Keats449 posted a comment on Monday 25th January 2010 9:07pm for Saving Their Raisins for Sunday

Dodgespell sounds like a good magical game, really enjoyed the humor in this chapter.

Nargus posted a comment on Monday 14th December 2009 2:05am for Saving Their Raisins for Sunday

Mmm...It's good to see more magical games for a change :P

flynhghr posted a comment on Thursday 19th November 2009 5:53pm for Saving Their Raisins for Sunday

Love love love the character play, and the dodgespell is pretty cool too. Reese and Sheila were fun, and the Karina dynamics are only getting better. This is actually much better than I imagined it would be, and I'm happy I've been reading this long. The POV took a bit to get used to, at first, but now it's not so bad. I really think 3rd person can be more efficient, but some of the inner dialogue and character play is so much harder to bring out.

fyrecat posted a comment on Wednesday 24th December 2008 6:29pm for Saving Their Raisins for Sunday

I like dodgespell! fun chapter.

Only one typo that I noticed:

"Since you have not real skills in this area..."
- no real skills...

Thanks!

TxA_GunFighter posted a comment on Wednesday 9th January 2008 8:45am for Saving Their Raisins for Sunday

Very good chapter.

gunny

JBern replied:

Thanks.

Brian Donnely posted a comment on Sunday 6th January 2008 3:28pm for Saving Their Raisins for Sunday

"you can emphasize with the feel of her arse. Oops! You can emphasize with her position"

Should be "empathize" not "emphasize"

I like dodgespell. Not many authors have invented a new magical game of their own, it's refreshing.

JBern replied:

Thanks.   I put a decent amount of effort into modifying Dodgeball into Dodgespell.~Jim

Rebel Goddess posted a comment on Wednesday 7th March 2007 9:32am for Saving Their Raisins for Sunday

I can see why Harry has a new favourite game. Dodgespell is also great fun. I really like the way you justify the relationship between them without making it too complicated. Great chapter.

JBern replied:

Finally catching up on my backlog of replies.   Glad you have enjoyed the story so.~Jim

Aaran St Vines posted a comment on Thursday 9th November 2006 2:13am for Saving Their Raisins for Sunday

This is a clever game you've created.

Well done.

JBern replied:

It's basically a magical version of Dodgeball.   I have the rules posted in my ff.net profile, if you feel like you might ever want to use it.   As I said in my other story, there seems to be so few choices for recreation in the HP universe.   You would think with magic that there would be so many more options.~Jim

Ken Warner posted a comment on Sunday 5th November 2006 5:11pm for Saving Their Raisins for Sunday

that does sound like an exciting game, both to play and to watch - the visual images are reminiscent of volleyball for some reason.
thanks for coming up with another totally new sport

JBern replied:

I started with Dodgeball as my template.   You would think that the wizarding world would have a game that actively allows the participants to cast spells at each other.   One of the things I usually find disappointing in other stories is the lack of anything other than Quidditch, chess and studying in stories.   You would think that with magic, a whole new world of entertainment would be open to children of a wizarding society?   So, I am trying to do my part and like I said, I really don't mind if others use it in their stories.   While I might be biased, I'd rather play Dodgespell than Quidditch.~Jim