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Hufflepuffs are willing to work hard, and are loyal to their house. Once you figure potions out, they're really boring, I think. I think Ravenclaws keep brewing because they've found something there which interests them, and my guess is that it isn't potion brewing itself. I keep brewing because I was challenged by my BF - a Slytherin - and we're both competitive.

I see Gryffindors as the type who love a good challenge. I'm surprised more of them aren't competing as well.

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I'm sorry, but I can't figure out what this means. In what way does the scoring system reward cleverness and determination, but not bravery or loyalty? Perhaps mindless potion-making is associated with the two leading houses (I'm in Ravenclaw, and I have no problem with mindless potion-making), but that's not a feature of the scoring system per se. I don't see that the scoring system has a whole lot to do with anything right now, since there's mostly just one thing that earns points. Maybe if they brought back dueling.

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I can see what you are saying, but one could say the house system in the books is like that as well. It seems most points come from answering questions correctly in class and the likes, which are stereotypically Ravenclaw characteristics. So they have an unfair advantage it would seem, but as we know Gryffindor and Slytherin have been battling out for the cup for years...

Also, in regards to the potion-making, I don't honestly see how it favours Ravenclaw over Gryffindor OR Hufflepuff. One could even say Ravenclaws would be put off by such a mind-numbing, repetitive task. Whereas Gryffindors are known for their determination and Hufflepuffs are "unafraid of toil", so they could be equally as good at this task.

In real life Hogwarts (oh if it was real!:grumble:) Ravenclaws and probably Slytherins would be the best at potions. But this isn't actual potion making remember, it is very different and probably much more boring.

In my humble opinion, I think it all boils down to that a lot of sorted Hufflepuffs were unhappy with their house and so don't brew, but have left their accounts open which, if it is an average type thing, will reduce the overall house points. Likewise, I think most people sorted into Ravenclaw and Slytherin were happiest, as they appear to be considered the "cool" houses, and so still use their accounts to brew, hence their higher points, as more of the accounts sorted in their houses are being used to gain points.

When duelling comes up, I don't particularly expect Gryffindors to shoot up in points. If it was real, maybe they would all be good at it, but it's not real. It's basically clicking a few keys on the keyboard.:lol:

Phew. End post.

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That's true, but Gryffindor was first, very briefly, in the early days of Pottermore, when dueling was still up. That might not have anything to do with it, but it's worth keeping an eye out for any impact the return of dueling might have.

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Hi,

I have got to The Forbidden Corridor in Pottermore. Some instructions popped up and then dissappeared before I could read them. Can anyone please help me to unlock the door.

Thanks

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Looks like they are working on Wizarding Duels. My points have been reset to zero and it says I've dueled nobody. It's not open, yet, but something's been going on.

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I am envious of all of you. I really hope they open the site to everyone at the end of October and not 2012.

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Yay! My potions are finally working! Of course I slipped from 800 to 3,151 in ranking... hmph... but at least now I can do something :clap: and I hope duelling is back on as well :D

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Oh ok. Should be interesting to see what happens.:relax:

Same thing happened to me, the instructions disappeared and never came back. I still can't get past the door today. If you can't get it working, it will probably be best to click the arrow past it. That's what I did. :)

Good for you :D I can't wait til duelling gets back.

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I would like to think that dueling challenge game might be open soon. I would like to try it out. Most of us have been practicing spell casting in the three spell books we have found so far. In order to make house points potion boiling has been some what repetitive. I am sure that all beta testers are still doing their best to make the site the best we can. Being a fellow beta tester hopefully we can make a difference and the public will enjoy it as much as we have.:cool:

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Same here! My potions have been looped since August 18 and they are now working today. :)

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Congratulations! Our long national nightmare is over. :)

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LOL! And thanks for all your help debugging the fiasco! :)

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I'll check tomorrow to see if I'm out of the loop. I don't feel like staying up for another hour and half waiting:err:! Hopefully I will be out and then I will start using the site more.

I have to agree on the Hufflepuff house points statement; that a lot of people were disappointed and just don't go on and get house points.

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Does anyone know if Pottermore made any changes to their email notifications? I used to receive an email when someone sent a friend request, but I haven't received anything lately. I don't know if the emails stopped because of my email provider or Pottermore.

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My most recent friend's request was Tuesday, and I received an email notification.

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I just received an email friend request, so I guess they are still being sent. Maybe my problem had to do with the Blackberry outages.

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Yep, I keep recieving emails as recent as today for friend requests.

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I'm not sure what feature could they add, that would give house points, and reward loyalty and bravery?

About brewing - you don't really have to be extremly clever to figure it out. I'm sure members of all houses can do that.
You have to be determined - but I think that also Gryffindors and Hufflepuff can definitely be determined. Harry was definitely a very determined person, and also Hermione and Ron - all of them Gryffindors. Most Gryffindors in the book are really determined persons.
Hufflepuffs are supposed to be hard working - that should go in their favor with this scorring system, right?

I think the reason that Ravenclaw and Slytherin are leading, is simply because they may have been in a close race for the house cup almost since the beggining - that made their members to work even more hard, and to do more potions. That's how their lead got even bigger. And when that happened, and they got a decent points advantage, Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs had less motivation to do potions.

I am a Ravenclaw - and I admit I do potions sometimes to try to help my house to get a lead (Slytherins are leading currently - with less than 40 points). I'm not brewing like mad, and I was busy this week, so I haven't brew much - but I admit seeing the points in great hall gives me motivation. I doubt I would brew if we wouldn't have any chance to win the cup - because I already managed to do all the potions, and brewing doesn't interest me that much as in the beginning.
But seeing how close is the race for the cup, definitely gives me motivation.

So I don't agree with you, I don't think that's the current house point scorring is necessarily the reason why the Slytherins and Ravenclaws are leading. If they restart the house cup today, it's possible different houses could be in the lead. :)

I wish the duelling is back soon, though, I've never tried it. :D

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How many galleons do you guys have left?

p.s. I'm out of the potions loop! :agree: