A group of Harry Potter fans have launched a new crowdsourcing campaign – “College of Wizardry: As Real As Wizard School Gets” – that aims to establish a “permanent school of sorcery” starting at a castle in Poland. At $50,000, it’s slightly cheaper than just going to Oberlin.
Within three days of being posted on crowdfunding site Indiegogo on Feb. 28, the College of Wizardry has achieved 38% of its financial goal, raising more than $19,200 of its initial $50,000 target.
Following the successful wizarding events first held last year, $50,000 would fund three four-day retreats for 138 participants who would engage in what’s called ‘live-action role play’ (or LARP) — unscripted, improvisation, akin to children playing pretend.
First step is cordoning off the entire valley and having the UN establish it as a “melvin-free zone.”
The event is set to take place at the medieval Czocha Castle in southwestern Poland, which has been open to the public as a hotel and conference center since the 1990s.
Should the campaign succeed in raising $1 million, organizers also claim they’ll buy their own castle in Poland and turn it into a permanent College of Wizardry.
Can you imagine how much sweaty nerd sex is going on at this thing? So much pasty skin, the Girls Gone Wild crew is going to have to use special filters.
While the first LARP events held at the castle last November were themed after the Harry Potter series with the one-off permission of Warner Bros., organizers emphasize that their College of Wizardry will not take place in the Harry Potter universe.
“There will be no mention of Muggles, no Quidditch and no Hogwarts in our fiction.” [NYDailyNews]
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