Okay. Muggle Quidditch. Ever heard of it? It's become a big thing on college campuses with a competitive league and everything. A friend of mine going to Elon in North Carolina mentioned it to me because apparently, they have a team. Now normally, I'm all for public displays of geekitude, but this seems to be at a level that is way higher than I'm willing to participate in.
The way I understand it, the rules are basically the same and has the normal Quidditch positions as described in the series, plus the addition of a Snitch. The Snitch is generally a member of the track team who's dressed in all yellow. Once the game starts, they have free reign over the entire campus while the two Seekers try to catch them. The Quaffle is a basketball or volleyball and the Bludgers are softer balls, like nerf balls. Sometimes the Beaters use tennis rackets to hit the Bludgers, and sometimes Beaters are just allowed to tackle other players.
One of the girls in my class started a new topic on our group's discussion board concerning this very idea. We don't have a team already, so she wants to start one. A couple of my classmates have already expressed interest in playing.
I'm sorry. I love Harry Potter and will happily stand in line at 10pm for a midnight showing wearing tshirts with puffy paint with my best friends, but I outright refuse to play a game that involves pretending that broomsticks have actual flying powers. I won't do it. Sorry, soon-t0-be-formed Hearst College Muggle Quidditch team, I will not be joining your ranks.
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