Hogwarts Live Blog

Okay, here's the deal...

Not everyone will get to see the movie right away. I hope those of you who CAN see it right away, enjoy it :) HOWEVER...PLEASE do NOT come into chat and give anything away. Now granted, most of us have read the book and know what the plot is, everyone knows that movies differ from the books they are based on. Those of us who CANNOT see it right away do NOT want to see spoilers in chat. We would LOVE to hear if you LIKED it, but we do NOT want to hear scene details. If there is someone who DOES want to know, then that person can OWL you and ASK. Do NOT randomly owl people details from the movie. You WILL be MUTED AND BANNED. Do NOT talk about the movie in chat (other than yes you liked it, no you didn't) or you WILL BE MUTED AND BANNED.

***THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING***

If you DO want to be spoiled, you can always just listen to the podcast listed below and get all the spoilers you want, and free bertie botts beans to use on the candy raffles.

The Looking Glass Episode 2 is now up and ready for download and your listening pleasure, and this time the Wizards.FM Panel has reviewed "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" ("but wait" you say, "Doesn't that movie not come out until Wednesday?") why you are right, it does, but Barbara (SerenityRose), Mike, and myself from the Wizards.FM panel got to see it on June 28th in Sacramento at an Advanced Screening.

We talk for an hour and 40 minutes about the latest installment of the Movie Series and we'd love for you to hear what we talked about.

Also, this special event was too big for one Alchemy Lab prize, so today we have two prizes for listening to the show. Listen to the show and follow the clues and get 5000 bertie botts every flavour beans.

Also, in the podcast I mention a way that you can get a bonus prize of even more beans, just see the movie for yourself and then return to the place where you find the portkey to answer a bonus question that can only be answered after seeing the movie AND listening to the podcast.

Enjoy your Alchemy Lab prizes but remember to act fast, on Wednesday when the movie comes out the first prize will drop from 5000 beans to 2000 beans, and the second prize will drop from 2000 beans to 1000 beans when the movie has been out for a week.

Also, if you are in, or can be in the San Francisco area on July 20th, be sure to join the Wizards.FM team at the Books Inc Laurel Village in San Francisco for a live recording of WizardCast. For more details visit wizards.fm.

And now without further ado, Download The Looking Glass - Episode 2 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix or if you want to get your chances of getting into the Alchemy Lab early in the future, Subscribe to Wizards.FM in iTunes or your favorite Podcast Feedreader.

As you all know, registration has been closed due to the instability of the server. However, Edmund has decided to tentatively open it!!

He is still unsure as to what the server will do under this new burden so we ask that those of you who already have an account (or 2 or 3 or 4...) NOT make a new one. We would like to allow some new players to join and too much activity will almost certainly cause the system to crash.

Thanks for your cooperation :)

Harry Potter: The Hidden Secrets

Rated: TVPG
Running Time: 60 Minutes
Genre:
Closed Captions: Yes

Upcoming Airings:
Sunday, July 08 @ 10pm/9C
Monday, July 09 @ 2am/1C
Thursday, July 12 @ 11pm/10C
Friday, July 13 @ 3am/2C
Saturday, July 14 @ 2pm/1C
Sunday, July 15 @ 3pm/2C

This one-hour special takes a thrilling look back at the first four Harry Potter books and movies, and looks ahead to Harry's new film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, that's based on the fifth book in author J.K. Rowling's series. We'll search for clues in the previous episodes that might tip us off to what's coming up. We'll look at Voldemort's growing influence, the new Death-Eaters by his side, and the unsettling new turn by Cornelius Fudge and his minions. Includes interviews from the young stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, along with their veteran counterparts including Gary Oldman (Sirius Black), Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort) and many of the other returning cast members. We'll also some of the newest cast members, including Imelda Staunton as the formidable Dolores Umbridge, and Helena Bonham Carter as the evil Bellatrix LeStrange. All in all, this program's a delectable treat for Harry's legions of fans, young and old.

Most everyone knows that Edmund and I met here and fell in love. Everyone was really supportive of our Real Life Marriage. I think everyone should know that today is the one year mark Edmund and I have been married for one year today. It was all because of Hogwarts Live. Thank you to everyone and to Danilo for making this site and bringing the love of my life to me.

...you haven't seen the latest raffle, here it is!

Buy your Book!
Beans per Ticket: 10
One winner will win a $20 Amazon.com gift Certificate which can be used to pay for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series, due out this month! Already bought your book, use your $20 on anything your heart desires at amazon.com
Raffle Runs From 2007-07-01 to 2007-07-13
There are 11 days, 16 hours and 20 minutes left to purchase tickets in this raffle.

Just a reminder, there is just an hour and a half left in the "Custom Title" raffle, and less then a week left for the Order of the Phoenix Movie Ticket raffle, so trade in your bertie botts beans for raffle tickets now if you want these items.

Also, yesterday three of four Wizards.FM panelists were able to catch an Advanced Screening of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and we can't wait to tell you all about it, look for a special episode of The Looking Glass on Wizards.FM coming up with our early review. This show will also contain a way to find your way back to my lab.

Just to clarify what IS and what is NOT allowed as far as content... NO sexual comments and NO innuendo. NONE. Doing either will get you a warning and depending on severity, a mute. No private body part naming. No kicking, pinching, hitting, licking, poking, tapping, touching, or ANY other verb you can think of to said body parts. Balls and nuts have been refiltered. No using these two words or any other regular word in a way that could be deemed inappropriate by staff. Staff STILL has the final say on what is suitable for chat and what is not, so if you are warned, please do not argue in chat. Any other words that have been recently removed from the filtered list WILL go back on if they are abused. Please use common sense. You may petiton if you feel you were wrongly warned.

See OotP on us!!
10 beans a ticket, see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on us! One winner of this raffle will win $15 in Fandango Bucks (please only enter this raffle if $15 in Fandango Bucks would be in any way useful to you, we recommend going to fandango.com and seeing if you are able to buy tickets for your local theater before entering).
Raffle Runs From 2007-06-26 to 2007-07-05

Get a FREE Custom Title!
This raffle will end on Friday so hurry and buy your tickets! For only 20 beans per chance, ONE winner will receive a custom title with one change to last until reset! So, hurry up and find those beans and get raffling! (Custom title rules will be owled to winner)
Raffle Runs From 2007-06-26 to 2007-06-29

In light of recent events, we would like to remind people that the sharing of passwords and/or accounts is NOT allowed. We will not tolerate any situations in which someone complains of their friend taking gold from their account, their friend spamming while on their account or their friend doing something else which gets that account holder in trouble. YOU are responsible for your OWN account(s). We WILL mute and we WILL ban for problems arising from password sharing.