Briefly, the Character Sheet module didn't focus on any particular deficit for the entire cohort, but rather allowed each participant to identify their own weaknesses through some helpful guided exercises. Overcoming these completely was not in scope for the duration of the alpha, but we put together some docs and spreadsheets to track our progress going forward.
Around 1:25:00, EY points out that Quirrel's biggest error during the Final Exam was bringing in 36 Death Eaters after not seeing them for ten years, something a real Quirrel would never do.
The transcript from this part was "Wand wand wand wand wand! Ahhhhh!!!!!!" I had to do more editing than usual to have the volume spike from that hurt the audio for the rest of the track. :)
It was a really fun conversation and I'm grateful he joined us for it. I've been meaning to discuss somewhere my thoughts on WWMoR as a whole, but the quick summary is that I had a great time and found it a valuable experience in spite of its rocky start.
I was in the alpha and found value in both the community component and the modules. I had the pleasure of seeing people bring problems they were facing to the group and watching what it's like to have a group of Rationalists coordinate and descend on it together. It's hard to overstate the value of having a dozen people with practiced thinking skills work on a problem with you, but I suspect the reader of the comment can imagine what I'm talking about.
The modules were varied and valuable in their own way. Like Matt indicated above, there were s...
That’s the one we used the first time and the one we’re using this time around. :)