The Snitch ruins Quidditch. It’s an absolutely pointless game mechanic that’s only in the books to make Harry look good. Oh, Harry, you’re so fast on that broom, you were able to catch the Snitch before that mean old Slytherin! You won the game singlehandedly, Harry Potter, gosh gee aren’t you just the bees knees!

Manfred, Tony. "Sorry Harry Potter Fans, Quidditch Is The Dumbest Sport Ever". Business Insider . Retrieved 10 September 2017. Gameplay is based on the description in the books, films, and game adaptations, though the sport has been adapted to suit real-world constraints. Quidditch is still evolving to suit safe play for the members of the teams, male and female. Apart from joining teams registered with their national governing body, individuals are also able to become an official certified referee to officiate tournaments and games throughout the year as teams compete to take part in various national and international tournaments. As the oldest national governing body, USQ has hosted a grand total of ten US Quidditch Cups as of 2017. As we have learned, Golden Snitches are integral to the game of Quidditch, but their uses extend far beyond the sport. In fact, the wizarding world has found many creative and practical uses for these winged wonders. Thereafter, it became customary to set frightened Snidgets loose during games. As a tribute to Bragge, 150 points were given to the team that caught the Snidget. This Snidget-catching craze naturally harmed the bird's population (as Snidgets are very fragile birds, and a simple human grip is enough to crush them to death), but the wizarding community was then unwilling to stop this barbaric activity and ceased to use Snidgets only when the bird was labelled as endangered. [1] Doughty, Terri (2004). "Locating Harry Potter in the "Boys' Book" Market". In Whited, Lana A. (ed.). The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon. University of Missouri Press. p.243.Right well, if you want to create a game like Quidditch – what you have to do is have an enormous argument with your then boyfriend, you walk out of house, you sit down in pub and you invent Quidditch. I don’t really know what the connection is between the row and Quidditch except that Quidditch is quite a violent game and maybe in my deepest, darkest soul I’d like to have seen him hit by a 'bludger'" ( RAH). In the United Kingdom, the Quidditch Premier League is played between 10 teams, split between the North and South divisions. In 2017, West Midlands Revolution won the QPL.

The intricate design of the Golden Snitch has been a popular topic of discussion among Harry Potter fans for years. But did you know that J.K. Rowling actually took inspiration from a real insect when creating the Snitch’s appearance? Rowling published Quidditch Through the Ages in 2001 to benefit Comic Relief; Quidditch Through The Ages Illustrated Edition was published in 2020, with banners being presented to 11 towns in the UK and Ireland that in the books have Quidditch teams, including the Ballycastle Bats, Falmouth Falcons, Holyhead Harpies, Montrose Magpies, Pride of Portree and Wigtown Wanderers; two teams based in fictional places, the Chudley Cannons and Puddlemere United, were also celebrated. [7] [8] Game progression [ edit ] The Golden Snitch MacDonald, Brady (24 March 2016). "Let's go on a virtual shopping spree at Universal's new Wizarding World". LA Times . Retrieved 29 May 2017.

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A real-life version of the game has been created, in which the players use brooms, but run instead of flying. In 2014, Rowling started publishing a series of match reports from the Quidditch World Cup on Pottermore, culminating in a short story about the final featuring the return of Harry, Ron, Hermione and their friends as adults. This generated interest from several media outlets, as it was the first new writing about the Harry Potter characters since the end of the series in 2007. [4] [5] [6] Cassidy, Jane (5 October 2020). "Three Scottish locations in list of 'Quidditch towns' given special status". The National . Retrieved 3 July 2021.

Making Golden Snitches was a very complicated process as it had to be handled with gloves only. Snitches had flesh memory, making it necessary to use a new Golden Snitch for every match. Even the makers of the Snitch wore gloves to prevent touching the Snitch. Quidditch makes use of three balls – the Quaffle, which is used by the chasers to score goals by throwing them through the opponent team’s hoops, which fetches the team 10 points. The second ball, called the Bludger is used by the beaters of the team to aim at the players of the opponent teams to distract and impede during the match. The Snitch as described above carries 150 points and is used to end the match when caught by the seeker of one of the playing teams. Harry Potter fans can now visit 'Quidditch towns' across these locations". WION. 6 October 2020 . Retrieved 3 July 2021.

In response to allegations of J. K. Rowling's anti-trans positions, US Quidditch and Major League Quidditch announced in 2022 that they were renaming the sport "Quadball". [27] See also [ edit ] Quidditch is introduced in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and is a regularly recurring feature throughout the first six books. It is depicted as being played by both professionals (as in tournaments like the Quidditch World Cup) and amateurs. A major motif of five of the Harry Potter books is the competition among the four Hogwarts houses for the Quidditch Cup each school year; in particular, the rivalry between Gryffindor and Slytherin. One tale concerning the Snitch is that, during a match on Bodmin Moor in 1884, it managed to avoid capture for six months until both teams finally gave up in disgust at the performance of their Seekers. Cornish wizards and witches insist to this day that the Snitch is still wild in the area, which is possible due to its magical properties. [1] Baude, Will (14 May 2014). "The Volokh Conspiracy: More thoughts on the rules of Quidditch". The Washington Post (Opinion) . Retrieved 3 July 2021. However, some critics have claimed that Rowling's presentation of Quidditch reinforces gender inequality. For example, Heilman and Donaldson argue that the female players ultimately have little impact on the outcome of the game, [13] and it has also been noted that the female players on the Gryffindor Quidditch team have very few lines. [14] This view has been disputed by Mimi R. Gladstein, who points to the presence of female players on the victorious Irish team at the Quidditch World Cup. She argues: "The inclusion of female Quidditch players at the highest level of the sport is done without a trace of self-consciousness and their inclusion isn't an issue within the minds of the characters." [15] On the other hand, D. Bruno Starrs notes Quidditch's rarity as a sport in which males and females compete against each other, and describes it as "levelling" the genders. [16]

The chief of the Wizards’ Council Barberus Bragge, set a Golden Snidget free before a Quidditch match on the Quidditch field in 1269 which was the first recorded use of this bird. 150 galleons were given to the Seeker who caught the Snitch, and this trend was continued by rewarding 150 points to the player, and the team in extension, that caught the Snitch. This bird could fly up to very high speeds but eventually, many wizards and witches came to realize the number of birds that simply got crushed during Quidditch matches and the Golden Snidget soon became an endangered species. This is when the skilled metal-charmer Bowman Wright carved the first Golden Snitch using a walnut-sized metal ball that resembled the Golden Snidget in flight patterns and speed.Serbian: Златна скривалица (Zlatna skrivalica) ( skrivati se "to hide", literally "The little gold hider") A replacement for the Golden Snidget was sought, and the skilled metal-charmer Bowman Wright invented the Golden Snitch to replace it. The Snitch weighed exactly the same as a Snidget, and its rotational wings imitated the bird's, allowing it to change direction and speed like its living counterpart. [1]