Sunday, September 25, 2011

Pottermore

After years of book releases, merchandise-selling, film-creation and the opening of a theme park, the world of Harry Potter is now taking over the internet as well. Though the development and opening of Pottermore is not "new" news, it is certainly being discussed rather frequently.

(For those readers who have not heard much, if anything, about Pottermore, I'll make a quick recap):

The site began its early registration process mid-August with its "Magical Quill Challenge". Each day Pottermore posted a question at a specific time, and those who were able to answer the question correctly and find the quill on the website were offered a chance to receive early entry. Emails were sent to the ones who accomplished these tasks in a timely fashion, promising that early entry to the site would be granted in a timely fashion.

Welcome emails from Pottermore have been sent out in batches, starting August 15. This group of "Beta" users has been steadily increasing in size, having the ability to explore the site and make suggestions. Registration will not be open for everyone until sometime in October.

I recently received an email with my early account access; of course, I received it on Friday night when I did not have time to stick to my computer. I also received it when the site was to close down for a few hours. My acceptance timing was perfect.....

I digress. Today I had a little extra time to do a little exploring on the site. So far, I have learned a little more in-depth information on how JKR came to create Privet Drive, as well as the description/visuals for the actual home itself. Pretty cool, until the message "Due to overwhelming demand, you cannot access Pottermore right now. Please be patient whilst we try to connect you" popped up on my screen. Great......

Needless to say, my experience with Pottermore has been anything but ideal so far. Technology issues have been present on the site all day worldwide, so I have not been able to check into the site other than the 5 minutes I was on earlier this morning.

Here is where I post questions to my readers; how many of you have been accepted onto Pottermore? What have you discovered so far? Any specific likes/dislikes/problems?

Next time: I will be discussing The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park. Readers, do you have any experiences with the theme park? Have you or anyone you know been there? If so, let me know and your information may be posted in next week's blog!

2 comments:

  1. Hmmmm well i hope they boost up the performance of the website...just imagine how many people will log on once they open it publicly! (I know I will be one of the many) Keep us informed!

    Ryan

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  2. Sorely disappointed in Pottermore. I got access about two weeks ago. I was able to fly through the website, more interaction is needed. They also only have the first book posted, so who knows how much longer we will have to wait for the next six to be released. The best part of course was being sorted and getting to pick your wand. I, of course got Slytherin, the most amazing house in all of Hogwarts! Also I did enjoy the actual explanations of certain wizarding world traits, how the wizarding world does not use the metric system although all of Europe does and how most wizards refuse to conform to new changing clothing styles of the muggle community. It makes me want to believe that the wizarding world does indeed exist. I do hope improvements are made, because they are drastically needed, but that may just be my high expectations. Overall it was a nice new look into the world of Harry Potter



    Chanda aka George Weasley

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