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allucha · 08-02-2011, 10:03 AM

Pottermore.com’s Magical Quill Scavenger Hunt has launched the third round of registrations, giving fans worldwide the opportunity to have early access by answering a question from the third book, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

A screencap of the question for Day Three, August 2, 2011, can be seen below:

For those who have found the question and managed to register, you may discuss the question/answer in this thread but please put your comments in a spoiler tag to avoid spoiling other fans. [*spoiler=Pottermore Magical Quill Day Three]Answer text[*/spoiler] – but remove the asterisks (*)

Do NOT post the link of the page the Magical Quill challenge directs to! Also: make sure your adblock is disabled, or you won't be able to see the quill.

Once registered, you may also insert your Pottermore name into your SnitchSeeker profile, if you would like to, by following this link and completing the field titled "Pottermore Username".

SnitchSeeker will continuously update with news on Pottermore every day of this week, including when the new clues are released. Wednesday’s question will revolve around the fourth book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, so it may be worth refreshing your knowledge of Durmstrang and Beauxbatons (for who knows what the question will be).

Note: If you've answered the clue and been able to register and validate your account, you are done with this stage of the Pottermore experience. You do not need to register again; the next part is to await the Welcome Email for the Pottermore beta site, which will be sent anytime between August 7 to September 30, 2011.

UPDATE: The Third Day of registrations are now closed. Be sure to check tomorrow for another chance to sign up to Pottermore.com!

UPDATE 2: The Pottermore Insider blog has been updated, answering some more commonly asked questions and also giving a hint on when tomorrow's Clue will be revealed.

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So far, all the clues have appeared in the early hours of the morning in my time zone. Will this continue for the remainder of The Magical Quill challenge?
We know that Harry Potter fans around the world are taking part in the challenge, so we will be varying the times that the clues are revealed. We can tell you that tomorrow's clue (Day 4) will be released between 2.00pm and 6.00pm BST.

I have seen people offering to register early access accounts for others. Is it safe to give my personal details to someone who is offering this service?
Absolutely not. You should never share personal details online unless you are certain how they will be used and protected. Also, please note that the transfer of Pottermore accounts is expressly prohibited in The Magical Quill promotion Terms & Conditions.

Is there any update on the Yahoo! Mail issue?
This has now been resolved and everyone who registered with a Yahoo! Mail account on Sunday or Monday should now have received their validation email.

savvyhat · 08-02-2011, 04:26 PM

When do the clues get posted???? I got up at 3.30 this morning and kept refreshing the page for an hour and half and nothing ever changed. Naturally, when I got up this morning it was already closed.

Rin68nyr · 08-02-2011, 04:26 PM

No one KNOWS...but so far, there has been a pattern..I'm in Eastern time zone, and Day 1 was a little after 4am, Day 2 was a little after 5 am, and day 3 was a little after 6 am.

Erin

Rizla · 08-02-2011, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Rin68nyr

No one KNOWS...but so far, there has been a pattern..I'm in Eastern time zone, and Day 1 was a little after 4am, Day 2 was a little after 5 am, and day 3 was a little after 6 am.

Erin

Lol. I dont want to get up a little after 7am and its gone thta would be so annoying. lol

Egyptian_Blue · 08-02-2011, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Rizla

Does anyone know what time it will be up tomorrow?

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Originally Posted by savvyhat

When do the clues get posted???? I got up at 3.30 this morning and kept refreshing the page for an hour and half and nothing ever changed. Naturally, when I got up this morning it was already closed.

Keep an eye on the Pottermore Insider (official blog) and other online resources. They might give a hint - for today, they told us the clue would be posted within a four hour window, and they might do something like that again.

Also, Erin is right, there has been a pattern so far. That may not stay true, but if you can't stay up all night it might be worth waking up at the next hour in the pattern as a best guess.

Rizla · 08-02-2011, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Egyptian_Blue

Keep an eye on the Pottermore Insider (official blog) and other online resources. They might give a hint - for today, they told us the clue would be posted within a four hour window, and they might do something like that again.

Also, Erin is right, there has been a pattern so far. That may not stay true, but if you can't stay up all night it might be worth waking up at the next hour in the pattern as a best guess.

thanks. just going to get up at 6am NYC time and just take it from there.

fairymahal · 08-02-2011, 05:18 PM

hey I was out of home , so wasn't able to use internet... can somebody tell me which way the url with answer directed to reach magical quill
like on 31st it redirected to sony
on 1st to warnerbros website and from photos we have to search quill
what was today?

(p.s.: I have already registered)

Diagonally95 · 08-02-2011, 05:48 PM

Besides being able to use it early, I hope early users will have some kind of cool seniority or their username be in different color font or like a cool symbol next to their username that shows that they were the "elite hardcore fan beta testers"

That would be awesome. People would look at ElmPhoenix103 and be like, "Whoa, that guy's a legend."

Her-my-oh-knee · 08-02-2011, 05:58 PM

Hey someone was talking about IP addresses... I made 2 accounts on my laptop but one is for my friend... I used 2 different emails but for some idiot reason I put my name for both of them... That's not going to make them delete the accounts is it???

Ok I just saw where someone posted that if you were found creating a username for someone else, your accounts could be deleted because they have your IP address.... SO I decided to delete the account i had for my friend... She will just have to try herself.

Riddikulus · 08-02-2011, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by BonnieGinnyfan

Congrats guys!!It's really fun getting every day in the site

I really hope once we start to get sorted into Gryffindor!

I am SOO excited about being sorted!!

Steph~Black · 08-02-2011, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Riddikulus

I am SOO excited about being sorted!!

Me too! I'm Hoping for Slytherin or Gryffindor, but Ravenclaw is OK too...
What the hell is a Hufflepuff?

Rin68nyr · 08-02-2011, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Rizla

thanks. just going to get up at 6am NYC time and just take it from there.

I wouldn't trust a pattern, either. I did read, over on Pottermore Help (Facebook) and it IS posted at Pottermore Insider (official Pottermore help page) that tomorrow's clue will be released between 2 and 6 BST. For the eastern time zone (Rizla!) that is between 9am and 1pm.

Good luck!
Erin

emma_granger · 08-02-2011, 07:02 PM

can't wait to see the next question

Rizla · 08-02-2011, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Rin68nyr

I wouldn't trust a pattern, either. I did read, over on Pottermore Help (Facebook) and it IS posted at Pottermore Insider (official Pottermore help page) that tomorrow's clue will be released between 2 and 6 BST. For the eastern time zone (Rizla!) that is between 9am and 1pm.

Good luck!
Erin

Thanks mate. Its better to be up early then not to be up at all i suppose.

I really want to get involved in this. I hope im not the only 29 year old here doing this. lol

FINDRedvines · 08-02-2011, 07:28 PM

I got it! Finally! I love my username, RainErised19.

Eeek. I can't wait to get my welcome email, it'll be like the Hogwarts Acceptance Letter I never got.

GryffindorLioness · 08-02-2011, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Rin68nyr

lol I thought I had gotten to the wrong page...but then I saw the quill! I'm In!!!

Woo Hoo!!!

Erin

I thought the same thing! I thought it was just another article covering Pottermore until I saw the quill in the ad moved when I accidently ran my mouse over it!

Good luck to all - I'm IcePhoenix177!

JennMarie · 08-02-2011, 08:03 PM

The fourth Magical Quill challenge, as confirmed by @Pottermore (twitter), will be available between 2.00pm - 6.00pm BST (9am-1pm EST; 6-10am PST).

Just so that everyone knows

Rin68nyr · 08-02-2011, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Rizla

Thanks mate. Its better to be up early then not to be up at all i suppose.

I really want to get involved in this. I hope im not the only 29 year old here doing this. lol

LOL Don't worry...I and several others I know who are doing this are older than you!

Erin

Adelaide_Rane_Parker · 08-02-2011, 08:20 PM

Has anyone NOT received a verification email that got through the registration process?

I have not received mine and i got all the way through the other steps i have yahoo and i noticed the UPDATE saying they fixed the problem with yahoo emails not being sent out but now im worried that i wont get mine before 48hr or the cut off time u have to verify.

PLEASE HeLP if i dont verify before the cut off i will lose my early entry chance permanatly

katiebell · 08-02-2011, 08:44 PM

^It took a long time for my daughter's verification email to arrive, and when she clicked on the link to validate it, she got a page saying that the registration wasn't working and she'd have to create another account (which she couldn't do, obviously). So she went to pottermore.com and put in her username and password to sign in and it worked. Worth a shot for you to try it too. (If you don't remember your username or password are, you can ask the site to email them to you.)

Expecto-Penguin · 08-02-2011, 09:27 PM

i hope i can get in...but im always working...it sucks...I WILL TRY TOMORROW!

nitnatttt · 08-02-2011, 09:37 PM

I'm so glad I already have my pottermore account! Goodluck to all of you who don't!!

Fred is awesome · 08-02-2011, 10:25 PM

I GOT IN!

I'm SeekerBludger152!

Me and my lil bro made our accounts on the same computer, is that against the rules? We're two different people(obviously)but what if they don't know that?

amandagayle · 08-02-2011, 10:27 PM

I'm sure hoping they don't disqualify people if two accounts are made on the same computer ;x I signed my best friend up last night along with my own account because she would be able to get to the site all this week due her schedule. So fingers crossed it'll be okay!

Adelaide_Rane_Parker · 08-02-2011, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by katiebell

^It took a long time for my daughter's verification email to arrive, and when she clicked on the link to validate it, she got a page saying that the registration wasn't working and she'd have to create another account (which she couldn't do, obviously). So she went to pottermore.com and put in her username and password to sign in and it worked. Worth a shot for you to try it too. (If you don't remember your username or password are, you can ask the site to email them to you.)

did it take her longer than 12 hrs to receive hers? it has been almost 12 hours since i completed the registration i even got a user name but no email im so sad i will try again on friday or sat after my 48hrs expires. BOO