Hufflepuff Quidditch Team

[Ivy Tunstall]

Okay... our game against Ravenclaw is going to be very soon. Quite how soon, I'm not sure - I'm very much hoping next week because the other suggestion is this Friday and I don't think that we have enough time between now and this Friday to get a team roster together, especially since I know that Randy is busy at the moment as well. But I need to know who's going to be here. I have a feeling we're going to need a different Seeker from usual, for example.

So please if you're on the team (if you're not then I don't know why you're reading this owl!), please post here letting me know when you are and aren't available to post for the game.

Thank you!

[kael]

*raises hand obediently* Kael is here (and not many, many days late for once). I should be fine to post at all times, I think. Supposing, of course, that I don't break this computer too.

[Sydney Rawson H6]

Hey there Izy. I'm here if you need me.
After tonight, I do believe I am clear with time.
Of course, finals are starting up again soon...
but I really wouldn't mind having the game as my break. haha

[Riley Coxen G7]

Carson should be here on reserve. I don't think he was a full member on the team anyway. But he should be able to post for a few rounds if you need ever need him.

[Drake Manning]

Finn will be here and able to offer full service starting the 8th. Anything earlier for him might not be as consistent but I will try.

[chace]

Chace is around. I don't foresee any gaps in December so I'll be here when you need me.

[Ariane Chan]

Harmony an Seth both available. You already know I'd prefer you to play Seth if possible and not Harmony - that she's only a en emergency if she's got bad stats. Please don't put her as Seeker. I think I'd have a bit of a breakdown if you did. Lol.

[Ivy Tunstall]

Great! Thanks for the quick response. I think that the specific starting date is going to be the 11th, which is a week tomorrow. I know that Randy won't be back fully until the 15th, and Sophia until the 18th?, so since I've not heard from you yet I'm assuming that I can't put you in the game until then (Randy, I want to discuss tactics!).

So everyone who's replied is in the starting lineup as follows:

Chaser - Chace Coxen H7
Chaser - Ivy Tunstall H7
Chaser - Seth Wright H7
Beater - Sydney Rawson H6
Beater - Carson McGreggor H6/Finn Miles H6
Seeker - Carson McGreggor H6/Finn Miles H6
Keeper - Kael Collins H7

NB: Carson/Finn, which position would you each prefer to play? You are both Beater-Seekers... are either of you much more partial to playing Beater than the other? If so, please let me know and you can play Beater. If not, I suppose it might be wise to assign that based on what ability rolls you come out with at the beginning of the game.

Chace/Seth... I'm not sure that Ivy is going to be in such a good mood (due to Charlie's absence). So it might pay to have good Dex to get away from her if you plan any messing about.

[Seth Wright]

*salutes* Aye aye! :P

[Finn Miles H7]

Finn actually prefers Seeker, but I prefer him to play Beater... so, it's a toss up. Either way, I don't mind. If Carson has a preference, let him take the position he prefers. As you said, it might be smartest to see what the rolls are and then plan accordingly.

[Riley Coxen G7]

Carson would much rather play beater, as would I.

[Ivy Tunstall]

So Carson as Beater and Finn as Seeker, for now. I have the stat points now and, happily, that also works out best in terms of where you've got the best stats. So horaay! The starting lineups and stats are below. Some of you will also be able to add your experience points to your stats (please see below).

Starting Lineup:

Chaser - Chace Coxen H7 (2, 2, 2)
Chaser - Ivy Tunstall H7 ( (3+1=)4, (1+2=)3, 3)
Chaser - Seth Wright H7 (4, 1, 4)
Beater - Sydney Rawson H6 (4, 5, 3)
Beater - Carson McGreggor H6 (2, 5, 2)
Seeker - Finn Miles H6 (3, 2, 5)
Keeper - Kael Collins H7 (1, 1, 2)

Reserves

Chaser-Seeker Harmony Chan H5 ( (3+3=)6, 1, 4)
Chaser-Keeper Sophia Hallington H6 ( (4+1=)5, (1+1=)2, 6)
Beater-Chaser Randy Kerr H7 (4, 5, 1)
Seeker-Keeper Charles Driscoll H7 ( (4+2=)6, 1, 4)


Experience Points

Harmony, you have 3 experience points to assign.
Sophia, you have 2 experience points to assign.
Charles, you have 2 experience points to assign.

Please post in this owl saying how you'd like to assign them ASAP!


Tactics

Um... Kael, your rolls are not so wonderful this match unfortunately so I don't think that it will be wise to leave you in as Keeper for the whole game! Our other specialist Keeper is Seth, so he may well be filling the role after a little time. But we have plenty of alternatives for the position (which is more than the Ravenclaw team can say for themselves, so we're in a good position! Although a lot will depend on what rolls they get as well). At any rate, Kael, you need 5 more posts to get an experience point so I'll try to give you that opportunity within the game.

The rest of the tactics... still in formulation! But really all that Randy and myself can do is decide who to put where, when. What we need to win is some HUFFLEPUFF PRIDE!!! So make sure to bring plenty of it along with you.

[Harmony Chan H6]

Yay for Hufflepuff! :D

And I'd like both mine on Harmony's Str please. :) Do you think that makes sense or should she go for stronger Dex?

[Ivy Tunstall]

Well you have 3 rather than 2 to assign!

I am more likely to want to put you in as a Seeker for some time, because I don't have as many choices for Seekers as I do for Chasers. So if you're bearing that in mind, you might do well to boost Harmony's Dex so that she would make a better Seeker (better Dex never hurts for Chasers either).

But since you've got three, you could probably still spare one of those on boosting Str a little bit. And you don't have to be helpful to me wanting to put you in what is, in fact, only Harmony's secondary position! You can put them where you want!

[Harmony Chan H6]

Oh yes, Three. xD;;

Well, bearing in mind that I may play Seeker after 18 Dec, I will assign all three to Dex (EDIT: oh wait, or would two to Dex, one to Con be better?). The chances are you'll need me for Seeker more so I might as well boost that one. You might as well keep Seth in Chaser... unless you move him to Keeper. In which case you may bring in Harmony, though I really would prefer you didn't under after 18 Dec. But anyway, in that case Harmony will just do a lot of passing and intercepting and no shooting. ;)

[Ivy Tunstall]

She doesn't really need any extra on Con. The roll is D6 + Con and must be a minimum of 5. She's already got 4 Con, and would get at least 1 from each dice roll, so basically she would always have a minimum of 5. So, thanks to having this minimum concentration (which it is important for Seekers to have!), the only situation in which any more would be helpful would be if she were to get hit by a Bludger. Which hopefully wouldn't happen too often anyway, and by that point it would be unlikely to make much difference because the Beater gets D8 + Str whereas the character trying to Concentrate only gets D4 + Con... an extra point isn't going to increase those odds very much. (It's hard enough to hit anyone as a Beater, so once you've hit them, it is good that it usually has an effect!)

Adding all 3 points to Dex would be a very good move for playing Harmony as a Seeker, because it would give her an advantage (or at least make sure she wasn't at a disadvantage) against the Ravenclaw Seeker when they were both trying to catch the Snitch at the end of the game.

On the other hand, if you were hoping to play Harmony as a Chaser, another possibility is to give 2 to Dex and 1 to Str to make her a bit more versatile (so that the Quaffle isn't stolen off her every time she gets it). (2 for Dex because it is probably the slightly more useful of the two Chaser stats and obviously for the use as Seeker that she's more likely to be given, it is by far the more important (the use of Str by Seekers in our current system is almost non-existent).)

I'm unlikely to use Seth as a Chaser for the entire length of the game because of his lack of strength! ('Skeletal' people aren't as robust, so it does make sense actually?) ;D And the fact that he actually has Keeper as his primary position. But it will depend on where Sophia decides to assign her experience points as well.

*nods* Righty. I'll shut up now.

[Ariane Chan]

Well, you might as well not play me in this match at all! :D Sophia can cover for Seth/Harmony as Chaser. Then you can use Seth as Keeper. Sophia's probably the stronger Chaser. :P

But whatever you creed, Izybel. It's between 3 added Dex ot 2 added Dex with 1 added Str... I really don't care. You can choose. I'm not bothered either way, just do what you think will serve the team the best. ;)

[Ivy Tunstall]

Whatever I creed? I don't think that's the word you were intending to use, or at least if it is, you're using it with a meaning that I've never come across.

I would like you to choose! As I think you've already realised, your sensible choice is between 6-1-4 (absolutely excellent Seeker stats but a slightly handicapped Chaser) and 5-2-4 (quite good Seeker stats, a slightly more able Chaser).

[Ariane Chan]

*shakes head* I don't know quite what I was saying. Lol.

Whichever one you think you need more, Captain!!! :P Now tell me what you need more - a Seeker or a Chaser?

[Ivy Tunstall]

Erm... unless Charles turns up again soon which there's no indication of then... a Seeker, definitely!