Quiditch

[mandrina_q]

No: HPFGUIDX 162185

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Inge" <Elvishooked at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "David" <dragonkeeper012003@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > I don't know if this had been talked about but there is something 
I 
> > wondered about and maybe I missed this but when a team scores; 
how is 
> > the quaffle put back into play? 
> > 
> > dragonkeeper
> 
> 
> Inge:
>.
> So what exactly IS the point of the quaffle other than scoring some 
> useless points and keeping the game going, while waiting for the 
Snitch 
> to be caught? 
> Makes very little sense to me....
>

If I recall correctly, the Quaffle is put back in to play by the 
person officiating the match after the goal has been called as good.  
There are penalties that can be called on a goal, so it has to be 
officially recognized before it counts.  The point of the scoring (by 
the chasers) is that a team with great chasers can dictate to a team 
with a less-than-stellar seeker how well the game is going to go.  If 
you look back at GOF; the Irish win the world cup by virtue of their 
superior chasers even though Viktor Krum catches the Snitch for 
Bulgaria.  Although the Golden Snitch is worth so many points; in a 
professional or international level match, it is not always worth 
enough points to make the difference in the won or the loss.  Some 
seekers may even choose to pursue the Snitch with only his eyes and 
not his broom if there is a possibility for his team to score enough 
points to make it so the Snitch will make the difference between the 
win and the loss... because the Snitch will always end the game, even 
if it doesn't change who will win.

-MQ