Does quidditch exist in the real world?

Introduction to quidditch

Quidditch is a ball game that only exists in the wizarding world, with wizards participating. Like ordinary games, it is played on a court surrounded by stands, with three 50-foot-high gold poles at each end and rings at the top. The contestants fly in the air in two teams, each with seven people. Each team has a goalkeeper, three chasers, two batters and a seeker. As a ball game, the strangest thing about Quidditch is that it uses three different balls at the same time: a red ball as big as a football and more like an ordinary ball is called "quaffle", pursuers pass "quaffle" to each other and try to cross each other's circle. Every time 10 points, the goalkeeper is responsible for guarding the team's circle; Two aggressive black balls, slightly smaller than quaffle, are called "Bludger". They will fly around by themselves, always trying to knock the players off the broom. The batter is responsible for protecting his teammates from being hit by the bludger and hitting the opposing players. The golden ball has silver wings and is the size of a big hazelnut. It is a snitch. It flies as fast as lightning, and the seeker's job is to catch it. When the Snitch is caught, the team that caught it gets 150 points, and a Quidditch game is over.

Quidditch, the "Wizarding Movement", is the most important movement in the wizarding world. Everyone is concerned about quidditch. Quidditch is a fast, dangerous and exciting sport. In the game, two teams competed on brooms. In every game, the team that throws quaffle into a huge grass court with more rings at both ends wins. Children can ride brooms and play Quidditch in their backyard. The student team at Hogwarts plays Quidditch; There are also world-famous athletes who take Quidditch as their profession. The World Cup attracted thousands of fans.

Quidditch is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Magic and Sports under the Ministry of Magic. Its special professional organization is called the International Quidditch League, and professional competitions are attended by well-trained magician rescue teams in case of emergency. Injuries are common in competitions, but there are few fatal accidents in quidditch competitions. However, some referees disappeared completely in the game and reappeared in the depths of the Sahara desert a few weeks later. There are more than 700 kinds of fouls in Quidditch. It is said that all these foul means appeared in the first Quidditch World Cup final of 1473. Quidditch is named after the Quidditch Marsh, and the game originated from 1 1 century.

Quidditch competition rules

Quidditch was invented by the early Quidditch brothers at Hogwarts, and the details are recorded in a History of Hogwarts.

The following is quoted from Chapter 14 "The Secret Passage" in The History of Hogwarts.

Now all four colleges have formed their own teams, and every evening, the children in the four colleges are very noisy. Meet each other Sometimes we argue about a small problem. In addition, the children of Demstrong play on the lawn from time to time. The scene is even more chaotic.

This evening, Gryffindor found Hufflepuff running around the lawn.

"Oh, Hufflepuff, you can't go on like this."

"yes. What can I do with these naughty boys? "

"It is better to call the children together and let them find a way to solve it themselves."

Hufflepuff thought for a while and nodded his head.

"yes. I have the same idea. They have an idea today and another idea tomorrow. There is often a red-faced argument about whether the ball scores or not. This is really not the way. "

"You see, leave the children to discuss after dinner, ok?"

Gryffindor smiled and said, "Good."

After dinner, Professor Hufflepuff knocked on her golden goblet and said loudly, "Students, please don't go. We will discuss this team. "

Suddenly there was silence in the hall. Then, there was a whisper.

"The school won't forbid us to play, will it?"

"no"

"What about the team?"

"Wait and see."

At this moment, Mrs. Cassandra, who has always been silent, suddenly spoke. She said in her usual voice.

"Party history! Son, you will feel honored-because you have this night! "

Everyone looked at her, and Mrs Cassandra smiled. "You will understand later." Judging from Mrs. Cassandra's words, no one wants to leave this table. Professors are no exception.

Hufflepuff said, "Children, do you think our game needs a lot of improvement?"

Students began to talk about it.

"We need a fixed venue."

"Rules. Rules of the game! " Cried Hester.

"What do you think should be done?"

"I think there must be air targets first."

"Air target?"

"Yes, on a fixed court, there are three circles on each side as goals, and the ball can only score if it enters the circle, so as to avoid the controversy of scoring points."

"Great."

"Is there anything else?"

Dolohov stood up and said, "In order to increase the difficulty of scoring, each team should have a full-time goalkeeper."

"The big ball and the small ball should have a name."

"A big ball is called an attack ball."

"Not good. That's rude. How about a gangster? "

"Where is the ball?"

The child is flying. Have you heard this song? How about just calling it quaffle, Professor? "

Hufflepuff smiled and asked everyone, "Do you agree to call quaffle?"

"Agree" students applauded warmly and patted the table and smiled. ...

"There's another problem," Moore said worriedly.

"What's the problem?"

If both sides score the same, when will the game end? We can't compete endlessly, can we? "

The students suddenly quieted down.

Gryffindor turned his head to Slytherin and found that Slytherin turned to look at him, too. They smiled knowingly-"Informant!"

Gryffindor stood up and strode out of the hall. The students looked at his back curiously, guessing. Soon, Gryffindor came back with a smile and a golden ball in his hand. He opened his palm and the wings of the ball shook quickly at once.

He said loudly, "This is a gadget that I studied with Professor Slytherin. It's very fast. To catch it, you need several fast speeds, extremely high sensitivity and agile reaction ability. I suggest you add a special seeker to each college team. Which team's seeker catches the snitch, the game is over. Those who are interested can try it tomorrow. It is not easy to catch it! "

The students looked at the little golden ball curiously and were eager to try. A few brave children even crowded in front of Gryffindor to touch it.

Slytherin saw everyone in high spirits and said, "Since the Quidditch brothers brought this game to Hogwarts. Let's name the game after them, shall we? ! "

The hall burst into warm applause.

On the contrary, the naughty Quidditch brothers were embarrassed and blushed like the sunset glow on the horizon. ...

Quidditch competition rules

Broom: A tool in Quidditch. Players must use brooms to play games, and the specifications of brooms are strictly limited.

Ball: There are three kinds of * * * four Quidditch balls used in Quidditch matches.

Quaffle: Diameter 12 inch, equivalent to the size of a football. It is bright red, mainly for players to recognize it in rain and snow. Quaffle is mainly used to score points. Being a quaffle can get ten points.

Bludger: There will be two bludger in the competition. They are usually made of black iron and have a diameter of ten inches, which is slightly smaller than that of quaffle. Bludger chases players on the nearest broomstick.

Snitch: The most important ball in the game, a metal ball the size of a walnut, has silver wings and flies very fast, so it is difficult to catch.

Goal: erect rings on the high poles on both sides of the field. Each team has three goals, arranged in parallel but with slightly different heights.

Players: In a game, each team has seven players.

Goalkeeper (1): Similar to a goalkeeper in a football match, his main task is to guard his own goalpost basket and prevent the opposing players from scoring.

Batters (2 players): The main task is to protect our players from the attack of bludger with the help of the bat, so we usually play the bludger as far away from our own team as possible, including hitting the ball to the other team.

Chasers (3 players): Chasers are responsible for the offensive score, and they will try their best to throw quaffle into the opponent's basket to score.

Seeker (1 player): An extremely important player in the game, who is responsible for catching the Snitch, can often turn his team around. Therefore, Seeker is usually the lightest and fastest flier. They have keen eyesight and can fly with or without a broom. Of course, they are also the most vulnerable players on the court.

There is no time limit.

You can get 10 points by throwing quaffle.

If the opponent fouls, the referee can award a team a free throw (Quidditch has 700 kinds of fouls).

A penalty is similar to a penalty in a football match. The goalkeeper should not move before the penalty kick, and other players should stay behind the penalty shooters and should not move until the penalty kick is over.

Whoever catches the Snitch can get 150 points.

Quidditch will not be over until the snitch is caught.

The team with the most points will win the game.

"Flint almost killed Gryffindor's seeker. I believe that this kind of thing will happen to everyone ... "

-lee jordan, in the quidditch match between Gryffindor and Slytherin.

score

On the face of it, the quidditch score is unfair. In fact, it's so unfair that you can hardly call it a sport. Because the Seeker caught the Snitch, he scored 15 and ended the game, which was unmatched by other players. In other words, Quidditch is actually just a contest between two seekers. Then why is it so popular? Do wizards and witches watch football just to appreciate violence and fancy brooms?

Not at all. Quidditch matches are always continuous. Unless you just play around in the apple orchard, every Quidditch game is part of a big series, and its cumulative total score will determine the final victory. The Quidditch Cup at Hogwarts is won by the team with the highest total score, not the team with the most wins. The standings of League One (DP) that we saw in daily prophet are also arranged according to the total scores of each team. The highest score is 750 for Tusil Tornado Team and the lowest score is 230 for Chad Artillery Team. The scoreboard will not show how many games each team has won. Although we have no relevant evidence, the World Cup must have been won in a similar way. This means that Bulgaria and Ireland scored the highest in the World Cup that year. Although the Irish won the game, krum caught the Snitch. Can Bulgaria win the World Cup? It seems so.

Quidditch has swept the world.

Europe

By the14th century, Quidditch had completely established itself in Ireland, which was confirmed by Zayas Mumps' account of a game in 1385: a team of wizards from Cork County flew to Lancashire to participate in a game, which really angered the local residents because the team completely defeated their hero. Those Irish people are proficient in quaffle's technology, but Lancashire people have never seen quaffle. When the audience pulled out their wands and chased the Irish, they had to flee the village for fear of death.

Various data show that by the beginning of15th century, this game had spread to other parts of Europe. As we know, Norway participated in this sport very early (perhaps Goodwin Nyan's cousin Olaf introduced this sport? ), because the iambic poet Ingall wrote in his poem 15 century:

Oh, I'm flying in the air, feeling the thrill of chasing.

The snitch flew overhead and my hair fluttered in the wind.

I approached the Snitch and the crowd screamed in surprise.

But a bludger came and knocked me down on the court.

Almost at the same time, the French wizard Marie Clay wrote the following lines in his play "Oh, my feet are deformed":

Grennet: I can't go to the market with you today, Clapaud.

Clapaud: But Grennet, I can't take that cow with me.

You know, Clapaud, I'm going to be a goalkeeper this morning. If I don't go, who will intercept quaffle?

The first Quidditch World Cup was held in 1473, with teams from all over Europe. The failure of the team from distant countries to attend may be attributed to two aspects: first, the owl who sent the invitation was exhausted and did not send the letter; Secondly, those invited teams are unwilling to take such a dangerous long trip, or they may just like staying at home instead of going out.

The final between Transylvania and Flanders has gone down in history as the fiercest match in history. At that time, many fouls were recorded that had never happened before-for example, transforming the pursuer into a chicken mink and trying to cut off the goalkeeper's head with a machete; In Transylvania, a hundred vampire bats were released from under the captain's robe.

Since then, the World Cup has been held every four years, but it was not until the17th century that teams from countries outside Europe took part in the competition. 1652, the European Cup was born, and it has been held every three years since then.

Among many super teams, perhaps the Bulgarian vratsa Hawks is the most famous one. Vratsa Eagles won the European Cup seven times, which was undoubtedly the most exciting team in the world at that time. This team is a pioneer in long-distance pitching (throwing the ball quite far from the periphery of the division) and is always willing to give the opportunity of fame to new players.

In France, Coplon Ghost Flying Team, which often wins the UEFA Cup in France, is famous for its exaggerated performances and shocking pink uniforms. In Germany, we found the Heidelberg hound. Darren O'Hare, the captain of the Irish team, once famously said that this team is "fiercer than the fire dragon and smarter than the fire dragon". Luxemburg has always been a country with strong Quidditch strength, which gives us a team, the gonville Bombers, which is famous for its excellent offensive strategy and has always topped the scoring list. Portugal's Braga Broom Fleet has recently made a breakthrough, breaking into the ranks of teams representing the highest level of the sport with its pioneering batter scoring method; The Polish goblin team Grozisk gave us joseph long Ski, who is probably the most innovative seeker in the world.

Australia and New Zealand

It is understood that Quidditch was introduced to New Zealand sometime in the17th century by a group of European herbalists who came to New Zealand to explore magical plants and fungi. We heard that after a hard day of collecting samples, these wizards played Quidditch in a local magical village to relax. The local wizard was fascinated. At that time, the Ministry of Magic in New Zealand spent a lot of time and money to prevent Muggles from obtaining Maori artworks, because those artworks clearly depicted the scene of white wizards playing Quidditch (those sculptures and paintings are now displayed in the Ministry of Magic in Wellington).

Quidditch is thought to have spread to Australia sometime in the18th century. It is said that Australia may be the best place to play Quidditch, because there are many uninhabited areas in Australia, and many Quidditch courts can be built.

Teams in the southern hemisphere always excite European audiences with their speed and performance skills. Among them, the most outstanding team is Motora Macaw (New Zealand). They wear the famous red, yellow and blue uniforms, and their mascot is a phoenix named Spark. Sandra Regon and Wollongong Warriors monopolized the glans of the Quidditch League in Australia for nearly a century. The hatred between the two teams has spread wonderfully in the wizarding world of Australia, so when people hear an impossible assertion or boast, the general reaction is: "Yes, I think I will volunteer to judge the next match between the Regong God Team and the Gorong Warriors."

Africa

The broomstick was probably brought to Africa by European wizards who went to Africa to look for knowledge of alchemy and astrology-African wizards have always been particularly good at alchemy and astrology. Although Quidditch is not as popular in Africa as in Europe, it is becoming more and more popular throughout the African continent.

The most prominent is Uganda, which has now become a country keen on Quidditch. Their most famous team, Peyton Plus Pride Tour, 1986 drew with montrose Magpie, which surprised the people engaged in Quidditch all over the world. Six arrogant tour players recently represented Uganda in the Quidditch World Cup, which was the largest number of flying players selected from the same team to join the national team. Other famous African teams, including William Tchamba Magic Team (Togo), are good at using reverse passing technology; Kimby Giant Slaughterhouse (Ethiopia), two-time African Cup champion; Sambawanga Sunshine Team (Tanzania) is a popular team, and their overall somersault formation makes audiences all over the world very happy.

North America

Quidditch arrived in North America at the beginning of17th century, but during this period, the anti-wizard sentiment from Europe was extremely strong in North America, which slowed down Quidditch's foothold in North America. Wizards who settled in North America-many of them had hoped to encounter less prejudice in this new continent, took very cautious measures and inadvertently restricted the early development of this sport.

However, in the following years, the Canadian team gave us three of the most famous teams in the world: Muscho Meteors, Hailibury Hammers and Si Tong Wall Storm. The Meteorite Team almost broke up in the 1970s, because they insisted on holding a celebration flight over the nearby villages and towns after the game, and let the broom tail drag the swaying flames. Now, after each game, this team only holds this traditional celebration in the stadium, so their games always attract a large number of wizard tourists.

Unlike other countries, there are not many world-class Quidditch teams in the United States, because this sport must compete with the American "ghost explosion". Ghost air explosion is a quidditch sport in disguise, which was invented by the wizard Abraham Pigood in the18th century. Abraham Pigood brought an quaffle from ancient England to the United States to recruit a Quidditch team. It is said that quaffle of Pigood accidentally bumped into the end of his wand in his box. As a result, when he took out the ball as usual and began to throw it out, the ball exploded in front of him. Pigood is a man with a good sense of humor, so he immediately reproduced the same effect with a few balls. Soon he gave up all ideas about Quidditch, and he and his friends developed a new type of sports, the main feature of which was that the ghost ball he renamed could explode.

In the phantom air explosion, there were eleven athletes on each side. Teammates pass ghost balls to each other-that is, transgender quaffle. Before it explodes, try to throw it into the "small crucible" at the top of the court. Any player with a ghost ball must quit the game if the ball explodes in his hand. Once the ghost ball is safely put into the "small crucible" (a small crucible filled with a solution to prevent the ghost ball from exploding), the team that scored the goal will get a point and then take a new ghost ball on the court. As a sport in which only a few people participated, Ghost Blasting had a successful time in Europe, although most people were still keen on Quidditch.

Although the charm of ghost explosion is comparable to Quidditch, Quidditch is being welcomed by more and more people in the United States. Recently, two teams broke into the ranks of international level: the sweet water all-star team from Texas won the championship after an exciting five-day battle with the Tsukagoshi Hirotaka Muming Ghost Flying Team on 1993; The Fitchburg Flyers from Massachusetts have won the UEFA Cup seven times, and their seeker Maxi Blanche III was the captain of the US team in the last two World Cups.

South America. See AMERICA

Quidditch is found all over South America, but the sport must compete with the ghost explosion that has become popular in the local area. Ghost explosions are as popular here as in North America. In the last century, Argentina and Brazil both reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup. The most mature Quidditch country in South America is undoubtedly Peru. Within ten years, it will become the champion of the first Quidditch World Cup in Latin America.

It is believed that wizards in Peru came into contact with Quidditch from European wizards sent to Peru by the International Federation of Wizards. These European wizards came to Peru to watch the poisonous tooth dragon (the local dragon in Peru). Since then, Quidditch has become a fascinating sport in the local wizarding world. Their most famous team is the flying team in Tarapoto tree. The flying team in the tree recently traveled around Europe and was very popular.

Asia

Quidditch has not been widely developed in Asia, because in Asian countries, flying carpets are still wizards' favorite means of transportation, while flying brooms are rare. The Ministry of Magic of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran and Mongolia are all skeptical about Quidditch. The flying carpet trade in all these countries is booming, although the sport has some fanatical lovers among idle wizards.

The only exception to this principle is Japan. Quidditch gradually became popular in Japan in the last century. The most successful Japanese team is Toyohashi Tengu. 1994, the team narrowly defeated the Gorodok monster in Lithuania and won the championship. However, the Quidditch Committee of the International Federation of Wizards is dissatisfied with the fact that the Japanese set fire to their brooms when they lost the competition, which is regarded as a waste of high-quality wood.