Pottermore leak

[karentheunicorn.livejournal.com]

Pottermore, if the yahoo info below is true apparently it's a online game...why am I not surprised - IF it is a game, who wants to take a wild guess they want us to pay to play it.

http://blog.games.yahoo.com/blog/792-report-j-k-rowling-to-unveil-harry-potter-online-game

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[majorjune.livejournal.com]

The site immerses users in the boy wizard's world, combining elements of computer game, social network and online store. The site goes live for select members July 31, and will open to the general public in October.

Yeah, that's what I posted last week from some fan site that had a few screenshots of the Pottermore site; they posted last week that it was going to be a "social media" site that also had games, fan fiction, and the ability to download the books in "e-read format"...

Seems to me that it's a little late in the game to be trying to gen any substantial interest in a Harry Potter social networking site, and since there's so many fan fiction sites that have been around for years, seems to me that THAT train left the station long ago, too! :-o

And just who are these "select members" who get early access, and how were they awarded such elevated status? And why do they think anyone will give a damn about the site by October? I could have seen launching it to coincide with the movie coming out in July, but all that hype will have died by October...

[karentheunicorn.livejournal.com]

Exactly, whats the deal with waiting till Oct.

I think it says something about those early access people will be allowed in to help shape the world or??? sorry I can't remember the exact wording but it almost sounds like a bit of a beta where those early people are going to get to test and give advice, etc.

[majorjune.livejournal.com]

but it almost sounds like a bit of a beta where those early people are going to get to test and give advice, etc.

That's EXACTLY what it is; according to one of the links, Rowling's been working with some software firm on this for two years, so obviously they've gone thru internal beta testing and now want to try it out with a "select few" outsiders for the final stage of beta testing.

Which is even more a reason for us non-Rowling slaves to try to get into it on July 31st, because you know that the beta testing process so far has to have been directed in some manner by Rowling. It'll need our more objective outlook! LOL

[madderbrad.livejournal.com]

Heh, I think I'm quite looking forward to we 'non-Rowling slaves' hopping on and interacting with the pro-Jo crowd.

I just hope there isn't something in the Terms & Conditions like "only positive comments about our Jo and her HP creation will be allowed".