Roo Island

2010-05-31T02:43:26Z

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[[Image:Roo island.JPG|right|frame|Map of Roo Island]]
'''Roo Island''' is a [[Mini-World]] in Neopia ruled by [[King Roo]], a [[Blumaroo]]. It is a small (approximately 50 miles by 100 miles) island situated 30 miles east off the coast of [[Neopia Central]] and connected by a rainbow.

==Blumaroos==
Roo Island is heavily populated with Blumaroos. According to a survey done for an old Neopedia article, 95% of the population of 275,000 inhabitants are Blumaroos (4/5 Blumaroos are born there). Several of the buildings are designed to resemble Blumaroos, particularly the palace of King Roo (who is obsesed wih dice-a-roo), and the [[Colouring Pages]] building is reminiscent of a Blumaroo tail. For those non-Blumaroos, all buildings in the shopping district are shaped like little huts.

==Neighborhoods==
* Tangleberry Drive
* Lemberry Lane
* Chievely Canyon
* Membury Close
* Crypt of Doom Road
* Sea View Terrace
* Little Paddock Road
* Meteor Street

==Attractions==
Roo Island features two games, [[Dice-A-Roo]] and [[Deadly Dice]], a souvenir shop, a merry go round, Roo Hill leaf sleding (not accessible to players) and colouring pages. Players may also choose to build their [[NeoHome]] on Roo Island. Also, every year, King Roo hosts [[Neopia]]'s biggest Dice-A-Roo tournament, in which thousands compete.

==Yooyuball==
[[Image:Rooislandbannerac2.gif|frame|Roo Island's Yooyuball Team Logo]]

Roo Island's [[Altador Cup|Yooyuball]] team consists of also-rans and inexperienced rookies, but received a huge boost when [[Lilo Blumario]], one of the game's top players, decided to take a pay cut and sign up with his hometown club. In what was considered improbable and the biggest story of [[Altador Cup 2006]], Roo Island managed to reach Round 3 of the tournament, being defeated by [[Darigan Citadel]] and placing as number four. After a voting of fans and players that Roo Island had the ugliest jersey, fans hoped to do even better this past tournament,with a new uniform and the team's signing of [[Maraqua#Colour|Maraquan]] forward [[Jair Tollet]], who was traded to Roo Island for [[Dayla]], the red Lenny (She got injured in the first practice and never played again). This helped Roo Island make it to the final match, losing to [[Darigan Citadel]], and overall placing in second. Third time proved to be the charm, when in [[Altador Cup III|2008]], Roo Island beat Krawk Island in the Altador Cup final, claiming the cup. In 09, however, Roo Island placed ninth, giving them the record of farthest place difference between cups after winning, as Darigan Citadel and Haunted Woods both placed seventh the tournaments after they won.

Team positions are as follows (bolded notes the Team Captain):
{| wikitable border="1" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- style="background:#ADFF2F"
! Year || Goalkeeper || Left Defender || Right Defender || Left Forward || Right Forward
|- align="center"
| 2006 ||rowspan="4"| [[Clutch Billaban]] ||rowspan="4"| [[Fenny Vail]] ||rowspan="4"| [[Gordo Gunnels]] || [[Dayla]] ||rowspan="4"| '''[[Lilo Blumario]]'''
|- align="center"
| 2007 || rowspan="3"| [[Jair Tollet]]
|- align="center"
| 2008
|- align="center"
| 2009
|}

==Climate==
The weather in Roo Island is very temperate, with hot summers and cold winters. It's the wettest in the spring and fall months.

==Trivia==
*According to the [[Neopedia]] article on [[Count Von Roo]], one of the regions of Roo Island is called [[Blumaria]], which is in the northern area of the Island.
*King Roo's palace is in the biggest Roo Island city, [[Roo City]].
*Roo Island won the [[Altador Cup]] in 2008.
*It is the only place in Neopia that is dedicated to a certain species where that species isn't limited addition, ad the others are [[Kiko Lake]], [[Krawk Island]], and [[Lutari Island]].

==External links==
*[http://www.neopets.com/worlds/index_roo.phtml Roo Island]
*'''Neopedia:''' [http://www.neopets.com/neopedia.phtml?neopedia_id=2 King Roo], [http://neopets.com/neopedia.phtml?neopedia_id=3 Roo Island]
*'''Caption Competition:''' [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=442 #442], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=599 #599], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=745 #745]
{{Altador Cup Teams}}

[[Category:Mini-Worlds]]
[[Category:Altador Cup]]

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