Hogwarts Live Blog

Hey everyone the contest winners have been decided - using atmospheric interference for randomness - so please take a look at the Candy Raffles shop for the winners. To all those who have won please owl me with the subject line Raffle Winner on your winning account/character and I will send you an email address to send your shipping address and desired prize to. Thank you to all who participated in the raffles and to those of you who didn't win something this time around I wish better luck next time. =)

The Second podcast on Wizards.FM, the Wizard's Webcast Network has officially launched. The Looking Glass, featuring Nicholas and Barbara Moline is a Science Fiction and Fantasy Movie review Podcast. On our first episode, we review, New Line Cinema's "The Last Mimzy".

Click Here to Download "The Looking Glass" Episode 1 - The Last Mimzy

Also be sure to Subscribe to Wizards.FM in iTunes for this and all podcasts on the Wizard's Webcast Network.

Hello everyone, just a little reminder that there are less then 2 days left in April's Donation Drive and Raffles.

All 3 of the remaining Raffles have under 350 tickets sold each, so your chances of winning fabulous prizes is good if you buy your tickets now.

As most of you know by now, the death curse has been brought back. It was removed previously because of abuse and it will be taken away again if the abuse continues.


There is a reason why you are only allowed one death curse per day...to prevent harassment. Using your alternate accounts to curse the same person repeatedly in one game day is against the rules and will not be tolerated.

Harassment also includes conspiring with other players to curse the same person and also repeatedly cursing the same player game day after game day.

We appreciate your co-operation on this matter.

A new US Trailer of OOtP was released on Yahoo this morning including tons of content not previously seen (even not seen in the International Trailer put out on YouTube last week)

Here is the trailer, Enjoy everyone.

This would be a good time to mention that the Wizards.FM staff is still looking into doing a live podcast at an IMAX theater the day of the release of OOtP in IMAX 3D, more coming soon.

Here is a reminder of the site rules so no one has any excuse to not follow them. This is the version used by all Staff so please do not question if it is not in another part of the site.

Reasons for muting:

1. Fighting: I do not mean RP fighting, I mean verbal assaults. Violence is NOT muteable unless it is a REAL threat. Roleplaying fighting is not a threat.
2. Sex and PDA: Use your common sense we are a PG 13 site, half of the things done here should not be done.
3. Evading the Filter: If a word shows up as !@#$ when it posts, do NOT change it so others can read it. Using foreign languages in open chat is also considered evading. Don't do it.
4. Drugs, alcohol and other bannable subjects. Any reference to drug use, alcohol use other than site-related, cutting, suicide or other forms of self-mutilation will not be tolerated. There is no need for any of that on this site.
5. Rape: This will NOT happen on this site. This includes any references to rape.
6. SPAM: Ok here is the tuffy. We have said before that anything more then 3 characters is SPAM. But in all reality we do NOT mute for this. Only if the person is taking it to extremes as such.
!Dementor AuroraBorealis says, "dfkjlsdhgkjfkjghfmnvcm,vnfkghrouityerioutyjkgvnmc,vnfdj"
Get the point? Good.. However, please try to keep extra letters/symbols to a minimum. It CAN mess the page up for some players.
7. Link SPAM and Messenger addresses and emails: Some people post these things in open chats. They are not to be there. And no random owling of players to advertise other sites. We ban for that. This is why we have a link exchange. Please use it.
8. Advertising your clan in open chat: This is ok in the clan waiting place. But it has no place in Diagon or Hogwarts.
9. Personal Attacks: This is the offense that makes me angry, bringing someones personal life onto this site to attack them. Leave outside information outside.
10. Cheating and exploitation of glitches. If you find a glitch or bug in the game, please petition it. If you are caught telling other players of the glitch, you may be muted and/or banned.

In the end, listen to the admins and other staff, do not argue with them. If you have an issue with a staffer please Petition for Help so another Staffer can handle/look into it. If instead you decide to lash out of them or disregard their authority you will be punished. These rules are made so everyone can enjoy their time here on HL. Please abide by them so all players can have fun.

I'm afraid there was some trouble with the transfer to the new server that I will have to mend before the transfer is complete. I will re-attempt to complete the server transfer tomorrow night. I am sorry for the inconvenience.

The winner of the Real Bertie Botts Beans raffle was Supreme God TheHighlander who owned ticket number 71. Congratulations.

The winner of the Donator Point Raffle is ArchMagi CinnamonSpider with Ticket Number 871. There were 3,971 tickets sold in this raffle, which means the prize is 7,942 donator points.

The winner of the Friday the 13th Raffle is Ticket Number 1844 won, which belongs to SimplyEvil Immortalis
Enjoy.