Altador Cup 2007

This article documents a current event. Information may update rapidly as the event progresses.

This article is about the plot details of the Altador Cup in 2007. For information about Yooyuball, see Altador Cup.

Altador Cup 2007 was a gaming plot which began on June 1, 2007, and was the second installation of the Altador Cup.

Plot summary

With the return of Altador Cup in 2007, the previous years finalists (the Haunted Woods and Darigan Citadel have returned with key changes to their rosters, which they feel will vault them into being odds-on favourites to take the Cup. Darigan benched goalkeeper Mungo Lifler and brought in Reshar Collifey, while the Haunted Woods hirded defender Autry Fulse. That either could give the edge for each team to reach the top or backfire would be seen.

Those weren't the only changes, as there were also changes to other teams rosters, due to free-agent signings and the arrival of new rookies. Also, the new Yooyuball team of Shenkuu participated in the tournament, apparently replacing Kreludor. The sport itself underwent changes as well, with three new kinds of Yooyuball to be brought into play for the first time (Normal, Clockwork, and Darigan).

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The conspicuous absence of Kreludor in this years tournament left many former supporters wondering what happened to their favourite team. On June 8, 2007, Derlyn Fonnet released a statement on behalf of Team Kreludor:

"As you may have noticed by now, Team Kreludor is not one of the participants in this year's Altador Cup. This is due to a malfunction with our training centre's gravity control that went unnoticed; it seems that we have spent the better part of this past year training in gravity that is weaker than that of Neopia. For this reason, it would not be safe for us to compete, due to insufficient bone and muscle density. Rest assured that the problem has been fixed. It is not known, however, whether the incident was a case of simple mechanical failure or the result of sabotage by disgruntled factions here on Kreludor.

We will continue our training in hopes of returning to form next year, but I'm afraid it would be impossible for us to participate in this year's tournament. We'd like to thank everyone who has supported us in the past and all of our fans both on Kreludor and in Neopia. Thank you."

Plot participation

Unlike regular plots where the plot was written by The Neopets Team, the plot was directed by the collective users on Neopets, and how well they collectively played together in each other their selected teams. Users could select their team on their own, but also had the option to be placed on a team via a quiz which tested what their personality was like. Unlike the previous year, users could not reselect teams once gaming began. Users could sign up between June 1 - 4, and matches began on the 5th. The score users contributed was calculated by their win/loss/tie record, the number of goals scored each game, and a average based on team membership (so a team with more users participating wouldn't have an advantage over a team with fewer players).

It a common misconception having a loss counted for a users score would give negative points towards a user's score, when in truth every completed game raised the users score higher. Some users who wanted a certain team to win took advantage of the system as well, by signing up for an opposing team and purposefully lose in order to try and lower the chance of them winning.

Besides playing Yooyuball, users also had the option of playing Slushie Slinger and Make Some Noise to contribute to their score. While these games did give the user points, the most points to be given were those for playing Yooyuball.

Tournament play was double round robin, which meant teams played every other team twice. During the round robin phase, each team was given a chance to prove itself by scoring the most overall. At the conclusion of the double round robin phase, the four best-performing teams will advance to the final matches that will determine who will reign supreme in this year's Altador Cup. The top two teams will meet in a final showdown for first place, and the teams that ranked third and fourth in the double round robin phase will battle for third place.

Match Schedule

Team means they won. Team vs Team means a draw.

June 5 Meridell vs. Tyrannia Terror Mountain vs. Maraqua Haunted Woods vs. Shenkuu Brightvale vs. Lost Desert Altador vs. Krawk Island Mystery Island vs. Kiko Lake Roo Island vs. Virtupets Darigan Citadel vs. Faerieland	June 6 Krawk Island vs. Meridell Haunted Woods vs. Altador Shenkuu vs. Faerieland Darigan Citadel vs. Lost Desert Brightvale vs. Roo Island Mystery Island vs. Maraqua Kiko Lake vs. Tyrannia Terror Mountain vs. Virtupets	June 7 Haunted Woods vs. Faerieland Maraqua vs. Tyrannia Kiko Lake vs. Krawk Island Altador vs. Meridell Brightvale vs. Terror Mountain Virtupets vs. Mystery Island Shenkuu vs. Lost Desert Roo Island vs. Darigan Citadel
June 8 Faerieland vs. Altador Virtupets vs. Tyrannia Terror Mountain vs. Darigan Citadel Meridell vs. Kiko Lake Brightvale vs. Mystery Island Lost Desert vs. Haunted Woods Roo Island vs. Shenkuu Krawk Island vs. Maraqua	June 9 Kiko Lake vs. Altador Brightvale vs. Tyrannia Haunted Woods vs. Roo Island Darigan Citadel vs. Mystery Island Lost Desert vs. Faerieland Shenkuu vs. Terror Mountain Meridell vs. Maraqua Krawk Island vs. Virtupets	June 10 Meridell vs. Virtupets Altador vs. Lost Desert Mystery Island vs. Shenkuu Brightvale vs. Krawk Island Darigan Citadel vs. Tyrannia Roo Island vs. Faerieland Haunted Woods vs. Terror Mountain Kiko Lake vs. Maraqua
June 11 Faerieland vs. Terror Mountain Meridell vs. Brightvale Roo Island vs. Lost Desert Kiko Lake vs. Virtupets Mystery Island vs. Haunted Woods Shenkuu vs. Tyrannia Darigan Citadel vs. Krawk Island Maraqua vs. Altador	June 12 Terror Mountain vs. Lost Desert Brightvale vs. Kiko Lake Meridell vs. Darigan Citadel Altador vs. Roo Island Virtupets vs. Maraqua Faerieland vs. Mystery Island Haunted Woods vs. Tyrannia Shenkuu vs. Krawk Island	June 13 Altador vs. Virtupets Tyrannia vs. Faerieland Darigan Citadel vs. Kiko Lake Meridell vs. Shenkuu Maraqua vs. Brightvale Terror Mountain vs. Roo Island Haunted Woods vs. Krawk Island Mystery Island vs. Lost Desert
June 14 Tyrannia vs. Lost Desert Altador vs. Terror Mountain Brightvale vs. Virtupets Krawk Island vs. Faerieland Meridell vs. Haunted Woods Kiko Lake vs. Shenkuu Darigan Citadel vs. Maraqua Roo Island vs. Mystery Island	June 15 Lost Desert vs. Krawk Island Brightvale vs. Altador Darigan Citadel vs. Virtupets Roo Island vs. Tyrannia Mystery Island vs. Terror Mountain Faerieland vs. Meridell Maraqua vs. Shenkuu Haunted Woods vs. Kiko Lake	June 16 Brightvale vs. Darigan Citadel Maraqua vs. Haunted Woods Altador vs. Mystery Island Shenkuu vs. Virtupets Kiko Lake vs. Faerieland Terror Mountain vs. Tyrannia Lost Desert vs. Meridell Roo Island vs. Krawk Island

Current standings

The following table will change with each days updates until the tournament is finished...

Team	Yooyuball			Slushie Slinger			Make Some Noise
	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	L
Altador	2	0	3	0	1	4	1	1	3
Brightvale	0	0	5	1	0	4	1	0	4
Darigan Citadel	4	0	1	2	3	0	3	2	0
Faerieland	0	0	5	1	0	4	0	1	4
Haunted Woods	3	1	1	2	1	2	2	3	0
Kiko Lake	0	0	5	1	2	2	0	2	3
Krawk Island	5	0	0	4	1	0	5	0	0
Lost Desert	3	1	1	2	3	0	2	2	1
Maraqua	0	1	4	3	1	1	3	0	2
Meridell	4	0	1	3	0	2	3	0	2
Mystery Island	4	0	1	3	1	1	3	2	0
Roo Island	5	0	0	4	1	0	3	2	0
Shenkuu	2	0	3	2	2	1	1	3	1
Terror Mountain	3	0	2	2	2	1	2	1	2
Tyrannia	3	1	1	1	0	4	1	1	3
Virtupets	0	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	5

Prizes

Upon joining one of the participating teams, the user automatically received an Altador Cup Team Background of the team they joined, which they could use for Neopet Customisation. It's also believe users will receive the Altador Cup Site Theme as well as an avatar for participating. That it will be the old ones are new are not known yet.

Trivia

• ...to be added...

External links

• Altador Cup, Standings