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Pottermore's Incorrectly Sorted Society AKA PISS!
jphufflepuff
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Hey guys. Apologies ahead of time because this is going to be long. Part of me still doesn't even want to talk about this, but I figured some of you have felt exactly what I am feeling, either because you too were sorted into the "wrong" house or because you imagined what it would feel like for that to happen.
So after waiting 2 months for my e-mail and watching literally every single one of my friends get in, I FINALLY got my Pottermore e-mail yesterday morning. I spent the day switching between work and Pottermore. I was having difficulties from the very beginning. The site was really glitchy and was kicking me out about once an hour, but I usually got back in pretty quickly.
I got through a few chapters and got my wand. I loved it and was extremely happy with the result. However, the fun pretty much ended there. I went back to work because I didn't want to sort at the office. I wanted to give it the proper time and concentration. I have been worried about this since July and it's just been building as everyone else has gotten sorted. The problem is, as soon as I got home, I couldn't get on the site to save my life.
I tried and tried. For 2 hours I refreshed. All I got was the magenta support message of doom. If you follow me on Twitter, I'm sure you saw a LOT of this frustration vented. I am still baffled that they are STILL having these problems. The site crashed DAY ONE. When they made the announcement. That was MONTHS ago. They knew people wanted on and I literally cannot understand why they have not beefed up their servers to accommodate the traffic.
On the Pottermore Insider, they said they'd not let a lot of people in because they hadn't expected the demand. I cannot fathom how they didn't expect this. YOU CHOOSE 1 MILLION PEOPLE! How were you not expecting less than 1 million people? How is this site, that has been up for nearly 2 months, STILL not capable of containing the number of people THEY set?
So occasionally I'd get past the horrid loading support message and get to the login. But I couldn't log in. Just sent me straight back to the magenta hell I've become so accustomed too. At this point, I was close to giving up. I'd get in, but only long enough to see the train compartment where I left off before I got kicked out again.
I gave up and went to watch and episode of "Doctor Who". I was extremely frustrated because I'd waited so long, being extremely PATIENT (HELLO!!!) and was being forced to wait longer. I was getting to the point where the site wasn't fun at all. It was causing more anguish than enjoyment. I decided to just wait until the site was done and ready, be that October or later. I didn't want my experience sullied by the technical problems. Then my girlfriend text saying she'd gotten back in. Sure enough, I went back to my computer and I was in.
This is where I become extremely upset with myself. I wanted so badly to just be sorted, to be finally confirmed as a Hufflepuff, that I completely lost control. I've been stressing out about this for months and I just wanted it over because I knew there was NO WAY I could possibly get placed anywhere else. I also blame Pottermore for my state because after glitches and getting kicked out all day, I didn't want to risk getting kicked out of the Sorting Hat. So I felt really rushed through the Sorting process. Partially my own fault, but mostly I still blame Pottermore. I barely even remember the questions. I think I even read one completely wrong.
So I pressed the button after the last question and saw the Ravenclaw crest. I immediately shut my computer. I didn't even want to look at it. After all that. After all my time waiting and the frustration I went through all day, the hat put me into Ravenclaw.
No offense to any of you Ravenclaws, I think Ravenclaw is an awesome house. They have so many good traits. It's just that they are not my traits. The thing that most defines me above all else is my friends. I would do anything for them. I have a very small group of incredibly close friends and I love them to death. Loyalty. Acceptance. I could write a whole essay on the traits of Hufflepuff I posses, but this is already WAAAY too long. The point is, I do not see any traits of Ravenclaws in myself. Yes, I consider myself intelligent, but not in the same way a Ravenclaws are.
One of the most popular conspiracy theories out there is that the Sorting Hat is actually placing people in houses based more on where it needs people in houses, rather than actually sorting them properly. This stems from the fact that for the first few days of the beta, there were WAAAAY more Ravenclaws than anyone else. Since that time, the houses have been nearly exactly equal. I don't think it's really only placing you in houses based on this, like just plopping every 4th person in each house and just rotating, but I do think that it's a big factor being played. This is thought to be occurring so that the House Cup tournament is fair and has equal numbers of people competing for each house. It's incredibly upsetting to think this is even a possibility, but I can't deny that it makes sense. If this is the case, I am very saddened that what should be an unbiased interactive part of the story is being steered a certain way.
What has me also frustrated is the fact that the quiz is merely 7 questions. The last of which was Left or right (also Up/Down and Heads/Tails). I find it extremely bothersome that the sorting quiz isn't AT LEAST 20 questions.
I could keep going, but I need to stop. If you've made it this far down my rant, I love you and applaud you.
MY PLAN: I'm done with Pottermore for now. I had a pretty terrible experience yesterday and until the site is running more smoothly, I don't want to get any more frustrated. When it opens to the public, I'll create a new account and re-sort, this time taking my time. I plan on sorting a few times to test if it's consistent or if it seems to randomly place to fill the houses equally. I WILL NOT change my answers to try to get into a certain house. I will remain truthful and if I consistently get placed somewhere besides Hufflepuff, then I guess I'll have to re-evaluate some things.
Please give me your feedback. Do you think I'm ridiculous? I know I'm probably taking this all WAY too seriously, but isn't that the point of being so passionate about something you love?
So after waiting 2 months for my e-mail and watching literally every single one of my friends get in, I FINALLY got my Pottermore e-mail yesterday morning. I spent the day switching between work and Pottermore. I was having difficulties from the very beginning. The site was really glitchy and was kicking me out about once an hour, but I usually got back in pretty quickly.
I got through a few chapters and got my wand. I loved it and was extremely happy with the result. However, the fun pretty much ended there. I went back to work because I didn't want to sort at the office. I wanted to give it the proper time and concentration. I have been worried about this since July and it's just been building as everyone else has gotten sorted. The problem is, as soon as I got home, I couldn't get on the site to save my life.
I tried and tried. For 2 hours I refreshed. All I got was the magenta support message of doom. If you follow me on Twitter, I'm sure you saw a LOT of this frustration vented. I am still baffled that they are STILL having these problems. The site crashed DAY ONE. When they made the announcement. That was MONTHS ago. They knew people wanted on and I literally cannot understand why they have not beefed up their servers to accommodate the traffic.
On the Pottermore Insider, they said they'd not let a lot of people in because they hadn't expected the demand. I cannot fathom how they didn't expect this. YOU CHOOSE 1 MILLION PEOPLE! How were you not expecting less than 1 million people? How is this site, that has been up for nearly 2 months, STILL not capable of containing the number of people THEY set?
So occasionally I'd get past the horrid loading support message and get to the login. But I couldn't log in. Just sent me straight back to the magenta hell I've become so accustomed too. At this point, I was close to giving up. I'd get in, but only long enough to see the train compartment where I left off before I got kicked out again.
I gave up and went to watch and episode of "Doctor Who". I was extremely frustrated because I'd waited so long, being extremely PATIENT (HELLO!!!) and was being forced to wait longer. I was getting to the point where the site wasn't fun at all. It was causing more anguish than enjoyment. I decided to just wait until the site was done and ready, be that October or later. I didn't want my experience sullied by the technical problems. Then my girlfriend text saying she'd gotten back in. Sure enough, I went back to my computer and I was in.
This is where I become extremely upset with myself. I wanted so badly to just be sorted, to be finally confirmed as a Hufflepuff, that I completely lost control. I've been stressing out about this for months and I just wanted it over because I knew there was NO WAY I could possibly get placed anywhere else. I also blame Pottermore for my state because after glitches and getting kicked out all day, I didn't want to risk getting kicked out of the Sorting Hat. So I felt really rushed through the Sorting process. Partially my own fault, but mostly I still blame Pottermore. I barely even remember the questions. I think I even read one completely wrong.
So I pressed the button after the last question and saw the Ravenclaw crest. I immediately shut my computer. I didn't even want to look at it. After all that. After all my time waiting and the frustration I went through all day, the hat put me into Ravenclaw.
No offense to any of you Ravenclaws, I think Ravenclaw is an awesome house. They have so many good traits. It's just that they are not my traits. The thing that most defines me above all else is my friends. I would do anything for them. I have a very small group of incredibly close friends and I love them to death. Loyalty. Acceptance. I could write a whole essay on the traits of Hufflepuff I posses, but this is already WAAAY too long. The point is, I do not see any traits of Ravenclaws in myself. Yes, I consider myself intelligent, but not in the same way a Ravenclaws are.
One of the most popular conspiracy theories out there is that the Sorting Hat is actually placing people in houses based more on where it needs people in houses, rather than actually sorting them properly. This stems from the fact that for the first few days of the beta, there were WAAAAY more Ravenclaws than anyone else. Since that time, the houses have been nearly exactly equal. I don't think it's really only placing you in houses based on this, like just plopping every 4th person in each house and just rotating, but I do think that it's a big factor being played. This is thought to be occurring so that the House Cup tournament is fair and has equal numbers of people competing for each house. It's incredibly upsetting to think this is even a possibility, but I can't deny that it makes sense. If this is the case, I am very saddened that what should be an unbiased interactive part of the story is being steered a certain way.
What has me also frustrated is the fact that the quiz is merely 7 questions. The last of which was Left or right (also Up/Down and Heads/Tails). I find it extremely bothersome that the sorting quiz isn't AT LEAST 20 questions.
I could keep going, but I need to stop. If you've made it this far down my rant, I love you and applaud you.
MY PLAN: I'm done with Pottermore for now. I had a pretty terrible experience yesterday and until the site is running more smoothly, I don't want to get any more frustrated. When it opens to the public, I'll create a new account and re-sort, this time taking my time. I plan on sorting a few times to test if it's consistent or if it seems to randomly place to fill the houses equally. I WILL NOT change my answers to try to get into a certain house. I will remain truthful and if I consistently get placed somewhere besides Hufflepuff, then I guess I'll have to re-evaluate some things.
Please give me your feedback. Do you think I'm ridiculous? I know I'm probably taking this all WAY too seriously, but isn't that the point of being so passionate about something you love?
Comments
Me and cadogan got banned from it
Same for me. I haven't been on for a few weeks now. Got frustrated. Hufflepuff, really? That was my first thought. When I thought about it some more, I realised I could be one, but it's still not me. Rushed through it too, wanting so badly. I even considered deleting my account too, but decided not to, because I love my name and it's my first and it's made on July 31 and that's cool, because people can see you were there from the beginning. I told myself to make an new account in October and then I'll be sorted in the house I belong.
PISS for now.
k not really, but you get my point
It is the quality of ones convictions that determines success, not the number of followers. -Remus Lupin
Lord Stafford.
I just didn't want go in Hufflepuff.
As for the sorting I did not expect Slytherin but looking back at the questions and the way I answered them I can see how I was put there. Just because there are only seven questions doesn't mean the sorting isn't valid. You can find out a lot about someone if you ask the right questions. There is reasoning behind these questions. Maybe we are not meant to understand it. But guess who does? J.K. Rowling. If she says I am Slytherin I am not really in any position to argue if that's where my own answers got me.
Lord Stafford.
Lord Stafford.
I was sent to gryffindor, and I was meh.. alright. I was expecting something new, and now I'm behind harry's steps.
after two days, all chapters are done, some potions brewed, spells practiced and somehow I cant duel anybody.
now it's like boring going around seeking galleons to buy ingredients and stuff lol
do you think we have to wait a whole year to enter second book? I'm going to be like 30 years old when it finishes!
"No story lives unless someone wants to listen. The stories we love best do lives in us forever.
So whether you come back by page or by big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home" -J.K Rowling.
I really want to be sorted into Slytherin, and I will tolerate Ravenclaw. Don't get me wrong, Griffindor and Hufflepuff are wonderful houses, but they are not me. I am more of the cunning person controlling the "hero" than the actual hero.