Snithches and Seekers and Quidditch

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No: HPFGUIDX 30464

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Joanne0012 at a... wrote:
An explanation of a how a Seekerless team could win.

 We almost saw this in the World Cup Match...the Irish Seeker 
Lynch was close to being incapacitated when Krum ended the 
game,
    The punishment for fouls is only a penalty shot, 10 points at 
most. A Seekerless team with a strong Keeper and evenly 
matched Chasers might chose to Snitchnip rather than lose the 
game.
   What we don't know is how many points a forfeit costs. Let's 
say it's a fixed number. In that case, supposing the Hufflepuff 
team is pretty strong, what Harry's remark in SS means is that 
Gryffindor will "have to" forfeit, because otherwise the Hufflepuffs 
will be able to rack up a huge point margin before deciding to 
end the game. On the other hand, in the last game of the season 
against Ravenclaw, the Gryffs were  dead last in the House Cup 
race and had nothing left to lose by trying.

Pippin