Alright, get back to playing
Ok people, I didn't end up rolling back again after all, I'm hoping this will be the end of the problems, I've reconfigured the server completely. As a precaution, I'm still keeping the registrations closed for a couple days while I watch the server status closely, when we are relatively sure that the server is stable, we'll open up registrations for new user accounts again.
Also, Edmund's Alchemy Shop has been reopened, so if you have listened to the clues from episode 2 of WizardCast, find your way to my lab and get your prize, which has been slightly increased to compensate for the rollbacks.
Service announcement from the staff.
This is a public service announcement from the staff of hogwartslive.com. We apologize for the fact that we've had to roll the database back a few times now, but there have been some severe server problems trying to fix this server. We are not purposely deleting your users, we are trying to keep the data as intact as possible. That said, everything is royally screwed up right now. We will have to do at least one more roll back of the database in order to restore any missing characters. If you registered a new character in the last 3 days, that character is gone, we are sorry, but that character is gone
We are trying to repair the damage to the server and make it stable again and we want to do only one more roll-back if at all possible, to that end:
1.We will be rolling the system back again tomorrow or this weekend.
2. The create a new character is taken down until these problems are sorted out.
3. Only 125 people will be allowed on the server at anytime. (This does not mean that your name will be deleted. Just that only 125 people can be logged in at once.)
4. The timeout time has also decreased so that people who are idle won't take up one of those 125 slots.
5. To help keep the server load down, the reset script that knocks everyone offline twice a day will, for the time being, be run at 23 minutes past the hour, every hour, keeping the database clean and memory usage as low as possible until these problems are resolved.
6. If you have donated during this and have not received your points or you donate before the server reset again please email your amount, date, and HL name to
We are very sorry for the inconvenience, but we are working as hard as we possibly can to make this game work well for you, the players
Please remember that we (the staff) are people with feelings and lives also and are doing the best that we can possibly do.
Thank you and please remember to forget where the petition button is if you are dealing with any of these problems. We are working to get everything right the best that we can.
Edmund's Alchemy
Because of the server rollbacks Edmund's Alchemy Lab is temporarily closed, once we have the database repaired we will reopen the shop and you can return to it the same way you found it before (with the clues from Episode 2 of WizardCast) and as a special bonus to help ease the pain of all these rollbacks, the Edmund's Alchemy bonus will be increased to help people gain back some of the experience they will have lost in these server rollbacks.
Server Rollback
The site had to be rolled back once again. Everyone who leveled over the past few days will notice that their stats were set back. This happened to everybody and everybody will have to redo what was lost. Please do not send in any more petitions regarding losing progress.
New Staffers
Congratulations to the new staffers (listed in order of Support Rank*):
SpinalRemains - 24
Stardust - 16
AngelinaJohnson - 14
GloryTo - 12
Necrosis - 5
Alys - 4
CelestialSiren - 4
*Support Rank is a way to measure the current standing of staff members, it is based on a variety of things, please don't ask about it, you won't get an answer and you don't need to know.
If you were nominated or made it to the final tier but did not pass the final selection process please do not owl me about why you were not accepted. Better luck next time! :)
Book 7 Title Released
For those few of you who haven't heard, Author J.K. Rowling has released the title of Book 7.
The title can be found at jkrowling.com through the mysterious door.
For those of you who don't want to sneak through the door... or those of you who cannot drag the key from the wind chime (as 4 people so far have told me they've had trouble with), you can also find the answer on amazon.com
Order of the Phoenix Trailer.
http://www2.warnerbros.com/happyfeet/
Has the new OOTP trailer on their site.
PDA, Innuendos, and Fighting.
It seems that lately we have become very lack on the rule of PDA and innuendos. These rules that are normally ignored will not be anymore. No more of what has been happening will happen in public chat any longer. If you feel the need to do this then please stick to owls or ims. Because when you do those things in open chat it does offend. Before anyone asks what PDA is it is Public Display of Affection not a palm device...
Also there will be no verbal assaults or fighting in the chats. This is getting to a ridiculous point also. It is simple. You are caught arguing in open chat you get muted. You will be asked to stop once and that is it. After fighting for so many times you will end up banned. There is no excuse for these actions either. If you feel the need to argue and harass someone do it in owls or im. And if they have you blocked in owls. Leave them alone. Because they don't really care what you think of them then.
Now this will all take effect immediately. So please try not to start in with PDA, innuendos, and fighting otherwise you will just find yourself muted. Thank you.
Daylight Savings Time
Ok everyone, if you didn't need another reminder to set your clocks back an hour for Fall Back (End of Daylight Savings Time) then here is another one. Due to the time change of the Daylight Savings Time change, the server had some serious problems when it came to logging in and out of the site. I spent the last hour fixing the login system so that you can log into the site again.
We apologize for the downtime, but the bug should be fixed now. If you are still having trouble signing into HogwartsLive, reset your cookies and try again.
Thank you for your patience during this issue.
Halloween
Witchy and myself have hidden a Halloween present around the site. Its is something that you will be able to keep after the holiday. Although it can only be bought until Halloween and then it gets taken off the market..
Happy Hunting.