Hogwarts Live Blog

First of all, I've just fixed the site as it seems that it was down for several hours today. I will be getting the new faster server operational this week, it should drastically reduce the liklihood of this happening again in the future.

In other, happier news, I wanted to take this opportunity to announce that I, Nicholas Moline (Edmund) will be marrying Barbara Garcia (SerenityRose) in real life on July 2nd (2 weeks from today). I'm not sure if anyone else who has met on hogwartslive has made it to the point of getting married or not, but even if we aren't the first (which I think we are) I still wanted to share my joy with all of you. Hogwartslive has litterally changed my life, bringing the love of my life to me.

If you would like to follow the progress of Barbara and I's upcoming wedding, you can visit the website we've created for it http://www.molinefamily.info/

I will be offline from Saturday, June 17th till Tuesday, June 29th due to longstanding plans to visit Haifa, Israel. Also, I will have limited access to the Internet from then till June 6th or 7th. This means I most presumably will not be able to answer your owls for that time period. Thank you for understanding. On a side note we will be transferring to a new, faster server in short time. We want you to know that we appreciate your contributions, either financial or creative, they all truly help to better this site.

Please remember to sign up and post on the suggestion forums:
http://harrypotter.wizards.pro/forums/roleplaying/suggestions

We will be resetting everyone's Hit Points next week, you will receive gems in exchange for them. Also, Edmund has implemented a cap on gym use after 10 Voldemort Encounters. This is in an effort to make the game more fair and overall more enjoyable. Thanks for understanding.

Some of you may of heard that we are preparing a German version of the game. Please owl me if you speak German and would like to help with the translating or testing of the new site.

http://de.hogwartslive.com

I have just written and installed a brand new module for Clan Owners. Tired of manually stipending your users when they get a VE? Inside your clan you will now find a link to "Automatic Reward Setup", from here you can set amounts that you would like to be stipended to your users every time they kill Voldemort. You can also set bonus amounts to give people who go from Level 1 to killing Voldemort in under 24 hours. Once you have the settings the way you want them, toggle automatic rewards on, from then on when people kill Voldemort in your clan, they will automatically be stipended the amounts you selected!

I have received concerns about the F.A.Q. being out-dated. I must say changes are constantly being made to the game and it is difficult to document everything that occurs. So in an effort to lighten the work load of the staff, I have made available a Wiki page and category over at:
http://encyclopedia.wizards.pro/index.php/Hogwarts_Live
http://encyclopedia.wizards.pro/index.php/Category:Hogwarts_Live

This Wiki is intended as an Encyclopedia of Speculative Fiction - similar to wikipedia.org, albeit with a specific theme in mind. Please take some time to read the following pages before editing or contributing to ANY article on the site:
http://encyclopedia.wizards.pro/index.php/Wizards.pro:Introduction
http://encyclopedia.wizards.pro/index.php/Wizards.pro:Help

There is some volunteer work available over at the Harry Potter channel of Wizards.pro (formerly USHarryPotter.com), please let me know if any of you are interested in any of the jobs listed on the site below:

http://harrypotter.wizards.pro/jobs

These are not Hogwarts Live staff positions, though this is a great place to start.

Here are your new staffers, please treat them with respect, as I'm sure they will treat you.

1 Andy
2 AurorJen
3 Christianna
4 Doxy
5 EragonShadeslayer
6 Fimblebottom
7 Ginny
8 hbprince
9 Rei
10 SerenityRose
11 ShadowMasterX
12 Witchywoman

Please stop sending owls or petitions about the "bork' text, it is an April Fools joke, just go to your "Preferences" settings and disable Holiday Texts. You don't have a virus. =P

Thirteen people have made it passed stage two of the three-part screening process. Those people will be contacted concerning whether or not they wish to participate as staff members.