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| | Term 17: September - December 2007 Term Seventeen: Let's Fire A Staff Member! | |
11-02-2007, 11:42 PM
| | |  Gobstones Club: Slytherin vs. Ravenclaw
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:
Slytherin vs. Ravenclaw
Quote: Subject: Ancient Runes
Round 1, Question 1
Difficulty: Easy
Question: Which rune is known as the Rune of Chance, Mystery, and Science? Now say, Slytherin answered first with the following: Since this answer is correct, our reply (as Club advisors) might look like this: Quote:
The Slytherin player rolls the stone at just the right speed and angle, putting their gobstone as close to the pit as you can get! Ravenclaw's stone overshoots and falls into the snake pit! ٍSlytherin's stone spits up that foul-smelling nastiness into the face of the Ravenclaw player!
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Round 1 Score
Slytherin:1 point
Ravenclaw: 0 points
Match Score
Slytherin: 0 rounds
Ravenclaw: 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. | |
11-24-2007, 01:48 AM
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11-24-2007, 02:00 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
Ravenclaw is unrelenting as they land another Gobstone in a perfect location! Slytherin can't seem to beat this one. The point and the round go to Ravenclaw! Quote: Round 7 Score
Question 1 - Slytherin
Question 2 - Ravenclaw
Question 3 - Ravenclaw
Round WINNER = RAVENCLAW Quote: Match Score
Ravenclaw - 6 rounds (1,2,3,4,6,7)
Slytherin - 1 round (5)
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Round 8
Question 1: Easy
Subject: Current Events
In what term was a tabloid written by Dempsey Doodle used as an excuse to investigate Hogwarts classes?
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11-24-2007, 02:08 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In Your Dreams
Posts: 31,312
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Alex Black
First Year | SS Featured Writer Lovely Lady
Term 5 for Harry
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11-25-2007, 03:07 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
Slytherin rolls their Gobstone into the circle and watches as it drops into the Snake Pit! Bad luck SLytherin! All Ravenclaw has to do is keep the stone in the circle and they win the point... but Ravenclaw refuses to roll their Gobstone and the turn ends as a draw! Quote: Round 8 Score
Question 1 - Draw
Quote: Match Score
Ravenclaw - 6 rounds (1,2,3,4,6,7)
Slytherin - 1 round (5)
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Round 8
Question 2: Medium
Subject: DADA
This pale and gaunt part-human dark creature is strongly opposed by Centaurs.
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11-25-2007, 03:10 PM
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| | Hinkypunk
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: *hiss*
Posts: 12,260
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Rowan Fairfax
Slytherin Seventh Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Ezra Greenwood
Ravenclaw Fifth Year  x2
| Yeahhh, Mr White! Yeah science!
Vampire
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11-25-2007, 03:30 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
Slytherin comes up big with an excellent roll of their Gobstone! Resting just half an inch from the Snake Pit, Ravenclaw would probably have to knock it out of the way to have a chance. But they can't do it and Slytherin gets the point! Quote: Round 8 Score
Question 1 - Draw
Question 2 - Slytherin
Quote: Match Score
Ravenclaw - 6 rounds (1,2,3,4,6,7)
Slytherin - 1 round (5)
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Round 8
Question 3: Difficult
Subject: Ancient Runes/Transfiguration
Which ancient rune is most closely associated with the branch of magic of Transfiguration?
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11-25-2007, 04:19 PM
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| | Puffskein
Join Date: Sep 2007
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| Chaos Creator Twins' Conscience
Dagaz, the rune of transformation
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11-25-2007, 05:55 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
Ravenclaw comes back with a key roll of the Gobstone and takes the point for the turn! Now, it comes down to the tie-breaking question to see who will win round eight! Quote: Round 8 Score
Question 1 - Draw
Question 2 - Slytherin
Question 3 - Ravenclaw
Quote: Match Score
Ravenclaw - 6 rounds (1,2,3,4,6,7)
Slytherin - 1 round (5)
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Round 8
Question 4: Easy
Subject: History of Magic
Which European wand maker was killed by Lord Voldemort during his quest for the Elder Wand?
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11-25-2007, 06:07 PM
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| | Hinkypunk
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: *hiss*
Posts: 12,260
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Rowan Fairfax
Slytherin Seventh Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Ezra Greenwood
Ravenclaw Fifth Year x2
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Gregorovitch
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11-25-2007, 06:14 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
Slytherin rolls a Gobstone into the circle and awaits Ravenclaw's attempt. Ravenclaw falls short and Slytherin takes the point and the round! But unfortunately for Slytherin, this last ditch effort wasn't quite enough and Ravenclaw wins the match! Ravenclaw will be facing Hufflepuff in the Championship Match of the first-ever Gobstones tournament! Congrats to Ravenclaw! And excellent effort from Slytherin! Quote: Match Score
Ravenclaw - 6 rounds (1,2,3,4,6,7)
Slytherin - 2 rounds (5,8)
Match WINNER = RAVENCLAW
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