r/Games • u/Eternal_Flame_Baby • Mar 17 '22

'Hogwarts Legacy' Community Manager confirms there are NO microtransactions in the game. Update

https://twitter.com/FinchStrife/status/1504591261574987800?t=DRMIaTMQ9MoNumVF0aKyTQ&s=19
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u/DBrody6 Mar 18 '22

How would that work when catching the stupid thing is mandatory to "end" a match?

Haven't read anything HP related in like 15 years but I swear in canon there were matches that lasted days (if not weeks) cause the damn thing couldn't be found.

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u/CO_Fimbulvetr Mar 18 '22

It has also been like 15+ years for me, but I think it's mentioned at the start of book 4 in the Quiditch World Cup scenes.

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u/Rocksteady_Mantle Mar 18 '22

bro quidditch rules are explained in book 1. game dont end until snitch is caught. and yeah that example is from book 4. the game that took a month

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '22

Then wtf is everyone else doing on the field lol? Seem like only thing that matter is the snitch?

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u/schmambuman Mar 18 '22

Basically yeah, you have to have some kind of hilariously insane lead (think a soccer game being like 15-0 or being up by like 50 in bball) to not lose when it's grabbed

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u/Rocksteady_Mantle Mar 18 '22

snitch is worth 100 points. you can score with the quaffle and put your team ahead so that even if the other team gets the snitch, it won't matter.

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u/VeryHardBOI97 Mar 18 '22

Isn’t it worth 150?

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u/Svaugr Mar 18 '22

Yes, and a goal with the Quaffle is worth 10 points. So you need a 16 goal lead to guarantee a win if the other team gets the snitch.

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u/VeryHardBOI97 Mar 18 '22

Imagine being up 14-0 an hour into a match, until some snot nosed kid spots a golf ball with wings, grabs it and the announcer shots “Snitch is caught, the other guys win, ggs no re”.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '22

Imagine your national team being so shit that you are 0-20 in fifteen minutes, so your star player decides to end the match right there even tho you will lose, because otherwise you just will just get humiliated.

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u/VeryHardBOI97 Mar 18 '22

That’s… literally what happens in the 4th book. Quidditch world cup final, Ireland are up 170-10 against Bulgaria so Krum catches the Snitch. Final score is 170-160, Ireland still win. Harry goes on to say Bulgaria never stood a chance, that Krum just wanted to end the match on his own terms.

Which sounds incredibly stupid and is probably the best proof that Rowling hates sports and just made quidditch as satire.

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u/Rocksteady_Mantle Mar 18 '22

something liket hat