As you can see by Doris' announcement below, there will be regular TLC-wide activities held once a month starting in May. Since every part of TLC has its own little home here on the Leaky Lounge forum, the forum will be the base of operations for these activites. The actual Chamber of Chat plus the "Corner Booth" text chat will serve as areas for TLC user to share and discuss what is going on DURING the activity. Plus, like other areas of TLC we will likely do some small activity to go along with whatever theme that month's "Meet and Greet" will be. No one staff member can tell you what all will happen on the day of these activities - plus they are meant to be surprises! Just watch for official Forum News to be posted in the link area in the upper-right hand corner of every page of the forum. Forum News is located just below "The Rules : FAQ : Memberlist : Search"

For old announcements go to the TLC Bulletin Board.

Greetings all!

I've been asked a few times recently about when our next activity will be. Our next big Chamber of Chat event is planned for June 22nd July 24th. The theme of the event is going to be "I Love The CoC!" (similar to VH1's "I love the 80's)

We will have pictionary and trivia like we have had at some of our previous events and we're also coming up with some new ideas. We welcome any suggestions that you have concerning activities or the event in general.

It's been nearly a year and we are looking forward to celebrating with everyone.

In the present (and the future too!) most of our activities will be done with the forum since we're participating in their monthly "meet and greet" activities. Specific dates and times will be set by the forum people incharge of each activity. As far as I know these will be held on Saturdays; however, there's not much we can do about special holidays (Valentines, April Fools, Halloween) falling on weekdays.

Wednesday Night Discussion

This Wednesday after the Corner Booth discussion we will have a continuation of the discussion on the Chamber of Chat.

See the official announcement about the event here. This week's discussion is concerning Peter Petigrew.

Join the discussion on the Corner Booth (here on the Leaky Lounge) from 7pm - 9pm EST, then continue on in the Chamber of Chat from 9pm on!

If you have any questions about the event, please send me a PM!

-CarpeDiem

Chamber of Chat Discussion: Severus Snape

Next Saturday, June 10th, we will be discussing the ever popular Severus Snape.

We'll start around 9pm EST in the Study Hall. Thanks to everyone who suggested the idea.

As always, feel free to PM me with questions.

See you there!
CarpeDiem

Saturday June 17th is the monthly TLC-wide "Meet and Greet activity."
It is an Luau/Island theme. Read Sue Upton's and Melissa Anelli's announcements for more details. Don't forget to check out the Leaky Lounge's Lake Hogwarts.

This is how the Chamber of Chat will be participating:
* 12-8pm will be dueling and pirate talk in the Dark Forest
* 3-8pm will be Horcrux Hunt discussion (and more pirate talk) in the Rune Field
* 8am-8pm we will have a special "Post your pirate name here!" thread.

All listings are U.S. Eastern time (New York City).
Here is a world clock to help you figure out what time this would be at your location.


Additional resources to help you prepare:

Create a pirate name for yourself:
* http://www.froggynet.com/cgi-bin/pirate.cgi
* http://www.fidius.org/quiz/pirate/
* http://www.talklikeapirateday.com/index.ph...=PirateMonikers

Make a pirate avatar for yourself:
* http://ypp.sleepingcat.com/avatar/iconery/ (website link thanks to Ginny-from-a-bottle)

Learn to speak like a pirate:
* http://www.talklikeapirateday.com/translate/index.php
* http://nifty.stanford.edu/2004/TalkLikeAPirate/pirate2.html
* http://www.io.com/~sj/PirateTalk.html

The Blue Suede Shoes Wedding Chapel will be open on Sat. July 15th as part of the Viva Las Vegas activity!

* For 10 minutes at the top of every hour the Chamber of Chat Study Hall will become the "Blue Suede Shoes Wedding Chapel." Peeves will be giving out marriage advice and serving as wedding officiator!
* McDreamy (the skeleton) will serve as groom for all you witches out there and the lovely Lunilda (the statue) will be that very special bride for you gentleman.
* The first weddings will be at 9am with the last weddings ending at 8:10pm.
* All marriages end at 9pm on Saturday evening - you know how those quicky weddings can be
* The Chamber of Chat Leaky Cauldron will serve as the wedding reception center
* Be sure to invite your own wedding guests, bridesmaids and best men, and flower girls. Hey - even get a friend involved as your wedding planner to help you choose your avatar outfit and reception food! Don't forget to get a wedding photographer to take screenshots of your special day. As with other TLC-wide activities on the 3rd Saturday of each month, moderate wedding-related role-play will be allowed, but remember the first rule of the CoC - Be Nice


All listings are U.S. Eastern time (New York City).
Here is a world clock to help you figure out what time this would be at your location.

Chamber of Chat "I Love the CoC!" Activity

In the classical style of VH1's "I Love the 80's," join us from 12-6pm on Saturday July 22nd for a day of reliving some of our favorite CoC activities from the last year or so. Activities will repeat approximately once every 2 hours so that everyone who is available has the chance to hopefully participate at least once. Watch for your favorite characters to know when an activity is about to start!

Silly Trivia about the CoC Staff (12:00-12:30, 2:00-2:30, 4:00-4:30pm)
That tricky Peeves has been gathering silly trivia about the CoC staff! Join us in the Gryffindor Tower where Peeves will ask the questions...and you have to guess the answer!

Draw with Dobby (12:30-1:00, 2:30-3:00, 4:30-5:00pm)
Dobby's favorite Harry Potter character is of course, Harry Potter! Which one is yours? Join Dobby in the Magical Art room to draw your favorite characters from the HP books or movies. Don't worry - this is practice time! Dobby promises to let those who draw have 3 minutes each, even if someone DOES guess your character

H.P. on the C.o.C. (1:00-1:30, 3:00-3:30, 5:00-5:30pm)
Join Hagrid in the Rune Field for some academic discussions about the Harry Potter books. Each class session will have its own topic, so pay attention to 'ol Hagrid and you'll do just fine. Be sure to have your HP books on hand!

Dobby is Free! (1:45-2:00, 3:45-4:00, 5:45-6:00pm)
Whenever you see Dobby wander into your room - everyone yell "Dobby Is Free!" and form a dog-pile around him as tight as you can!

Duel Till You Drop (12-6pm)
Has it been awhile since you've had the chance to duke it out? Has Snape been teasing that you are as bad a spellcaster as Lockhart? Well head on over to the Dark Forest. But be forewarned, if you enter this place the spells will be flying! Please try to keep it to no more than two-on-one duels so this all-day event stays fair and fun

Avatar Fashion Show (12-6pm)
The Study Hall is the stylish place to be. Walk the red carpet and show us all of your favorite avatar styles!

Potluck Buffet (12-6pm)
Hungry? Bring your favorite dishes to "share" with your fellow members over in the L. Cauldron. The buffet will be free for all so come help yourselves!

Essay Contest - "I Love the CoC!"
Wondering if we are giving away any prizes for any activities? Well we are! We created an essay contest to take care of the job. The topic is "I Love the CoC." Read here for more details and how to submit an essay.

Helpful Links:

• World clock to help you figure out what time it is in New York. All CoC activity times are listed in U.S. Eastern time.
• Leaky Lounge FAQ (how to register for an account, how to send PMs to staff if you have questions)
• Search for a Leaky Lounge member

Please note this important announcement from Aislinn, the Corner Booth Chat Manager:The CoC's next post Corner Booth chat will be held, once Corner Booth returns to its regularly scheduled HP chats.

It's time to donn your Quiddich gear and kick start your brooms, for today's Leaky Quidditch tournament! Do you have what it takes to square up to the best of the best on the pitch? Are you up for the challenge? You can find out if you're up to muster, by reading about it here! But the fun doesn't stop at the Lounge!

The Chamber of Chat, will be participating in todays events as follows:

Chaser Round Pictionary! Magical Art Room (6 rounds, beginning at 11:00a EST; 6 participants per game)

6 chasers participate in a game of Pictionary; the winner of each round will be promoted to a position of seeker, and 6 seekers will participate in a final Seeker Match! The Pictionary Quidditch champion will by noted in the next Newletter publication, and will also be noted here, at the end of the day! Good luck to everyone, and remember to hold on to your brooms!

Quidditch Practice Trivia! Rune Field (the number of participants per trivia round will vary, up to a maximum of 14 per round)

Test your knowledge and seek the snitch by taking up a Quidditch trivia challenge. Trivia games will occur throughout the day, beginning at 12:00p EST and running through to 5:00p EST.

Whether you participate in the Leaky Lounge event, the CoC event, the Corner Booth event, or a bit of all 3, we're sure you'll have a great deal of fun!


For Quidditch Pictionary we will be using the free form format, where each person can select their own Quiddith term. For a list of Quidditch references, please visit the following site: http://www.hp-lexicon.org/quidditch/quidditch-encyc.html

CONGRATULATIONS

TO

BLOOMLOVER

For Winning The

CoC Pictionary Quidditch Championship Match!

Please give her a big round of applause for a job

WELL DONE!!!

Bloomlover congrats on the pic game, YOU ROCK

CONGRATULATIONS

TO

Mrs. Crookshanks

For Winning The

CoC Trivia Quidditch Championship Match!

Please give her a big round of applause for a job

WELL DONE!!!

Draco Malfoy Discussion

The Chamber of Chat is pleased to announce a discussion on: DRACO MALFOY

Discussion will take place this Saturday from 1:30pm EST to 3:00pm EST in the Study Hall here at the Chamber of Chat.

To help prepare for the discussion, here are some great resources to get you thinking about the topic:

* Draco Malfoy-Is he truly bad?(Leaky Lounge Forum Topic)
* Draco Malfoy (HP Lexicon)

If you have questions or concerns, please contact me via PM at the Leaky Lounge.

See you Saturday!
CarpeDiem

New Staff Positions and Members

We would like to announce the creation of two new staff positions here at the Chamber of Chat:

Games Leader:
The games leader will help with the running of Pictionary and other games on the Chamber of Chat. We welcome Buckbeak1988 as our first Games Leader. He was a tremendous help with last month's Leaky Lounge 'Meet and Greet' activity.

Discussion Leader:
The discussion leader position will help begin and run discussions on the Chamber of Chat. We welcome Evreka as our first Discussion Leader. She ran a great discussion on Saturday and we look forward to future discussions with her.

Please join us in welcoming our new staff members Buckbeak1988 and Evreka!.

ALL ABOARD THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS!

Better get yourselves to Platform 9 and 3/4s, because you won't want to miss this train!

The next scheduled Leaky Lounge-Chamber of Chat event will take place on Saturday, 16 September, 2006, from 12:00 noon to 9:00p EST! It should be a great time. Please take a few moments to also review what the Leaky Lounge has planned for your trip back to Hogwarts!

Here is how the Chamber of Chat will be participating:

Hogwarts House Trivia!

What better way to pass the time on the long journey to Hogwarts than by playing trivia!?! We will be jumping from train car to train car to participate in trivia that is specific to each of the Hogwarts Houses! The schedule is as follows:

12:30p - 1:15p Gryffindor trivia in the Gryffindor Caboose (aka Gryffindor Tower)

1:30p - 2:15p Slytherin Trivia in Slytherin First Class Carriage (aka Runes Field)

2:30p - 3:15p Ravenclaw Trivia in the Ravenclaw Engineer's Booth (aka Study Hall)

3:30p - 4:15p Hufflepuff Trivia in the The Little Hufflepuff Engine that Could Furnace Room (aka Dark Forest)

* Note: the winners for each trivia round will be merited with honourable mention on both the Leaky Lounge Chamber of Chat forum (in the CoC Announcements thread), and in Chamber of Chat's very own Newsletter! No prizes will be awarded as such, but since the August Leaky Lounge-Chamber of Chat Meet and Greet event, we have been keeping track of the winners of these special events, for when the fancy new special features (specifically the Merits tracker) become fully functional, so stay tuned

Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans Pictionary

The Trolley Lady is bringing us a special treat! We will be running Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans Pictionary games throughout the day. The games will be run on an intermittent basis when other scheduled events are not taking place. Please continue to watch for the 'Big Bubble' announcements: it should be Bott's of fun!

* Note: the winners for each Bertie Bott's Pictionary round will be merited with honourable mention on both the Leaky Lounge Chamber of Chat forum (in the CoC Announcements thread), and in Chamber of Chat's very own Newsletter! No prizes will be awarded as such, but since the August Leaky Lounge-Chamber of Chat Meet and Greet event, we have been keeping track of the winners of these special events, for when the fancy new special features (specifically the Merits tracker) become fully functional, so stay tuned :wink

Evening Entertainment in the Dark Forest Theatre

The Potterknowitall8 Drama Troupe and the Chamber of Chat present: The Knight of Ni!

The curtain rises on this spectacular drama at approximately 7:00p EST. Please watch for any announcements, in case the curtain time needs to be varied!

We look forward to seeing you there!

CONGRATULATIONS

TO

Kimimaro

For Winning The

CoC Gryffindor Caboose Trivia!

2nd Place Honours go to Midnight Phoenix and 3rd Place Honours go to Sarina

Please give them a big round of applause for a job

WELL DONE!!!

CONGRATULATIONS

TO

Kimimaro

For Winning The

CoC Slytherin First Class Carriage Trivia!

2nd Place Honours go to Bubblez and 3rd Place Honours go to Felix and Cedrella Black!

Please give them a big round of applause for a job

WELL DONE!!!

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CONGRATULATIONS

TO

Bubblez and Evreka

For Winning The

CoC Ravenclaw Engineer's Booth Trivia!

2nd Place Honours go to Goldberry and 3rd Place Honours go to Carli!

Please give them a big round of applause for a job

WELL DONE!!!

Congrats to All! The Hufflepuff results will be coming shortly by Ginny!

Thanks for Everyone who came becuase EVERYONE did a really good job!! The following people also joined in and played along in Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff Trivia!

Carli, Rix, Brittany, Felix, Sammie, Cheergurl1229, AvadaKadavra, Midnight Phoenix, Luke, Naomi, Joey, Dramione, UnderTaker, Sarina, GredandForge, and Heriole!

Good Job to All!

CONGRATULATIONS

TO

Evreka

For Winning The

CoC The Little Hufflepuff Engine that Could Furnace Room Trivia!

2nd Place Honours go to Goldberry and 3rd Place Honours go to Bubblez!

Please give them a big round of applause for a job

WELL DONE!!!

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We would like to extend a very special thanks to Robert (known as John Robert on the Leaky Lounge) for his offer of help to make today's events a success! He stepped in at the last minute to assist us while we worked through some technical difficulties, and he did a wonderful job at filling the CoC trivia master role!


* Note - CoC trivia master is not an official title, but it adequately describes the type of assistance he provided us today.

The Chamber of Chat is proud to announce we will be assisting Leaky's Corner Booth in a series called: Post Prince Predictions

These discussions will focus on thoughts concerning plot and character development in the 7th and final Harry Potter book.

As with our Wednesday night discussions, we are happy to be sharing the discussions with our friends at the Corner Booth on the Leaky Lounge. Discussion will begin on the Corner Booth and then move to the Chamber of Chat.

This Sunday's discussion topic is: The Power of Love!

Discussion will begin at 3pm EST at Leaky Lounge's Corner Booth. At 5pm EST we then move to the Study Hall here at the Chamber of Chat.

In the meantime, here's a great resource to get you thinking about the topic:

* Harry's Great Power and Protection (Leaky Lounge Forum Topic)

If you have questions or concerns, please contact CarpeDiem via PM at the Leaky Lounge.

See you Sunday!
CoC Discussion Leaders

12:30-1:15- Dark Arts and Creatures Trivia (Runes)

1:30-2:00-Halloween Anagrams (Gryffindor Common Room): We'll give a
mixed up word like 'pup mink' which, unscrambled is pumpkin.

2:00-2:25-Free form Pictionary (Magical Arts)- A free form version of pitionary. Think of something Halloween related and see who can guess it.

2:30-3:30-Death Eater Discussion, lead by Evreka (Study Hall)

3:30-4:15-Death Eater Trivia (Dark Forest) How much do you know about the followers of the dark lord?

4:15-5:00-Ghost stories (Runes), We'll finish the day swapping stories and
Halloween traditions around the campfire. This doesn't have to be ghost
stories, it could be anything to do with Halloween tradition but let’s make
sure the stories stay PG. Who's bringing marshmallows?

For those who would prefer to just stop in and chat, head over to the Leaky
Cauldron, the place to be for Nearly Headless Nick’s Death Day Party (has it
been 514 years already?). You never know who will be dropping in for the party.
A warning about the food though, there’s no accounting for Sir Nick’s
tastes…

We look forward to seeing you there!
CoC Staff

The following was posted to the Chamber of Chat News--

Slytherin Room Opens Today!!!

The Slytherins of the CoC will be pleased to hear that the Slytherin Common Room has been completed and beta tested. We will open the room to all users at 5pm (EST) on Saturday, and celebrate by holding a Slytherin trivia contest. The winner will receive a "Death Muncher" mask. I hope you all will be pleased with the new room, which is, like the Slytherins themselves, refined yet creepy.

*Oh and anyone wanting to participate in trivia, make sure to wear a green hat!!

Hey all!

This just in from Troy:



So, while the chat is down, take some time to poke around the Leaky Lounge forums a bit. There are some great discussions going on everywhere!

-CarpeDiem

The Weekly Chamber of Chat Discussions are Starting Back Up!

We'll be holding these discussions every Wednesday at 9pm EST and Sunday at 5pm EST as follow-ups to the Corner Booth Chats. Come join us and chat about Harry Potter!

Our first discussion will be this Wednesday on The Hogwarts' Founders. The discussion begins in the Corner Booth at 7pm and then the follow-up begins in the Chamber of Chat at 9pm.

If you have any questions about the Chamber of Chat discussions please contact Punky via PM.

Can't wait to see you at the discussions!

So tomorrow (Saturday 28th) is the big day for our beloved Chamber of Chat again!!!

We turn 3!!!!

And we are going to celebrate it CoC style, tomorrow from 7am to 7pm east! Here's our schedule

7am - Opening Ceremonies in Entrance Way

8am - 1st round of Pictionary - Art Room - limited to 8 contestants

9am - 1st round of HP Trivia - Riddle Room - limited to 15 contestants

10am - Debate Club Event (HDC) - Theatre

11am - 2nd round of Pictionary - Art Room - limited to 8 contestants

12 pm - 2nd round of HP Trivia - Riddle Room - limited to 15 contestants

1pm - Drama Club Event (HDS) - Theatre

2pm - Special Discussion - Study Hall - topic TBA

3pm - 3rd round of Pictionary - Art Room - limited to 8 contestants

4pm - 3rd round of HP Trivia - Riddle Rooom - limited to 15 contestants

5pm - HPRCC Event - Study Hall

6pm - Championship round of Pictionary - Art Room - champions only
Championship round of HP Trivia - Riddle Room - champions only

7pm - Closing Ceremonies


We'll have games, contests, prices and a lot more! So get ready for some good old HP trivia, pic games, plays from our Hogwarts Drama society and lots of fun!!

Where? at chamberofchat.com of course!!

When? Tomorrow all noon and afternoon!!

We'll be waiting for you!!

COC HALLOWEIRD PARTY

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Come join us in our creepy festivities!!!
We'll have special drinks ready for you on the Leaky Cauldron, come and get goosebumps on the Dark Forest and tell scary tales around the camp fire in the Runes Field!!
Visit the common rooms for free butterbeers and dancing!!

We have great games planned out (with our newset additions to staff games, BrianBlack, Fer_Keeper, Devin, Midnight Pheonix, Master Yoda, Cedrella Black and Sammie! ) pictionary, trivia and an exciting hunt!

Join us also for our disscusions with our Disscusion Leadres Orchidea and BellaBlack.

And tons of surpirses, creatures popping in and out and beware of peeves! He has taken over the Coc too!!

We'll be waiting for you to celebrate Halloween Coc Styleeee!!