February 2012
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Email from Iran
To our membership manager:
“Hello Katie It was a great feeling when I received your email !! I have a team here , in Iran , but there are so many difficulties that we can’t even play !! :(
We can not have a boys and girls-team .. and we can not even play in most of the playgrounds !
and actually i couldn’t find enough girls to have a team !! :( the felix...
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January 2012
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Reffing
Very interesting feedback from referee Nick Murado in response to our Referee Development article on the IQA website:
cool initiative, but the problem is not from a lack of direction from on high. if people take the time to read the rulebook, ask questions of those who are available to answer, and generally apply basic refereeing principles that span all sports, there won’t be that great...
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Benepe's Qwaffle Stand
If the next World Cup is not in New York (and therefore Wafels & Dinges can’t come), I have decided that I am going to set up a limited-engagement Benepe’s Qwaffle Stand where I will make free waffles for players for an hour or two. And host a contest where the winning player gets to skip the line.
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Quidditch is in danger.
The future of quidditch is at risk.
You may think that the Stop Online Piracy Act will only affect music downloads. But it could also make it much easier for corporate entities to shut down fan communities and related websites all over the internet.
The IQA, the HP Alliance, Mugglenet, Leaky Cauldron, and hundreds of other websites could all become suddenly targeted by this legislation.
From...
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Wanted: new people to follow
Right now I’m only following 15 people and my dashboard is getting….a little repetitive.
Like this post if you’re a quidditch dude or dudette and want me to follow you.
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Quidditch mentioned on Modern Family
11 million viewers just heard these words:
“Maybe Luke hit you with his broomstick when you were playing Quidditch.”
Let the GIF’s commence.
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December 2011
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Ramblings of the Hat: I love this game with a... →
tommarksthespot:
Let me preface this with a couple things:
This is intended to be light-hearted, but not a joke.
This is something I have been thinking of saying for a while and can no longer hold in.
If you agree with me, please don’t just think to yourself “yeah!” and then move on. Actively try to…
This post made me realize that fun and competition are not Harry Potter and...
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Joe Moses is a gentleman and a scholar
Joe Moses of Team Starkid (pictured above interviewing me at World Cup) sent me this really sweet email after the event was over:
Hi Alex, Thank you so much for having Britney and I as performers at the World Cup this year. Special thanks for sitting down to be interviewed as well; it really was rather fun. Truly an amazing thing you have going here, and I wish you the upmost success in the...
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