Some of you have been wondering where the donations go. While this is explained fairly well in the Prefect's Lounge I want to do a week-to-week breakdown of the costs of running Hogwarts Live during the month of July 2011:
Week 1 - $103.20
Week 2 - $167.80
Week 3 - $133.51
Week 4 -...
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...
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 to a...
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 to a...
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 database half a...
Everyone, thanks for your patience!
Update: We had to roll back the database half a...
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.
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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...
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...
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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 Prefect's...
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 Prefect's...
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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 unlike other...
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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 check out...
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 check out...
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! :)
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! :)