[HPforGrownups] Re: The trouble with Quidditch

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 168989

On 20 May 2007 at 1:27, Bart Lidofsky wrote:

> Bart:
> I was making the assumption that the two teams are on the same class
> as 
> each other.

Shaun:

So was I.

I am assuming the two teams competing against each other are of the same class as each 
other - but that doesn't mean the scoring patterns will be the same at different levels of 
competition. 

In some sports - and cricket was the example I used - the scores achieved in high level 
leagues are typically significantly higher than the scores achieved in lower level leagues, 
even though the teams in each league are likely to be of a similar standard to each other.

In school level cricket, a score of 150-200 is a pretty good score. For first class cricket, 
scores of 400 or more are good scores.

If the same holds in Quidditch - if higher scores are normal in league matches, or world class 
matches, than they are in school matches, 150 points from the snitch may not be as decisive 
as we see it being in the school matches at Hogwarts.
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