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I duel people from each house as well, but I was concerned that dueling Slytherins would lead to them earning more points than Ravenclaw, since I am fairly consistent at scoring 140-141... I didn't want to keep losing and earning Slytherin house more points than Ravenclaw, lol...

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Duelling has brought me back to Pottermore so I thought I'd nip back into this thread, it's been a while!

I'm not having this problem, but I'm always having to use the same spell as well because it seems to get me higher points which is a bit annoying, as it gets repetitive.

Is the reason one spell is doing better for me purely a personal thing, and I'm just better at hitting that sequence of keys faster? Or does the type of spell you use against your oponent have any bearing on the result? I think it would be more fun if you could see what spell they've used, and then get to choose a spell you think would be good against it, or something like that. Just a personal opinion though :)

I'm still struggling to score 140 at the moment and so am losing most of my duels, but I haven't had too much practice yet so hopefully I'll improve! :)

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I'm a Ravenclaw, and I normally duel Gryffindor and Hufflepuff. I know there are certain times of day where each is more active than the other. I duel Slytherin some times, but I'd rather give points to a house I'm not really competing with if I lose. >.>

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I think the slow response time that sometimes occurs for some when duelling Hufflpuff is because there is high demand to duel that house many Slytherins and Ravenclaws (though not all) won't duel each other which limits duelling options so there is sometimes a longer wait time for people available to duel, it doesn't neccesarily mean that house is less active than others.

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Ah, I see. I haven't been following this thread so closely, interesting to hear others still struggle with potions too. Does anyone know where I can report it? I know I looked a lot after the first few times, without finding anywhere I could contact Pottermore except for the beta feedback link, which is pretty rubbish for reporting things that need fixing. :shrug:

About duelling response time: I'm a Hufflepuff, and I duel all houses except my own regularly. I always get a response immediately when challenging Slythrerins and Ravenclaws, but it seems I have to wait for Gryffindors quite often. I don't have a theory why, I just find it annoying. I like challenging all the houses, but I hate not knowing the result until the next time I log in, which may be days later.

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You can contact them this way:

Help -> Other -> What's next? -> Need more help?

My potions were working fine but tonight I started a sleeping draught and it said I added the wrong ingredient, but I know I didn't. I started again after that and when I waved my wand no sign came up after saying my potion was brewing so I opened a new tab and it said this potion requires your attention and I ended up having to do the first step for a third time! I thought glitches were finally decreasing but sadly it seems new ones have just appeared in place of old ones.

The duel wait can be quite annoying, I haven't been on for almost a week and yet my duel page says I duelled a Hufflepuff yesterday. I don't mind a small wait but I think five days is a bit ridiculous. I think they should let you see results without waiting the 20 min also.

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Full Body-Bind (Petrificus Totalis) produces the highest possible score (high score 145, AFAIK.) Everything else has a lower maximum, forcing you to use it all the time if you want to duel for points (and dueling members of your own House counts against duel limit, so if you want to earn points, you pretty much have to use PT all the time against other Houses.)

Like other people, I've waited days for a dueling response - it's bad, because once you've sent the challenge out, you don't know if it's gotten lost/is a bug and didn't get recorded, or if you're just waiting for a matchup. Perhaps if other people want to trade usernames and Houses, we could directly challenge one another instead of having to wait so much? (I already do this with some of you, and depending on how much you're dueling and when others are online you'll still have to wait, but it is immensely satisfying to get immediate results some of the time.)

Honestly, I wish the Insider would update just so everyone knows where they are. Are they looking at any of the bugs that have been reported, or are they focusing on trying to open the eBook store? Will they release while things are still this buggy? I'm assuming they'll want the eBook store open for testing before they open that to non-Betas, but again - I have to assume, because the Insider is still bad at communicating.

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I don't know if this is even the right forum- but does anyone have new info on when Pottermore will open to the public? I missed the Beta signup. :(

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I really like duelling, but I wish that we didn't have to use the same spell to win. I would love to duel with other spells to see if I could win with those as well, you know? I think it would be cool if the spell you used got you matched up with a person who used the same spell...Well anyways, I don't mind having to use Petrificus Totalis all the time, I just wish we got to use the others, and actually win with them.

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Unfortunately, Pottermore has not released any new information on when exactly they plan on opening. I really wish they would though. So many people are anxious to get in!

I agree. I think it would be great if we could use (and win) with the different spells. As it stands right now, it is kind of pointless to use any of the other spells.

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Perhaps the fastest way to get the news when the site opens to everyone would be through the insider:

http://insider.pottermore.com/

Pottermore Beta allowed in the first group of users on August 15th - almost 5 months ago. I originally predicted the site would be opened well before 2012, although I thought the e-books would not be available, because she'd have a bear of a time working out a deal with companies who would allow her to carry them in more than one format.

My current wild guess is that Pottermore will open to all very shortly - mid February at the latest. The last quiz asked which format we used e-books in the most, so i think she will have struck a deal with at least one company by then. This seems to be the only thing holding the site back. I no longer think that waiting for the chinks to be worked out is necessary. Currently, except for a potential potions glitch, they seem to have all been corrected. Sure - there are things I'd do differently, but the site appears stable and ready for the next influx of membership.

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Ug, the drag of living in the digital age - everything has its own format that will only work on that one device so everyone has to have every device in order to get the things they want.

Bah humbug, I say to those nasty, greedy corporations! Bah humbug!

I hope you're predictions of a Februaryish going-public date is close to the mark!

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okay just saw this, has anyone else's duels been cleared. do they do that after a certain amount just so I know if it should happen again.

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When I logged on this morning, all my duels were cleared. I think they may have been doing some work this morning because my friend said she got the "Pottermore is unavailable" screen for a few minutes and when it came back up the duels were gone.

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We have a new update, telling us about what was completed in mid-December (in case anyone didn't notice, I guess):

http://insider.pottermore.com/p/pott...e-updates.html

My duels were cleared as well. Perhaps they're going to be wiped periodically now? Doesn't matter to me either way.

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My duels were there today. They weren't cleared.

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I checked just now and my Duels weren't cleared away either, Ive gone through quite a few pages and they are all there still.

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Some of my oldest duels were cleared, but not all of them.

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You have a point, that may be part of it.

One nice thing about being in Hufflepuff is that there is always someone who wants to duel you. I imagine if I was in one of the other houses, I'd be getting less duel requests. So it's nice to know that I can always earn points on the site because there is always someone waiting to challenge a Hufflepuff.

There are some Ravenclaws and Slytherins who send me duel requests quite frequently.

I admit there do seem to be less active Gryffindors so I duel Slytherin and Ravenclaw more....besides I feel like Gryffindor is the house we have the most chance of catching up to since they are in 3rd so I'd rather not duel them and risk losing and giving them points.

Anyone else notice that Gryffindor seems to slowly be pulling further away from Hufflepuff? They used to only be 8,000 ahead of us but they're closer to 9,000 away from us now.

I don't mind being in Hufflepuff at all, there are nice things about it(like how I mentioned always people wanting to duel you, which is nice). What is slightly depressing though is the feeling that no matter how many points I earn(and I have close to 8,000 now) I feel like we're probably always going to be in last place. x_x And I'm not the kind of person who consistently needs to be first or anything like that....but it would be nice to be at least 3rd for once or something and not forever last. Being forever last is a little depressing, although I know it's not because of my lack of effort so maybe I shouldn't feel too bad about it.

Ravenclaw and Slytherin always go back and forth between 1st and 2nd though which seems fun....it's competitive. It would at least be nice if Hufflepuff could go back and forth with Gryffindor for 3rd place.

Maybe I'm a bit more competitive than your average Huffle. I don't know. I know a lot of people also just don't come to the site for the house cup at all and just want to read the new stuff from Jo, which is fine.

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For kicks, I dueled the leader of each house, thinking I was sure to lose. I beat two out of the three of them... Made my night, lol...