Second Task points

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 152088

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...>
wrote:
>
> Eggplant wrote:
> > <snip> For that matter in
> > Quidditch why do you get 10 point for scoring a goal and 150 
> > for catching the snitch, why not 1 and 15?
> 
> Carol responds:
> I snipped the first part of your post regarding scoring in the TWT,
> which Geoff answered with his usual mastery of the canon. 
> 
> Regarding Quidditch scoring, possibly ten and 150 sound more
> impressive than one and fifteen? 

bboyminn:

I think that fact that the Snitch is worth 150 points very clearly
explains why individual goals are worth 10. If individual goals were
worth only 1 point, there would hardly be any point in playing. The
other players might just as well sit on the bench while the Seeker
look for the Snitch. But, if it's 10 points then it is possible to
score enough points that it doesn't matter who catches the Snitch. We
see this in the World Cup, Viktor realizes his team can't win, but he
can still salvage some dignity by catching the Snitch, which he does.

Further, in Ginny's first game as Seeker, Ginny gets the Snitch but
her team loses by 10 points (240 to 230, or something like that). 

If the Snitch doesn't appear early in the game, then the score can get
quite high, and that means that the relative value of the Snitch
becomes less, especially if one team is way ahead of the other.
Sometimes the losing team can snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
in the last minute by catching the Snitch, other times, the high
scoring team is far enough ahead, that even catching the Snitch
doesn't matter. However, all team points add up to the end of season
Quidditch Cup, and that is worth something. 

Relative to the Quidditch Cup, I always wondered whether the House Cup
and the Quidditch Cup were tied together. For example, are the
Quidditch points added to the House points to determine the House Cup? 

> Carol responds:
> 
> What bothers me is not the round numbers but the discrepancy 
> between the points given to the Seeker and those given to the 
> Chasers, whose job seems (to me) almost irrelevant--essentially,
> to keep the  audience entertained until the Seeker catches the 
> Snitch and ends the game, usually but not always winning it. 

bboyminn:

If you remember your Quidditch history from 'Quidditch Through the
Ages', then you know somewhere early on in Quidditch history, 1269,
Barberus Bragge brought a caged Snidget (small bird) to the match and
told the assembled players that he would award 150 galleons to the
player who caught it during the course of the game. While this didn't
go as planned since all the player ignored the game and chased the
Snidget, it did lead to the introduction of the Seeker position and
the awarding of 150 points. One hundred and fifty points to match the
original 150 galleons that was offered. So, the 150 points is a
traditional and histortical aspect of the game dating back to the year
1269.

Just passing it along.

Steve/bboyminn