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Quidditch would be nothing but hexes all over the place
Posted on 10/3/24 at 11:01 pm
Posted on 10/3/24 at 11:01 pm
We’ve got multiple instances in the films where hexes are placed on the players. Why the hell wouldn’t every single bystander be placing spells left and right to curse the other team or benefit their team?
There’s literally no magical barrier in place around the field to prevent that sort of thing. Any maniacal idiot blacked out on grog and ravenous for hufflepuff or ravenclaw could hex the opponent at will every single game. You solve one hexer by lighting his robe on fire the next student takes his place.
Quidditch would have bodies falling off sticks left and right with dead students all over the place.
There’s literally no magical barrier in place around the field to prevent that sort of thing. Any maniacal idiot blacked out on grog and ravenous for hufflepuff or ravenclaw could hex the opponent at will every single game. You solve one hexer by lighting his robe on fire the next student takes his place.
Quidditch would have bodies falling off sticks left and right with dead students all over the place.
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Posted on 10/3/24 at 11:20 pm to Frac the world
Posted on 10/3/24 at 11:32 pm to Frac the world
RA for move to the More Sports Board.
Posted on 10/4/24 at 6:51 am to Frac the world
Allegedly that would be a foul but you have to get caught.
Posted on 10/4/24 at 7:02 am to Frac the world
I have nothing of actual value to add to this thread but that I did see an IRL Quidditch match recently between Baylor and Texas.
Posted on 10/4/24 at 7:26 am to Volvagia
Motherfricker, made me spit out my coffee.
Posted on 10/4/24 at 7:57 am to Frac the world
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We’ve got multiple instances in the films where hexes are placed on the players. Why the hell wouldn’t every single bystander be placing spells left and right to curse the other team or benefit their team?
There would be. But there are lot of more morally questionable things in the Harry Potter world… love potions, poly juice potions, liquid luck, mind control.
Honestly, if you make one successful batch of liquid luck, take it, and use it to make 100 more. Then go and live life doing whatever the frick you want.
This post was edited on 10/4/24 at 10:20 am
Posted on 10/4/24 at 9:32 am to Frac the world
As a Harry Potter kid who grew up readying all the books multiple times, Quidditch was a stupidly designed game. You have a bunch of action but the game can’t end until someone catches the snitch which means the team losing by less than 150 would never catch it.
It was just a device to put action in the books and make Harry the hero he never wanted to be.
It was just a device to put action in the books and make Harry the hero he never wanted to be.
Posted on 10/4/24 at 9:40 am to Frac the world
One good thing about Quidditch, though, is they don’t permit trans athletes.
Posted on 10/4/24 at 9:41 am to Frac the world
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Why the hell wouldn’t every single bystander be placing spells left and right to curse the other team or benefit their team?
Its because we dont play Quidditch in the SEC.
Quidditch just doesnt mean more.
Posted on 10/4/24 at 9:50 am to Frac the world
In reality you would just find a great goalkeeper, and everyone else would go look for the snitch. Maybe have a bludger stay near the goal keeper to slow down people trying to score. But you would send most of your team after the snitch.
Also, Victor Krum catching the Snitch while his team was down 160pts has got to be the all time worst/most selfish decision in the history of team sports.
Imagine looking your teammates in the eye after making a play you knew for a fact would lose your team the game? Even if the other seeker would’ve caught it if he didn’t, so what? Become a defender at that point and fight off the other seeker while your team tries to score another goal?
If the other seeker does catch it, well so what? You catching it down 160 ensures your team loses, why would you EVER do that?
Also, Victor Krum catching the Snitch while his team was down 160pts has got to be the all time worst/most selfish decision in the history of team sports.
Imagine looking your teammates in the eye after making a play you knew for a fact would lose your team the game? Even if the other seeker would’ve caught it if he didn’t, so what? Become a defender at that point and fight off the other seeker while your team tries to score another goal?
If the other seeker does catch it, well so what? You catching it down 160 ensures your team loses, why would you EVER do that?
Posted on 10/4/24 at 9:56 am to Frac the world
why was the grass field in the movie lined- a center circle, lines under the goals..
Posted on 10/4/24 at 9:58 am to im4LSU
Can you imagine the spells SECr posters would be casting on opposing teams?
Posted on 10/4/24 at 10:32 am to Frac the world
The actual answer is for the professional teams, they had magical controls in place to detect nefarious stuff.
For the high school level, they probably have some controls on the players but not as much because it’s a fricking high school game and who gives a shite
For the high school level, they probably have some controls on the players but not as much because it’s a fricking high school game and who gives a shite
Posted on 10/4/24 at 10:44 am to SoFla Tideroller
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Can you imagine the spells SECr posters would be casting on opposing teams?
Imagine how far Updyke would have gone....
Posted on 10/4/24 at 10:56 am to Frac the world
The rules of quidditch are absolutely absurd.
Posted on 10/4/24 at 11:41 am to Indefatigable
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The rules of quidditch are absolutely absurd.
She should have gotten a male friend to help her design a game. It needed a time limit and not a stupid maguffin that makes most of the players pointless
Posted on 10/4/24 at 11:47 am to Frac the world
Apparently there’s a new quidditch video game coming out and they actually fixed the snitch rule a bit:
Having a time limit and the snitch having lower value, but can be in play more than once, makes a lot more sense.
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Match length: Matches end when one team scores 100 points or the time limit expires, usually around 7 minutes.
The game doesn't end when the snitch is caught. Snitch points: The snitch is worth 30 points, not 150, and it can appear multiple times.
Having a time limit and the snitch having lower value, but can be in play more than once, makes a lot more sense.
This post was edited on 10/5/24 at 5:50 pm
Posted on 10/4/24 at 12:06 pm to theGarnetWay
Really the dumbest thing was beaters. Unless the bludgeor was alway targeting players of one team until smacked by a beater and then it switched to targeting other team. Even then its very stupid
Posted on 10/4/24 at 12:40 pm to im4LSU
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Imagine how far Updyke would have gone....
He just had too much Avada Kadavra in him
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