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 Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:14 am
Avatar34 I sent a PM to Junimaia and b e a r - c h o o asking them to come and check out this discussion about the RA's for their opinions. Hopefully we can finish this discussion soon, so maybe we can start during the next term.
Just so there won't be confusion later, try using the SFQ to ask a mod a question (unless it's a complaint, in that case ask Adonis), and they'll reply to you.
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Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:18 am
Okay, but just so you know, I chose them spesificley because they were in Hufflepuff and Slytherin.
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Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 11:12 am
I think someone suggested Snake's Hole for Slytherin's RA?
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Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 11:19 am
Yes, that was suggest a while ago.
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Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 6:24 pm
Ok here are my suggestions reagarding a large portion of what has been talked about in here
First there should be a rule that if you do have a character at hogwarts you're allowed only that one character in classes at one time. For example User xxx has character John Dodson and Jane Dodson. It would be unfair to have John Dodson and Jane Dodson enrolled as students at Hogwarts the same time they could be in the same house and earn double points with one person controlling them. {((Not fair at all))}
Regarding Hogsmeade Village
if we did do this whole hogsmead village thing we could have these places there but it would be weird to have the leaky cauldron in Hogsmeade when it is actually in London.
Here is what is in Hogsmeade *source (http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Hogsmeade)
*The Three Broomsticks Inn*- a pub owned by Madam Rosmerta.
*Zonko's Joke Shop*- Joke/ Prank Shop.
*Honeydukes* - a sweet shop.
*The Shrieking Shack*- an infamous and the most frightening building in Britain.
*Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop* - "the haunt of happy couples", Usually couples go there on dates.
*The Hog's Head* - a dingy pub on the outskirts of Hogsmeade.
*Dervish & Banges*- a helpful shop that sells and repairs some magical instruments.
*Gladrags Wizardwear*- a robes/ fabric shop.
*Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop*- a shop for all types of quills and parchment supplies.
*Hogsmeade Owl Post Office*- the post office.
*Hogsmeade Station* - the railway station.
There could be other shops added and I think the *Shrieking Shack*could be the rules and guidelines post of Hogsmeade.
Regarding Residences in Hogsmeade
The residences Idea would be awesome but I would not delete the thread when a character marries or dies just have the Original Poster(OP) change the title to suit the new family name. therefor keeping history in tact and I would like to see in the house that they have the four first posts as such
1st post: Backstory/ Family History.
2nd post: Family Tree.
3rd post: Rules of house
4th post: Family Photos (could include family elves, and the home that you are in)
then the OP can open it to RP.
Regarding the sorting of new characters but not new guild members
I would say have them work to become sorted just as the elfs do but have them in Hogwarts Prepatory Academy(HPA)- the wizards prep school. HPA is there to teach the characters new things and for them to take the New Character {(old member)} sorting test and to earn the points required of them (((I would make it a subforum though not a place in hogsmeade))) and the new character would have to earn say 10 points ({(10 posts to take the sorting test)}) they would pm the Principal of the HPA with their current post total and the person in charge should verify that then the principal would pm them back and say that when you reach ___ posts you can take the test.
Example John Dodson is a new character or username xxx who has 345 post total after graduating xxx would pm the principal of HPA and tell them they have 345 posts the Principal after verifying that would tell xxx that once you reach 355 post total you may take the sorting hat test at the academy. *(which could be the same as the sorting hat in Hogwarts but could use a house quiz that the mods agree is fair)*
Posts that count should be
~House creation~ the four posts mentioned above,
~posting in the Academy sub forum~
And that is all and it should all be done during the two week waiting period after a student graduates that way when they come back they have a chance to keep up with the guild but also can get used to their new character.
Regarding over population
I would say after 3 characters have been made and used by one username then the oldest one should pass away (die) that would keep over population down and keep it clear of crowding in Hogsmeade.
Example John Dodson (Hufflepuff grad 14 terms ago) is the father to Jane Dodson (Hufflepuff Grad 7 terms ago ) is the mother to Alexis Walbers ( Ravenclaw Grad last term) after she graduates her grandfather dies either before she starts posting as a grad or soon after ({{(no more than 1 term after.)}}) The house her family has would change from Dodson to Walbers at the marriage of Jane Dodson to X. Walbers. and it would not change until Alexis marries.
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Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:06 pm
I thought we kinda settled all of this already sweatdrop .
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Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:34 pm
Avatar34 I thought we kinda settled all of this already sweatdrop .
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Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 2:29 am
Avatar: yes we have settled this. But to clear up Oshenukhar's confusion, and to address a couple other things...
Mostly (but not completely) in reply to Oshenukhar's post:
First of all, the issue that you underlined. Well, it's not actually an issue. Your character that is a graduate cannot earn points for your house. And you cannot have two children at once.
Second, housing. There is not going to be a thread for each person's house. Instead, there will be four "Residential Areas", one for each of the original Hogwarts houses. These will be sort of like the common rooms, except people can RP that they are going between houses rather than their dormitories.
Third, shops. I'm thinking that we may not actually need Diagon Alley. I think there are plenty of shops in Hogsmeade and we can always create our own to put there. Remember, we don't have to stick exactly to the books. We don't even have to use names from them unless we want to.
We think that there will only be two taverns, though one is actually going to be an inn. The inn will be for graduates only, and the separate tavern will be for everyone. I also think that we should not have all of the shops you listed because if we have too many then the RPing will be spread too thin and die.
*Inn (graduates only)
*Tavern (everyone)
*Sweet shop
*Pet shop / vet
*Robes shop / "wizardwear"
*Bookshop
*Magical items/instruments shop
*Joke shop
Fourth, well, the rest of the things you mentioned.
One full term after graduating, the person can choose to have a child. They can only have a maximum of two characters at any time. The system you suggested for graduates and their children is far too complicated. A "child" will automatically be in the same house as their "parent" and start as a first year. There are a couple things about this in the last couple pages of this thread.
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:27 am
I agree with Lyra. And no you didn't open a can of worms Oshenukhar.
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 2:08 pm
No idea if you guys came to a decision about the Hufflepuff RA name, haven't read through the thread because I don't have time. But I do have one idea. Since Hufflepuff herself came from a "valley broad" and the Hufflepuff mascot is a badger, how bout Brock's Valley?
Badgers are occasionally referred to as brocks (according to wikipedia xD), I thought that was a funny bit of info since I only ever thought Brock was a person's name until now. Love name trivia.
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:38 pm
Junimaia No idea if you guys came to a decision about the Hufflepuff RA name, haven't read through the thread because I don't have time. But I do have one idea. Since Hufflepuff herself came from a "valley broad" and the Hufflepuff mascot is a badger, how bout Brock's Valley?
Badgers are occasionally referred to as brocks (according to wikipedia xD), I thought that was a funny bit of info since I only ever thought Brock was a person's name until now. Love name trivia. Personally, I love that. Brock's Valley stays true to the book and to your own creative twist.
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Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:52 pm
Lyra Elizabeth Avatar: yes we have settled this. But to clear up Oshenukhar's confusion, and to address a couple other things...
Mostly (but not completely) in reply to Oshenukhar's post:
First of all, the issue that you underlined. Well, it's not actually an issue. Your character that is a graduate cannot earn points for your house. And you cannot have two children at once.
Second, housing. There is not going to be a thread for each person's house. Instead, there will be four "Residential Areas", one for each of the original Hogwarts houses. These will be sort of like the common rooms, except people can RP that they are going between houses rather than their dormitories.
Third, shops. I'm thinking that we may not actually need Diagon Alley. I think there are plenty of shops in Hogsmeade and we can always create our own to put there. Remember, we don't have to stick exactly to the books. We don't even have to use names from them unless we want to.
We think that there will only be two taverns, though one is actually going to be an inn. The inn will be for graduates only, and the separate tavern will be for everyone. I also think that we should not have all of the shops you listed because if we have too many then the RPing will be spread too thin and die.
*Inn (graduates only)
*Tavern (everyone)
*Sweet shop
*Pet shop / vet
*Robes shop / "wizardwear"
*Bookshop
*Magical items/instruments shop
*Joke shop
Fourth, well, the rest of the things you mentioned.
One full term after graduating, the person can choose to have a child. They can only have a maximum of two characters at any time. The system you suggested for graduates and their children is far too complicated. A "child" will automatically be in the same house as their "parent" and start as a first year.There are a couple things about this in the last couple pages of this thread.
A "child" will automatically be in the same house as their "parent" and start as a first year.
The issue I have with the child being sorted into their parents house is that there will not be any newness to the thread and some kids change what their parents see them as such as the patil twins one was a gryffindor and the other was not but their father was a gryffindor. The apple may not fall far from the tree but it can and does sometimes...
Rose: To the stars.
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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:08 pm
Maybe we should make a Sorting Hat Test/Questions for those of us that have graduated. This way we may get to see a common room we've never seen before and etc. What does everyone else think?
Sorry I'll edit later, I'm tired and have a cold right now and just wanted to put my 2 cents in, lol.
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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:47 pm
Before we get ahead of ourselves with the sorting issue, I want to let you know that the former consensus of children getting auto-sorted was to keep things from getting confusing. I can understand how that might impede on role-play opportunities though.
However, if we entertain the idea of sorting "children" differently, this gives mods a conundrum. Y'see, each Head is responsible for keeping track of which member belongs in her house. It's a simple organizational purpose to separate them from the non-sorted members. Because of this, once you've been sorted to a house you're always in that house. If a "child" gets sorted into a different house, does the member migrate to a different house list? We can't have your username in two houses. That'd get confusing. Also remember there's also talk of house oriented residential areas. If your username is transferred, you'd essentially be moving your house too, assuming you made one before having the "child". And what colour would you post in if your child is sorted in a different house? Would you be allowed back in your old house to welcome new students when your "child" should be in a different house?
The only possible way I can see this working out for a graduate is if you just completely reboot your member rank back to student and re-take the sorting test with your "child's" answers in mind. You wouldn't have the graduate luxuries, aaand you'd probably have to move your residential posts, but you'd get to role-play your child character the way you want.
Did that make any sense? gonk
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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:49 pm
Yes that makes sense. I don't want to lose my status as a Grad to become a student again. Also I understand the problem with the Houses. The easiest soulution seems to be what Juni has said otherwise there will be very few Grads left. I think we should stick to the way things already are. Otherwise the things that come to mind (even though I think they would work) are to long and compicated. This is suppose to be fun!
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