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07-31-2011, 09:02 AM
| | |  Pottermore Magical Quill challenge Day 1 closed, new Privet Drive teaser image
Pottermore.com's Magical Quill scavenger hunt has now begun, where fans of the Harry Potter books are given a question from the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone, which they must answer to get the quill.pottermore.com/ access code in order to register. A screencap of the question for day one, on July 31, 2011, can be seen here. 
For those who do know the answer and have registered, we advise you to put it under a spoiler tag, so as to avoid spoiling other fans: [*spoiler="Pottermore Magic Quill answer 1"]Answer text[*/spoiler] - but without the asterisks *
As for those who have registered, validated their emails and can see the image below, of Privet Drive at night surrounded by a flock of owls, please note that this is not the entrance to the beta site. Also, an alloted number of people will be chosen to gain access to this early site every day; after the number has been filled, registration access for the day will be closed, and fans will have to wait the following day to get a chance to register. Again, this will take place from July 31 to August 6, 2011. 
Another email will be sent out to those who have validated their email addresses and have access so far to this early landing page, which will be their WELCOME EMAIL to the beta Pottermore.com site, where fans can receive their wands and head to Hogwarts.
A big note: the welcome letters can come to fans anytime after the Magical Quill challenge, starting August 7 to September 30, 2011, and the first million to respond to those welcome emails will be the first to test the beta site. If you receive the welcome email after the first million have been chosen, you will have to wait until October 2011, the official opening of Pottermore.com, to gain access. More on that can be read here, as released to SnitchSeeker by the Pottermore team: Quote:
Finally, please note that we will not be enabling early access to the site straight away. Once The Magical Quill challenge is over, we will send successful early access registrants a Welcome email, letting them know when they will be able to access Pottermore. We won’t be able to let everyone into the Beta site at the same time, so please be patient with us. You may have to wait a few weeks for your Welcome email to arrive.
And for those who have already registered, feel free to discuss it in this thread, including what your username is (if you so choose to divulge it). Good luck to all! UPDATE: Pottermore's official Insider blog just posted stating that registration for the first day is now CLOSED. The second day of registration will commence sometime August 1, 2011. Day 1 of The Magical Quill challenge is now closed.
If you didn’t get to register today, don’t worry – you’ll have another chance to find The Magical Quill and register for early access tomorrow. The Magical Quill’s location will change every day.
As there are a limited number of registration places available each day, we expect them to go very quickly. We won’t be announcing the arrival of a new clue on our Twitter account to ensure we don’t give an unfair advantage to Twitter users, but we will let you know, via @Pottermore and the Insider, once the maximum number of registrations for each day has been reached.
We expect a large number of people to try and solve The Magical Quill clues and enter the Pottermore early access registration process. This means that you may have to wait to access the Pottermore site pages. If this happens, please bear with us while we try and direct you to the correct page. If there are any serious access difficulties, we will update this blog with the relevant information.
We will also be varying the time each clue is revealed – as well as the difficulty of the clues – to give as many people as possible a chance to register for early access.
If you did register for early access today, then congratulations! You should receive your validation email shortly. Don't forget to click the link in your validation email within 48 hours; this will secure your early access place.
Please note that we will not be enabling early access to the site straight away. Once The Magical Quill challenge is over, we will send successful early access registrants a Welcome email, letting them know when they will be able to access Pottermore. We won’t be able to let everyone into the Beta site at the same time; you may have to wait a few weeks for your Welcome email to arrive.
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07-31-2011, 01:03 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Australia
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Originally Posted by Ginny GL  I'm feeling cheated with this. The clue was released basically for Europeans. Those of us in America are pretty much excluded with the time. The clues could come at different times, So tomorrow it may be more USA friendly!
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07-31-2011, 01:34 PM
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Join Date: May 2011 Location: Atlanta, Georgia USA
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I had been watching different sites last night trying to get an idea as to when the first clue would be posted. One place said about 3:00 a.m. Eastern U.S. time. I set my alarm for just a little before 3:00. I think it was actually posted around 4:00 a.m. I had already said I didn't care if I didn't sleep. I wanted to be one of the first ones. lol
Got my validation email at 4:11 a.m. Eastern Time U.S. and validated it within minutes. My user name is RoseNiffler99.
From what the info on the Pottermore blog says, validating our registration secures us an early access place. Not everybody will get access at the same time, though, I believe. I don't care when (of course sooner would be better), just as long as I get to access it before October.
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07-31-2011, 01:37 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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Apparantly- they're not going to send out any of the actual emails saying you've got early access until the end of this week to give everyone a chance to register. However, someone implied that if you managed to get registered and verified today, you defo have early access.  just in case anyone was wondering.  Although, I'm not entirely sure that that is true- I really hope it is! | |
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07-31-2011, 01:37 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
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please help me!! haha
you know at the top of the pottermore page it says sign in? How do i become a member or register? can i play the quill challenge if i dont have a login?
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07-31-2011, 01:40 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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Originally Posted by emmamort please help me!! haha
you know at the top of the pottermore page it says sign in? How do i become a member or register? can i play the quill challenge if i dont have a login?
thanks You'll have to wait until tomorrow now for a chance to do the Quill challenge again and get registered- good luck! | |
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07-31-2011, 01:43 PM
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What was the Answer? I must not be a good fan cause I really don't know!
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07-31-2011, 01:46 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Vacation
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Originally Posted by Ginny GL I'm feeling cheated with this. The clue was released basically for Europeans. Those of us in America are pretty much excluded with the time. You are right! How are we supposed to we able to get to it before all of them. Its saying to us that we have to wake up really early to get it.
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07-31-2011, 01:52 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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Originally Posted by beachdude654 You are right! How are we supposed to we able to get to it before all of them. Its saying to us that we have to wake up really early to get it. Pottermore is based in the UK- their offices and everything, it's probably when it's the best times for them unfortunately for some.
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07-31-2011, 01:59 PM
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so what time british time do they release the clue? how long do i have to wait in australia?? haha
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07-31-2011, 02:19 PM
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What time does the clue come up each day? Is it midnight in britain? So would that mean I'd have to come on then?
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07-31-2011, 02:23 PM
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Yayyyy I got my email! The only problem ( and its kinda big...) Is that im gonna be invacation starting tomorow untill the 15th, and im not sure ill have internet.... I hope I will receive the email, but on the 16th or something!
Username: thestralWitch113
The clue is not going to be released at the same time everyday to give everyone a chance But they keep the time a secret though!
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07-31-2011, 02:27 PM
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I got in!!
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07-31-2011, 02:36 PM
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Hopefully I will get in! I Am in the jersey shore this weekend so maybe when I get home I will registered!!! I'm praying!
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07-31-2011, 02:38 PM
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yay! I defo have early access! so excited! | |
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07-31-2011, 02:42 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Slovakia
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I managed to register today under username RuneAvis87, but I still didn't get my confirmation e-mail. Is anyone having this kind of problem? I was looking through some tweets posted under that #pottermore hash tag and some people with Yahoo mail accounts have the same problem. Hope I'll receive the mail later today :/.
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07-31-2011, 02:44 PM
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is this gong way fast,or is it being ruled by UK time or something?
ahhh, yeah, I see now. 
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07-31-2011, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by elisx I managed to register today under username RuneAvis87, but I still didn't get my confirmation e-mail. Is anyone having this kind of problem? I was looking through some tweets posted under that #pottermore hash tag and some people with Yahoo mail accounts have the same problem. Hope I'll receive the mail later today :/. i'm on Yahoo and it took 4 hours for mine to come. and a tip of advice- keep signing in and refreshing your Pottermore page! because it'll tell you if you have early access or not. | |
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07-31-2011, 03:05 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Ohio, United States
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Unfortunately, it was about 4-6am here in the US when registration opened, so I didn't get in. October's not really looking so bad now.....
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07-31-2011, 03:10 PM
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Join Date: May 2011
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I got the e-mail,user name is CatNight209,I like it!cat is my favourite animal and 209 is my birthday!
I don`t know got the e-mail,see the "congratuations" means i can be the one to enter Pottermore early?
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07-31-2011, 03:11 PM
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| | Jarvey
Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Slovakia
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Originally Posted by Some Mystical Girl i'm on Yahoo and it took 4 hours for mine to come. and a tip of advice- keep signing in and refreshing your Pottermore page! because it'll tell you if you have early access or not. I tried to sign in, but I can't! I guess I have to validate my email address first?
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07-31-2011, 03:17 PM
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i think everyone has already taken out of my mouth the frustration of this thing....
thank goodness this is an ongoing thing till august 6.... (althought I Pray i get in tomorrow as the rest of the weekdays will be really problematic)
and I hope there is easier questions.... with something that's not math ;p
anyway people who have managed to sign in, congrats! you lucky ones!-
you picked really cool usernames too.
could you please explain how exactly do you pick your username?
i know it's from a preselected list of harry potter-related words you put two together plus a number.
could you guys who already got usernames, tell the rest of us the list of available words available?
i already noticed- Witch, Magick, Rune, Spell, Gold, wolfbane, Stone, prophecy, elm, owl, blood, quest, knight, scarlet, hazel, bronze, lumos, sky, rose, firebolt, skull, wild, dawn, silver, auror, patronus, charm, willow, glow, phoenix, potion, niffler, thestral, Avis, cat.....
are there any more words?
also do they ask you to put your Real name- or just a username?
please answer me this
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07-31-2011, 03:22 PM
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| | Jarvey
Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Slovakia
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Originally Posted by goldenGryffingirl i think everyone has already taken out of my mouth the frustration of this thing....
thank goodness this is an ongoing thing till august 6.... (althought I Pray i get in tomorrow as the rest of the weekdays will be really problematic)
and I hope there is easier questions.... with something that's not math ;p
anyway people who have managed to sign in, congrats! you lucky ones!-
you picked really cool usernames too.
could you please explain how exactly do you pick your username?
i know it's from a preselected list of harry potter-related words you put two together plus a number.
could you guys who already got usernames, tell the rest of us the list of available words available?
i already noticed- Witch, Magick, Rune, Spell, Gold, wolfbane, Stone, prophecy, elm, owl, blood, quest, knight, scarlet, hazel, bronze, lumos, sky, rose, firebolt, skull, wild, dawn, silver, auror, patronus, charm, willow, glow, phoenix, potion, niffler, thestral, Avis, cat.....
are there any more words?
also do they ask you to put your Real name- or just a username?
please answer me this I don't think there's a list of words used, but try look for usernames people already chose, like you did, as I can see.
And yes, you're right, there's a list of 5 (I think...) usernames that are in a form WordWordNumber and you can chose only one, obviously.
They ask for your first name only if you are younger than 13 years old. If older, they also want to know your last name.
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07-31-2011, 03:25 PM
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| | Billywig
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 3,551
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Fifth Year | Superfan of: Minerva, Severus, Albus, Hermione <3 Travelling/ History geek/ TV show addict
I didn't even know what time Pottermore would open today, I just logged on SS this morning, read the announcement and hurried to solve the clue  I was very lucky, managing to register today, and my username is great too, SpellRose21. 
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07-31-2011, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by elisx I don't think there's a list of words used, but try look for usernames people already chose, like you did, as I can see.
And yes, you're right, there's a list of 5 (I think...) usernames that are in a form WordWordNumber and you can chose only one, obviously.
They ask for your first name only if you are younger than 13 years old. If older, they also want to know your last name. okay now i'm confused... you say there isn't a list of words to pick from, but then you say there's a list of five (yes- five is correct i remember reading this at the pottermore insider) usernames....
so what? you type one word and it lets you know if a username with that word is taken or free to use?
can someone who done it already please explain this to me?
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07-31-2011, 03:29 PM
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| | Billywig
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 3,551
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Fifth Year | Superfan of: Minerva, Severus, Albus, Hermione <3 Travelling/ History geek/ TV show addict
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Originally Posted by goldenGryffingirl okay now i'm confused... you say there isn't a list of words to pick from, but then you say there's a list of five (yes- five is correct i remember reading this at the pottermore insider) usernames....
so what? you type one word and it lets you know if a username with that word is taken or free to use?
can someone who done it already please explain this to me? No, you don't type anything. The site automatically generates 5 possible usernames for you, and you need to choose one of those. Hope that helped.
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