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Interview with Leera Heggle

Jan 30th, 2012 | By

SAKHMET – After a dismal Altador Cup season, I was granted an exclusive interview with Lost Desert team captain Leera Heggle, who took time out of his busy schedule to give us an insight to the inner workings and history of the Lost Desert team. First of all, thank you for your time today, Mr Heggle. I’m sure you must be very busy. Leera Heggle: That’s no problem, little lady; I always have time for a dedicated fan! NT: Aw shucks! So give us a bit of the history of the Lost Desert squad. LH: Of course! As is common knowledge, yooyuball has been around for thousands of years, and each land has its own league. Once Altador was re-discovered, and announced they were holding a major tournament in honour
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It’s all over. The winner is announced.

Jul 11th, 2011 | By

It’s a true faerie tale story for Team Virtupets, and captain Keetra Deile. Coming from dead last in the second cup, Virtupets have climbed the ladder to take first place in the sixth annual Altador Cup, defeating runners up, Krawk Island. Virtupets fans are ecstatic for the long fought for, and well earned cup victory now under their belts, and look forward to a huge celebratory off-season. This is especially important for Keetra Deile herself too. She is the youngest, and first female captain to bring home the cup to their homeland. The battle for third was decided with orginal cup favourites, Kreludor taking home the bronze medal over another consistently strong team, Team Maraqua, who still fought valiantly, despite losing all finals matches. Though Maraquans are disappointed, this is
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Semi-final results, Grand final overview.

Jul 8th, 2011 | By

Results: So, Krawk Island stands to be the first repeat winners of the Altador Cup, after thrashing Kreludor in their play off. Both days ended with Krawk Island taking the ever important Yooyuball match, which means sidegames are practically useless. Meanwhile, contrariwise to the double round robin, Virtupets thrashed Maraqua with winning Yooyuball on both days. Both Kreludorks and Maraquans are disappointed, but will be fighting it out for the final trophy, a bronze trophy. Interstingly enough, the bronze trophy has only been awarded to Darigan Citadel, Lost Desert and Shenkuu, and not awarded in the first cup, not to mention the gratification and relief of third place is far more rewarding than getting second. Second tier’s results were closer. On the first day of finals, Terror Mountain and Tyrannia
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Very brief overview of Day 33/34 results and Finals day 1+2

Jul 6th, 2011 | By

Day 33+34 results: Going through each of the unlocked teams at the time. We’ll start off with Krawk Island. Krawk Island defeated Lost Desert and Roo Island to secure their spot in the top 4. Lost Desert’s enemies remain classic as Shenkuu took a much desired spot in third tier, and Mystery Island put a halt to those third tier dreams. Shenkuu and Brightvale’s positions remained unchanged, their only competitors failed failingly to collect the needed points, despite Brightvale and Shenkuu being thoroughly beaten themselves. Maraqua pulled through their matches of Shenkuu and Roo Island with straight sweeps to secure their final spot in the top tier. Finals Round 1: Tier 1: Kreludor versus Krawk Island Virtupets versus Maraqua Tier 2: Meridell versus Terror Mountain Darigan Citadel versus Tyrannia Tier
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Day 32 results/Day 33 overview. Rhyme

Jul 3rd, 2011 | By

Day 32 results: A hope in the Desert’s eyes With a win for their record flies With Terror Mountain out of the way The desert’s effort may just pay Krawk Island went down trying But Meridell kept on flying The sidegames gave a Meridell win So this really pleased the king. Faerieland beat their long time rival But Altador kept their slushie survival. While Brightvale beat the team of Kikos The Kiko’s future is looking “bleako” Virtupets beat the team of Darigan Some Draconians called Shenanigans But Virtupets won fair and square Though XL-Striker messed Shaye’s hair Kreludor defeated the Isle of Roo And victory went to Shenkuu And Maraqua beat the Haunted Woods And Tyrannia got full points under their hoods. Standings: 1. Kreludor 2. Virtupets 3. Krawk Island
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Day 31 results/Day 32 overview. Haiku

Jul 2nd, 2011 | By

Day 31 results: The Haunted Woods won Yooyuball against Brightvale Brightvale took the sides Shenkuu mopped the floor With the team of Moltara Winning all the games Team Maraqua won All of the games, except one Faerieland won that. Mystery Island Lost all games bar the showdown Kreludor won that Kiko Lake lost all But Make Some Noise to the knights Meridell: winners Krawk, Krawk and draw, draw was the match of Roo and Krawk Bad luck Roo Island Virtupets won theirs With Lost Desert winning one And there was a draw Terror Mountain won Altador stole the slushies Altador are fat. These names are too long Darigan/Tyrannia They f***ed up my poem. Standings: 1. Kreludor 2. Virtupets 3. Krawk Island 4. Meridell 5. Maraqua 6. Darigan Citadel 7. Tyrannia
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Day 30 results/Day 31 Overview.

Jul 1st, 2011 | By

Day 30 results: Poor Haunted Woods – Faced the wrath of the desert, then were sent back to the stone age, and now the Shenkuuvians have invaded. Things aren’t looking up for the Haunted Woods, especially facing Brightvale today. They just can’t get a break. As of now, there’s two heated battles on going. The battle of the first tier, and the battle of the third tier. Lost Desert (Who was defeated by Meridell, but earned a better result than last time), Brightvale (which soundly defeated Terror Mountain yesterday), Shenkuu (Soundly defeated Haunted Woods), and Kiko Lake (Lost all but one game to Kreludor) are battling it out to not end up in the forth tier. Meanwhile, first tier is much closer, with three teams battling it out to take
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Day 29 results/Day 30 overview: In poem form.

Jun 30th, 2011 | By

Day 29 results: Slowly, the results came in And fans awaited in anticipation Hanging on the edges of their seats They waited without much patience The first results to be announced Was that of Tyrannia and Haunted Woods The main event ended in a draw But the points were under Tyrannia’s hoods. Mystery Island and Altador were next With Mystery Island taking the match They lost the slushie slinging contest Because Altador supporters sabotaged their batch Shenkuu and Virtupets fans rejoiced With victories from Faerieland and Kiko Lake But both their goalies were distracted By the offer of free faerie cake The fans of Krawk Island and Brightvale Wiped some sweat from their brow Their side games were all lost To the moon and the team with the Kau, Roo
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Day 28 results/Day 29 overview.

Jun 29th, 2011 | By

Day 28 results: I apologise for not posting this earlier, life got the better of me. Lost Desert proved they still have some firepower left in them, taking the spotlight away from the Brightvale/Mystery Island matchup, and the Krawk Island/Virtupets match up. Lost Desert did what Haunted Woods did to Virtupets, and more. Rather than a single draw in a sidegame, Lost Desert demolished Haunted Woods, winning all four games, surprising Haunted Woods supporters and Lost Desert supporters alike. Virtupets and Brightvale also came off happy chappies in their matches today. Brightvale defeated co-upsetter team Mystery Island with a yooyuball and slushie slinger win, and Virtupets defeated other top tier contender Krawk Island with a yooyuball and make some noise win. Also taking the attention away from the big match
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Day 27 results/Day 28 overview.

Jun 28th, 2011 | By

Day 26 results: Team Mystery Island has always had a knack for upsetting teams ever since anyone can remember. Though their specialty is defeating Lost Desert, this year, they’re upsetting many different teams. This time, it’s 8th seed, Haunted Woods. Yesterday, Mystery Island defeated the Haunted Woods yooyuball squad to bring home a decisive match win. Also causing an upset today was Shenkuu over Terror Mountain. Terror Mountain has been faltering ever since their defeat to Kiko Lake, and Shenkuu is one of three teams (along with Lost Desert, and Brightvale) who are determined to get out of third tier. Larger teams against these three teams must pick up their game, or face upset. Kreludor faced a rather minor upset today at the hands of Lost Desert. Though many people
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