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| | Term 17: September - December 2007 Term Seventeen: Let's Fire A Staff Member! | |
11-02-2007, 11:23 PM
| | |  Gobstones Club: Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff
Gobstones Club Rules Hello and welcome to the Gobstones Club! Gobstones is a magical game similar to marbles & petanque played by Muggles, except that the balls spit up (gob) a foul smelling liquid in the face of the opposing player when they loose a point! The version of Gobstones we will be playing this term is Snake Pit, in which you must roll your Gobstone closer to the pit, without falling in, than your opponent. House Teams: Each student will serve as a representative of their House and have the opportunity to participate in the Gobstones Tournament. There will be no set number of members on the team, and thus, NO TRYOUTS. Everyone gets to play if they wish to do so (even Mods and Quidditch team members) by choosing to answer for their House whenever a question is asked! Also, there are no ‘positions,’ so any person can answer any question at any time. Tournament: The tournament consists of three matches, two preliminary and one final Championship match: Match1: Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff (Saturday, Nov. 10th – Friday, Nov. 23rd) Match 2: Ravenclaw vs. Slytherin (Saturday, Nov. 10th – Friday, Nov. 23rd) Match 3: Winners of Matches 1 & 2 (Monday, Dec. 10th - Monday, Dec. 17th) The matches will be open in their own threads and will last for approximately 1-2 weeks, which is plenty of time to allow for people in different time zones and with differing schedules to be involved. The first two matches will run simultaneously in different threads. The third will be played a short time after those matches conclude and last for a few days. Format & Scoring: These matches will be played using a question-answer format, similar to that used for Quidditch matches in the School RPG. Questions will be categorized by academic subjects that include: Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, Astronomy, Care of Magical Creatures, Current Events (pertains to Hogwarts, A History for the School RPG), Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Divination, Flying and Quidditch, History of Magic (includes Harry's time at Hogwarts and anything prior), Muggle Studies, Potions, and Transfiguration. Each match is divided into eight rounds. Each round consists of three questions of varying challenge levels – Easy, Moderate, and Difficult, and varying subjects, with some questions combining subjects. Each question will be asked to BOTH Houses simultaneously in a head-to-head situation. Each house gets ONE CHANCE ONLY to answer the question, so only one player (presumably, whoever gets there first and thinks they know the answer) should answer from each House. (Please do not post the same answer multiple times from different players of the same house.) The first House to answer correctly will get their ball closer to the Snake pit than their opponent and earn one point for that round. If a house answers and the opposing house believes the answer to be incorrect, that opposing house has the opportunity to answer the question correctly (provided that they have not already given another answer.) If the first House is incorrect and the second House is correct, the ball belonging to the first house will enter the pit and be out of play. The second house's ball will be considered closest to the pit, thus earning them one point for that question. If both houses get the question wrong on their first attempt, both stones will roll into the pit, out of play, and there will be no score for that question. The House with the most points (best out of three) for each round will win that round. Each subsequent round will be played the same way until 8 rounds have been completed. The house with the most won rounds will have rolled their gobstone closest to the pit and won the match. In the event of a tie, either within a round or between rounds, there will be a tie-breaker question or round of questions, respectively. Example: Here is what a question from a round may look like: Quote: Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff
Subject: Ancient Runes
Round 1, Question 1
Difficulty: Easy
Question: Which rune is known as the Rune of Chance, Mystery, and Science?
Now say, Gryffindor answered first with the following: Since this answer is correct, our reply (as Club advisors) might look like this: Quote:
The Gryffindor player rolls the stone at just the right speed and angle, putting their gobstone as close to the pit as you can get! Hufflepuff's stone overshoots and falls into the snake pit! Gryffindor's stone spits up that foul-smelling nastiness into the face of the Hufflepuff player!
Round 1 Score
Gryffindor: 1 point
Hufflepuff: 0 points
Match Score
Gryffindor: 0 rounds
Hufflepuff: 0 rounds
Next question…
Responsibilities: All members on each team are expected to act with decorum both in the school RP and on the SS site. Any abuse or perceived unsportsmanlike conduct behavior by any member of a House (player or not) can result in House Point deduction, detention, banning from the Gobstones club, loss of the match, and/or expulsion from the site. Infractions and Penalties: Editing your post is not allowed. If you are caught editing your answer to a question during a match, the opposing team will automatically be awarded the point for that question, regardless of their answer. | |
11-23-2007, 03:12 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Bess Lemon
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11-23-2007, 06:53 PM
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| | Hippogriff
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rhode Island, USA
Posts: 22,383
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Sloane W. Fordyce
First Year |  Cheesy Mac
Hufflepuff rolls their Gobstone first, followed by Gryffindor. Hufflepuff's stone finishes just mere millimeters closer to the Pit than Gryffindor's. As the stone gobs up that nasty solution, Gryffindor must be thinking about what is at stake... and realizing that Hufflepuff is going to fight to the end! Let's see how the remainder plays out... Quote: Round 9 Score
Question 1 - Hufflepuff
Quote: Match Score
Gryffindor - 4 rounds (1,4,7,8)
Hufflepuff - 4 rounds (2,3,5,6)
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Round 9
Question 2: Medium
Subject: Arithmancy
The word "arithmancy" is derived from two Greek words; which words are they and what do they each mean?
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11-23-2007, 06:56 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: up in the mountains
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arithmancy: from the greek aritmo, meaning "number", and mancy meaning "prophecy" | |
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11-23-2007, 08:13 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: here
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The word arithmancy comes from the word arithmos, meaning number and manteia, meaning divination
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11-24-2007, 01:17 AM
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| | Hippogriff
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rhode Island, USA
Posts: 22,383
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Sloane W. Fordyce
First Year | Cheesy Mac
Gryffindor takes their turn first, but miscalculates and lands their gobstone in the Snake Pit! All Hufflepuff has to do is keep their gobstone in the circle and they win this turn... can they do it? Yes they can! Hufflepuff wins the point! Quote: Round 9 Score
Question 1 - Hufflepuff
Question 2 - Hufflepuff
Quote: Match Score
Gryffindor - 4 rounds (1,4,7,8)
Hufflepuff - 4 rounds (2,3,5,6)
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Round 9
Question 3: Difficult
Subject: Herbology/Care of Magical Creatures
Name two magical creatures whose dung is used as plant fertilizer.
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11-24-2007, 01:52 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
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11-24-2007, 02:10 AM
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| | Hippogriff
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rhode Island, USA
Posts: 22,383
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Sloane W. Fordyce
First Year | Cheesy Mac
Hufflepuff gives another perfect effort and wins the point! Gryffindor couldn't have beaten that roll on their best day because it was too perfect! Hufflepuff sweeps the round and wins the match! Hufflepuff will be facing either Ravenclaw or Slytherin in the Final!! Congrats Hufflepuff! And well-played by Gryffindor! Both teams put in excellent effort and made the first Gobstones tournament a hit! Quote: Match Score
Gryffindor - 4 rounds (1,4,7,8)
Hufflepuff - 5 rounds (2,3,5,6,9)
Match WINNER = HUFFLEPUFF
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