|
Post by Peter Pettigrew on Apr 27, 2022 6:18:45 GMT 10
As part of your shared Day 0 experience, you will be able to work together on the season's first Challenge! It's a tribute to the first step many Muggles have taken toward Harry Potter fandom - carefully rereading and rewatching, paying close attention to every last details. Some of the observations gleaned will go on to become theories or points of debate in certain circles, but others are simply worn with pride as a badge of familiarity, testaments to a greater level of fandom. In this Challenge, both of you will need to work together on six counting tasks, all of which need to be completed within twenty minutes. In each task you will need to diligently notice certain details, then weigh them up to determine which is 'greater'. To begin playing the Challenge, one of you will need to add yourself to the Member Group 'Joint Account'. This can be done by navigating to your Profile, then the Groups tab. The moment you click the 'Join Group' button, your time for the Challenge will begin. You should then return immediately to the home page of this board, where you will see a new subforum containing the first Trigger phrase for the Challenge (an emboldened phrase made up of " CAPITALLETTERSWITHNOSPACES"). Post the Trigger into this thread and it will magically turn into your first counting task: an image followed by instructions to count two different things in the picture, then determine which count is greater (i.e. higher). You will also receive new Trigger phrases which you can use to lock in your answer and launch the second task. When you think you know which count is greater for the first task, or aren’t sure but want to move on anyway, make a post containing the new Trigger phrase which corresponds to your answer. This will launch your second counting task, which will contain Triggers for the third counting task, and so on. The Triggers in the sixth and final counting task will turn into a finish image and end the Challenge. Open these spoiler tags for an example counting task: Which is greater? COUNT A: The number of whiskers shown on Peter Pettigrew's magnificent face. or COUNT B: The number of teeth shown in Peter Pettigrew's adorable mouth. If you think COUNT A is greater, post the Trigger phrase " PETERPETTIGREWHASMAGNIFICENTWHISKERS". If you think COUNT B is greater, post the Trigger phrase " PETERPETTIGREWHASADORABLETEETH". In this example the correct answer would of course be COUNT A. However, both Triggers would still present you with the same counting task to undertake next.
You are both allowed (and are indeed encouraged) to post in this thread as often as you like while the Challenge is running, discussing each counting task and deciding together which count is greater. However, only the first answer Trigger posted for each counting task will be accepted, regardless of who posts it. Each of the six tasks will be significantly more difficult than the one before, so the most important element of this Challenge is time management. Note that if more than twenty minutes elapse from the moment one of you joins the Member Group, any further answers given will not be accepted. You should always keep this in mind and be sure to start the sixth task with enough time to spare. To reiterate: your twenty minutes will begin the instant one of you presses the 'Join Group' button, so do not rely on the timestamp of your post in this thread containing the first Trigger - twenty minutes after that timestamp will already be too late. We recommend that whoever joins the Member Group should start a timer when they do so, to track how much of your twenty minutes remains. The pair who gets the most counting tasks correct within twenty minutes will have their greatness recognised with an award of 10 House Points, the first ones up for grabs in The ORG of the Phoenix! These will give you a leg up over your competition and make it easier for you to earn your Mutual ID Reveal earlier in the Game. In the event of a tie for most counting tasks correct, the House Points will be awarded to whichever pair scored their final point the quickest, as measured from the time the Member Group was joined. You must complete this Challenge by 8:30pm AEST (board time) on Sunday, when Day 0 will end. If you have any questions about this Challenge or how it will work, please ask the Ministers in this thread. Just make sure that you ask anything and everything before you begin the Challenge, as once you join the Member Group your twenty minutes will begin and we will be unable to help.
|
|
|
Post by Barty Crouch Jr on Apr 28, 2022 23:44:07 GMT 10
Nice to meet you, Lily Potter! I Think this might be Technically the best spot for communication until we are allowed to PM, isn't it? Ministers will assume that we are discussing on which time is the best for both of us to make the challenge, while in between of discussion for that - we would be also able to get to know each other! This Forum looks amazing! isn't it?
|
|
|
Post by Lily Potter on Apr 29, 2022 1:23:15 GMT 10
Hi there Barty Crouch Jr! Glad to be reunited with my secret BFF/boyfriend/cousin/i dunno i've been obliviated! It certainly looks amazing! Peter Pettigrew may be an untrustworthy rat but you can never say that he doesn't have a sense of style! Super excited to explore this world with you!
|
|
|
Post by Barty Crouch Jr on Apr 29, 2022 1:36:38 GMT 10
My mother once told me a horror story that we might have a veeery distant muggle relatives who got a magical child, so we might be a long lost cousins? Of course we might had met in Hogwarts too, when I was in year 1, you must have been in year 7? Idk why would you say that Mr. Pettigrew is untrustworthy! He's a national hero in my eyes! And i thought he's is a close group of your best friends?!
|
|
|
Post by Lily Potter on Apr 29, 2022 1:45:31 GMT 10
Of course, that must be it! Petunia may have mentioned that we had a distant uncle called Crouch Or maybe you remembered me from my stint as Head Girl at Hogwarts, hope I didn't have to get you into too much trouble.
Nonetheless I'm very glad to have you here with me. Don't know who else in this world I can trust.
Prof McGonagall I trust with my life, and Severus and I go way back... but not sure about the rest of the Ministers. Politics tends to attract an unsavoury crowd, and with Peter, if it looks like a rat, and smells like a rat...
|
|
|
Post by Barty Crouch Jr on Apr 29, 2022 1:59:58 GMT 10
As a Head Girl, you once tried to take away 5 points from Slytherin for me using magic in the corridors, but the joke was on you not realizing i am from Ravenclaw and not Slytherin I am very glad for a chance to get to know you, no matter there's blood or water between us, I am sure that we can trust each other! Talking about Ministers, Ms. Lestrange is another hero to me! We were involved in some projects before! But besides that, I Completely agree to your statement that "Politics tends to attract an unsavoury crowd". There's one politician in my life who is the worst person ever, but still manages to keep a popular reputation. Mr. Pettigrew prorably knew his ambitions to become a Minister of Magic to stay away from him ant not involve him in the season!
|
|
|
Post by Lily Potter on Apr 29, 2022 2:15:22 GMT 10
Ahhhh wouldn't want to take points away from Ravenclaw. Just between you and me (because I'll deny this to the rest of the Order), Ravenclaw is totally the best house! I sometimes think the Sorting Hat should have put me in Ravenclaw but then I realised that I'm too obnoxious, entitled, and reeking of main character favouritism to be anywhere else but Gryffindor! I'll keep Minister Lestrange in mind. With the whole Wizarding War going on, it's hard to know who else I can trust. Even though I don't remember much about our past, I just have a feeling that I can definitely trust you. And I feel it's so important to have one person you can completely trust. So I promise to be 100% truthful in our conversations and pass on all the information I have, whatever will help us both safely come out of the other side of this War. So just a heads up, I might have to disappear for about 30ish hours. The Order has sent me on a really important assignment so it might be hard for me to sneak some patronuses (patroni?) away but do feel free to keep writing to me and I'll get back to you when I return. At the latest, I'll definitely be back by Saturday afternoon to help you tackle our first challenge together! Until then,
|
|
|
Post by Barty Crouch Jr on Apr 29, 2022 2:22:58 GMT 10
oh... we might be in trouble... i will have some business which will start in... around 40 hours from now... (that business might or might not include Longbottoms, i can't confirm or deny it!)
I am sure we will Find few hours in between of our missions to be here.
Enjoy your assignment!
|
|
|
Post by Lily Potter on Apr 29, 2022 20:17:59 GMT 10
Ooft that's inconvenient. Which times would be good for you? I can try to make myself available for an hour or so?
|
|
|
Post by Barty Crouch Jr on Apr 29, 2022 21:35:05 GMT 10
I can do it at anytime in the next 23 hours
|
|
|
Post by Lily Potter on Apr 29, 2022 22:50:13 GMT 10
Cool I'm away on my mission tonight but have sporadic moments where I'll be free I'll keep a look out or when we're both online
|
|
|
Post by Barty Crouch Jr on Apr 29, 2022 23:01:52 GMT 10
I'll try my best to check this more often!
|
|
|
Post by Lily Potter on Apr 29, 2022 23:03:31 GMT 10
Oh I'm online now
|
|
|
Post by Barty Crouch Jr on Apr 29, 2022 23:05:34 GMT 10
How much time do you have? Maybe we should try? No pressure of course if you are on a short break in your mission, I'll be avalaible when you have more time.
|
|
|
Post by Lily Potter on Apr 29, 2022 23:06:47 GMT 10
I have at least half an hour, maybe even an hour so it's probably enough time to give it a go if you'd like?
|
|
|
Post by Barty Crouch Jr on Apr 29, 2022 23:10:24 GMT 10
oh damn, ok, i need to reread the challenge rules at first. are you ok if we start at 11:20pm forum time? (10mins from now?)
|
|
|
Post by Lily Potter on Apr 29, 2022 23:11:43 GMT 10
no rush, reading rules is very important!
also just to make it easier to notice messages, i'm gonna like all your replies so you get the notification at the top like you would if we could PM
|
|
|
Post by Lily Potter on Apr 29, 2022 23:13:10 GMT 10
Any thoughts on the best strategy?
|
|
|
Post by Barty Crouch Jr on Apr 29, 2022 23:13:23 GMT 10
do you want to be the one who "add yourself to the Member Group 'Joint Account'"?
|
|
|
Post by Lily Potter on Apr 29, 2022 23:14:24 GMT 10
does the 20 minutes start when we add ourselves to the group or when we post the trigger Peter Pettigrew
|
|