Harry Potter Cup Championship (Results and Awards pg 25) - Page 16

Originally posted by: asmaanixx

Hahahaha, Shyam Babua isn't our Prefect, Shy is. 🤣

Babua, tu ne toh khoob tarakhi kar li. 🤣🤣

babue Vice Prefect banana chahta tha, prefect ban gaya😎

also, Gur, we do have 2 prefects, remember todays swap😆

My Ravenclaws, one last time. Cheers to you all. 🥳🥳

We were the best team and I am proud of you all. Feeling little emotional right now 🥺

Originally posted by: _._shibani_._

babue Vice Prefect banana chahta tha, prefect ban gaya😎

also, Gur, we do have 2 prefects, remember todays swap😆

Yeh kab hua??

All good speeches👏

I am also writing a speech but it would be delayed since the omnipotent friend who is gonna approve it who i consult before posting anything,is not available right now.

Originally posted by: Nahiiinnn

So true Exol. When round 2 was announced quitting the game was in everybody's mind since we never expected a FF round ( no one has written FF in our group b4 probably) nor were we sure if we wanted to commit to a game for so long. If at that time you would have said "I am quitting" who all wants to follow me, we all would have probably quit. I stayed in game just so you arent disappointed in us for quitting. 👏

Yes, thanks for always staying against all odds. I very well knew If I even uttered quit as a joke it will affect the grp ..and I did not had it in me to do that as a prefect...round 2 we all had mentally quit and we held each other and gave it a shot...I am so proud of my ravenclaws for showing true sportsman spirit...🤗

I will save my goodbye post until later -- I think there is something far more important to address first.

WildestDreams and all Slytherins - I think you guys deserve an apology from everyone because you were forced into a position where quitting was the more reasonable decision, despite the fun you all were having. You were always a chill group from the start and I think that levelheadedness is a good approach and a fine quality as a leader, so well done WD - you were an amazing leader.

There was a conversation before Round 1 where we discussed the qualities of Slytherin, and we started highlighting the good characters who were in Slytherin and how the bad characters reshape our perspective. You guys are all the good characters in Slytherins and Salazar Slytherin is most fortunate to have such a wonderful group of wizards and witches in his house.

On behalf of everyone in Hufflepuff, I would like to extend our sincerest apologies to Slytherin for being part of that drama that led to your decision. We had decided to just let bygones be bygones moving forward, but that cannot happen anymore. 😆

I'd also like to take a moment to address the game itself and the aftermath. This is not to create drama, but to share what I learned. Feel free to disagree with me mentally. While this is IndiaForum and these sorts of dramas are typical between fans and whatnot in the BWF and TV show threads, I thought this would have been a fun game because this is a game thread and not a fan group bait post in BWF.

Why did it turn out this way? Maybe we took the game way too seriously, maybe we had our hearts in a good place, but were unable to convey it properly, or maybe we're just like that because it's the internet and we're behind anonymous IDs and we don't give it a second thought to reply or comment something in a toxic manner. That latter one is the most dangerous of all because we're actively engaging in communicating in a form that is detrimental to our own mental health and those we interact with. Words hurt sometimes and especially on an Internet forum where tone, pitch, etc. are impossible to convey, where emotions and responses are hard to see, and where the best defense we have is stinging words ... we get nowhere and we increase our own mental tensions. Further, the folks we interact with also cause us to subtlety change if we notice this behavior is acceptable. I noticed this in myself a few years ago when I used to partake in fan wars (mytho tv serials). The insults we threw were nasty, mods took a while to step in because they didn't want to be part of this (who would to be honest), and the bitter relationships lasted. The point is - it doesn't have to be this way and the solution is as simple as thinking about what you typed before submitting it.

This by no means is absolving or defending anyone. Hufflepuffs (myself included) were part it and so were other houses. Admitting and sharing responsibility is how we grow as individuals and groups. Blaming other people, justifying actions with the imaginary virtue, or even refusing to admit or acknowledge there is a problem is never going to be the solution. This was a game. It should have been treated like a game. Disagreements may happen, but in the end ... it's a game. The taunts that started in Round 1, should have ended in Round 1. That did not happen. That one-sided taunts that happened during Round 2 should not have happened. The taunts that should not have started in Round 3, should have ended in Round 3. Words hurt. You can put a billion smiley faces in front of an insult - it doesn't change anything. An insult is an insult.

I hope Hufflepuffs have learned a valuable lesson in this, and I hope other houses also consider this everywhere they go outside these round threads.

If you read this post and can think of nothing more than this being a personal attack or being a disgrace to my house {while I hope no one in the house thinks of me in this way, I have to mention Hufflepuffs to be fair}, shame on you and grow the f*ck up because you cannot walk through life with this pissy attitude of self-entitlement. This is a forum, we are behind anonymous IDs, but it can certainly change you IRL. I have regretted those months were I was toxic to a bunch of strangers because they did not conform to my or my friends' opinions because I thought it was cool to be mean and rude in the guise of defending. I felt those changes in me outside of IF, and I felt those changes during these last few rounds. It's a struggle to recover, but I think it reinforces us in the end as well. I'm more kinder than I used to be, I've questioned many of my comments before submitting, and I try to make the most of it.

With that all said, I'd like to refocus on Slytherins - you are not quitters. Do not let anyone tell you that you are. You are a House that upheld your beliefs, your ideals, and your virtues. You chose to sacrifice your position in the game for the sake of your House. Whether you were first or last doesn't matter ... there were 5 rounds left in which you could have easily gained top position. Your fate was never sealed at third place and I never believed it would be.

So with that, I would once again like to apologize to you all for forcing this decision and thank you for teaching us all a valuable lesson.

EDIT: okay. There are a lot more posts than when I started writing this. So disclaimer: I started think about and writing this maybe an hour and a half ago or something, so please don't see this as a reply to anyone. This is just what I felt after reading WildestDreams post on Slytherins' decision and Shreya's decision to end the game.

It would be painful to delete the discord server ..😭

Originally posted by: asmaanixx

Yeh kab hua??

kabhi toh hua, shy and shyam swapped bodies, accounts ya prefect posts😆 sab moh maya🤣

Originally posted by: EXOL

Nahi...🤣

Humne konse paap kiye the?🤓

Sandeshhh Ayaaaa!

Sandesh for Nahinnnnn:

Before when I used to hear the word "Nahinnnn", this gif used to pop up in my mind. 🤢

But now it reminds me of a funny, entertaining, strong, badass, chatpati member and that is you. 😳 You guys deserved to win! 😭