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 Altador
Cup Tournament
The Altador Cup pits sixteen teams from all
over Neopia against each other in
a quest to prove their honour,
and test their skill. By choosing a team the user helps
their favourite
world make Neopian history.
News
The Altador Cup was
first announced on the News on June 1st 2006:
We promised a
new event in June, so we thought you might like a glimpse of what's to
come.
It's almost time for the Altador
Cup!
On June 3rd you
could sign up with the Team you wanted to play for:
Altador
Cup
sign-ups have begun! Read up on the tournament, the game, and the
teams,
then choose which one you'll play for once the tournament begins.
You can even start practicing as soon as you sign up.
The Teams you
could choose from:
(click on the Team Logo for info on the Team)
Altador |
Brightvale |
Darigan Citadel |
Faerieland |
Haunted Woods |
Kiko Lake |
Krawk Island |
Kreludor |
Lost Desert |
Maraqua |
Meridell |
Mystery Island |
Roo Island |
Terror Mountain |
Tyrannia |
Virtupets |
And on June 9th the
Kick-Off finally started:
Kick-Off!
- Round one of the Altador
Cup starts now! Get out on the field and
do your best for your
team.
This first round ends Sunday, 11th June at Midnight NST.
Good Luck!
Game
Info
The Altador Cup
Tournament consists of sixteen teams representing the lands of Neopia.
Tournament play is single-elimination, which means that the team that
wins a match moves on
to the next round,
while the team that loses has to leave and head home.
The match-ups are
completely random.
The eight winning Teams will go onto the 2nd round
and be randomly
matched up again. So goes the 3rd and the final round.
Round
1
6/8/06 - 6/11/06 |
Round
2
15/6/06 - 18/6/06 |
Round
3
22/6/06 - 25/6/06 |
Round
4
29/6/06 - 3/7/06 |
Yooyus
In the Altador Cup Tournament
the players used a Petpet to play with: the Yooyu.
These
Petpets are greatly honoured and very valued in Altador.
Only the most
healthy and physically
fit Yooyus are chosen for participation in tournament matches,
which is
why many train their
entire lives for a chance to play the renowned game
To give the game some extra difficulties, there a four Yooyus:
Faerie -
In this form, the Yooyu floats lightly through
the air, leaving players to wonder
when it will drop down low enough for them to capture and pass it.
Fire
- This Yooyu must be transferred very
quickly between team-mates, since keeping
it too long can result in some rather unpleasant burns.
Mutant - This
Yooyu is extremely unpredictable and will often move in crazy patterns.
Snow
- This kind of Yooyu makes for a very slow
ball, and its piercing cold slows the
muscles of those playing with it.
Yooyuball
Instructions
Before each game of
Yooyuball begins, choose the formation you want your players to stand
in.
Then select which
direction you'd like to move the ball down the field.
Before
you start playing
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A game lasts
3 minutes
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You can't
take a breaks or pauze during this game
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Scoring and
introducing the Yooyuball will take about 8 seconds
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The Yooyus
are random, a new Yooyu appears when someone scored or when
you start a new game
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When the
Goalie keeps the Yooyuball for more than 5 seconds, it will
release itself into the field
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Key
Controls
- Select a player by pointing at it with
your mouse
- Guide the player by moving your mouse
around the field
- To unselect a player press 'spacebar' or
's
- When no players are selected, you can
click anywhere on the field to select the nearest player to
that position
- To toggle between players press the left
and right arrow keys or 'a' and 'd
- Press shift to get the players back into
their starting position
- Bump into another player to get hold of
the Yooyuball
- Pass the Yooyu with the left mouse key
- Press 'spacebar' to skip the
introduction of the new Yooyuball
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Game
Screenies
Of course before
every game, the Commentators gave their opinion on who's going to win
Well enough of that,
let's see some scoring:
Of course I
don't have any pictures of Haunted Woods scoring
(who would want to see that whahaha)
This means that the
round is over and the 3 minutes have passed
A perfect
score and of course don't forget to hit submit.
Scoring
On July 6th 2006 the
winner of the Altador Cup Tournament was announced
Altador
Cup! - And
the winner is... Haunted Woods!
It was a close game, but the
Haunted Woods is victorious!
If you weren't sided with the Cup winners, don't
worry! We're currently tallying everyone's scores,
and we'll have prizes available early next week for all those who
participated.
(And a chance to win even MORE prizes in a day or two, so keep checking
back!)
Congratulations to everyone and thanks for playing!
Award
Ballot
Since
the Altador Cup Tournament was over, the Neopets Team offered us another
chance
of getting more prizes on July 8th 2006
Now that the Altador
Cup games have come to an end, it's time to award the best and
worst of the tournament!
The Altador Cup Committee has chosen nominees
for each of
the categories below.
For each category, choose who you think is most
deserving of the
award!
Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony next week, and
if your predictions
are correct, you'll get even more prizes!
And the winners are:
For
every correct answer you were given 1000 np. I didn't know all the
answers,
so I got them from some other users who did, thanks by the way
Prizes
On
August 5th the Neopets finally released the prizes for playing in the
Altador Cup
Tournament.
If you haven't collected them yet, go here
If
you played for Haunted Woods or Darigan Citadel from the start you would
get
these Books as a special gift aside from the prizes:
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Spooking the Competition
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Making the Finals:
Darigan Citadel
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Every prize and
Souvenir of this Tournament can be found in my Gallery,
except for
the Halloween Paint Brush (2000 points)
which can also be found in a
Random Event
And of course I want to have a Faerie, Fire, Mutant and Snow Yooyu one day
For
participating in the Altador Cup Tournament you were also rewarded with
an Avatar:
and
a sidebar:
Trophies
Of course after the
Altador Cup Tournament ended, everyong got their trophies.
Those who stuck with the Teams since Round 1 (devotee)
got a better Trophie than
those who joined the Team later on (supporter)
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