The Coach
October 24, 2020 4:45 PM
Quidditch Sign Ups by The Coach
Sonora's Quidditch reputation was continuing to grow and the coach couldn't be happier. Last year had even seen enough players sign up to have a full team and full reserve team, leading to some great on-campus games on top of the ones the school team played against other schools.There had been more than a few hiccups in students' personal lives, which had made maintaining that difficult, but it had largely gone well. The school had joined a circuit competing with other schools, which helped as they only needed one team, but sometimes it had been difficult even to find that many people. It was ideal to have two teams because then every position would have a second string player and there were always enough folks to get some good practices in. Of course, that meant that the best players of their school were competing against the best of the best players at other schools, but that was just as well. It was unlikely that anyone joined Sonora's Quidditch team for their competitive reputation anyway, although the coach hoped that might change in coming years. There was certainly greater hope for it now than before.
Our school-wide team is looking for enthusiastic players. No prior experience is necessary.
The team travels throughout the year for friendly play offs and coaching sessions with other small school sides.
Try outs will be held on Saturday on the pitch.
Please sign up with your name, year, house and preferred position or positions (if known) below.
Since not everyone knew about Quidditch before arriving at Sonora (and honestly a fair number of them graduated with about as little knowledge, too), there was an explanation of each of the positions, how many players were in each position, and some information about opportunities for both first and second string teams, as well as an assurance that players could tryout for multiple positions or come and decide what they wanted to tryout for after they got there. There were still a fair number of players from the previous year who were at the school and the coach was excited to see what happened with new blood joining the mix. The best way to do that was to give everyone a chance to find their place and find what they enjoyed.
OOC: If your character would like to try out for Quidditch, post their name and the requested information as a reply to this thread! However, the post should still be 200 words, so make sure you include some narrative about their signing up, their thoughts, etc. Take the opportunity to explore the moment, and maybe interact with other players as they sign up as well! You can distinguish between narrative information and your sign up by putting < i > before the sign up part, and < /i > after (just take the spaces out!!). That will put the sign up in italics and help make everything clear. And if that's confusing, then you don't have to worry about it at all!
Subthreads: I defy fate! by Valentine Duell
I Beat. by Hilda Hexenmeister
Seeking to play again by Anya Delachene
Keep me! by Augustine Reed-Fischer
What do we have here? by Billy Cobb
Chasing to the end by Heinrich Hexenmeister
Keeping up with the Joneses. by Graham Osbrook
Chasing a high. by Evelyn Stones
Please don't beat me up. by Felipe De Matteo
Seeking to take up the mantle. by Morgan Garrett
Fear not, I'm back by Jeremy Mordue
Well, here we go again. by Nathaniel Mordue
Let's just have some fun. by Dathan Fischer
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Augustine Reed-Fischer
October 27, 2020 9:37 PM
Keep me! by Augustine Reed-Fischer
Gus had basically no idea what this whole Quidditch thing was about but it sounded pretty exciting so he thought he'd give it a shot. Plus, he didn't have a lot to lose. He was pretty sure that if he fell off his broom or something, somebody would catch him with a magic trampoline or magic whipped cream pile or something, so it wasn't like how as going to really get hurt. If he did, he'd have a great story, and get to hang out in the Hospital Wing with the cutie nurse lady and magic medicine and no classes, and there was literally no problem.Well, except that he didn't know much about Quidditch. The position descriptions helped, but he really didn't care much what he did? He just wanted to play. He thought his best bet, considering his physique and attention span, was something like keeping. Or beating. Or chasing. Or seeking. Or whatever. But keeping sounded fun because it was basically goalie and that was something he wasn't too bad at and he'd get to work even a little less hard than real goalies because he'd be on a broom instead of his own two feet. As such, he added his conclusion to his sign up and walked away with a sense of accomplishment.
Augustine Reed-Fischer, first year, Pecari, keeper or whatever.
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