House Points Guide

Project Ink - It's a contest where writers of Hex compete for a chance to win house points and other awesome prizes.
Hex Idol - If you love singing, then this is a contest for you! Not only it would bring you the glory of being acknowledged as an amazing singer, but you could also win your house nice amount of house points.
Hex's Next Top Graphic Designer - If you are graphic savvy, you will enjoy this contest. It gives out over 90,000 House Points and some amazing prizes.
The RP Factor - This contest is perfect for avid or newbie roleplayers alike. A site-wide event consisting of multiple rounds of prompt-based RPs that test the limits of the contestants' roleplay skills, The RP Factor also dishes out large amounts of HPs to those who make it through!
Summer Site Wide Event - They give out massive amounts of points to users who can earn them through various ways. Example: Inter House Competition (IHC)
House Hosted Sitewides/Restocks - Sometimes, house points can be awarded as a prize of a contest or of a participation raffle during a house sponsored sitewide event or restock. House staff has six month terms, and with each term, they are allowed to host one sitewide event and one restock event. Therefore, within a six month time, there are eight opportunities to participate in these types of events.
Participation Raffles - Sometimes, house points are offered as prizes in participation raffles. A participation raffle can commonly be found with events like Project Ink or HEX Idol. Typically, in the forum where that particular event is taking place, you will see a a colored thread that states it is an "Audience Thread" or a "Participation Thread." Go into the thread and read the first post carefully to see what you need to do to potentially win a prize. Not all of them have the same rules!

It's important that you keep an eye on the homepage to see which events, if any, are currently going on. Different events happen during different times of the year, so be sure to keep a look out! As previously stated, in these events, you can win house points, but most if not all of them also offer other fantastic prizes as well.

Where can I see House points totals?

You can see your homework House Points by visiting Announcements. However, if you go to your User Info page, you can see the total of points that you have earned, including those from the contests that give out House Points.

If you wish to see the total points of all users in your House, you should go to the Great Hall. Above the threads you will see a huge image map with four hourglasses, one representing each House. The House Points in the Great Hall hourglasses are a combination of homework points earned through classes and through contests and incentives. While prize points contribute directly to a House's total and are immediately added to its hourglass, homework points are calculated based on a formula that considers homework scores and the number of active users in each House. Homework points are added to all four hourglasses on a bi-weekly schedule. You can read more about that here.

What can I do with house points?

The school terms ends at approximately the end of June. During the break, before the next school term, there will be an announcement about the Top Student prize. Students who receive a perfect score for their year level will be awarded two prizes---one choice from a set list and one untradeable. Students who earn within twenty points of a perfect score will be awarded one item of choice from a set list. More information about this will be posted when Top Students list is announced.

However, if you didn't manage to get into the Top Students list - which lists the amount of homework points that you've won - you should be proud of yourself for helping your own house win some points. Every little point counts towards the House Cup!

Each house has its own homework Incentives. You should visit your Common Room and look out for more information about it or you could ask your House Staff. They usually announce anything related to the incentive in the watch thread.

When do House Points count toward a term?

A term goes from July 1st to June 30th of the following year. All regular area activities that end on or before June 30th count toward the current term. Any activity that ends July 1st or later - regardless of when it started - will count toward the new term and HPs shouldn't be awarded.

There may be very occasional exceptions to this, such as for special events or competitions.

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