[HPforGrownups] Re: Could Quidditch really work?

[Dom McDermott]

No: HPFGUIDX 47848

Paul:
> The way it stands, catching the
> snitch almost always wins the game, and on the odd occaision when one
> team is so much better than another that a 150 point gap opens up, the
> seeker on the losing team can't catch the snitch (I still can't fathom
> why Krum lost his team the chance of winning the world cup...)
>

Me:
the way I see it, Krum knows that his team have absolutely no chance of
coming back and winning, they're getting slaughtered by the Irish are they
not? Catching the snitch is kinda like (as discussed elsewhere) another,
seperate game. Krum takes the chance to catch the snitch to gain that honour
for himself and the team. Its a bit like soccer again I guess, most players
would say one of the greatest honours/dreams/whatever would be to score a
goal in the world cup final, the same could be assumed for quidditch.
also by catching the snitch and getting 150 points, it makes the score a lot
closer and therefore a lot less embarassing. One day the Bulgarians may be
able to try the 'we were winning until they caught the snitch' line :)

As far as the Harry delaying the catch until 50 points up thread goes, I
presume that the table does take into account a points difference when two
teams are otherwise level. in this situation, I'd say slytherin and
gryffindor would be level in the table in gryff beat slyth, but slyth would
have a greater points difference and so be declared the winners. by getting
a 200 points difference (50 from quaffle play, and 150 from snitch catch)
gryffindor would make a huge difference by also making slytherins points
diff 200 worse than it started.
Still with me? either way, this scenario would put G+S joint top of the
table, but G winning on points difference.

Ps: completed the CoS game on my PS2 the other day, quidditch in that way
quite fun (and frustrating)

Dom,