From the news yesterday: “It’s been rather busy around here, what with all the changes being made to the Altador Cup tournament… What? You haven’t heard about the changes? Well – I will try to give you the quick run down. Now listen carefully! The Altador Cup officials have decided to change the tournament style up a bit, I hear. The biggest change is that there will no longer be a Finals bracket. Instead, there will be four rounds with each round lasting six days long– hold on a moment, will you? I need to take care of something. Oh good, you’re still here. Anyway, as I was saying, each round will consist of three brackets with six teams in each bracket. And yes, don’t worry, we still have all
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Five teams have announced changes to their rosters in the lead up to this years Altador Cup. Team Altador announced it traded off right defender Timu with Team Shenkuu’s right forward Foltaggio. “This has changed our team formation from 1+3 to 2+2,” Altador team captain “Trapper” Remis said, “we are hoping this will give us the extra firepower needed to get off the bottom of the ladder. “We cannot keep using the excuse that we are rusty after 1,000 years slumber in the seventh tourney. “Timu went to Shenkuu for a spiritual meditation journey and fell in love with the land. When she came back, she pleaded to our management to negotiate a trade. “Team Shenkuu seemed more than happy to accept Timu into their team. We wish Timu all
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Hey, this is Niku, and I’m going to try and write a series! Before I try to submit this to the Neopian Times, I wanted you guys to see it first. It is about the Altador Cup, after all. :) Also, I would like to note this story is fictional. It contains real elements, like the Altador Cup and Team Moltara, but they are used in a fictional story. Enjoy!   Click. Zoom in. Zoom out. Switch. Repeat. This is my job. I am paid by the minute to perform these simple actions over and over again. Although… they’re not as simple as I have made them sound. It’s not just about clicking or zooming and repeating. I have to take extreme care to detail. For I am Gamma. I
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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 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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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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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: 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: 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: 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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