A NationStates Community Event
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Sponsored by The North Pacific, The East Pacific, The West Pacific, Europeia,Greater Dienstad, and Escade's Event Services
Dates: Saturday December 22,2018 - Sunday December 30, 2018
This festival is an end of the year celebration with a Harry Potter theme for the NationStates community. All players in good standing are welcome to partake While the theme is based around J.K. Rowling's epic universe - the festival is to celebrate the end of 2018 and the beginning of a new year!
Festival attendees choose a Hogwarts House to be sorted into and then play to compete in team and individual events including trivia contests, battleship games, art competitions, writing competitions, New Years wishes, a Yule Ball roleplay mystery and other activites TBA!
Preview of Events and Activities
First stop! Take the custom NS edition Buzzfeed Quiz to get sorted into your House!
Houses will earn points and the the House with the most points at the end of the festival wins!! Last year Slytherin took the House Cup and have been boasting about it for a full year! This time will the Hufflepuffs or the Ravenclaws get ahead?
How to Partake:
On the NS Forums:
~ Submit decent entries into the Golden Snitch Writing Contest
10 points per decent entry, 50 points to the winning entry
~ Create beautiful artwork representing your House (and all members) in the Fantastic Art & Where to Find It contest
5-10 points per aestheticly pleasing entry, 50 points to the winning entry
~ Write decent RP posts in the Yule Ball Role Play
5 points per application, 5-15 points per post, 50 points to the best of the roleplay writing!
~ Sign up for the Owlery Project and write a bright and warm letter of appreciation to a fellow NSer to be released in a dispatch on New Year's Eve!
5 points per message, 5-25 points to particularly creative, delightful, heartwarming entries[/i]
On the Event Discord
~ Take the Buzzfeed Sorting Quiz and post your results in the house-points channel
5 points per custom NS edition quiz results
~ Show your fan mettle in the HP Trivia Rounds answering questions about the books, the movies, and the prequels!
1 point per question for the two highest players and additionally; 5 points for the winner of the easy round, 20 points for the winner of the medium rounds, 50 points for hard rounds
~ Survivors of the Wizarding form of Escadian Battleship Game
10 points per active player, 25 points per House to the winning team's house(s) for long games
5 points per active player, 10 points per House to the winning team's house(s) for shorter games
~ Wizards try out Muggle Chess duels, challenge a festival guest!
5 points per practice chess match, 25 points to the winners of the competitive matches, 50 points to the reigning (or new) champion
~ Complete the Quest for the Last Time Turner!
15 points per completed quest
~ Complete the IO Games Challenges!
5-10 points per decent attempt, 25 points for the highest score
Discord:
- #the-leaky-cauldron - discuss the books (characters, plots, favorites, unfavorites), fan fiction, the movies, the prequels and everything else that makes us love this amazing series!
- #the-goblet-of-fire - the official games channel for trivia, chess, etc
- #the=room-of-requirement - the offical channel for bot, spam, and other games
- #floo-network - for voice chats with your fellow festival goers
- #the-great-hall - show off your roleplay costumes and engage in some Yule Ball shenanigans
See you there, lovelies
Escade <3