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Posted: **Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:50 pm**

Yes, you read that right. Quidditch. With muggles. And awesomeness. Essentially ultimate frisbee, dodgeball, soccer, and basketball mix together, and then pumped with steroids. Best. Sport. Ever.

Posted: **Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:30 pm**

I saw that once. It's basically just capture the flag meets Euroball. -CSM

Posted: **Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:16 pm**

^ Must you be a buzz kill?

Posted: **Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:43 pm**

^Nothing. But Calvinball >>>>> Muggle Quidditch. -CSM

Posted: **Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:14 pm**

Crazyswordsman wrote:I saw that once. It's basically just capture the flag meets Euroball. -CSM

Yeah...except not. Nice try, though.

Essentially ultimate frisbee, dodgeball, soccer, and basketball mix together, and then pumped with steroids.

Posted: **Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:18 pm**

How do you fit the Bludgers in?

Posted: **Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:23 pm**

Beaters stand in a box near their keeper's goalposts. One starts with the bludger, the other is bludgerless. When the opposing team comes near, the beater throws the ball (think dodgeball). If they hit a person, that person must run to the middle of the field and touch the cone signifying half-field. If that person is in possession of the quaffle at the time, they must give the quaffle to the other team.

After the bludger is thrown, it is then retrieved by the OTHER beater (the one who didn't throw it); they hold on to it until they return to their box, and then it is their turn to throw with the other beater retrieving it.

If you have two people with really good aim and who are quick, these can be really effective on defense.

Posted: **Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:33 pm**

Huh. That's kinda cool!

Posted: **Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:44 pm**

Overall, the game is surprisingly well-balanced. Everyone plays an important role, and the snitch is modified to not be an absolute game break (...yeah, I said it, Rowling).

Posted: **Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:58 pm**

ZeldaGirl wrote:Essentially ultimate frisbee, dodgeball, soccer, and basketball mix together, and then pumped with steroids. Best. Sport. Ever.

So Calvinball, then.

But that doesn't mean this game sucks. Hell count me in I'll play. -CSM

Posted: **Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:02 pm**

Yeah, except Calvinball has no rules...which makes this nothing like Calvinball.

Posted: **Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:22 pm**

^It has rules. You just make them up as you go along

-CSM

Posted: **Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:52 pm**

ZeldaGirl wrote:Beaters stand in a box near their keeper's goalposts. One starts with the bludger, the other is bludgerless. When the opposing team comes near, the beater throws the ball (think dodgeball). If they hit a person, that person must run to the middle of the field and touch the cone signifying half-field. If that person is in possession of the quaffle at the time, they must give the quaffle to the other team.

After the bludger is thrown, it is then retrieved by the OTHER beater (the one who didn't throw it); they hold on to it until they return to their box, and then it is their turn to throw with the other beater retrieving it. Then the bowler hurls the ball toward the batter who tries to play away a fine leg. He endeavors to score by dashing between the creases, provided the wicket keeper hasn’t whipped his bails off, mm'course.

I wish I remembered all my Harry Potter lingo.

Posted: **Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:06 pm**

Dowdy Kitchen Man wrote:How do you fit the Bludgers in?

baseball bats and demands for bet money

Posted: **Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:38 am**

Valigarmander wrote:I wish I remembered all my Harry Potter lingo.

Try hearing Quidditch described for the first time through Sean Biggerstaff's accent & see how much sense it makes.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Posted: **Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:45 am**

The first time I heard someone say 'quidditch' out loud, I thought they were mispronouncing 'cribbage'. Then Brad Neely came out with "Wizard People, Dear Reader", in which he deliberately mispronounced 'quidditch' as 'cribbage', and I was all, 'hey, fearful symmetry'.

Posted: **Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:40 pm**

Booyakasha wrote:The first time I heard someone say 'quidditch' out loud, I thought they were mispronouncing 'cribbage'. Then Brad Neely came out with "Wizard People, Dear Reader", in which he deliberately mispronounced 'quidditch' as 'cribbage', and I was all, 'hey, fearful symmetry'.

After your first sentence, I was gonna tell you to watch "Wizard People, Dear Reader." Then I kept reading.

So, now I'm gonna tell everyone else they should watch Wizard People, Dear Reader.

Posted: **Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:25 am**

^^

Wood's accent is so think, Harry only hears it as a sort of music.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Posted: **Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:16 am**

I'm in...

I'll supply fairy bread for half time...

Posted: **Sun Apr 24, 2011 11:43 pm**

Sorry for the bump, but how long will it be before the NCAA sanctions Quidditch? -CSM