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08-09-2003, 10:07 AM
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Snitchseeker.com presents a Harry Potter fan's dream... A Multi-Player Make-Your-Own-Adventure with Dozens of Winners and Prizes!
Here's your chance to become part of a worldwide collaboration to create a new Harry Potter Adventure! Written, voted on and chosen entirely by you -- the fans! With bragging rights and killer prizes for the winners! Plus, lots of bonus prizes will be awarded along the way to both writers and voters so everyone has a chance to win!
The Contest begins in late-August. But before the fun can begin, we need your input! Visit the new forum: The Potter Project now to discuss what kind of story we want to create! Here's How It Works:
Made possible by some amazing new software called FanLib, the contest works like a democratic "chain fanfic." Each week is a "Round" in which our moderator posts a "Mission" that briefly outlines what should happen in the upcoming scene to be created.
After a minimum number of scenes are submitted, the Preliminary Voting begins. Later in the week, a small handful of Finalists will compete in Final Voting. When the Round is over at the end of the week, a single winning Scene will become part of the story (its author gets a prize!) and a new Round will begin. This cycle repeats for several weeks until the story is complete. Then, a lucky player from among the weekly winners will be awarded the Grand Prize.
Stay tuned for more details, the contest dates, and an announcement of some of the great Harry Potter prizes we'll be giving away.
Until then, have your say in the Forums today about Your Harry Potter Adventure!  | |
09-13-2003, 02:45 PM
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I spent quite some time writing up the first scene, then it refused to let me submit it  , and I discovered that I'm not eligible because I don't live in the USA. 
Guess I should have read the rules first :ermsmile:, but is there any way I can submit it anyway? I would like to see how well it's received, even if I can't win anything.
[EDIT: Thanks gideonblaze, I figured out what was wrong with it after all. It would be cool if you could edit whatever you have submitted though.]
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09-13-2003, 07:21 PM
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sounds aweseom :sorcerer:
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09-13-2003, 08:06 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada *its da best*
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its pretty cool i was confused on what to do at first but i got it this is pretty sexiting PoIcE keepin it real  | 
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09-13-2003, 10:02 PM
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I want 2 vote but when I click on 'vote now' Terms of Service comes up. I click on the little box to show that I agree and click continue, but then it just takes me back to the main page of the Potter Project! Please help!
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09-14-2003, 02:59 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Texas
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Just curious about the BuzzPoints (the numbers that appear in parentheses next to our names on the sidebar list) - I know you get points for submitting and voting, but obviously there are other things you get points for, too... What are they?
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09-14-2003, 04:46 AM
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I was wondering, is it a must for the Weasleys to pop by and remind Harry of his parents when they talk about graduation?
The 'About Story' section on the mainpage mentions this: Quote: A new year has begun and once again the Hogwarts castle is bustling. Harry, Hermione and Ron are in their seventh and final year. All seems well with the adventurous trio. But, when Ron's family drops by and talks excitedly of the coming graduation, Harry suddenly feels very alone. And so begins his greatest quest: to go back in time to stop his parents from being murdered. but the scene mission just says Quote: Harry, feeling down about the loss of his parents, decides to tell his friends what's on his mind. I would like this clarified before I start working on my second submission, it's a pity there's a character limit, I tend to write pretty lengthy stuff...
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09-14-2003, 05:31 AM
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My script won't upload! I've had it ready for about a week. I wanna enter. When I typed it in the box, it said there was a problem with the upload and when I tried it the other way it says it was over 5000 characters, :wtf: which isn't true! It's a little under 3000. That's what my Word Program says, at least. I need help and answers...
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09-14-2003, 09:57 AM
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I had trouble uploading my script as well. I finally managed by making it a .txt file and uploading (rather than cut and pasting). I still got the error message, buy when I went into "My Chamber" I was able to retrieve the script and continue the process.
The only problem now is that it seems all my apostrophe's have turned into question marks. It didn't look like this when I accepted and sent the script through, only when I view the submitted script in "My Chamber" (and I assume when others view my script to rate it). :unsure:
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09-14-2003, 01:29 PM
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Sound fun but hard.
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09-14-2003, 02:38 PM
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0k im in ,im actualy writting a book at the moment so this should be fun :sorcerer: !
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09-15-2003, 04:37 AM
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Hi - I've posted a couple scenes - it was way fun to do. It's great to get the comments, and to read everyone else's submits. I've not seen any writing that I didn't like for one reason or other.
The fanlib software is a little hard to work, but amazing. I loaded as .txt and had to edit to get it to work. My first submit wasn't formatted in the right way, but I think that's okay for a first go-round. My second try, I got closer...
Its like the moving staircases at Hogwarts. You have to learn them by walking around and testing them out.
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09-15-2003, 07:46 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by Dumbledore@Aug 9 2003, 04:07 AM Snitchseeker.com presents a Harry Potter fan's dream...
A Multi-Player Make-Your-Own-Adventure with Dozens of Winners and Prizes!
Here's your chance to become part of a worldwide collaboration to create a new Harry Potter Adventure! Written, voted on and chosen entirely by you -- the fans! With bragging rights and killer prizes for the winners! Plus, lots of bonus prizes will be awarded along the way to both writers and voters so everyone has a chance to win!
The Contest begins in late-August. But before the fun can begin, we need your input! Visit the new forum: The Potter Project now to discuss what kind of story we want to create!
Here's How It Works:
Made possible by some amazing new software called FanLib, the contest works like a democratic "chain fanfic." Each week is a "Round" in which our moderator posts a "Mission" that briefly outlines what should happen in the upcoming scene to be created.
After a minimum number of scenes are submitted, the Preliminary Voting begins. Later in the week, a small handful of Finalists will compete in Final Voting. When the Round is over at the end of the week, a single winning Scene will become part of the story (its author gets a prize!) and a new Round will begin. This cycle repeats for several weeks until the story is complete. Then, a lucky player from among the weekly winners will be awarded the Grand Prize.
Stay tuned for more details, the contest dates, and an announcement of some of the great Harry Potter prizes we'll be giving away.
Until then, have your say in the Forums today about Your Harry Potter Adventure! :flowersmile: Hi!!!!!!
Sorry, but anyone know how can I change my house? I am in Huflepuff and I would like to stay in Slytherin.
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09-16-2003, 01:44 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Texas
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As I've been watching the contest develop, I had a few thoughts.
- My impression is that we're supposed to be writing movie scripts. But some of the best stories (some that are getting really good marks) have a lot of explanation that isn't dialogue or action - just prose explantion which can't be done in a movie. What do you all think?
- I wonder also if people realize how hard it is to get all the required action into 5000 characters and still be as descriptive as Rowling is.
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09-16-2003, 03:15 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: hinterlands of Vermont
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Quote: Originally posted by agrippa@Sep 16 2003, 07:44 AM
- I wonder also if people realize how hard it is to get all the required action into 5000 characters and still be as descriptive as Rowling is. Boy is that for sure. I think it was Alexander Pope who said "If I'd had more time I would have written less". He must have been familiar with The Potter Project. My original scene was 14,000 characters and editing it down (and still having a scene that made any sense at all) was a challenge. And certainly I lost much of the touches that I thought made it truer to JKR's works.
But I'm still really enjoying the whole process - it's cool to see all the different ideas people have come up with.
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09-17-2003, 02:12 AM
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How do I enter a story? I've written a beginning to the story I think has a shot at winning, but can't figure out where to enter it. This site keeps making me re log in and stuff and I get confused and it's irritating. Please Help.
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09-17-2003, 04:08 AM
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hedwigsglovesquidditch - the submissions for this go-round are closed, but voting and reading submissions is still open. i believe the process for scene three will start in a week or two?
agrippa, vladagain - yeah. i think the screenplay format takes getting used to. i just played with the whole process this time, to see how it all works. i hope the winner for this round should look as much like a script as possible. my thought is that less description is more in a screenplay, as in setting just the scene and present emotions, not giving all the character traits and details like the novels do?
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09-17-2003, 11:27 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: hinterlands of Vermont
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I think this first scene mission was a learning process for everyone. Most of us, if we write at all, write stories, not scripts. It takes a whille to get used to this new form. And some folks just plain didn't grasp the "scene mission" idea at all. I wanted to introduce a new acronym - UOTC - for "Unclear of the Concept" for my reviews of some scenes. By the time we finish this storyline Fanlib will have all its kinks worked out, we'll all be pros at the writing/submitting process, and I think (hope) the submissions will all be uniformly better.
I have a question about the avatars next to the comments added to the end of each reviewed scene. Most people seem to just have the Hogwarts badge but a few comments have unique avatars (like there was a giant sparkly Mickey Mouse who is now reduced in size but is still recognizably Mickey.)
Why aren't our snitchseeker avatars being copied over to the Potter Project and how did Mickey's owner get the Mickey avatar (for example) in the comment section.
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09-17-2003, 11:51 AM
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Quote: Originally posted by vladagain@Sep 17 2003, 07:27 PM
Most people seem to just have the Hogwarts badge but a few comments have unique avatars (like there was a giant sparkly Mickey Mouse who is now reduced in size but is still recognizably Mickey.) The owner of that Mickey Mouse avatar, was ******* me off. The avatar size that is. Please make sure your avatars are 100x100 or LESS. Anything over just distorts your image, and can mess layouts up, both in the forums and FanLib.
I personally didn't like some comments I saw from people. You have to realize that some people don't understand it completely, and to have people saying, "It sucks" and other negative put-downs, can upset people, and deter them from participating in things like this in the future. | |
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09-17-2003, 08:28 PM
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I agree completely! I hope I didn't make any comments like that! You know "If u cant say anything nice, dont say nothing at all!" Awww.........I love Thumper!
Anyway, I thought every1 did a great job. I read quite a few and was surprised at the originality of a lot of them. I mean, how many ways can you write a short scene like that? (Don't answer!)
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09-17-2003, 08:32 PM
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I really enjoyed reading all the submissions. THey were great. Really. Every single one. But some where just greater than others.  It's sometimes really is hard to write in a specified number of words. (think all those english essays. GAA!) But we who reviewed had to keep our comments down to. Still no excuse to use offencive language in them, though!
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09-17-2003, 08:37 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by Elektra+Sep 17 2003, 07:51 AM--> | QUOTE (Elektra @ Sep 17 2003, 07:51 AM) | The owner of that Mickey Mouse avatar, was ******* me off. The avatar size that is. Please make sure your avatars are 100x100 or LESS. Anything over just distorts your image, and can mess layouts up, both in the forums and FanLib.
I personally didn't like some comments I saw from people. You have to realize that some people don't understand it completely, and to have people saying, "It sucks" and other negative put-downs, can upset people, and deter them from participating in things like this in the future. [/b][/quote]
Quote: The owner of that Mickey Mouse avatar, was ******* me off. The avatar size that is. Please make sure your avatars are 100x100 or LESS. Anything over just distorts your image, and can mess layouts up, both in the forums and FanLib. There was a HUGE Emma & Daniel promo shot too. It' sgone and Mickey is now avatar size. I figured that was the fanlib "gods" at work. But Agrippa's avatar above looks to be 100x100 or less and I know mine is and yet our comments just have the hogwarts badge. I don't mind, the badge is nice. I'm just curious. I like to know how things work.
Quote: I personally didn't like some comments I saw from people. I tried to say something nice in every review. Even the couple I rated "0" I found something to say because someone had spent time on it and had tried. I'm a grown-up but I figure there are plenty of kids playing at this and I'd like to encourage them to keep trying. I suspect some of the most egregious comments came from other kids though.
In a later incarnation of this game I think it would be nice if older players (or non-players) who grasp the concept of the scene missions and proofreading/punctuation/spelling were available to betaread or mentor younger players. Of course we all want to "win" but I think the whole game is more fun if the overall quality of submissions are raised by working together.
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09-18-2003, 03:06 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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I know this is going to sound stupid but where do I go to get sorted. I got my letter, my books and my wand but can't find the sorting hat. HELP ME
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09-19-2003, 12:25 PM
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Just for grins - before I realized that an author can only submit two scenes per round, I wrote another version of scene one. So I thought I'd post it here and see what people thought about it. Sorry about the formatting... it was meant for the auto-formatter.
INFINTE LOOP
INT Great Hall - Morning
The hall is buzzing with students finishing up breakfast. At the end of the Gryffindor table, Harry and Ron are chatting and laughing, although we can not hear what they are saying. The boys get up to leave. As they pass the Slytherin table, they overhear Draco talking to Crabbe and Goyle. He is holding a timeturner.
"Draco
(loudly, so that all can hear) Yeah, it's a timeturner. Prof. Snape gave it to me so that I could take N.E.W.T.-level Potions and Herbology at the same time. I was planning not take Potions this year, but Prof. Snape practically begged me to stay in his class..."
Harry and Ron, glancing at each other, make their way out of the Great Hall and up the staircase. The halls are crowded with students heading to class.
"Ron
What's he doing with a timeturner? If there's anyone who shouldn't have one..."
"Harry
At least when Hermione had one she didn't go parading it in front of everybody."
"Ron
Stupid git. Wish I had a timetuner. I'd go back 18 years and figure out how to keep the idiot from being born."
"Harry
(glumly) If I could go back 18 years, I know what I'd do."
"Ron
What?"
When Harry doesn't respond, he catches on.
"Harry
I just wish they could have been here this weekend."
They round a corner into another corridor, and Hermione joins them from another direction.
"Hermione
(breathlessly) Sorry I missed breakfast. Last minute reading."
"Ron
(with a smirk) You're not using a timeturner again, are you?"
"Hermione
(surprised) No. Of course not. Why?"
"Ron
'Cause Draco's got one. We saw him showing it off to Crabbe and Goyle at breakfast."
"Hermione
You've got to be joking! Draco - with a timeturner? What idiot would give him a timeturner?"
"Snape
(appearing, as usual, out of nowhere) The same idiot who will be giving you a grade in Potions this year, Miss Granger. And I would suggest, as I have so often in the past, that the three of you (gritting his teeth and emphasizing each word) mind...your...own...business."
With a flash of cape, he passes them by.
"Hermione
(hurt) Oh! If I had a timeturner, I'd go back and keep that horrible man from ever being hired."
Harry and Ron exchange glances.
"Harry
(carefully) Well... I guess we'd all change some things about the past if we could."
"Hermione
Of course we would. (She realizes what Harry must mean.) Oh, Harry... I didn't mean..."
"Ron
So what stopping us? Can't be too hard to steal a timeturner from a git like Draco."
"Hermione
(snappily) Ron, you know very well that I can't have any part in that."
"Ron
Right, Head Girl and all that. But Harry and I..."
"Hermione
No! I absolutely forbid you to go anywhere near that timeturner. (The boys laugh.) Besides, you can't use a timeturner to go any more than a few hours, unless you... "
"Harry
Unless we what?"
She remains silent.
"Ron
Tell us, Hermione. You know we'll get it out of you eventually."
"Hermione
(giving in) You need a Potency Potion. There."
She storms off. The boys stare at her and then at each other.
EXT Quidditch Pitch - evening
Ron and Harry are underneath the stands. Harry has a small cauldron of a yellow-green potion.
"Ron
Good thing Ginny's such a wiz at potions. This one would've taken us forever."
"Harry
So... we just dip the timeturner in there, and..."
"Ron
Then four turns should do it."
They sneak out from under the stands. Above them, the Slytherin team is practicing.
"Ron
(whispering) There's Draco's bag."
"Harry
Look in the side pocket."
Harry, pretending to watch practice, stands in front of the bag as Ron rummages through it.
"Ron
Got it."
The boys run back under the stands. Ron holds the timeturner by its chain and dips it into the potion, which spits green flames into the air. When he pulls it out, it glows with the same color as the potion. The boys stare at it for a moment.
"Hermione
(from behind them) What ARE you doing?"
Ron hides the timeturner behind his back as they spin around to face her.
"Ron
Just playing a little joke on Draco..."
"Hermione
No you're not. I know a Potency Potion when I see one. You're going to give that back to Draco right now. (Sharply) You haven't actually dipped the thing yet, have you?"
"Harry
Er... no."
They follow Hermione onto the pitch.
"Hermione
(shouting) Draco! A moment, please."
Draco flies down, eyeing them suspiciously.
"Hermione
(authoritatively) Ron, you have something to give Draco."
"Ron
(inspired) Yeah, I do. Here's your timeturner, Draco."
He hurls the timeturner into the air as high as he can. Draco kicks off on his broom and catches it high in the air. Putting it in his pocket, he performs four loops before landing in front of them. The timeturner in his pocket is glowing a strong green now, but none of the students notice.
"Draco
(wickedly) See, Potter, you're not the only one who can handle a broom. And just wait until I tell Prof. Snape that you..."
He is interrupted by a ball of green light eminating from his pocket. All four students are surrounded by the light. With a flash, they are gone.
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One thing this scene still doesn't do is have Harry go to find Hermione and "discover" Ron there to his suprise. Here's why I just can't write it that way: it inevitably leads to him catching them "in the act." While I am in the H/R ship camp, I don't see them keeping it from Harry for a long time - I don't think he likes Hermione that way anyway. (Please don't flame me on that... I just wanted to explain.)
Agrippa
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09-19-2003, 12:38 PM
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For whatever it may be worth, I read many of those scenes, and I think this one is well-written. Very well-written. That is a problem that is doesn't "quite" fit the mission, but many of the stories would have fallen in that category. When I was rating, I kept having to refer back to the mission to remind myself of the components I needed to be looking for.
I think the Potter Project is great fun! I look forward to whatever you come up with for the next mission, agrippa.
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09-19-2003, 01:24 PM
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Whoa, I like this one even better than the one you currently have in the finals (and I like that one a lot! ). Well written (I think you call it a potency charm in one place and it becomes a potion but otherwise very well edited too). The characters were all very in character.
I had trouble with the whole "finding Ron with Hermione" thing too although I think there were other options than an illicit romance. More than that, I have trouble with the whole idea of Hermione ever agreeing to go back in the past to help Harry save his parents or even of Harry insisting on trying it (The 3rd Prediction story provided the best reason for their actions I thought). Harry's going back is central to the whole story though so we can't rewrite that; finding Hermione with Ron is a very minor part of the scene. And you came up with a good solution to having Hermione help without doing it wholeheartedly.
If you had submitted this scene I think it would have won. Or you would have had two in the finals at least.
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