Think Tank: Muggle Quidditch  Ben: The Quidditch World Cup is
This Weekend: Seriously?  What does OTI think of this
phenomenon? I was talking on campus the other day and saw three
different teams clearly getting ready for some sort of
meet/match/competition. They had actual jerseys, what I think
was a referee, etc. It kind of blew my mind – I’d seen people
doing it before, but always assumed it was just kind of screwing
around and an excuse to drink beer.   Lee: I’ve seen competitive
quidditch 2 years in a row at NY Comic Con. (2013 Con is Oct
10-14, by the way. Mark your calendars.) I’ve only seen 4 of the
Harry Potter movies, and I was mostly angling for good photos
(of which I took few), so I’m not the best person to comment on
it as a spectator sport. But I will say that these people were
definitely not messing around.  Shana: They really do not mess
around.There was a huge (like 10 page) article about them in
some magazine last year, and it sounded brutal. Which I guess
makes sense, seeing as Quidditch i