Quidditch is an inter-collegiate sport!

[phyncke]

I am not kidding and my work study student plays! How cool is that! I am all geared up to go see Harry Potter this weekend. Yayus. But get a load of this article with the local flavor. The kids are playing quidditch here at Cal. Hell Harvard has a team, this has got to be serious. Go them!

http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_16622584?IADID=Search-www.insidebayarea.com-www.insidebayarea.com

As far as the "snitch" is concerned...they use a live person, usually a track and field person who runs around being that. LOL. I mean... L-O-L.


Woot.

Comments

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

Saw a clip of it on TV news. Those brooms looked really silly, but then I'm not much of a HP fan. Maybe if someone motorised them --- like that little portable helicopter in that Bond movie (don't ask me which Bond movie, they all run together in my head)

[phyncke.livejournal.com]

Well, it is really like they are live action role playing...that is what I find really cool about this. They are actually thinking of going official with this to the NCAA (collegiate athletic association). Too funny.

I just think this is hilarious. Role playing is what it is.

[portus.livejournal.com]

Lol, I can just see the person in an interview.

Interviewer: "So what sport and position did you play in college?"

Interviewee: "Quidditch, and I was the snitch!"

[phyncke.livejournal.com]

Too true! LOL. I think the article was good and this is pretty widespread nationally and internationally. Not just a few kiddos playing this...it is like all over the place. Some mention of the NCAA getting involved in this.

It makes me happy to think of that.

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

I saw something about that out of the corner of my eye on the NYC local news last week. I was in a public place with a misbehaving little boy, so I couldn't really follow up and then forgot about it later. Apparently, there was a Muggle Quidditch match somewhere last weekend in NYC. They were stumbling around on brooms like kids on those little hobby horses on a stick. I agree it is kind of silly without real flying. They need a little magic. But, hey, it is kind of cool in a very ridiculous way.

[phyncke.livejournal.com]

Well ya. I think there is a lot of imagination involved in this and a bit of LARPING there.

Pretty cool tho. :)

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

I am all for having fun and this sounds like a hoot. It would be great to watch, for a short time. I still think it would be better in the air.

[phyncke.livejournal.com]

Like in the movie. :P I get what you mean.

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

I'm being ridiculous. The air in New York City is probably not safe, what with pollution, pigeons and god only knows what else!

[phyncke.livejournal.com]

They might get hit by a low flying airplane! O.o

I think the fictitious quidditch is a really exciting and fun to watch game, albeit hard to follow. I never actually could figure out the rules or where the snitch was at any given time.

It is fun to talk about these things.

[stephmariemarsh.livejournal.com]

It looks like fun!