[HPforGrownups] Re: Could Quidditch really work?

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 --- Ali wrote:
> > I have trouble believing that Quidditch would actually 
> > work. 
> 
> I totally agree, though I've refrained from writing as I haven't yet 
> read the "Quidditch Through the Ages" book. The thing that worries 
> me about it is the lack of a focal point. 
>
> I too don't think Quidditch would work.

> Cheers,
> Dumbledad



bboy_mn comments:
I'm no big sports fan, so I am certainly no expert, but I don't see
what the problem is. 

There is a focused game going on. It is the Chasers trying to score
goals, and the opposing team trying to stop them; that is the on-going
dynamic. 


To me, it is the dangers of stock car racing, sky diving, bungie
jumping, motocross, and high speed aerial combat, combined with the
skill and stategy of any typical muggle team ball/puck type sport.

Seems like one very exiting and very workable game to me. Playable
stratedies on many levels. Ignoring, of course, our lack of actual
flying brooms.

I see it as a very exciting and workable game.

bboy_mn


Hello All,

My husband and I were discussing this very issue the other day.  He was 
saying that he saw no point to the chasers since it's the Seeker that wins 
the game.  I told him that the Seeker can get the snitch but not necessarily 
win the game but there are other factors to consider:  for instance, in one 
game Harry had to hold back, while Gryffindor scored I think 50 points or so 
(which book was that in?), as Oliver Wood put it, "we would win the match but 
lose the House Cup."  We must factor in the House Cup when we measure the 
points of a Quidditch match.

I also told him that the Golden Snitch is very difficult to spot -- the game 
can go on for months with no one getting the snitch!  And, like you said, 
there are all the dynamics of the game going on.  To me, it's very exciting!

       Harriet
       (I hope I'm making sense -- I sitting here with an enormous head 
cold!)


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