Review: Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place

Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place

Harry Potter

16 years +

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Intermediate

30 April 2013 - 11:39 PM

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I have never personally investigated a lot of HP Rps in a good while but it seems decently original. I like the conspiracy theory angle, it takes an element of the real world and brings it into the fanciful world of HP. I love the touch with the Ministry of Magic letter. Really sells it for me.

First thoughts is it's very grey and beige. It's also a little more repetitive then I'm accustomed to with an image that isn't a basic gradient or simple design to be custom per area. It also looks like the sidebar image comes from the banner which I don't think helps either. My last note is that the font is small and hard to read. Since there is limited to no contrast the small font is more washed out.

The red text is very abrasive and hard to read with the background that you have. (This was found upon investigating the Galleon Shoppe)

Medium to difficult. Firstly I mobile browse a lot so I checked it in my mobile browser to see how it acted. Since there is no hover the hover clicks are difficult to use there. Otherwise it's about the same as PC browsing.

PC browsing is hard, to say the least. I can't find the member list at all. There are no topic or post totals so it's difficult to gauge activity at a glance and cBoxes are deceiving since they don't give you an accurate gauge on the amount of posts. Otherwise it's fine. Getting the board index is easy the content is all under your main hover which is nice.

The plot is simple and laid out in a short thread. It's concise, which if I were joining any site, is something that I like to see.

You have a good amount of information on how the site works. I find that it's basic and down to Earth. You don't make it labor intensive to join the site with a lot of reading material for established canon which is always pleasant.

The only public way I can see is via the cBox. You can't click on the main admins profile to view it for further contact details.

Depending on if you are an adult or student depends on the application. All member's must post in Ollivander's to get assigned a wand. If you are a student you must be sorted into your house. Then after you've done those things then your application which is a basic free-form app.

One thing I was going to give you praise for was your Galleon Shoppe. I really like the idea behind it but perhaps the prices are a little steep? If they aren't then perhaps a list of the stats of the Galleon Shoppe richest members? One thing I can confirm is some members get intimidated when I have to earn something and I don't know if I'll earn it before I lose the inspiration for it. Also, a suggestion could be that another incentive of your Galleon Shoppe be to by your own specific items like 'Choose your own wand' (skip Ollivander's) or 'Choose your own house' (skip the Sorting Hat).