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TNT Has Heard my Prayers
+6 Hello sports fans, thanks to my friend Rylon over at Jellyneo we’ve seen the Altador FAQ in advance, and with that we’ve learned some interesting information from the following quote. (From TNT) “I don’t understand how the scores are displayed on the Schedules & Results page. Can you explain this? When viewing a single team: When looking at just the results of one team for a day (or all days), the format is as follows: the team icon in the first column is always the opposing team, regardless of whether they were the home or away team. The scores are preceded by a W, L, or D (for win, loss, or draw). Regardless of who won, the team whose results are being viewed are listed first. For example, if
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Guest Writer
+5 You have already voted. If you’re reading this… you’re a survivor. No, seriously, congratulations. You’ve decided to return to the Altador Cup after a year of confusing schedules, questionable standings and general miserableness. The ACVII has definitely killed my excitement for this upcoming instalment, but like Adam to asparagus, I need my fix. And my fix includes predictions. Unfortunately, last year’s structure makes zero sense and many of the teams were better or worse than their final placement represented. The structure also makes it difficult to predict because it’s impossible to predict. I’m hoping that TNT gets the memo (they did fix Yooyuball) and changes the structure so that it accommodates everyone better. Single round robin please! 1. MERIDELL Another thing that the last cup changed are all-star groups.
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+3 Many have wondered who is the best team in the Altador Cup tournament, year in and year out. Few have the answer. I am excited to present to you the official All-Time Power Rankings of the Altador Cup, brought to you by Cormag001 (usa_winnners). These rankings weight the most recent tournaments the greatest, to give a clear view of who are the top teams (sorry Roo Island, Shenkuu). There is a bonus for winning the tournament. Teams are not punished for missing years. (Please note: AC 1 was NOT included. Also, I broke the tiebreakers for AC7.) 18. Previous Standings: N/A, N/A, N/A, 18, 18, 15 The team that never was. When Moltara was introduced in 2010, the hype grew quickly. Everyone wanted to be on the flashing
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+1 After 25 days of competition, Kreludor can officially be declared as the Altador Cup VII Champions! We’ve already known this for a few days now, but it’s official. As for that tiebreaker match between Mystery Island and Meridell, the winner turned out to be who I predicted, with Mystery Island taking the silver medal.
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0 Welcome to the last unscheduled update of the Altador Cup VII season! I guess my heartfelt sentences would do better here today, so here it is: Thank you for letting me write for you, and thank you for reading my predictions and commentary every day. I really enjoyed it. Now, we do have results from yesterday, and we do have an official champion, but we are still looking for that silver medal winner, which will result in a tiebreaker match against Meridell and Mystery Island tomorrow. Meridell unsurprisingly swept Faerieland to end their season, while still radiating with the most predictions as winner of silver with all these sweeps under their tunics. Terror Mountain and Haunted Woods brought out the best in each other that we haven’t seen
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+1 Unless the extra tie-breaker day extends the anxiety, today is the last scheduled match of the season. Thank you for letting me write for you, and thank you for reading my predictions and commentary every day. Good luck to everyone today. Faerieland struck back at close rival Moltara in Alabriss 4, almost getting an entire side game sweep against the team, when many thought they would be swept. It’s unusual for the Faeries to dominate in the side games, especially against a team that’s still marginally better. Haunted Woods was able to stop the Meridell sweeping with their best game, Make Some Noise, drawing. Finally, Virtupets was supreme over Terror Mountain, taking the main sport, Make Some Noise and a draw in Slushie Slinger. Diving in Minitheus 4, Brightvale
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Yaz
ACVIII Overall Predictions +4 Long time no see, guys! Christmas break has finally rolled around and my work load has lessened, so now I’ll *finally* deliver my predictions for next year, as promised ages ago. We have no idea what the format will be next year, which makes things a bit more difficult to figure out… Here goes nothing! Without further ado, here’s the list. 1. Lost Desert 2. Darigan Citadel 3. Maraqua 4. Meridell 5. Krawk Island 6. Mystery Island 7. Virtupets 8. Roo Island 9. Kreludor 10. Haunted Woods 11. Kiko Lake 12. Tyrannia 13. Brightvale 14. Terror Mountain 15. Shenkuu 16. Moltara 17. Faerieland 18. Altador And now, to explain. 1. I’ve predicted that the team taking home the cup will be LD–which is to say, I’m predicting the
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Tails
The Big Question of The Altador Cup +2 As the Altador Cup enters its eighth year, fans, both veteran and newbies alike, are flocking to the Neoboards in anticipation for what is arguably the biggest annual event in Neopia. The Altador Cup can be noted for its large fanbase, which no doubt brings in a lot of income for The Neopets Team through increased customer flow and advertisement revenue (due to fans who come to Neopets exclusively for the event), attention from corporate sponsors in Altador Alley, a dedicated section of the NC Mall, and, of course, the VIP passes, valued at 700NC (approx $7) over the course of four weeks, themselves coming with exclusive team themed items upon redemption. This increased income should be reason enough for The Neopets Team to continue to produce the event
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Lady_Elegant
TNT Has Heard my Prayers +6 Hello sports fans, thanks to my friend Rylon over at Jellyneo we’ve seen the Altador FAQ in advance, and with that we’ve learned some interesting information from the following quote. (From TNT) “I don’t understand how the scores are displayed on the Schedules & Results page. Can you explain this? When viewing a single team: When looking at just the results of one team for a day (or all days), the format is as follows: the team icon in the first column is always the opposing team, regardless of whether they were the home or away team. The scores are preceded by a W, L, or D (for win, loss, or draw). Regardless of who won, the team whose results are being viewed are listed first. For example, if
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Pepe
Ten days until Sign-ups! +3 There are, according to the clock on Neopets, officially ten days before the sign-ups until the Altador Cup begin. As Neon posted earlier, the boards for the AC are moved over from the Virtupetz one, and all of the fans are getting hyped! So, who are you going to join this year? How many games of Yooyuball will you play? What is your strategy for this year’s Cup? Come on people, ACVIII is just around the corner; it is time to conjure up that new strategy!
Alex
WELCOME: Yaz and Soriel To The Altador.com Team! 0 I am very excited to announce that both Yaz and Soriel are joining the Altador.com team. Yaz will be moving her page over to Altador.com and will be doing her daily predictions exclusively on here. You can find all her work under her column, here. Soriel will be hosting all his statistics exclusively on
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