The sport of Quidditch first became known to the world in 1997 when British author J.K. Rowling released the first Harry Potter fantasy novel. She developed the sport specifically for the series of books, and it is featured in all but the last book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In 2005, students at Middlebury College in Vermont turned the fictional sport into a intramural league, then in 2007 Alex Benepe founded the Intercollegiate Quidditch Association which now has over 200 institutions participating. California universities surprisingly are not big participants into the sport, as UC Berkeley is only the third school to have a Quidditch league in the state. UC Davis is also part of the Intercollegiate Quidditch Association, as is Stanford which is a long time rival of UC Berkeley. On Facebook the Intercollegiate Quidditch Association group is very popular with over 5,700 members.
Typically the sport of Quidditch is played by wizards and witches, with flying broomsticks using four balls and six elevated ring-shaped goals. However since humans are the only students attending college, they have to play a modified version of the game called Muggle Quidditch. This version of the game still has the four key positions of Chasers, Keepers, Beaters, and Seekers, but the Muggle edition is adjusted for us humans who cannot use our flying broomstick. Some of the students learned about the leagues from friends on the east coast or playing in high school, but the buzz that it is creating in California may open up the doors for other universities in the state to create their own Quidditch league. Many are puzzled by the fictional sport turning into a reality, while Harry Potter fans in high school and college are loving the popularity the sport is gaining.
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i was beginning to contemplate i might end up being the sole person that thought about this, at the least currently i know i’m not weird
i am going to make it a point to check out some additional blogposts immediately after i get some caffeine in me, it is really hard to read without my coffee, take care 