07.07

Activity Check

Another activity check come and gone! The list of inactive accounts has been compiled and deactivations and list maintenance are underway :) If you lost a character you'd like back, you may post in Maintenance starting Wednesday, July 10th. If you have no currently active characters you can post in maintenance immediately!

(If you lost a character before the AC, you can post there whenever you'd like!)

Posting Wizard

June was an impressive competition! Beanie (Cassius Lestrange) came out on top with an impressive 125 posts, while MJ (Elias Grimstone) took the second winner's seat with 90 posts. July will see me cling desperately to life against Lady, Fallin, Kit and Steph.

Summer Raffle

Welcome to the July winners' circle! That's right, I've done the first of three drawings in this year's summer raffle! Taking "home" prizes today are...

• Immortality Discount: Beanie (Cassius Lestrange)
  
• Featured Want Ad: MJ (Elias Grimstone)
  
• Against the Odds: Chris (Violetta DeCroix)
  
• Occupation Lock: Bee (Daffodil Grimstone)
  
• Priority Moodboard OR set from MJ: Kit (Tycho Dodonus)
  
• Priority Moodboard OR Set from Lady: Jen (Caroline Weasley)
  
• Playlist from Beanie: Lynn (Fortitude Greengrass)
  

Are you a winner? Let me know if you have any questions about claiming your prize!

Camp Charming

It's Camp Season! PMs with current camp totals in spoiler tags have been sent out. Remember: there are TWO ways to participate this year!

And then, of course, there are our OOC events! Tomorrow, we've got a movie night on the horizon (The Importance of Being Earnest)—keep your eyes peeled for more this month!

Other Notes

Last but not least, the usual monthly reminders:

• The July Writing Challenge is up and running, this time featuring our favourite movie moments!
  
• Speaking of July, don't forget to give us your IC events!

  

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— Aldous walks with a cane and pronounced limp as the result of a splinching accident. —

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07.17

Just a quick heads up: the September Activity Check will actually be a week later than usual, and has been moved to September 8th for the sanity ease of the staff team! That also means there will be an extra week for Camp Charming :)

  

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— Aldous walks with a cane and pronounced limp as the result of a splinching accident. —

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07.21

As we all inch closer to 40, the staff team has decided it is deeply offensive to have the Olden' stamp set to 35 >.> As such, it has been adjusted to characters aged 50+!

Anyone who previously earned this stamp is grandfathered in; anyone who wishes to collect moving forward will need a more experienced character on their roster!

Looking for a character to fit the bill?

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ADOPTABLES:

Pryce
Papa Flint
Barton Backus
Remegius, Archimedes, Rasputin, Apollonius, and Magnus Valenduris
Eamon Dempsey
Taiwo Adebayo
Jane McKinley
Augustus and Millicent Broadmoor
The Rook
"Ismene", The Aunt
Ezra Sprout
Dr. Hippocrates Pomfrey and Thessalus Pomfrey
Betty and Bert Plunkett
Basil Potts
Randolph Frey
Juan Antonio Flores Salazar
Flynn Buchanan
Francis Gambol
Edgar Ravenswood
Cecil and Beth Potts
"Celia", The Best Friend

PLOTTABLES:

Mr. Gibbs
Caesar Pavesio
Mr. Farris
Richard
Rosier

CANONS:

Miss Honoria Dumbledore
Mr. Oakby
Mr. Elliot and Miss Leopoldina Smethwyck
Mr. Smith
Mr. Blott
Mr. Borgin
Mr. Burke
Mr. Dervish
Mr. Dursley (a muggle, too!)
Mrs. Flourish (the elder)
Mr. and Mrs. Woodcroft

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   Hermia Bonaccord, Meserimus Valenduris, Reginald Alderton, Sisse Thompsett

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— Aldous walks with a cane and pronounced limp as the result of a splinching accident. —

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07.23

There will be a Charming Weekend this weekend (27-29, starting at 5pm on the 27th and ending at 5pm on the 29th Chicago/CST time!) A contests/events thread will go up tomorrow with additional details. :)

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   Anne Moony, Gus Lissington, Henry Berkwood, Sisse Thompsett

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07.30

The next Activity Check will be this weekend on Sunday, August 4th!  That's a healthy nine days from now to get your life together ;) Please ensure that:

• Your mini-profile is filled in
  
• All of your characters have been listed in the Character Directory—check back on your entries to make sure they were processed properly! Anyone reactivated this month will need to be placed back on. 
  
• Characters made before the last AC have posted at least once since the last AC
  
• Profile has been filled in if not done during acceptance (Did you get a "DIY" PM? You'll need to do this!)
  
• Your character's height is displayed in their mini-profile—if you reactivate an account, this may need doing!
  

  

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— Aldous walks with a cane and pronounced limp as the result of a splinching accident. —

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07.31

Today is the day, Hogwarts students! OWL/NEWT scores, admission letters, and supply letters have been sent out! Of course, some students will receive a little something extra with their post this year...

Gryffindor Prefects: [NPC/TBD] and Greta Gillenwater
Hufflepuff Prefects: [NPC/TBD] and [NPC/TBD]
Ravenclaw Prefects: Cadogan Glynn and Millie Potts
Slytherin Prefects: [NPC/TBD] and Violetta DeCroix
Quidditch Captains: James Fletcher Abraxas Crabbe Nicodemus Dursley Sirius Black
Head Students: Sirius Black and Flora Mulciber

Note: This information is not "public"—your character will not immediately know who earned what titles until they learn through the grape vine. The exception is Hogwarts staff, who would have received a note with the list of new prefects and the head boy/girl :)

In addition, Benedict Hunter has been retconned in as a prefect in Gryffindor House.

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