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| | Term 18: January - April 2008 Term Eighteen: Animal Mania! | |
03-29-2008, 12:43 PM
| | |  Gobstones Club Championship Match: Ravenclaw vs. Slytherin
Gobstones Club Rules
Hello and welcome to the Gobstones Club! Gobstones is a magical game similar to marbles & petanque played by Muggles, except that the balls spit up (gob) a foul smelling liquid in the face of the opposing player when they loose a point! The version of Gobstones we will be playing this term is Jack Stone, in which you must roll your Gobstone closer to the Jack Stone than your opponent.
House Teams: Each student will serve as a representative of their House and have the opportunity to participate in the Gobstones Tournament. There will be no set number of members on the team, and thus, NO TRYOUTS. Everyone gets to play if they wish to do so (even Mods and Quidditch team members) by choosing to answer for their House whenever a question is asked! Also, there are no ‘positions,’ so any person can answer any question at any time.
Tournament: The tournament consists of three matches, two preliminary and one final Championship match. The matches will be open in their own threads and will last for approximately 1-2 weeks, which is plenty of time to allow for people in different time zones and with differing schedules to be involved. The first two matches will run simultaneously in different threads. The third will be played a short time after those matches conclude and last for about a week.
Format & Scoring: These matches will be played using a question-answer format, similar to that used for Quidditch matches in the School RPG. Questions will be categorized by academic subjects that include: Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, Astronomy, Care of Magical Creatures, Current Events (pertains to Hogwarts, A History for the School RPG), Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Divination, Flying and Quidditch, History of Magic (includes Harry's time at Hogwarts and anything prior), Muggle Studies, Potions, and Transfiguration.
Each match is divided into eight rounds. Each round consists of three questions of varying challenge levels – Easy, Moderate, and Difficult, and varying subjects, with some questions combining subjects. Each question will be asked to BOTH Houses simultaneously in a head-to-head situation. Each house gets ONE CHANCE ONLY to answer the question, so only one player (presumably, whoever gets there first and thinks they know the answer) should answer from each House. (Please do not post the same answer multiple times from different players of the same house. Answers from the same house posted 3 or more minutes apart will be penalized so make sure you refresh when necessary.) The first House to answer correctly will get their ball closer to the Jack Stone than their opponent and earn one point for that round.
If a house answers and the opposing house believes the answer to be incorrect, that opposing house has the opportunity to answer the question correctly (provided that they have not already given another answer.) If the first House is incorrect and the second House is correct, the ball belonging to the first house will be "knocked" out of the circle and out of play. The second house's ball will be considered closest to the jack stone, thus earning them one point for that question. If both houses get the question wrong on their first attempt, both stones will roll out of the circle, out of play, and there will be no score for that question.
The House with the most points (best out of three) for each round will win that round. Each subsequent round will be played the same way until 8 rounds have been completed. The house with the most won rounds will have rolled their gobstone closest to the jack stone and won the match. In the event of a tie, either within a round or between rounds, there will be a tie-breaker question or round of questions, respectively.
Example: Here is what a question from a round may look like:
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Round 1: Question 1
Subject: Ancient Runes
Level: Easy
Question: Which rune is known as the Rune of Chance, Mystery, and Science?
Now say, Slytherin answered first with the following:
Since this answer is correct, my reply (as Club advisor) might look like this
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The Slytherin player rolls the stone at just the right speed and angle, putting their gobstone as close to the jack stone as you can get! Ravenclaw's stone overshoots and rolls out of the circle! ٍSlytherin's stone spits up that foul-smelling nastiness into the face of the Ravenclaw player!
Round 1 Score
Question 1 - Slytherin
Match Score
Slytherin: 0 roundsRavenclaw: 0 rounds
Responsibilities: All members on each team are expected to act with decorum both in the school RP and on the SS site. Any abuse or perceived unsportsmanlike conduct behavior by any member of a House (player or not) can result in House Point deduction, detention, banning from the Gobstones club, loss of the match, and/or expulsion from the site.
Infractions and Penalties: Editing your post is not allowed. If you are caught editing your answer to a question during a match, the opposing team will automatically be awarded the point for that question, regardless of their answer. | |
04-21-2008, 01:28 PM
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| | Occamy
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04-22-2008, 11:22 PM
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| | Hippogriff
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Slytherin continues to fight hard, with a well-placed gobstone just centimeters to the left of the Jack Stone! One point to Slytherin!
Quote: Round 7 Score
Question 1 - Slytherin
Question 2- Slytherin
Quote: Match Score
Ravenclaw - 2 round (1,6)
Slytherin - 4 rounds (2,3,4,5)
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Round 7: Question 3
Subject: Transfiguration
Level: Difficult
Name two examples of animals commonly transfigured into articles of clothing/ accessories.
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04-22-2008, 11:26 PM
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Beetle into a button.
Pairs of white rabbits into slippers.
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04-22-2008, 11:33 PM
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| | Hippogriff
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Slytherin sweeps the round! Nice work Slytherin!
Quote: Round 7 Score
Question 1 - Slytherin
Question 2 - Slytherin
Question 3 - Slytherin
Round WINNER = Slytherin
Quote: Match Score
Ravenclaw - 2 round (1,6)
Slytherin - 5 rounds (2,3,4,5,7)
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Round 8: Question 1
Subject: Current Events (School RPG)
Level: Easy
In what year did Theodore Puppington die?
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04-22-2008, 11:37 PM
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04-23-2008, 10:49 PM
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Ravenclaw makes an attempt but uses too much force and rolls their Gobstone out of the circle! Slytherin doesn't take their turn in time and the first turn is a draw!
OOC: The correct answer was 2043.
Quote: Round 8 Score
Question 1 - Draw
Quote: Match Score
Ravenclaw - 2 round (1,6)
Slytherin - 5 rounds (2,3,4,5,7)
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Round 8: Question 2
Subject: Potions
Level: Medium
Which plant with swollen jointed stem nodes is used in Polyjuice Potion?
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04-23-2008, 11:32 PM
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Ravenclaw makes a clean effort this turn and proves victorious over Slytherin! One point to Ravenclaw!
Quote: Round 8 Score
Question 1 - Draw
Question 2 - Ravenclaw
Quote: Match Score
Ravenclaw - 2 round (1,6)
Slytherin - 5 rounds (2,3,4,5,7)
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Round 8: Question 3
Subject: DADA
Level: Difficult
Name three ways dark creatures are different from other animals.
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04-23-2008, 11:40 PM
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-They are magical in nature.
-They often do not have a complete life cycle the way a typical animal would but exist simply as a physical extension of an evil intention.
-They seek actively to harm, often for no other reason than that's what they do.
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04-24-2008, 12:03 AM
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Ravenclaw gives another example of why they made it to the championship match, overcoming Slytherin's gobstone and finishing closer to the Jack Stone. Despite Ravenclaw winning the round, Slytherin has won the match! Congratulations to both teams for making to the Championship match! Both houses performed impressively!
OOC: If you wish to RP shaking hands with the other team, feel free to do so! Thanks to all who participated!  Quote: Round 8 Score
Question 1 - Draw
Question 2 - Ravenclaw
Question 3 - Ravenclaw
Round WINNER = Ravenclaw
Quote: Match Score
Ravenclaw - 3 rounds (1,6,8)
Slytherin - 5 rounds (2,3,4,5,7)
Match WINNER = Slytherin!!
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Austin was unhappy that Slytherins had beaten Ravenclaw at yet another school activity, but it motivated him to earn more house points. Shaking the Slytherin’s hands, Austin muttered a "good game” to each of them before leaving. | |
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