[ SECRET POST #1978 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1978 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

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Comments

[citrinesunset]

I feel like Ravenclaw would be the best fit, but I got Gryffindor, too. I think I would have preferred any of the other houses, to be honest. Nothing against Gryffindor, but it was such a big focus of the books, and played up so much, that it would have been fun to get something different.

But I strongly suspect the house assignments are mostly random.

Anyway, this secret made me think of how much fun I used to have playing computer games with my mom. She would always get hilariously mad at the games when things didn't go her way. I enjoy playing crossword puzzles with her now for the same reason. She always ends up talking about how stupid the clues are.

[maverickz3r0]

I don't think the assignments are random, actually! There's too much difference in the numbers between the houses for it to be random, because if it was completely random then there'd at least be closer to 25% of the population in each House. As it is, there's way more Gryffindors than any other House, then Hufflepuff and Slytherin are kind of close in numbers, but Ravenclaw has by far the least.

On the other hand, this suggests the questions on the test are somewhat weighted to Gryffindor/against Ravenclaw. Probably by accident, but well.

[citrinesunset]

That's really interesting, because I actually thought the numbers looked pretty even, considering. You're right that there are differences, though, and I'm not good with statistics.

In any case, I don't think it's completely random, especially since there are some quiz answers that seem obviously skewed. But there are also seemingly random questions, and my theory was that there was some sort of control in place to make sure no house has a drastically larger number of members.

Could be totally wrong, though. Again, not a stats person. :P

[broadwaybabe11.livejournal.com]

They aren't random. Someone has already tested this. Had people give them their answers and what house they got into. When the answers are done the same way, you get into the same house.

[threnody.livejournal.com]

Pretty sure they're random, as well. Some of the questions are easily house-related, but more than a few are completely fucking arbitrary. I peg myself as a Ravenclaw through and through. First time I got Slytherin, second time I got Hufflepuff. Then I said fuck this, and stuck with the Hufflepuff. It's just a fucking site, and I think it's silly that people accept what the site gives them as 'official'. Just because something is official doesn't mean it's not full of shit, y'know?

[citrinesunset]

Yeah, definitely not worth getting too worked up about, that's for sure.

If I was going to get worked up about anything, it'd be the potion making part of the site. I gave up after I kept destroying my cauldrons.