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Date: January 16th, 2013
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| Welcome to Hogwarts Interactive Role Play, one of the net's best in Harry Potter and Hogwarts role plays. We hope you enjoy your visit. Here at Hogwarts our students are currently in their Seventh Year. Last year, the war against the Knights crescendoed into a direct attack against the school. Disappearances are still reported (or not) daily, and the Dark Lord and his Knights of Walpurgis have succeeded in spreading their message of "do as thou will" far and wide across the globe. Magical Law Enforcement, which is now the only authority in the wizarding world under Martial Law, has responded by tightening security, controlling the media, and strictly enforcing curfews and other laws. Their control is damaging to the people's freedom, and their hierarchy is a suspicious lot. It is clear that some members of the MLE like their new found power a bit too much, others see it necessary, but all are in serious danger of being consumed by it. But with the picture of just what Azariah Amaranth is after becoming ever clearer, and a third player in the form of a group called SAVIOR entering the scene, what will the MLE do next to ensure that they've got the situation under control? The Elementium, the Higher Plane that had once been hidden just beyond the veil in the Department of Mysteries, and the Deathly Hallows. The pieces of the puzzle have been identified, but what picture do they make? Today is Day 1 of Year Seven. Students have had time to recover from the Knight's attack, and are beginning to reluctantly return to the walls of Hogwarts. The safety of the school has been diminished, bringing up the question everyone must ask. Are you safe anywhere these days? It's up to each individual to decide their fate, where will you decide to go? You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free. If you are interested in joining our forum as a role player, please take a look at the Joining HIRP Checklist (click me!) for an easy-to-follow guide on how to join! Click here to register! Await your email confirmation before you can post. If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features: |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 3 2008, 02:22:46 AM (1,902 Views) | |
| Hellius Surla | Jan 3 2008, 02:22:46 AM Post #1 |
If we see a man glorifying his race, gender, or creed, we can understand there is nothing about himself that deserves glorification.
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Personally, I'd like it if everyone was just in one year. That way, everyone can be included in the same way, and there aren't any age restrictions to how everything works. Everyone would be equally skilled, and the groups that were to be formed would flow smoothly. |
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| Riley Blade | Jan 3 2008, 02:27:17 AM Post #2 |
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.....that is actually not a bad idea. I see the merit in it anyways. But won't then classes be huge when we get more and more people? |
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| Hellius Surla | Jan 3 2008, 02:29:46 AM Post #3 |
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If we see a man glorifying his race, gender, or creed, we can understand there is nothing about himself that deserves glorification.
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Classes in Harry Potter were usually filled with at least thirty students in the movies and the book. They weren't all named, but they were there. There will still be other students in other years, but they will not be named and will essentially be "imaginary". |
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| Tristan Nightshade | Jan 3 2008, 03:32:00 AM Post #4 |
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It's something we'll consider but personally I tend to favour having seperate years. I'll bring it up with Lord Dave. |
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| Hellius Surla | Jan 3 2008, 01:59:08 PM Post #5 |
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If we see a man glorifying his race, gender, or creed, we can understand there is nothing about himself that deserves glorification.
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I've gone through the process of making a list with the benefits of changing it so that everyone is in the same year, and I supplied the handicaps. Benefits: Handicaps: I couldn't think of anymore, so supply what you may see. |
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| Ben Thomas | Jan 3 2008, 02:50:44 PM Post #6 |
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If we did combine the years, which is really up to the others and I don't really mind eithier way. I reckon it would have to be put into some sorta plot/rp because a couple of years wouldn't just combine without a reason, this makes it more real. My suggestion if we did was to maybe use such storylines as the Defences going down meaning the teachers etc would wan't classes to be combined for safety reasons. |
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| Gabe Kelgiroy | Jan 3 2008, 05:41:21 PM Post #7 |
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Alright, since I finally got a chance to read it all, I will throw out a couple of ideas and comments, so on and so fourth. First off, I think that Hellius is onto something when we have all the active posters concentrate around one year. Yet, we do run into a road block with the issue of the classes being to large and perhaps taking up to much time. Heavens knows we don't need Day 5, Period 2, for example, to last for 2 real life weeks. However, this can easily be overcome if you allow the "Day" system to work out. In other words, you will still have a two day schedule. What this means, is that it is up to the higher powers of the site to ASSIGN your character schedule type 1 or 2. Depending on which one you have, you go to certain classes one day, and certain classes another. It works like the college block system. An example is that Gabe would have potions, transfiguration and charms one day and he would have divination, care of magical creatures and muggle studies the alternating day. Yes, you will not have class with all your friends, BUT, the days will be shorter which then allows more free time at night to get a sense of what characters are like out of class as well. Semesters may go by quicker, thus we will all age and get to 7th year which... Strikes up my second point. Hellius once again raises a good point that I belive we should have characters that graduate and go into the Adult Wizarding World. Ministry people, actual shopkeepers for characters instead of NPCs and the like. Sure, you would need to work on it and possibly create a system to keep it all clear but all the same...it is an idea. Third point, if you read the first point, then you will see the blocked schedule idea. Maybe in doing this, we can finally let all of our teachers teach a subject on a daily or every other day basis. In approaching the third year, we could add classes such as Care of Magical Creatures, Muggle Studies and other things that were seen in the book. Once again, it is an idea. I know I have only been here about a month now, and I am not trying to stir up waves but I feel that I need to voice my opinion here when I say we have some characters that are teachers who are not getting to roleplay to their full ability and NO, I am not just speaking of Tortal and DeMoure, because they create their own dark stories since they cannot yet teach full time. Side note here for point four, and this goes to one person. Julian, I don't know if you like my roleplay style or anything because you and I have yet to have any interaction with one another as characters. However, I am thinking of creating one more students so that I can almost always have something to roleplay. You don't have to put it here for everyone to see, but, would you like me to make my new character someone that can be in your crew? Send me a PM if you're more comfortable responding that way. Fifth and final point that I'd like to make. You guys are troopers for reading this much and I'd just like to say, thank you for taking the time to read or skim this and get back to me with your thoughts, comments, outbursts (joking). |
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| Tristan Nightshade | Jan 3 2008, 06:16:38 PM Post #8 |
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Ok I can see that this is a significant issue so I'll definitely get on the horn to Dave and see what is said. However that guy is never actually at his computer so...  I'm off to work soon so if anyone else can reach him go for it! |
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| Leslie Harp | Jan 3 2008, 06:38:21 PM Post #9 |
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I can't post very much at the moment (my busy life is calling) but I'll try to get a couple thoughts out there for now... Personally, I'm with Tristan on the seperate years thing, that's just what I prefer, but I can see that there would be some benefits if we combine. Maybe I would end up liking that better, who knows? One disadvantage I can see to having all the years combined is not being able to show a significant difference in age from one character to the next. Example: my other current character, Jodi, is a first year and I was thinking of creating another character (her 'younger sister', Torie), but if they were in the same year, that wouldn't show an accurate age difference. Not a big deal, I know, just one point that came to mind when I was reading. I agree that first year is pretty uneventful for the most part. Maybe in order to increase activity, we could set up a rule like there is for making a professor (you have to have an active student before you make a professor, correct?). For instance, perhaps from now on we could allow new members to create second years, if they wanted, but only after they had created and maintained a first-year for a couple of weeks or something. Then they would have to make sure that their first year remained active, or their higher year character might be suspended for a while. Doing something like this could encourage activity from new members and old members alike, and hopefully help to eliminate the chance of losing new members by not allowing them to have higher-year students. I don't know just an idea... |
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| Deleted User | Jan 3 2008, 08:55:06 PM Post #10 |
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If I could add my limited experience with RPing: The last (and only other) RP I've ever been involved with (also a Harry Potter RP) had everyone in the same class regardless of year (not counting Divination, Arithmancy, ect.--you still had to be 3rd year for that) and classes never went anywhere. That's probably why the site died even though it had a huge number of active RPers--nothing happened, ever because there were too many people all in the same place. Now granted, this site has more of a hold on how long classes and periods last, but I could still see them lasting weeks rather than a day or two like they do now. Just adding my two-cents. Again, I've little experience with this RP thing. |
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| Dave McKelvey | Jan 3 2008, 09:47:13 PM Post #11 |
Seventh Year. Lori rocks! But srsly, Morgan is the best! I love Malynne! But not as much as I LOVE ANNA AND LORI. BUT MORGAN STILL PWNS THEM ALL, THE END. I love Meg she is so awesome and epic. Did I mention how silly Jess is?
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Can you elaborate more on what the actual problem was? I don't understand how nothing could happen if there were that many people. Also, if the site actually died, did you try bringing anyone with you when you migrated here? 
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Plot with Dave here! Updated for Sixth Year! Plot with my female Slytherin Jordanna here! Plot with my Gryffindor Jack here!  Slytherin Chaser | |
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| Deleted User | Jan 3 2008, 10:05:43 PM Post #12 |
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Simple. Just like America's congested public schools, so little got done because of huge class sizes and constant disruptions due to all the intermixing storylines. I know, I was the Divination Professor. Again, things might turn out differently here, but that's just what I saw happen last time. Which, by the way, was almost two years ago. I didn't exactly migrate here so much as I quit RPing and then came here two years later when I decided to try it again. I could probably contact some of the ones I kept in touch with a little afterwards, but I don't know what they're up to. |
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| Dave McKelvey | Jan 3 2008, 10:18:00 PM Post #13 |
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Seventh Year. Lori rocks! But srsly, Morgan is the best! I love Malynne! But not as much as I LOVE ANNA AND LORI. BUT MORGAN STILL PWNS THEM ALL, THE END. I love Meg she is so awesome and epic. Did I mention how silly Jess is?
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Ah, I understand. I can't imagine having Mascacra/Hellius/Abadon/Julian/Jake/Jordanna/everyotherbadass in one room; the thread would implode upon itself with the drama. |
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Plot with Dave here! Updated for Sixth Year! Plot with my female Slytherin Jordanna here! Plot with my Gryffindor Jack here! Slytherin Chaser | |
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| Deleted User | Jan 3 2008, 10:28:51 PM Post #14 |
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I will say as a disclaimer that I only voted "against" going on prior experience with a similar set-up. I voted in lieu of a "aw hell, I don't know..." option. |
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| Hellius Surla | Jan 3 2008, 10:32:28 PM Post #15 |
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If we see a man glorifying his race, gender, or creed, we can understand there is nothing about himself that deserves glorification.
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That happens anyways!
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| Dave McKelvey | Jan 3 2008, 10:40:07 PM Post #16 |
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Seventh Year. Lori rocks! But srsly, Morgan is the best! I love Malynne! But not as much as I LOVE ANNA AND LORI. BUT MORGAN STILL PWNS THEM ALL, THE END. I love Meg she is so awesome and epic. Did I mention how silly Jess is?
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As for the issue brought up about second year being totally inflated compared to first year, here are my thoughts: I will change the legislation concerning character creation. As suggested (by who, I don't remember), second and (eventually) third year characters will require that you create and maintain a first year character for a period of x weeks. This will help bolster the first years of next year, but that still leaves the future second year almost deserted. Any suggestions as to how we can fix that? |
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Plot with Dave here! Updated for Sixth Year! Plot with my female Slytherin Jordanna here! Plot with my Gryffindor Jack here! Slytherin Chaser | |
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| Hellius Surla | Jan 3 2008, 10:50:06 PM Post #17 |
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If we see a man glorifying his race, gender, or creed, we can understand there is nothing about himself that deserves glorification.
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Combine them? Generally, everyone that is currently apart of our year will want to be involved with us because that's where all the action lies. I, (having made a 1st year character to help fill in the gaps) got incredibly bored from the lack of anything occurring and so I just abandoned it. With what Gabe suggested to make the days go by quicker, we could probably separate the more... drama-producing students so that there are only a couple in each class. |
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| Annie Stones | Jan 4 2008, 01:21:08 AM Post #18 |
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In the books they didn't combine all four houses. Sometimes Slytherin and Ravenclaw had charms, while Hufflepuff and Gryffingdor had flying. They had classes two groups at a time. We can edit it to splitting all houses in two, so we don't split the best friends while combining 1. and 2., but split the maniacs... (Almost all are in Slytherin.) Feks:Julian, Jake, Dave, Leslie and Ella of the slytherin house in group one. And James, Yvette, Masacra, Natalie and Bella of slytherin in group two. Both will learn the same, and we can split up maniacs. They have the same classes but at different times. I know I put three (possibly four) maniacs in group two, but Masacra isn't actually active, from what I've seen. |
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| Hellius Surla | Jan 4 2008, 01:23:23 AM Post #19 |
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If we see a man glorifying his race, gender, or creed, we can understand there is nothing about himself that deserves glorification.
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Nope, not at all. That also reflects on her Yahoo, MSN, and the rest of the contacts that I used to stay in touch with. From what I can see, she isn't coming back. She's "too busy". |
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| Tristan Nightshade | Jan 4 2008, 01:24:44 AM Post #20 |
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The future 3rd years (current 2nd years) dont have a problem with numbers and activity. And their numbers will only grow as people join the site and are allowed to create a 2nd character to join them. Thats not the issue. Its our future 2nd years (current 1st) that is the problem. However, in the new year, I think you'd get a number of people more than happy to join 2nd year because this gives them just that little more power and exp than being a little firstie. When new ppl arrive and are told they have to be brand new, this deters them. But telling them that they can go str8 to 2nd year will possibly appease them. If this trend continues, at least it will ensure that each year has numbers, apart from maybe the actual first year. Just a thought. But im really glad to see this is getting discussed. PERSONALLY: Id like to keep the years seperate, gives it a more realistic feel and (ideally) there might come a time where we;d have 50 ppl in the class. And I can see Ian's point about too many conflicting storylines n one forum. |
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