Fw: [HPforGrownups] Re: Fred and George's wager on the Quidditch World Cup

[Jedi Knight Jo]

No: HPFGUIDX 36016

Hi, I just joined so I thought I'd better find something to comment on.

>>I just have to add my agreement to the bunch. There was no point 
spread, no "grey area" that they could hope to fit into. They called 
the end of the match with prescient accuracy. IMHO, it has to be more 
than a coincidence.<<

I always just thought that as avid Quidditch fans, Fred and George knew what they were talking about because they'd seen the teams or read results.  The Irish team are clearly better overall than the Bulgarians, but the Bulgarians have the better seeker in Krum.  Since this is the final, it may have been a pattern throughout the rest of the tournament that the Irish win but don't get the snitch, or the Krum always gets it whether his time has won or lost a match (as far as I know, we never find out how it's decided which teams get through to the final and which don't - it could be a knockout tournament, or it could work like the World Cup where the teams accumulate points).  With a game like Quidditch that hinges on a specific event rather than having a time limit, someone who really knows the sport would be able to make predictions like this on knowledge of past events.  

But the above is, of course just my opinion and I'll go back to hiding behind my rock now.
--Jo


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