Altador Cup Track Records

[AgJu]

First of all, if you'll indulge me for a second....

WOOOHOOOO!!!! TERROR MOUNTAIN FINALLY WON!!!!

Sorry, i love this team and have been supporting it for so long. Its just great to see our Prytariel hoisting that trophy high!

 

Anyway.....these are the track records for all the teams (hashtag for the team with the best overall record, asterisk for the worst):

Altador: 3-4-7-1
Brightvale: 11-10-6-14
Darigan Citadel: 15-8-10-11
Faerieland: 0-5-4-3*
Haunted Woods: 9-6-7-6
Kiko Lake: 5-10-7-12
Krawk Island: 15-19-15-11
Kreludor: 16-17-22-14
Lost Desert: 12-12-13-13
Maraqua: 16-15-16-21
Meridell: 16-12-18-17
Moltara: 3-2-4-5
Mystery Island: 8-14-7-9
Roo Island: 11-11-10-10
Shenkuu: 9-11-7-5
Terror Mountain: 20-22-18-17#
Tyrannia: 7-10-10-9
Virtupets: 22-9-17-20

 

Altador really scooped up a number of wins in the late-going, leaving Faerieland in the dust. Last year's winners, Tyrannia, who are generally one of the stronger side game teams had a really tough time (i saw a few 1s in their scores...yikes). Virtupets was undefeated in YYB, Terror Mountain in Slushie Slinger, Kreludor in Make Some Noise, while no team went undefeated in Shootout Showdown though Maraqua came the closest.

Even though Virtupets stormed the castle, their poor performance in SS is probably what dragged them down from another first place finish. They also lost two matches in the bracket portion (to Terror Mountain, and a really close loss against Maraqua), whereas Terror Mountain only lost one match the entire tournament (to VP, early in the Round Robin). Terror Mountain also had more sweeps, or at least 3-1 victories, than VP.

Even though I'm sure we'll have our turn contending with the Winner's Curse next year, i fully intend to support TM again, though I would consider jumping to another team if Prytariel were traded or just left the competition entirely.

Besides Terror Mountain, i think a team i'd like to see win next is Meridell; they usually have a consistently strong performance and haven't won a tournament yet. There's also Maraqua, and considering the passionate support on these boards, i wouldn't be mad if Shenkuu had a return to their early days, when they consistently placed on the podium. I'd also really like to see Moltara climb up out of the doldrums.

Anyway, here's to ACXV in 2020! I'll see ya there.