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About Us

I take it that you are visiting this page because you want to know more information about our lovely little guild?

Well, A Magical Mess is a public, semi-literate, semi-traditional Harry Potter guild; we have been in existence since March 17, 2009. Ashley created the guild with a vision to have a Harry Potter fan guild that could also just be a relaxing and fun, tight-knit community. She believes she has succeeded in that..

Our name comes from a mixture of how Ashley hoped the run the guild originally, with every member having something to do in the guild as far as helping to run it (though now we've become more effective by having things run from a mostly centralized position), as well as a play on/poking fun of "Professor" Gilderoy Lockhart's autobiography, Magical Me. Ashley thought it was pretty clever herself. If you see anything that might need more explanation to it, please let Ashley, (Asmacl)know, and she sees that it does need fixing, it will be worked on. If you ever have any questions about us, don't hesitate to ask, just neomail asmacl with your questions or suggestions.

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Rules

Those necessary annoyances

For our rules, they are very simple.

First and foremost, abide by the TNT rules. We don't want you getting in trouble now, do we?
Secondly, please don't worry about double posting. We have people looking out for that, and if you do double post, it will be taken care of as soon as it is noticed.
Please don't forget that even though we are not a strictly literate guild, we are not a guild where U cn tok lyk dis wenever U want 2. Please do not talk like that. At least one full sentence per post if you can. We are officially semi-literate, which means correct spelling and sentence structure is preferred, but we won't scream at you for missing capitalizations or punctuation (too often). Oh, and SMILEYS are more than welcome.
Please proofread your posts before you make them however. That will make it a lot easier to read your posts.
If you find out something that will cause you to be inactive for a set amount of time, please mark it on the calendar, so you won't be included in our member sweeps (this is the only way I will know not to send a warning neomail).
If you join, then for whatever reason either leave or get swept, you can join again later if you can still meet the activeness needed; we will not prevent you from joining our family. The Potter family welcomes you at any time provided that you make an effort to be a part of the family.
For the roleplaying, if you choose to participate: if you go to post on the rp forum, make sure to stop by the guild message board. If you can take time to post on the rp forum, you can take time to say hey on the guild itself...
Lastly, but certainly not least: HAVE FUN !! If there is an aspect of the guild you want to help out with, such as running an activity page, or teaching a class, or creating layouts for us or running shops or anything else, please don't hesitate to let Ashley know.

Ranks and Time Zones

First find your house, then find your name. This will be updated each month, as necessary. If you are a New Student, or should be Remembrall, but don't have the post count needed, you won't be listed yet. Please alert Ashley as to what your time zone is in comparison to NST (Neopets Standard Time), so we can know what times of day we may be able to catch one another online and make the conversations flow that much better. Ashley is 3 hours ahead of NST.

You will not be moved up an in-House rank if you don't meet all aspects necessary for promotion. Ex: if you are already Sorted but don't have enough posts yet, you will remain an in-House rank of New Student.

Gryffindor:

Shelby "Guild Ghost": 3 hours ahead of NST

Rank: (joined 6/24/09) 5th year; "Discoverer", Discovered the Room of Requirements—2 Galleons, 10 Sickles

Ronja: 10 hours ahead of NST

Rank: (joined 5/04/11) 2nd year; Skele-Gro -- 5 Knuts, 5 Sickles, 1 Galleon

Hufflepuff:

Jessie: 3 hours ahead of NST

Rank: (joined 1/17/11) 1st year; Remembrall

Ravenclaw:

Laurel:

Rank: (joined 11/16/10) 3rd year; Time-Turner – 10 Knuts, 3 Sickles

Aurelia:

Rank: (joined 5/06/11) 1st year; Remembrall -- 18 Knuts, 1 Galleon

Rena: 3 hours ahead of NST

Rank: (joined 2/10/11) 1st year; Remembrall

Slytherin:

Shadia:

Rank: New Student

Ranking System

New Student: You have just joined, and are waiting to be sorted.

Remembrall: You have been a member for two weeks, are a sorted first year, and have posted 25 times already. Off to a good start. Participate in a few activities, and you can pass your first year exams, if you have been a member for a month and posted at least 100 times, then you can make next rank.

Skele-Gro: 2nd year! You have been a member for a month now, you have posted 100 times and have participated in all the activites. Nice work.. continue being a member for 2 months, chat on the board for at least 300 posts and you can pass year end exams... rank up!

Time-Turner: 3rd year! You have been a member for 2 months, you have posted 300 times and have participated in all the activities regularly, as well as having regularly run your own activity/activities, if you have any. Doing good. Keep being active on the board, active with activities, and being helpful with the guild. Member for 4 more months, make 800 posts on the board and you can pass your 3rd year exams... rank up! Perks to being a Time-Turner: Get a custom-made banner to show off your guild pride!

Polyjuice Potion: 4th year! Member for 6 months, You have posted 800 times on the board, you friendly member you! You have also been very active with all the activities regularly, kept up your own activities quite well, and been very helpful with the guild. Wow. ... continue being you! Get to 1500 posts on the board and keep up with the activities, as well as updating your own, and doing what you have been doing, and you can pass your 4th year exams and rank up to your 5th year! Perks to being in P.P. rank: Get your shop featured on the webbie!

Discovered the Room of Requirements: 5th year, go you! You have racked yourself up 1500 posts and have been a super awesome member of the guild with your participatory behavior since you started here, at least 9 months ago. You are a star guild member!.. There are some perks once you have achieved this rank, so make sure to enjoy them! You've certainly earned it. Make it to 3000 guild posts, and keep it up with your activities and activeness: you have helped the guild so much, you can rank up! Perks to being a 'Discoverer': same as those in P.P. rank, plus: gain access to OoTP, D.A., or I.S. for special features (revealed only when you reach this rank), including using the Sickles, Galleons, and Knuts.

Slug Club: 6th year! I am speechless as to what an awesome member you have been. You have reached 3000 posts and been super active with the guild for a year and 3 months. Can you GET more active?? Don't worry about your post number... just keep being active and talkative... We'll let you know when you have graduated to 7th year..won't be too much longer... have you applied for sub-council yet? Perks to being in the Slug Club: same as those who are considered 'Discoverers', plus: earn shot in being sub-council position.

Sub-Council: You have been such a helpful, loyal, dedicated, and active member.. you are definitely part of the family, and have earned the prestigious position of being a member of the Sub-Council. You have earned all the perks of being in the Slug Club. Wow. Sub-Council privileges/responsibilities will be made known to you upon achievement of this status. Thank you for being you. :D

Guild Positions

Not a Head of House? Not on Council or Sub-Council? Still want to help out and do something spectacular for A Magical Mess? You've visited the right page. :) Check below to see if there are any positions you might be interested in filling, and follow the directions to apply for that position. You are not guaranteed to get desired position, but are always encouraged to explore the different options that are available. Wizarding Currency (WC) may be gathered throughout your time at A Magical Mess, and will become available to actually use once you've reached your fifth year.
Shop Director: In charge of Diagon Alley/Hogsmeade Caretaker: Makes sure all the shops that are supposed to be linked, are indeed linked. Makes sure that the linked shops have inventory in them. Earns 10 Sickles a week as well as 5 Knuts whenever a new shop is linked.

Activities Coordinator: Makes sure all linked activities are kept updated, makes sure all activities mentioned in the guild are properly linked on the webbie or the guild main page. Earns 10 Sickles a week as well as 5 Knuts whenever a new activity is linked.

Public Relations Manager: In charge of advertising on the Neo Guild boards. Earns 10 Sickles a week/board, as well as 1 Sickle for each guildless board advertised to that results in a new member.

Graphics Specialist: The main source of our layouts (coded) and banners. The galleons, sickles, and knuts vary according to the graphic. WC earnings varies according to graphic. (Our current Graphics Specialists are Ronja and Aurelia)

More positions will be listed, as Ashley thinks/creates them. Have an idea for a position (whether or not you wish to fill it) ? Let Ashley know! That will make her very happy, and could earn you some Housepoints and/or Knuts!

Specific Housepoints

Every non-spam post on the guild message board (restarts each term)= 5 HP & 1 Knut (Ashley keeps track of the posts each time she is on the message board)
Every advertising bump on an AMM board= 10 HP & 1 Knut
Every time caught advertising on a guildless board= 15 HP & 5 Knuts
Activities vary in HP & WC

Wands will be displayed here soon, they've been written down (the ones I've received anyways)....

House Projects: Advertise and show off your House pride and guild pride through your userlookups!

Guild Games:

Colin's Charmed Camera

Colin has taken a picture, and as much as he likes the picture he's taken, his camera has been charmed. The pictures now come out more entertaining than they were when he took them.
Decorate, spruce up, and otherwise edit the picture above and send it to Ashley for anywhere between 10 to 30 housepoints, depending on how awesomesauce/creative you make the picture.

7 Questions
Very simple activity: The following are 7 questions, each having to do with one of the Harry Potter books, the numbered question does not necessarily correlate to the book the answer would be found in. Each question is worth 1 point; all 7 questions answered correctly gets an additional 7 points. So, 14 points in total could be earned. With that set, let's get cracking:

What sort of snake did Harry accidentally set free?

Who was the muggleborn student killed the first time the Chamber of Secrets was opened?

When did Harry receive the Marauder's Map from the Weasley twins?

What happened to Barty Crouch, Sr.?

Name as many members of the original Order as you can.

What was the purpose of the hourglass in Professor Slughorn's office?

Where was Hermione when her perfume was smelled by the Snatchers?

Kwikspell
What does the following spell do? Earn 5 HP.
serpensortia
Fat Lady's Song!
The Fat Lady is once again trying to break a glass using only her voice. Problem is, she can't remember the artist who originally sang it, nor can she remember the name of the song itself!
Can you help her out? Just remind her of the song name and artist. She will reward you with 5 Housepoints for your trouble. The sooner you answer her, the sooner she'll stop trying to sing!
...See the thing about you that caught my eye/ is the same thing that makes me change my mind/ kinda hard to explain, but girl, I'll try/ you need to sit down, this may take a while...
Rita's Quik Quotes Quill
Name the person who said this line, and receive 2 HP. Name the book the line is from, and receive 2 HP. 4 Housepoints total are possible here.
Longbottom, at the end of this lesson we will feed a few drops of this potion to your toad and see that happens. Perhaps that will encourage you to do it properly.
McGonagall's Weekly Themes
Each week, a different theme will be posted... one that McGonagall has decided some banners need to be transfigured to change to. The theme will be posted here, and everyone will have throughout that week to create and submit a banner for the guild (or their House) that matches or somehow goes along with that theme.
Anywhere from 5 points to 20 points will be administered, depending on quality, creativity, and how well the banner fits the theme chosen by McGonagall.
This weeks theme:
Aragog

Guild Positions:

Wizarding Currency (WC) may be gathered throughout your time at A Magical Mess, and will become available to actually use once you've reached your fifth year.

Shop Director: In charge of Diagon Alley/Hogsmeade Caretaker: Makes sure all the shops that are supposed to be linked, are indeed linked. Makes sure that the linked shops have inventory in them. Earns 10 Sickles a week as well as 5 Knuts whenever a new shop is linked.

Public Relations Manager: In charge of advertising on the Neo Guild boards. Earns 10 Sickles a week/board, as well as 1 Sickle for each guildless board advertised to that results in a new member.

Graphics Specialist: The main source of our layouts (coded) and banners. The galleons, sickles, and knuts vary according to the graphic. WC earnings varies according to graphic.

Sorting Hat

So, you've made it into the guild, huh? Well, now's your chance to find out where in the guild you belong: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin!

Now, this is a long sorting quiz, I know, but it's quite accurate, having been created by a psychologist who took the time to develop a true assessment of the Sorting Hat. If you do not submit the answers to the quiz to the Headmistress within three (3) days of joining, you will be automatically sorted, to her choice for you.

Here are a number of statements that may or may not describe you. Please type a number from 1 to 9 before each statement to indicate the extent to which that statement is characteristic or uncharacteristic of you. You should rate yourself as you are now, not as you were in the past or as you expect to be in the future.

The Quiz:

Use the following rating scale:

1.Extremely uncharacteristic

3.Somewhat uncharacteristic

5.Neither characteristic nor uncharacteristic

7.Somewhat characteristic

9.Extremely characteristic

I show my thoughts and feelings in the way I look and act, but do not talk much about what I think and about how I feel.
I am considerate and thoughtful of other people.
I am a warm person and respond with kindness to other people.
I get along well with other people.
My peers look up to me and seek me out.
I am helpful and cooperate with other people.
I like physical affection.(like hugging)
I prefer to keep my thoughts and feelings to myself.
I make good and close friendships with other people.
I have friendships that don't last long; I change friends a lot.
I blame other people for things I have done.
I act immature when I face difficult problems or am under stress.
I try to see what and how much I can get away with. I push limits and stretch the rules.
I am eager to please.
I am concerned with what's right and what's wrong.
I am proud of the things I have done and made.
I act very masculine (if male); or I act very feminine (if female).
I let my peers know it when I am upset or angry. I don't hold back my feelings when I feel upset or angry with them.
I am open and straightforward.
I try to take advantage of other people.
I like to be the center of attention.
I try to get others to do what I want by playing up to them. I act charming in order to get my way.
I am nervous and fearful.
I worry about things for a long time.
I think things out and reason like a very mature person.
I am physically active. I enjoy playing sports, running, and exercise.
I look different from other people my own age.
I am energetic and full of life.
I am protective of others. I protect people who are close to me.
Most authority figures (e.g., teachers, professors, work supervisors) seem to like me.
I am able to see how others feel; I can put myself in their place.
I give, lend, and share things.
I cry easily.
I am restless and fidgety; I have a hard time sitting still.
I hold things in. I have a hard time expressing myself; I'm a little bit uptight.
I find ways to make things happen and get things done.
I like to compete; I'm always testing and comparing myself to other people.
I have an unusual way of thinking about things--for better or for worse,I put things together in my head in a different way than other people would.
I freeze up when things are stressful, or else keep doing the same thing over and over.
I am curious and exploring; I like to learn and experience new things.
I am determined; I do not give up easily.
I am an interesting person; people notice me and remember me.
I can bounce back and recover after a stressful or bad experience.
I give in or back down when I have a conflict or disagreement with others.
When I am under stress, I give up and back off.
I tend to go to pieces under stress; I get rattled when things are tough.
I have high standards for myself. I need to do very well in the things that I do.
I need to have people tell me that I am doing well. I am not very sure of myself.
I have specific habits or patterns of behavior. (For example, I tap my fingers, bite my fingernails, stutter or bite my lips.)
I tend to get sick when things go wrong or when there is a lot of stress. (For example, I get headaches, stomach aches, throw up.)
I am well-coordinated. (For example, I do well in sports.)
I am careful not to get hurt (physically).
I have a hard time making up my mind; I change my mind a lot.
I have unpredictable moods--they change often and quickly.
I worry about not getting my share of material things, food, or love. I am afraid I won't get enough.
I am jealous and envious; I want what other people have.
I exaggerate about things that happen to me; I can blow things out of proportion.
I openly show the way I feel, whether it's good or bad.
I am neat and orderly in the way I dress and act.
I get nervous if I am not sure what's going to happen or when it's not clear what I am supposed to do.
I tend to be judgmental of the behavior of others.
I am obedient and do what I am told.
I am fast-paced; I move and react to things quickly.
I am calm and relaxed; easy-going.
When I want something, I want it right away. I have a hard time waiting for things I want and like.
I pay attention well and can concentrate on things.
I plan things ahead; I think before I do something. "Look before I leap."
I am a very smart person (even though formal tests and evaluations, such as grades in school, might not show this).
I have a way with words; I can express myself well with words.
I daydream; I often get lost in thought or a fantasy world.
I often ask authority figures for help and advice.
I often feel guilty; I am quick to blame myself, even though I might not talk about it.
I have a sense of humor.
I get wrapped up in what I am doing.
I am cheerful.
I can be trusted; I'm reliable, and dependable.
I feel unworthy; I have a low opinion of myself.
I have my feelings hurt easily if I am made fun of or criticized.
I am suspicious--I don't really trust other people.
I tease and pick on my peers.
I can talk about unpleasant things that have happened to me.
I speak up and stick up for myself; I go after what I want.
I try to be independent and do things without the help of other people. I try not to rely on other people.
I am a talkative person.
I am aggressive. (For example, I pick fights or start arguments.)
I like to be by myself; I enjoy doing things alone.
I try to copy and act like the people I admire and look up to.
I am self-confident and sure of myself; I make up my own mind.
I am able to do many things well; I am skillful.
I am stubborn.
I have emotions that don't seem to fit the situation. (For example, I either overreact, don't care, or sometimes my reactions just don't make sense in hindsight.)
I am attractive, good-looking.
I am bossy and like to dominate other people.
I whine or pout often.
I let little problems get to me and am easily upset. It doesn't take much to get me irritated or mad.
I am creative in the way I look at things; the way I think, work, or play is very creative.
I like to dream up fantasies; I have a good imagination.
I am shy; I have a hard time getting to know people.
I think about my actions and behavior; I use my head before doing or saying something.
My peers often pick on me; I am also often blamed for things I didn't do.
I am the kind of person almost everyone likes.
I am talkative.
I tend to find fault with others.
I do a thorough job.
I worry a lot.
I like to reflect, play with ideas.
I tend to be quiet.
I am considerate and kind to almost everyone.
I tend to be disorganized.
I am relaxed, handle stress well.
I have few artistic interests.
I am someone with whom people really enjoy spending time.
I am outgoing, sociable.
I am sometimes rude to others.
I persevere until the task is finished.
I can be tense.
I am sophisticated in art, music, or literature.
I am reserved.
I have a forgiving nature.
I can be somewhat careless.
I am emotionally stable, not easily upset.
I prefer work that is routine.

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A Magical Mess