Team Meridell

2011-08-09T14:07:57Z

112.204.158.165: Trivia

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'''Meridell's [[Altador Cup|Yooyuball]] team''' is all about "speed", and is said to be described with that one word. Their superior conditioning allows them to wear down opponents with a relentless flurry of cuts and screens from the opening face-off until the end of a game. Their speed, however, masks the fact they aren't the most accurate or powerful shooters.

They began the 2006 tournament as one of the odds-on favourites to win, having run circles around [[Maraqua#Yooyuball|Maraqua]] in the first round, but "smashed their head on into a brick wall" when they faced [[Darigan]]'s defence in Round Two, finishing 17th. In [[Altador Cup II|2007]] Meridell fans hoped the replacement of reviled ''Left Forward'' [[Vitri Sitol]] with swift scorer [[Gregorgio Maille]] will not only give the team a much needed offensive boost, but also help improve their standing among fans around Neopia.

When the team in fact did worse, the demanding fans wanted more change, so [[Sir Pollonaire Freidl]] was replaced by [[Yoris Obbles]]. This was just the boost they needed, finishing 5th overall in [[Altador Cup III|2008]]. Needless to say expectations were high for Team Meridell in [[Altador Cup V]], but they were a disappointment, finishing 11th overall. Although in [[Altador Cup V|2010]], they fought with [[Roo Island]] for the final spot in the finals, but just fell short, entering the playoffs in 5th place, and leaving in 8th.

[[Altador Cup VI]] was very similar for the Meridell team. Again, they fell just short of first tier to end the round-robin in 5th. However, they managed to defeat both [[Terror Mountain]] and [[Tyrannia]] to secure 5th place, the best they've done since Altador Cup III.

==Roster==
[[Image:Meridell logo.gif|right]]

Team positions are as follows (bolded notes the Team Captain):
{| wikitable border="1" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|-style="background:#4AC948"
! Year || Goalkeeper || Centre Defender || Left Forward || Centre Forward || Right Forward
|- align="center"
| 2006 || rowspan="2"|'''[[Sir Pollonaire Freidl]]''' || rowspan="6"|[[Ilsa Ellits]] || [[Vitri Sitol]] ||rowspan="2"|[["Wizard" Windelle]] ||rowspan="6"|[[Fiorina]]
|- align="center"
| 2007 || rowspan="5"|[[Gregorgio Maille]]
|- align="center"
| 2008 || rowspan="4"| [[Yoris Obbles]] ||rowspan="4"| '''[["Wizard" Windelle]]'''
|- align="center"
| 2009
|- align="center"
| 2010
|-
|2011
|}

==Trivia==
* Team Meridell is the first team to have had a change in Team Captains. Following that would be Krawk Island, which kept its former Captain until replacing him in 2011.

{{Altador Cup Teams}}
[[Category:Yooyuball Teams]]

Team Faerieland

2011-08-09T14:05:42Z

112.204.158.165: Trivia

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In 2006, '''Faerieland's [[Altador Cup|Yooyuball]] team''' featured one of the most potent offensive attacks in the game, consisting of three forwards, making for one of the biggest stories going into the Altador Cup. Their trio of quick, undersized forwards had a tendency to wear down against larger and more physical opponents, however, and their fans were stunned when they were defeated by such forwards from Mystery Island in Round 1.

In 2007, Faerieland decided to switch back to two forwards, adding defender [[Elbin Towse]], who showed vast improvement in practice and then in the regular season the past year, moving Faerieland up to 15th place in Altador Cup II. In 2008, Ciona Broan was added to replace Elbin for her tough tackling. Unfortunatley, they didn't improve, but they did remain 15th. With no changes they returned for the next year, however, the hype didn't quite help Faerieland, giving it last place in [[Altador Cup IV]]. Thus the expectations for Faerieland weren't too high in [[Altador Cup V|2010]] as they again made no roster changes. However they did improve, getting 15th place out of 18, rather than 15th out of 16th and winning eight Yooyuball games, more than ever before.

Once [[Altador Cup VI]] came around, things continued to remain unchanged, despite adding Left Forward [[Elbin Kroe]] from [[Tyrannia]]. They floated around the fourth tier for nearly the entire time, then lost to [[Lost Desert]] and won against [[Kiko Lake]] to finish 15th.

==Roster==
[[Image:Faerieland logo.gif|right]]

Team positions are as follows (bolded notes the Team Captain):
{| wikitable border="1" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- style="background:#EEAEEE"
! Year || Goalkeeper || Centre Defender || Left Forward || Centre Forward || Right Forward
|- align="center"
| 2006 || rowspan="1"| [[Valtonous Rea]] ||rowspan="1"| [[Delma Harrence]]|| [[Babolino]] || '''[[Kakoni Worrill]]''' || [[Palia Alback]]
|- style="background:#EEAEEE"
! Year || Goalkeeper || Right Defender || Left Defender || Right Forward || Left Forward
|- align="center"
| 2007 || rowspan="5"| [[Valtonous Rea]]||[[Elbin Towse]] || rowspan="5"|[[Delma Harrence]]||rowspan="5"| '''[[Kakoni Worrill]]''' ||rowspan="4"| [[Babolino]]
|- align="center"
| 2008 ||rowspan="4"| [[Ciona Broan]]
|- align="center"
| 2009
|- align="center"
| 2010
|- align="center"
| 2011 || [[Elbin Kroe]]
|}

==Trivia==
* Team Faerieland has had two members named Elbin, although never in the same year.

{{Altador Cup Teams}}
[[Category:Yooyuball Teams]]

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