REVAMP FOR H&H

[Ron Weasley]

Hey guys,

So, the staff and I have been doing some serious talks about a revamp lately. We want to launch the site ahead a year, so that the trio and everyone is out of school, have people re-apply their interest in the character (using the new form, and adding to the history for a year) and then spruce up the site.

I'd like feedback in this before I do anything though. H&H is as much yours as it is mine, and I'd only make changes if that's the way most people want to go.

I wish there was more to say, but that's about it. What do you guys think?

Cheers,
Hannah

[Laurie Lisbeth]

I think it's a good idea. and then everyone could have new ideas cuz it'd be a year later and their characters would have had more stuff happen to them they could talk about the next year. And with the new app we could see who even still wants to be a member of H&H,,, I'm for it.

LAURiE<3

[Ron Weasley]

Well, my idea is to basically make everyone apply all over again... people who already were accepted once wouldn't need to 'technically' be accepted again unless they wanted to, or make changes that require the app to be looked at again.

I think this will be really healthy for the site, so, we can prune characters who only login and never post, and possibly open up some canons who others might do justice too. There are a few canons I could think of that should be opened again, mostly because the handlers never post with the character, and only login. I would like actual posting from canons, even if its in games or whatever.

[Amanda Rochester]

I like the idea for the most part, as I think I've expressed before. I just have a couple of questions. Would we be just adding book 7 as canon, and saying that everything that happened there happened here? Or like in the case of the characters JKR was mean enough to kill off, will it still be up to their handlers if they died or not? The other thing that kind of concerns me is the overall plot...like, when we have an ongoing plot, like the fight against Voldemort/search for Horcruxes/renewing the DA, etc., it's easier for everyone to get involved and stay involved; if there's no main plotline like that going on, and it's just another year at Hogwarts and entirely driven by our own subplots, I just wonder if that'll be enough to keep people interested. Just my two cents!

[Alex Everard]

I agree with Amanda as far as the plot is concerned where could it be going by moving the trio up a year? In my opinion I think that the war against Voldemort and his Death Eaters add to the plot quite a bit, without them the plot line would probably only center around some sort of reconstruction, or maybe the last few dying rebellions if all the Horcruxes have been found? I know that this site is naturally always very very true to cannon and I admire that a lot, in fact I love it because there are so few sites out there willing to keep so closely to cannon, but I think that keeping to cannon once the trio is shoved out of school might hurt the plotlines / the interest in new members for joining the site. I know, I know, some people might want to RPG during peace time without any excessive conflicts, etc, but I have always been one for violence and lots of action - I think that the war against Voldemort plotline definitely brings a lot to the board and all where that is concerned. Although I do like that plotline I think that if the trio is pushed ahead a year alterations to it could be made, like it could be updated and modified so that the war has not ended but the enduring rebellion has been shifting slowly forwards? Something maybe to the affects that Voldemort's regime is slowly crumbling but people are still running? These are all just theoretical of course because they're just ideas to help for a new plotline of some sort if you are looking to employ one. Anyways that is all I have to say for now, other then I should definitely be coming back here more often but school enjoys eating my face D;

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[Ron Weasley]

Would we be just adding book 7 as canon, and saying that everything that happened there happened here?

I think that due to the lack of plot movement from the seventh book here on the site, it would be best if we just assumed that the majority of the events of the seventh book happened. Some things, like character deaths, would be up to the handlers.

Or like in the case of the characters JKR was mean enough to kill off, will it still be up to their handlers if they died or not?

This depends - if we don't have the character currently filled out, the character would be dead. However, characters that have a long standing here on the site, like Lupin or Alecto, would have a say in whether or not the characters die.

The other thing that kind of concerns me is the overall plot...like, when we have an ongoing plot, like the fight against Voldemort/search for Horcruxes/renewing the DA, etc., it's easier for everyone to get involved and stay involved; if there's no main plotline like that going on, and it's just another year at Hogwarts and entirely driven by our own subplots, I just wonder if that'll be enough to keep people interested.

I think this is the biggest point we need to develop. I see it in my minds eye as a plot for rebuilding... after a war, there is a lot of rawness to a situation; you get raw places, raw people, raw emotions.

I believe the staff and I talked about there being a DE-AV (death eaters after voldemort) period, where the people who weren't killed in the war ran away and tried to regroup again, and possibly elected a new leader to rise above and try and squash people, but it would be softened by the 'happy' that the defeat supposedly brought. I would like to see there be a very thick, sinister plot that people can attach themselves to, but also a lighter side if that is what they want. There will need to be aurors and such that hunt down and track the rouge DE's, of course, so, there's lots of room for fun plotness there.

I dunno, I need help with it, which is why I posed this to everyone.

[daphne greengrass]

So, it'd only be one year ahead? A lot of people on the site will still be in school, if the school were open, that is.

[Vivian Marie Free]

I like the ideas, from what I've read. And Daphne's comment does raise a question.
Is Hogwarts going to opened in a year?

[Ron Weasley]

Well, the school did reopen the next year; the trio was offered the chance to go back to school and complete their seventh year, but only Hermione stuck through it. Ron and Harry didn't complete. I can only assume that this means the school reopened the year after. I think we can also assume that a lot of work went into rebuilding the school over the summer; maybe there was even a slight delay at the beginning of the year, so instead of starting September 1 they start October 1. I dunno.




I also wanted to add that all the current threads would be moved to the archives, unless the players wished to keep role playing them, in which case they'd be moved to the Pensive and people could keep role playing them.

Sound good? A totally fresh start.

[Laurie Lisbeth]

I was just wondering, are there gunna be a lot of new professors the next year? Like are any of them going to stay? cuz a lot were replaced by death eaters or died right? Idk just wondering. And if people were roleplaying seventh years this year would they have to fill out a job app the next year? just curious but i do like the idea

[Ron Weasley]

Well, I think that we could open up some of the professor spots for original profs, but, I don't know how many people would be interested in teaching at the school.

I'm also unsure of the age a professor should be. I dunno if the Hogwarts people would want to open up professorships to people who are just out of school themselves.

[Tanner Bancroft]

I like this idea because i was finding it hard to stick to the story plot and come up with new ideas. With it being a year later i could drop peter and charles and just have tanner and say charles died in battle.

[Vivian Marie Free]

I just have to say that I am really loving this idea. and if need be, I could come up with a professor.

[daphne greengrass]

*tries to remain serious*
And, of course, I'll be killing off Daphne.
*fails*

[Alex Everard]

I wouldn't mind volunteering Dakota for teaching especially if it helps the site, because I've taught before a long time ago in the past on a few other sites ... but I think that his credentials might be at fault considering his current occupation and all.

Also on renewing the applications, when we resubmit applications they all have to be done with the new template correct?

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[Ron Weasley]

Tanner - you can do whatever you'd like.

Vi - I'm glad you like the idea! Now to hammer it all out and get it done....

Krissy - stop being silly.

Rac - That would be fine if you wanted to do that. And yes, new applications would require the new forms... which will be changing a little with the revamp.

[Lavender Brown]

I know I'm one of the people who have only logged in and not posted in a while, but I'm hoping that'll change with the new job I should be getting. I'll find out about that tomorrow, actually, and if all goes well I'll have internet access every day instead of a few times a week.

As for the idea of a revamp, I think it's a great one. I like the fact that it'll be a fresh start since I know that, personally, I haven't been able to keep up since that period of time after my move when I was without a computer. Either way, I'll definitely be sticking around and trying to make myself useful, but I think this could be really good for the site.

[daphne greengrass]

But I like being silly and saying things I would never do, even if someone paid me to.

Daphne's mine. *clings to her* I still think that challenge was cute. lol.

[Theodore Nott]

All of our babies are growing up now!

O.O

It's biiig.

[Tanner Bancroft]

Charles and peter are now dead. i've deleted their accounts in my mind they are dead. It was getting hard for me to handle three characters. now i only have one.