How To Fix Quidditch

Quidditch basically makes no sense, but FEAR NOT! Ben has been thinking on the matter and come up with a fool proof plan to fix it!
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[@misswinterandsnow]

The point of the snitch being so important is so Harry Potter can kick butt as single-handedly win the game, in that sense that game is perfect

[@TomzaBKewl]

Yeah. The sport itself is flawed but it's perfect for the story.

[@decimatedstar218]

Honestly I don't like Harry

[@stxcxv]

+Imagine Dragons #1 Fan I agree, Ron or Hermione are prob my favourites...

[@endeygamer8887]

+Imagine Dragons #1 Fan then you don't like half the title

[@weebtrash6177]

It's has a real life version where the balls that attack you are basically just linebackers.

[@KingsleyIII]

In Quidditch, You can't substitute out an injured player. Why? All sports allow a team to substitute out injured players. This rule means an unscrupulous team's Beaters can target the other team's Seeker to no end, injuring him so much that he can't play anymore, forcing the other team to forfeit. That's dangerous and extremely unsportsmanlike.

[@thetoontastictoon1720]

Exactly. PLUS, Quidditch is EXTREMELY dangerous, you have a high risk of dying in it if a Bludger gets you and you plummet. Sure, Football is dangerous too, but it's VERY unlikely to die from it. Plus, they have helmets and pads. Why don't the Quidditch players get any protective padding?

[@thetoontastictoon1720]

Yevhenii Diomidov tru tho

[@jamyamosely4573]

Well remember if a beater attacks a player they get a penalty so I'm pretty sure that's the only thing keeping them from attacking the other team.

[@KingsleyIII]

LillyPotter352 On top of protecting their own team from the Bludgers, they are allowed to hit them toward the other team. Nothing could stop some outrageously dirty playing Beaters from seriously injuring the other Seeker.

[@jamyamosely4573]

+MadeofAwesome4ever yes I know they can hit the other members of the opposite team with the bludgers but they can hit them with the bat directly.I should have worded that better.

[@jackiswellCool]

"Who wants to see a game which goes on for days" *Cricket fans sip tea*

[@aishaazeemah4289]

bahahahahaha!! I was thinking the same thing XD

[@turtlette]

Pretty much

[@christineherrick5807]

Yup

[@emilchandran546]

Should be top comment

[@saturnday160]

me

[@EternalxWar]

Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban, by J.K. Rowling. Chapter 15: The Quidditch Final Wood: "YOU MUST ONLY CAPTURE THE SNITCH IF WE ARE MORE THAN 50 POINT'S UP." "REMEMBER HARRY, ONLY CATCH THE SNITCH IF WE ARE MORE THA--" Harry: " *_I KNOW, OLIVER._* "

[@shireendhalla1274]

wow oliver must have watched this video or something

[@bensonbbarry2945]

EternalxWar I remember that part it's funny 😂

[@beetemup1642]

Imagine the caps lock is in earrape But the bold is in ultra earrape

[@amyevans1917]

Exactly what I was thinking throughout the whole thing!

[@Pajo25ify]

Why do I get the feeling Kimi Räikkönen's "yeah yeah I know what I'm doing" was inspired by this?

[@TeamKellar]

I like the idea of having to catch the snitch three times. Each time would subtract one of the goal posts on your team making it harder for the opponents to score. Each snitch caught awarding 20-40 points or something. Game ends when one team has no more goals. That's just off the top of my head though

[@VIUSmusic]

I love this!

[@cartersessal4551]

Ghost Boys OMG, that's brilliant 😄

[@anjushah1182]

Makes sense tho

[@angelaphsiao]

I actually love the idea of the goal posts disappearing, it keeps all the whimsical magic of the Snitch and sounds super interesting

[@paxwort]

This is cool, but suddenly matches last three times as long

[@lsmit6121]

I thought I had a great new idea for the game, and I was typing it out while watching this...only to realize that most of it had already been suggested by Ben. (I know I'd seen this video before, but I didn't remember how much of my "new" idea matched with Ben's solution.) However, my idea does include one main difference. While I do want the Snitch to be worth a lot fewer points (25, 35, 45, 55), I'm not opposed the idea of the Snitch ending the game early when caught before the time runs out. That could keep the pressure on a Seeker to find it as soon as possible while their team still has the advantage. However, if that game-ending rule is to remain, I think the Snitch should not be released until the game has been going on for an hour or so. I'd hate getting hyped up to watch a big sports game and then have it end up taking only three minutes. Imagine if basketball had a rule that you could end the game at any time by making a shot from the opposite side of the court. (Now I'm having thoughts of a game-ending full court shot being worth 30 points...)

[@probablynotabigtoe9407]

Snitch should be worth 40 or 50 points and be able to be caught multiple times in a timed match...

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

Definitely

[@lahlybird895]

Then, what's the point of the chasers at all?

[@oscca7756]

@@lahlybird895 I'm thinking they are very important, as it adds a strategic dimension. Your can't focus only on the snitch, as that will leave you open to the chasers of the other team scoring unhindered. Still, you can't focus only on chasers, since that opens for the other team to dominate catching the snitch. A successfull team will be one that balances these two areas of the game. It's actually pretty interesting.

[@lahlybird895]

@@oscca7756 hmm. Perhaps, but it seems like this version would still make them less important. there whole job is to score points. 10 points per scor. But if your also winning points with the snitch. And it's worrth 4× what the chasers make, Then...

[@nuggetoffreedom]

Or 3 times per match. Best 2 out of 3 style.

[@micahmakes]

#SnitchPlease #SnitchesBeCrazy #BasicSnitch

[@maniadhillon3483]

Lol

[@izzy2604]

LOL

[@lolkayleen2757]

Yea! 😄

[@RQLexi]

#JustBuyAClock

[@penelopefatale5154]

lol

[@patrickdebrun9580]

That's all well and good but what really needs fixed in Harry Potter is the money. I've read all of the books at least three times and I can still never remember how many sickles are in a galleon

[@rebeccasorgenfrei430]

There are 17 Sickles in a Galleon, and yes, the money desperately needs to be fixed, especially because I'm pretty sure Rowling changed the values between the first and fourth books.

[@Karak971]

+Rebecca Sorgenfrei isn't it also 11 knuts to a sickle?

[@rebeccasorgenfrei430]

No, there's 29, because why would the system need to be easy/logical?

[@patrickdebrun9580]

Just wait for J.K Rowling to make it even more confusing by adding a completely different American wizard currency with a weird exchange rate for Fantastic Beasts

[@allthebanter9316]

+Patrick De Brun oh dear God no

[@flowersrockthenight]

GUYS I HAVE A THEORY SuperCarlinBrothers = Kratt Brothers J looks like cartoon Martin and is the more spontaneous, child-at-heart, blue-wearing type. Ben looks like Chris and is the more organized thinker, yet still fun (and for some reason, I associate Ben with green, just like Chris.) And one more thing I forgot to add: both J and Martin are the oldest, followed by Chris/Ben.

[@fuxebuxe922]

lol XD agree with you %100

[@nolanlortz4290]

Cool name btw

[@johnpontzer3546]

zabomafu or the newer show

[@AlmaSanchez-oy3mo]

i hace not associated the Kraft bros with the Carlin bros. with zabumafoo.

[@johnpontzer3546]

wow you ggggooooouuurrrd hat splleng

[@jonasbaert]

Same as elektric wheelchair hockey I play. Some teams has faster and more controllable electric wheelchairs than others :p

[@micahinnerarity9563]

Dude that sounds really cool! 😁

[@jonasbaert]

It is very cool Indeed. Now I’ve a fast wheelchair, but in the past I hadn’t. And now my team wins more. Hehe

[@TheDuffman1812]

You went from a clean sweep to a nimbus

[@fernandopires135]

problens with Quidditch? maybe the fact that you are allowed to send a heavy iron ball straight into someone's neck? call me crazy but those seem to be a even greater problem than the snitch

[@andyjenner3097]

in the wizarding world, they can heal mere physical wounds within a matter of seconds, and oliver wood says nobody ever got killed by one.

[@darksev.6468]

No, he said nobody got killed by a Bludger on Hogwarts before, but it has happened outside of Hogwarts.

[@postmasterpez]

Is it realy iron?

[@darksev.6468]

Nay.

[@Ian-bf4yk]

postmasterpez used to be lead

[@freshairkaboom8171]

1. The snitch is worth 50 points. 2. The snitch doesn't end the game. 3. The game is played in periods of 45 minutes, and whoever has the most point after two periods, wins. The seekers can join the chasers after the snitch is caught. This is how me and my friends play IRL quidditch. Works great and it's super fun. The snitch is an actual person dressed in yellow, who has a tail with a golden ball on it that the seekers have to grab. The game is played on a football field by having brooms in between our legs at all times. We don't use the entire pitch, but the size varies, we just set up goal posts where it feels right. Penalties for dropping broom or not having it in between legs. The snitch is switched out every 5 minutes or so, so the snitch doesn't get too tired from running away from the seekers. Bludgers are soft balls like in dodgeball, and they're thrown. Any person can have any combination of chasers and beaters, the only rule is that whoever holds a bludger can only move three steps before throwing it. If you are hit, you have to stand still for 30 seconds.

[@theShadeslayer]

Don’t get me wrong - this is cool... but now I want a video of y’all waddling around with brooms between your legs 😂

[@SquareSquidStudios]

When it comes to brooms, I just have 1 thing to say.... NASCAR~

[@skyblade57]

probably was a thing at some point but after a bad incident they may have SWEPT is under the rug.

[@brianmccann666]

You want a broom that only turns left. No thanks.

[@matthewdrummond1340]

+skyblade57 Lol

[@dynawesome]

NASBROOM

[@DatBoi-qp8uy]

I would like a Harry Potter NASCAR.

[@SkaiaSkull]

I think the snitch only makes the game unfair at Hogwarts and other school level Quidditch teams. Cause if you think about it, Hogwarts Quidditch is a lot like college football. The college teams consistently get less total points than NFL teams due to a lack of total practice time. So in Quidditch I think the same idea would apply; in professional games (like in goblet of fire) the point totals get so high that the snitch isn't as important. Which personally I think is quite fair. Now the broom thing is a completely separate issue...

[@JonaxII]

Is it like that? In Soccer it's basically the other way round, the higher the level of play is, the less goals get made.

[@bookwormmmmim1159]

The quality of brooms should only matter in professional Quidditch. You need good brooms, get them!

[@goldengear1000]

The problem is that the snitch ends the game, so if you know that even with the extra 150 points you’ll still lose, you could just choose not to catch the snitch.

[@zigakastelic8647]

@@JonaxII okay, than go with a basketball, NBA, hockey .....

[@zigakastelic8647]

@@goldengear1000 ofc it happened in a book as well, it was clearly said they needed to score the amount of points before catching the snitch.. well it was for winning the cup, but still ... the main problem is, there is that another guy who is after the snitch as well

[@JacksonFrostOverland]

Our college's Quidditch club started today so you better believe I showed everyone this video! XD

[@janelle_is_artsy]

Nice!

[@calvinjoseph4486]

That's amazing!!!!!!!!

[@melvinshaw7574]

How on earth did your school get a Quidditch club???

[@JacksonFrostOverland]

+Melvin Shaw There's actually an international Quidditch Association consisting of schools like Harvard, etc (idk any others XD) but we just set up our own chapter on our campus last year. all we need to form an organization on campus is a group of 10 people

[@melvinshaw7574]

+Jackson Overland (Frost) That is actually really impressive. I've heard of people actually playing the game, but I did not know there was an official organization for it.

[@thebrokentypewriter9373]

I've always had a hard time with Quidditch. I write a lot of stories while the characters are going to Hogwarts, but I never know how to handle the games. I've always end up having them cancelled or skipped over thanks to the complex rules. I understand what every role does, but it's hard to know what's legal and what isn't thanks to the rules being so complicated.

[@bun1905]

11 seconds. I am so early. *Applaud me.*

[@juliechristine4217]

54 seconds yay

[@flowersrockthenight]

**applauds**

[@psychopathnerd1384]

4 minutes

[@ruddthree8105]

**applauds**

[@laurenvdk-8728]

clapclapclapclapclapclapclapclapclapclap that good?

[@hoodiehedgehog5399]

What about this The snitch is rseleased 3 different times after the last time the game end Each time it is caught it is worth 50 points

[@bernardberkner3399]

the thing about the snitch is that it brings strategy into the game if your team is ahead look for the snitch to end the game! your team is starting to lose? look for the snitch to catch the opposing team from behind! your team is badly loosing? make sure the opposing team is not getting the snitch! the catcher at this point could become a beater for his own team while they are loosing... so yea the snitch is the most important ball but it dosent mean that it is the sole importance if a team decides to all go looking for the snitch (wich was one strategy that i heard very often) the opposing team is free to score as many points as they so please making it easy for them to score 16 points before the opposing team finds it and get it to the seeker... as for the brooms i see it more like F1. in F1 they have the same model of cars but not the same engine the same fuel the same tires etc... quidditch is supose to be a game that can either demonstrate endurance or that can demonstrate the fast reflexes of your team depending on your teams strategy

[@williammcalpine2718]

Now I know why so many characters get upset when they don’t make the team because it’s one of the very few physical activities you can do at the school and there’s only one team for each house

[@rasmusskardenni786]

#SNITCHPLEASE #SNITCHESBECRAZY

[@SteveDuck_iv]

#BASICSNITCH

[@foxpandagames3598]

#SONOFASNITCH

[@user-gy3vi1lt5n]

#SNITCHESBETRIPPIN

[@elyag6133]

#SNITCHWUT

[@znicoll_]

+Dat Boi... you just ruined the beautiful snitch comments...

[@FXBX98]

Thats what I always thought, too. The Snitch makes it so the game isnt a team game anymore, but depends on the Seeker only, who isnt even fun to watch at all. Why not make it so the Seeker is a fourth chaser, and anyone can catch it if hes good enough, or better not like seperate classes of players, but everyone can do anything (exept the keeper), like in almost every modern ball sport. the rest should be left to the teams to tactition with (almount of bats, defence, offence, ...). Snitch needs the most changes. Maybe its like a 7th goal which you can hit with a quaffel, too (only catching it is better than shooting it i guess?). Its a ball sport so the main focus should be throwing balls, not raceing after something. Your primary goal should be to goal, not to hope for a random catch. Also I think the Snitch shouldnt give you just points, but give you some other advantage over the oponents, so it isnt like you play against a AI Snitch but actual Players (bot matches/Speedruns < Multiplayer). And also the time limit thing; the catch ending the game is stupid. Wouldnt it be fun advantage you get from a Snitch hit/catch would be the bludgers temporally/permanently switching aggro to the opponents only? Like if you hit the Snitch the bludgers dont hit you untill the next goal, and if someone catches it for the rest of the game. Other variants: hitting the Snitch disables it so you can catch it easier, and who ever has it gets joined by the bludgers; bludgers defend the snitch and help the catches team; ... Also I think for balance reasons the Snitch should be much faster so it gets cought in like 1/15 games. and hit like once every game.

[@emmasoda100]

in plot terms, the snitch should end the game just to keep the plot going and having Harry win by himself. On the other hand, if I were to be playing that I would like it much better if catching the snitch gave points, rather that winning the game, and having a time limit. I feel this would make the game more fair.

[@r.r815]

3D cupcake omfg, the snitch does give points just a lot of them

[@nahor88]

3D cupcake Muggle Quidditch ended up making more sense, lol. You run with a broom between your legs, so you're actually getting exercise. There are only chasers, keepers and beaters, and they use soft projectiles so no one gets hurt.

[@definitelynotademon4815]

Hello fellow pan

[@allier1050]

I wish I got my letter from Hogwarts I'm still waiting

[@kristapsporzingis7867]

I should get mine this year.

[@allier1050]

I'm turning 14 in 2 weeks I have been wanting for there and if I get my letter my friend will kill me

[@nicoferrari628]

Just got mine in the mail, but I'm a bit pissed off...the owl shit everywhere

[@nicoferrari628]

Because I believe in magic, you MUGGLE

[@allier1050]

+Nico Ferrari I'm not muggle

[@derickgabrillo1579]

The snitch should be 50 points.

[@MrNintoku]

I think a time limit for the release of the snitch would be good, making the early game focused more on the Beaters and Chasers and giving the Seeker the possibility of filling more than one role (extra chaser/beater/keeper). After about an hour the Snitch is released and the capture of the snitch gives the team the ability to grab an extra 150 points and end the game early before the time limit of four hours.

[@spokiogaming9766]

When I first heard that the snitch ended the game I thought that there was a timer but catching the snitch means you win

[@DutchDread]

What if the snitch makes the game end early, but only IF you're ahead, so if you are behind, and you catch the snitch, that the game ends the moment you catch up for even a second.

[@CritterKeeper01]

Another option for the brooms would be for who rides which broom to be chosen at random. Or maybe just which team gets which brooms, since that would add an element of strategy in who you choose to ride which broom. The school brooms would doubtless have their quirks and failings, just like a wizards' chess set that's been played many times - Ron was said to have an advantage because he knew how to handle his troops in his old chess set. And no one would be too eager for there to be one stand-out broom. Sure, you can buy a Firebolt, but it might be the *other* team's Seeker riding it!

[@TheDcraft]

This is my idea to fix quidditch, I call it Quitch: So, the first problem, I feel with quidditch is the scoring, it's artificially high for no reason. So instead of goals being 10 and the snitch being 150, we'll just make it 1 and 15. Focusing on the snitch for a bit, we'll say that catching it will still end the game, but the game will end anyways after four fifteen-minute periods. I'm also tempted to lower the snitch to 10 or 12 points instead of 15. As for the goals, well let's make it a bit more like basketball and say a normal goal is worth 2 points and a goal from far enough away is worth 3 points. Now, double digit leads, like in basketball won't be uncommon. Scoring goals is fast so a good set of chasers can build a lead that catching the snitch may not be able to overcome. Also, after a goal is scored the other team just gets the ball rather than having a face-off. Finally, since it's magic, why not make the bludgers be able to do something like freeze a chaser or make them really slow or what ever. Lastly, I'd change the quaffle so that it's more football (american) shaped.

[@Fligunem]

Increase number of players allowed to 13,make pitches slightly bigger than a football pitch (not the American ones). This change alone allows managers to actually use real tactics instead of “you chase this, you chase that.” For example, they could play a 4-1-3-2 formation. The 4 would be the defenders, one for each hoop and then the spare one would be able to push farther up, help the midfielders, and plug any holes left by other defenders. The midfielders having 3 players means 2 could aid the forwards and the defenders, and the other could focus on defending the seeker. The forwards obviously just go and score in the other hoop, but bigger pitches, more defenders at the back and more midfielders allows more tactical opportunities such as going down the sides of the pitch, brute force through the middle or having defenders suddenly rush forward to score surprisingly The seeker would be behind the defenders and midfielders to start off with. This means they have 2 layers of defence, and have a great view of most of the pitch, keepers could keep and eye out for the snitch as well whilst the ball is down the other end Change to 2 balls. 4 is way too many lol. One is the snitch and the other is the main ball in play. That ball cannot be lobbed, kicked or thrown like an American football. They must be thrown similarly to a rugby ball, but may still be lobbed as long as the arm is under the waist whilst lobbed, otherwise it is fowl play and do a jump ball similar to basketball. This means you can’t cheese it by just chucking it everywhere, you actually have to do tactical and smart passes. Snitch doesn’t end the game. Every minute the snitch is in play means you will receive less points for catching it. Team with most points after 3 hours wins, if a draw, game must go into extra time before penalties. It’s very similar to football, since that’s my main sport but I tried my best to include aspects of other sports😂 And obviously, that’s just one formation. With 13 available players there’s infinite possible tactical set ups and infinite combinations for managers to experiment.

[@jacksons7698]

I have a completely different theory. When the game was originally created, broom technology was in its early days, thus it was exponentially harder to catch the snitch. Similar to how you said a game could last four days, this would let the teams rack up enough points to make the snitch matter, but not be an overpowering force. Though even in the early days of the sport, brooms were fast enough to have the game not last more than a day. The tradition of the sport has just continued to this day. The only thing necessary is to increase the speed of the snitch. As another point, I will discuss the broom problem. When the game was first created, wizards would enchant their own brooms making a broom advantage just be due to the skill of the rider, thus a fair advantage. This was a tradition which should be restored, this how to restore quidditch to its former glory.

[@getgudmedia7934]

For a "Spec" Quiddich League, how about this: -Three one-hour periods of play. -Games start as usual with 3 chasers and a seeker. As standard ruling the seeker MAY NOT touch the Quaffle. -Upon Seeker A catching the snitch, Team A is awarded 50 points and Seeker A becomes allowed to touch the Quaffle (unlocked), effectively becoming the 4th chaser. The snitch is re-released. -If Seeker B catches the snitch next, Team B is awarded 50 points and Seeker A becomes locked (loses the ability to touch the Quaffle). Snitch is released. -Both chasers are once again locked till the snitch is caught. -An 'unlocked' seeker may still catch the snitch and garner another 50 points for their team. They remain 'unlocked'. This puts consistent relevance into both seeker duties and generic Quaffle scoring. Unlocked seekers provide great advantage for their team, so opposing seekers will be motivated to quickly reclaim the snitch to lock out the opposing seeker and 'zero-out' the bonus points gained by the initial catch. Sort of turns the snitch into a point-multiplier until the other team can negate it.

[@morckthedooorknob4991]

I'm a football fan and Harry Potter fan. In fact I play footbal

[@thebigbison9949]

I thought this was gonna be fixing minutia, but this makes the game LOADS better, well done

[@AnimeWolf5193]

One thing to remember about the World Cup, Krum didn't just catch the Snitch cause he wanted to. Ireland's seeker almost caught it. Either Ireland catches the Snitch and ends the game or Krum does. If they were gonna lose, Krum at least wanted to lose on his terms. Yes, Irelands seeker crashed and missed, but that and Krum catching the Snitch all happened in a flash, and Krum's face was covered in blood. He couldn't have known that Ireland wouldn't catch it.

[@Victoria-dh9vb]

The days that go on for days doesn't throw me. It's the fact that the games can (and do in the first couple books) only last for a couple minutes. Like.... can you imagine paying out the butt for tickets to the world cup, and only getting to watch it for like... 5 minutes before it's over????

[@karasumacha7559]

I would fix the snitch problem of quidditch by adding more snitches to the game. Bare with me as I explain. At the start of the game three silver snitches are released. There worth 15 points each it doesn’t matter if a team seeker captures one or all of them only that all three silver snitches are caught first. The golden snitch is only released after the silver snitches are caught. The golden snitch still ends the game and is worth 50x the number of silver snitches the seeker managed to catch before the golden snitch was released. It creates a new level to the game and gives the seekers more to do and focus on. And it can very the point of the end game catch massively. It think it would alter the game massively especially point wise. The snitches score can can be 0, 50, 100, 150, points in the end game depending on the seekers performance, depending on the silver snitches. even if its worth zero point there could be any number of instances where catching it and end the game for your team could pay off.

[@DwindlingSun]

#Snitchplease!

[@DwindlingSun]

#snitchesbecrazy

[@DwindlingSun]

#basicsnitch

[@Groundlord]

Idea for the Snitch: Have it be released at certain intervals throughout the match, and each time it's on the field the Seekers have a limited amount of time to catch it before it leaves play. Say, every 30 minutes the Snitch comes out and the Seekers have 5 minutes to catch it before it leaves the field. Seekers would be a specially designated Chaser, so they can choose between helping score goals or looking foe the Snitch for a bigger point boost. With that idea, though, the Snitch probably shouldn't be worth 150 points. Probably 50-100 would be more balanced if it can be caught multiple times.

[@SirBelmerD]

I like to think brooms are differentiated according to what their speciality is. Similar to Mario Karts' way of balancing stats. Where some karts focus on speed and acceleration, others focus on strength, control and weight. That can also play along with each team's strengths And player's strengths, where one is heavily focused on fast moves and attacking, another may be builkier, defensive and being able to withstand blows and clashes against bludgers and other objects or players.

[@alexanderc.4654]

International Test Match Cricket frequently lasts for two sessions a day, five days consecutive. People absolutely buy tickets for at least one type of sporting event where they know they will not be able to stick around to see the entire game.

[@Siberius-]

What would be far better, is, catching the snitch just ends the game, with no points awarded at all. Then when you're up, you're trying to catch the snitch to end the game, and the players all play their hardest because the game could end at any moment, and the minor score differences actually matter and you're always fighting back as hard as you can as quickly as you can. Then when you're down, you're helping your team, and that should potentially bring the balance back (since the team then temporarily gets an extra player).. until you're up again and you then go back to the snitch catching. There's also a time limit on the game, I feel 2 hours is plenty.. Also having only one seeker at a time is safer. A rule that there can only be one active seeker at a time (the currently winning team's seeker). Another rule is that as soon as your team is losing at all, you must join the team to fight back, and as soon as your team is winning at all, you must go after the snitch. You can't hang around and rack up more points with your team and then later go for the snitch once you have a bigger lead to spend more time with the snitch. Can't do that. Having it award so many points makes it lame.. Then you're relying so much on the other team not catching the snitch, or you just lose.. unless you have racked up a lead of over 100 points, which is insane. It's kinda lame to lose after having a 90 point lead over the span of up to almost 5 hoursss of work (I'd make the match no longer than 2 hours, myself).

[@undead.rising]

1:52 - but in the only case we know of that involves a PROFESSIONAL QUIDDITCH MATCH in Book Four, the 150 points bonus for catching the Snitch didn't make a difference, and many people (including the Weasley twins) were certain that the Bulgarian seeker would catch the Snitch, but the Bulgarian team would not win the game.

[@BigSteve_Gaming187]

I can agree with ur ideas. Id also have dumbledore write some prevention spells protecting the field so that even someone using felix's potion wouldnt even b able to step or fly out on the field

[@featherinescat]

In the beginning of Goblet of Fire, Krum's team lost even though they got the snitch

[@noorazraq2245]

Restia Ashdoll Because they had less points than the opposing team

[@christineherrick5807]

#crazybetiscrazy goblet of fire

[@robfab5204]

That whole thing was dumb. Thats part of the reason I hate #4 book and movie

[@maxthomas-bland4842]

@@robfab5204 cannt believe you hate goblet of fire, favourite book and movie very closely followed by half blood prince

[@Magnymbus]

So, the point of the snitch was to allow Harry to singlehandedly win the game... So if it's a sport that's actually being played, no, it should not end the game. But for the purposes of a book, I don't really care. As much as I love Harry Potter (And I definitely do. It's really good at getting young kids in elementary school to read.), I also think J.K.Rowling didn't put enough thought into quite a few things, not just quiditch, because the analytical audience of Nerd Culture wasn't her intended target... if she even considered her target that is. Also; She's a bigot, so my respect for the woman is... less than I would like for the creator of something I love so much. Then again, this isn't all that new to me...

[@festethephule7553]

She's a bigot? This is new information for me. Who is she targeting?

[@Magnymbus]

+Feste the Phule mostly those from the US. she changed the title of her first book Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone because she assumed that Americans wouldn't understand the meaning of the word "Philosopher" or the significance of The Philosopher's Stone in old alchemy and stories surrounding it. other things like that. Not that I think she's entirely wrong in a general sense, but there are a ton of very intelligent people living in the United States that, I'm sure, feel insulted by this change.

[@Magnymbus]

+Feste the Phule I actually did some reading on it and apparently it was all schoolastic's doing, the publishers of the American edition that is...

[@festethephule7553]

Magnymbus Well that's awkward for you.

[@TheHolyMustard]

Try again homeslice, she didn't want to change the title, her US publisher was the one that thought US kids were too dumb. And cause she was a new author she didn't have the power to say no to the change. Do your research before you call someone a bigot.

[@lindacgrace2973]

If the Snitch ends the game but does NOT come with an overwhelming point bonus - catching or delaying the capture of the Snitch becomes much more strategic. The Seekers must keep the other team from capturing the Snitch when they are ahead in points and delay capturing the Snitch until their own team is ahead in points. Time limits, equipment standards, and being able to deploy players in various positions strategically are all excellent ideas.

[@Dragonlover553]

I probably would have done something a little different with the Golden Snitch. Fewer points, but but still quite a few( say somewhere between 50 and 100) and maybe there’s a less valuable version on the field, a silver snitch or something, maybe even two, each worth say just as much as goals, that are re-released from a random location after a set period after being caught.

[@pawebielinski4903]

How about varying the value of the snitch depending on the time it took to catch it? Like, say, the game lasts until the teams score 15 in total and at any given moment the snitch is worth all the points left? Such a solution would provide incentives for all the players to perform well and also limit the influence of the snitch on the lenght of the game while keeping this undefined time as a feature.

[@matthewneubeck4421]

How bout once the snitch is caught, a new one gets shot out. Just always have a snitch going around. It would keep it nice and hectic.

[@dutchdevilxl2999]

-Catching the snitch grands your team 50 points. -Game takes 2 hours. -let the game makers decide what broom is used per event.

[@abigailbartlett6636]

First like and first comment

[@jorg3023]

If you think about it the venn diagram of Soccer (Football everywhere but 'murica) and Harry Potter Fans is kinda big, considering is England (and the world) favorite sport.

[@nathanholmes-king3827]

In real-life quidditch, the snitch is only worth 30 points, and isn't released until 18 minutes into the game.

[@osunievogden1145]

My personal headcannon is matches used to last longer (like 6-7 hours would be a normal match, 10-12 h a long match, and several days very long but not uncommon) because broomsticks would be slower. and therefore the 150 points were not irrelevant, but not enough to win by themselves. However, Harry arrives at Hogwarts shortly after the Nimbus 2000 comes out, and then Nimbus 2001 and Firebolt come out... And matches get shorter everywhere in the wizarding world. THey haven't adapted yet, but wizards need a faster snitch so their game goes back to normal. I mean, the world cup BEFORE the one in GoF, the finale went on for several days. Are we to believe that the Seekers of arguably the two best teams in the world at that time are so much below the level off Hogwarts students ? No, the broomsticks used to be slower, and the scores used to be big enough that the snitch mattered but wasnt decisive.

[@benelliott7010]

Love that you mentioned water polo!! People only ever talk about hockey when they mention exclusions!

[@MadHymek323]

Some problems with this: 1. If the match finishes before the Snitch capture, how do you actually collect the Snitch? 2. If the Snitch capture only gets your team a bonus, you will be sat for FOUR hours. 3. There is only a short break with Quidditch and classes, so it could not last for 4 hours. Maybe 1, but no more.

[@DukeDanger19567]

So I've got 2 OC characters that are both quidditch players and are both hufflepuffs One is a goth legilimens with a split personality that plays seeker The other is a boy who got heavy damage to the left side of his body from fiend fire. Resulting in him missing an arm, being blind in one eye, and leaving him mute. He plays in the role of keeper, using a custom broom that has 2 foot platforms and straps so that he can stand on it to fly. (Kinda hard to hold on with only one arm)

[@josephlamicela1996]

If you wanted the Snitch to be the game ended but didn’t want the other points to be meaningless, you could always enchant the Snitch to subtly drift towards the side of the pitch of the winning team or even two snitches, one for each team, and the more points you score over your opponent, the easier it is to catch. This would force teams to play the game hard to make sure they never fell that far behind because it you were down 100 points, your opponents Snitch would be MUCH easier to catch.

[@wolfelkan8183]

"This sport has 99 problems and the snitch is all of them" I think that number is too low. Like, 51 too low.

[@angeldelvax7219]

just finished the chamber of secrets... and what stood out to me was that they mentioned Harry hot his team 100 points for catching the snitch... Now it could be a mistake from the reader (it was an audiobook...) so, is it ALWAYS 150 points? Or is the score in the chamber of secrets just a bit different?

[@thebuddercweeper]

The snitch ending the match is a plot device, it allows the story to revolve (or to make a point of not revolving) around the seeker, early on meaning Harry and later Krum. For a different story, it could be that the focus is on the chasers, or even the beaters somehow, but J.K. Rowling definitely knew what she was doing when she designed the game to fit the story she was telling.

[@AlexNicholls.]

an easier solve is just to make the snitch worth any number of points between 1 and 9, effectively a tie breaker in the event the chasers have the game level. if a team is losing the seekers goal is to prevent the other seeker catching the snitch rather than catching it himself, if a team is winning or drawing the seeker tries to catch the snitch. leagues could be scored on most wins rather than a points system, with fastest average snitch captures separating teams with equal wins. Then this works for both league and knockout games

[@ScorpioHighlander]

An idea I had was maybe leave the mechanics of the game as they are for the most part but for every goal scored the snitch is worth that many points less, maybe even starting at a higher value then just 150 points depending on what kind of league they're playing in. To make game length easier to manage it could even have it's top speed knocked down for every goal caught allowing it to become easier to catch, with it having much higher more ludicrous speeds in higher leagues to engineer longer more intense games. Notably where professional teams will be able to afford better brooms. And yeah, broom stick regulations are probably a must. McGonagall was pretty darn out of line that first year as a teacher. ....kind of expected that from Sirius though.

[@jakubjakubowski944]

I would say Quidditch is QUITE balanced game. I really like the idea of player actions having impact on game length. It is really original and taxing on competitors willpower. The main and only problem is that catching snitch gives ANY points. Lets think of it: If the only goal of seeker was to end the game in RIGHT TIME it would give competition nice new dynamic. Both seekers would be to change roles between "trying to catch" and "disrupting other seeker" depending of the score. There would be new ways to screw things up; like catching a snitch when score just changed unnoticed. It would also balance nicely with pro's level of play. Currently 1'st year student is able to catch a snitch in like an hour of game (?). How can i expect for highly skilled professional take it longer. UNLESS there is another highly skilled professional getting in the way. Also there wouldn't be problem with both teams getting too tired and not being able to finish the game because of it. Catching snitch on its own is quite easy with enough experience. When other team gives up then there is nothing preventing seeker willing to conclude contest from doing so. Right now in the books it makes no sense though; If it is so demanding to catch this flying golden ball that fresh and well rested player cannot do it then no wonder that the very same person will not be able to after like 8 hours of trying. And then 3 month long matches makes sense - they had to take naps.

[@superraegun2649]

I think that for international quidich, broomstick technology should be an important factor, the team that can develop the best brooms can do better. For school quidich, the houses don’t have that kind of autonomy, so there should be a standard broomstick.

[@tmantheawesome22]

I think you should catch the snitch and then either it is re-released or a new one is set loose. And maybe have it be less points to still have a really good points advantage but not game ending.

[@BigBahss]

Another thing I never understood about the game is the fact that the players aren't able to watch where the snitch goes when the match starts. It seems like the snitch is released, the match starts, and no one knows where it is.

[@chemgreec]

cricket matches often span over days..i also find it crazy but remember Rowling is inspiring by quirky British things and maybe pushes them a bit more with the magical world but yeah..quid ditch is basically flying cricket

[@kartikchatlani2968]

i’m glad you put tom brady in the beginning i’m a huge fan

[@cjhs2006]

if Playing Quidditch Meant That I Got to Miss Math Class When I Was a Kid Then I Would’ve Signed up in a Heartbeat

[@L251125]

I think that three simple stipulations could fix Quidditch a lot: 1. The game has a set length of time (with extra time if needed for any reason). 2. The capture of the Snitch amounts to only a +30 to +50 to make it more fair. 3. The Snitch still DOES end the game, so you can have an early strategic finish if you deem your team to get worse overtime.

[@mahiabir]

In my opinion time limit is important and in addition to that if it gave only 50 points advantage instead of 150 then I think the game would made perfect sense. Whenever ron or others talk about strategy of game I always find it funny, like it matters. Only strategy to this game should be playing 3 goalkeeper and 4 seekers. This is the only major thing I want to see changed in Harry Potter. And also the matter that Dumbledore's painting could give plans to Snape like it was real Dumbledore with brains. Why didn't he make a portrait of him for Harry or for Order of Phoenix before he died as he knew he would by the end of the year.

[@SoftServed-qe3zp]

Actually the 150 points is in honor of a bet someone made in the the middle of a quidditch match before snitches and seekers. The bet said that the first person to catch a creature called a snidget would get 150 galleons. When the snidget became an endangered species a man created the snitch which weighed the same as a snidget.

[@currentsgaming5887]

Beaters are underrated. In my opinion they are the most important players on the pitch.

[@grandmyotismon]

hit the nail on the head on so many levels, so ye i'm convienced, so i've subscribed after watching a good chunk of vidseos and this being the icing on the cake. It's a great point and it's so unbelivibly stupid this problem with quidditch exists as of now.

[@senseispud2197]

I feel like there should be substitutions allowed in Quidditch. In a game where injuries happen literally all of the time, there should be a bench of a B-team and maybe a utility player who can fill all roles. That way you can't just injure the entire team like Slytherin did in CoS and get away with it.

[@MrThomazSatiro]

CoS?

[@senseispud2197]

@@MrThomazSatiro chamber of secrets

[@LordZeebee]

if it aims to be a spectator game the snitch needs to end the game. Imagine being about halfway in and the teams are neck and neck, one team catches the snitch and now it's basically certain that that team will win no matter what. Sure it's technically possible to win even in that scenario but but that'll happen like maybe once every hundred years or so. What you're left with is an anticlimactic game that no one is going to watch. I would however keep broom specifications juuuust so that it's ridiculously hard to catch a snitch and lower the gametime all the way down to 2 hours. This way a snitch-catch won't occur every game and the teams will always be on edge since there's always a chance of the game ending early.

[@ThePokeStarter]

I personally like the idea of a Quidditch league that plays for differential (not point total), with the top two teams playing each other at the end of the season for the league championship. I'll give an example using Hogwarts, because four teams make for easier math. Slytherin plays Gryffindor, and Gryffindor catches the Snitch, despite Slytherin dominating with 14 goals over Gryffindor's pathetic three. The score is 180-140. Since Slytherin lost by 40 points, they take a differential of -40, and Gryffindor gets +40. Ravenclaw plays Hufflepuff, and the Hufflepuff Seeker is great at finding Snitches, so Hufflepuff wins 180-40, giving them a differential of +140, and making Hufflepuff the top team in the league. This means that the fact the Gryffindor keeper is TERRIBLE has a huge impact on their standings, despite scoring the exact same point total, while the Slytherin Chasers being phenomenal puts them 100 points over Ravenclaw at an embarrassing -140. Gryffindor plays Hufflepuff, and Gryffindor wins 160-150, DESPITE Hufflepuff catching the Snitch. Gryffindor gets another +10, and Hufflepuff has to take -10... BUT Hufflepuff is still doing better than Gryffindor, due to differential. Gryffindor only has +50 total, while Hufflepuff has a really solid +130 still. Meanwhile, Slytherin plays Ravenclaw in a painfully lengthy, drawn-out game where Slytherin finally wins 270-120 (both teams tied before the Snitch). Slytherin's differential goes up 150 points, leaving them with a solid +110 , and Ravenclaw... is pretty much out of the running for the cup, at this point, with -290. Hufflepuff defeats Slytherin a respectable 160-100, keeping Hufflepuff in first place at +190 and Slytherin dropping to +50. But, believe it or not, the Ravenclaws don't finish last-- they crush the otherwise undefeated Gryffindor 180-10 in one of the biggest upsets of the season, moving Gryffindor's differential to -120 and raising Ravenclaw to -110. Slytherin in particular would have a LOT of stock in the outcome of this game, because if Gryffindor had won by even 10 points, they would have lost their chance to make the cup playoffs. The six-game season being complete, the top two teams Slytherin and Hufflepuff compete in a playoff match for the cup. Using what they learned about Hufflepuff's playstyle in their previous match, the cunning Slytherins deliberately focus their attentions on helping their Seeker as much as possible. Hufflepuff's 9 goals don't matter so much when Slytherin wins, 150-90, and take the Inter-house Quidditch Cup for the season. The game rules are largely fine as-is, although I agree that there need to be better broom regulations (and maybe the Snitch would be more balanced if it was only 100 points). I just think the scores should be kept by differential instead of point total-- so then a team that loses, say, Snitch capture 150 to 160 points in goals, would be catching the Snitch because they know they can handle a -10 to their season without ill effect, and they don't want to risk the chance that the other team would catch it instead and force them to take a -100, even after scoring several goals.

[@michaelandreadis1918]

i like it all but 6 hour games snitch caught end game pulse 10 points for team that caught it or 10 points for team who caught it and send snitch back out but the player that caught it has to play strikingly as chaser and one of the other chasers take the place as seeker and rotate all chasers until end of time limit

[@TimothyWhiteowl]

I must not be a muggle, it already makes perfect sense to me.

[@michaelkelleypoetry]

The Snitch should only count for extra points. It should not end the game. I say put a time-limit on the game of 60 Minutes like both American Football and Hockey, split into either 3 or 4 periods.

[@TheMarkvanes]

Waterpolo is pretty brutal. I had to wear to swim trunks. Those caps are to protect your ears!

[@Leocmatias]

Almost 2022 and the Tom Brady sneaking up the corner is still current, the G.O.A.T. - Aberforth approves.

[@joshualunderville1349]

You do realize that the game is cumulative because members of the Gryffindor house converse back-and-forth about how many points are needed to win the cup

[@joshualunderville1349]

Wood even says do not catch the snitch until you’re 50 points up. I’ve spent 10 hours a day six days a week listening to the audio books and I’ve been doing that for the past seven years so I can pretty much recite it Word for Word. Your channel is amazing because you bring up the absolute best points and stories. LOVE IT!! #potterforpresident

[@SamWickens]

Reminds me of "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality", in which the question of how to fix Quidditch is brought up. The solution? BUY. A. CLOCK!

[@JohnSmith-mk6nv]

Hey, if 10 points is the lowest score and there is no increments other then 10 and 150 then what's the point in the 0, unless penalties are worth a dif amount or something.

[@bigcountry1903]

Regulate brooms and just have the snitch end the game games that can theoretically last forever exist like baseball and this mean the seakers would be actively preventing a catch so their team can still score points or trying to end the game because their team is ahead

[@InsomniacPostman]

Near the end of book one, the final challenge to get to the Philosopher's Stone that only Hermione was able to solve explains why Quidditch is so illogical.

[@tylerp.5004]

TLDR: Snitches be crazy, Broom = Pay 2 Win, Scoring system sucks. Fixed: Game = 4 hours, Sntich be dialed down so it's not extremely important or insignificant, Broom Regilation, Better scoring system so players actually have to try.

[@pogman2209]

I actually feel like the snitch ending the game is fine. The problem is that it’s the ONLY WAY to end the game. Broom regulation would be good, so that it would be much harder to catch the snitch. I feel the snitch should be very hard to catch, but still end the game and give you 150 points, or even just make it so hard to catch that it wins you the game, while also having a time limit on the game. But yes, the current rules make almost every other position kinda worthless.

[@Shadow-iv9ft]

Has anyone here seen a real quidditch game? I heard there's an American league hosted by multiple colleges. It's fascinating how the wizarding rules were adapted to real world game-play (someone actually gets to be the snitch). I just wish I'd heard about it earlier, 'cause I'd have definitely gone to one of those schools to try out! :) If you got to join a real-world quidditch league, what position would you play? I think I'd be a chaser.

[@benlltt]

Thanks for mentioning water polo 🙌🙌 it’s always overlooks smh

[@pla1nswalk3r]

Can we also just adjust the points to 1 for a goal and 15 for a snitch catch? I always hate when games needlessly inflate the score by giving 10 or 100 points for something instead of 1.

[@irina.tano.7]

A chaser talking, check out how we fix quidditch in the muggle quidditch, it is súper fun to play!

[@MazerTime]

snitch should ABSULUTLEY finish the game, but i think the seeker being able to play as a seeker is a great idea! cause if your team will lose if you catch the snitch, better help your team so it WONT loose when you catch it.

[@elizabethrose644]

This video was made on my birthday

[@dahliarivera-larkin4103]

As much as i love this channel... DON'T MESS WITH QUDDITCH!!!!!!!!!