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==Story==
==Story==
===Round One===
*'''Alabriss Brakcet'''
The Alabriss Bracket was composed of a mixed bag; while we had some top contenders, including [[Kreludor]] and [[Meridell]], along with [[Tyrannia]], who hit their peak last year, there were some bottom floaters, including [[Brightvale]] and [[Kiko Lake]], and most so of all, [[Altador]]. Altador met with the unfortunate fate of being outclassed by every member of the bracket, causing them to be swept on all six days of the round and thus the worst team overall. However, Kiko Lake was a surprise shock when they defeated Meridell on the first day. Meridell started slow, with consecutive defeats to Kiko Lake and Kreludor before climbing back with a sweep against Tyrannia. Tyrannia had mixed success; while they were able to defeat the lower teams, Kiko Lake, Meridell, and Kreludor proved to be too much for them. Brightvale got the ball rolling with a sweep against Altador on the first day, but middling results afterwards caused them to slow down. Kreludor was powerful the full way through, steamrolling the other teams in the bracket. Kreludor fittingly finished 1st in the bracket, while Meridell slid into 2nd, and Kiko Lake's gargantuan effort placed them in 3rd. Tyrannia's inconsistency placed them in 4th, while Brightvale stumbled to 5th. Altador's lack of wins in anything put them down in last in the bracket.
{|class="wikitable"
!Standing
!Team
!Points Earned
!Points Total
!Overall Standings
|-
|'''1st Place'''
|[[Kreludor]]
|13
|13
|1st
|-
|'''2nd Place'''
|[[Meridell]]
|9
|9
|4th
|-
|'''3rd Place'''
|[[Kiko Lake]]
|6
|6
|7th
|-
|'''4th Place'''
|[[Tyrannia]]
|4
|4
|10th
|-
|'''5th Place'''
|[[Brightvale]]
|2
|2
|13th
|-
|'''6th Place'''
|[[Altador]]
|1
|1
|16th
|}
*'''Minitheus Bracket'''
The anticipated bracket of the first round, the bracket included middle-tier teams of last year's Altador Cup. The forerunner was [[Terror Mountain]], who had finished 8th last year, and the bottom contender was [[Mystery Island]], who had come in 14th. In between, we had [[Roo Island]] (finished 9th), [[Shenkuu]] (finished 10th), [[Haunted Woods]] (finished 11th), and [[Lost Desert]] (finished 13th). Lost Desert was a team to watch out for, though; years of high ranking made them a serious contender, assuming they shrugged off the effects of the "Winner's Curse". Lost Desert proved to be a formidable power, but much more surprising was Mystery Island's sudden rise to power. Defeating Haunted Woods with a sweep and crushing the hopes of Shenkuu, Lost Desert became worried of what might happen, and sure enough, Mystery Island defeated Lost Desert as well. Meanwhile, Terror Mountain's overall lackluster performances were doing them no favors. Haunted Woods too performed dismally, claiming not a single win in Yooyuball, though managing to draw even with most teams, even Lost Desert. Shenkuu and Roo Island too had many draws, and thus couldn't quite get up to speed. Mystery Island's newfound skill skyrocketed them to first in the bracket, while Lost Desert had to settle for 2nd. Roo Island jumped their way to 3rd, and Terror Mountain's draw-heavy matches landed them in 4th. Shenkuu slid their way into 5th, and Haunted Woods, with no Yooyuball wins to their name, crawled into 6th.
{|class="wikitable"
!Standing
!Team
!Points Earned
!Points Total
!Overall Standings
|-
|'''1st Place'''
|[[Mystery Island]]
|13
|13
|1st
|-
|'''2nd Place'''
|[[Lost Desert]]
|9
|9
|4th
|-
|'''3rd Place'''
|[[Roo Island]]
|6
|6
|7th
|-
|'''4th Place'''
|[[Terror Mountain]]
|4
|4
|10th
|-
|'''5th Place'''
|[[Shenkuu]]
|2
|2
|13th
|-
|'''6th Place'''
|[[Haunted Woods]]
|1
|1
|16th
|}
*'''Vaelous Bracket'''
This bracket was full of the Altador Cup's famed superstars...and Altador Cup's famed bottom-barrel teams within the mix. While teams like [[Krawk Island]], [[Darigan Citadel]], and, last year's winners, [[Virtupets]], groveled in the limelight, teams [[Faerieland]] and [[Moltara]] had a shadow cast over them. [[Maraqua]] nestled neatly between the two groups, though Maraqua proved a worthy foe as last year's runner up for the podium. Both Darigan Citadel and Krawk Island gave each other their all, resulting in very similar results in their matchups, and draws being abound when they fought twice in this bracket. Moltara shone brightly in their two matches against Faerieland, the second of which resulted in a sweep in Moltara's favor. Maraqua too fared well, but poor matchups against Krawk Island and Darigan Citadel proved to be a vital component to their loss. Virtupets stumbled out of the gate, losing against the powerhouses they had worked so hard to defeat last year, clearly now under the effects of the "Winner's Curse". Meanwhile, Faerieland's results were dismal at best. In the end, it was Darigan Citadel who inched ahead of Krawk Island to get the win. Maraqua fell to 3rd, while the preceding champions had a piece of humble pie and ended 4th. Moltara, due to their repeated success against Faerieland, who landed last.
{|class="wikitable"
!Standing
!Team
!Points Earned
!Points Total
!Overall Standings
|-
|'''1st Place'''
|[[Darigan Citadel]]
|13
|13
|1st
|-
|'''2nd Place'''
|[[Krawk Island]]
|9
|9
|4th
|-
|'''3rd Place'''
|[[Maraqua]]
|6
|6
|7th
|-
|'''4th Place'''
|[[Virtupets]]
|4
|4
|10th
|-
|'''5th Place'''
|[[Moltara]]
|2
|2
|13th
|-
|'''6th Place'''
|[[Faerieland]]
|1
|1
|16th
|}
===Round Two===
*'''Alabriss Bracket'''
Things were doom and gloom in this bracket in the second round, with current 1st place leaders [[Kreludor]] and [[Darigan Citadel]] facing off against the losers of the previous Alabriss Bracket and Minitheus Bracket, [[Altador]] and [[Haunted Woods]]. Also with so far lackluster results were [[Brightvale]] and [[Virtupets]], finishing 5th and 4th in their respective brackets. The leaders started off their matches with a bang, Darigan Citadel pulling off a successful sweep against Brightvale and Kreludor sweeping Haunted Woods. Altador got their first non-sweep against Virtupets, and from there picked up steam, preventing sweeps here and there. Kreludor remained as powerful as ever, even nearly sweeping Darigan Citadel. Virtupets was still failing to meet expectations, though still able to defeat Haunted Woods and Altador. Haunted Woods was able to upgrade their performance a tad with the help of bonus games and side-games, though still generally remaining weak in Yooyuball. Kreludor was still top dog, keeping 1st position, while Darigan Citadel dropped a slight bit to 2nd. With help from chance, Haunted Woods managed enough to end the bracket in 3rd, while Brightvale followed up in 4th. Virtupets got ahead enough to edge Altador out for 5th, leaving Altador in the 6th place dust for the second time.
{|class="wikitable"
!Standing
!Team
!Points Earned
!Points Total
!Overall Standings
|-
|'''1st Place'''
|[[Kreludor]]
|17
|30
|1st
|-
|'''2nd Place'''
|[[Darigan Citadel]]
|14
|27
|3rd
|-
|'''3rd Place'''
|[[Haunted Woods]]
|11
|12
|10th
|-
|'''4th Place'''
|[[Brightvale]]
|8
|10
|12th
|-
|'''5th Place'''
|[[Virtupets]]
|5
|9
|13th
|-
|'''6th Place'''
|[[Altador]]
|4
|5
|16th
|}
*'''Minitheus Bracket'''
This bracket featured the Altador Cup's two success stories, [[Mystery Island]] and [[Kiko Lake]]. [[Tyrannia]] and [[Maraqua]] were the middle-floaters in the bracket, as [[Moltara]] and [[Faerieland]] faced off again. Kiko Lake's victory against Maraqua in a total sweep on the first day of the round came as a testament to Kiko Lake's power, and they were able to keep up the trend against Moltara and Faerieland, making for three full sweeps in a row.  This put them at odds against Mystery Island, who even though did very well against these teams, were unable to seal the sweeps on all three of them. As the match between these two teams approached, Mystery Island and Kiko Lake were each served a defeat, the former of which had their first loss so far, against Tyrannia. Finally, when it came to the two teams, they drew even, with Mystery Island winning Yooyuball while Kiko Lake side-swept. Still, all things considered, Mystery Island claimed the lead once again to match up to Kreludor, while Kiko Lake jumped into 2nd. Maraqua came in 3rd after fairly difficult matchups, while Tyrannia fell in 4th once again. And, as before, Moltara still won their matches against Faerieland, once again placing them in 5th and 6th, respectively.
{|class="wikitable"
!Standing
!Team
!Points Earned
!Points Total
!Overall Standings
|-
|'''1st Place'''
|[[Mystery Island]]
|17
|30
|1st
|-
|'''2nd Place'''
|[[Kiko Lake]]
|14
|20
|6th
|-
|'''3rd Place'''
|[[Maraqua]]
|11
|17
|8th
|-
|'''4th Place'''
|[[Tyrannia]]
|8
|12
|10th
|-
|'''5th Place'''
|[[Moltara]]
|5
|7
|15th
|-
|'''6th Place'''
|[[Faerieland]]
|4
|5
|17th
|}
*'''Vaeolus Brakcet'''
This bracket was a mixed bag of winners and losers. [[Krawk Island]], [[Meridell]], and [[Lost Desert]] were the favorites going into the round, but [[Roo Island]], [[Shenkuu]], and [[Terror Mountain]] had very little against these teams. Meridell ended up being the forerunner, slamming most of the teams in the bracket with a sweep or close to one, even against Krawk Island and Lost Desert. With this, Meridell's failures in Round One were a thing of the past. Krawk Island had very good results as well, while it was becoming clear that Roo Island was slowing down. Meanwhile, Shenkuu and Terror Mountain had incredible trouble, were completely eradicated by the powerhouses and Roo Island. The overall power that Meridell demonstrated against the other powerhouses put them in 1st, while Krawk Island's power was enough to push them up into 2nd once again. Lost Desert, though faced with some serious competition, landed in 3rd. Roo Island's overall lacking performance put them in 4th while Shenkuu slid into 5th. Finally, Terror Mountain, saddened by their lack of ability when compared to last year's performance, landed last.
{|class="wikitable"
!Standing
!Team
!Points Earned
!Points Total
!Overall Standings
|-
|'''1st Place'''
|[[Meridell]]
|17
|26
|4th
|-
|'''2nd Place'''
|[[Krawk Island]]
|14
|23
|5th
|-
|'''3rd Place'''
|[[Lost Desert]]
|11
|20
|6th
|-
|'''4th Place'''
|[[Roo Island]]
|8
|14
|9th
|-
|'''5th Place'''
|[[Shenkuu]]
|5
|7
|15th
|-
|'''6th Place'''
|[[Terror Mountain]]
|4
|8
|14th
|}
to be continued...


==Participation==
==Participation==

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