Hogwarts numbers

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51886

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tom Wall <thomasmwall at y...>"
<thomasmwall at y...> wrote:
> Trond wrote:
> Actually, it's not stated that this is 
> the entire crowd. Let's say there's a 
> crowd of 100 people wearing anything but 
> scarlet or green. That would make a total 
> of 1200 spectators. ...etc...
> 
> I reply:
> Wow!  Such research on the attendance at Quidditch games, and I'm 
> *amazed* that this thread has continued for this long.
> 
> Compliments to all.
> 
> Just one problem here, not just with the numbers, but sort-of 
> related, so I'll throw it out there.
> 
> Who says that everyone loves Quidditch enough to be at all of the 
> games? I mean, aren't there *any* people that *wouldn't* be at the 
> Quidditch matches? Certainly from my experience, there were tons of 
> people who didn't attend school games.
> 
> If we could maybe infer a total of eight-hundred at a match, would it 
> be reasonable to assume that there might be another two-hundred off 
> doing something else?
> 
> And all this about students. 
> 
> -Tom, 

bboy_mn:
Just an interesting expansion on the Quidditch games.

At every Gryffindor game the entire school appears to be in
attendance. We hear of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw cheering loudly for
Gryffindor and against Slytherin. Even at Gryffindor games that aren't
against Slytherin, the whole student body seems to be there. 

Now to the problem, we never hear of Gryffindor's attending anyone
else's games. We never hear of Ron coming back from the
Ravenclaw/Slytherin game. We hear about the results, but it seems to
be a statement of 'data' rather than a personal account. You would
think that some of these references to other games would be presented
in the 'first person' (if that's the correct term), presented as an
actual eye-witness account of the event. Or even some casual mention
of people discussing the other games. Certainly some Gryffindor's
would be likely to go to Slytherin games to check out the competition.
Harry would have been interested in whether Draco really was a
competent Seeker, but it's never mentioned.

Don't know what it means or what it's worth, but it's something to
think about. 

bboy_mn