But, the season is young right now and no team is out of contention for the World Cup. Its impossible to pick a favorite (although I think it's Texas) and only one relevant Tournament has happened so far. That was the NYC Zombie/Inferi Quidditch Tournament hosted by the Northeast's oldest community team, the New York Badassilisks. Badassilisk Fans were worried when after pool play New York was 0-2, but they remained faithful and the New York Badassilisks went on to win the NYCZIQT. Other favorites were Hofstra, who was 2-0 after pool play and Vassar who was 1-1. In the end the Badassilisks defeated Vassar in the championship. Here are the Final Results.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
2012 Quidditch Season Takes Off
The first tournament of the 2012 Quidditch Season happened today in New York City, site of the past two World Cups. An exciting tournament set the stage for what is to be a fantastic year. This year will feature mandatory games and regional attendance, the first Collegiate Cup, and the first World Cup outside of the Northeast. And, perhaps the first World Champion not named Middlebury. Loaded tournaments of teams trying to play their mandatory 5 games are on the schedule every weekend throughout the Fall. Just next week, we have the Sirius Blacksburgh Brawl at Virginia Tech and the Kite and Key Cup at Franklin and Marshall. In the following weeks we can look forward to the Cowboy Cup, the Lumberjack Invitational, the Turtle Cup, the Kansas Cup and the Brothery Love Cup which I will be attending. Then the Northeast, Mid Atlantic and Midwest Regionals, which have produced so much excitement in recent years, will round out the fall. (Not to even mention West by Southwest) The Western, Southwestern and Southern Regionals will take place in the Spring along with Quidditch World Cup 6 from Kissimee, Florida.
But, the season is young right now and no team is out of contention for the World Cup. Its impossible to pick a favorite (although I think it's Texas) and only one relevant Tournament has happened so far. That was the NYC Zombie/Inferi Quidditch Tournament hosted by the Northeast's oldest community team, the New York Badassilisks. Badassilisk Fans were worried when after pool play New York was 0-2, but they remained faithful and the New York Badassilisks went on to win the NYCZIQT. Other favorites were Hofstra, who was 2-0 after pool play and Vassar who was 1-1. In the end the Badassilisks defeated Vassar in the championship. Here are the Final Results.
But, the season is young right now and no team is out of contention for the World Cup. Its impossible to pick a favorite (although I think it's Texas) and only one relevant Tournament has happened so far. That was the NYC Zombie/Inferi Quidditch Tournament hosted by the Northeast's oldest community team, the New York Badassilisks. Badassilisk Fans were worried when after pool play New York was 0-2, but they remained faithful and the New York Badassilisks went on to win the NYCZIQT. Other favorites were Hofstra, who was 2-0 after pool play and Vassar who was 1-1. In the end the Badassilisks defeated Vassar in the championship. Here are the Final Results.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
I'm back
Hi everyone,
I've been away for a really long time now. I hope you guys have seen my Quidditch Quarterly article. If not check the QQ out on issuu now! 3 things I want to comment on,
1. I love the Olympic jerseys! In any other sport they would be considered hideous it they fit perfectly for Quidditch. They are quirky and fun... Just like Quidditch!
2. I will be changing the rankings soon. I know it wasn't official but Middlebury failed to win the Champions Series in Boston in late April. More details coming soon.
3. My Language Arts class created an eZine, an online magazine full of essays, poetry, videos, etc. and I was able to mention Quidditch in my essay even though it was a subtle mention. The eZine is called Breaking Barriers and it can be found at www.tinyurl.com/htownbreakingbarriers My essay (the one that has Quidditch in it can be found at Breaking Barriers/Beyond the Limit/I am a Dreamer. Check it out!
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Ohio Quidditch Cup gets rained out
In one of the first rain outs in Quidditch history, the Ohio Quidditch Cup was cancelled midway through the tournament. Some games were played and scores will be posted soon.
There hasn't been much Quidditch news lately so I haven't posted much.
There hasn't been much Quidditch news lately so I haven't posted much.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Repost of Champions Series Idea
This seems to be a popular topic so I thought I should have it at the top of my blog.
So, I have a new idea for the IQA Champions Cup... Why don't we have winners of major tournaments this year compete? It is a Champions Cup and shouldn't the invited teams be Champions of something? Isn't playing it out in tournaments a better way than coaches polls? What is this, the BCS? Here is how the Champions Cup would look, only counting the last 10 tournaments with more than 4 official IQA teams.
Blacksburg Brawl: Maryland
Stony Brook Classic: BU
Ohio Quidditch Cup: No winner yet, the tournament happens on April 14th
SQuiB: Ball St
Swamp Cup: Miami
Mardi Gras Cup: Texas
Texas A&M Classic: Texas A&M
Ives Pond Classic: Pittsburgh
Western Cup: USC
World Cup: Middlebury
You might be saying, Maryland over LSU, really? Yes. Maryland won the Blacksburgh Brawl with and came in second at the Stony Brook Classic over teams like Villanova, Pitt, Emerson, and Vassar. "And Ball State over Kansas?" Yeah! Kansas hasn't made the commitment to playing in a tournament this past spring that Ball St has. Ball St has often done well at Midwest Tournaments but they haven't gained the IQAs attention because they have not played at a World Cup. The rest of the teams are all very deserving. Anyone who questions Middlebury's invitation should be smacked on the head and reminded that they are the only team to ever have the title "IQA World Champion"
So, I have a new idea for the IQA Champions Cup... Why don't we have winners of major tournaments this year compete? It is a Champions Cup and shouldn't the invited teams be Champions of something? Isn't playing it out in tournaments a better way than coaches polls? What is this, the BCS? Here is how the Champions Cup would look, only counting the last 10 tournaments with more than 4 official IQA teams.
Blacksburg Brawl: Maryland
Stony Brook Classic: BU
Ohio Quidditch Cup: No winner yet, the tournament happens on April 14th
SQuiB: Ball St
Swamp Cup: Miami
Mardi Gras Cup: Texas
Texas A&M Classic: Texas A&M
Ives Pond Classic: Pittsburgh
Western Cup: USC
World Cup: Middlebury
You might be saying, Maryland over LSU, really? Yes. Maryland won the Blacksburgh Brawl with and came in second at the Stony Brook Classic over teams like Villanova, Pitt, Emerson, and Vassar. "And Ball State over Kansas?" Yeah! Kansas hasn't made the commitment to playing in a tournament this past spring that Ball St has. Ball St has often done well at Midwest Tournaments but they haven't gained the IQAs attention because they have not played at a World Cup. The rest of the teams are all very deserving. Anyone who questions Middlebury's invitation should be smacked on the head and reminded that they are the only team to ever have the title "IQA World Champion"
Monday, April 2, 2012
New idea for IQA Rankings: FIFA
FIFA Quidditch Rankings
The FIFA (International Soccer) rankings could be a good, simple way to rank IQA teams too. Both the IQA and FIFA have no regular season but a world cup, regionals or continental cups and a champions series. In FIFA it is called the Confederations Cup and it is used as a dress rehearsal for the World Cup venues. (That could work for the IQA too right?)
In the FIFA Rankings, a results of games are given certain point values.
Win: 3
Win with OT: 2
Tie: 1
Loss with OT: 1
Loss: 0
Example:You Win! 3 Points
Then your result is multiplied by match status
Regular game, not in a major tournament: 1
Major Tournament, not a regional: 2.5
Champions Series or Regional: 3
World Cup: 4
Example: This was at the World Cup! You now have 12 points
Then, you multiply your number according to your opponents strength.
First you have to subtract your opponents rank by 100 and then divide the number by 100.
Example: You beat 5th ranked Miami! 100-5=95. 95/100= .95, .95 times 12= 11.4
Then you multiply your number by your regional strength. If you are playing an opponent from out of your region, use the average of your regions as your multiplier. Here is my suggested regional strength.
Northeast .97
Mid-Atlantic .88
South .97
Southeast .94
Midwest .86
West .86
Canada .80
International .75
Example: Miami is from the Southeast. 11.4 times .94=10.716
Last, this multiplier factors in time since the game.
Within the last year: 1
12-24 months ago: .5
24-36 months ago: .3
36-48 months ago: .2
Example: You played Miami in the last year. 10.716 times 1=10.716
Your final number is multiplied by 100 and rounded to the nearest whole number.
Example: 10.716 times 100=1072
Each year, all games' numbers are averaged together and averaged with the past 4 year.
If this is very confusing, sorry. Check out the Wikipedia page on the FIFA Rankings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Rankings
The FIFA (International Soccer) rankings could be a good, simple way to rank IQA teams too. Both the IQA and FIFA have no regular season but a world cup, regionals or continental cups and a champions series. In FIFA it is called the Confederations Cup and it is used as a dress rehearsal for the World Cup venues. (That could work for the IQA too right?)
In the FIFA Rankings, a results of games are given certain point values.
Win: 3
Win with OT: 2
Tie: 1
Loss with OT: 1
Loss: 0
Example:You Win! 3 Points
Then your result is multiplied by match status
Regular game, not in a major tournament: 1
Major Tournament, not a regional: 2.5
Champions Series or Regional: 3
World Cup: 4
Example: This was at the World Cup! You now have 12 points
Then, you multiply your number according to your opponents strength.
First you have to subtract your opponents rank by 100 and then divide the number by 100.
Example: You beat 5th ranked Miami! 100-5=95. 95/100= .95, .95 times 12= 11.4
Then you multiply your number by your regional strength. If you are playing an opponent from out of your region, use the average of your regions as your multiplier. Here is my suggested regional strength.
Northeast .97
Mid-Atlantic .88
South .97
Southeast .94
Midwest .86
West .86
Canada .80
International .75
Example: Miami is from the Southeast. 11.4 times .94=10.716
Last, this multiplier factors in time since the game.
Within the last year: 1
12-24 months ago: .5
24-36 months ago: .3
36-48 months ago: .2
Example: You played Miami in the last year. 10.716 times 1=10.716
Your final number is multiplied by 100 and rounded to the nearest whole number.
Example: 10.716 times 100=1072
Each year, all games' numbers are averaged together and averaged with the past 4 year.
If this is very confusing, sorry. Check out the Wikipedia page on the FIFA Rankings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Rankings
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Tournaments and IQA Champions League
Here are the top 4 for the three major tournaments this weekend.
The Stony Brook Classic
1 Boston
2 Maryland
3 Villanova
4 no official 4th place
The Texas A&M Classic
1 Texas A&M
2 Texas
3 LSU
3 Silver Phoenixes
Michigan St SQuiB (Spartan Quidditch Bonanza)
1 Ball St
2 Michgan St
3 Miami
4 Purdue
So, I have a new idea for the IQA Champions Cup... Why don't we have winners of major tournaments this year compete? It is a Champions Cup and shouldn't the invited teams be Champions of something? Isn't playing it out in tournaments a better way than coaches polls? What is this, the BCS? Here is how the Champions Cup would look, only counting the last 10 tournaments with more than 4 official IQA teams.
Blacksburg Brawl: Maryland
Stony Brook Classic: BU
Ohio Quidditch Cup: No winner yet, the tournament happens on April 14th
SQuiB: Ball St
Swamp Cup: Miami
Mardi Gras Cup: Texas
Texas A&M Classic: Texas A&M
Ives Pond Classic: Pittsburgh
Western Cup: USC
World Cup: Middlebury
You might be saying, Maryland over LSU, really? Yes. Maryland won the Blacksburgh Brawl with and came in second at the Stony Brook Classic over teams like Villanova, Pitt, Emerson, and Vassar. "And Ball State over Kansas?" Yeah! Kansas hasn't made the commitment to playing in a tournament this past spring that Ball St has. Ball St has often done well at Midwest Tournaments but they haven't gained the IQAs attention because they have not played at a World Cup. The rest of the teams are all very deserving. Anyone who questions Middlebury's invitation should be smacked on the head and reminded that they are the only team to ever have the title "IQA World Champion"
The Stony Brook Classic
1 Boston
2 Maryland
3 Villanova
4 no official 4th place
The Texas A&M Classic
1 Texas A&M
2 Texas
3 LSU
3 Silver Phoenixes
Michigan St SQuiB (Spartan Quidditch Bonanza)
1 Ball St
2 Michgan St
3 Miami
4 Purdue
So, I have a new idea for the IQA Champions Cup... Why don't we have winners of major tournaments this year compete? It is a Champions Cup and shouldn't the invited teams be Champions of something? Isn't playing it out in tournaments a better way than coaches polls? What is this, the BCS? Here is how the Champions Cup would look, only counting the last 10 tournaments with more than 4 official IQA teams.
Blacksburg Brawl: Maryland
Stony Brook Classic: BU
Ohio Quidditch Cup: No winner yet, the tournament happens on April 14th
SQuiB: Ball St
Swamp Cup: Miami
Mardi Gras Cup: Texas
Texas A&M Classic: Texas A&M
Ives Pond Classic: Pittsburgh
Western Cup: USC
World Cup: Middlebury
You might be saying, Maryland over LSU, really? Yes. Maryland won the Blacksburgh Brawl with and came in second at the Stony Brook Classic over teams like Villanova, Pitt, Emerson, and Vassar. "And Ball State over Kansas?" Yeah! Kansas hasn't made the commitment to playing in a tournament this past spring that Ball St has. Ball St has often done well at Midwest Tournaments but they haven't gained the IQAs attention because they have not played at a World Cup. The rest of the teams are all very deserving. Anyone who questions Middlebury's invitation should be smacked on the head and reminded that they are the only team to ever have the title "IQA World Champion"
IQA Champions League Nominations
The IQA will be accepting nominations from team captains for a tournament in Boston at a professional lacrosse stadium. Captains were asked to list they're top twenty teams. Here are mine.
Middlebury
Boston
Miami
Texas
Texas A&M
Pittsburgh
LSU
USF
Villanova
Emerson
Kansas
Florida
UCLA
Maryland
USC
Michigan St
Marquette
Cal-Berkely
McGill
Arizona St
What's your top 20... Be honest!
Middlebury
Boston
Miami
Texas
Texas A&M
Pittsburgh
LSU
USF
Villanova
Emerson
Kansas
Florida
UCLA
Maryland
USC
Michigan St
Marquette
Cal-Berkely
McGill
Arizona St
What's your top 20... Be honest!
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