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07-01-2004, 11:52 AM
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 HP Hoaxer "Speaks" - HP Hoaxer "Speaks" Summary:
A Short Interview With The Book Six Title Hoaxer Article:
HPANA has a short interview with the Book Six Title hoaxer, in which the "anonymous" person (who says he didn't expect all the attention yet e-mailed every HP news site with the hoax) says, "If I had not started the hoax, would we all know the real title to book 6 right now?"
The prankster, a 19-year-old male student at the University of Florida, speaks:
Quote: Firstly I would like to offer two apologies. I owe an apology to all of the Harry Potter fans that I lied to; I never thought my hoax would go so far and I felt awful when some of you got so excited about knowing the title. I am sorry. I also would like to apologize to J.K. Rowling, as I did an awful thing by impersonating her. I consider her a literary genius.
In the end, the hoax was all in good fun. I thought the title was rather funny and had hoped that at least some people would get a good chuckle out of it. Read the rest of the interview over at HPANA.
Reluctant as we are to give more publicity to the hoaxer, something must be corrected right now. Yes we would have the title. Absolutely. Read it right from JKR herself.
Unfortunately, however, the door opened on the very same day the 'Pillar of Storgé' hoaxer struck, which left a lot of Harry Potter fans bemused ...
Unfortunately - owing to circumstance or chance, a purely coincidental relationship leading to negative consequences - so, unless you think she is misleading, which she says outright she will not do on that site, she did not release the title as a response to the hoaxer. There was never a reason to expect she would. The trick brick wall couldn't have been whipped up over Monday morning coffee; it was planned, as, it seems, were all her other updates (excepting, of course, the ones about the hoax).
Below is the original news post he sent to TLC to make it spread. Quote: A friend found this source, and sent it to me, but I'm not sure exactly how reliable the source is. It does seem like JKR, and the screencaptures do look like her website, but I'm not sure if it is true or not.
The message is located below the dotted line.
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JKR released the title of book 6!!!!!!!*
so i was fooling around at http://www.jkrowling.com (an awesome site if you haven't been there before, with lots of information) and i don't know what i did but that door that no one has been able to open suddenly opened after a big gust of wind. (Peeves?) inside was this book with a message from JKR herself where she released the name of book 6!
i think it was a software glitch or something because i have no idea how i got the door open... then again, i was fooling around with the web site for hours yesterday, so it might have been something i did. the reason i think it's a glitch though is because the date of the message is the first of July, which is like a week away. i think we weren't supposed to find it until then.
anyway, i turned on my screen capture software and went back to the book room to record what happened. i captured the movie and uploaded it (although it would be better if someone could host it for me because geocities might clunk out). you can find it at this link:....
you can't really see what her message is in the video, so i retyped it below: Quote: 01/07/04
Erm… it is perhaps time for me to reveal the title of Book 6! I am nearing completion of the first draft and have definitely decided upon a title. I had numerous possibilities in mind, but as I wrote, I realized that only one did the book justice.
The more clever Potter fans may recognize that the title relates directly to both 'Order of the Phoenix' and 'Chamber of Secrets.' I will be highly amused if one of you can guess exactly what's going on!
On a side note, the length of the book is growing so fast, I could swear Filius has put anEngorgement Charm on it; an editor's nightmare! I promised myself not to exceed the length of 'Order of the Phoenix,' but every day that passes makes that undertaking more difficult. Incidentally, I have much more work ahead.
Alas, the time has come! Here is the reward for you lot that so diligently figured out all the puzzles on the site. If you scroll down to the bottom of this page, I will reveal to you the title of Book 6!
The title of Book 6 is:
Harry Potter and the Pillar of Storgé
***end message*** I was sooooo excited when i read it! i can't believe she's released the title so early! what pillar? where is it? who/what/where is Storgé? to me it sounds like the name of a powerful wizard... Dumbledore's relative perhaps??? if you have any theories about this, i'd love to hear them.
i have a better quality video of the open door and the message. you can email me at hpstorge@yahoo.com and i'll try to send it to you (it's a big, big file). i'd also love to hear what you have to say about the title! i'm sooooo excited, i can't believe it! Thanks to The Leaky for the heads up and their insight to the whole thing.  | |
07-01-2004, 06:21 PM
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OK so he hoaxed us, big deal. I didnt even know he did it.. because i ignored that e-mail my friend sent me... lol
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07-01-2004, 06:21 PM
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07-01-2004, 06:42 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by HermionePotter89+Jul 1 2004, 06:51 AM--> | QUOTE (HermionePotter89 @ Jul 1 2004, 06:51 AM) | I agree [/b][/quote]
Right! :sorcerer:
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07-01-2004, 08:22 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by Dumbledore@Jul 1 2004, 11:28 AM I don't see why people are mad at the guy.
Yes, it's obvious he's lying when he says he "didn't expect all the attention" but who cares?
It was super cool fun! We got to speculate some about what will coome from it and we eventually got the REAL title from Jo herself!
So I don't see what the big deal is.  I agree.
My hand goes out to the guy, it was a silly thing to do but I bet he never thought in a million years it would have been such a big thing - at least he has something to tell his Grandchildren in years to come! | |
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07-01-2004, 08:31 PM
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People tend to completely ignore facts on this site. She was going to release the title on July first anyways.
The only bonus we got was the fact that the prince wasn't Harry or Voldemort. (Now really, everyone knows Harry's not actually a half blood).
I really like the Harry Potter series, but honestly, anyone who searched through Chamber and Phoenix looking for the word "pillar" is taking this way too seriously. I only hope the guy managed to impress his girlfriend after all that work.
Possible half blood princes: (keep in mind it can't be a princess)
Dean (his stepfather is a muggle, but his father was a wizard)
Seamus
Hagrid (Technically, half giant means half of his blood is something).
Someone else whose lineage isn't known.
Someone we haven't met yet.
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07-01-2004, 08:32 PM
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Personally I dont think he/she/it should compliment themselves so highly, acting like if they hadn't done what they did JK would never have told us the title.
It's not harsh; even the guys at TLC agreed that JK even said she was about to tell us all the title on the day the hoax emerged. I for one, would not dare presume she would lie to us, as her fans.
The hoaxer is really short-minded if they think they're the reason we have the book six title of HP & the HBP. Talk about blowing your own trumpet that isn't even there.
I think the big thing is that he claimed he was the reason JK told us the title, he's/she's/it's not. To claim something so ludicrous, it's unbelievable!
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07-01-2004, 08:34 PM
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People tend to completely ignore facts on this site. She was going to release the title on July first anyways.
The only bonus we got was the fact that the prince wasn't Harry or Voldemort. (Now really, everyone knows Harry's not actually a half blood).
I really like the Harry Potter series, but honestly, anyone who searched through Chamber and Phoenix looking for the word "pillar" is taking this way too seriously. I only hope the guy managed to impress his girlfriend after all that work.
Possible half blood princes: (keep in mind it can't be a princess)
Dean (his stepfather is a muggle, but his father was a wizard)
Seamus
Hagrid (Technically, half giant means half of his blood is something).
Someone else whose lineage isn't known.
Someone we haven't met yet.
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07-01-2004, 09:00 PM
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Good point /\ but i think this just got all crazy, stupid thing to make up though... :ermsmile:
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07-01-2004, 10:27 PM
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I thought it was funny. It was good (and brave) of him to apologize, and I'm not at all mad - it got us thinking and that's what a really good hoax does.
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07-01-2004, 11:15 PM
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I just cant believe that this guy actualy thinks that 9it is down to him that the title was realeased. it wasnt.
it was funny in a way but also it wasnt because milions of HP fans were pulled into there hoax.
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07-01-2004, 11:33 PM
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Hahahahhaaaaaaaaaaaa this guy is soooooo hilarious!!!!!!!!! He reminds me of someone. I can't believe that he went through so much trouble, and wasted tons of time writing this rather extensive note, and sending it to almost all of the HP sites out there, just for nothing, really!
And, I really have to say, that in my opinion, his fake title is waaaay better than J.K's real one!!!!!
Haahahahahahaaaaaa Hilarious!
Had to be a guy.... hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...
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07-02-2004, 01:06 AM
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that person is dreaful! i feel like screaming! he knows there are quadtrillions of hp fans. he makes me sick. i want the grim reaper to come and take him away. (gets in costume of grim reaper) DUM DUM DU DUM, DUM DU DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM
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07-02-2004, 05:48 AM
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Quote: Originally posted by Dawn Bloom@Jul 1 2004, 06:07 PM
Hahahahhaaaaaaaaaaaa this guy is soooooo hilarious!!!!!!!!! He reminds me of someone. I can't believe that he went through so much trouble, and wasted tons of time writing this rather extensive note, and sending it to almost all of the HP sites out there, just for nothing, really!
And, I really have to say, that in my opinion, his fake title is waaaay better than J.K's real one!!!!!
Haahahahahahaaaaaa Hilarious!
Had to be a guy.... hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... LoL True. Had to be a guy.....wanted the attention. I think it's funny and we shouldn't be too mad at him. I mean it's not like we're all angels here too...I mean c'mon people....
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07-02-2004, 05:55 AM
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i think he created unnecessary confusion. but it is kinda funny....i guess...
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07-02-2004, 06:28 AM
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I'm not so mad at this guy. It irks me a bit that he says he didn't expect it to cause such a big stir... but meh.
There have been many other false rumors about the title of the book for many months, this is no different. Just be happy we have the real title now.
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07-02-2004, 04:11 PM
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To be honest I prefered the hoax title. I wonder how they are going to tranlate the tilte into Greek. :unsure: You see words like 'half-breed' or 'half-blood'usually are refering to animals. If they are going to translated the way I think, some peolpe might think the prince is a dog or something :/
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07-02-2004, 04:26 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by greek_snitch@Jul 2 2004, 01:45 PM
To be honest I prefered the hoax title. I wonder how they are going to tranlate the tilte into Greek. :unsure: You see words like 'half-breed' or 'half-blood'usually are refering to animals. If they are going to translated the way I think, some peolpe might think the prince is a dog or something :/ It probably isn't, but that sounds hilarious! | |
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07-08-2004, 01:30 AM
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What a terd
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05-22-2005, 03:10 PM
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We could do with more of these pranks and less violence in the world if you ask me. I think the prank was childish but it caused on serious damage execpt to get some of us excited and a little excitement never killed anyone. As far as I'm concerned it was a jerky thing to do but move on.
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