Hello again everyone! We hope the turkey's all settled for any of our Thanksgiving celebrators. :) We know the holidays can be really busy and hectic, even people who don't celebrate any of the many December based holidays can get sucked in to the chaos of it all, not to mention vacations, exams, and probably plenty of other things we're forgetting. Now, here's our present to you. For the months of November and December, we're going to give everyone some slack. As long as we see some activity from you during these two months, there will be no penalties. This means you don't have to have the normal three journals and one thread. As long as we see you do something, a journal, a thread, you're fine. This doesn't mean you should slack off, but if you have to this is the right time ;) Full activity checks will come back in January. We'll still be here, there will still be December plot, but you aren't obligated to meet any requirements except be active and participate in anything you sign up for. The other side of this however, is that if you don't do anything (and unfortunately just commenting in a couple of journals doesn't count as activity with this), then you get a point against you.
With this, if you've come to find you just aren't feeling the game or don't have time and want to quit or drop a character, let us know. We don't bite and anyone who leaves us is welcome to reapply later :) We don't want anyone to do this without thought though, so if you just need some sort of hiatus for this time, just ask! :) We have no problem with this. But if you aren't fully active in January after taking your own hiatus, then you're out of the game since you were given the opportunity to not be fully active in December. If you've been having problems with activity or interest, just step back and consider yourself and your characters. We know that sometimes we don't feel a character as well as we might have when they were first picked up. One of us played Harry originally so we fully understand the feeling of not exactly knowing what to do with a canon character. What we suggest to do while working on that is picking up a character that can fit in to gaps easily, like a Sixth year whose small number gives them almost automatic plot, or Quidditch players who easily have something to talk about and every team both canon and our current teams have multiple members in play that would probably love to have additional team mates!
This isn't a mandatory respond-or-else post, but we will be emailing this out to everyone who doesn't comment to it. We need to know that you're reading this. No one will be left out if we can help it!
As mentioned within all of this, but to repeat on it's own, we will still have December plot! :D
On to more usual business! There was a Quidditch game on Saturday between the Thor's Hammer and Flying Furies
Thor's Hammer vs. Flying Furies Performance scores based off a 20 sided dice, 1-You were horrible, 10-Mediocre, 20-Kick ass. This also decides the game. A pair of 6-sided die are rolled to judge injury. We use two 6-sided die to divine injuries. Rolling a 6 in any way and any doubles of numbers, like snake eyes. The players with injuries are marked with an exclamation point. Those injured are Herbert Fleet, Maisie Montgomery, Jimmy Peakes, and Malcolm Preece.
Both teams started off fairly well, but Captain Fleet was knocked out early after a poor catch of the Quaffle with his face. Jimmy Peakes played a top game, but was tosseled within an inch of falling into the crowd. Geoffrey and Malcolm were terribly off their game, Malcolm even collided with Maisie just as she was aboout to grab the Snitch, but the sneaky Flying Furies' own Seeker grabbed it during the chaos. Maybe it was a sneak attack, but then again maybe Malcolm would just be smart to pretend it was ;)
Keeper-Herbert Fleet-3! Seeker-Maisie Montgomery-10! Beater-Jason Samuels-13 Beater-Jimmy Peakes-19! Passing Chaser-Geoffrey Hooper-3 Tackle and Shoot Chaser-Randolph Boam-18 Special Move Chaser-Jeremy Stretton-19 End score=85
Keeper-Jack Sloper-12 Seeker-unnamed-11 Beater-Duncan Ingelbee-19 Beater-unnamed-12 Passing Chaser-Josiane Dorny-17 Tackle and Shoot Chaser-Tamsin Appleby-7 Special Move Chaser-Malcolm Preece-1! End score=79
Thor's Hammer wins!
O.W.L.S. have come and gone now as of the start of November. The scores are in under a rush order, so anyone of the edge of their seat can breath easy unless your marks are poor ;) We did O.W.L.S. a little differently from most games. Many places just let the player decide, but where's the fun in that? We trust you all, but we know you trust us as well :) So after finding out what classes our current Sixth years take and their strengths and weaknesses, we've rolled a pair of 6-sided die and taken proficiency into mind to get these results. If anyone wishes to challenge their marks, just send us an email and we'll discuss this :)
Points Considered -Excels at the subject -Does poorly -Member of a study group -Tutors others -Has no study group -Is tutored
Teo Derrick: Astronomy-A Charms-A Defense Against the Dark Arts-A Herbology-E Transfiguration-E Care of Magical Creatures-A Muggle Studies-A
Isabel MacDougal: Astronomy-O Charms-A Defense Against the Dark Arts-E History of Magic-O Potions-A Transfiguration-E Ancient Runes-A Arithmancy-O Care of Magical Creatures-D Muggle Studies-E
Riza Rivers: Astronomy-E Charms-A Defense Against the Dark Arts-E Herbology-E History of Magic-A Potions-E Transfiguration-P Ancient Runes-O Arithmancy-O Muggle Studies-E
Bronwyn Dunstan: Astronomy-A Charms-A Defense Against the Dark Arts-A Herbology-E History of Magic-P Transfiguration-A Care of Magical Creatures-A Muggle Studies-O
All other Sixth years have recieved their grades at this time, but we're still discussing things with Maisie's player, so we'll be posting her grades at a later time. Remember! Your marks are sent directly to the student via owl, so no one else knows them unless you tell them.
Edit Bronwyn's grades are up!
To players with students taking their N.E.W.T.S next month, take this information to heart. We'll be needing your characters classes and such soon as well. Start thinking now! :)
This isn't one of those comment-or-boot posts! We want to know you read this so that we know that everyone is involved with this. So please comment. If you don't, then we will email you. We don't want anyone left out with this information. If you have any questions or comment, please ask!