expected Hufflepuff, got Slytherin. Hmmm. I'm not disappointed. I am annoyed that I mis-clicked on an owl when I wanted a cat. No pet takebacks, apparently. Cute site, though.
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Jerusalem posted:Yeah, he never had a reason to need the room (other than the time he happened to pas it while really needing to take a piss), and in particular he never needed a place to hide anything. He was a model student, Head Boy, Prefect etc, life was perfect for him at Hogwarts. He just thought it was just another room that he did not know about
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Sep 25, 2011 00:27
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I somehow ended up in Gryffindor! I was strongly expecting Ravenclaw. I wish there was an explanation as to why/how the questions came to that conclusion, but I suppose that'd discount the whole "answer honestly" thing.
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Got in and got Ravenclaw when I was sort of expecting Hufflepuff based on the questions they were asking me. Got a 10 inch Fir wand with Unicorn core, Hard. I'm not entirely sure why my wand is telling me I'm inflexible, but the site is pretty neat.
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Goddammit, I'm in Gryffindor. Elm wand with phoenix feather though.
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Just got my notification e-mail. See you, other side, etc. e1: Overwhelming demand my rear end, how do they expect to handle the load in a couple weeks when 4-5 million people try to get on at the same time? e2: ash with unicorn core, 14.5", hard e3: Hufflepuff e4: WillowWing200, in case friending someone means anything in the future VAGENDA OF MANOCIDE fucked around with this message at 20:07 on Sep 25, 2011 |
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Sep 25, 2011 16:35
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 I didn't know about it or sign up until the 7th day (I'm a bad fan). Still another week or two before I get my email?
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Sep 25, 2011 19:32
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Colbear posted:
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I got my confirmation e-mail today too, but haven't been able to use it yet. I reckon I'll just wait until tomorrow morning, when most the world is in bed. It makes me worry a bit that the site will fall to pieces when it gets released to the public (not to mention when more beta subscribers get in over the next week), but surely the makers of the website couldn't under-estimate the amount of traffic a Harry Potter website would get? I don't care that much, I've already read all the spoilers, but I'd like the site to be a success. Seems strange, though, that it's doing so badly at handling the beta subscribers when they decided how many beta subscribers there would be. edit: In now, got sorted into Hufflepuff. Wonderful. I have no friends on Pottermore so feel free to add me: NewtScarlet172 Noonsaliwah fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Sep 25, 2011 |
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Sep 25, 2011 19:34
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Apparently the Hogwarts experience is all about stealing from other people. And here I thought Professor Slughorn was atypical.
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Noonsaliwah posted:I got my confirmation e-mail today too, but haven't been able to use it yet. I reckon I'll just wait until tomorrow morning, when most the world is in bed. Yeah, I can't say I'm impressed with the sheer number of times the site has gone down. They ought to call up the Neopets people and ask them how they handle server congestion. I'm also disappointed that duelling still isn't working. I'm trying to figure out how some people have something like 8,000 house points. How in the hell...? That said, the artwork for the items and the chapter "moments" is really lovely, and I like reading the background info on the characters. 
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arioch posted:Apparently the Hogwarts experience is all about stealing from other people. And here I thought Professor Slughorn was atypical. The heroes of the series: Trespassed into a forbidden area of the castle Helped smuggle dangerous animals into a foreign country Broke into the hiding place of the most valuable magical artefact in history Used rohypnol on a couple of underage boys Brewed illegal potions Broke into another house's common room Threatened and blackmailed a teacher Tricked a Governor into firing his loyal servant Gave refuge to a convicted murderer Freed a dangerous animal that had been sentenced to death Covered up knowledge of holes in school security Broke into a local shop Broke the rules of an ancient tournament Set up an illegal club to teach material forbidden by school authorities Broke into the goddamn Ministry of Magic Broke into the goddamn Ministry of Magic's most secret section Destroyed thousands of unique prophecies Cost the Minister of Magic his job Refused to work with the new Minister of Magic Used cheat sheets in class to get better marks Brutally attacked and almost killed another student Dropped out of school Broke into the goddamn Ministry of Magic AGAIN! Got a House Elf killed Robbed Gringott's Bank Broke back into the school they dropped out of and attacked teachers working there Goddamn punk rear end brats. Filch was right, they need discipline!
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Jerusalem posted:The heroes of the series: To be fair most of those were committed directly to thwart evil.
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Just got sorted in Pottermore. The last question was "would you rather be in Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff?" which I found interesting. I am not at all sure what sort of algorithm got me there from the previous questions. Naturally I chose Ravenclaw, and was at least slightly offended that it wanted to put me in Hufflepuff. Here were a couple questions that I didn't quite know how to answer: You are at a fork in the road. Do you go towards: the ocean, the forest, the castle? I said ocean, I don't know what that says about me other than I like the ocean  Dawn or Dusk? I said dusk, 'cause I like to sleep in. I have no idea what that says about Hufflepuff v. Ravenclaw. There were a few other ones that I'm not sure how they are interpreted, but I chose honestly and I don't know how they led to Ravenclaw/Hufflepuff either. Some of the options were really obvious for one house or another (like, "would you like to be feared? Oh, welcome to Syltherin house!"). Overall, a pretty good system, I think. B+ I'm not sure I'm at all interested in doing anything else in Pottermore, I was just really curious about the sorting process.
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Yeah I'm talking more like, pilfering alchemy ingredients, checking out books at the library and never returning them, stealing other students course materials, not to mention their Magic: The Gathering cards.
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Paragon8 posted:To be fair most of those were committed directly to thwart evil.
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