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| | Term 22: May-August 2009 Term Twenty-two: Mermish Skirmish (Sept 2068 - June 2069) | |
06-14-2009, 01:03 AM
| | |  Gobstones Club Preliminary Match: Hufflepuff 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 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. | |
07-19-2009, 05:13 PM
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| | Granian
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Scotland, UK
Posts: 21,308
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Elijah Wilde
Graduated | Farmer Carter | | Ama's Secret
Department Head of Magical Games and Sports within the Ministry of Magic.
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When I look into the
MIRROR OF ERISED
all that I see is
YOU
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07-19-2009, 07:35 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 clips the edge of a grey stone and neatly knocks it outside the circle. They earn a point and the round! Quote: Round 6 Score
Question 1: Hufflepuff
Question 2: Ravenclaw
Question 3: Hufflepuff
Round Winner = Hufflepuff
Quote: Match Score
Hufflepuff - 4 rounds (1,3,4,6)
Ravenclaw - 2 rounds (2,5)
Quote:
Round 7: Question 1
Subject: Potions
Level: Easy
Chopped daisy roots are used in which potion?
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07-19-2009, 07:38 PM
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| | Knarl
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: in the TARDIS
Posts: 9,217
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Jack Harkness Jones, Jr.
Seventh Year  x11
| SS Senile Senior
shrinking potion
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07-19-2009, 10:21 PM
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| | Quintaped
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in my head [GMT-6]
Posts: 58,901
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Amelia Adara
Graduated
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Emma Montmorency (#301199)
Hufflepuff Fifth Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Kartik Ishaan Joshi (#3112da)
Ravenclaw Sixth Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Kara Walsh (#aa1506)
Gryffindor First Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Tiffany Rose
Slytherin Third Year
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| YesJess! | Captain Goggles | Mama Badger | Eva's Soul Sister | An OG™ | It's all in the Numbers
Shrinking Solution / Shrinking Potion
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07-21-2009, 02:28 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 bumps one grey stone, which bumps another grey stone close to the edge of the circle. Eagles realize they have some ground to make up and are playing smart. Quote: Round 7 Score
Question 1: Ravenclaw
Quote: Match Score
Hufflepuff - 4 rounds (1,3,4,6)
Ravenclaw - 2 rounds (2,5)
Quote:
Round 7: Question 2
Subject: Divination
Level: Difficult
Name two years for the chinese zodiac sign who is known for being courageous and having an enjoyment of music.
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07-21-2009, 03:14 PM
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| | Granian
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Scotland, UK
Posts: 21,308
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Elijah Wilde
Graduated | Farmer Carter | | Ama's Secret
1933 and 1945, the years of the Rooster.
__________________
When I look into the
MIRROR OF ERISED
all that I see is
YOU
*wink*
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07-21-2009, 03:46 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 wants to secure their lead and is taking very careful steps to do so. Nudging the stone closest to the Eagles' blue stone, and taking it out of a convenient line, those Badgers are getting tough. Quote: Round 7 Score
Question 1: Ravenclaw
Question 2: Hufflepuff
Quote: Match Score
Hufflepuff - 4 rounds (1,3,4,6)
Ravenclaw - 2 rounds (2,5)
Quote:
Round 7: Question 3
Subject: Herbology
Level: Medium
What does gillyweed look like?
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07-21-2009, 03:50 PM
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|   DoMVeela
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Themyscira
Posts: 37,610
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Nerissa M. Tate
Sixth Year
x8
| Wowza!
Like a bundle of slimy, grey-green rat tails.
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07-21-2009, 03:52 PM
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| | Granian
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Scotland, UK
Posts: 21,308
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Elijah Wilde
Graduated | Farmer Carter | | Ama's Secret
A bundle of slimy, greyish-green rat tails, just like the Ravie lady said *nodnod*
PFffft  .
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When I look into the
MIRROR OF ERISED
all that I see is
YOU
*wink*
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07-25-2009, 08:19 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 isn't giving up without a fight. They smash a grey gobstone out of the circle toward the nearby Hufflepuff players. Ewwww! That gobstone is spewing gob at the Badgers! Run! Quote: Round 7 Score
Question 1: Ravenclaw
Question 2: Hufflepuff
Question 3: Ravenclaw
Round Winner = Ravenclaw
Quote: Match Score
Hufflepuff - 4 rounds (1,3,4,6)
Ravenclaw - 3 rounds (2,5,7)
Quote:
Round 8: Question 1
Subject: Transfiguration
Level: Medium
Complete the statement: Tortoise is to teapot, as _______ is to hedgehog.
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07-25-2009, 08:22 PM
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| | Knarl
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: in the TARDIS
Posts: 9,217
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Jack Harkness Jones, Jr.
Seventh Year x11
| SS Senile Senior
Pincushion
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07-25-2009, 08:31 PM
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| | Quintaped
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in my head [GMT-6]
Posts: 58,901
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Amelia Adara
Graduated
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Emma Montmorency (#301199)
Hufflepuff Fifth Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Kartik Ishaan Joshi (#3112da)
Ravenclaw Sixth Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Kara Walsh (#aa1506)
Gryffindor First Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Tiffany Rose
Slytherin Third Year
x12 x8
| YesJess! | Captain Goggles | Mama Badger | Eva's Soul Sister | An OG™ | It's all in the Numbers
Pincushion . . . just like that Ravie Prefect said ;P
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07-25-2009, 08:41 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 realizes that they need to win this round in order to force the match into a tie-breaker round if they want to have any chance of winning. Can they do it? Quote: Round 8 Score
Question 1: Ravenclaw
Quote: Match Score
Hufflepuff - 4 rounds (1,3,4,6)
Ravenclaw - 3 rounds (2,5,7)
Quote:
Round 8: Question 2
Subject: Herbology
Level: Easy
What color is a Venemous Tentacula?
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07-25-2009, 08:42 PM
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| | Quintaped
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in my head [GMT-6]
Posts: 58,901
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Amelia Adara
Graduated
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Emma Montmorency (#301199)
Hufflepuff Fifth Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Kartik Ishaan Joshi (#3112da)
Ravenclaw Sixth Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Kara Walsh (#aa1506)
Gryffindor First Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Tiffany Rose
Slytherin Third Year
x12 x8
| YesJess! | Captain Goggles | Mama Badger | Eva's Soul Sister | An OG™ | It's all in the Numbers
dark red
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___________________You should take your little finger and just point it in the mirror.
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07-25-2009, 08:52 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 wants this match over now! If they knock the next gobstone out of the circle, the Badgers move on to the Championship match. If not, we enter a tie-breaker round! Quote: Round 8 Score
Question 1: Ravenclaw
Question 2: Hufflepuff
Quote: Match Score
Hufflepuff - 4 rounds (1,3,4,6)
Ravenclaw - 3 rounds (2,5,7)
Quote:
Round 8: Question 3
Subject: Defense Against the Dark Arts
Level: Difficult
Name three dark creatures and three dark objects.
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07-25-2009, 08:57 PM
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| | Granian
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Scotland, UK
Posts: 21,308
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Elijah Wilde
Graduated | Farmer Carter | | Ama's Secret
Dementors, Boggarts and Grindylows.
Sneakoscope, Hand of Glory and Foe-glass
__________________
When I look into the
MIRROR OF ERISED
all that I see is
YOU
*wink*
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07-25-2009, 09:17 PM
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| | Dwarf
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: #8000FF
Posts: 35,308
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Amelia "Mia" Adair
Slytherin Sixth Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Leigh Upstead
Hufflepuff Fifth Year x11
| be curious, not judgmental
Dementors, Boggarts, and Grindylows.
Horcrux, Hand of Glory and cursed opal necklace.
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07-27-2009, 11:12 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's blue gobstone smashes into the Hufflepuff yellow stone, sending it out of play, and leaving the path clear for them to knock a grey stone around. It rolls outside of the circle, spewing gob at the Badgers along the way, and forces a tie-breaker round! Quote: Round 8 Score
Question 1: Ravenclaw
Question 2: Hufflepuff
Question 3: Ravenclaw
Round Winner = Ravenclaw
Quote: Match Score
Hufflepuff - 4 rounds (1,3,4,6)
Ravenclaw - 4 rounds (2,5,7,8)
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07-27-2009, 11:29 PM
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| | Demiguise
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hobbiton
Posts: 24,242
Hogwarts RPG Name:
???
Ravenclaw
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Ronnie Thurkell
Gryffindor Seventh Year
x12 x12
| lives in a hobbit hole || Ern and Touz's Nuzzle || roflysst || looking at a seed packet
Mermen
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love is like a letter wrote :: and life is like an envelope
be careful who you give it to :: they might not give it back to you | |
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08-01-2009, 04:36 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
Eagles nudge a grey stone so close the circle's edge that Professor Shackleton has to verify that it hasn't completely gone out. Not quite there, but if Ravenclaw were to even send a their blue stone by it, the change in the air might be enough to win them the round and the match. Badgers need to be defensive if they want any change of winning this match. Quote: Round 9 Score
Question 1: Ravenclaw
Quote: Match Score
Hufflepuff - 4 rounds (1,3,4,6)
Ravenclaw - 4 rounds (2,5,7,8)
Quote:
Round 9: Question 2
Subject: Muggle Studies
Level: Easy
Name two things Muggles use to write instead of quills and ink.
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08-01-2009, 04:41 PM
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| | Giant
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: England
Posts: 55,850
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Sophie Smith
Gryffindor First Year Hufflepuff x8
| The Idea Man Kori-Kins
Pen and Pencil
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It's time for a party.
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08-01-2009, 05:01 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 is fighting tooth and nail to prevent Ravenclaw from pulling ahead and securing a victory. It all comes down to this turn - whichever house knocks the first gobstone out of the circle wins the match and moves on to the championship! Quote: Round 9 Score
Question 1: Ravenclaw
Question 2: Hufflepuff
Question 3:
Quote: Match Score
Hufflepuff - 4 rounds (1,3,4,6)
Ravenclaw - 4 rounds (2,5,7,8)
Quote:
Round 9: Question 3
Subject: History of Magic
Level: Difficult
Name four magical beings who directly helped Harry Potter during the Triwizard Tournament.
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08-01-2009, 05:48 PM
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| | Mackled Malaclaw
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: under the bed
Posts: 11,083
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Amanda Lee Hauthbert
First Year | |Nevilles Nerdy Girl|Auntie Chloees Niecey Kassie| |Penguins<3|Oh, It Is Love|
Hagrid, Barty Crouch Jr., Dobby, Imperius'd Viktor Krum
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Are There Cookies Involved?
I Hope So!
I Really Really Really Love Cookies!
And Pie!
Is There Pie??
Please Say Yes!
Say Yes to Cookies and Pie! | |
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08-01-2009, 05:52 PM
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| DoM Veela
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Themyscira
Posts: 37,610
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Nerissa M. Tate
Sixth Year
x8
| Wowza!
Human, house elf, merpeople, Giant
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08-02-2009, 04:14 AM
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| | Quintaped
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in my head [GMT-6]
Posts: 58,901
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Amelia Adara
Graduated
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Emma Montmorency (#301199)
Hufflepuff Fifth Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Kartik Ishaan Joshi (#3112da)
Ravenclaw Sixth Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Kara Walsh (#aa1506)
Gryffindor First Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Tiffany Rose
Slytherin Third Year
x12 x8
| YesJess! | Captain Goggles | Mama Badger | Eva's Soul Sister | An OG™ | It's all in the Numbers
Wizard, Giant, Merpeople and House elf
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