ALOHOMORA SIXTH BIRTHDAY EVENT

[Admin Sora]

ALOHOMORA SIXTH BIRTHDAY EVENT

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First off, the staff apologizes for the lateness of this! With world events, it hasn't been an easy year for anyone. We were going to do a lower key birthday event then previous years, but TJ just had such a great idea that we couldn't let it pass up! SO! Everyone thank TJ for this awesome idea! Here's the rundown of the whole event, in TJ's words:

“Hogsmeade is pleased to welcome back the lively faces of students back to the nearby Hogwarts. In celebration of the school year starting, a new Minister of Magic, Viktor Krum, and hopefully a brighter future ahead. The Hogsmeade community counsel with the aide of some rather friendly Leprechaun have come up with an event for everyone to enjoy. All throughout Hogsmeade, from the streets to inside the stores. Even near the Shrieking Shack and near by grassy fields. small to medium sized pots of leprechauns gold might be hidden. This gold obviously disappears but there is one magical pot filled with actual Gallons. Will you and your friends be able to find it? You’ll only know hours later when the leprechaun gold disappears and real gold remains.”

THis event takes place during the first Hogsmeade visit of the year, September 20, 2025. Everyone and anyone is invited to participate! There's a board for the event.  This board will basically just be all of Hogsmeade during the first visit, and where your characters can have fun finding leprechaun gold!

So how will this work exactly?

Well, this is a posting war! For the WHOLE month of July (including everything already posted before this announcement) we will be competing over how many posts we make! Like the previous posting war, this will be by character. At the end of the month the top 10 characters will be thrown into a raffle for 3 grand prizes! To make it easy, I'll undergo the task of counting posts (be kind to me....) throughout the month so you guys don't have to worry about reporting your posts.

Also, as an extra incentive! This month ALL IC posts will earn 4 galleons (double the usual!) and creating a thread in the current season (so not the past boards) will earn you 5 galleons! So the more you post this month, the more galleons you earn AND you will also be in the running for the raffle!

As an extra EXTRA incentive, I'm going to be working on some crazy new galleon shop items to roll out at the end of the month! Gotta give you guys new toys to spend all this cash on, right?! 

IF, as a site, we get 500 posts in the month, the staff will cook up something crazy spectacular as a reward for the whole site! This would be a serious group effort. To do this every member would need to make a little less than 20 posts during the month!

Again, we're sorry this isn't as elaborate as past years. Life has been rough for everyone. But lets have an awesome birthday month!

[Admin Sora]

Sora's post tracking

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Basically this is where I'm going to keep track of posts you guys have made for July!

Total: 582

@adonia - 1
@adrian - 1
Albus Severus Potter - 3
alfie edward o'callaghan - 2
@alyra - 3
@ambrosia - 6
@lestrange - 5
ares edward lestrange - 2
@argentum - 15
@auguste - 10
@aurum - 27
@blair - 7
brody christopher dubois - 2
@bjorn - 2
bryelle rose goyle - 3
@bobby - 2
@calder - 2
calliope ivory fleming - 4
@callisto - 2
@cameron - 1
camila calderón - 23
Casimir Elias Karkaroff - 18
@cassius - 1
charlie marie weekly - 1
@chrissy - 3
@clarence - 2
@claricia - 1
@claudia - 5
@colton - 3
cordelia regan smith - 6
@dana - 4
@daniel - 2
@crimson1 - 2
@dasha - 21
@deorwynn - 4
@dmitri - 2
@duane - 1
@edrik - 1
@edward - 9
eleanor gwendolen ollivander - 8
Elijah Theron Fleming  - 5
@buffy - 2
@ellie - 5
@ezekiel - 3
felix valentin fortescue - 3
@finley - 5
@freya - 1
@friday - 9
Galen Francis Ollivander - 3
@gauri - 1
gideon edward ollivander - 6
@lockhart - 3
Ginevra Molly Potter - 5
grey xavier slater - 4
@hadlee - 3
HARRY JAMES POTTER - 3
@haydin - 10
@seph - 7
@iliana - 5
@igraine - 4
isabel alejandra moreno-hughes - 2
honey satheesh varma - 4
@jacob - 1
Jameson Hera Blishwick - 4
@jessavette - 3
@jessiemeadows - 3
@jim - 2
@joseph - 2
@kalique - 2
@katie - 1
@karen - 1
@katiya - 2
kaylee māhealani mahi'ai - 2
lancelot ray linley - 2
lily luna potter - 5
@lotten - 2
@lucas - 1
@luke - 12
@lucyweasley - 1
lulu anne blishwick - 2
@lusie - 3
@madeleine - 4
@johanson - 2
maxima ruqayyah greyback - 3
@luthien - 12
michelangelo tiberius mclaggen - 8
mina pandora oliveira - 4
monday meadow weekly - 8
@muffet - 7
Nathaniel David Forrester - 10
nessa abigael byrne - 3
@nixie - 3
@odette - 2
parvati patil macmillan - 14
penelope raisa bainbridge - 2
@peytonbainbridge - 3
@priscilla - 2
prudence oria weiss - 2
@renfri - 3
@riley - 2
rose harriet granger-weasley - 2
@ryuu - 4
samira ali warsame - 6
@sari - 3
@saturday - 1
@sav - 1
@scylla - 5
@sebastian - 3
shawn lesley ashcroft - 2
@shreya - 4
Sienna Aurélie Linslee - 15
simon sixten svendsen - 7
@summer - 3
@sunday - 2
@sutton - 2
@tamara - 1
@tamatha - 2
tobias charles watkins - 4
@torrian - 4
@thursday - 3
@travis - 3
@tuesday - 2
@vangeris - 2
vasilia abigail fortescue - 10
@victoire - 6
@virvatuli - 10
@wednesday - 4
@whiskey - 6
@yvette - 3
yvonne rae de snaijer - 5
zenevieva mira novell - 3

[Admin Sora]

Alright y'all! July has ended and here are our TOP TEN POSTERS!!!! Well.... Top 9 cause we had four tie for the 10th slot, hahaha. Just decided not to include them!

@argentum - 15
@aurum - 27
camila calderón - 23
Casimir Elias Karkaroff - 18
@dasha - 21
@luke - 12
@luthien - 12
parvati patil macmillan - 14
Sienna Aurélie Linslee - 15

SO! These 9 will all receive 50 GALLEONS To reward them for their awesome efforts! Now, onto the raffle! These 9 characters have been thrown into a raffle for three FABULOUS prizes! The member that wins can give the prize to whatever character they'd like. Those prizes are....

1. FREE DRUID
2. XXXX CLASSIFIED CREATURE
3. NON-BROOM FLYING VEHICLE ( you choose what)


And.... our three winners are.....


FOR THE FREE DRUID: @aurum !

FOR THE XXXX CLASSIFIED CREATURE: @dasha

FOR THE NON-BROOM FLYING VEHICLE: @luthien

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS!

But also, a HUGE congratulations to EVERYONE that participated! You guys showed up big time! We had a combined total of 582 posts! You guys unlocked DRUIDS by hitting 500! This averages to 18 posts a DAY! That's crazy! THis'll be the number to beat next year!