Quidditch: Once a fantasy, now a reality

Silicon Valley Skrewts' Willis Miles IV, right, leads his team to the quaffles.
Quidditch: Once a fantasy, now a reality





Says Benepe, “Garbage cans once served as hoops, with some players fashioning capes out of towels taped to their shirts.”


Not anymore.




And in case any Harry Potter diehards are wondering, yes, all the players also must maneuver around on broomsticks during gameplay. However, real-life quidditch players have yet to take flight.

Critical thinking challenge: Which parts of IQA Quidditch are exactly as described in “Harry Potter,” and which parts are not faithful to the book, and why?

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As a Harry Potter fan, this seems pretty cool to me. The very idea of taking quidditch and turning in to an actual sport seems ridiculous at first, especially since the players are running around on actual brooms, but hey, who knows? Maybe quidditch will one day become a national sport and we'll have an NQL (National Quidditch League). Us muggles (that's what non magic people are called in the books for those who don't know) can finally get a taste of the wizard world of the sports.

This is awesome! I have been a harry potter fan for years. This is some of the best harry potter news I've heard after I was told that fantastic beats and where to find them is going to be made into a movie! Well, I hope all the die-hard potterheads have fun!

That sounds really cool, but also kind of makeshift. I mean, does the snitch really fly? If so, it probably is really slow and easy to catch. What happened to the bludgers, also!

that show was on harry potter it looks cool on tv but in real life that would just be weird and I don't now why they would like to do that

this is the best thing in the world. I cant belive that people race with brooms. i wish i could race with brooms too

This is the best thing ever. I hope it becomes a professional sport so I can play it and earn millions. This is by far the best sport ever made.

I personally think that this is one of the weirdest things I have ever heard of. Taking something where you are supposed to be able to fly around and just running with brooms in between your legs is kind of odd. I personally think that something like this should stay in books and not be in the real world. While I respect there decision it is very odd.

This is truly an amazing idea! It's not just fantasy anymore! If this was at my school I would literally be the captain! I'm a huge HP fan so this article really applies to me and there are even more suggestions, I love that this site has such a wide variety of topics.

This is a very good article. I think it would be fun to have this at my school. It would be a great game to play at my school.

In response to "Quidditch: Once a Fantasy, now a Reality," I agree that people should play the game but I think that some people might be taking it way to seriously. One reason I think this is people could get hurt. Another reason is that the prices for equipment are extremely high. It says in the article that people are paying thousands of dollars for games . A third reason is that I think people might be taking the game to seriously. Even though I'm a big Harry Potter fan, I think it should be a smaller game than what it is.