Pottermore

[WeirdBeard]

It says on site,

Originally Posted by Pottermore Site

Due to overwhelming demand, you cannot access Pottermore right now. Please be patient whilst we try to connect you.
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Wassup with site?

[Marry The Night]

The millionth Welcome email has been sent out today. Don't get your hopes up for Pottermore opening to the public this Saturday (October 1st). That date is just a rumour and hasn't been confirmed; Pottermore could open to the public at any day in October. (I personally think it could open on Halloween, as that's a Monday. Don't quote me on that, though.)

Originally Posted by WeirdBeard

It says on site,

Due to overwhelming demand, you cannot access Pottermore right now. Please be patient whilst we try to connect you.
This page will refresh in
** seconds

Wassup with site?

"Overwhelming demand" means that there is a lot of traffic on the site, and they'll redirect you to the site after it's cooled down a bit.

[Marry The Night]

Haven't updated this in a while, but open registration for Pottermore has been pushed back a bit. No word on when it will open to the public, unfortunately.

On the bright side (for beta testers, at least), Wizard Duelling is back up after it's four month-long hiatus. There's currently a limit of ten duels per twenty minutes.

[HammyTheSquirrel]

Any idea yet on when this could be released from Beta? I just started the sixth book today and I'm a really avid Harry Potter fan now.

[HammyTheSquirrel]

Well, I guess this just answered my question.

Originally Posted by Pottermore Insider

We’re pleased to announce that pottermore.com will be open to everyone in early April 2012.

We know that the extended wait for those wishing to be part of Pottermore has been frustrating, and we’d like to thank you all for your patience so far.

Many of you are interested to know why we extended the original opening date beyond October of last year.

We always knew Pottermore would be incredibly popular, which is why we made the decision to only open to one million Beta users to begin with. We wanted to make sure that we had a really good understanding of how people want to use the site and which bits we’d need to modify before giving more people access.

We gathered some incredibly useful feedback from our Beta users, and it became clear that our original platform wouldn’t be suitable when millions more users came on to the site. So we made a big decision: to move Pottermore to an entirely different platform set up. This ‘invisible’ change has involved a lot of work behind the scenes but it will enable our users to get the best from Pottermore as it grows and develops.

There have definitely been some challenges and the whole Pottermore team has been working really hard to incorporate all the Beta activity and feedback. This means that over the coming weeks and months we’ll be adding exclusive content and many more exciting features (such as sounds) to Pottermore for you to explore, share and discover.

So get ready to join the Pottermore journey – the wait is nearly over.

Perfect timing for me... I'm just starting The Deathly Hallows. I'm pretty excited for it to open. It looks pretty cool.

[Davy_Mcwrecker]

Tsk, Tsk, J.K. Rowling. By the time Pottermore is out, A Hunger Games game will come out and less people will join. I honestly don't want to play anymore.

[Marry The Night]

Hopefully they're going to add more ways to earn Galleons. That's currently an issue with the beta: You get 500 Galleons at the start of each book, but there aren't any ways to replenish it. Avid potion makers, like myself, have run out of money for ingredients a long time ago.

[Captain Gas]

Is this a good sign of the release?

"Pottermore is currently unavailable.
We are making important updates to the site, which may take some time.
For the most up-to-date information, please visit the Pottermore Insider.
Thank you in advance for your patience."

[HammyTheSquirrel]

Originally Posted by JackSeaeagle

Is this a good sign of the release?

"Pottermore is currently unavailable.
We are making important updates to the site, which may take some time.
For the most up-to-date information, please visit the Pottermore Insider.
Thank you in advance for your patience."

If it actually opens today, I have some crazy psychic powers. I just had a feeling it would...

Anyway... I sure hope it does open today. I'm curious to see which house I'll be in. (crosses fingers and prays for Ravenclaw) ^_^

[Davy_Mcwrecker]

Originally Posted by HammyTheSquirrel

If it actually opens today, I have some crazy psychic powers. I just had a feeling it would...

Anyway... I sure hope it does open today. I'm curious to see which house I'll be in. (crosses fingers and prays for Ravenclaw) ^_^

Ravenclaw Club!

w00t!!!

[HammyTheSquirrel]

Pottermore is open!

[Marry The Night]

Pottermore's finally open! The number of people who can register per hour is being limited, and when you do register you won't gain access right away; they're activating users in a steady stream due to the overwhelming amount of applicants.

Also, we are allowed to share our Pottermore usernames on POF; Savvy checked with Batleth back when Pottermore first opened to beta testers.

[Captain Gas]

Sweet! My username is FangPatronus10705. Haven't been sent the e-mail for exploring yet, but got an account. See you in the game!

They gave me the username FangPatronus, and I chose it because my favorite spell is the Patronus. :P

[HammyTheSquirrel]

My username is NoxKnight8400, for whoever would like to add me.

[Marry The Night]

Added you both -- I'm AurorFlame70.