Awards

[Professor Albus Dumbledore]

Thank you to everyone that filled out the surveys…

I know they were horribly long and daunting and gosh darn it all they took away valuable RPing time! But we appreciate it all the same and here they are, the recipients to the many categories. We would just like to preface that this was done completely by choice and judged by the “may the most votes win!” policy. These are meant to just be fun awards. No offense was meant or should be taken. So without further ado, your 2009 winners!

I C – C H A R A C T E R S

1. Most Sociable:
Isabella Swan

2. Meanest:
Bellatrix Black

3. Funniest:
James Potter

4. You Have to be Friends With:
Isabella Swan

And although she only received one vote,

Narcissa Black (Yeah, I know that's weird but seriously I can't make my characters not like Narcissa. She's just too awesome. Yeah I realize the irony here with two of my three not really getting along with her but they're canons, they don't count lol)

5. Most Likely to Cause Trouble:
Regulus Black

6. Most Likely to Become Minister of Magic:

• Amory Kerr
  
• Ethan Cartier
  
• Jacob Edwards
  
• Remus Lupin (Minus the werewolf thing... but you know, he's got the whole responsibility thing going for him)

7. Most Likely to Marry a “Hogwarts-sweetheart:”
James Potter ;]

8. Most Likely to Become a Millionaire:
Lucius Malfoy (haha, cheating, 'cause he already is one! xDDD)

But hey,

Aceline Perrez (Marry rich and all that ;P)

9. Best Personality (Field in App):
Pierre Scham. I about died. xDDD

10. Best History (Field in App):
Isabelle Laurentine

11. Favorite Gryffindor:
James Potter

12. Favorite Ravenclaw:
Jenna Edwards

13. Favorite Hufflepuff:
Isabella Swan

14. Favorite Slytherin:
Rabastan Lestrange

15. The Character You’ve RPed With Most:
Isabella Swan

O O C – M E M B E R S

1. If you had to pick someone to run for president tomorrow, who would it be? Why?

• Um, probably Alva, she keeps this place in tip top condition and keeps up with all the graphic needs you could desire!
  
• Alva. She has her head about her and still manages to make friends. She could deny your application in the meanest way, and go out to lunch with you the next day. =D
  
• Alva because she's an admin and therefore much be organized/responsible enough to be able to run a country. ;]
  
• Gahhh. Alva. Don't ask me why, it's a gut-feeling.
  
• Alva, because I would love to have a president that called everyone "dude" =] just for fun, forget the actual issues and everything =]

2. Who’s the biggest chatterer onsite?

• Izzy
  
• Najooj
  
• Jenny

3. Who have you RP the with most?

• Izzy
  
• Alva
  
• Snarky
  
• Najooj
  
• Abbie

4. Which member’s posts do you tend to follow and read along with (even if you’re not included in the thread yourself)?

• Definitely what threads with Bella and Remus
  
• Kiara
  
• Alva xD I always read her threads (:

5. Collectively, who creates the best character log, diary/journal, thread tracker, and photo album?

• Alva. Her graphics make me drool. xDD
  
• Alva. Hers are beauuuutiful, I'm insanely jealous xDD

6. Who’s most likely to become a world-wide, best selling author?
Ah gee, this is so hard, everyone rocks! I have to say Izzy, based on the fact that she puts so much time into her writing and has probably the best understanding of her characters. And, you know, just plain rocks.

7. Who has the most diverse characters?
Izzy

8. When you need a graphic, who do you ask?

• Abbie
  
• Alva

9. If you could meet anybody from ISS in real life, who would it be? Why?

• Hmm, definately Alva, she's a super cool kid, not to mention she's got a different heritage than me, which would make it pretty interesting.
  
• IZZY, because she's awesome and I think we'd have fun. ;]
  Izzy. I luff her! -hearts-
  
• Bella [Evangeline’s, Luna, Cross] because... we've become pretty good friends.
  
• Ahh. Izzy. She seems like a lot of fun, and we have a lot in common. Although, it might be fun for Alva and I to attempt our French outloud. ;]
  
• Aaaah, why are these all so tough! Hum dee dum dum probably Izzy cause I've chatted with her more.
  Probably Bella. She seems sweet =]

10. Who’s the funniest person you’ve ever talked with?
Lol, Izzy naturally

11. If you could read a book by one of ISS’ members, who would you want it to be written by? Why?

• Alva, she's got a way of making you completely understand her characters, though you could never write them out yourself.
  
• Izzy, because she has awesome length, but not the kind where it gets boring and just randomly going off on a tangent. AMAZING description and personalities of her charries.
  
• Izzy. She is a great author, and makes every post a novel in itself while still keeping people entertained.
  
• Izzy. I love her writing style.
  
• Alva. It shocks me how extremely well-written even her smallest posts are (which, aren't even that small to begin with). The way she dives into her characters heads impresses the crap out of me, and I would def. read any book she'd write.
  

12. Be honest: who’s the person you’ve the weirdest conversation with? What was it about?

• Oh...um, honestly I don't remember. Maybe Izzy talking about disliking fangirls and loving Tokio Hotel? Lol
  
• Honestly, I have no idea. But if I was to have a weird conversation, I would bet it would be with Izzy.
  
• Izzy. We were throwing Cheez-Its at Alva...
  
• Erm, Alva I think? We were talking about my IGCSEs and I dunno why but it felt weird to talk about studies on ISS xD.
  
• Izzy and a few random others. Um. Sex and waffles.

13. If you had to spend a week on a deserted island with one other member, who would it be with? Why?

• Thats kind of scary, because I don't know anyone here (I know, I take things too literally). Hmm, probably Izzy, we could make up stories and write it down with coconut juice on leave. LMAO
  
• Izzy. We could sit and talk about Cheez-Its and I would listen to her rant about Twilight until we both starved to death. (With a pile of food right next to us.)
  
• Hmm...Kiara because instead of panicking about being on a deserted island she'd make me laugh? Heh.
  
• Ahh. I can't believe you're making me choose! Izzy. Mos'def. Can you imagine the kinds of conversations we could have? Seriously, it'd be more fun than life-threatening with Izzy on board.
  
• Ooh gee maybe uh... Alva? She seems like she'd be pretty smart or calm or whatever (:
  
• Kelsey, because I've hardly talked to her like, at all, but she seems fun.

O O C – A R O U N D I . S . S .

1. How many hours do you normally spend on ISS daily?
[0%] a. Under 1 hour
[78%] b. 2-4 hours
[22%] c. 5-7 hours
[0%] d. 8 or more hours

2. What was the reason you joined ISS for initially?

• Because the site it was based off of died, but then I left and I came back because I wanted to rp Harry Potter and I knew there'd be good RPers back here . :]
  
• Well. I was scouted out on Neopets, read up on the site, stalked a few boards, and then I just decided that ISS was the place I had been searching for (even if I didn't know it). Oh, yes. I can do corny. ;]
  
• Oh god, I have to try and remember that far back? Lol I was looking through the sites listed on RPGC for a Harry Potter RPG and trying to find a good one. Finally I did but it was closed and had been moved/a new site had been opened here: ISS! Et voila, I joined, before the grand opening even (:
  I love Harry Potter, and my friend recommended it to me.
  
• Role-playing Harry Potter, of course. I had never been on an advanced RP, and I was nervous but I wanted to try.
  
• Because I wanted to try a HP site and it looked active and had brilliant rpers so I decided why not? and I'm glad I did.
  
• My old site was dying and I hadn't RP'd humans for a very long time. The kindness I received, especially from Jen was the icing on the cake for me to join.

3. What is the best thing about being an ISS member?

• 
  
• Probably the 'we're family' kind of feeling
  
• Being able to spend time doing something I love/distracting my life with ones I've created XD
  
• All the people are friendly, and active as well. Never ending plottage!
  
• Ermm...Everyone you rp with is so great (personality-wise and otherwise)
  
• All the other members. Every single person has brightened my day at one point or another; its awesome to have another group of friends that I can come chill out with every day.
  
• The best thing is being a part of this amazing site with awesome active members. It's a great community and gives people such a good opportunity to write and improve on their writing and is just a really positive place to be.
  
• Amazing, helpful admin, and the members are all so friendly. I've never joined any other site where the members are so close. It's awesome =]

4. If you had to pick one word to describe ISS, what would it be?

• INTENSE!...Haha, no no - AmazinglyAwesome (it's one word =] )
  
• Homeawayfromhome
  
• AWESOME : D
  
• Random. xDDD
  
• Brilliant!
  
• Home <3
  
• Procrastination-inducing (okay that was two... but still)

5. Which board have you RPed most in?

• Hospital Wing (lol)
  
• The Library
  
• The Lake? Yeah. The Lake. xDD
  
• Slytherin Common Room
  
• Hallways and Corridors

O O C – E X T R A C R E D I T
Red = Correct Answer

1. Izzy’s staffer icon is a guinea pig because that’s her favorite animal.
[85%] True
[15%] False

Izzy: “Come on people! Seriously?! Ha ha, my favorite animal is actually a dog. *Coughs* Anyone keep up on Bells’ life? *Coughs* lol.”

2. Alva and Izzy share the same birthday.
[50%] True
[50%] False

Izzy: “LOL, evenly split. I guess it doesn’t help we asked these before our birthday but we do, in fact, share the same birthday. Only difference is I’m 17, born at 10:17am; Alva is 18, born at 7pm-ish.”

3. Alva has played seven different characters at ISS.
[57%] True
[43%] False

Alva: “Amazing how many people think I've played seven. ”
Izzy: “It is actually just six, though: Narcissa Black, Ethan Cartier, Marlene McKinnon, Jinxter McClarence, Peter Pettigrew, and Pierre Scham.”

4. Alva and Izzy know each other from a previous site they used to RP on together.
[43%] True
[57%] False

Izzy: “I think it's really funny how majority of members are getting the true/false questions wrong. XD”
Alva: “lol I know! -giggles- I was like...nooo, I hadn't met Izzy before ”
Izzy: “How do yooou know? *acts all mysterious* lmao. Okay, but in all seriousness, the day I met Alva was the day I joined ISS. XD”

5. Alva secretly loves Fall Out Boy.
[88%] True
[12%] False

And personally, my favorite answer:

[X] Possibly (Ha! What now?)

THE TRUTH: DOES ALVA LOVE FALL OUT BOY?!

Alva: “lol yeah, possibly; let’s stick with that xD”
Izzy: “…I guess we’ll never know. ;P Even I totally think she does, hahaha.”

[Professor Albus Dumbledore]

Yearbook 2.0
Taken from September’s OTM winners. (:

S e v e n t h . Y e a r s !

We decided to do something a little special this time around. With the end of the year coming up, it seemed only fitting we award our graduates with a little treat, don’t you think? So, we’re all familiar with the senior hall of fame, I hope. In true ISS fashion, we’ve taken that idea and warped it into the seventh year awards! Hope you enjoy; we’ll miss all you best-eyed, biggest-flirts, most-entertaining graduates cluttering Hogwarts’ corridors for sure! Good luck in the real world – or as real as the RPG world can get, yeah? (;

All winners were by select choice of the staff.

Most Artistic – Pierre Scham & Jenna Edwards
Biggest Flirt – Rabastan Lestrange & Melanie Rousseau
Most Fashionable – Drake Valo & Autumn LaCroix
Most Entertaining – Sirius Black & Mafalda Hopkirk
Most Likely to be Successful – Lucius Malfoy & Marlene McKinnon
Most Spirited – Arthur McCally & Mafalda Hopkirk
Best Smile – Frank Longbottom & Anette Baker
Best Eyes – Severus Snape & Lily Evans
Most Athletic – James Potter & Alecto Carrow
Most Gullible – Remus Lupin & Lily Evans
Most Unique – Johnny Myers & Adrienne Moretti
Best Friends – Marauders