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OT: Quidditch now a club sport at Michigan
October 21st, 2010 at 4:10 PM
#302
It is stupid. Fortunately
October 21st, 2010 at 8:53 PM
#303
I'm just thankful that
I'm just thankful that Stephanie Meyer didn't invent a sport for Edward Cullen to be good at.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:12 PM
#306
Hmm...
Depends - if it's only played by really hot girls and I get to be the Snitch Runner it sounds like a good "sport" to me!!
October 21st, 2010 at 4:13 PM
#307
This offends me as someone
This offends me as someone who thinks about game design a lot. Quidditch is horribly designed and it always distracted while reading those books.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:19 PM
#308
Seriously
I mean, why even bother with the Quaffle if the snitch is worth 150 points and it's almost always caught before the game gets out of hand? That ALWAYS bothered me. It's like playing basketball for a few hours only to have one team win because the mascot did a backflip dunk at the end, regardless of the previous score. Frustrating.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:35 PM
#309
yes, thank you
A very apt analogy. I suspect JK Rowling isn't much of a sports fan because she clearly doesn't understand how competetive team sports work and how strategy is applied... or she just needed something for Harry to be good at and invented the "seeker" position.
October 22nd, 2010 at 6:35 PM
#310
Also remember
that the Harry Potter series was designed for 13 year olds, seventh to eighth graders, OSU graduate students and other less mature audiences that were not going to really analyze the game.
And, yes Harry needed to be good at something...
October 21st, 2010 at 5:43 PM
#311
whlie Frank downs a giant
whlie Frank downs a giant beer.
October 21st, 2010 at 7:34 PM
#312
And who would even try to
And who would even try to catch the thing if their team somehow got down by more than 150 points anyway? Wizards should just play football.
October 26th, 2010 at 12:17 PM
#313
duh
the wizards use a bowl system and it would be better to have one loss to a team by 20 points instead of 170.
October 21st, 2010 at 9:09 PM
#314
Go Blue!
All I have to say is this...
Rich Rod needs to do a better job recruiting teenaged English wizards who could've made a big difference in both the MSU/Iowa games by casting spells to either blind opposing QBs or turn JT Floyd and James Rogers into super-fast, super-tall giants.
I mean, Potter and Weasley both went to Hogwart's and Weasley barely played under that snake oil salesman Dumbledore.
October 22nd, 2010 at 6:37 PM
#315
It has long been rumored the Rodriguez
already has the hat and oil. Can this be an omen?
October 21st, 2010 at 9:53 PM
#316
quiddich scoring rules
It is because the points are cummulative so sometimes at the end of the season, teams would need to get say like a 50 or 100 or whatever point lead first and then catch the snitch to win by a lot.
This would allow them to leapfrog teams in the standings and win the cup!!
October 21st, 2010 at 4:13 PM
#317
Ugh
Reminds me of a Louie C.K. bit, "Ughhh, I have to know YOU EXIST!??"
October 21st, 2010 at 4:13 PM
#318
Not surprised
GVSU has a Quidditch club, as well. It's pretty ridiculous. You gotta love crazy people.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:13 PM
#319
Heard some guys talking about
Heard some guys talking about this today on campus. Also saw a girl wearing a "Michigan Quidditch" shirt while walking to the Iowa game. She was walking in the opposite direction, obviously.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:14 PM
#320
NO!!!
NO NO NO NO NO NO NOOOO!!!!! Stop it! Just stoppit!!! NO!
October 21st, 2010 at 4:14 PM
#321
I don't know what to say
about it. It's not my cup of tea but if they liked it, more power to them.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:15 PM
#322
I think we should make Ezeh
I think we should make Ezeh join. He could use the tackling practice and sometimes you just need to knock some sense into people.
Also I will bet a majority of that team is made up of girls, so you could at least meet chicks. Although I don't think I'd date a girl who was that serious about Harry Potter. Still exercise and meeting girls is exercise and meeting girls.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:18 PM
#323
I was interested to see that
I was interested to see that some of the players aren't big Harry Potter freaks (or at least, the Daily found one to get a quote from). They were just looking for something interesting to be a part of, apparently.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:20 PM
#324
They should get themselves
They should get themselves down to kicker tryouts and make themselves useful then :-P
Also note the one non-HP fan is a dude. So either he's there to eye the girls or his GF is making him do it!
October 21st, 2010 at 4:16 PM
#325
Somebody Must Have
Cast a Riddikulus spell on these people [NERD].
October 21st, 2010 at 4:17 PM
#326
the rules don't make any sense
There are "points" scored by each team, but they're completely irrelevant once the snitch is caught...? Every Harry Potter fan I know is a girl and none of them can explain the logic of this.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:27 PM
#327
Not sure it made sense in the
Not sure it made sense in the movies either. If you can score 10,000 points by doing one thing, why the hell are 90% of the participants scoring a point at a time? I'd like to hear RR's thoughts.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:41 PM
#328
exactly, which leads me to believe...
... that JK Rowling would be one of those annoying people at (American) football games who says things outloud like - "If it's so hard to get to the end zone, how come they don't just kick field goals every time?"
October 21st, 2010 at 4:37 PM
#329
Redundant
Every Harry Potter fan I know is a girl and none of them can explain the logic of this.
/sexism
October 21st, 2010 at 4:46 PM
#330
LOL
I simply meant that most girls I know aren't into sports and thus can't sufficiently explain the rules to me. But sure, color me sexist.
October 21st, 2010 at 6:55 PM
#331
Attempt at an explanation
IIRC, the winner of the Quidditch Cup wasn't the team with the best record, but best point differential. Therefore, playing the quaffle is very important for that purpose. Of course, in a game where you realize your team is more talented, the seeker should just try to obstruct the other seeker while your team racks up points.
October 21st, 2010 at 7:36 PM
#332
It's a freaking literary device
The only thing worse than complaining about a fairy tale game in a fairy tale is justifying the fairy tale game.
Or are you missing that fact that grown adults with magic are letting children with magic face all the danger and solve everything themselves?
The reason is because it's a children's book, written for children's intellects.
Oh wait, I think I just cleared up my confusion about why this was even posted.
Carry on kids!
October 22nd, 2010 at 2:18 PM
#333
Plucky teenagers with swords and spiky hair
Plucky teenagers with swords and spiky hair aren't the best choice for besting hundred-million-year-old space monsters, either, but Chrono Trigger is still the best videogame ever. Is there any more universal children's fantasy than showing dumb old grownups how its' done?
BTW, I thought Rowling effectively warded off the Snitch/Seeker deus ex machina effect. Didn't a World--er, Quidditch--Cup knockout round ended with a seeker catching the snitch when his team was down 160?
Peace
Ty
October 21st, 2010 at 4:18 PM
#334
Worst sport ever?
October 21st, 2010 at 7:53 PM
#335
A Theory: JKR and Quidditch...
Is there a chance that JKR designed Quidditch to be a silly and ridiculous sport which everyone would be insanely crazy about to make a point about society's obsession with sport and the negative lengths to which we take that passion?
I feel like JKR channeled her personal thoughts about sport through Hermione when Hermione would get flustered about the ridiculous amount of time spent on sport and the anger, frustration, and consternation that stirred friendships and created stark divides between competing teams/houses during Quidditch matches. JKR, perhaps, was suggesting we, as a society, spend too much time and negative energy on simple games which are supposed to be a wholesome distraction emphasizing sportsmanship, athleticism, and entertainment.
...
Alright, now I'm off to go watch the UCLA-Oregon game just in case it effects Michigan's BCS chances and to simultaneously root for the result to somehow hurt OSU and MSU.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:18 PM
#336
Am I the only one who thinks
Am I the only one who thinks having a hidden ball in someone's pants that needs to be retrieved could result in some unfortunate (or fortunate) unintended consequences?
Where can the snitch hide? There's a sausage joke here somewhere.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:26 PM
#337
Nope
This sport will result in at least one guy getting some form of charge for unwanted contact or something.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:19 PM
#338
Denard's gonna be our Seeker...
Good luck Harry Potter.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:34 PM
#339
Denard's Broom
They shouldn't let Denard have a broomstick. His dilithium would actually make it fly like in the novels! As if he didn't already have a huge advantage.
(Hint: A photoshop of Denard on a flying broomstick would be great right about now . . . )
October 21st, 2010 at 4:19 PM
#340
Well hell, why not, right?
Well hell, why not, right?
October 21st, 2010 at 4:20 PM
#341
Beer die... that should be a
Beer die... that should be a club sport.
October 22nd, 2010 at 9:46 AM
#342
Interesting you should mention that game
I never even heard of it during my time on campus. It wasn't until I cross paths with someone who graduated the year ahead of me in Portland, OR that I learned the game. I then played the next time I was in AA and wondered what rock I lived under during undergrad.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:22 PM
#343
Quite. Nerds the lot of
Quite. Nerds the lot of them.
*returns to reading Mathlete's work and waiting for the UFR*
October 21st, 2010 at 4:24 PM
#344
Why do they need brooms
Why do they need brooms again?
October 21st, 2010 at 4:29 PM
#345
It diffuses the trail of
It diffuses the trail of sweat and cheeto stench.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:35 PM
#346
Whoa!
I take offense to the cheeto insult. Have you ever had Baked Cheetos? They are outstanding. I swear they put cocaine in them. I crave them constantly!
October 21st, 2010 at 4:29 PM
#349
Beatings!
I dunno. It could be cool if I get to thump somebody with those bats (don't know what they're called - never read the books).
October 21st, 2010 at 4:31 PM
#350
Join an Eastern European
Join an Eastern European style hockey league. It's actually acceptable to use the stick as a weapon. In fact it's encouraged, you joust with the other guy.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:32 PM
#351
Those Bats
Are actually just called Beater's Bats. Very creative, I know. Why did I even take the time to reply? Am I that much of a nerd?
October 21st, 2010 at 4:35 PM
#352
At least get a better class
At least get a better class of nerd dom man. Like Star Wars or something.
I've seen the HP movies and I never got them. Why not just hire Blackwater or something and shoot Voldemort from behind when he's locked in a duel. You know standing there taunting Potter and a .50 cal slams into the back of his head. Problem over.
October 22nd, 2010 at 2:02 AM
#353
Don't Underestimate Me
I was a Star Wars nerd WAY before a Harry Potter nerd, and I still am. You should hear my Chewbacca roar...why do I keep saying things?
October 22nd, 2010 at 6:43 PM
#354
Rhetorical question?
"Am I much of a nerd?"
Hmmmmmm......
(join the club)
October 21st, 2010 at 4:33 PM
#355
Can our quidditch team win a
Can our quidditch team win a national championship?
October 21st, 2010 at 4:37 PM
#356
Better questions . . .
IF they win a national championship, is there anyone in the MGoCommunity that would attend one of their matches? If so, are they nerds for attending or does the fact that the "team" won a championship somehow make it better?
October 21st, 2010 at 4:44 PM
#357
I might have to go out of a
I might have to go out of a sick sense of interest. You know it's that train wreck you feel horrible for watching, but you can't take your eyes off it.
Or I'd go to streak.
October 22nd, 2010 at 12:00 AM
#358
posted from iPhone
I would fly from new Orleans for a mgoblog tailgate and obscene hockey eque chanting
October 21st, 2010 at 4:38 PM
#359
I don't think you want that
I don't think you want that title. Depends on your view of Star Trek watching as a competitive sport.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:36 PM
#360
Might have to plus one myself
I had to Google this to figure out what it was.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:39 PM
#361
Just ... bizarre.
Just ... bizarre.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:50 PM
#362
(No subject)
October 21st, 2010 at 4:52 PM
#363
wow
At first, I was expecting this to be an Every Three Weekly article.. Also, these actual quotes from actual people are fantastic:
“No one’s here because they have a Quidditch scholarship,” Duet added.
Oh, you don't say...
“You just get to nerd out with other people,” Whitfield added. “You can’t really express your love for Quidditch so much in a classroom. ”
Oh, you don't say...
“I’m really excited to play MSU,” he said. “You may have beat us at football, but we can beat you at a fictional sport.”
School pride, I guess??
October 21st, 2010 at 4:53 PM
#364
favorite part of this article
hahaha, by far my favorite part of this article is the lone user comment:
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 21, 2010 - 1:38pm.
Only students for abstinence has more virgins in their club. This is the gayest thing I have ever heard of.
October 21st, 2010 at 6:46 PM
#365
That was my initial thought
then I thought I'd better not offend 3-25% of the readership.
October 22nd, 2010 at 1:02 PM
#366
That's an underestimate
We've gotta have more than 3-25% virgins here!
October 21st, 2010 at 4:55 PM
#367
Was walking my dog through
Was walking my dog through the arb and saw them practicing. He went right over and took a leak on the goal post. was a proud moment.
October 21st, 2010 at 5:07 PM
#368
What, LARPing wasn't good
What, LARPing wasn't good enough for them?
October 21st, 2010 at 5:36 PM
#369
Off-topic
Yinka Dare was a beast at GW. I saw him play one year against UMass. Great choice for a screen name.
October 22nd, 2010 at 7:03 AM
#370
Ahh LARPing
I'm a 29 year old male and while driving past the Toledo campus with a couple buddies on a beautiful saturday morning we came across roughly 30 students in full "battle armor". Frickin rows of knights swinging wildly at each other. The only thing we thought was we should dress as cowboys with six shooters and ruin their day.
October 21st, 2010 at 5:14 PM
#371
Gyad
Nerds grumble grumble not getting laid grumble grumble kids these days grumble grumble.
October 21st, 2010 at 5:15 PM
#372
Can someone find out
Can someone find out whehter the Quidditch teams are going over practice limits? Are they filling out their CARA forms?
October 21st, 2010 at 5:17 PM
#373
After reading a few of the comments above
I'm beginning to feel that it is a good thing that I have no F'n clue what Quidditch is.
October 21st, 2010 at 5:23 PM
#374
Quidditch would be more fun
if Rowling wasn't so married to the 3-3-5.
October 21st, 2010 at 5:25 PM
#375
You can't blame J.K. Rowling,
You can't blame J.K. Rowling, the problem with our team is the lack of talent and depth.
October 21st, 2010 at 5:31 PM
#376
I don't know
That blonde Hitler youth lookalike in the movies looks like he'd make for an excellent deathbroomer.
October 21st, 2010 at 5:43 PM
#377
i propose that 50 of us show up to watch a game
so that we can have a real liveblog of it. someone can even start a topic about Michigan Angry Seeker Hating God, and the Mathlete can write a diary on the PAN of our Beaters
October 21st, 2010 at 5:45 PM
#378
at least its not an accapella
at least its not an accapella group
October 21st, 2010 at 5:52 PM
#379
I love how this thread has
I love how this thread has more responses than TomVH's post
October 21st, 2010 at 6:19 PM
#380
yeah but i know which one i read first!
Tom is incredible and the stuff he puts out beats even an insane post about Quidditch
October 21st, 2010 at 6:32 PM
#381
As imaginary sports go..Baseketball!!
As imaginary sports go, I thought baseketball at least was a playable sport at least a 1 on 1 sport. It didnt work as a 3 man in the movie but you add a player or team a squad, or deal with ghostrunners.
I would so go back in time to found a club team in baseketball.
October 21st, 2010 at 6:37 PM
#382
well, here's something else to consider
At our school, we have sports in which folks can nerd out.
At Sparty, nerds are beaten.
Think about it.
October 21st, 2010 at 8:09 PM
#383
paintball
our paintball team can't get the school to cough up enough money so were not a club sport but these guys waltz in and get funded?
I'm officially disappointed in the funding council
October 22nd, 2010 at 12:15 AM
#384
I'm semi-involved in Club
I'm semi-involved in Club Sports as a student Club Sport athlete, and although we discussed admitting Quidditch to Club Sports last year, I do not believe they were actually allowed to join. They, like Paintball and many other clubs that play sports, merely run their own shit, but do not get support from the Rec Sports Department. I doubt they are getting serious Club Sports funding.
October 22nd, 2010 at 12:12 PM
#385
good
thanks for clearing that up because I couldn't believe that they would be allowed to be a club sport after so short a time they must be a student group
October 21st, 2010 at 7:30 PM
#386
I came across a match
I came across a match yesterday while taking a run in the arb. A girl color commentated with a megaphone. I shit you not. WHO WANTS FREE PIZZA??!!!!!!!!!
October 21st, 2010 at 7:44 PM
#387
Did she preface it with "HEY
Did she preface it with "HEY FANS!!!!"?
October 21st, 2010 at 7:40 PM
#388
I'm guessing they all met at
I'm guessing they all met at the Squirrel Club mass meeting.
October 21st, 2010 at 7:40 PM
#389
Ironic
Mgoblog users have posted 71 comments about how nerdy people are who show passion for a sport they like.
October 21st, 2010 at 7:53 PM
#390
Do you think Harry Potter
Do you think Harry Potter would've been a 5-star recruit? Or a gritty 3 star who went on to set Hogwarts' all-time seeking record?
I bet he flew a 4.5 40
October 21st, 2010 at 8:09 PM
#391
informed
I just learned that one of my friends is on the team I guess some people are really nerdy but most are pretty laid back and just think it's a cool sport
October 21st, 2010 at 8:56 PM
#392
Where has all the punctuation
Where has all the punctuation gone?
October 21st, 2010 at 8:58 PM
#393
engineer
I are an engineer
grammar died when I got here
October 21st, 2010 at 9:01 PM
#394
I think its hilarious for all
I think its hilarious for all the hating this idea gets on here, that it still spawned an 79+ comment thread.
October 21st, 2010 at 9:28 PM
#395
hate hate hate
October 21st, 2010 at 9:32 PM
#396
had to include this too
October 21st, 2010 at 10:35 PM
#397
I guess this means that
I guess this means that there's still hope for fans of 43-man squamish.
October 21st, 2010 at 11:45 PM
#398
Quidditch is for losers, when does the Tron club sport start?
November 7th, 2010 at 9:38 PM
#399
I have bad news for you
I have bad news for you guys... (please don't neg, just reporting an event)
MSU swept UM this weekend in Quidditch.
Scores were 140-20 and 40-30 (no, I don't know how they actually score).
