I, too, have a question....

[jakuako.livejournal.com]

And it's about Quidditch.

So, scoring I get. But how it makes a difference to whether a team moves on or loses for good...not so much. Remember when Harry would say stuff like, "If Ravenclaw beats Hufflepuff by so many points and then Slytherin beats Ravenclaw by so many other points, then they'll move on to the final match." What does that MEAN? Why does it matter how many points each team wins by? If Slytherin beats Ravenclaw by ten points, is it not the same as if Slytherin beats Ravenclaw by ten hundred? Would Slytherin not move on either way? Maybe this is something that's obvious to a sport enthusiast, but that would not be me. >_> Halp?

(Can you tell I'm writing a fic about Quidditch? *cough*)

Comments

[writcraft]

Not my strong point but I actually think it is unclear in canon - there is a suggestion points may count for House Cup purposes but I actually think the question of points and the impact the margin difference has doesn't entirely make sense in canon. The HP Lexicon has quite a few essays on this...

[jakuako.livejournal.com]

Ah, excellent! I will head there now. Thank you!

[skriftlig.livejournal.com]

I totally don't remember the "then they'll move on to the final match" bit in the books. Oops! I always assumed it was a mini league with the 4 teams and the score was important in the same way that goal difference is when teams end up winning/losing the same number of games. Hmm... interesting question!

[jakuako.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I misremembered; my mind is a sieve. But I've been doing some reading at HP Lexicon as per writcraft's suggestion, and I think what I should have said was, "If Slytherin beats Ravenclaw by so many points, then Gryffindor has to beat Hufflepuff by so many other points in order to win the cup!" Apparently - at least according to this essay (http://www.hp-lexicon.org/essays/essay-quidditch-almanac.html) - each Hogwarts team has the chance to play each Hogwarts team (resulting in six matches per year), and therefore the winner of the cup is based off of the points system in a "round-robin" fashion. :)

[slytherincesss.livejournal.com]

God, I totally can't add so I'm of no help in the scoring question, but I have to commend you for writing a Quidditch fic. Quidditch, for me, is probably the most tedious part of fan fic to write. Kudos! :)

[jakuako.livejournal.com]

I agree! I ordinarily shy away from it, so this is going to be a real challenge. Hopefully it won't crash and burn. /o\