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Yay! I'll edit later with details, as I'm off to lunch at the moment and haven't got time to do much other than post lest I be late.

As for the comment about lots of girls getting in today -- I can't remember what I registered as. I tend to be about 50/50 what I say on the internet but I'm about 80% sure I listed myself correctly as female for Pottermore. It's also a UK e-mail address (that I got while living over there) if that matters.

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I just keep getting lots and lots of different kinds of "issues" with logging in it seems. Also, LOL @ Portus :awesome :facepalm
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Alright. I read back a page in the thread and saw that once I put the Shopping List in my Trunk the arrow should be available to move into the Gringotts Chapter -- but it's not. Plus when I go somewhere else on the site and come back to the Diagon Alley page, the Shopping List re-appears on the ground as if I didn't collect it (but every time I collect it confirms it and puts it in my trunk). Ideas?

Edit: Now it's started giving me a Page Error every time I collect it -- maybe it has to do with the lag today.

 

So have other people had the same problem? I was debating trying a different browser or something along those lines, but I haven't gotten around to installing one.

Edit: They need to get to work on this "High Levels of Demand" thing... when it opens Officially it's only going to be loads worse.

Edit2: You know what would be awesome (not really)? If none of the questions for your house/wand/whatever meant anything. You can answer them any way you like but the House/Wand you get is just completely randomized at the end. It would keep the 4 houses about equal -- but that said, people would find out eventually, and it's doubtful at any rate given the high tendency of DLP to be in Slytherin I think.

Edit3: Tried with Internet Explorer (figuring that was probably one of the ones they're trying to optimize for anyway) and still no luck. Same thing happens -- I can pick it up, it says it goes in the trunk, but it doesn't.

Edit4: Someone else I know just got in and had no issues with the Shopping List -- WTF >.>

Edit5: Selfsame friend says that "if you want in to gryffindor then remember. forest trail, persistence, fear of loneliness, annnnd ...ummm the other 4 questions "

 

I think some pages back, browser compatibility (Chrome?) was an issue. It works in Firefox. The entire site does not work in Opera. So maybe trying out a different browser might be a solution.

Edit: Did you try Firefox, Cheddar?

 

Yeah -- Firefox is my standard browser. I updated it as well so I tried two different versions of Firefox. Also tried IE and Chrome.

Edit: After a few hours of work and some supper, I tried again and got impatient. I went and collected the Alarm Clock, as a test to see if anything would show up in my trunk, and then both items appeared in the trunk together. So now I have the Shopping List (fucking finally), but I *still* can't progress to Gringotts. The only difference is that now the Shopping List isn't sitting on the ground in Diagon for me to pick up.

 

So far I haven't had trouble figuring anything out -- it's more that it doesn't work properly for some people even when you do it correctly.

It *is* the Beta though. If it still doesn't work for the Official release I'll be more irritated. I think mine got confused somehow -- I was having trouble picking up the List before (it would go into my trunk then disappear), but when it finally appeared in my trunk it wasn't when I picked it up but rather when I picked up the Alarm clock both items appeared. So I think it's glitched/bugged for me proceeding to the next step. I am hoping it will get fixed.

Grinning Lizard made my point better than I did -- this isn't some kid in a basement with a website that surprised him by being popular. This is a major launch of a website where the number of people being allowed access is monitored/controlled. And they are still having serious issues. For something of this supposed quality/budget I expect them to have it better in hand this near the end of the Beta period.

And glad you liked my formatting .

 

I'd agree with that Yak -- if the problem I had originally was fixed, but I'm screwed because of the time-frame in which I did it, then yeah. That's acceptable for the Beta. Perhaps I can go back to this account (I love the name I got) later once they are polishing things like this up in a month or two.

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I'm also SilverBronze136 now -- Hufflepuff.

Wand is -- Alder with Dragon Core, Twelve Inches, Slightly Springy -- which is pretty cool all around.