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| | Term 22: May-August 2009 Term Twenty-two: Mermish Skirmish (Sept 2068 - June 2069) | 
08-05-2009, 11:27 AM
| | |  Gobstones Club Championship Match: Ravenclaw vs. Slytherin
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 a variation of Classic, in which you must knock more Gobstones than your opponent outside of the circle.
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. 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, while the third will be played a short time after those matches conclude.
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. Answers from the same house posted 4 or more minutes apart will be penalized so make sure you refresh when necessary.) The first House to answer correctly will get their ball closer to the Jack Stone 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 be "knocked" out of the circle and out of play. The second house's ball will be considered closest to the jack stone, thus earning them one point for that question. If both houses get the question wrong on their first attempt, both stones will roll out of the circle, 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.
House Points: The winning house of the championship match will receive fifty house points.
Example: Here is what a question from a round may look like:
Quote: Slytherin vs. Ravenclaw
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, my reply (as Club advisor) 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 jack stone as you can get! Ravenclaw's stone overshoots and rolls out of the circle! ٍSlytherin's stone spits up that foul-smelling nastiness into the face of the Ravenclaw player!
Round 1 Score
Question 1 - Slytherin
Match Score
Slytherin: 0 rounds
Ravenclaw: 0 rounds
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. If the behavior continues, you will be banned from the club. You have been warned. | |
08-07-2009, 07:33 PM
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| | Hippogriff
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Ravenclaw vs. Slytherin. Eagle vs. Snake. This match is for all the marbles! (Quite literally, in fact!) The winner of this match will win the championship for this term as well as FIFTY house points!! Which team will be victorious? We'll soon find out. Let's begin! Quote:
Round 1: Question 1
Subject: Ancient Runes
Level: Medium
Which runes provide vowel sounds when translated into English?
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08-07-2009, 08:00 PM
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Eagles make the first move of the match, placing their blue gobstone on the ground outside the circle and giving it a hard push. They break up the small grouping of grey stones in the center and send them all rolling toward the circle's edges. Quote: Round 1 Score
Question 1: Ravenclaw
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Round 1: Question 2
Subject: Arithmancy
Level: Difficult
Calculate the Personality Number for Marigold Galida Mullpepperton.
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Slytherin takes their turn next, rolling a shiny green stone into the circle and nudging along several grey gobstones. Nothing out of the circle yet, but Snakes have made some progress. Quote: Round 1 Score
Question 1: Ravenclaw
Question 2: Slytherin
Quote:
Round 1: Question 3
Subject: Astronomy
Level: Easy
What is the name of Saturn's largest moon?
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Slytherin scores the first point of the match as they push a single gobstone out of the circle! Nice work Snakes! Let's see if you can slither your way to another point in the next round or if the Eagles will swoop down and score! Quote: Round 1 Score
Question 1: Ravenclaw
Question 2: Slytherin
Question 3: Slytherin
Round Winner = Slytherin
Quote: Match Score
Ravenclaw: 0 rounds
Slytherin: 1 round (1)
Quote:
Round 2: Question 1
Subject: Care of Magical Creatures
Level: Medium
The breath of which creature causes virulent diseases?
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Slytherin slips their gobstone slowly into the circle, not contacting any grey stones, but lining themselves up for a potential point in the next turn. Quote: Round 2 Score
Question 1: Slytherin
Quote: Match Score
Ravenclaw: 0 rounds
Slytherin: 1 round (1)
Quote:
Round 2: Question 2
Subject: Charms
Level: Easy
Give the incantation and describe the wand movement required to make objects fly.
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Incantation: Wingardium Leviosa, with the stress on Leviosa
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Slytherin releases their green gobstone with a backspin and skillfully nudges a grey stone out of the circle for a point! Quote: Round 2 Score
Question 1: Slytherin
Question 2: Slytherin
Round Winner = Slytherin
Quote: Match Score
Ravenclaw: 0 rounds
Slytherin: 2 rounds (1,2)
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Round 3: Question 1
Subject: Current Events/School & Ministry RPG
Level: Difficult
Name one current Hogwarts professor whose sibling is a Department Head in the Ministry of Magic.
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Eagles roll their stone so hard its basically a blur until it bangs into one grey stone, which sends it off in another direction, causing it to hit another grey stone and rest directly in the center of the circle. Quote: Round 3 Score
Question 1: Ravenclaw
Quote: Match Score
Ravenclaw: 0 rounds
Slytherin: 2 rounds (1,2)
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Round 3: Question 2
Subject: DADA
Level: Easy
What are Inferi?
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