Welcome to the Sorting Hat! Q&A

Students who wish to be sorted should copy and paste the Sorting Hat questions into a new thread, named after their username. Other members will tell you which House they think you belong in based on your answers. The Official House Common Rooms are located in our Social Groups here: The Slytherin Common Room (http://www.cosforums.com/group.php?groupid=302), The Ravenclaw Common Room (http://www.cosforums.com/group.php?groupid=301), The Gryffindor Common Room (http://www.cosforums.com/group.php?groupid=300), The Hufflepuff Common Room (http://www.cosforums.com/group.php?groupid=299).

When answering please try to eleborate on your choices. Explanations of your answers are very helpful to the people who want to sort you :)

Also be aware that our houses are not the same as the houses in the book. All the houses have amazing and friendly people. So keep this in mind when answering the last question. Calling all Slytherins mean or Hufflepuffs stupid is incorrect and hurtful. Please take note of our Sorting Hat Rules (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?t=127356)

1. If you could spend a day with any Harry Potter character who would you choose and why?

2. Which Deathly Hallow would you choose?

3. Which magical pet would you bring with you to Hogwarts?

4. What would be your favorite subject at Hogwarts?

5. If you could ask J.K. Rowling to write one thing what would it be?

6. Would you play Quidditch? If so which position?

7. Which magical career would you choose?

8. What would your patronus be?

9. Which magical place would you most like to visit?

10. Pick one house you would prefer not to be in. (Optional)

If you do list the house you want to be sorted in, your comment will be deleted and all posts influenced by this will be removed as well.

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I have to post a new thread to be able to answer the questions? :huh:

I have to post a new thread to be able to answer the questions? :huh:

Yes, you have to start a new thread answering the questions, and your fellow students will sort you in there. Once you get five votes for a house, the thread will be closed, you'll be officially sorted, and you'll be able to join the Common Room for your house.

So why are we being sorted?

So why are we being sorted?
I'm wondering that too. :hmm:

Something sinister :hmm:

Something sinister :hmm:
Maybe an interhouse competition for the House Cup? :hmm:

So we can develop fierce House rivalries & hex the living daylights out of each other? :D

Sure, as long as you keep the forum rules in mind ;)

This is a great idea :) Thanks guys:tu:

I'm looking forward to more that is on offer once we're done sorting :D

This is fun!!! :)

So, when do we get to visit our house common rooms?

This is fun!!! :)

So, when do we get to visit our house common rooms?

They're in the Social Group area :)

I just invited all already sorted Ravenclaws.

(PS: Other houses let me know, if you have trouble finding your houses. Might be able to ask your house teachers for help then. ;))

Thanks! :)

Oh, I couldn't resist adding this picture here :D

http://operonscript.com/photos/misc/hat.jpg

Hahahaha I just went back to add a Hufflepuff quote to my thread only to see that it was already closed and I was already sorted! :rotfl:

What if we don't like the house we're sorted into?

What if we don't like the house we're sorted into?

That's why we let you say which house you don't want. You don't have to participate in your House if you don't want to though.

I understand. I couldn't list three houses under house I don't want, though. I am learning to accept the house I'm in I'll enjoy it.

I couldn't list three houses under house I don't want, though.True. That would kind of undermine the sorting idea, wouldn't it?

I am learning to accept the house I'm in I'll enjoy it.That's the spirit! Don't forget, there's a Ron around. :)

Well, I won't complain too much. Thanks for the Sorting Hat. This does look like fun.

Regarding 3. Which magical pet would you bring with you to Hogwarts?

Does this mean any animal we'd really like to bring, or only of the 3 listed in the Hogwarts Requirements? (An Owl or a Cat or a Toad)

(And how'd Ron get away with having a rat anyway? That's not on the list.)

I think you can take what you would like to. I chose a chocolate frog. :)

1. If you could spend a day with any Harry Potter character who would you choose and why?
Dumbledore bcoz he knows lots of thing.

2. Which Deathly Hallow would you choose? The cloak bcoz i can sneak out wherever do i want.

3. Which magical pet would you bring with you to Hogwarts? Cat.

4. What would be your favorite subject at Hogwarts? DADA

5. If you could ask J.K. Rowling to write one thing what would it be?
The 8th book.

6. Would you play Quidditch? If so which position? No.

7. Which magical career would you choose? Hogwart teacher.

8. What would your patronus be? Rabbit.

9. Which magical place would you most like to visit? Hogwart.

10. Pick one house you would prefer not to be in.
Gryffindor.

Accio, you need to start a new thread under "The Sorting Hat" in order for people to sort you. :)

1. If you could spend a day with any Harry Potter character who would you choose and why?
Dumbledore bcoz he knows lots of thing.

2. Which Deathly Hallow would you choose? The cloak bcoz i can sneak out wherever do i want.

3. Which magical pet would you bring with you to Hogwarts? Cat.

4. What would be your favorite subject at Hogwarts? DADA

5. If you could ask J.K. Rowling to write one thing what would it be?
The 8th book.

6. Would you play Quidditch? If so which position? No.

7. Which magical career would you choose? Hogwart teacher.

8. What would your patronus be? Rabbit.

9. Which magical place would you most like to visit? Hogwart.

10. Pick one house you would prefer not to be in.
Gryffindor.

Hi, and welcome to the forums :)

You have to start your own threads with the answers to the questions, so other fellow members can sort you. Just click here (http://www.cosforums.com/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=250) to start a thread, and don't forget to put your username in the subject line :)

Will there be any sort of master list of who's in which House? Or will it just be the membership lists on the Common Room social groups?

It would be nice, as not everyone'll want to join the social group or display the house crest in siggy.

Yup, that's possible.

It'd be sweet if there was a way to get sorting info on the left pane user info part, (where username and avatar go) but I don't think that's technically possible.

I don't wanna give up my current sig picture because I can't have a regular avatar just yet. I suppose with quick bit of photoshop though, I could merge my sig pic with the house arms as one picture maybe..unless there are house objections?

can i be a slythvendor? :whistle:

^^ I'm apparently a Slytherpuff, so why not? ;)

It'd be sweet if there was a way to get sorting info on the left pane user info part, (where username and avatar go) but I don't think that's technically possible.

I don't wanna give up my current sig picture because I can't have a regular avatar just yet. I suppose with quick bit of photoshop though, I could merge my sig pic with the house arms as one picture maybe..unless there are house objections? No worries, mate, there's no need to give up your siggie. I did it to hopefully promote the Sorting, but I'm sure to change it soon.

Although it would be nice to be able to include a smilie-con for our houses in the user info of our profile. :huh:
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V8, you must be in a single house, can't have your ebolness catching on...kidding, I'm kidding! :lol: Congrats on being Sorted, BTW!

It'd be sweet if there was a way to get sorting info on the left pane user info part, (where username and avatar go) but I don't think that's technically possible.

I don't wanna give up my current sig picture because I can't have a regular avatar just yet. I suppose with quick bit of photoshop though, I could merge my sig pic with the house arms as one picture maybe..unless there are house objections?

You can use a crest smilie on your signature; that way, you'd get to keep your current picture, and you can show your house as well. The codes for those smilies are:

:gryff: :gryff:
:slyth: :slyth:
:huff: :huff:
:rave: :rave:

Remember that you can only have up to four smilies in your signature (be sure to check the Signature Content Policy (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?t=22990) for more info).

No worries, mate, there's no need to give up your siggie. I did it to hopefully promote the Sorting, but I'm sure to change it soon.

Although it would be nice to be able to include a smilie-con for our houses in the user info of our profile. :huh:
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V8, you must be in a single house, can't have your ebolness catching on...kidding, I'm kidding! :lol: Congrats on being Sorted, BTW!

thanks and congrats to you too :D

I'm too lazy to advertise, i say my username should be enough :relax:

You can use a crest smilie on your signature; that way, you'd get to keep your current picture, and you can show your house as well. The codes for those smilies are:

:gryff: :gryff:
:slyth: :slyth:
:huff: :huff:
:rave: :rave:

Remember that you can only have up to four smilies in your signature (be sure to check the Signature Content Policy (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?t=22990) for more info).
Oh good! I was seeing all the House crests in the signatures of Sorted members and was afraid we'd have to use those pictures as siggies forever. Phew! Thanks, Nadia, for clarifying that. I can keep my siggie, yay! :rockon:

I wouldn't think that we *have* to display our house in any form.... I guess most of us simply like to do so at the moment. If this goes on for any length of time I am certainly not going to carry that crest for weeks!!

Meh, I already had a Slytherin crest in my siggy, so I'll just be keeping that. It's nice, small, and understated, which I like.

I'll carry my crest until Vita has finished my siggy :D After that I'll put the :rave: in it.

Can I ask what this is leading to, if anything?

Everything has a reason... Sometimes you just have to have patience ;)

Hmm..sounds like a challenge.

You can use a crest smilie on your signature; that way, you'd get to keep your current picture, and you can show your house as well. The codes for those smilies are:

:gryff: :gryff:
:slyth: :slyth:
:huff: :huff:
:rave: :rave:

Remember that you can only have up to four smilies in your signature (be sure to check the Signature Content Policy (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?t=22990) for more info).

Hey, that'll work, for now, anyway! I'm still at least 120 posts from 300, and even then that's no guarantee of getting in Hogsmeade - which is what I need to get a regular avatar if I'm not mistaken.

Still, I really like the large house graphic.
Would there be any objection if, just for my signature, I p'shopped my current sig picture inside the Ravenclaw house pic somewhere, in effect, merging them ? Some forums don't like users changing their standard images or avatars, others don't care, so I figured I'd better ask even though it isn't specifically addressed in the rules.(it's an odd request to be sure)

Grymmditch - just watch everyone else here! people change their sigs and avatars all the time!!! Of course, you have 300 pixels to play with, so you could easily have another image with yours, for example avatar sized, with some transparent space between them in one bigger gif - that woud basically look like two pictures next to each other, and no-one would be the wiser.

But if there were any objection to changing those pictures, a few of us would be in DEEP trouble all the time! :)

I am so excited about being sorted!

SQUEEEEEEEEEE!!!! :D

Grymmditch - just watch everyone else here! people change their sigs and avatars all the time!!! Of course, you have 300 pixels to play with, so you could easily have another image with yours, for example avatar sized, with some transparent space between them in one bigger gif - that woud basically look like two pictures next to each other, and no-one would be the wiser.

But if there were any objection to changing those pictures, a few of us would be in DEEP trouble all the time! :)

I think I found a solution, Klio! And I'm still within all the limits too.
My pic lost some resolution, but I'll iron that out later.

A very Ravenclaw signature, Grymmditch. :agree:

I think I found a solution, Klio! And I'm still within all the limits too.
My pic lost some resolution, but I'll iron that out later.

Fantastic solution, Grymmditch! :tu:

I like it. Very much. :)

But if there were any objection to changing those pictures, a few of us would be in DEEP trouble all the time!
Oh, yeah! :lol:

Is there a time limit to the Sorting, or will it be an on-going thing? :hmm:

which thread do i post the answers in, so that i can be sorted??

which thread do i post the answers in, so that i can be sorted??

You can create a new thread with your own name in the Sorting Hat :)

I was just looking at the master list that Hes made up and I was just curious what the 'x' and the - mean next to our names. I thought first they separated the Hogsmeaders and the other students but upon a closer examination it doesn't appear that's so. It's probably pretty obvious, I'm just missing it because it's 4 am here :lol:

I was just looking at the master list that Hes made up and I was just curious what the 'x' and the - mean next to our names. I thought first they separated the Hogsmeaders and the other students but upon a closer examination it doesn't appear that's so. It's probably pretty obvious, I'm just missing it because it's 4 am here :lol:Looks like they're sorting the roosters from the hens...but if that's right, then some of those are marked wrong.

This makes the whole sorting thing very interesting :whistle:

I was just looking at the master list that Hes made up and I was just curious what the 'x' and the - mean next to our names. I thought first they separated the Hogsmeaders and the other students but upon a closer examination it doesn't appear that's so. It's probably pretty obvious, I'm just missing it because it's 4 am here :lol:

Oh that's just my personal hitlist... nothing to worry about at all :relax:

On second thought...

Maybe everyone should be afraid... very afraid...

:elaugh:


(it's just for organisation purposes)

*is as good as dead then, and thinks she knows why* :lol:

Perhaps all of the little x's are meant to show who's actually joined their common room? I've noticed a few people haven't yet turned up in Hufflepuff's. :)

Perhaps all of the little x's are meant to show who's actually joined their common room? I've noticed a few people haven't yet turned up in Hufflepuff's. :)

Looking at ther Ravenclaw list, this could be true - assuming that the most recent newcomer to the common room hasn't received her x yet....

I think Hes was just leading you guys on, it's really a hit list. :agree: The dark Ravenclaw side is coming out in her.

She should just try and take me!



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Thanks for the answer Hes. I was just curious ;)

Just wondering how do we add the new House Crests to our sigs?

Just wondering how do we add the new House Crests to our sigs?

Just go to the last post in your sorting thread, hit "quote" and copy the img code.

Here is your crest. Just remove the *.



http://www.cosforums.com/picture.php?albumid=861&pictureid=6988 (http://www.cosforums.com/group.php?groupid=299)

Thanks a mil, SusanBones.

okay im new to this. how do you post a thread? please help me.

you want to get sorted right? go to the page you found this thread, there is a button 'Post new thread' click that and create the thread.

Well...It's official...(see signature) :rolleyes:

:lol: Congrats! :tu:

Interesting... I've never been pegged as Hufflepuff before. Aren't they supposed to have a distinct sense of black and white? LOL I'm way more fluid than that.

Interesting... I've never been pegged as Hufflepuff before. Aren't they supposed to have a distinct sense of black and white? LOL I'm way more fluid than that.

That sounds more like Gryffindor to me.

Interesting... I've never been pegged as Hufflepuff before. Aren't they supposed to have a distinct sense of black and white? LOL I'm way more fluid than that.

I said ravenclaw, but that's the fun thing about the sorting hat, you never know what people are gonna come up with for reason to put you into a house.

Well you've got several people who seem to vote only for their house. And basing a house strictly on a Patronus seems weak. How about WHY they picked that Patronus.

Sorry but to me Hufflepuff is where you put everyone else. They're not smart enough for Ravenclaw, not ambitious enough for Slytherin and not brave enough for Gryffindor.

Vaguely amusing, but wholly inaccurate IMO.

Sorry but to me Hufflepuff is where you put everyone else. They're not smart enough for Ravenclaw, not ambitious enough for Slytherin and not brave enough for Gryffindor.
I pick people for Hufflepuff if they are both brave, smart and hard-working :) It most certainly isn't for 'everyone else', IMO.

Our Hufflepuff is different from how people might see book Hufflepuff (or how the book characters might see it). It harbours people with a lot of different talents.

Our Hufflepuff is different from how people might see book Hufflepuff (or how the book characters might see it). It harbours people with a lot of different talents.

I see. Not sure I can still see the Hufflepuff.

I think balance is the word here - our Gryffies tend to be perky, Raves investigative, Slyths... well... snarky :lol: and the Huffs are - well, our Huffs are balanced! They know when/where to be perky, when/where to up the snark, when/how to ask questions...

And jumping into the fray and getting Gryffs and Slyths to drop the hexes and take up cookies is no mean feat, believe you me! :lol:

Yeah that really kicks me out of the Hufflepuffs then cause frankly if they wanna blast themselves to bits that's their issue. I've got other things to do than play peace keeper.

Like I said, amusing, but flawed and not terribly accurate in my case. JMO

Sorry but to me Hufflepuff is where you put everyone else. They're not smart enough for Ravenclaw, not ambitious enough for Slytherin and not brave enough for Gryffindor.

Vaguely amusing, but wholly inaccurate IMO.

As someone who's identified with Hufflepuff House (as represented in the HP series) for a long time, I'm kind of offended by this analysis. I'm pretty smart, and at times I'm brave and ambitious. I'm also hard-working, patient, friendly, loyal, and value fairness. To me, the latter qualities are more important. That's why I sort myself into Hufflepuff (as I was also sorted here, with no votes for other Houses). Not because I feel unqualified for any of the other houses or rejected by them, but because I do feel qualified for Hufflepuff - and I refuse to see that as a bad thing. I also know a lot of people with these same Hufflepuff qualities, so I don't agree that it's "inaccurate" for people to be grouped this way.

Also, just because someone was sorted into one house doesn't mean they were automatically not qualified for the other houses. For example, Hermione - she was certainly "smart enough" to be in Ravenclaw, was she not? Her bravery was simply more of a factor (more dominant, more important to her, or however the Sorting Hat decides these things).

I don't mean to overreact, and I definitely don't want to start a big argument (there's that silly peacemaker thing, right? ;)) about this. It's just a game, after all, and of course everyone's entitled to their individual opinion. I just wanted to put in my two cents. :)

You know guys, I think we should keep this thread lighthearted. I am sure all of us have friends that have been sorted into Hufflepuff and I don't think that there is anything wrong with that. There are amazing people in every house.

Remember that you do not have to be sorted or accept your sorting. If you don't agree, just leave it at that.

Maybe we can just move on now. This is like LikeLuna says just a game. No need to get on the offensive.

Hmmm... I must be some sort of idiot. I can't find the "Post new thread button". I'm not stupid, I'm just a bit oblivious to the world. Please, forgive me, and send me some GPS instructions!

The Post a Thread button is exactly where the Post Reply button is on this page, at the bottom on the page, on the left. :)

Can anyone vote (by posting in the thread) which house they think someone belongs in? Or should that rather be done by people who've been here a long time, or Aurors, Unspeakables & Moderators?

Can anyone vote (by posting in the thread) which house they think someone belongs in? Or should that rather be done by people who've been here a long time, or Aurors, Unspeakables & Moderators?

Anyone can vote :)

You know, the whole sorting thing is tough. I've tried a whole bunch of different quizzes, and just talking with my friends and I seem to be evenly split between Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Go figure. I'm smart and evil. With uber sarcasm powers.

You know, the whole sorting thing is tough. I've tried a whole bunch of different quizzes, and just talking with my friends and I seem to be evenly split between Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Go figure. I'm smart and evil. With uber sarcasm powers.I think it often depends on the way the quizzes are structured, such as which questions they ask. It is too bad they don't give you a two-housed result (like Slytherclaw or Ravenpuff) - I think that would be more accurate for many people.

So why are we being sorted?
Something sinister :hmm:

I certainly hope so! :whistle:

You know, the whole sorting thing is tough. I've tried a whole bunch of different quizzes, and just talking with my friends and I seem to be evenly split between Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Go figure. I'm smart and evil. With uber sarcasm powers.


Lol.... welcome to the world of the Slytherclaws! :D

You are not alone ;)

It's probably one of the nicest advantages of the series that JK made us realize how less accurate a sorting actually works. Then I always liked the idea for the book. The acceptance with which a game like this is met makes me believe that many people enjoy it - probably more as a game than for real, though. But that's what we have here, too.

That's said I think I actually saw mixed sorting games online I believe, but didn't find them again when I checked now. :)

I think I wouldn'[t enjoy it as much if we didn't have the Hogwarts Common Room. I have thought for a long time that this is a serious flaw in JKR's Hogwarts - not that she doesn't (sort of) say so, too - if not in those terms....

So yes, sorting is fun - but only if the game includes a chance to hang out with everyone. Although it is also nice to have a house common room where you can discuss quantum charms and the intricacies of Akkadian cuneiform hexes without having a Slytherin first year trying to challenge you to a duel ;)

Although it is also nice to have a house common room where you can discuss quantum charms and the intricacies of Akkadian cuneiform hexes without having a Slytherin first year trying to challenge you to a duel ;)

Eh? I thought we've put an end to dueling inside? :huh:

Sorting was fun. "Living up to the expectations" is proving to be fun as well :D
(well, obviously not when people take me seriously)

Can't wait for the grand revelation, though... ;)

Eh? I thought we've put an end to dueling inside? :huh:

Perhaps. :lol:

"Living up to the expectations" is proving to be fun as well :D

Oh, absolutely. :D

Students who wish to be sorted should copy and paste the Sorting Hat questions into a new thread. Other members will tell you which House they think you belong in based on your answers. The Official House Common Rooms are located in our Social Groups here: The Slytherin Common Room (http://www.cosforums.com/group.php?groupid=302), The Ravenclaw Common Room (http://www.cosforums.com/group.php?groupid=301), The Gryffindor Common Room (http://www.cosforums.com/group.php?groupid=300), The Hufflepuff Common Room (http://www.cosforums.com/group.php?groupid=299).


1. If you could spend a day with any Harry Potter character who would you choose and why?

2. Which Deathly Hallow would you choose?

3. Which magical pet would you bring with you to Hogwarts?

4. What would be your favorite subject at Hogwarts?

5. If you could ask J.K. Rowling to write one thing what would it be?

6. Would you play Quidditch? If so which position?

7. Which magical career would you choose?

8. What would your patronus be?

9. Which magical place would you most like to visit?

10. Pick one house you would prefer not to be in.

Questions go in this thread.
1.hermione granger because we both love to read and learn.
2. none because they are too powerful and they could corupt you.3.cat4.history of magic. 5. i would ask her to write about the early years of hogwarts.6.no i would like to be a commentator though. 7.i would like to work in the muggle relations office.8. a cat9.stonehenge10.slytheren.

Hello fly1971. Open a new thread and answer these questions in the forum :)

I have a question. After being sorted, is there another activity coming?

Sure. Usually seven years of school at Hogwarts! :D

:lol:

I have a question. After being sorted, is there another activity coming?

Err... Can we talk in private? :evil:

Is there any chance that the Common Room will be opened again?

Sure. Usually seven years of school at Hogwarts! :D

LOL! How clever and so evasive! :lol:

Hello, The_Green_Woods, I partially like your signature, hehehehe...

(I'm in limbo about the second line...)

Thank you! I quite like the first line very much, myself! :lol:

The second I'm trying to understand :)

And the third is the brilliant, brilliant work of my friends - all of them Snape lovers like myself. :)

When I grow up I want to be Assistant to Professor Snape :-)

Err... Can we talk in private? :evil:


What's with the secrecy? :huh:

I was joking. They *points to mods* are plotting.

When I grow up I want to be Assistant to Professor Snape :-)

A worthwhile ambition. :D

Is there any chance that the Common Room will be opened again?

Perhaps Profesor McGonagall could post some rules, when she finishes cleaning up the current mess? The Ravenclaw Common Room is very nice, of course, but it is nice to meet with friends from other houses too... *looks wistful*

I wonder if the other Common Rooms have as much cake as ours. :D :rave:

Definitely not. But we have better furnishings. :relax:

I was joking. They *points to mods* are plotting.
Oh no! This is not good.

*seeks cover*

Could we use the Never-Ending party thread as a temporary Common Room? Well, actually, I suppose it already is.

*wonders how Slytherin Daggerstone knows how much cake we have in the Ravenclaw Common Room*
:eeep:

You guys get that this here isn't the Common room? :huh:

i have a question. what do i put as the title of my thread when i need to be sorted? sorry im a newbie

Just put your username :)

Will there be anything else coming up besides the sorting and house groups?

Just put your username :)

thanks im new to all this :lol:

This sounds fun! CoS always have something new and surprising for me when I come back after being unable to log on for a while. I'm looking forward to discover what this will lead to! :D

Posted this in somebody's sorting thread, realizing that it was probably the wrong place to post it, and am repeating the question here as no one answered and this seems more the proper place:

I don't really get how the Quidditch position helps with Sorting; all the Houses have teams, and each team has each position, so... maybe if I read Quidditch through the ages it would help? Can anyone give me a brief rundown on this?

This is just my assumption based on how people sorted, but in combination with your other answers:

1. Chaser/Seeker = Gryffindor
2. Won't play/Not athletic = Hufflepuff
3. Commentator/Not sure = Ravenclaw
3. Beater/Seeker = Slytherin

It's the respective skills required...

Maybe we're forming Quidditch teams and when they do this they will go by the answers we gave in our survey?

Well, if the house cup rumors are anything to go by... :shrug:

I just can't see how they'll choose, seeing that most positions received multiple applications. :hmm:

This is just my assumption based on how people sorted, but in combination with your other answers:

1. Chaser/Seeker = Gryffindor
2. Won't play/Not athletic = Hufflepuff
3. Commentator/Not sure = Ravenclaw
3. Beater/Seeker = Slytherin

It's the respective skills required...

Isn't that a bit simplistic? I am a won't play/not atheltic Ravenclaw (Slytherin second, almost certainly).

And what about the other positions?

personally, I hope that people give some reasons for their answers. That usually tells you a lot more than the actual answer!

This is just my assumption based on how people sorted, but in combination with your other answers:

1. Chaser/Seeker = Gryffindor
2. Won't play/Not athletic = Hufflepuff
3. Commentator/Not sure = Ravenclaw
3. Beater/Seeker = Slytherin

It's the respective skills required...

Isn't that a bit simplistic? I am a won't play/not atheltic Ravenclaw (Slytherin second, almost certainly).

And what about the other positions?

personally, I hope that people give some reasons for their answers. That usually tells you a lot more than the actual answer!
I agree with Klio, the categorization is simplistic, Dags.

I'm Gryffindor and I'm a Beater, and we have quite a number of Hufflepuffs in both teams currently playing. :)

I also agree that you learn more about people reading their explanations than looking at their choices.

Oi, I didn't say I'm behind it - I said it's what I assume based on the sorting results. Yeesh... :rolleyes:

Posted this in somebody's sorting thread, realizing that it was probably the wrong place to post it, and am repeating the question here as no one answered and this seems more the proper place:

I don't really get how the Quidditch position helps with Sorting; all the Houses have teams, and each team has each position, so... maybe if I read Quidditch through the ages it would help? Can anyone give me a brief rundown on this?


It's just intended to be another piece of information for members to use in the Sorting. The position alone isn't that helpful but as other people have said in conjunction with your other answers it helps form a picture of where you should be.

I put that I would not want to be in Slytherin for my questions, but after I was sorted, even though I knew I would be Ravenclaw, I kind of wished that I haden't. When you see the question it is a knee jerk reaction. The house you would least like to be in, but that has more to do with it's charactoristics from the book than from the traits that you need here. Plus I have friends in the house, so it can't be all bad.

i posted my answers and i got 6 votes for ravenclaw and 3 for huffle puff.
aren't i supposed to be sorted when i get 5 votes for a house?

i posted my answers and i got 6 votes for ravenclaw and 3 for huffle puff.
aren't i supposed to be sorted when i get 5 votes for a house?

Yes, but it's not automatic - staff who know what they're doing in that forum need to be around to make the pronouncement :)

I put that I would not want to be in Slytherin for my questions, but after I was sorted, even though I knew I would be Ravenclaw, I kind of wished that I haden't. When you see the question it is a knee jerk reaction. The house you would least like to be in, but that has more to do with it's charactoristics from the book than from the traits that you need here. Plus I have friends in the house, so it can't be all bad.
You're right, it's a knee-jerk reaction based on how Slytherins are depicted in the books. But even in the books, there are "good" Slytherins and at least one bad Gryffindor. Also, look at the number of "Slytherins Against Voldemort" signatures and the number of them who fought the Voldie takeover during the April Fool's Day War. :lol:

I just looked at some of the "application forms" for Sorting and found very refreshing that at least one new student declared s/he didn't want to be in Gryffindor! :whistle:

I just looked at some of the "application forms" for Sorting and found very refreshing that at least one new student declared s/he didn't want to be in Gryffindor! :whistle:

yeah those are the people who wanna be in Slytherin. :lol:

:huh:

Maybe (s)he wanted to go to Ravenclaw.... It's not like you will sort an obvious Gryffindor into Slytherin just because #10 said "no Gryffs".

And I, for one, am quite happy where I am, whereas my default accomplices (apart from my snakelets Iggy and Fubs) are all Raves and Huffies. :relax:

The Hat never said "evil", you realize...

easy Dags, it was a joke.

Not mounting an offensive, Elf. Just offering a Slytherin view... ;)

Maybe we can keep this for questions, but the chatting in the Common Room? Thanks! :D

It's the twins I want to meet
I'll prefer the stone
An owl will be my pet
DADA classes would be my favourite
Bringing Sirius back alive would be what i want J.K Rowling to write
Beater will be my choice
Auror is the job I'd look forward to my patronus will be a tiger
Hufflepuff will not be my preference

Hi Mili :)

You have to answer these questions by opening a new thread for yourself in The Sorting Hat. That way, its easier for people to sort you :) :tu:

Where do I post the thread at?

The Sorting Hat > New Thread. :)

From Sangie's newbie sorting thread:
You can always go to the common room :)

True if she was talking about the Hogwarts Common Room, but I think she meant the Gryffindor Common Room, as she was responding to the two Gryffindor votes she'd gotten.

And:
You need to be a member of this group to view its contents

You can't go into a House Common Room until you've been sorted into that House.

Which again makes me wonder: how many Hogwarts Students have created sockpuppets so that they can get them sorted into other houses and read what goes on in more than one House Common Room?

Yes, I know it's against the rules. But that won't stop all people.

Yes, I know it's against the rules. But that won't stop all people.That's true, people have already developed some motivation in the past to try those stuff out for getting a better standing in games and such. But for this (and for way more dangerous reasons coming out of it actually) CoS doesn't allow duplicate accounts. We never can detect them all, but we try our best to catch them.

I'm not even sure there would be a benefit to sneaking into another house anyway, not even when the game starts, but then I don't know what we'll be doing in the game, except that it's individual.

I'm not even sure there would be a benefit to sneaking into another house anyway, not even when the game starts, but then I don't know what we'll be doing in the game, except that it's individual.
You are right that the game is individual, so it won't do anyone any good to sneek into other houses.

And as gertiekeddle said, creating duplicate identities is against the rules. You can get in big trouble for it.

I know, and I wouldn't. I'm glad there are safeguards set up against it.

As to a reason to sneak around other common rooms: curiosity. ;)

Err... Can we talk in private? :evil:

:huh:

I was joking. They *points to mods* are plotting.

Oh. :lol: I figured as much. :)

I do think I'm confused, though. Has there been an announcement lately about a Cup or something? I haven't been around much. :blush:

There is a contest starting soon :Through The Trap Door (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?t=120001) :D

ROFL at Colonel's siggy.... my dogs FREAK when we get snow.

Reminder.
maybe We Can Keep This For Questions, But The Chatting In The Common Room? Thanks! :d

Hi FlamingFawkes and welcome! :D If you want to be sorted, you should start a thread in The Sorting Hat (http://cosforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=250). That way it's easier for people to see that a new person is to be sorted.

Hi FlamingFawkes and welcome! :D If you want to be sorted, you should start a thread in The Sorting Hat (http://cosforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=250). That way it's easier for people to see that a new person is to be sorted.

Yeah, I just realized my mistake! Thanks for your advice on where i should post it though! Can i delete from here?

Yeah, I just realized my mistake! Thanks for your advice on where i should post it though! Can i delete from here?

Here's a link so you can post a new thread in the right area. For the future, just look at the top or bottom of the subforum and click "New Thread."

Yes, you can delete the post you just made. Just click on edit at the bottom of the post and you can delete it (also seen on the bottom).

For anyone out there who is reading this whole thread before posting their own thread for sorting: It doesn't tell us anything much which Hallow you would choose if you put down the cloak without explaining why. It just tells us that you've read the Tale of Three Brothers and understand Hermione's rationale as to why the Cloak is best. Choosing the Cloak without telling why could be done by Puffs, Raves and Gryffs, though Raves are more likely to explain why, and Gryffs are most likely to choose it so they can sneak around being brave or playing pranks. So please give an answer longer than two words to question #2. Thank you.

I was, like, extremely excited when I got sorted :gryff::clap:

I know. I was too :D And the contest will be even more exciting... :clap:

Where is the thread for the game going to be posted?

Where is the thread for the game going to be posted?You mean this?
Through The Trapdoor - The First Challenge (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?t=120334)

Hey mods, there is a Sorting request in the Sorted Slytherins forum! Could someone move it?

So how does the sorting work around here?:whistle:

You create a new thread (http://www.cosforums.com/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=250) in The Sorting hat (http://www.cosforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=250) subforum with your username as the title. There are some questions (listed on the first page of this thread (http://www.cosforums.com/showpost.php?p=5244800&postcount=1)) that you can answer and other members of the forum will come and decide, based off your answers, what house you belong in. When you have 5 responses of the same house you are sorted! I hope this helps :)

I just had a sorting thread close on me while I was typing my reply. http://www.minastirith.com/ubb/icons/icon35.gif

Yay, I am now a proud Slyherin. Uber Yays!

Hi hpfan795 :wave:

You need to repost your answers in a new thread (http://www.cosforums.com/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=250), and not here, so you can be sorted. This is simply a thread for questions.

hpfan795, I have moved your post to create a special sorting thread, which can be found here (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?t=120527)

Thanks, Aaron, for giving information :D

How do you find out when youve been sorted?

How do you find out when youve been sorted?

just keep an eye out for when your thread is closed (the little lock is on the folder) that happens when one of the Mods sorts you, you also get an invite to you new house.

A moderator will post at the bottom of your thread, saying "You've been Sorted," and the crest of whichever House gets you will be in the post. In the crest there is a link to that House's Common Room; click on it, find the checkbox for joining the group, and you're in your House! Have fun getting Sorted!

I need to remember to check out the sorting hat so that I can help with the sorting. I always forget though.

I come here automatically, upon first logging in now. And yet I still often find that people were Sorted while I was sleeping or away! I hate missing a Sorting!

Can someone explain something to me.. I was sorted to Hufflepuff and was invited but when I open the link it say's I must be a member to view the page..no idea what I'm doing wrong

You must accept the invitation. If you check the small owl stat on the top hand right side of the main page, you should see the invite.

I clicked on the notification to invite which led me to Hufflepuff common room but still, when that page opens it still says I need to be a member..I can't seem to find anywhere that says I need to accept the invite to become one kwim?:whistle:

I clicked on the notification to invite which led me to Hufflepuff common room but still, when that page opens it still says I need to be a member..I can't seem to find anywhere that says I need to accept the invite to become one kwim?:whistle:

In any club there is a link at the bottom of the page that says 'join group' then it will take you to another page making sure you want to join, say yes then it will take you back to the group and you can post, say hi.

I remember seeing a quiz that would sort you. It was less Harry Potter based...none of the "who's your favorite character" stuff. It judged you based on the qualities you have rather than fandom...

:welcome: to CoS forums

I guess other websites might have those type of quizzes. We have our own questions that you can answer if you want to get sorted.


1. If you could spend a day with any Harry Potter character who would you choose and why?

2. Which Deathly Hallow would you choose?

3. Which magical pet would you bring with you to Hogwarts?

4. What would be your favorite subject at Hogwarts?

5. If you could ask J.K. Rowling to write one thing what would it be?

6. Would you play Quidditch? If so which position?

7. Which magical career would you choose?

8. What would your patronus be?

9. Which magical place would you most like to visit?

10. Pick one house you would prefer not to be in.

:welcome: to CoS forums

I guess other websites might have those type of quizzes. We have our own questions that you can answer if you want to get sorted.

And our own questions are pretty good, methinks:)

I have a question. How are the results decided if things are tied up? Do you just let people keep posting until one gets ahead?

And our own questions are pretty good, methinks:)

I have a question. How are the results decided if things are tied up? Do you just let people keep posting until one gets ahead?
People keep voting until there are five votes for a House.

sort me

go sorting hat go






Students who wish to be sorted should copy and paste the Sorting Hat questions into a new thread. Other members will tell you which House they think you belong in based on your answers. The Official House Common Rooms are located in our Social Groups here: The Slytherin Common Room (http://www.cosforums.com/group.php?groupid=302), The Ravenclaw Common Room (http://www.cosforums.com/group.php?groupid=301), The Gryffindor Common Room (http://www.cosforums.com/group.php?groupid=300), The Hufflepuff Common Room (http://www.cosforums.com/group.php?groupid=299).


1. If you could spend a day with any Harry Potter character who would you choose and why? Hermione Granger

2. Which Deathly Hallow would you choose? ?

3. Which magical pet would you bring with you to Hogwarts? Owl

4. What would be your favorite subject at Hogwarts? Defence Against the Dark Arts

5. If you could ask J.K. Rowling to write one thing what would it be? Write another novel then turn it into a movie.

6. Would you play Quidditch? If so which position? Yes Definitly! Seeker

7. Which magical career would you choose? Head Master

8. What would your patronus be? Wolf

9. Which magical place would you most like to visit? Ministry of Magic

10. Pick one house you would prefer not to be in. Ravenclaw

Questions go in this thread.

You need to create a new thread with the answers in order to be sorted.

Kinda new

How do I make a new thread

Kinda new

How do I make a new thread

Go back to the General Sorting Hat area, the one with the hogwarts common room thread. Near the left, top-ish there should be a new thread button, but the Staff might have disabled it for awhile, what with the temporary HBP forum:)

Sorry if that was overly vague, I do that to people:lol:

Go back to the General Sorting Hat area, the one with the hogwarts common room thread. Near the left, top-ish there should be a new thread button, but the Staff might have disabled it for awhile, what with the temporary HBP forum:)

Sorry if that was overly vague, I do that to people:lol:

The Sorting Hat will stay open during the HBP release and new threads can be made.

However shaun2520 has already been sorted :)

how do you get youre thread posted?!?

Click the link at the bottom of this Sorting Hat sub-forum where it says "New Thread," copy+paste the questions from this thread's Original Post, and add in your answers.

If you've already done that, your thread might be in a Mod queue waiting to be approved.

I don't think Sorting Hat threads are Moderated that way, but things change a lot around here, especially with things like House Contests and pre-HBP movie hysteria going on. :whistle:

The fun & game areas don't have a mod queue. :)

Didn't think so, but then again, hbponjuly15 hasn't got a Sorting Thread yet either. :shrug: :hmm:

That's because they weren't online since their question was answered. :)

It occured to me last night why one of the questions is which house you don't want to be in. Harry told the sorting hat "not Slytherin" and of course we all know it is not the power that you have but the choices that you make that matter most.

*has spent the whole morning at Hogwarts so far sorting newbs*

What is it, because the movie is being released this week we're getting a rash of new students?

CoS Forums: where the Sorting doesn't take place on Sept. 1st, it happens in fluctuations with the movie releases.

oh im such a silly newb. guess i should have waited to edit my pic for a sig or use the sn lol
=p

i just havent gotten sorted on an HP forum in so long. I thought they did away with rpg type forums of HP. Most of the ones I was joined to, died out after the release of book 7. Didnt think this forum would have a sorting but I'd like to see anyways=p

I've looked in "thread tools" and eveywhere for a button to post a new thread; nothing doing! It's a mystery!

You can't find that button under thread tools.

Go to a forum you want to create a new thread in and click on this button: http://www.cosforums.com/images/dhus/buttons/newthread.gif

(or go to forum tools in the respective forum but the ^ button is easier)

Thanks so much Hes. A little exploration with your advice has unsnarled it for me. (I get so lost here! At my main HP thread, I'm a mod, and can see most of the buttons most of the time. Spoiled, I guess.)

I can imagine that in that case you feel lost :)

Especially if other forum software is used!

How long does getting sorted take?

It's different since it depends a bit on how many members are online the moment you post your thread. If you look through the threads the already sorted members have posted you'll find that it was often done within an hour in the beginning, but now sometime takes almost a day. :)

hey how do you start a new thread and where do you put it?

Go to the main page of this subforum here (http://www.cosforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=250) and click on this button: http://www.cosforums.com/images/dhus/buttons/newthread.gif

I've already gotten 6 straight votes for Ravenclaw (yay!) but my thread is still open. How long does it take for it to close? I thought it only took 5 votes. How do I know when I've officially been sorted?

You are - congrats! A minute, I'll put the note in asap and close it. We just were a bit thin on staff for this over the weekend. :)

You are - congrats! A minute, I'll put the note in asap and close it. We just were a bit thin on staff for this over the weekend. :)

Thanks!! YAY!!
:rave:I've been sorted!:rave:

My first official post as a Ravenclaw :) I am such a dork for being so excited about this!

It's all allowed and appreciated to be dorky in such cases. :lol:

Not dorky at all, LumosSempra, don't worry. HEY...You're one of the first people I Sorted! Cool, welcome to Hogwarts. Or CosForums. :huggles:

I don't think it's right to Sort people into the House they say they don't want in Question #10.

I kind of thought that's why we have Question #10.

Not dorky at all, LumosSempra, don't worry. HEY...You're one of the first people I Sorted! Cool, welcome to Hogwarts. Or CosForums. :huggles:

:lol: Thanks, MC!! I'm loving it here! :D

I don't think it's right to Sort people into the House they say they don't want in Question #10.

I kind of thought that's why we have Question #10.

:agree: I agree. I don't think the person you're talking about did it intentionally though, because she/he said she only saw the Potions answers before she/he posted the house. But still, you should be reading all of the answers and make a well-informed choice! It's only fair to the person being Sorted, right? I'm starting to think we need like a Sorting committee or something, instead of letting random people do the Sorting. Some of the Sortings I've seen have made me scratch my head. :hmm: