Clonewarts Quidditch

A blog dedicated to the quidditch match for Clonewarts "Never in anyone's memory, had a match approached in such a highly charged atmosphere."

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Quick, there's a bludger headed straight for you! If you answer this by 3:15 EST you can dodge to the left and steal the quaffle from Josephine Urquhart, earning your team 15 points. But if you wait to long you won't have time to move and the bludger will hit your right shoulder.

Justin ran his tongue along his bottom lip, trying to wet it as he felt as if his heart was trying to leap out his mouth. Quidditch was an entirely different experience from in the air than in the stands. He knew that there were only seconds of them hovering still as they waited for the quaffle. Then they would be set in motion, but this time he would be in the beginning fray. It was enough time for Justin to look over the faces of the opposing Chasers. It hadn’t occurred to him until now that they had all been awarded the position of captain at one point in playing before.

If Justin’s heart had stopped, Madam Hooch’s whistle had cut through the air just in time to restart it. Justin moved a fraction of a second behind them, shooting after the quaffle, the bristles of a broom digging into his gloves. He knew he wasn’t getting his hands onto it in the fray. Backing up he was able to see what was happening. Someone pulled free and Justin immediately leaned forward to take after them.

It was Josephine Urquhart. The Hippogriffs had the quaffle. The rules played over in Justin’s head and he shot forward, trying to get on her right. She seemed to anticipate his move and evaded, leaving him nearly tangling his fingers in her quidditch robes as she moved quickly to the side. About to follow, Justin heard a crack to behind him on his right.

Bludger against bat.

Justin jerked to the left, the bludger missing and whistling by. Apparently he had come close enough that either Corner or Crabbe wanted to get him away from their chaser. It had brought him right where he needed to be. Justin stuck his arm across Josephine and over the quaffle, managing to get his hand underneath it and pull it up as he tilted the broom upward, jerking it from her grip and rising higher into the air.

His heart was in his throat again, he had the quaffle. Justin leaned harshly to his left and turned around to face towards the opposing team’s hoops. As he quickly moved forward his eyes searched the oncoming chasers for Ginny and Dean.

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And we're off

The snitch has been released and the quaffle thrown into the air, the match has finally begun! Fans feel free to post threads watching the match in the stands and players feel free to post threads interacting with other players in the air. And threads between fans and players should be set at breakfast before the match.

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Assignment 011 | Root, Root, Root for the Home Team

"As a surprise for Harry, they had painted a large banner on one of the sheets Scabbers had ruined. It said Potter for President, and Dean, who was good at drawing, had done a large Gryffindor lion underneath. Then Hermione had performed a tricky little charm so that the paint flashed different colors." -- Page 147, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Hey there quidditch fans! The highly anticipated match is starting today and every dedicated fan knows that in order to fully support their team they make a banner. This assignment is a graphic assignment to make as many banners as you would like to help cheer on your team. They can be large gifs where your character has put a little animation of the banner or they can be more simple and have a slogan on there. For every animated banner you will earn the team it is in support of 20 points and the nonmoving banners will be worth 10 points.

Quidditch players can get in on this too by making posters to encourage people to attend the match or to come and cheer them on. The same point system applies here as well.

There are no limits to the amount of banners or posters you can create, just go and have some fun! Please be sure to tag all graphics with 'clonewartsquidditch' so we can all have an organized place to admire each other's work. Direct any questions here or to Healer Smethwyck, as the man is an avid quidditch fanatic and would love to answer any questions.

[remusjohnslupin]

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Will we get a capture that is even near as legendary as Harry Potter's first? only time will tell.

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The ref explaining the rules

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Teams

Check out our updated roster, now including Dean Thomas :)

[quentin-tarantinoed]

Favorite movie characters -> Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket (The Hunger Games 2012)

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Your quidditch commentator, Rita Skeeter

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Pick up those feet Finch-Fletchley!

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to Quidditch!

As previously posted on the main, Clonewarts is about to launch into a week long event simulating the long anticipated quidditch match starting on Saturday, January 25th! We want everyone to participate, so we've come up with a system to earn points for whatever team your character is rooting for.

Quidditch Players:

We will be sending out randomized asks with certain actions your player will take. In order for your character to preform the action, you will have to respond to the ask before it expires (a time will be placed on the ask of when to answer by). If you do not respond to the ask before it expires, your character will miss the opportunity to preform that action. 

In said asks you will be able to write a drabble about your character either succeeding or failing depending on whether you answered before it expired.

Feel free to interact with other quidditch players/spectators during pre-match events.

Earn points for you team by making posters, an assignment which will be posted tomorrow with further details.

Spectators:

This is very similar to how quidditch players

Spectators will gain points for the team that they support by answering these asks. 

Feel free to interact with players during pre-match events and with other spectators during the match.

Earn points for their team by making banners, an assignment which will be posted tomorrow with further details.

We have a spreadsheet to keep everyone up to date on the match and current score.

You should tag all posts related to this event as clonewartsquidditch, as well as track this tag.

On Friday, January 24th, and Saturday, January 25th, there will also be a ball that Viktor Krum is hosting for all the students in honor of the match. Some of the professional scouts and players will be in attendance as well as the Weird Sisters, which many already had the chance to meet at Slughorn's Christmas party. Links to this will be posted in the ooc but members are also welcome to post on the dash with what I like to call "mini dash paras" where you write one or two short paras accompanied by a gif. That way people who are unable to be at the party at the same time can still interact and characters can talk to more than one person.

Have a great time everyone!

[hazelopia]

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Rita Skeeter arriving on the quidditch pitch before the match

[hawkasss]

"You catch this, the game’s over. You catch this, Potter, and we win."

[happylupin]

“Although people rarely died playing Quidditch, referees had been known to vanish and turn up months later in the Sahara Desert.”- Quidditch Through the Ages

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WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU ARE IN A BAD MOOD?

Playing quidditch!