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JKR mentioned she was doing something called Pottermore! I'm so excited!! What do you think it is?
submitted by Ima
(June 17, 2011 - 2:19 pm)
(June 17, 2011 - 2:19 pm)
I just checked, and while I live in neither of those places, I'm in the same time zone.
@ Tiffany: That's part of it, but there's much more to it than that. The information has now been released, although it hadn't been when I made the thread. Go to the website (if you try to guess what it is, you're almost guaranteed to get it right, as would you be even if all you knew about it was the the name *hinthint*) and watch Jo's explanatory video, then Google pottermore conference transcript, and you'll know what it is.
(August 2, 2011 - 9:31 pm)
I GOT IN!!!!!!!!!!! And now here is how I did (it's very different from what Ima did)
The clue came out at around 10:30 AM (EST/Toronto) and the clue lead me to the Sony website. There was no magical quill floating around, so I kept on refreshing the site. I also put the quill.pottermore url with the code in the top bar a few times after refreshing the sony website 20-ish times. Then the Pottermore site appeared and there was a button that said Register.
I did it in a rush because I had to go to my piano lesson (I wasn't late, I was actually a bit early to it) and I'm not that fond of my username (PurpleDream41) but at least I got in!
I haven't gotten the welcome email yet, just the confirmation one. *is waiting anxiously* And when you log in, I think the wizard standing in Privet Drive is Hagrid, actually.
APC says kzay. Ok, Zay? Who's Zay? I rather like that name. :)
(August 3, 2011 - 11:39 am)
Yay!!! So glad you got in! *feels silly* I didn't even see the wizard in Privet Drive... but yeah, that could totally be Hagrid! Yeah, re: not finding the magical quill, apparently they had some problems with the quill, so they just linked people directly to the registration site.
Also, my name is CloakSun182... and I don't particularly dislike it. I was actually kind of glad that I didn't have to stress over having to come up with a name. :)
(August 3, 2011 - 5:02 pm)
How do you try to get in?
(August 3, 2011 - 5:33 pm)
How do you try to get in?
(August 3, 2011 - 5:34 pm)
Well, here's the deal. On the Pottermore website, during a certain hour, they post a clue based on the Harry Potter books. Each day covers a clue from a different book - Day 1 was a clue about Book 1, Day 2 a clue about Book 2, etc. So tomorrow will be Clue 5. Unfortunately, a time frame for the release of this clue hasn't been announced yet, so I'm not exactly sure when the clue will be posted. You can check the Pottermore blog, I believe, to get updates about the clue. (You can Google the blog - it's quite easy to find.) If you get on to the website at at time when the clue is announced, they provide a link for you to put into your address bar, and you add the answer (which is always a number) to the end of that URL. Then it'll take you to a website where you have to find the magical quill. It should be somewhere on the website (probably in the space where the ads usually are - on the side margin). Once you click/interact with the quill, you'll be able to register. It's all pretty easy once you figure out when the clue is. :) Good luck!!
(August 4, 2011 - 1:38 am)
He's too short-haired to be Dumbledore, too non-emerald-cloaked to be McGonagall, and too short to be Hagrid...
(August 3, 2011 - 6:28 pm)
I've missed all the clues so far.
I'm quite put out about this username deal. I've used the same username for everything for ages, and I'd like to be able to use it. This is just silly. Especially since the usernames they provide are so lame.
(August 4, 2011 - 8:16 am)
My options were, too. From what I've seen, though, there are actually a few amazingly epic ones. Unfortunately, their awesomeness is often not recognized by the ones the option is given to. One person ranted about how he hated his name, but his other options were stupid things like WombatCrusader. Yes, that's right. WombatCrusader. It's one of the most awesome usernames I've ever heard! But he chose a typical name instead. Some people are impossible to understand...
They're like the names in the Warriors series, really: There are a few great ideas like Echosong and WombatProphecy, but everything else is ridiculous like Bumblestripe and NifflerCauldron. Well, I suppose most things are really in between like OwlWing, but still. I suppose they're just making sure that no-one names themself "Elenora_Phoebe_Addison@1BrownLane (made up name and address), but it's still annoying.
(August 4, 2011 - 11:01 pm)
Dude, WombatCrusader is the best username evar. Did you smack him?
No, on second thought, now it's left open for me to use if I get the chance. Heehee.
Now I've listened to [most of] MuggleCast234, I think it's to keep people from using expletives or just any kind of vulgar usernames. Which I get, but still.
(August 5, 2011 - 3:19 pm)
@Tiffany W.: I don't know if ZNZ answered your question yet, as I can't see her comment, but the Pottermore site releases a clue a day at a specific time. You answer that clue and put the answer at the end of quill.pottermore.com/[clue] and then it will either take you to where Ima went, to where I went (the Sony site), or somewhere completely different. But because HP has a big fanbase, you have to solve the clue quickly.
Only 3 more days left (including today) to get in. :)
(August 4, 2011 - 9:01 am)
Today it was released at 11 o'clock in the morning, Mountain time. Which was irritating, because I pulled an all nighter waiting for it and all my early-morning delusions were wasted. Anyway, this time it took me to the Scholastic website for the books, and the magic quill was in a Pottermore banner ad at the top of the site.
The username thing is kind of irritating, as I have been using TNO (or TNOandXadric for sites that require longer usernames) since middle school. But whatever. Anyway, I'm "ThornMirror165", which at least has the benefit of me being able to corrupt the initials into TMR (ThornMirroR, it's like GROSS in Calvin and Hobbes just go with it okay?), which is amusing. Yes, that is the only reason I picked it. Yes, I know that that is a bit pathetic. I don't care.
(August 4, 2011 - 2:35 pm)
What's TMR?
(August 4, 2011 - 7:13 pm)
TMR being for... Tom Marvolo Riddle, I guess?
(August 4, 2011 - 8:03 pm)
Naturally. It seems appropriate, somehow, given that I'm 56K words into a fanfiction about him by now.
(August 4, 2011 - 11:25 pm)