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(WSJ) Harry Potter's Intercollegiate 'Quidditch' Game Grows Up
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I'm all for people having fun... but this just seems like a stupid sport.
As others have said, I don't think Rowling designed Quidditch to be anything more than a plot device.
Any excitement during games comes from the fact that the players are flying around at high speeds and performing death-defying stunts... not running around with a broom between their legs. :lol
As others have said, I don't think Rowling designed Quidditch to be anything more than a plot device.
Any excitement during games comes from the fact that the players are flying around at high speeds and performing death-defying stunts... not running around with a broom between their legs. :lol
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Oh wow at that youtube.
Really.
Gosh.
Really.
Gosh.
WyndhamPrice said:
To a degree, yes it is. You write a series of books that connect and continue on from each other, with the first one being a relatively fun adventure around discovering you're a wizard, and the natural inclination is to continue reading them. We didn't realise the tone was darkening and the emo rising until we were into the series (it doesn't really get heavy until book 5).
what am I supposed to do, put the books on hold and let him read them every couple of years? Thats a bit silly. I don't mind that harry grew up, and nor do I mind that the tone is dark - nothing wrong with a bit of scary when you're growing up. I was mainly disappointed at the lengthy bits of doing fuck all other than moping about.
Perhaps a 'kids' version with all that extraneous shit cut out would have helped.
mrklaw said:
Well a large majority of the fans grew up with the books, myself included. If she had kept writing in the same style as the first one then i would have lost interest entirely.
Reading one of the books per year sounds about right, taking into account the incredibly diminished reading habits of the current generation.
The Technomancer
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As much as I enjoyed the books growing up....
...this is just stupid.
...this is just stupid.
Emerson
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Glad to see some attention paid to some of the ridiculousness of the attempted "maturing" of the series. It's the biggest criticism for me. The idea that Harry would never use the killing curse is ridiculous. The fact that the adult Order members wouldn't might be even worse.
sixteen-bit
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this is ridiculous
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
Kids nowadays grow up worse that I did.
Jason's Ultimatum
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sixteen-bit
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probably wants recognition or legitimacy or something like thatCarlisle said:
DrForester
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So... Does this qualify as LARPing or is this not quite as bad?
Bitmap Frogs
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DrForester said:
It's an hybrid form - nerds are evolving in order to better integrate themselves into a world of jocks. Quidditch is both a LARP and a sport.
James Woods
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this story, sport and some of the responses in this thread are making consider suicide
It's worse than LARPing because the context is so horribly broken. Conceivably the game could keep mutating until it no longer really resembled its origin (it would probably wind up looking like lacrosse or some weird rugby mixed with basketball) and become a "valid" sport, though I don't see that happening.DrForester said:
SnakeswithLasers
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You guys arguing about spamming spells are just as ridiculous as the people playing quidditch for real. You know that, right?
Sho_Nuff82 said:
-Harry tried to use Crucio, but failed. He couldn't muster enough hate for it.
-Harry tried to use Avada Kedavra against Snape at the end of book 6, but he disarmed Harry before he pulled it off, IIRC.
-Stupefy is about as effective as Avada Kedavra in the context of the battle.
But most importantly:
Watch any kung-fu movie. See how they're not using guns (much)? This is because it is fiction, and as such is supposed to be fun and interesting. While guns can be made interesting, martial arts (and, in HP's case, a variety of hexes and charms) are a lot easier to be fun to watch (or read).
Also, Harry and (most of) the other good guys are understandably reluctant to kill anyone. If you don't like that, then you don't like Batman.
Seriously, Batman could just use a gun all the time as well. But he's way cooler because he doesn't. Same thing.
Umm... I actually was on the Quidditch team here at my college two years ago. It was pretty fun, and I would have continued but I just got busy with other stuff. Yea, it looks absolutely ridiculous, but who cares... I was having fun, and it was always funny to bring up in conversations. "Do you play a sport?" "Yea... I play Quidditch. What now?" *cue weird stare from other person*
But yea, it can be fun.
But yea, it can be fun.
Discussion the plot of Harry Potter and the relevance of certain plot devices in the book is a far more acceptable form of fandom than taking a broken game from the book and trying to play it in real life.SnakeswithLasers said:
If they were talking about the real-life application of HP Spells and planning on having real life duels with sticks you would have a point.
- Harry did use Crucio. It just wasn't powerful enough to really torture, just sting.Ri'Orius said:
- Harry did not try to use Avada Kedavra.
- Stupefy can be nullified, blocked, and doesn't have a lasting effect. Every single Death Eater has probably been stunned at least once. Avada Kedavra is better and more effective in every single way.
The reason why people did not use the spell on the "Good" side is because they have morals that go above and beyond (ie. Moody and Dumbledore). In the same sense as Harry not using the stunning spell against enemies on broom sticks because they would fall to their death.
Really though the Order not using the spell is stupid, no matter how anyone tries to justify it.
VGChampion
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Thagomizer said:
Book 4.
Dali said:
See, I actually thought the idea of the cross country runner was a good one, but then I was also under the impression that each team would have someone chasing him across the entire campus. Since they have to wait for him to reappear, then it would make more sense for it to be a sprinter.
:lolmre said:
That would be pretty cool. Pay some thugs to hide at random spots all over campus in hopes the snitch might run past them. You return triumphantly with proof you grabbed the snitch, while he's unconscious somewhere in some bushes with a black eye and a mouth full of blood.
dinazimmerman
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geeko420 said:
embarrassing
CharlieDigital
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Thagomizer
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VGChampion said:Book 4.
...and?
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