Quidditch Tourny, anyone?

[onceuponatime13]

Tamara (tmyers526) and myself have been discussing the idea of a Quidditch Tournament sponsored by The Hogwarts Spirit Club. Since we both feel we're making some progress, but everything being said is in a comment, we wanted to sum it all up and bring it to the public to read. :) Here we go; I hope I don't forget anything. :P

Comments

[rawtoast]

I like the idea of having "referees" because I'd hate to see some houses making up harder questions than others and then the other houses getting mad :P

also, I prefer leaving the competition open to whoever wants to join rather than having teams, especially since that makes it more fun for newer members of the community, but I definitely see your worry that certain houses with less (active) members would have a big disadvantage there.

also, I'd love to help run the contest (: as Groundskeeper I definitely can't participate, so running it would be the next best thing :D

[onceuponatime13]

Excellent. Personally, I like the idea of an open Contest too. You're right, if we limit it to teams, then we have to new members who are being left out.

Well, then, we have to work out the rules for Referees. Do you have any ideas? I was thinking we'd (I say "we" because I'd like to be one, also) make up the questions. That way, we can work on some sort of formula - like: 15 easy, 20 Medium, 15 hard. Something like that. What do you think? My idea is really broad and open to any type of alteration.

[onceuponatime13]

Hey. Would you be able to post a poll for us in hogwartssorting on Friday/this weekend/whenever you're free?

Basically, we have a few questions concerning the Quidditch tournament.

1.) Are they interested in a Quidditch tournament? I don't think it's necessary to give out details. We just want to know if there'll be interest before we start structuring and finalizing things.
2.) Which would they prefer: House v. House, where everyone competes -or- Team v. Team, where only a select few play for their house?
3.) Would they object to prefects, who will also monitor the tournaments in their own common room, being referees? A referee being defined as someone who organizes the tournament and makes decisions concerning the questions and results for the "game".
a.) Would they object to Tamara (tmeyers526), the Slytherin prefect, refereeing the games?
b.) Would they object to Trisha (onceuponatime13), the Hufflepuff prefect, refereeing the games?
c.) Would they object to Katie (rawtoast), the Groundskeeper, refereeing the games

[rawtoast]

okay, the poll's up (:

[onceuponatime13]

Thank you SO much. This'll be a big help to our advancements in the rules of tourny and what not. :D