Task 3 point of view with popcorn.

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 45392

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Melody" <Malady579 at h...> wrote:

>  Phyllis first stated:
> >>what troubles me is why Dumbledore would allow the third task 
> to proceed at *night* within a *20 foot high hedge*, where no one 
> could see what was going on inside ...edited... <<
> 
> Pip!Squeak replied:
> >>>I think Dumbledore was fooled ...edited... . With loyal 
> wizards patrolling the entrances and exits, no one could get in 
> the maze to harm Harry. A rejigged Portkey never occurred to 
> him...<<<
> 
> Melody replied:
> To add to what Pip said...the maze was on the Quidditch field.  All
> the judges (which includes Dumbledore), students, parents, and other
> teachers (i.e. Snape) were in the stands, which are raised from the
> ground originally for better view of Quidditch, but come in handy to
> have a bird's-eye-view of a very tall maze. ...edited...
> 
> Melody

bboy_mn:
I'm with Melody here. The goal hoops are 50ft high. The stands are
raised to give everyone a good view of the game. That would imply
sloped bleachers rising from between 30ft and 50ft with the 'top box'
between 50ft and 60ft (just my best guess. I'm sure World cup was
bigger.). Possibly as much as a 30ft to 70ft slope of seats.

So people in the maze would have certainly been in view at least part
of the time. Also, we are never given the spectator's point of view.
We don't know what happened outside the maze. It's possible that there
was a magic bubble with their name floating over each contestant,
giving the spectators an indication of each contestants location. It
could even give a limited commentary like 'Harry meets Sphinx' or
'Harry meet upside down charm'. Also, remember that the maze went
silent as soon as Harry entered it, so if there was a running
commentary, he couldn't hear it. Since he couldn't hear it, neither
could we.

I agree that it would have been very boring with nothing to do for an
hour or two but look at some hedges.

As far as the second task, I haven't figured that one out. Floating
magic name bubbles would serve no purpose because the spectators had
no idea where the objective was; no correlation between contestant
location and the location he was trying to reach. I have trouble
fantasizing any way that they could have had a running commentary
during that task. Maybe Bagman entertained everyone with Quidditch
stories for his glory days while they all waited. Could have made
fortune selling snacks and ice pumpkin juice to all those bored
spectators. 

Speaking of snacks, do you think wizards eat popcorn? Sorry, just a
thought that can to me.

bboy_mn