Post by QUINN on May 25, 2011 22:07:21 GMT
Here is a little step-by-step guide for new members. Follow the yellow brick road and you won't get lost, and we'll all be happy.
• • Right! First of all, create your character, fill in the application form, and wait to be accepted. You may be told to alter some things in your application before you can be accepted, so keep that in mind. But we will try to make this a quick and painless process and get you sorted as soon as possible.
• • Once you have been accepted, you will need to open a Gringotts account using the form provided in the Gringotts board, placing 200 Galleons inside. This is what we give you to start out with on the site. Easy enough.
• • Before you can travel to Hogwarts, you'll need to do a bit of shopping for school supplies first. So here's a little list of things you will need to buy for your school year. (NOTE: Adult characters only need to buy a wand. Everything else is optional, since this list is made for student characters.)
1. A wand. Duh. This should be the first purchase you make after being accepted.
2. A set of school robes.
3. School books for whatever year you're in. Just ask at the counter in one of the book shops and they should be able to get you what you need.
4. A Potions Kit. Again, request it for the year you're in.
Anything else you would like to buy, e.g. a pet or a broom, if you'd like to play Quidditch, etc, is fine. But only the items listed are neccessary. The rest is up to you.
• • Next. Travelling. Shopping complete, you should make your way to King's Cross Station, through the barrier to Platform Nine and Three Quarters, and board the Hogwarts Express. Upon arriving at Hogsmeade Station, you should either hop into a boat (if you're a first year), or older students can find themselves a carriage to ride to the castle in.
• • As a little side note. Any shopping or travelling threads you do, don't necessarily have to be replied to or continued as a full RP thread (that is unless you actually want them to). It is fine, and expected, even, for these to just be one off posts in order to get you to the castle. ;]
• • Once you arrive at the castle, you need to head straight to the Great Hall on the Ground Floor to attend the Sorting Ceremony. Once you have been told which house you are in by the Sorting Hat, you are free to RP around the site as you please! (NOTE: Again, adult characters do not need to do this part.)
• • One more thing: Don't forget to visit the Student Services board and sign up for your lessons and any clubs you'd like to be a part of.