What is HOL
From HOL Wiki
HOL - Virtual Hogwarts is a community and an online school, based on the ideas of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. It is not a role-playing game, though it has some role-playing elements.
Founded in June 2001, thousands of students from 70+ nations are registered in HOL. Adult professors from 4 continents offer more than 40 classes each term, with subjects mentioned in the Harry Potter books, from Potions to Herbology, Muggle Studies to Defense Against the Dark Arts. Additional classes related to literature, writing, fantasy, mythology and music are also popular.
Your aim is to collect points for yourself and your house. The house with the most amount of points at the end of term wins the HOL House Cup.
The real aim, honestly, is to have fun, make new friends, take entertaining classes and rave about your house Quidditch team. The main purpose of HOL is to bring people of all ages, cultures, nations, religions together in one big community and tear down any real or artificial walls that may have been built up by wealth or politics.
The HOL motto is pervalida ars magica amicitia, or friendship is the strongest magic. It is the individual that counts, as stressed by J.K. Rowling in the Harry Potter books:
- "You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!"
- "Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open."
- "It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
HOL is a family-oriented community and online school, certified by the Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA), featuring entertainment and educational experiences suitable for all ages. This means:
- No nudity
- No sexual material
- No violence
- Mild expletives
- No potentially harmful activities
- User-generated content such as chat rooms and message boards (moderated)
- This material appears in an educational context
By joining HOL, you also agree that you will not use the discussion boards and chatrooms to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise a violation of any law.
