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This Week on The Eighth Man: November 10-14
This week on The Eighth Man, you can find recaps of the Midwest Regional Championship, previews of the Northeast Regional Championship, and cutting-edge beater strategy
- USQ Staff Writer and Eighth Man Correspondent Eric Wasser recaps the Midwest Regional Championship in this piece:
“The Midwest often isn’t touted as the strongest or most successful region, but the deepest. This weekend, USQ’s Midwest Regional Championship proved that any team can lose at any time, except for one.”
- Eighth Man videographer Billy Quach’s highlight video of day one of the Midwest Regional Championship shows off the region’s best plays from pool play:
- USQ General Events Coordinator and Eighth Man Correspondent Tad Walters breaks down the current trend in beater strategy:
“In quidditch, it seems like new strategies are popping up every day. One particular play, developed sometime around World Cup V, gives the team employing it an overpowering offensive edge that is extremely difficult to counter. That play is the 1.5 bludger strategy.”
- This week’s “Seeker Floor” podcast, hosted by The Eighth Man’s Managing Editor Ethan Sturm and Correspondent Noah Schwartz, highlights the Midwest Regional Championship and Lone Star Cup III:
- Eighth Man Editor-in-Chief Amanda Dallas announces a switch in ownership of quidditch snitch shorts from clothing provider Quiyk to equipment provider Peterson’s Broomsticks: http://www.eighthman.com/2014/11/13/petersons-broomsticks-to-sell-snitch-gear/
- Ethan Sturm and Noah Schwartz return to preview the Northeast Regional Championship in this special edition podcast:
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