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| | Term 21: January-April 2009 Term Twenty-one: The Ghosts (Sept 2067 - June 2068) | |
02-08-2009, 10:41 PM
| | |  Gobstones Club: Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw Preliminary
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 a variation of 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, while the third will be played a short time after those matches conclude.
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 4 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 pit 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.
House Points: The winning house of the championship match will receive fifty house points.
Example: Here is what a question from a round may look like:
Quote: Slytherin vs. Ravenclaw
Subject: Ancient Runes
Round 1, Question 1
Difficulty: 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:
Quote: 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 rounds
Ravenclaw: 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. If the behavior continues, you will be banned from the club. You have been warned. | |
02-27-2009, 04:03 AM
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| | Kneazle
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rhode Island, USA
Posts: 22,383
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Sloane W. Fordyce
First Year | Cheesy Mac
Ravenclaw continues to dominate the match as they open round three of this match by bumping Gryffindor's gobstone out of play and keeping their's nearest the Jack Stone! Quote: Round 3 Score
Question 1 - Ravenclaw
Quote: Match Score
Gryffindor - 0 rounds
Ravenclaw - 2 rounds (1,2)
Quote:
Round 3: Question 2
Subject: Divination
Difficulty: Medium
Divination with laurel branches is also known as what?
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02-27-2009, 04:05 AM
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|   DoMVeela
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Themyscira
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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Nerissa M. Tate
Sixth Year
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Daphnomancy
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02-27-2009, 11:45 AM
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| | Bicorn
Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: On SS of course!
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Daphnomancy
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02-28-2009, 01:45 PM
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| | Kneazle
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rhode Island, USA
Posts: 22,383
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Sloane W. Fordyce
First Year | Cheesy Mac
Ravenclaw's skill and precision is unmatched! Gryffindor is struggling to keep up with the Eagles, who have every intention of soaring to a victory. Their blue stone rests, once more, up against the Jack Stone, earning them the point and the round! Quote: Round 3 Score
Question 1 - Ravenclaw
Question 2 - Ravenclaw
Round Winner = Ravenclaw
Quote: Match Score
Gryffindor - 0 rounds
Ravenclaw - 3 rounds (1,2,3)
Quote:
Round 4: Question 1
Subject: Flying/Quidditch
Difficulty: Easy
The red colour of the Quaffle was first applied in the winter of what year?
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02-28-2009, 02:11 PM
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| | Puffskein
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Sixth Year | *Imaginary Tag* Tape Master
1711, due to bad weather conditions.
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02-28-2009, 03:23 PM
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| | Kneazle
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rhode Island, USA
Posts: 22,383
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Sloane W. Fordyce
First Year | Cheesy Mac
Where are those Lions? Ravenclaw comes closer to the Jack Stone yet again. EWWWWWWW! The Eagles' blue stone just spewed gob all over the Gryffindor players! Gross! Quote: Round 4 Score
Question 1 - Ravenclaw
Quote: Match Score
Gryffindor - 0 rounds
Ravenclaw - 3 rounds (1,2,3)
Quote:
Round 4: Question 2
Subject: Herbology
Difficulty: Medium
Which mundane plant has uses in alleviating skin blemishes as well as in enhancing the flavor of a beverage?
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02-28-2009, 03:30 PM
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| | Billywig
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Land Down Under
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Nettles,Sir?
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02-28-2009, 04:01 PM
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| | Kneazle
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rhode Island, USA
Posts: 22,383
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Sloane W. Fordyce
First Year | Cheesy Mac
Gryffindor ties up the round with a roll of perfection! Ravenclaw can't beat that one. The round will go to whichever house wins the next point! Quote: Round 4 Score
Question 1 - Ravenclaw
Question 2 - Gryffindor
Quote: Match Score
Gryffindor - 0 rounds
Ravenclaw - 3 rounds (1,2,3)
Quote:
Round 4: Question 3
Subject: History of Magic
Difficulty: Difficult
Who was the Minister for Magic during the period of 1865-1903?
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02-28-2009, 04:19 PM
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| DoM Veela
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Themyscira
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Hogwarts RPG Name:
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Sixth Year
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Faris Spavin
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02-28-2009, 04:31 PM
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| | Bicorn
Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: On SS of course!
Posts: 16,991
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Kiera Burton
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Faris Spavin
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03-01-2009, 03:35 PM
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| | Kneazle
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rhode Island, USA
Posts: 22,383
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Sloane W. Fordyce
First Year | Cheesy Mac
Ravenclaw must want this victory badless as they are unrelenting in their pursuit. Eagles win the point and the round! Quote: Round 4 Score
Question 1 - Ravenclaw
Question 2 - Gryffindor
Question 3 - Ravenclaw
Round Winner = Ravenclaw
Quote: Match Score
Gryffindor - 0 rounds
Ravenclaw - 4 rounds (1,2,3,4)
Quote:
Round 5: Question 1
Subject: Muggle Studies
Difficulty: Easy
According to Professor Dumont’s textbook, what are the five main countries instrumental in different types of martial arts?
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03-01-2009, 03:46 PM
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| DoM Veela
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Themyscira
Posts: 37,611
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Nerissa M. Tate
Sixth Year
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| Wowza!
Japan, China, Brazil, Russia and Korea.
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03-01-2009, 06:12 PM
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| | Kneazle
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rhode Island, USA
Posts: 22,383
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Sloane W. Fordyce
First Year | Cheesy Mac
Ravenclaw starts off round 5 with a spectacular turn! Gryffindor's stone was left in the dust. If those Lions don't fight back on this next turn, the match will be over and Ravenclaw will be victorious! Quote: Round 5 Score
Question 1 - Ravenclaw
Quote: Match Score
Gryffindor - 0 rounds
Ravenclaw - 4 rounds (1,2,3,4)
Quote:
Round 5: Question 2
Subject: Potions
Difficulty: Medium
Which potion ingredient is almost impossible to obtain while the source creature is alive and, because of this difficulty, may be worth up to 100 galleons a pint?
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03-01-2009, 06:13 PM
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| | Giant
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Hogwarts RPG Name:
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Hufflepuff Fourth Year x11 x1
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Acromantula Venom
__________________ I'm still standin'________________________________________ better than I ever did
Lookin' like a true survivor_________________________________feelin' like a little kid | |
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03-01-2009, 06:19 PM
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| | Kneazle
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rhode Island, USA
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Sloane W. Fordyce
First Year | Cheesy Mac
In the nick of time, Cale Newell of Gryffindor shows his skill and earns a point for Gryffindor! Ravenclaw's blue gobstone is left hovering inches away. Quote: Round 5 Score
Question 1 - Ravenclaw
Question 2 - Gryffindor
Quote: Match Score
Gryffindor - 0 rounds
Ravenclaw - 4 rounds (1,2,3,4)
Quote:
Round 5: Question 3
Subject: Transfiguration
Level: Difficult
According to Professor Pierce, what is the wand motion for the spell ‘Sinistra Lumina’?
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03-01-2009, 06:21 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ferrix: GMT-6
Posts: 56,911
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Moritz Schultz (#0f667e)
Ravenclaw Seventh Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Nancy Schultz (#ac6f77)
Hufflepuff Fourth Year x11 x1
| curly haired prefect - "sometimes I get angry!" - 30/90 - *chicken emoji* - probably @ Disney - I speak dog
Swish, flick, point
__________________ I'm still standin'________________________________________ better than I ever did
Lookin' like a true survivor_________________________________feelin' like a little kid | |
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03-01-2009, 10:16 PM
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| | Kneazle
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rhode Island, USA
Posts: 22,383
Hogwarts RPG Name:
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First Year | Cheesy Mac
Gryffindor won't allow a shutout! Cale Newell once again earns the Lions a point and their first round of the match! Quote: Round 5 Score
Question 1 - Ravenclaw
Question 2 - Gryffindor
Question 3 - Gryffindor
Round Winner = Gryffindor
Quote: Match Score
Gryffindor - 1 round (5)
Ravenclaw - 4 rounds (1,2,3,4)
Quote:
Round 6: Question 1
Subject: Ancient Runes
Level: Easy
Coral is the gemstone representing which rune of warriors?
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03-01-2009, 10:21 PM
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| | Pygmy Puff
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: working
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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Wiley Whittebrook
Hufflepuff Second Year
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Tiwaz
__________________ started like a knight in a fairytale_______________________________________________
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03-01-2009, 10:25 PM
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| | Kneazle
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rhode Island, USA
Posts: 22,383
Hogwarts RPG Name:
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First Year | Cheesy Mac
Ravenclaw doesn't want Gryffindor making up any ground! Mariel Morgan takes aim and let's her gobstone fly. Outpacing the Lions' stone, the Eagles win the point! Quote: Round 6 Score
Question 1 - Ravenclaw
Quote: Match Score
Gryffindor - 1 round (5)
Ravenclaw - 4 rounds (1,2,3,4)
Quote:
Round 6: Question 2
Subject: Arithmancy
Level: Medium
Which element of the Core describes what others remember about you after a first encounter?
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| | Bicorn
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| | Knarl
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The Personality Number
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| | Kneazle
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rhode Island, USA
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Hogwarts RPG Name:
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First Year | Cheesy Mac
Ravenclaw has done it! The Eagles have won the match! Despite the Lions' best efforts, Ravenclaw has soared their way into a Gobstones victory! With a final score of 5 rounds to 1, Ravenclaw moves on to the Championship match versus Slytherin. Congratulations! Quote: Round 6 Score
Question 1 - Ravenclaw
Question 2 - Ravenclaw
Round Winner = Ravenclaw
Quote: Match Score
Gryffindor - 1 round (5)
Ravenclaw - 4 rounds (1,2,3,4,6)
MATCH WINNER = RAVENCLAW
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