Quidditch

I was watching Harry Potter again the other day and realized that Quidditch is a silly little game with inconsistent rules.  I'm not really sure why it's my topic of conversation today, but it needs to be discussed.

First of all, what's the deal with this scoring system?  10 points to get the Quaffle past the Keeper, and 150 points to catch the Golden Snitch.  That's it.  Why don't we just save everybody a lot of headaches and reduce.  Make it 1 point for the Quaffle and 15 for the Snitch.  Everything is exactly the same.  There is absolutely no need for the extra zeroes.  Does it look more impressive to win by 130?  Perhaps, but not when you take a split second and realize what each point is worth.  Similarly, does it look less impressive to only win by 13?  Yes, on first glance, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to do some simple addition and realize if everything is only worth 1 point then, yes, it's a big deficit!

And here's the other problem.  I understand it's the Seeker's job to search for the Snitch and everyone else should be busy with the Bludgers and Quaffle.  But why deal with that when the points aren't worth it?  I mean, couldn't another Chaser help the Seeker find the Snitch?  I mean, that's the point of the game, right?  It shouldn't be that difficult to find it when there're more people seeking it out, especially considering that it must remain in the field of play.

That's the other thing that bothers me.  What are the limits of the Snitch?  In the movies it's flying all over the place, to seemingly unending heights.  But is that really the case?  There must be a dome of some type, right?  Unfortunately, we don't really know, as the rules are so bizarre to begin with.  The game has been around, per internal storylines, for more than a thousand years.  In that time, there hasn't been any big changes in strategy?  No Chasers abort their natural position and train as Seekers?  No team decided to employ just one transcendent Beater?  It seems...too perfect.  In real life, teams would constantly be looking for an edge.  But it just doesn't seem to be the case here.

However, there are many inconsistencies in the Harry Potter universe, so I guess this shouldn't be so off-putting.  I may even get to some of them before August.  Chief among them, of course, is how exactly did Hagrid's mom and dad get together in the first place?  She was vicious!  And the other thing...how many people are enrolled in Hogwarts?  I think the wizarding world is far too small to have everything that it does -  hospital, Ministry, etc.  Anyway, these are musings for another time.  Just something to think about....