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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

No you fucking can't. I know it happens twice in the books but it's such an absolutely convoluted thing. It's like when professionals will every now and then make careless mistakes. That doesn't make it a skill. If you're 160 points behind, don't grab it. That simple. The possibility that someone can drop a football by mistake before getting into the end zone is not some sort of strategy to plan around. No. It's something rare you hope for on the enemy team. If you catch the snitch, you win, because you wouldn't do it if you're behind by 160 or more points unless you made a very amateur mistake.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I love that they deleted their comments but I still know exactly what they were saying. The excuse that sometimes the team catching the snitch loses is ridiculous. No one who is actually trying to win would ever let that be the outcome. The fact that Krum did it in the book just showed that he didn't trust his team at all.