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Uploaded on Nov 14, 2008

Quidditch, the international sport of the wizarding world, has players zooming around on broomsticks and using balls to score points and knock one another off course.

The earthbound variation is called Muggle Quidditch. The sport originated in 2005 when a student at Middlebury College adapted the game for the nonmagical world. Its popularity quickly spread, and today more than 150 colleges throughout the United States have Quidditch teams.

The BU team was founded last spring, and by this fall the sport has taken off. The team holds scrimmages every Sunday afternoon on the BU Beach and in October competed against 11 other schools in the second annual Intercollegiate Quidditch World Cup, held in Vermont, at Middlebury.

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  • survivorfreak44720

    if u dont think this looks fun ur an idiot! this is AMAZING!

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  • VioletMoonFire

    I also love how this isn't gender separated

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  • swedishgaming1

    I find it funny when they say they cant fly considering with the expensive fees in USA to study they could usesome of that money to find ways to hover for a short while

    The snitcher for example could be a remot controlled robot ball

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  • hausofnums

    I'm sorry, but it wouldn't be Quidditch w/out the broom. In my opinion the broom is half the fun, selecting it, getting used to it, working it into your playing style, making it your own. There is no better feeling than "flying" through the air on your broom as you toss the quaffle through the hoop! It's the main thing that separates Quidditch from every other sport out there and, without it, it wouldn't be fun and I doubt that I would play.

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    in reply to Emper0rH0rde (Show the comment)
  • Pedro Pepe

    Yo opino...

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  • Emper0rH0rde

    I think they should get rid of the broomsticks. They serve no purpose as they don't fly, and they look silly because they don't fly, and the (male) players look like they're holding themselves.

    Other than that, muggle quidditch looks CRAZY fun!

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  • muhammadzahmad

    this is super fun... everyone should try this....

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  • Ginger Maley

    oh my god..... my school needs a quiddich team NOW.

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  • Vera Oliveira

    Beautifull :DDD lovely :D

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  • singingintherain1997

    just joined my school's quidditch team!!!!! so happy!!!!!!!!

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  • SemiAquaticRhino

    "...It's kind of like a mix between handball and dodgeball..."

    EXCEPT YOUR ON A F***ING BROOM!

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