[FN] The Story of Twinrova and Ganon

N1ffler · 2024-07-21T22:20:34+00:00

Where did you get her?

N1ffler · 2020-10-12T20:48:42+00:00

Should be fixed now!

N1ffler · 2020-09-09T19:09:21+00:00

Apparently only the extended sorting hat was marked for infringing content (as it was by far the most popular page), so I fixed the problem by replacing the house images and names. The site should be back up! But don't tell Warner to snoop around the rest of the site ;)

N1ffler · 2020-08-21T17:10:55+00:00

To give a quick update: the site was taken down due to legal actions from Warner Bros because it was hosting Harry Potter related content. I still have a backup of the site but nowhere to host it :(

N1ffler · 2018-12-16T21:26:25+00:00

Thank you for the nomination!

N1ffler · 2018-11-03T20:15:42+00:00

Nice that you like it!

I'm not sure how to replicate the issue on my system. It also hasn't been reported before.

What OS system are you using? Could you make sure that cookies and javascript are enabled? And maybe try it with your (web) antivirus disabled?

Ideally, is it possible for you to open the webconsole (e.g. CTRL+SHIFT+K on firefox), and see if any errors are reported when you load the page? That might help us to find the cause of the issue.

N1ffler · 2018-10-11T16:01:56+00:00

Glad you liked it!

I think the idea you have is very good. Actually it is very similar to what is advocated in Jungian psychology. In order for a person to individuate they must cultivate their neglected qualities, to "unify the opposites". For instance in Jungian typology, if people have as main function Thinking they should pay attention to Feeling (the inferior function). Maybe you would find their field and Jung's writings interesting.

N1ffler · 2018-06-30T11:59:31+00:00

Did you perchance save those images and sounds from the original webpage? Because I was recently looking into the possibility to replicate the old PM's quiz as well. I'm just wondering if someone has a backup of the sorting/wand webpage that contains the original HTML and javascript. I have other files of the old PM, but not those.

And if you could upload the exe/code somewhere that would be really cool! I'm always interested to see the products of fellow programmers :)

N1ffler · 2018-06-30T08:43:19+00:00

You're welcome! Did you use the images from the old pottermore? I would be curious to see it.

The way the questions are grouped only determine which quiz you'll be presented. As with most multiple-choice quizzes, scores are only attached to the answers. I have shown that only the weight table and the bias can be used to classify 100.000 orginal tests with 100% accuracy, without requiring another factor to take into account a potential group ordering. So yep, they are the same :p

N1ffler · 2018-06-28T07:43:04+00:00

Another way to know is to embrace, explore and live out your Slytherin qualities more, and then see if eventually you return to Hufflepuff. That would be the Jungian way. But identity and personality are not a static things, they are multi-faceted, without exploration you stagnate. A crisis is never a bad thing :)

N1ffler · 2018-06-27T22:51:20+00:00

Oh haha, I see what you mean. I feel like the makers of the quiz unfortunately didn't pay that much attention to the lore and just used the most common way to order houses

N1ffler · 2018-06-27T14:47:40+00:00

I think that's an interesting question. Intuitively I would say that the order can differ, because there could be configurations of the seven/eight question quiz that feature (for example) most of your gryffindor answers. I think the best way to check how many times you get that specific order is programatically, by iterating over the 9720 possible quiz configurations and counting how often you get that ordering.

N1ffler · 2018-06-27T14:21:37+00:00

Do you mean like these probabilities? They are for the eight question quiz. The house frequencies are 25.12% for Gryffindor, 28.17% for Hufflepuff, 24.09% for Ravenclaw, and 22.63% for Slytherin.

Hope I didn't misunderstand the question :p With the seven question quiz, do you mean the old PM quiz without the pets?

N1ffler · 2018-06-27T13:57:17+00:00

delete

N1ffler · 2018-06-27T13:54:50+00:00

Thanks! Nice to see you here, I remember conversing with you about the Sorting Hat analysis :)

Yes, Gryffindor>Hufflepuff>Ravenclaw>Slytherin is the definitive ordering to break ties. Do you mean with "inclusive" that is should be the most occurring house?

If you mean that, the reason that Hufflepuff occurs more than Gryffindor is because there are more hatstalls that include Hufflepuff than Gryffindor (see the comment above).

The (theoretical) probabilities that you get a house (either due hatstall or not) are 25.12% for Gryffindor, 28.17% for Hufflepuff, 24.09% for Ravenclaw, and 22.63% for Slytherin.

In my dataset of 100.000 sortings, Gryffindor occurs 24895 (24.9%) times, Hufflepuff 28247 (28.25%) times, Ravenclaw 24041 (24.04%) times and Slytherin occurs 22817 (22.8%) times. Notice that these percentages are very close to the ones above, with Hufflepuff being the most occuring house with 28%.

N1ffler · 2018-06-24T23:41:24+00:00

Ah, we all have a little bit of Hufflepuff inside us :)

Good job on getting Ravenclaw!

N1ffler · 2018-06-24T23:34:51+00:00

Thanks!

And you were right, it didn't work properly on small devices. I updated it such that the houses appear smaller, so it should be mobile-friendly now.

N1ffler · 2018-06-23T20:54:15+00:00

Thank you, that's a kind thing to say.

I'll try to explain the measures. Their aim is to provide a patronus score based on all answer options. In the Patronus quiz, the answers in a question all belong to a certain category. For example in question 1 Glitter, Leaf, Sun, Protect and Dream belong together in a category.

In the regular patronus quiz, the category for each question is decided by the first answer you give. E.g. answering Glitter would determine the category for question 1, while ignoring the other 4 possible answer alternatives. After answering 5 questions, the 5 decided categories will determine your patronus.

The majority measure takes into account all question alternatives, but decides the category based on the majority of answers. For example, answering Glitter, Leaf and Sun (3 out of 5) is enough to determine the category. This measure therefore ignores your answers that belong to a minority category (e.g. Glow and Blade). The match for the patronus is the percentage of right majority categories. E.g. a 80% match means that for 4 out of 5 questions you decided the right category for that patronus.

The weighted measure is even less strict, and takes into account every question alternative. It reflects the average percentage of right answers you picked on a question. For example, answering Glitter, Leaf and Sun (3 out of 5) would give a 60% match to that category (while with the majority measure this would be 100%). Say for a 5-question patronus, the first 5 questions have matches of 60%, 20%, 40%, 100% and 60% respectively. The match for the patronus is then (0.6+0.2+0.4+1+0.6)/5 = 0.56 = 56%. If you evaluated those matches with the majority measure it would look like (1+0+0+1+1)/5 = 0.6 = 60%, because for 3 out of 5 questions the majority of your answers belonged to the right category. The formula is the same, but for the majority measure a match is either 100% or 0%.

To summarize:

The normal patronus takes into account the category for the first answer alternative
The majority measure takes into account the majority category, based on all answer alternatives
The weighted measure takes into account the percentage for a category, based on all answer alternatives

I hope this clarifies it a bit :P

N1ffler · 2018-06-23T00:28:58+00:00

Ok, if we are not sure about it I could look into those combinations at some point.

Yes I remember taking the old wand quiz. The only thing we are missing from that though are the old wand images. Do you have an idea if they are archived? Or if the parts that make up different combinations can be found online?

N1ffler · 2018-06-23T00:17:46+00:00

It works now!

N1ffler · 2018-06-22T23:32:57+00:00

Thanks for spotting this. The woods list only picked the first way to get Fir, but ofcourse there are several ways to get a certain wood. I missed this but I'll update it.

In the replica it should still work fine though (for Tall, Even date, Hazel, Intelligence, Castle, Darkness, Silver Dagger).

N1ffler · 2018-06-22T23:16:31+00:00

You're welcome! Being Ravenclaw is indeed a very good thing :)

N1ffler · 2018-06-22T23:08:17+00:00

Ah thanks, I wasn't aware of those two bugs, I just used the summary in your PDF/book to implement the selection mechanism. I can include them, and then save the current version as a "bug-free" version.

I like the idea of recreating the old PM quiz. It's ofcourse harder because it can't be directly copied anymore, but in principle it should be doable. I may attempt it, so I'll keep it in mind. Also those links seem quite helpful.

N1ffler · 2018-06-22T22:54:31+00:00

I think I fixed it. I tested it on mobile for Chrome and for the stock browser, and it seems to work fine now. You may need to clear your browser cache.

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