The Upgrade Appears to be a Downgrade

Image via WikipediaWell, Pottermore is back up, but so far the only new thing I see (besides the return of wizard duel!) is the return of overloaded servers. I really thought they had resolved that one after getting so many complains from the beta group.

I'm starting to wonder if Sony should just turn Pottermore over to Zynga (oh horrors!) Seriously, each Zynga game has millions of users, while there are as of today only 666,703 registered users of Pottermore. Yet it's Pottermore having these server issues.

Very frustrating, but it's too much fun pretending I'm a student at Hogwarts to give up on Pottermore.

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Pottermore Down for Upgrades

Image by jox. via FlickrSorry for not posting for a while, unfortunately there wasn't much new happening in Pottermore for the past couple of weeks. When I tried to log on yesterday though, the site said they were down for a few days to make a number of changes based on beta-user feedback.

I've seen a lot of great comments by beta-user and I hope some of the ideas mentioned get implemented. A favorite seems to be the ability to fight the mountain troll in Book 1 - that would be great! And many, many people have been clamoring for the return of wizard dueling.

So, although Pottermore will be down for a few days, I can't wait to what's new when the site goes live again. Stay tuned!

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