Treasure Hunt!

[Willow Cullen]

that awkward moment when you realise you were on the site before quite a few of the staff. - 4th October 2008.

 

[Sara Moon]

Okay, so to clarify.

I'm going to open this task to re-joining posts as the difference seemed to be confusing people, so both re-joining posts and joining posts qualify. @Adorah Zumwalt that post is a question post, rather than introducing/re-introducing myself to the site, so it wouldn't count.

@Ainsley Lynch forgot to respond to your question last night, but yes that counts as she's coming back to the site.

This round is designed to be one of the harder ones, as some staff members won't have made posts that are applicable, and others will have posted with other characters which are harder to find. There are less available that fit the brief, and so it's likely not everyone will be able to find one that fits, but that's the nature of the game. We've gotta make it harder to find as we go on.

Also, here are the points tallied from round eight!

Stefan Archer	8
Elliot Briar	8
Amber Chou Wilson	8
Ainsley Lynch	8
Willow Cullen	8
November Albertson	2
Mark Ross	7
Adorah Zumwalt	8
Professor Monty Pendleton	1
Lyla Edwards	8

 

[Cyndi Kingsley]

And fun fact...the original admin used to delete posts! So some of our original welcome topics may not even exist anymore if we did them at all.

 

[Professor Adorah Zumwalt]

It might help if we had a list for some of the former staff members somewhere because I'm not quite sure what to go off of (like I could assume who was an admin based on posts, but I'm not quite positive). Is there a list like that somewhere?

 

[Professor Elvera Le Fey]

at one stage was there a welcome thread where you just posted a reply to instead of your own thread. as I am sure that is what I did. but I may have posted in the wrong place.

A lot of the staff are people with their own emoticons., not always some people got them from competitions. but it is a good starting point. ( think I have them right. but I am not promising)
past and present staff:
Competition winners/other awards :

 

[Professor Adorah Zumwalt]

This is a hilarious way to keep track of staff. Thanks Mia

Edit: So, based on the emoticons, Lovi used to be staff. Here's one by here.

Unannounced Absence

Hello my friends! While I was studying abroad in South Korea, I had to take time away from HNZ in order to focus on not failing ALL of my classes. (I only failed one so I think that was a success.) But, I would still like to apologize to all the people that I had topics with for not responding...

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[Sara Moon]

AND that's round nine! Here are the points:

Stefan Archer	9
Elliot Briar	9
Amber Chou Wilson	9
Ainsley Lynch	9
Willow Cullen	9
November Albertson	2
Mark Ross	7
Adorah Zumwalt	9
Professor Monty Pendleton	1
Lyla Edwards	9

Now, this next one could prove interesting, because there's specific places you cannot get your answers from..

Round Ten: Find an IC reference to Harry Potter, the character (that is not from a lesson.)

So, for this you need to find a reference to Harry Potter/the boy who lived/the chosen one, but it CANNOT be from a lesson, and since he's mentioned in both the DADA and History of Magic curriculum, it may mean a lot of sifting. That said, those are not the only two classes you cannot pull from; the post can't be from any class at all, it must be from a non-lesson roleplay.

 

[Amber Chou Wilson]

Bored duhhh

Rory hadn't particularly wanted to attend this event, he'd won best costume the year before and he didn't think that he needed to bother trying again, but she had wanted to go and despite his better judgement and the fact he was thinking about breaking up with her he decided that he could spare...

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Does the time Sophie dressed up as him for Halloween count?

 

[Sara Moon]

Yes, absolutely! So long as it's not from a class, and it mentions Harry, it's perfect!

 

[Stefan Archer]

Old School Week - Awkward and New Times

Mordred found himself sitting in the Student Lounge looking over some textbooks he had bought before coming to school. He wanted to be prepared to go to his classes. He did not want to look like a loser, which he'd never admit out loud. He opened another book and sprawled all his open books onto...

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specifically mentions Harry Potter in that post within that thread

 

[Professor Adorah Zumwalt]

Woot!

Evil's Twilight (Closed)

Blaise watched the others fire spells at the Presence, and he saw James's Patronus have an effect on him. He knew that he had to have a weakness, and he know knew what it was. It was a relief for him to learn that he had a chance. Then Blaise watched as he attacked James and Kiera, "Leave them...

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[Elliot Briar]

Woo

Candy Cane for Lyra!

There was no way Flavio did not know the name Lyra Potter. He did not know much about the girl other than the fact she was an older student, in Gryffindor, and related to the infamous Harry Potter. But that was all the information he needed to find her that day and deliver the candy cane to her...

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[Ainsley Lynch]

https://hogwarts.nz/threads/the-beginning-of-the-revolution.82048/post-1322966 a classic

 

[Willow Cullen]

I feel like this is cheating a bit.

The Secret Wedding of Godric's Hollow

The small village of Godric's Hollow has always been one of special interest to the wizarding world. Many famous witches and wizards have lived in the muggle community. It was in Godric's Hollow that baby Harry Potter defeated the dark lord after his father and mother gave their lives so that he...

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[Sara Moon]

Not at all!

Edit: As in that it's not cheating at all

 

[Sara Moon]

Annd that's round ten, apologies for the late post, my data pack ran out and that's my only source of internet, but all is sorted now.

The next task is...

Round Eleven: Find a post containing an unforgivable curse

Now, for this task, you cannot use lessons, it must be a post where an unforgivable curse is used, so not in a lesson, but in an outside-class roleplay.

Also, if anyone has late submissions tomorrow night after the usual deadline, please PM them to me as I don't want to deprive anyone of the 24 hour time limit, and apologies again about the delay in this post, this day was a comedy of errors. I will post the points tally in the morning, and have everything up to date!

 

[Elliot Briar]

"A light crucio"

Luxen's Revenge....

Revenge was often something that was served cold, it was something that was meant to be savored after the thoughts and the plans were left to stew for days, weeks, months, and now even years. Luxen had waited for the right moment, he had watched his victim for years and wanted the moment he...

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[Ainsley Lynch]

https://hogwarts.nz/threads/peeking-in-the-mansion.13504/post-3174

RIP billions of spiders

 

[Professor Adorah Zumwalt]

Showing you the ropes

Theo had hold of Anas hand and was leading her down bleak street. If she wanted to be like him then she would need to know how to use her wand. Once they had gotten to a dark and quiet bit where there was nobody around he turned to her and spoke. " Ok well first you need to know how to use your...

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[Amber Chou Wilson]

Making it your last fight

Andrew had fled once again from New Zealand, tonight it was because he was angry, very angry on himself for having hurt Adira and betraying her.He had put her in dilemma and if she wouldn't chose him, it would be his fault, all his fault. He cursed himself under his breath and swore at anyone...

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[Willow Cullen]

there is a "Avada Ke...." here as well as a crucio

Kiss your life Goodbye

[adminapproval=8054599] The Topics so far in the RP Losing Control Five Hours Pasy. What Just Happened? Twelve hours and counting The Night of the Kidnapping Koaru let his smile fade once Eden was gone. As the maids hurried to clean up the mess the filthy mudblood had made Koaru sat still as...

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[Sara Moon]

Okay, so playing catch up, first we have the points post-round ten:

Stefan Archer	10
Elliot Briar	10
Amber Chou Wilson	10
Ainsley Lynch	10
Willow Cullen	10
November Albertson	2
Mark Ross	7
Adorah Zumwalt	10
Professor Monty Pendleton	1
Lyla Edwards	9

I'm now going to close round eleven, but due to the delay, if anyone has a post they'd like to submit, they can PM it to me in the next four hours and I'll add it to the tally.

The point post-round eleven are:

Stefan Archer	10
Elliot Briar	11
Amber Chou Wilson	11
Ainsley Lynch	11
Willow Cullen	11
November Albertson	2
Mark Ross	7
Adorah Zumwalt	11
Professor Monty Pendleton	1
Lyla Edwards	9

Now, on to round twelve, and our regularly scheduled programming.

Round Twelve: Find a topic in which two or more professors discuss a student/students.

For this, we're looking for topics where teachers talk about students, it can be gossip, it can be grades related, so long as it's a conversation between professors about their pupil(s.)

 

[Elliot Briar]

Hopefully this counts, I was enjoying this plot a lot last year

https://hogwarts.nz/threads/what-the-heck.88912/

 

[Ainsley Lynch]

https://hogwarts.nz/threads/leap-of-faith.22645/

Monty is an angel

 

[Amber Chou Wilson]

Troubling Thoughts

Sloane had just finished her talk with Tesla and in light of some revelations, she knew who she had to go and see next. Even she had seen the slyness and ease with which the Slytherin seeker had moved up to Reuben and his reaction spoke volumes. She knew he would deny it either way, but she had...

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