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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Chapter 15: Into the Forbidden Forest

Image via WikipediaHover over the spider web and the spider will climb the tree, hover over the bird and she'll fly away. You can also collect wolfsbane and unicorn blood from this screen but you'll have to search closely!

Move as far in as you can and you'll see something frightening.

Our first week on Pottermore

Image by Genevieve719 via FlickrWell, I finally got my owl last weekend - September 24th to be exact! Apparently those of us who made the beta-testing pool with a Yahoo mail address were put on the bottom of the guest list. Oh well.

The first thing I can say about Pottermore is that I love it - mostly.

There are some bugs that need to be worked out, it needs some music and/or dialog (the silence is deafening, trust me!) and it is sloooooow.

I hope that when Pottermore goes live they will be using more servers or it's going to be too painfully slow for me. Patience is not a virtue that I have.

The second thing I can say is, it really is better than I thought it would be. There's a lot to discover in Pottermore. More of that to come in later posts.

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