Brightvale Lights Up, Virtupets Taken Down

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<img src="https://images.neopets.com/items/tiki_boat2.gif" alt="Boat" style="float:left;margin:5px;" />You know something Edgar? This desk smells like tears, misery, and egg salad. In fact, I think we should go sailing off the coast of Lutari Island. We could eat crumpets, and sip orange juice from a carton. We could parade around the shores wearing crowns and robes; we’ll be kings for a week! Just imagine it Edgar, we wouldn’t tell anybody about it…

 

[off camera] *chuckle* So uh, who’s Edgar?

 

Been listening in on my little conversation have you? Well I’ll tell you something, you can go ahead and take that hideous cameraman attitude out of my face and shov-

 

We are rolling! Right! Just kidding everyone, you know me, totally kidding.. I love cameramen actually, so marvelous and talented. Just great-

 

Right! As you are all aware I so happen to be your hunk of a host for the Day 21 results of the Altador Cup. That’s right, it’s Smokey. Now let’s get to those results!

 

Kicking off our coverage this evening is the match-up between Kiko Lake and Krawk Island. To the surprise of no one Krawk Island took wins in every game aside from Shootout Showdown, which went to the Kikos. Despite a remarkable first round finish, Kiko Lake has had quite a struggle maintaining their momentum into the second round. Hopefully things pick up for them tomorrow against fellow competitors Roo Island.

 

Well it appears that Darigan has nearly swept our friends of Mystery Island. However, there is a twist! You ready for it? Mystery Island has managed to draw with the Citadel in Yooyuball! But don’t get too excited yet Islanders, Darigan has in fact managed to sweep the side games. Both teams walk away with a sort of bittersweet result from the day’s match-up.

 

Now onto the Roo Island, Lost Desert showdown. Although Lost Desert has seen improvements lately, today it appears to have been not enough. Roo Island took a win in Yooyuball and Make Some Noise, while Lost Desert squeezed in a Slushie Slinger win as well as a draw in Shootout Showdown. Lost Desert now sits in 13th place in the standings, a definite improvement, despite today’s loss.

 

<img src="https://images.neopets.com/altador/altadorcup/2011/teams/moltara_1.gif" alt="Aldric Beign" style="float:right;margin:5px;" /> Next come some results for the match-up between last year’s consolation bracket contenders, Altador and Moltara. After a close match-up it appears as though Moltara has emerged victorious, taking wins in Yooyuball and Shootout Showdown. However, Altador wouldn’t let them get away with a clean sweep. Instead they took wins in both Slushie Slinger and Make Some Noise. It is important to note that, despite their victory, Moltara still sits in 18th place. Hopefully today’s win can give them the boost that they so desperately need. Aldric Beign of Moltara had some words for us after the match.

 

“A win is a win!” states team captain Aldric Beign. “Our fans needed this, and so did we. Today it was for them. Team Moltara has had another rough year, but our drive has only increased, today I believe we showed that against Altador.”

 

Truly wonderful for them, really. I personally just get so amped up whenever a smaller team can pull off-

 

[off camera] Alright Mr. Smokey, enough with this charade! It’s on everyone’s mind so I’m going to address it. Who, for the love of Coltzan, is Edgar!? Perhaps an imaginary friend of yours, or maybe your hallucinating again, like the time you ate three pur-

 

Edgar is neither an imaginary friend nor a hallucination, thank you! And I do not feel the need to discuss his whereabouts to you! Like I said earlier, you can take that hideous cameraman atti-

 

There I go again, joking. Oh the hilarity of it all. For a moment you all thought I was serious… fools. I mean back to the results!

 

Kreludor and Haunted Woods had an interesting match-up today. Kreludor picked up wins in both Yooyuball and Shootout Showdown, while Haunted Woods managed to steal wins in Slushie Slinger and Make Some Noise. For Kreludor this was undoubtedly a much needed push in the right direction. But don’t forget about Haunted Woods either. They have really managed to remain a contender in this year’s cup, and simultaneously maintain a sense of surprise.

 

Up next on the Day 21 results is Faerieland squaring off against Shenkuu. Unfortunately for our pink and green friends the Ninjas took off with wins in both Yooyuball and Make Some Noise. Which left the Faeries to take Slushie Slinger, and Shootout Showdown. This season has not been overly kind to either of these teams, hopefully they can pick it up before finals begins.

 

<img src="https://images.neopets.com/altador/altadorcup/2011/teams/maraqua_3.gif" alt="Lamelle Turow" style="float:left;margin:5px;" /> It’s fair to say that Maraqua gave Tyrannia a thorough beating in today’s match-up. Maraqua dished up wins in both Yooyuball and Shootout Showdown, which left only draws for Tyrannia in Slushie Slinger and Make Some Noise. Both teams have been dealing with a fair share of misfortune as of late. However Team Tyrannia just isn’t making it happen in this second round. They have yet to win a second round match, and unfortunately winning against Maraqua today was crucial to restore some morale. A Fossil fan had a few words for us outside of the colosseum.

 

“Kick a dog when it’s down eh?” says one Tyrannian supporter. “That’s what today’s loss felt like. All respect to Maraqua, but we needed this win. Hopefully we can pull out a win against Lost Desert today and get back into our rhythm.”

 

Meridell continues their heat streak! Which means victory over Terror Mountain. Unfortunately for the Chillers, Meridell plundered a win in Yooyuball and a draw in Slushie Slinger, leaving Terror Mountain with wins in both Make Some Noise and Shootout Showdown. Meridell is a team to watch folks, simple as that. With only two decisive losses in Yooyuball I wouldn’t be surprised to see this team take the whole thing. But for now we can only watch and wait patiently.

 

Last but not least is none other than the match between Brightvale and Virtupets. One team is in 1st on the standings and the other is in 14th. You do the math and it calculates to a decisive win for Virtupets. However Brightvale had other plans, which included one very solid win in Yooyuball. That’s right folks Brightvale has upset the Space Station. Virtupets did manage to sweep the side games but it just wasn’t enough for the win. A big congratulations to our friends from Brightvale!

 

Tomorrow’s matches to watch include Haunted Woods squaring off against Meridell. Both teams are real contenders this year, and both have the ability of surprise. Add it all up and this creates one very interesting match-up, don’t miss it. Another one to watch is the Kiko Lake, Roo Island match. Kiko Lake has been very unpredictable this season and has been creating trouble for many strong teams. Look for the Kikos to create some problems for Roo Island tomorrow. As always tomorrow looks to be quite an interesting day of competition.

 

<img src="https://images.neopets.com/items/petpetpet_1.gif" alt="Edgar" style="float:right;margin:5px;" /> [static] Ahh there you are! I was afraid I had sat on you. See he’s real! My dear friend, Edgar. I found him on the bush outside of the colosseum. We got to talking and he’s agreed to come sailing with me and be the best man at my wedding!

 

[off camera] Wait are you serious? That’s a Mootix.

 

His name is Edgar.

 

[off camera] And hes agreed to go sailing with you?

 

Right.

 

[off camera] And hes agreed to be the best man at your wedding?

 

Right.

 

[off camera] And eat crumpets, sip orange juice from a carton, and pretend to be kings of a random island for a week.

 

It’s not pretending, but right.

 

[off camera] Right… So when are you guys leaving?

 

Right now! Off we go onto a crumpet eating, juice sipping, king parading, sailing adventure! Wait! I almost forgot!

 

This is Smokey, LIVE in Altador. Until next time…

 

You stay classy, Neopia.

[jonathanjoseph99]

Nice Report Smokey! :D

 

Have a nice trip to Lutari Island! You might find Dorina there. XDD.

[Person335]

I just love these side-conversations you have with your cameramen. Keeps me entertained throughout the entire report (even though I only read the stuff dealing with Moltara ).

 

Anyway, about today's results. Though not a complete sweep, glad that we emerged victorious. Those make-up games did do quite a bit. And now, to make up the rest against Kreludor!

[-Ryan]

Lulz, the Edgar thing was pretty funny. :P

 

 

 

 

 

Anyway, i'm slightly disapointed that we could'nt manage a clean sweep but whatever.

Now we gotta male sure Shenkuu doesnt have any upsets in mind,

 

 

Oh and wow... Nice job Brightvale. Didnt know you had it in ya'.

[FutureTXTurkey]

Nice, I like the change up in reporting style today. It was good fun.

 

Meanwhile on the space station we are in shock, but I guess that's the Altador Cup for you...

We have to stay on our toes or we'll get beat, and then Sloth will throw us into the nearest black hole.

[Raj321]

Go Edgar. XD

 

We almost swept across the board for MI, but those MIYPits and their silly YYB skills

 

And BV's toast really paid off. :O

[Lydia Trebond]

Edgar! (I can see a wild chase around the newsroom to find Edgar after a daring escape!) :whistle: Free the mootix!

 

Go Roo Island!

[Blurrz]

Pretty happy with that match. Improved on the results of round one. Now it's time to put our heart into gunning down VP...

[Piximon]

“Kick a dog when it’s down eh?” says one Tyrannian supporter. “That’s what today’s loss felt like. All respect to Maraqua, but we needed this win. Hopefully we can pull out a win against Lost Desert today and get back into our rhythm.”

 

 

Did someone really say that? ):

But Maraqua desperately needed that win too ;~;

We were losing morale faster than you can say yooyuball...

[AgJu]

I'm new to the forums, but this is my third year supporting Terror Mountain! Let's go Terror Mountain Chillers! We've had our best ever performance in the first round so let's get 'em in the second. Meridell has Siege Mode, Maraqua has Piranha mode, so let's show everyone our Avalanche Mode powers!

[voteforpedro333]

Well I gotta give it to the Roos. I was feeling so utterly sick yesterday I couldn't send in a single score, the very first time this tournament. I'm still not feeling much better, but I will chip in to the side games today with TY. I apologize to the team, but my poor stomach could care less about the Altador Cup...