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Haunted Woods Pulls Through!

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<p>Disclaimer: This news report was written to inform you all of the latest Altador Cup results in as entertaining a manner as possible. The rest of its content is largely fictional, composed from various fan comments and the whims of our imagination in an attempt to inspire a sense of realism through our reporting. While we do our best to keep things reasonably neutral, this report is in no way intended to be a completely bias-free listing of the day's results, nor does it claim to provide critical analysis of past and potential outcomes from qualified Altador Cup experts. Please note that the opinions formulated in this report are from a full team of different reporters, and in no way represent the views of only a single faction. If you're looking for 100% unbiased performance data, take a look at our standings page. If professional analysis tickles your fancy, you want our predictions pages (global/daily).

 

We apologize for the delay in the report again; it seems that the Meepits have invaded our broadcasting station, eaten all the cables, hired undead monkeys to throw purple bananas... Nah, just kidding. It's still storming outside of Altador, so our broadcasts are being interrupted.

 

<img src="http://www.thedailyneopets.com/uploads/articles/neopetsevents/altadorcup/hauntedwoods.png" style="float:right;margin:5px;">As the second round of the Double Round Robin tournament begins to come to a close, many teams continue their struggle to speed into the top tier. The top tier teams are also under attack, facing draws and upsets here and there while struggling to keep their positions. One of the most interesting matches, though, was Haunted Woods versus Meridell. Meridell was predicted to nearly sweep, but the Haunted Woods team was able to turn the tables and land a decisive win, ending with draws in Yooyuball and Shootout Showdown while winning both of the other sidegames, Slushie Slinger and Make Some Noise. Although Haunted Woods still dropped a place in the standings, it prevented Meridell from getting back into the top tier.

 

Like the other day, Mystery Island, Kiko Lake, and Altador were all able to hold their ground and prevent sweeps. Mystery Island won Slushie Slinger against Krawk Island as widely predicted but lost all the other games. Mystery Island continues to drop down through the standings, landing almost permanently in 14th place, with a large margin between itself and Faerieland, which holds fifteenth. Krawk Island, on the other hand, may stand a chance to overtake Meridell for fifth place later in the Double Round Robin if Meridell faces more losses.

 

Kiko Lake held similar results, staving off a sweep with a win in Slushie Slinger against Roo Island (as predicted). Roo Island continues to climb the standings with its current spot in fourth place, part of the top tier, but it still has yet to face many of the high-ranking teams for the second round. Many speculate that the Roos will be able to pull through as well, staying in the top tier until the end of the Double Round Robin stage, but some others fear that Roo Island faces a bleak future. With enough motivation, the Roos might just be able to do it. However, Roo Island is pitted against Meridell today, so this may be Meridell's chance to make a comeback.

 

<img src="http://www.thedailyneopets.com/uploads/articles/neopetsevents/altadorcup/maraqua.png" style="float:left;margin:5px;">Altador also won Slushie Slinger in its match yesterday against Maraqua. Maraqua's victory enabled it to hop...er...swim into the second tier with a weak eighth place. As a predicted powerhouse, will Maraqua continue its climb and sneak back into the top tier? As Maraqua creeps up behind Virtupets and Krawk Island, the schedules might have finally turned in its favor. Virtupets and Krawk Island must face each other today, so this may be Maraqua's chance to steal another place with its match against Moltara today.</p>

 

Only two sweeps occurred yesterday, with Kreludor devastating the Moltarans and Brightvale, sweeping for the second time in a row, defeating the Faeries. With this, Kreludor was able to take back its first place spot from Lost Desert, since Lost Desert only managed to win Yooyuball and Make Some Noise, while drawing Slushie Slinger and losing Shootout Showdown altogether against Tyrannia, one of the teams strong in sidegames. Both teams face somewhat-hard matches today, though, as Lost Desert must face Haunted Woods (which, of course, just defeated Meridell) and Kreludor must take a turn against Tyrannia. Losses in these two matches could potentially scramble the placings in the top tier.

 

<img src="http://www.thedailyneopets.com/uploads/articles/neopetsevents/altadorcup/terrormountain.png" style="float:right;margin:5px;">Brightvale, with its two consecutive sweeps, may be able to continue creeping up on Terror Mountain. With an extra motivational boost, it might also be able to pull off a win against Mystery Island today. Also, Terror Mountain faced a defeat yesterday against Virtupets, losing every game except Shootout Showdown. Kudos still goes to them, though, as they flaunt their perfect win streak in Shootout Showdown. Many people think that this may become the only perfect game streak in the history of the Altador Cup.

 

Back to Darigan Citadel, it successfully defeated Shenkuu (the predicted Cup champs) yesterday with wins in everything but Shootout Showdown. Darigan Citadel holds its ground, too, in the top tier, and it stands a chance to take the first place spot with a match against Faerieland today, taking into consideration Lost Desert and Kreludor's matchups. Shenkuu's match against Altador may also be a chance to rise in the rankings, possibly overtaking Tyrannia and getting out of eleventh place.

 

Interesting matches today are probably Lost Desert versus Haunted Woods, Roo Island versus Meridell, Krawk Island versus Virtupets, and Kreludor versus Tyrannia. With many possible standings changes for many teams, this may be the chance for some of the lower teams to prove their worth. Second tier teams, though, are scrambling to find a foothold in the first tier before the Double Round Robin tournament comes to a close, finding extra motivation in that hope.

 

As usual, good luck to all teams today! This is Grant, reporting again from the outskirts of Altador (while trying to avoid the Meepits storm), signing off.</p>

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Ughhh come on MQ! We can do it! Whew actually. I am so glad that we have an easy schedule now! Top tier...here we come! *cheer...eventually*

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MT, HW, VP, FL, TM that's 5 days, we're 8th, 8 - 5 = 3 other teams will drop... MQ is IN the top 4 this year! evil.gif

 

Thanks again Grant!

 

Come on Maraqua! WE CAN DO IT!!! :devil: MWAHAHAHAAA...

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Yay for the Haunted Woods! Even if we can't seem to make any headway, at least we won yesterday's matches.

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MT, HW, VP, FL, TM that's 5 days, we're 8th, 8 - 5 = 3 other teams will drop... MQ is IN the top 4 this year! evil.gif

 

Thanks again Grant!

 

 

Yes we are! Heh heh heh...then I guess that it is actually kinda good that we have all of the easy teams right in a row! *evil laugh*

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UGH! YES! I was worried about yesterday but thankfully we managed to pull it off and now we get a bit of a break. After today though I hope we get RI. I wanna wait to take on MD until after they've been thrashed by KD, LD, and VP. ;)

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I wanna wait to take on MD until after they've been thrashed by KD, LD, and VP. ;)

 

Aww but where's the fun in that? :P

 

Faerieland, I must ask you a giant favor. If you can pull a win or draw in YYB against DC, I will forever be indebted to you. Man, I just wanna see the look on Layton Vickle's purple face...

 

*cough* Cockiness begets cockiness. Must be getting going now.

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If professional analysis tickles your fancy, you want our predictions pages (global/daily).

Just a little heads up, The Daily predictions page has an error in it: it has 2 "\"s above the SoSd predictions, making them a line below the other things.

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