#wcviii

[shsuquidditch]

WCVIII IS TODAY!!! Our first game is against Minnesota at 11:20 eastern time!

[adequateantics]

Do you ever love something so much that your heart swells every time you think about it, no matter how tired it may make you or how thoroughly this thing may drain your capacity? On your best days and worst days, this thing gives you purpose, pleasure, and plenty of reasons to tear your hair out in equal measure. Your insides transform into butterflies without warning, all because this thing exists, and refuses to settle for anything less than giving you the very best of what it has to offer. Have you ever experienced that? I can’t believe it’s been four years. I can’t comprehend how far we’ve come, what we’ve done together, and what a joy this has been. One last World Cup with my squad this weekend. Third time’s the charm. Let’s do this. 

[we-breathe-quadball]

http://iqaquidditch.com/news/2013/09/gameplay-announces-policy-changes

I cannot express enough how happy I am with 

1) The clarification on equipment rules

2) The Tiebreaker policy (in particular the hard cap and the forfeit procedure). I know a lot of people were really in favor of PD per minute, but analysis of World Cup games (the few where time was accurately recorded) shows the failure of this statistic. 

3) THANK YOU FOR THE ADVANTAGE IN OVERTIME RULE *grumble* *firemercs*

4)Player number policy - quite honestly I'm happy that they restricted it, but why include pi/infinity/double digits/letters/#?

I'm sorry, but I'm for professionalism in the competitive side of this sport, and I won't be completely happy unless the IQA restricts numbers to 0-99, with no leading zeros for one digit numbers, and completely abolishes "#" "A" "B" "C".... You have 100 numbers for 21 players. Even if you have  a JV team that wants unique numbers, you have 100 numbers for 42 players. You will live. 

5) Ah the snitch sock exposed length regulation <3 Seeking against a bunny snitch is cruel and unusual punishment -.-