by Will Hack | September 24th, 2012
Hello IQA,
With games taking place across the league, it is time to release the new edition of the rulebook. Formatting has taken longer than expected, and we don’t want you to have to wait any longer, so we are releasing a non-formatted version of the rulebook for general consumption until the prettier version becomes available.
These rules are available for use in IQA official games immediately. For the next month, these rules are optional; games will be played using 5th edition rules unless both teams and the head referee agree to use the updated rules. On October 25th, these rules become mandatory for all official IQA games.
Below is a list of some rules that have significant changes which you may want to check out. Thanks, and happy quidditch!
1.3.6.
2.6.1.4.
2.6.2.3.
2.8.1.4. – 2.8.1.8.
2.9.2. – 2.9.6.
3.1.2.7. – 3.1.2.8.
3.1.4.2.g.
3.1.6.5.
3.2.3.6. – 3.2.3.8.
3.2.3.11.
4.1.5.
4.2.3.
4.5.6.
Will Hack
IQA Game Play Director
Edit: The following changes have been made to the document from the first instance of its posting:
1.1.2. added “if the ranking is inapplicable/unknown”
2.1.2. replaced “seekers” with “keepers” twice
3.1.2.3. changed “chasers” to “players”
1.5.2.c. removed comma
1.3.4. “is a return to hoops offense” changed to “results in a warning.”
2.7.1. “securely tucked into the shorts of” changed to “securely fastened to the shorts of”
4.2.3.1. changed “22” to “6”
3.1.3.2.c. added “It is legal to bat a live bludger away with the quaffle in an attempt to block a knock out. Using a held quaffle to intentionally interact with a dead bludger, or one that is still in the possession of an opponent, is an illegal interaction.”
3.1.2.7. changed name to “Throwing a ball off of or away from the pitch”
3.1.2.7. added “It is illegal to propel a ball which is already off the pitch further away from the pitch without the intention of completing a pass or knocking out an opponent.”
3.1.2.7. in Penalty, added “or distancing”
2.9.4.1.b.6. added “or distancing”
2.6.1.4. added “This rule does not prohibit a beater from tapping a bludger further into the air in the process of attempting a catch.”
2.8.1.4. added Penalty “Penalty: Yellow – Initial contact from behind is illegal contact, and results in a caution.”
2.8.1.4. removed from main body of text “The penalty for making initial contact from behind is a caution.”
2.8.5.1. changed “made” to “initiated”
3.1.2.4. added “; this rule does not prohibit a chaser or keeper throwing or propelling a quaffle at a bludger or opponent.”
1.6. section number 1.6.1.2. was incorrectly labeled 1.6.2.2. Corrected this to read 1.6.1.2.
2.9.4.1.b.2. changed “1.6.2.2.” to “1.6.1.2.”
2.8.1.4. removed word “this” twice
4.2.1.2. added word “inner”
2.8.5.1. changed to “The tackler does not initiate contact from behind.”
4.3.3.3. removed “b. Yellow”
2.6.2.3. added “A beater may release a bludger in finishing a natural motion as described above, but this bludger is not considered live and cannot incur a knockout until it is made live another way.”
3.1.3.2. added Penalty: “Penalty: Yellow – Intentionally kicking the quaffle illegally results in a yellow card.”
2.9.4.1.b. added 7. “Intentionally kicking the quaffle illegally (3.1.3.2.)”
3.1.4.2. added Penalty: “Penalty: Yellow – Intentionally kicking a bludger illegally is a yellow card offense.”
2.8.4.1.b. added 8. “Intentionally kicking a bludger illegally (3.1.4.2.)”
3.1.1.3. removed “Only in the case of a single-gender team may the commissioner or tournament director consider ruling otherwise.”
2.8.1.2.f. changed “A” to lowercase
3.1.2.5.d. added “However, a beater may not leave the pitch to pursue a seeker until two minutes after the seeker floor ends. If there is no seeker floor, the beater may not leave to pursue a seeker until two minutes after Brooms Up.”
3.2.2.3.g. added “Returning a bludger to the pitch from off-pitch, if it has not been pursued or possessed by a beater for an extended period of time.”
Ra Hopkins
September 24, 2012
9:24 pm
I AM SO EXCITED YAY.
Brittany Geeck
September 24, 2012
10:15 pm
FINALLY!!!
CCHazard
September 24, 2012
11:07 pm
ABOUT TIME
Will Hack
Captain, Jetpack Ninja Dinosaurs; Captain, Michigan State University
September 24, 2012
11:23 pm
Updated for 4 minor fixes since original post:
1.1.2. added “if the ranking is inapplicable/unknown”
2.1.2. replaced “seekers” with “keepers” twice
3.1.2.3. changed “chasers” to “players”
1.5.2.c. removed comma
Will Hack
Captain, Jetpack Ninja Dinosaurs; Captain, Michigan State University
September 25, 2012
1:04 am
Two more minor fixes have been updated:
1.3.4. “is a return to hoops offense” changed to “results in a warning.”
2.7.1. “securely tucked into the shorts of” changed to “securely fastened to the shorts of”
Gabe Unick
September 26, 2012
5:20 pm
In reference to 2.8.1.4 involving initial contact, are we to define a players peripheral vision as being fixed along the front 180 degrees of their body, or does it shift according to where the player happens to be looking? (Ex. If the player is looking directly to their left, with their head at a 90 degree angle to the front of their body, is it legal to tackle them on their right side within the front 180 degrees of the body even though that is technically outside of their current peripheral vision?)
Evan Bell
Captain, Santa Barbara Blacktips
September 26, 2012
7:04 pm
As I understand it, the definition of “peripheral” that we will use is the front 180 of the player’s body. Heads move back and forth so often and so quickly that it would be near impossible for refs to call. In addition, that would just leave loopholes open for athletes to run forward, but have their head tilted to one side so that the other side of their body is “outside the peripherals” and illegal.
multigrain cheerios
September 28, 2012
3:21 pm
well put, Ethan. blacktips.
Evan Bell
Captain, Santa Barbara Blacktips
October 1, 2012
1:45 am
*Evan.
multigrain cheerios
October 1, 2012
1:08 pm
**Evan. Wow.
Will Hack
Captain, Jetpack Ninja Dinosaurs; Captain, Michigan State University
October 1, 2012
11:02 am
Here’s the latest batch of updates, as now noted in the post:
4.2.3.1. changed “22” to “6”
3.1.3.2.c. added “It is legal to bat a live bludger away with the quaffle in an attempt to block a knock out. Using a held quaffle to intentionally interact with a dead bludger, or one that is still in the possession of an opponent, is an illegal interaction.”
3.1.2.7. changed name to “Throwing a ball off of or away from the pitch”
3.1.2.7. added “It is illegal to propel a ball which is already off the pitch further away from the pitch without the intention of completing a pass or knocking out an opponent.”
3.1.2.7. in Penalty, added “or distancing”
2.9.4.1.b.6. added “or distancing”
2.6.1.4. added “This rule does not prohibit a beater from tapping a bludger further into the air in the process of attempting a catch.”
2.8.1.4. added Penalty “Penalty: Yellow – Initial contact from behind is illegal contact, and results in a caution.”
2.8.1.4. removed from main body of text “The penalty for making initial contact from behind is a caution.”
2.8.5.1. changed “made” to “initiated”
3.1.2.4. added “; this rule does not prohibit a chaser or keeper throwing or propelling a quaffle at a bludger or opponent.”
Chris Moran
Captain, Spaulding High School
October 2, 2012
8:14 am
When should we expect a “final” edit to be settled?
Gabe Unick
October 2, 2012
3:37 pm
Also in reference to 2.8.1.4, what would be defined as an offensive player initiating contact with their back? Would that have to be any sort of forward movement into an opponent while leading with their back, or could they technically initiate contact with their back by willingly turning into an oncoming defender even if they are not moving forward at the time of contact?
Jordan
October 2, 2012
7:11 pm
A few questions about parts of the rules that were unclear to me:
1) Section 2.3.1 reads, “After scoring, all chasers of the scoring team must immediately return to their offensive keeper zone line and wait to attack until the referee restarts quaffle play.”
In restarting after a scored goal, are the Chasers required to wait *at* the offensive keeper zone line, or may they stay anywhere behind it?
2) The beginning of 3.1.2.7 reads: “It is illegal to intentionally propel a ball off the pitch without attempting to score, complete a pass to a player who is on the pitch, or knock out an opponent (at the referee’s discretion).”
Is intentionally propelling the quaffle off the field while trying to throw the quaffle at an opponent illegal?
3) The end of section 3.1.2.7 reads, “It is illegal to propel a ball which is already off the pitch further away from the pitch without the intention of completing a pass or knocking out an opponent.” The next subsection (3.1.2.8) says, “It is illegal to pass the quaffle to a teammate who is off of the pitch…”
The two subsections seem to conflict. Are you allowed to make a pass to a teammate off the pitch or not?
4) What is the penalty for a beater illegally affecting the trajectory of the quaffle (3.1.4.h)? Also, is there a penalty for intentionally affecting the trajectory of a life bludger by throwing the quaffle (and if not, is it illegal to intentionally propel the quaffle off the field when trying to hit a live bludger)?
5) Section 4.5.5.c reads, “Any player required to leave the pitch to correct his equipment must not reenter (although he may be substituted for) without the head referee’s permission.”
If a player is cautioned for illegal equipment and is required to leave the pitch to correct it, does the player’s substitute receive penalty box time?
Also, a comment about 3.2.7.c: I recall another big thing the snitches loved doing was moving players’ brooms before the start of the match. This extremely annoying bit of “fun” (often done to only one of the teams) gave you a huge disadvantage at the start of the match while you needed to go find and pick up your broom. While I understand that the list of illegal snitch actions cannot be comprehensive and that at some point the snitches need to use common sense, moving brooms was a VERY big problem. Could that be added to the list of illegal snitch actions?
Jordan
October 2, 2012
10:09 pm
Eh, never mind, you can delete this. I’ll just email it to the email address for rules questions and suggestions.
Will Hack
Captain, Jetpack Ninja Dinosaurs; Captain, Michigan State University
October 4, 2012
5:23 pm
More changes:
1.6. section number 1.6.1.2. was incorrectly labeled 1.6.2.2. Corrected this to read 1.6.1.2.
2.9.4.1.b.2. changed “1.6.2.2.” to “1.6.1.2.”
2.8.1.4. removed word “this” twice
2.5.8.1.d. added word “contact”
4.2.1.2. added word “inner”
Will Hack
Captain, Jetpack Ninja Dinosaurs; Captain, Michigan State University
October 4, 2012
5:29 pm
errr 2.8.5.1.d., not 2.5.8.1.d.
Will Hack
Captain, Jetpack Ninja Dinosaurs; Captain, Michigan State University
October 4, 2012
5:49 pm
2.8.5.1. changed to “The tackler does not initiate contact from behind.”
Jamincw
October 7, 2012
11:33 pm
Is it possible to establish a required, or even suggested, PSI for the quaffle? I find one of the most annoying this is the variation difference in the inflation level at different tournaments.
Alexander Brenner
November 2, 2012
9:50 pm
^I really really agree with this :/
Will Hack
Captain, Jetpack Ninja Dinosaurs; Captain, Michigan State University
October 15, 2012
11:27 am
Latest batch of changes (the hard copy is almost here!):
4.3.3.3. removed “b. Yellow”
2.6.2.3. added “A beater may release a bludger in finishing a natural motion as described above, but this bludger is not considered live and cannot incur a knockout until it is made live another way.”
3.1.3.2. added Penalty: “Penalty: Yellow – Intentionally kicking the quaffle illegally results in a yellow card.”
2.9.4.1.b. added 7. “Intentionally kicking the quaffle illegally (3.1.3.2.)”
3.1.4.2. added Penalty: “Penalty: Yellow – Intentionally kicking a bludger illegally is a yellow card offense.”
2.8.4.1.b. added 8. “Intentionally kicking a bludger illegally (3.1.4.2.)”
3.1.1.3. removed “Only in the case of a single-gender team may the commissioner or tournament director consider ruling otherwise.”
dylan
October 18, 2012
3:54 pm
2.9.4.1.b. added 7. “Intentionally kicking the quaffle illegally (3.1.3.2.)
I really do not like this rule at all, terrible change.
Will Hack
Captain, Jetpack Ninja Dinosaurs; Captain, Michigan State University
October 22, 2012
6:15 pm
dylan that did not change the rule, it just clarified the penalty for illegal kicking (that is, chasers kicking the quaffle multiple times without picking it up).
Will Hack
Captain, Jetpack Ninja Dinosaurs; Captain, Michigan State University
October 22, 2012
6:15 pm
2.8.1.2.f. changed “A” to lowercase
3.1.2.5.d. added “However, a beater may not leave the pitch to pursue a seeker until two minutes after the seeker floor ends. If there is no seeker floor, the beater may not leave to pursue a seeker until two minutes after Brooms Up.”
3.2.2.3.g. added “Returning a bludger to the pitch from off-pitch, if it has not been pursued or possessed by a beater for an extended period of time.”
Jeffrey Blum
October 28, 2012
7:42 pm
Any idea when the formatted rules will be available?
Felicia Walker
November 14, 2012
9:18 pm
Good Evening.
My team has a small question. The rulebook discusses excessive force and a past rulebook dived further into what a beater can and can not do. Our question is : Is throwing a bludger at an opposing player’s head, neck, or groin okay? Does it depend on how close you are? Does it depend on how hard you throw? The newer rulebook doesn’t even touch on it so we’re wondering the above questions as well as is it legal or is it referee discretion or is it something that is advised against but that no rules have been decided on? We were just wondering…Thanks!