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MarkusRamikin comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 104 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: MarkusRamikin 16 February 2015 08:34:50AM 6 points [-]

I'll just note that the presence of the Snitch in Quidditch has historically survived a match that took 3 months because nobody could catch the damned thing.

Comment author: Baughn 16 February 2015 01:04:55PM 7 points [-]

With professional players, whose job it was to play Quidditch.

It won't survive children doing the same. More to the point, the snakes and ravens are deliberately and obviously exploiting the current rules, which will trigger all sorts of fair play instincts.

Comment author: ReevesAnd 17 February 2015 04:11:59PM 0 points [-]

Although the easier solution to this problem is to stop adding Quidditch points to House points. That's dumb to begin with. Maybe just add some points for winning the match.