Well, tqpannie and I will be at Infinitus this year. We're registered and will likely host a meet-up or two. Shout out if you're going! :)

--Minnie on 04/03/2010 07:09 PM 1 Comments

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The Quidditch Pitch staff would like to wish all of you a safe and happy holiday season!



Queue: Beginning Monday 21 December 2009 through Monday 4 January 2010, our submission queue will be closed for the holidays. This is to allow our entire staff time to finish their current stories and prepare for the holidays with their families and friends. The staff of The Quidditch Pitch will return energized after the holiday to fulfill all of your fanfiction needs. If you are currently working on stories you would like posted to the site, please contact your Quidditch Assistant and make arrangements to have the story updated prior to 21 December.

Happy Holidays!

--The Captains on 12/17/2009 10:05 AM 0 Comments

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On May 3, 2008, the Captains: almond_joyz, madam_minnie,tqpannie, and simons_flower gathered for what turned out to be simons_flower’s last podcast—The Fanboy Chat Part Deux.

The episode (number 12 in case you were wondering) never aired. Thanks to our fabulous sound editor wolfiekins, the fanboy chat with leviathan0999, thanfiction, and daddybear716 has found a voice.

Simons Flower was our moderator for this podcast.

We dedicate this recording in loving memory of Captain simons_flower and hope you enjoy her laugh one more time.

Disclaimer: No fanboys were harmed in the recording of this podcast. It may lower your intelligence (as it did for us). Neither the Captains nor the participants of this podcast will be held responsible if you spit coffee on your monitor while listening.

--Annie, Deena, Minnie on 08/25/2009 10:58 AM 0 Comments

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ETA: Hi All,

There is a beautiful online obituary posted for Trisha. You can log in and read the comments and leave your own.

Trisha's sister did an amazing job writing it and her family chose beautiful pictures that show off Trisha's lovely smile.

You can view the online memorial guest book here at Flintoff's

Tuesday August 11th at 1 PM with graveside service following at Upper Hillside Cemetery.

Flintoft’s Funeral Home
540 E. Sunset Way
Issaquah, WA 98027


Speaking officially via flotsomnjetsom

Her family and her spouse would like to request that instead of flowers that donations be made to either The American Diabetes Association or The Lupus Foundation of America.

http://www.diabetes.org/

http://www.lupus.org/newsite/index.html

ETA:

If you are interested in sending a sympathy.



The Masen Family
700 NW Gilman Blvd. PMB 454
Issaquah, WA 98027

Hi,

We wanted to do something to let simons_flower's daughter know just what an amazing person her mom was. We want her sister and parents to know how many lives their Trisha touched. I wanted Mr. Simonsflower to know how much we loved her, how much we will miss her, and how many times she made us laugh.

So what do you do here? Post your memories of Trisha. Post pictures-post quotes from her stories.

Your memories can become Jocelyn's, Stephanie (her sister), Jim's (hubby) and her parents memories.

We're going to put the community into book form and send it to Jim to give to Jocelyn.

We want her to know how much we all loved her mom.

The community is flowers4trisha and you can find it here

--Annie, Deena, Minnie on 08/05/2009 08:39 PM 0 Comments

Simons Flower Edit | Delete In 2003 I met a wonderful woman and writer. simons_flower. I remember the first time I met her I was in total awe because she was my favorite trio writer.
Over the years she has played Hermione to my Ron and to madam_minnie's Harry. I know I will be able to put into words later how much she mean to me but right now the words won't come.


I got a call this morning actually two calls. One from flotsomnjetsom and later one from Jim her husband. I want to emphasize that this isn't a joke or a game and defintley not fake.

Jim found simons_flower this morning on the floor of the bathroom. The EMT's were called but they were unable to revive her. She passed away this morning in her home.

Please keep her daughter in your thoughts and prayers. Please keep her sister and family in your thoughts and prayers.

Trisha was 37 years old. She was an amazing writer, she was fearless, she was my best friend. She made me a better writer, a better person, and she was always there for me.

I don't have any information on funeral arrangements but I will be updating with public post as regularly as I can.

My heart is broken right now and I'll never be the same.

If you want direct emails please email me at tqpannie@gmail.com

To all of you who loved Trisha--Remember her laugh. She had the most amazing laugh.


simons_flower helped to start TQP and I don't know what we will do without her.

 

--Annie on 08/06/2009 09:30 PM 0 Comments

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For all our members you can now follow us on at QuidditchPitch on Twitter.

--The Captains on 07/17/2009 05:29 PM 0 Comments

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To All Members and Authors:

If you have submitted a multi-chaptered story in the past few months and have not been contacted by a Quidditch Assistant (Aka) Beta Reader. Please take a moment and resubmit your story or contact thecaptains@thequidditchpitch.org.

Due to a technical glitch in our beta queue several multi-chapter stories have vanished.  We strongly feel this is either the work of Voldemort or Bellatrix but can't be sure.

Thanks!

The Captains

--The Captains on 05/15/2009 08:18 AM 0 Comments

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Did you know that The Quidditch Pitch has, at its core, four Captains who run the site day-to-day? There are two Auxiliary Captains, two Captain's Assistants, 7 Quidditch Coordinators and 20 Quidditch Assistants as well, but just four who run it day in, day out.

In the past year, those four Captains have attended school, lost three jobs, gained two jobs, and moved four times. There has been turnover in the QA staff, and a smaller turnover in the QC staff. Our Gallery broke. Our forums were hacked. Our podcasts have disappeared. And that's just for starters. 2008 was not a good year.

Despite this, and with the extraordinary assistance of our staff, we've made it work with as little inconvenience to you, the members, as possible. It has meant long nights for some of the Captains (including lots of drinking), but we've done it.

However, the Captains have looked ahead to 2009 and foresee many changes again, the least of which are major moves for three of the Captains, and one who will be finishing school. Because of these things, and after many long discussions, we have decided we're going to scale back the scope of our operations for The Quidditch Pitch in 2009.

We are not closing. Let us say that again: we are not closing.

We will not, however, be scheduling podcasts for this year, or regular polls, as in years past. Featured Stories and Challenges will become quarterly through the remainder of 2009. We will continue to respond to emails from staff and members. We will continue to keep the site running. We will continue with the digest, though it may be as infrequent as once a month or as frequent as weekly.

However, we want your input! Are there things you’d like to see us drop completely? Do we need to be more visible in fandom so that you know we’re still out there, still Harry Potter fans, and still active members of this wonderful community?

We are hopeful that, in 2010, we will be able to ramp operations up once again, to bring back some of the features we've had to put on hold. We would love to be back full force to attend the convention in Orlando that will coincide with the new Harry Potter Theme Park opening.

Sincerely,
The Captains of The Quidditch Pitch
- Captain Annie, the Captain who thinks Ron looks hot in Quidditch Gear.
- Captain Deena, the Stable Captain in charge of the Betas and Stable Boys
- Captain Minnie, the Crazy College-student-again Captain
- Captain Trisha, the Captain most trying to emulate Hermione
- Captain Kerry, Auxiliary Captain

--The Captains on 03/28/2009 05:06 PM 5 Comments

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