Dreams Delayed, Sweeps Not

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Welcome back to The Daily Neopets' (hopefully) Daily Coverage on the Altador Cup, once again I'm your reporter and host Miko live at the Yooyuball Stadium - and I must first thank our producer Mouseykins for filling in for me when I had some issues yesterday.

Anyway back to the games and let's start off with the Alabriss Bracket. The Darigan Citadel Minions were beaten by the Shenkuu Ninjas - and once again the losing team won Yooyuball but lost everything else. Following that, it was another sweep for Tyrannia as the powerhouse team easily won against the Mummies, though in close fashion. The Mystery Island Natives finally won a match - against Virtupets - with only a loss in Make Some Noise. We tried to catch up with the Techo we interviewed last time, but he was too bamboozled to give us a statement.

The Minitheus Bracket started off rather predictably - Krawk Island continued their winning streak while Haunted Woods continued their losing streak. The Zombies really really need to get their act together if they want to get out of their slump. The next match however was more surprising - last years nearly undefeated champions Kiko Lake lost against Faerieland in the second match. Kiko fans were devastated, as they were hoping for another clean sweep this year. The win for Faerieland has bolstered spirits - the cheers for the team lasted for all night. And finally the Altador Suns staged quite a comeback as they defeated Moltara, finally living up to standards set by pre-game predictions.

The sweeps continued in the Vaeolus Bracket. Kreludor once again showed great form as they handily beat Roo Island, but considering the team's standings, it did not come as much of a surprise. Terror Mountain cracked under pressure once more as the Meridell Knights routed them in all four events. They currently share the worst performance of this year's games with Haunted Woods and if they want to get back to last year's standards, they'd better shake the cobwebs off.

But the big shock of the day happened between the Brightvale Wizards and the Maraqua Mermaids. Maraqua were looking unstoppable, with large-margin wins against Terror Mountain and title contender Kreludor. Brightvale itself had quite a strong showing the past two games but they were the underdogs coming into the match. And the domination was seemingly set to continue, as Maraqua shot out Brightvale in Shootout Showdown. But the Wizards aren't called Wizards for nothing and they staged an almost magical comeback. Fueled by sugary slushies and a win in Slushie Slingers, Brightvale fans brought the roof down and took Make Some Noise. Bolstered by the efforts of fans, the team did not disappoint and a victory in Yooyuball took the wind out of Maraqua's sails. Brightvale fans were elated - chants of "Wizards banish Mermaids!" can still be heard up to this very moment.

And that wraps up today's coverage of the Altador Cup. This day really showed that we should expect both the expected and the unexpected. This is Miko signing off. Good night Neopia!

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