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October 21st, 2010 at 4:10 PM
#302
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It is stupid. Fortunately

It is stupid. Fortunately we're not the first or even close to it.

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October 21st, 2010 at 8:53 PM
(Reply to #2) #303
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I'm just thankful that

I'm just thankful that Stephanie Meyer didn't invent a sport for Edward Cullen to be good at.

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October 22nd, 2010 at 12:27 PM
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O RLY?

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October 22nd, 2010 at 6:39 PM
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Is the club going to meet

at the Law Library?

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:12 PM
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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!!

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:13 PM
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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.

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:19 PM
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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.

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:35 PM
(Reply to #18) #309
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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.

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October 22nd, 2010 at 6:35 PM
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Search4Meaning
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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...

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October 21st, 2010 at 5:43 PM
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whlie Frank downs a giant

whlie Frank downs a giant beer.

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October 21st, 2010 at 7:34 PM
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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.

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October 26th, 2010 at 12:17 PM
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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. 

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October 21st, 2010 at 9:09 PM
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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.

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October 22nd, 2010 at 6:37 PM
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It has long been rumored the Rodriguez

already has the hat and oil.  Can this be an omen?

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October 21st, 2010 at 9:53 PM
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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!!

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:13 PM
#317
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Ugh

Reminds me of a Louie C.K. bit, "Ughhh, I have to know YOU EXIST!??"

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:13 PM
#318
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Not surprised

GVSU has a Quidditch club, as well. It's pretty ridiculous. You gotta love crazy people.

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:13 PM
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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.

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:14 PM
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NO!!!

NO NO NO NO NO NO NOOOO!!!!! Stop it! Just stoppit!!! NO!

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:14 PM
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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.

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:15 PM
#322
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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.  

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:18 PM
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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.

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:20 PM
(Reply to #13) #324
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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!

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:16 PM
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Somebody Must Have

Cast a Riddikulus spell on these people [NERD].

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:17 PM
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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.

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:27 PM
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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. 

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:41 PM
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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?"

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:37 PM
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Redundant

Every Harry Potter fan I know is a girl and none of them can explain the logic of this.

/sexism

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:46 PM
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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.

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October 21st, 2010 at 6:55 PM
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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. 

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October 21st, 2010 at 7:36 PM
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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!

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October 22nd, 2010 at 2:18 PM
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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

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:18 PM
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Worst sport ever?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2006/apr/27/sport.comment1

...yes

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October 21st, 2010 at 7:53 PM
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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.

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:18 PM
#336
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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.

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:26 PM
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Nope

This sport will result in at least one guy getting some form of charge for unwanted contact or something.  

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:19 PM
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Denard's gonna be our Seeker...

Good luck Harry Potter.

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:34 PM
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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 . . . )

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:19 PM
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Well hell, why not, right?

Well hell, why not, right?

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:20 PM
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Beer die... that should be a

Beer die... that should be a club sport.

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October 22nd, 2010 at 9:46 AM
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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.

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:22 PM
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Quite.  Nerds the lot of

Quite.  Nerds the lot of them.

*returns to reading Mathlete's work and waiting for the UFR*

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:24 PM
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Why do they need brooms

Why do they need brooms again?

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:29 PM
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It diffuses the trail of

It diffuses the trail of sweat and cheeto stench.

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:35 PM
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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!

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:44 PM
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(No subject)

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October 21st, 2010 at 5:05 PM
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Did somebody say cocaine?

I do cocaine!

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:29 PM
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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).

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:31 PM
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CRex
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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.  

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:32 PM
(Reply to #26) #351
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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?

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:35 PM
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CRex
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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.  

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October 22nd, 2010 at 2:02 AM
(Reply to #32) #353
UMAmaizinBlue
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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?

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October 22nd, 2010 at 6:43 PM
(Reply to #29) #354
Search4Meaning
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Rhetorical question?

"Am I much of a nerd?"

Hmmmmmm...... 

 

(join the club)

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:33 PM
#355
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Can our quidditch team win a

Can our quidditch team win a national championship?

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:37 PM
(Reply to #30) #356
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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?

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:44 PM
(Reply to #38) #357
CRex
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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.  

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October 22nd, 2010 at 12:00 AM
(Reply to #43) #358
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posted from iPhone

I would fly from new Orleans for a mgoblog tailgate and obscene hockey eque chanting

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:38 PM
(Reply to #30) #359
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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.

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:36 PM
#360
wesq
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Might have to plus one myself

I had to Google this to figure out what it was.

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:39 PM
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Just ...  bizarre.

Just ...  bizarre.

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:50 PM
#362
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(No subject)

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:52 PM
#363
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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??

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:53 PM
#364
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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.

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October 21st, 2010 at 6:46 PM
(Reply to #47) #365
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That was my initial thought

then I thought I'd better not offend 3-25% of the readership. 

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October 22nd, 2010 at 1:02 PM
(Reply to #66) #366
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That's an underestimate

We've gotta have more than 3-25% virgins here!

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October 21st, 2010 at 4:55 PM
#367
thebus2011
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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.  

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October 21st, 2010 at 5:07 PM
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What, LARPing wasn't good

What, LARPing wasn't good enough for them?

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October 21st, 2010 at 5:36 PM
(Reply to #50) #369
profitgoblue
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Off-topic

Yinka Dare was a beast at GW.  I saw him play one year against UMass.  Great choice for a screen name.

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October 22nd, 2010 at 7:03 AM
(Reply to #50) #370
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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.

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October 21st, 2010 at 5:14 PM
#371
My name ... is Tim
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Gyad

Nerds grumble grumble not getting laid grumble grumble kids these days grumble grumble.

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October 21st, 2010 at 5:15 PM
#372
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Can someone find out

Can someone find out whehter the Quidditch teams are going over practice limits?  Are they filling out their CARA forms?

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October 21st, 2010 at 5:17 PM
#373
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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.

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October 21st, 2010 at 5:23 PM
#374
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Quidditch would be more fun

if Rowling wasn't so married to the 3-3-5.

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October 21st, 2010 at 5:25 PM
(Reply to #54) #375
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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.

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October 21st, 2010 at 5:31 PM
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My name ... is Tim
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I don't know

That blonde Hitler youth lookalike in the movies looks like he'd make for an excellent deathbroomer.

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October 21st, 2010 at 5:43 PM
#377
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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

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October 21st, 2010 at 5:45 PM
#378
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at least its not an accapella

at least its not an accapella group

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October 21st, 2010 at 5:52 PM
#379
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I love how this thread has

I love how this thread has more responses than TomVH's post

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October 21st, 2010 at 6:19 PM
#380
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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

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October 21st, 2010 at 6:32 PM
#381
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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. 

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October 21st, 2010 at 6:37 PM
#382
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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.

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October 21st, 2010 at 8:09 PM
#383
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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

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October 22nd, 2010 at 12:15 AM
(Reply to #65) #384
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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.

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October 22nd, 2010 at 12:12 PM
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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

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October 21st, 2010 at 7:30 PM
#386
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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??!!!!!!!!!

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October 21st, 2010 at 7:44 PM
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Did she preface it with "HEY

Did she preface it with "HEY FANS!!!!"?

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October 21st, 2010 at 7:40 PM
#388
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I'm guessing they all met at

I'm guessing they all met at the Squirrel Club mass meeting.

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October 21st, 2010 at 7:40 PM
#389
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Ironic

Mgoblog users have posted 71 comments about how nerdy people are who show passion for a sport they like.

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October 21st, 2010 at 7:53 PM
#390
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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

 

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October 21st, 2010 at 8:09 PM
#391
heffman
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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

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October 21st, 2010 at 8:56 PM
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Where has all the punctuation

Where has all the punctuation gone?

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October 21st, 2010 at 8:58 PM
(Reply to #78) #393
heffman
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engineer

I are an engineer

grammar died when I got here

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October 21st, 2010 at 9:01 PM
#394
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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.

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October 21st, 2010 at 9:28 PM
(Reply to #80) #395
Phil Davison
Joined: 09/23/2010
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hate hate hate

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October 21st, 2010 at 9:32 PM
(Reply to #80) #396
Phil Davison
Joined: 09/23/2010
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had to include this too

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October 21st, 2010 at 10:35 PM
#397
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I guess this means that

I guess this means that there's still hope for fans of 43-man squamish.

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October 21st, 2010 at 11:45 PM
#398
sharkhunter
Joined: 01/29/2009
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Quidditch is for losers, when does the Tron club sport start?

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November 7th, 2010 at 9:38 PM
#399
gebe659
Joined: 10/12/2010
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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).

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