DISCUSSION - Quidditch - perilously nearly OT

[dfrankis at dial.pipex.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 21257

Thought provoking discussion, Simon.  I think Quidditch will play a 
role in the final showdown.  Can the Quidditch captain be a prefect 
as well?

May I draw attention to the unusual scoring system for the Hogwarts 
Quidditch league (and perhaps other leagues)?  The winning team is 
the one with the highest overall score, not the one with the most 
points on a 2 or 3 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a lose basis.  
(BTW, *can* you draw at Quidditch? If the scores are even, does the 
snitch-taker win?)

This could lead to the following interesting situation.  Suppose 
there are four teams, G, H, R and S.  Their results at the end of the 
league are (the winning score in a match must be at least 150):

S defeats R 200 - 0
S defeats H 400 - 200
R defeats H 600 - 400
S defeats G 600 - 400
R defeats G 800 - 600
H defeats G 1000 - 800

Total scores: S 1200, R 1400, H 1600, G 1800.

G wins the league despite losing all their matches and S loses 
despite winning all theirs.  H is above R despite a worse win-loss 
record.  A similar procedure works for any league with more than two 
members.  It works because the game-losing teams have high scoring 
matches.

Now this is surely a metaphor for something, and an encouragement to 
the Chudley Cannons.

David