except that the golden snitch doesnt mean you win. it means you get 150 points and the match ends. sure, that often leads to a win unless the enemy has a 150 point lead, but still.
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Also, apparently in the school cup the overall score seems to be counted to overall results - not just win/loss. Isn't there a point when Harry needs to make sure he only catches the Snitch if they are in a lead by at least certain ammount of points to win the cup? One could assume this applies to leagues as well.
Not that it balances things much, but it does give a bit of nuance.
I do remember there was a game were they grab the snitch and STILL lost, because the other side was 10 points ahead
As I recall the story, Rowling designed that feature of the game specifically to annoy her sport-loving husband. It's a feature of a fictional sport designed in spite. So really, it performs it's function admirably...
I respect that, but I hate the fans who love it, it’s like they have never played or watched anything competitive before.
Monopoly was also designed to annoy people, yet somehow people play it hoping it will be fun.
Children play it for fun because they get to play make-believe about money, play the banker, etc. Just handling fake money makes it fun to them because they are interested in the world on that level. The game itself is not fun to anyone, and I don't think adults ever actually play it without children...
Last I played was as an adult with 3 other friends. To make it tolerable we had a rule that, on landing on someone else's property, we could either pay up or drink a shot of rum. Mistakes were made.
I used to and still play with my friends over and what we do is save the game state in writing for the properties, status cards, money, houses/hotels and we use rubber bands to keep games going for years.
New people mean new game, same people we just continue the last state
I don't have a problem with the snitch. Your made up game, your prerogatives. It's cool
I have a problem with not having a pair gigantic magical screens showcasing every freaking move it the seekers on the field.
I also have a problem with them not having MORE violence. Outside of unforgivable curses, mental tampering or insta kills (Ie bombarda) , EVERYTHING should be FAIR GAME.
These fuckers should be throwing diffindos left and right, crushing bones, burning skin and gouging each other eyes while putting up shields, auto targeting expelliarmus and self propelled physical objects intercepting every fucking shit that comes their way.
This game could have been awesome, instead we got a lame ass pansy party
QUIDDITCH, THE BLOOD BOWL EDITION!!!
I'd watch that.
They can heal basically everything, short of the mentioned
And given how prone they are to test wizardry ancestry in malicious ways, it strike me odd that the same level of mayhem is not taken into their games