You are allowed to express your mind freely in HOL, as long as you don’t personally attack anyone. Remember that HOL is a big community and misunderstandings are frequent. If you feel hurt by someone’s post, pm, or mail, please take time to talk about it with the person involved. You can even ask a neutral student or professor to help you solve things by talking on mIRC for example. Communication is the most important thing in HOL, and it can solve many conflicts.

Forum Contest Award	Awards, announced in the HOL Forum, such as HP trivia questions. Those contests are announced randomly by any Head of House or the Headmaster's Office staff only, and just those students who are currently in the Forum might have a chance to take part. Asking the professors for setting up a new award, falls under the Annoyance rule!	10-20 Points
Good Work	Mostly for teachers - rewarding for students who do exceptional work in class that is not directly related to papers and assignments (please scroll down to 'class work' to see the rules for awarding points for papers and assignments).	10-30 Points
Initiative	Coming up with suggestions and initiatives that might be interesting for your classes / house / school	10-50 Points
Bravery	Sticking up for your school mates when necessary, extraordinary behaviour.	10-50 Points
Fighting	Fighting in common rooms, chats or message boards	10-20 Points
Pornography	Posting pornographic material to any area of HOL	EXPULSION
Misbehavior	Inappropriate (explicit, profane, or obscene) language will not be tolerated. If you are uncertain about a word or statement, then it is probably not appropriate. Sexual references, prejudice comments any sort. This includes (but is not limited to) negative comments about race, religion, and gender.	10-20 Points
Serious Misbehavior	Inappropriate (explicit, profane, or obscene) language will not be tolerated. If you are uncertain about a word or statement, then it is probably not appropriate. Sexual references, prejudice comments any sort. This includes (but is not limited to) negative comments about race, religion, and gender.	20-100 Points
Spamming	Spamming the HOL Forum or the House Common Rooms. Repeatedly posting off-topic messages into the Forum, holding private discussions in general boards (private discussions should be held only in "The Fourth Board" of the HOL Forum), multiple posting of the same message (either in the same thread or in different ones). Prefects, Headboy/girl and Professors will warn the students at least once, before taking any house points.	5-20 Points
Annoyance	Repeatedly contacting the Professors, or the Headmaster's Office with asking unimportant questions that have already been answered. All students are expected to read the HOL FAQ, the HOL Forum Announcement Board and the Great Hall Blackboard first, before asking the Professors. Annoying the Headmaster might cost up to 50 points! Students will be warned at least once before any house points are taken.	10-50 Points
Discrediting	Discrediting your house, the school, fellow students, professors, or The Headmaster's Office	10-50 Points
Privacy Violation	It is strictly forbidden for the students to post their own or fellow students' (real life) private street addresses or telephone numbers to any message boards or chat rooms within HOL. Privacy protection is a very serious issue, and students who repeatedly violate the privacy rule will be expelled from HOL.	50 Points - EXPULSION
Impersonation	Impersonating another user, even with his or her consent, in which case both users will be deemed equally responsible.	20-50 Points
Security	Releasing any and all kinds of viruses in HOL boards and chats, and any similar attacks on the security of HOL. Hacking another student's account.	20 Points - EXPULSION
Backtalk	All decisions of HOL authorities (Headmaster's Office, Professors, Caretaker, Headboy/girl and Prefects) are final decisions! Arguing about already made decisions may lead to a further loss of house points! Prefects are allowed to take up to 10 points for backtalk, the other authorities up to 20 points.	5-20 Points

Class Work	Rewarding for students who do exceptional work in class. Limit 30 Points (each student may be awarded the max. of 30 points per class and month for "Class Work")	10-30 Points
Special Tasks	Rewarding for students who take part in class-related special tasks, as contests, books, events, and other projects. Limit 50 Points (each student may be awarded the max. of 50 points per class and month for "Special Tasks")	10-50 Points
Exam	Two exams per year per class: 100% Exam: 30 Points 90-99% Exam: 20 Points 80-89% Exam: 10 Points 70-79% Exam: 5 Points Below 70% Exam: 0 Points	5-30 Points
Seminar Exam	One exam per seminar: 100% Exam: 30 Points 90-99% Exam: 20 Points 80-89% Exam: 10 Points 70-79% Exam: 5 Points Below 70% Exam: 0 Points	5-30 Points
Delay	Delay of up to 24 hours delivering homework or class paper without valid excuse	10 Points
Long Delay	Delay of more than 24 hours delivering homework or class paper without valid excuse	20 Points
Missed Exam	Not taking an exam without valid excuse	30 Points

Quidditch Cup	Winner of the 2001/02 HOL House Cup	10,000 Points
Quidditch Cup	Second Place in the 2001/02 HOL House Cup	5,000 Points
Quidditch Cup	Third Place in the 2001/02 HOL House Cup	2,000 Points
Quidditch Match Awards	Every team gets the points it scored in a Quidditch match added to its house points.	Scored Points
Quidditch MVP Award	The jury chooses the most valuable player of every HOL Quidditch match	25 Points
Events	Miscellaneous events during the term	TBA
Non-Promotion	Every student must take at least one class (or seminar) and complete two exams (seminar: one exam) during the schoolyear. The student can withdraw from HOL at any time by sending an owl to the Headmaster's Office. Students who do not comply to this rules will lose all their individual house points of the year and an additional 100 points for their house.	100 Points