Post by ELIZA MARIE CUNNINGHAM on Aug 16, 2015 21:45:04 GMT -5
AUGUST NEWSLETTER
OF THE MONTH AWARDS
Awards by Eliza.
Roo is quite active around the forums both out of character and also roleplaying quite a bit with all of the characters they have. Congrats, Roo. <3
Noelle won by doing 3x her requirement in July (which is 35).
Hayley has been especially active in the past month with roleplaying with all of her characters and they all have such well written posts and diverse plots as well. Congrats, Hayley. <3
Annora isn't a new character, but she has had sufficient development and great threads happening with her as of late, especially in the lessons. Congrats, Noelle. <3
Where would Annora be without Archie? But he's also great on his own - he has some lovely threads and it's great to read all of them with different characters. Congrats, Erik. <3
Arti is fairly new to us but already has many characters and many threads to accompany them. It's great to here you have with us, Arti. Congrats. <3
OTHER AWARDS
We've had a bit of an awards pile up for the Most House Points for the past two terms and from the Roleplaying Competition we had last year, but Hayley has completed them all. =D
Check them out here.
DODECAWIZARD TOURNAMENT
The Second Task is nearly finished and the Third Task is set to start when we enter May, which is this Thursday or so (might not get it up 'til Saturday, though, because new full time job and the Third Task is kind of extensive <3).
STUDENTS AT BEAUXBATONS THIS YEAR
All of the students who are from other schools but are attending Beauxbatons because of the Dodecawizard Tournament will be going back to their home schools once it is June. This will be approximately September 3rd real time. So when you see that it's June on the site, feel free to post back in your schools again. We might have a mass thread for Hogwarts students returning to welcome them back.
In character wise, at that time, students will be busy studying for exams and catching up to make sure what they learned at Beauxbatons was sufficient for the standards of their school. Professors will be catching them up if it wasn't (this is just something to know in character wise, but we won't be having lessons for the 6th-7th years squished into June).
EXAMS & SUMMER
If you're new here as of this term (many are - yay! <3), do know that we actually have exams here. It's all multiple choie and all the answers can be found on site (check out Extra Info (Rules/Announcements >> Extra Info) to find our Spells List & Potions List, which can both be quite helpful). Not all answers will be in there, though (like for Astronomy, Care of Magical Creatures, etc.), but all answers are to be from the lessons (so you can just read them, even if you didn't participate). But don't worry about this too much - it's quite easy and you'll have a couple of weeks to complete it. And if you can't or really don't want to, you can always just buy moving up a year from Gringotts. (:
We also roleplay out OWL & NEWT exams. However, OWLs are totally option. NEWTs are required for certain jobs (this is detailed in the Extra Info board as well - it's really a useful board <3), so if you have a seventh year, you will most likely need to do them if you want them to have a job more than just working in a shop or restaurant/bar.
Summer will last 2 weeks (September 17 - 30 real time). At that time, if you are roleplaying in Hogwarts or another school, know that your thread will have to take place in June or September, not during the summer months because students are not allowed on grounds during the summer.
NDS, Mortenero & the Order
Right now, we don't have any big mass thread battles, but that doesn't mean things aren't happening. The NDS, Mortenero and the Order are constantly battling, the NDS trying to catch them (as well as those who are on the run from not joining the NDS), and the Daily Prophet is still putting out propaganda articles to make the Mortenero and the Order in whatever light the Minister wants them to be seen in.
Therefore, it's up to everyone to do any duels or battles they want to have between any of the groups. This thread is a convenient place where you can find others to duel or battle with. (: