Hogwarts Live Blog

The new server will be brought online this evening. It is considerably more powerful then the current server and will be a dramatic increase in how much load HL can have at any given point in time.

Unfortunately, although the transfer will only take a few minutes tonight, the DNS Change may cause the site to appear offline to you for several hours once we make the switch. This is something that is out of our control.

The Internet works with a system called DNS (Domain Name Service) which associates names with numbers. In this case the name is www.hogwartslive.com and the number is 64.34.176.216. With a new server comes a new number. While the change of this number in the DNS system will be instantaneous... every ISP (Internet Service Provider) has it's own DNS server, and very commonly these ISP DNS Servers cache the data for several hours. The reason they do this is so that they won't have to look up the ip address for each and every time you click on a link on the site (which on HogwartsLive is a LOT of links) therefore speeding up how long it takes to access a site. Also, your computer will cache this DNS data for a while as well, so that you don't have to ask your ISP's DNS server every page load.

In any case, I'm sorry to be technical but I want to make sure you know WHY the site may appear to be down for a few hours tonight. While the server will be up and ready to accept new connections, your computer and/or your ISP may not notice the change until a few hours after the change has taken place, and therefore the site will appear down for you.

I apologize for any inconvenience, however when the new server is online and running fast, I hope you will all appreciate the improvements.

I've decided to reset the hitpoints and reward you all two gems in exchange for each hitpoint. This decision is based on a majority consensus on the poll and in the forums. Thank you for understanding.

I realize the site has been running a bit slow these past two days and I would like everyone to know that I have purchased a server more than twice as fast as the current one and Edmund will probably have the data transfer completed soon enough. Thanks for your patience.

PS: You can try:
http://harrypotter.wizards.pro
http://encyclopedia.wizards.pro

while you wait.

I just spent about four hours modifying and looking through files (153 to be exact) so that they would work with the 1.0.6 version of the game, and then spent another two hours completing a, dare I say it, flawless upgrade from 1.0.2 to 1.0.6 (the upgrade was fast, the time was mostly spent checking for any obvious errors in case I needed to revert back to the old installation). Please let me know if you experience any unusual errors after today or see any defunct or awkward text and I will address it immediately. You will see several new modules popping up within the next week or so. Enjoy!

You might notice your title has changed... There is a thread in the forums that explains it all

Attention Game Players of Hogwarts Live…

Once again the topic and the act of cyber rape have surfaced on our majestic site. We would hope that you would know and realize that rape in real life or even on a game is not an appropriate action but for those of you who do not I am writing this to let you know in writing that it is in FACT not a topic that should be done on this site and will cause you to be banned from the site. What this means? Well it means do not run around touching, kissing, doing other things to people who have not agreed to do these things with you. If you think you might like someone then use the flirt area available to you in Maddam Puddlefoots located in the Great Hall. So once again just to make double and extra sure we all understand. IF you cyber rape someone you will be banned from the site. We also would prefer that the topic of rape is not talked about in the open chat areas if you feel that you must discuss this topic then do so in owls.

Here are your new Moderators:

auroraborealis 46
orchidarachnid 45
prettyginny 37
armandodippet 32
dharla 31
belgarad 28
keebler 27

PS: Hope you all enjoyed whatever respite you were given from work or school.

Happy holidays to anyone who celebrates something!
Anyway, reelections have finished and the votes are in (you can check the staff list for further details):

!DeputyHeadmaster Errol

YES: 130 NO: 6

@ArchAuror Jodi

YES: 83 NO: 51

@Alchemist Katane

YES: 18 NO: 121

&Professor asmith

YES: 102 NO: 19

&Snowman Soceror

YES: 131 NO: 8

&DemonLord Titan

YES: 131 NO: 8

&Auror poptarts

YES: 121 NO: 10

&Auror celebcrazy

YES: 123 NO: 9

&Auror Uzlezz

YES: 93 NO: 41

&Auror MayeficentKostage

YES: 71 NO: 64

Hello students of Hogwarts Live its election time at our fair site so go to the forums and cast your vote. The voting is on the staff and a YES or NO by each name is all that is needed. We do not need any commentary on your vote or why you are voting that way. So if you don’t vote then you have no reason to complain in the future about the staff.

P.S. There is no campaigning, bullying, bribery, or extortion for votes if someone does try to harass you either about your vote or tell you how to vote then please contact either Danilo, Edmund or myself.

Only one VOTE per IP Address we will be checking

P.S.S. Blackmail is also not allowed..(thanks for pointing that one out Jono(biggrin)

I have to devote my time right now to turning in late work, finishing up final projects and studying for exams. So please do not pester me with questions or things to fix till Wednesday, December 21. You still may send petitions and they will be marked appropriately by the other staffers. If you're wondering why I've seemed rude lately it is because I'm not in a good mood and I'm a bit fed up with certain players on here.