[Announcement] 2001 Quidditch League Playoffs!

[Ludovic Bagman]

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[span style="font-size:28px; line-height: 110%;"]This is the big one, folks![/span]
After six grueling months of teams jockeying for best position in their league, the 2001 League Playoffs have arrived and every team is determined to prove they are the best of the best!

During late May and early June (for the playtime month of July 2001), you will see shoutboxes on the home page of Magical Hogwarts for each of these games (and another one for chatting in between games). A Ministry representative will be relaying the events of each match throughout game day, and you can join in and cheer or boo the players while you watch! The schedule for game reporting will be listed on the calendar page of the website, so you can watch for your favourite teams!

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British & Irish League
Semifinals and finals at Harpies Quidditch Pitch, Holyhead, Wales

East Slavic League
Semifinals and finals at Rysi Kvidyšu Stadyjon, Homyel, Belarus

The [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#71BC78; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #3B444B, 0 3px 8px #3B444B;"]Homyel Lynxes[/span], [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#FFFFF0; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #722F37, 0 3px 8px #722F37;"]Kiev Castles[/span], [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#FFA6C9; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #960018, 0 3px 8px #960018;"]Minsk Saints[/span], and [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#F1F7FB; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #122C3E, 0 3px 8px #122C3E;"]Smolensk Diamonds[/span]
have been eliminated from the ESL Playoff bracket!

The [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#8FED8F; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #F91A04, 0 3px 8px #F91A04;"]Caerphilly Catapults[/span], [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#ebdd9c; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #ff6104, 0 3px 8px #ff6104;"]Chudley Cannons[/span], [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#ffff66; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #008200, 0 3px 8px #008200;"]Kenmare Kestrels[/span], [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#e5e5e5; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #1d1d1d, 0 3px 8px #1d1d1d;"]Montrose Magpies[/span], [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#fed802; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #5f015f, 0 3px 8px #5f015f;"]Puddlemere United[/span],
and [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#ffce11; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #0c0c0c, 0 3px 8px #0c0c0c;"]Wimbourne Wasps[/span] have been eliminated from the BIL Playoff bracket!

A round of applause for our played characters from these teams:
@Circenn Kekoa Teague @Finn McKenzie @Torsten Trickett @Oliver Wood @Nixon Nixon
We'll see you next season!

In the meantime, tune in to the Wizarding Wireless Network
and the Magical Games & Sports Shoutbox next week
for the start of the quarterfinal matches!



Missed the action? Check out the play-by-play in these archived shoutboxes:

[BIL 1: Catapults @ Harpies]
[BIL 2: Tornados @ Wasps]
[BIL 3: United @ Wanderers]
[BIL 4: Kestrels @ Falcons]
[BIL 5: Cannons @ Griffins]
[BIL 6: Bats @ Magpies]

[ESL 1: Lynxes @ Bricklayers]
[ESL 2: Castles @ Miners]
[ESL 3: Diamonds @ Panzers]
[ESL 4: Saints @ Kings]

The [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#DA8A67; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #353839, 0 3px 8px #353839;"]Donetsk Miners[/span], [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#B2BEB5; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #b22222, 0 3px 8px #b22222;"]Ivanovo Bricklayers[/span], [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#B0C4DE; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #2A3439, 0 3px 8px #2A3439;"]Kursk Panzers[/span], and [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#E5E4E2; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #D4AF37, 0 3px 8px #D4AF37;"]Moscow Metalmen[/span]
have lost their quarterfinals in the ESL Playoff bracket!

The [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#AFEEEE; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #6a96fc, 0 3px 8px #6a96fc;"]Appleby Arrows[/span], [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#e78f77; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #000000, 0 3px 8px #222222;"]Ballycastle Bats[/span], [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#f7e654; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #5f015f, 0 3px 8px #5f015f;"]Pride of Portree[/span], and [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#9b9b9b; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #ff0000, 0 3px 8px #ff0000;"]Wigtown Wanderers[/span]
have lost their quarterfinals in the BIL Playoff bracket!

A round of applause for our played characters from these teams:
@Mason Chamberlain @Sofiya Mironova
We'll see you next season!

In the meantime, tune in to the Wizarding Wireless Network
and the Magical Games & Sports Shoutbox next week
for the semifinal matches!



Missed the action? Check out the play-by-play in these archived shoutboxes:

[BIL 7: Harpies @ Pride]
[BIL 8: Tornados @ Wanderers]
[BIL 9: Falcons @ Arrows]
[BIL 10: Bats @ Griffins]

[ESL 5: Bricklayers @ Ironbellies]
[ESL 6: Miners @ Shields]
[ESL 7: Panzers @ Re'ems]
[ESL 8: Kings @ Metalmen]

Just throwing out this special note about today's playoff game (beginning at 1pm)...

@César Cardozo @Cloé Cardozo @Harlan Bellamy @Rob Gilchrist and @Roxanna Rathbone
will be facing
@Alicia Spinnet @Callista Bowen @Quinn Regan @Sami Sadik @Sorcha Coghlan and @Steenie Allen

Let the shade be thrown and the sparks fly 

The [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#ffbf00; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #322600, 0 3px 8px #322600;"]Mykolaiv Shields[/span] and [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#C9B9DE; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #7851A9, 0 3px 8px #7851A9;"]Lviv Kings[/span] have lost their semifinals in the ESL Playoff bracket!

The [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#9CC3FF; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #052d76, 0 3px 8px #052d76;"]Tutshill Tornados[/span] and [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#ff5c3e; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #252525, 0 3px 8px #252525;"]Gravesend Griffins[/span] have lost their semifinals in the BIL Playoff bracket!

A round of applause for our played characters from these teams:
@César Cardozo @Cloé Cardozo @Harlan Bellamy @Rob Gilchrist @Roxanna Rathbone
We'll see you next season!

In the meantime, tune in to the Wizarding Wireless Network
and the Magical Games & Sports Shoutbox next week
for the main events - the Quidditch League Finals!!!



Missed the action? Check out the play-by-play in these archived shoutboxes:

[BIL 11: Tornados vs Harpies]*
[BIL 12: Griffins vs Falcons]

[ESL 9: Bricklayers @ Ironbellies]
[ESL 10: Miners @ Shields]

[span style="font-size:75%;"]*Interference prevented radio broadcast; contact @Taed for transcript.[/span]

The [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#CFC8CC; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px #66023C, 0 3px 8px #66023C;"]Ryazan Re'ems[/span] in the ESL Playoff bracket,
and [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#ffff99; text-shadow: 0 3px 1px green, 0 3px 8px green;"]Holyhead Harpies[/span] in the ESL Playoff bracket,
have lost their finals!

A round of applause for our played characters from these teams:
@Katie Bell @Mariska Milenova @Susan Markington

Which means....

[span style="font-size: 140%; line-height: 115%;"]your 2001 East Slavic League Champions
are... the [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#F2003C; text-shadow: 0 0px 4px #FADA5E, 0 2px 8px #FADA5E;"]Zhytomyr Ironbellies!![/span][/span]

[  @Liliya Wolanski   ]

And...

[span style="font-size: 200%; line-height: 115%;"]your 2001 British & Irish League Champions
are... ... ... the [span style="font-weight: bold; color:#5E5E5E; text-shadow: 0 0px 6px #E6F6E6, 0 4px 12px #E6F6E6;"]Falmouth Falcons!!![/span][/span]

[  @Alicia Spinnet  @Callista Bowen  @Quinn Regan  @Sami Sadik  @Sorcha Coghlan  @Steenie Allen  ]


Congratulations to all our teams and especially our played Quidditch characters!
We'll see you next season, starting in January playtime!



Missed the action? Check out the play-by-play in these archived shoutboxes:

[BIL 13: Falcons vs Harpies]
[ESL 11: Re'ems vs Ironbellies]