Lydia Trebond Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Obligatory 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). Hello, Yooyuball fans! I hope everyone got a good night’s sleep, as we’re coming into the third day of the seventh annual Altador Cup! Excitement is running high, higher than those yooyuballs were flying yesterday, even. It’s time to throw it over to Janice to get the results from Day Two of competition. Hello, Emily, it’s been a jam packed day here at the Colosseum, with the 18 teams playing in 3 different brackets. Some of the results from today’s matches were expected, but a few teams had surprises hidden up their sleeves and played exceptionally well. <img src="https://images.neopets.com/altador/altadorcup/team_logos/brightvale_60.gif" alt="Brightvale Logo" style="float:right;margin:5px;"> In the Alabriss bracket, Brightvale has had a rude awakening after yesterday’s superb results, with Kiko Lake beating them in both Slushie Slinger and Make Some Noise and drawing in Yooyuball. This places Kiko Lake 3rd in the Alabriss bracket, and Brightvale following in fourth place. In other parts of the Alabriss bracket, Altador has traditionally been a weaker team, as seen in yesterday’s all-round loss to Brightvale. Many people wondered whether they would be able to face up to Tyrannia, which also suffered all-round losses to Kreludor yesterday. In seat-gripping games today, Altador supporters had little to celebrate as they were defeated again in all components by Tyrannia, who were just too strong for them to compete against. Today, Kreludor looked like the stronger contender going into today’s match with Meridell, and they did it again in a resounding victory, winning three games to one. With seven winning games out of a possible eight, the other being a draw, it looks like Kreludor is set to stay in first place in the Alabriss bracket unless some major upsets are put into motion by the other teams. Meridell still had a positive outcome, currently in second in this bracket. Looking at the Vaeolus bracket, Darigan Citadel and Krawk Island both had outstanding results from yesterday’s matches. Many were anticipating the results from these two power houses, and it was indeed an impressive sight. It was a close match, with both teams evenly matched in three of the games, but Darigan Citadel had the upper hand today, winning against Krawk Island in Make Some Noise, drawing in every other game. With this win, Darigan Citadel stays ahead in the Vaeolus bracket, barely keeping in front of Maraqua. Maraqua started out strong in yesterday’s competition but were taken down to third place by Darigan Citadel. Moltara finished strongly yesterday and had some Maraquans worried when they were matched up today. The sceptical Maraquans were proven wrong though, because as the day progressed, they had slowly moved up in the Vaeolus bracket to second the last time scores were tallied, just before midnight. Maraquan is still in second place after today’s matches, cleanly beating Moltara in everything but Slushie Slinger. <img src="https://images.neopets.com/altador/altadorcup/2012/team_members/faerieland_2.gif" alt="Ebin Kroe" style="float:left;margin:5px;"> After yesterday’s wipe outs for both Virtupets and Faerieland, who would break the surface first? Virtupets took it in a sweepstake, winning Yooyuball, Make Some Noise and Shootout Showdown. The folks over at Faerieland still put up a good fight, winning Slushie Slinger. That concludes our report from ground zero of the AC VII, back to you guys in the newsroom. I’m Janice, reporting from the Colosseum in Altador. Thanks Janice! I’ve got the results here from the Minitheus bracket as well.Terror Mountain and Haunted woods were perhaps the most equally matched opponents today. Rarely ranked very far apart, we saw some fierce competition from both teams. The Yooyuball match-up resulted in a draw early on, with Haunted Woods going on to claim victory in Slushie Slinger and Make Some Noise. Terror Mountain was able to rally around goalkeeper Minae Mitora and take down Haunted Woods in Shootout Showdown. We can only hope these two will meet up again later in the tournament, as they are truly a pleasure to watch. <img src="https://images.neopets.com/altador/altadorcup/2011/teams/mysteryisland_2.gif" alt="Teylor Nix" style="float:right;margin:5px;"> In what may be the biggest surprise of the day, the Mystery Islanders nearly swept the traditionally stronger Shenkuu Ninjas in yesterday’s match-up. It was not all bad news for the ninjas, however, as they were able to pull together a draw in Slushie Slinger. Perhaps the Islanders drank more than their fair share in the Slushie tent. Though this is a minor setback for Shenkuu, they will no doubt use what they have learned in their matches against Mystery Island to improve themselves in the upcoming competition. The audience was thoroughly enthralled with the match-up of the Lost Desert Mummies and The Roo Island Rooligans. Both are teams that have known the sweet victory of a top-tier finish as well as the claustrophobia of being stuck in the middle of the ranks. While the Mummies dominated the Yooyuball field, the Rooligans served up a draw in Slushie Slinger and went on to bury the Mummies in Make Some Noise and Shootout Showdown. In these early days of the tournament, Lost Desert is strategically pacing themselves. Nothing like running out of steam too soon. I think we can expect them to really turn up the heat in the next few days. As we move into the third day of competition, the competition is really heating up in the Vaelous bracket. Today, spectators will be watching Virtupets take on Maraqua, a match of two top finishers from last season, the Pirates of Krawk Island battling the Sprites of Faerieland and in a rather terrifying pairing, the Draconians of Darigan Citadel taking on the Moltara Magmites. It looks like we’re in for another day of close competition in the Minitheus bracket once again, as Terror Mountain takes on Shenkuu, a once top-tier team, Lost Desert battles against the party pets of Mystery Island and the Roo Island Rooligans facing down the Haunted Woods. This is the bracket to watch folks, as it really is going to be tough to predict the winner, and if you only have time to tune in for part of today’s events, you’re not going to want to miss this. Rounding off the matches in the Alabriss bracket we’ve got Brightvale and Kreludor, both who have already managed to sweep opponents in this year’s tournament, Kiko Lake and Altador, which promises to be a fun and charming competition, and Tyrannia and Meridell bringing up the rear, who will likely both be taking advantage of their stone cleats on the Yooyuball Field. Not too sure what the Maintenance Yurble is going to say about that one. Good luck today, everyone. Remember to play hard, and play safe. This is Emily live from TDN’s Altador Cup Headquarters signing off for today. [Lydia looks around the empty newsroom] Oookay, I guess I get to post the report. Mouseykins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeruth Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 I can't be the only person that fails to understand how Darigan stays at #1 in our bracket. We won YYB and drew in it. They drew twice. We have 2 side game wins and 3 draws. They have 2 wins and 4 draws. SOSD's draw in the bonus game couldn't have put them over since we would get the same points (not sure how it'll be scored). I fail to see how they could be ahead of us at all. 1.5 in YYB compared to 1 in theirs. .99 in Sides to their 1.1. We total 2.49 and they have 2.1, so in TNT's book a side game draw apparently is worth more than a YYB draw... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:)Doc Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Woo Maraqua! I'm glad to see some wins up there for us. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voteforpedro333 Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Mystery Island is on one heck of a roll! I am genuinely both excited and worried to have to play them today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertfreak Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Mystery Island is on one heck of a roll! I am genuinely both excited and worried to have to play them today. same i am getting pumped for yooyuball i am shocked we won yooyuball both days i think if we get better at side games we got a shot at the cup :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antiaircraft Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Mystery Island appears to have the support of at least one of the Cup's travelling All-Star groups, which is giving them a massive boost this year. ;) I can't be the only person that fails to understand how Darigan stays at #1 in our bracket. We won YYB and drew in it. They drew twice. We have 2 side game wins and 3 draws. They have 2 wins and 4 draws. SOSD's draw in the bonus game couldn't have put them over since we would get the same points (not sure how it'll be scored). I fail to see how they could be ahead of us at all. 1.5 in YYB compared to 1 in theirs. .99 in Sides to their 1.1. We total 2.49 and they have 2.1, so in TNT's book a side game draw apparently is worth more than a YYB draw... As the person in charge of making sure TDN's standings data accurately reflects the official Altador Cup data... I'm not faring much better. :P The best explanation I can come up with is that TNT might be basing their positions off a tally of actual scores data, rather than win-loss-draw counts. If that's the case, things don't look good for our ability to maintain an accurate standings page. xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lydia Trebond Posted June 4, 2012 Author Share Posted June 4, 2012 And I just realized my headline was from the day before's matches. Goodness I shouldn't do this when so tired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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