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Dark Mark Rising Mods (darkmark_mods) wrote,
@ 2010-02-08 14:58:00

Read through this and let us know if you have any issues/ideas/suggestions please!

HOGWARTS CARNIVALE
Duration: 2 in-game weeks, 1 real life month
Starting: In-game January 24th, real-life February 15th
Classes will be suspended for one-week because of the extensive injuries and trauma.

This is overall a contest of houses, but inter-house activity will be incorporated. Rides will be free for the first day, but will require tickets for every other day. Each student will be given 500 tickets on the first day and can also earn more from the games/stalls or finding scavenger hunt items. The first 500 will not be counted towards the house total, but thereafter students can spend their winnings on rides, games, or towards their house total. They will be colour coded (and charmed to reject transfiguation) as to ensure honesty.

1st PLACE: Will receive a weekend trip to ________ at the end of the two weeks (Fri Feb 4th - Sun Feb 6th). It is a village similar to Hogsmeade, though few students have likely been there. Staff and aurors will accompany the students, and permission will be obtained from parents. Those without permission will join the 2nd place house.

2nd PLACE: Will receive an outdoor party on February 5th, as well as unlimited access to games, prizes, food, shows, and houses. A three-ring circus will also be brought for their entertainment on the evening of Sunday February 6th, and they will be allowed to invite members from all houses.

3rd & 4th PLACE: Will receive a party on February 5th. Students will celebrate in their common rooms, and will be provided with snacks and refreshments. There will be no curfew, but staff will be guarding from outside to ensure no students wander off, and no strangers get in. These will be private parties for the two respective houses and their students.

OPENING CEREMONIES
All day January 24th, starting at 11 am - rides FREE on Monday
- Staff supervised mingling in the outdoor heated patio
- Drinks & refreshments will be provided, as well as lunch & dinner
- Roundabout (Merry-go-round) 3 tickets
- Ferris Wheel 3 tickets
- Pirate Ship (swing ship) 4 tickets
- Bumper cars 5 tickets
- "Haunted" house 3 tickets
- House of mirrors 3 tickets
- Fun slide 2 tickets
- Relaxing train ride 5 tickets
- Slideshow/movie of common "circus" folk 5 tickets
- Fortune teller 8 tickets
- Stalls and games will be available for practice
- Food stands will be available as well, each food item will cost tickets

ON-GOING EVENTS
Through the duration of the 2 weeks
- Scavenger hunt - Mods will post in active threads items that students may come across. Each item will be worth points/tickets ranging from 50 to 5.
- Game booths - characters narrated or threading games will be given a randomly assigned number (via random.com) to correlate with each game. Games will cost five tickets each. Games which have targets will be based on odds, there will be very few "large" amounts, and if students win '5' tickets, they will not count towards their house's total.

Horse Races
- Students will use "Aguamenti" to hit a target which makes their horse/character 'run'. First place is worth 15 tickets, second 10, third 5, fourth and onward will receive nothing.

Rubber Duckies
- Students will use "Wingardium Leviosa" to levitate one duck. Prize amount will be on the bottom. Prize amounts: 40 tickets, 20 tickets, 5 tickets, small prize, or a medium-sized stuffed House mascot.

Pixie Dust
- Students will use "Stupefy" to stun a pixie over a target. The pixie will then land on a space, which corresponds with a prize amount. Prize amounts: middle circle is worth 40 tickets, second circle is worth 30, third 20, fourth 10, and fifth 5.

Balloon Pop
- Students will use "Deprimo" to pop balloons. Prize amount will be inside and have protects against the spell. Prize amounts: 40 tickets, 20 tickets, 5 tickets, Bertie Bott's, chocolate frog, or fizzing whizbees.

Insecticide
- Students will use "Engorgio" on a tiny insect. When it grows, its colour will correspond to a prize amount. Prize amounts: 40 tickets, 20 tickets, 5 tickets, sneakoscope, finger-broom (think finger skateboards), gobstones, or self-shuffling playing cards.

Seek the Snitch
- Students will use "Impedimenta" to stop one flying snitch (out of many - snitches will be magically conjured, and are not regulation). Each snitch will have a number, corresponding to the prize. Prize amounts: 40 tickets, 20 tickets, 5 tickets, bottle of pumpkin juice, bottle of butterbeer, or a bottle of cherry syrup & soda.

Exploding Snap
- Students will use "Locomotor arrow" to move the arrow into a Exploding Snap playing card. The other side will have a prize, provided the card does not explode. Prize amounts: 40 tickets, 20 tickets, 5 tickets, exploding snap, gobstones, small stuffed animals, hiccup sweets, or screaming yo-yos.

INTER-HOUSE PARTNERS*
Events will be judged through overall activity, including journals and threads dedicated to these tasks.

- Friday Jan 28th: Partners will be announced. Students will have dinner with their partner and given time to create strategies. After dinner each set of partners will be given twenty minutes in the "planetarium" created specifically for this, and must come up with as many real constellations as they can. Each will be worth five tickets.

- Saturday Jan 29th: Each pair will be given a time. At that time, they will begin the "fun house", and their times will be scored. Lowest times will correspond to highest points. Fun houses are expected to take anywhere from one to fours house to navigate.

- Sunday Jan 30th: Partners will be placed into groups/heats, and will work together at a "Horse Race". Prize amounts will be tripled from the usual game, and will not cost tickets. Partners will compete in three separate races.
- Partners will also participate in four heats of jousting. They will wear padding, stand on top of platform, and use foam jousts. Partners will work together to defeat the opposing pair. The last partner (whether it's a pair or solo) standing in the platform wins. Each win is worth 20 tickets.

FINAL TASK
- Housemates must work together to complete an obstacle course. Learned spells, quick thinking, and team work will all be necessary to complete the course. Lowest time corresponds with the most points.
- Winner will be determined by a vote. Each player gets ONE vote.
- Worth 100 tickets.

CLOSING CEREMONIES
- Correspond to prizes.
- On Sunday February 6th, a three-ring circus will be brought to Hogwarts. The 2nd place team will have the best seats, followed by their guests. Students who were not "invited" will still attend, but will be sitting at the back.

* For partners, please comment here with requests for plot purposes. You may make requests for or against partners. IE Cassandra should be partnered with Ekaterina so she can deal with her hatred, or Sirius does not want to be partnered with Bellatrix because they would likely kill each other. Otherwise, partners will be randomly assigned.

Activity is a HUGE thing, if you play one side of the partner who is being extra active, you will be awarded more points. If your partners are equal, their respective houses will get the same amount of points!

Regulus Black & Sirius Black
Cassandra Bulstrode & Ekaterina Yaxley
Torin Leary & Lucius Malfor

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	xeniszen 2010-02-08 08:14 pm UTC (link)
	- I think Sirius and Regulus should get paired together. Because they need to be forced into bonding. - I suspect Ted should not would not (in a box) be given a partner being in a coma and all. He wouldn't make for a very good partner O.o - My others, I am not fussed about, unless anyone wants them as a partner for any reason. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	_cassandra 2010-02-08 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	Keeping him in a coma until after the 28th then? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	xeniszen 2010-02-08 08:47 pm UTC (link)
	Not necessarily, but I don't know for sure when he'll come out, and he wouldn't pop right out of the Infirmary afterwards either, so it's probably for the best :D (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sweet__charity 2010-02-08 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	We've all been thinking he needed to come out for ages. :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	disassembler 2010-02-08 09:01 pm UTC (link)
	I'm guessing Aurea won't be allowed to participate? If she is, best not to partner her with any Slytherins. Or there will be death. Other than that, I'm up for anything. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	darkmark_mods 2010-02-08 09:07 pm UTC (link)
	I meant to mention that - he's going to let her participate in the partner tasks, and she'll be allowed to come out Wednesday. She'll also have like, one supervised night to play with the games, because Dumbledore would feel guilty if she had to miss EVERYTHING. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	disassembler 2010-02-08 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	Okay, cool. Any non-Slytherins are manageable, though if she's paired with a boy she'll be snotty about it. Like she's ever not snotty. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	disassembler 2010-02-09 07:45 pm UTC (link)
	Also forgot: Eli probably doesn't need to be paired with Lily or James. > (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sweet__charity 2010-02-08 09:42 pm UTC (link)
	See? You may say not Bella and Sirius because they'd kill each other. But I say How about Torin and Lucius BECAUSE they'd probably kill each other. I'm fairly open to anyone with my kids. Maybe Laura for Zamira though I just thought of that offhand and haven't spoken to the player :). I have my four. 2 snakeys, 2 birdies :3 (Reply to this) (Thread)

	_matty 2010-02-08 10:23 pm UTC (link)
	(Laura isn't in the game anymore!) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	peacock_quill 2010-02-08 10:25 pm UTC (link)
	minor detail :D (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	drink__me 2010-02-09 05:55 am UTC (link)
	Nothing that can't be solved by ...threading with yourself? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	torinschaos 2010-02-10 02:17 pm UTC (link)
	Lucius is going down! Of course if not Torin will need someone to heal his wounded pride. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	melliebones 2010-02-08 10:17 pm UTC (link)
	I have five able to be a part of it and a sixth who is a teacher face. I'm thinking Mel wouldn't do well with like..Lily? But if Sara would want it for plot, I wouldn't care. If there's anyone who WANTS to work with Frank, Tanner, Saffron, Amelia, or Chase, we'd be honored, but otherwise, I'm hoping that the randomness can be approved before it's set in stone. (Reply to this)

	ekaterinaa 2010-02-08 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	CASS SHOULD BE PARTNERED WITH KATEFACE SO SHE CAN DEAL WITH HER HATRED? :D? IDK, I don't have much preference for Kate, so any non-Puff will doooo. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ginge 2010-02-08 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	I'm not logging out... I WAS HOPING YOU'D SAY THAT. I agree :) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	avanhorn 2010-02-09 12:56 am UTC (link)
	OMG THE NAME OF THAT ICON MAKES ME LOL! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	vsmethley 2010-02-09 01:57 am UTC (link)
	Any of mine can be partnered with anyone, as they have no preference. (Reply to this)

	drink__me 2010-02-09 02:58 am UTC (link)
	This is an absolutely amazing idea! I have no preferences! Besides, being totally random could be fun. (Reply to this)

453269
2010-02-09 04:39 pm UTC (link)

The only way Severus is going to participate at all is if he's partnered with Xen. Or Lily. Or possibly Lucius. Otherwise he'll sit in a corner and watch everyone without even looking at his tickets.

This sounds like an awesome plot, but a huge logistical nightmare. O_O How are the mods going to keep track of who spends how many tickets?

I've got Septima, Bella and Fabian, too. Please don't pair Fabian with Chase? That probably wouldn't end well. Other than that, I've no preference. ^^

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darkmark_mods
2010-02-09 04:45 pm UTC (link)

Chase and Fabian can't be paired because they're in the same house.

We really can't keep track. With the 500 free tickets we've tried to make it so it doesn't really matter. What matters is when people thread and I run the numbers/odds through a generator and the prize that comes up :p

So getting 40 tickets is going to be like 15:1 odds, where as getting a chocolate is like 2:1 odds, and getting 5 tickets is closer to 4:1 odds, and 10 tickets like 10:1 odds.

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	453269 2010-02-09 05:21 pm UTC (link)
	Ohhhhh. Der. ;) Sorry, I was having a brain fart moment. Okay, so you'll keep track of the prizes that come up through the generator, and that's how you'll choose a winner? Sounds cool. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chaseharper 2010-02-09 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	But HAHAHAHAHAHA at the fact that I said the same thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	453269 2010-02-09 07:06 pm UTC (link)
	XDDD Fabian's just afraid of getting his arse handed to him, really. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

chaseharper
2010-02-09 07:10 pm UTC (link)

Lmfao. Chase is ridiculous, though. He's tough when he needs to be, but the entire common room would HEAR the fight before it happened and nothing would actually get to go down besides a few punches. Lily would beat them both. Or Molly. O.o

But no, Chase is 'moving' on. Because he's going to let Fabian have Mafalda. And he's going to have Maddie. And he's going to mention how AMAZING Maddie is to Fabian and Maddie is going to mention how WONDERFUL Chase is to Mafalda. Jealoussssssy. Or, at least, in Chase's deluded mind, there will be jealousy. XDDDD

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453269
2010-02-09 07:23 pm UTC (link)

Fabian would get angry if he knew that Chase was insisting he was only interested in Mafalda for her body. Since his head-over-heels, sixteen-year-old mind has him convinced this is love, not just lust. Like everything else he's been through. He'd yell, but he really needs to work on his fighting skills. He'd only take punches, not give them. Like the boys fighting in Bridget Jones? Yeah, that'd be Fabian. XD

And then Fabian will be honestly happy for Chase. ;)

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	asthecrowflies 2010-02-09 10:19 pm UTC (link)
	Arthur would feel obligated to have nice long talks with both of them about manly behaviour. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	saffsdira 2010-02-10 06:04 pm UTC (link)
	Chase offered to punch Arthur. He thinks he's dumb. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	avanhorn 2010-02-10 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	Eli says no Arthur punching. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	asthecrowflies 2010-02-11 12:40 am UTC (link)
	Arthur says he prefers not to take offers from younger students as they're rarely very fair. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	_matty 2010-02-09 08:13 pm UTC (link)
	Severus and Xen should totally be paired together! That would be darling! Xen would be very happy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	453269 2010-02-09 09:07 pm UTC (link)
	That would be SO CUTE. :) Sev would actually participate and do a fairly good job of it, too, I imagine. ;) (Reply to this) (Parent)

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