OT: Michigan Quidditch wins first Regional Title
https://www.usquidditch.org/news/2015/11/michigan-quidditch-wins-great-…
Harbaugh Effect knows no bounds
November 9th, 2015 at 6:26 PM ^
Can't be. I don't see how you can charge $55 per person to watch this.
November 10th, 2015 at 12:15 PM ^
Ticket prices are one 8oz can of coke per family of four.
November 9th, 2015 at 2:40 PM ^
Purdue's team sits comfortably in 55th place in the standings at 3-4, and if nothing else, one of those victories came against Eastern Michigan, so at least they have that going for them. In all honesty, I begin to wonder if Purdue's quidditch team might at least look more competitive against Northwestern this coming Saturday. The experiment can't hurt, right?
November 9th, 2015 at 2:41 PM ^
I used to watch them "practice" in the Arb - I can't say I ever understood what was going on...
November 9th, 2015 at 2:49 PM ^
So much Quiddich hate up in here.
November 9th, 2015 at 2:53 PM ^
November 9th, 2015 at 2:59 PM ^
I mean look...quidditch is fun IN THE MOVIES, but since broomsticks don't actually fly, this is one of the dumbest things that human beings do. Seriously...do they REALLY need to use the damned sticks between their thighs?!
November 9th, 2015 at 3:02 PM ^
Why are people so bothered by this? Let them do what the love to do, they're not hurting anyone.
November 9th, 2015 at 3:24 PM ^
Quidditch hurts many individuals and groups:
- Participants, who get chafed from running around with a broomstick between their legs.
- Insects, worms, and arachnids, who are innocently meandering through verdant fields when a quidditcher rakes them with the stiff bristles of their quidditch broom or - worse yet - trods upon them with their quidditch shoes. WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE INSECTS?
- Parents, who may learn through word-of-mouth that their adult children are running around pretending they're flying on broomsticks in public.
When an observer posts the "they're not hurting anyone" line in response to people complaining about quidditch, I always recognize the observer as someone in the Gold Bond*, broom**, or liquor business***. With the stridency of your comment, I suspect you may be in all three businesses.
*Cures chafing!
**Duh!
***Self-medication for the parents!
November 9th, 2015 at 4:52 PM ^
doesn't mean it isn't incredibly dumb.
The game was stupid to begin with in the books, and that was when they had f***ing MAGIC FLYING BROOMS. Take away the flying brooms, and that little flying ball, and what the hell are you left with?
Obviously peple are free to waste their time doing whatever they want to. I'm here wasting my time wrtting a post about f'ing QUIDDITCH right now right? But some things are so dumb that it is hard to not comment on them.
November 9th, 2015 at 3:29 PM ^
A little surprising to see so many mean-spirited, middle-schoolish comments here. Do they enjoy doing this? Yes. Are they forcing you to do it? No. So what's the problem?
November 9th, 2015 at 3:52 PM ^
NERDS
November 9th, 2015 at 4:46 PM ^
in rounds 2 and 3 on the way to the title. Suck on that Spartans and Buckeyes.
November 9th, 2015 at 5:34 PM ^
...this is kinda dumb and nerdy, even by my generous standards. But hell, we're all here (myself firmly included) obsessing about the tweets and star ratings of 17 year old kids, the exact shade of yellow adidas uses when making their shitty uniformz, and the hamstrings of our 3rd string linebacker. Who the hell are we to judge?
November 9th, 2015 at 5:44 PM ^
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November 9th, 2015 at 5:58 PM ^
Curllng is AWESOME and don't let anyone tell you otherwise!
I once spent a weekend at Bursley when I was sick with the flu watching some weekend long curling championship on CBC channel 9 in my dorm room. I only got a few over-the-air channels so there wasn't much choice honestly. But some of those Canadian curlers were amazingly good at shuffleboard-on-ice.
HUUUURRRAAAAAYYYY!!!!! HURRAY!!
November 9th, 2015 at 6:03 PM ^
I play with the Coyotes club in Phoenix.
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November 9th, 2015 at 6:06 PM ^
not obcure at all in Canada. Or maybe Minnesota. In Phoenix, well ya. :)
November 9th, 2015 at 6:39 PM ^
My daughter was the perfect age to grow up with the harry Potter books. She would drag me out at midnight all dressed up (her not me) to get the latest book. Even she thinks this is just strange.
November 9th, 2015 at 6:43 PM ^
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November 9th, 2015 at 7:16 PM ^
Frankly I'm pretty upset that this is getting recognition, meanwhile the UofM rugby club has been in the top 4 of the BIG and top 20-ish in the country for a few years now and has no university recognition.
November 9th, 2015 at 7:33 PM ^
Woo! We're the king of the nerds!
November 9th, 2015 at 8:30 PM ^
Alright, I admit. I watched a Netlfix documentary on quidditch and thought it actually looked fun. I mean....yes nerdy as shit but I'm all for playing any sport.
It would help if the whole Harry Potter thing was not attached to it but for the actual game they improved on the rules from the books (like catching a seeker is not worth a bajillion points). Worth a watch if you're bored!