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Explanation of recent slowness and temporary downtime

Hi All,

You may have noticed that the site has been a bit slow lately and we even experienced some small outages. Some of our ex-players decided to go script kiddie on us and retaliated their bans via a series of automated attacks that overburdened our server. This made the site inaccessible to...

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Warning of Possible Downtime

Please note I don't expect any downtime but want to make you all aware of the possibility of downtime in advance.

Our hosting provider Peer1 is experiencing a critical situation with their San Antonio datacenter. Half of their computer room air conditioning units (CRAC) are non-functional due...

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Hogwarts Live is Back!

Hogwarts Live is back after its first unplanned outage in over a year. There's still some work to be done so if the site runs slower than usual or something to that effect don't worry as it'll only be temporary.

Everyone, thanks for your patience!

Update: We had to roll back the...

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Game of Thrones Premiers Tomorrow Night

One of my favorite fantasy novels has been adapted to an HBO series: check out Game of Thrones tomorrow, April 17th at 9 PM on HBO. Click here for international air dates.

Click here to watch the Game of Thrones trailer.

If you haven't read A Game of Thrones, which is the first book in A...

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Buy Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1

Calling all fans of the Harry Potter movies!

You can now pre-order buy the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 DVD and Blu-ray from Amazon.

If you use one of the links below to purchase the new Harry Potter movie a percentage of your order will go towards the upkeep of Hogwarts...

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Added ability to change your character name (display name)

Hey everyone!

I know some of you have requested the ability to change your character name (which I'll refer to as your display name for the continuation of this post).

For those of you who have accumulated more than 10,000 donator points you may now change your display name in the...

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My 2011 Birthday Wish: Donate to UNICEF

As you may know it's my birthday on January 12th (that's today for many of you). If you want to do something special for your Headmaster please consider contributing to UNICEF. It's my favorite charitable organization. 90.5% of your donations actually go to the children in need...

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New Year's Raffles

We're raffling off VIP passes!

VIP passes let you log in to Hogwarts Live whenever you want no matter how many players are currently online.

New Year's Raffles:

1 Year VIP Pass

6 Month VIP Pass

3 Month VIP Pass

The raffles end on January 1, 2011 at Midnight GMT.

Please...

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Upped Max Online Users to 85

As a special thanksgiving treat I increased the max number of players allowed at any given moment to 85. The previous limit was 75.

If you find you still can't log in during peak hours please consider getting a VIP Pass from the Prefect's Lounge.

Happy Turkey Day! :)

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Please help save half a million children in Haiti - Donate to UNICEF

The child survivors of Haiti's brutal earthquake represent an entire generation. Many were orphaned. Countless lost friends and family. Their schools and homes--destroyed.

Give now and give the child survivors in Haiti essential nutritional supplies, clean water and vaccines,...

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