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===Altador Cup Ranking===
===Altador Cup Rank===
A player ranking system was introduced to the tournament during [[Altador Cup II]].
A rank system was introduced to the tournament during [[Altador Cup II]]. Each time a user submits a score for one of the four exclusive Altador Cup games, they earn points toward their next Altador cup rank.  The number of points awarded differs for each game: 


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||'''Yooyuball win'''||1 point awarded
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||'''Yooyuball draw'''||1/3 point awarded
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||'''Slushie Slinger'''||1/2 point awarded
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||'''Make Some Noise'''||1/12 point awarded
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||'''Shootout Showdown'''||1/12 point awarded
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Only scores that meet the minimum requirements listed above count toward increasing Altador Cup Rank.  There are 21 different ranks in all:
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||[[Image:Wood engrave.png]]||'''Beginner'''<br />0 points needed
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|[[Image:Wood yellowgem.png]]||'''Rank 1'''<br />34 points needed
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|[[Image:Wood redgem.png]]||'''Rank 2'''<br />67 points needed
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|[[Image:Wood greengem.png]]||'''Rank 3'''<br />100 points needed
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|[[Image:Wood bluegem.png]]||'''Rank 4'''<br />134 points needed
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|[[Image:Stone yellowgem.png]]||'''Rank 5'''<br />184 points needed
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||[[Image:Stone redgem.png]]||'''Rank 6'''<br />234 points needed
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|[[Image:Stone greengem.png]]||'''Rank 7'''<br />284 points needed
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|[[Image:Stone bluegem.png]]||'''Rank 8'''<br />334 points needed
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|[[Image:Bronze yellowgem.png]]||'''Rank 9'''<br />400 points needed
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|[[Image:Bronze redgem.png]]||'''Rank 10'''<br />467 points needed
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|[[Image:Bronze greengem.png]]||'''Rank 11'''<br />534 points needed
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||[[Image:Bronze bluegem.png]]||'''Rank 12'''<br />600 points needed
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|[[Image:Silver yellowgem.png]]||'''Rank 13'''<br />684 points needed
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|[[Image:Silver redgem.png]]||'''Rank 14'''<br />767 points needed
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|[[Image:Silver greengem.png]]||'''Rank 15'''<br />850 points needed
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|[[Image:Silver bluegem.png]]||'''Rank 16'''<br />934 points needed
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|[[Image:Gold yellowgem.png]]||'''Rank 17'''<br />1,034 points needed
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|[[Image:Gold redgem.png]]||'''Rank 18'''<br />1,134 points needed
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|[[Image:Gold greengem.png]]||'''Rank 19'''<br />1,234 points needed
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|[[Image:Gold bluegem.png]]||'''All-Star'''<br />1,334 points needed
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====Avatar====
Since [[Altador Cup III]], users have been able to unlock the following [[avatar]] by increasing their Altador Cup rank to Rank 1:
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|style="width:50px;"|[[Image:Altadorcupplayer.gif]] ||'''Altador Cup Player'''<br />Achieve Rank 1 during the Altador Cup.
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===Staff Tournament===
===Staff Tournament===

Revision as of 14:01, 24 July 2014

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The famed trophy that gives the Cup its name.

The Altador Cup is a yearly sporting event that takes place at the Colosseum during the month of June. During the event, eighteen teams, each one representing a different Neopian land, compete in the sport of Yooyuball. Unlike other events on the Neopets website, the outcome of the Altador Cup is not pre-planed by TNT writers. Instead, the winning team is determined entirely by user participation.

User Participation

In order to participate in the Altador Cup, each user must first pick a team to support. In general, users are not allowed to switch teams after they have chosen one. After choosing a team, users can earn victory points for their team by playing any of the four flash games listed below and getting at least the minimum score required for the game. These four games are only available during the Altador Cup.


Yooyuball
  • Yooyuball is the main draw of the Altador Cup. In this sport, two teams, each containing five players, play against each other. The object of the game is to score goals by getting a Yooyu, which serves as the game's ball, into the opponent's net. Yooyuball players use specially designed slings to catch, carry, and pass Yooyus.

Minimum Score: Win / Draw

Slushie Slinger
  • Slushie Slinger was added to the Altador Cup in 2007. In this game, the player takes on the role of a Red Tuskaninny waitress as she frantically serves slushies to impatient, thirsty Yooyuball fans. The gameplay of Slushie Slinger was inspired by that of the 1983 arcade game Tapper.

Minimum Score: 270 points

Make Some Noise
  • Make Some Noise was also added to the Altador Cup in 2007. In this game, the player takes on the role of the Techo Fanatic as he cheers on the Yooyuball players at the Colosseum.

Minimum Score: 3,000 points

Shootout Showdown
  • Shootout Showdown was added to the Altador Cup in 2009. In this game, players must score five goals against the practice team's goalkeeper within a sixty second time limit.

Minimum Score: 35 points

Altador Cup Rank

A rank system was introduced to the tournament during Altador Cup II. Each time a user submits a score for one of the four exclusive Altador Cup games, they earn points toward their next Altador cup rank. The number of points awarded differs for each game:

Yooyuball win 1 point awarded
Yooyuball draw 1/3 point awarded
Slushie Slinger 1/2 point awarded
Make Some Noise 1/12 point awarded
Shootout Showdown 1/12 point awarded


Only scores that meet the minimum requirements listed above count toward increasing Altador Cup Rank. There are 21 different ranks in all:

Wood engrave.png Beginner
0 points needed
Wood yellowgem.png Rank 1
34 points needed
Wood redgem.png Rank 2
67 points needed
Wood greengem.png Rank 3
100 points needed
Wood bluegem.png Rank 4
134 points needed
Stone yellowgem.png Rank 5
184 points needed
Stone redgem.png Rank 6
234 points needed
Stone greengem.png Rank 7
284 points needed
Stone bluegem.png Rank 8
334 points needed
Bronze yellowgem.png Rank 9
400 points needed
Bronze redgem.png Rank 10
467 points needed
Bronze greengem.png Rank 11
534 points needed
Bronze bluegem.png Rank 12
600 points needed
Silver yellowgem.png Rank 13
684 points needed
Silver redgem.png Rank 14
767 points needed
Silver greengem.png Rank 15
850 points needed
Silver bluegem.png Rank 16
934 points needed
Gold yellowgem.png Rank 17
1,034 points needed
Gold redgem.png Rank 18
1,134 points needed
Gold greengem.png Rank 19
1,234 points needed
Gold bluegem.png All-Star
1,334 points needed

Avatar

Since Altador Cup III, users have been able to unlock the following avatar by increasing their Altador Cup rank to Rank 1:


Altadorcupplayer.gif Altador Cup Player
Achieve Rank 1 during the Altador Cup.

Staff Tournament

As another part of the Altador Cup, The Neopets Team participates in a tournament play of their own. They did this in 2006, and only again in 2010.

Champions

Altador Cup I: Haunted Woods defeated Darigan
Altador Cup II: Darigan defeated Roo Island
Altador Cup III: Roo Island defeated Krawk Island
Altador Cup IV: Krawk Island defeated Shenkuu
Altador Cup V: Lost Desert defeated Kreludor
Altador Cup VI: Virtupets defeated Krawk Island
Altador Cup VII: Kreludor defeated Mystery Island
Altador Cup VIII: Tyrannia defeated Altador
Altador Cup IX: Haunted Woods defeated Virtupets

Team rosters

Teams 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Altador ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Brightvale ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
Darigan Citadel ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Faerieland ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Haunted Woods ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Jelly World ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
Kiko Lake ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Krawk Island ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Kreludor ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Lost Desert ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Maraqua ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Meridell ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Moltara ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
Mystery Island ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Roo Island ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Shenkuu ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Terror Mountain ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Tyrannia ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Virtupets ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

For the first four years, the Altador Cup Tournament consisted of sixteen teams representing the lands of Neopia. Following the introduction of Shenkuu, one team sat out each year to keep the numbers even, until the discovery of Moltara allowed a full roster of eighteen teams to play in Altador Cup V. Users could only support one team at a time, and could only switch between teams in the first competition, between rounds.

The first team to cancel participation was Kreludor for Altador Cup II - in a statement by Derlyn Fonnet, this was due to a malfunctioning gravity generator leading to reduced "muscle and bone" density. The following year they returned to the competition, but Kiko Lake could not participate due to travel issues. Brightvale was unable to participate in Altador Cup IV as King Hagan thought it would make the country harder to govern.

An additional team is available each year as the practice team, from Jelly World. While the members of the team are unknown, it's known the Goalkeeper is a Jelly Kougra and the forwards a Jelly Kau and Usul.

So far Lutari Island has not participated in any of the Altador Cups, though two Lutari have.


Annual Results

The final rankings of each team for that year.

Teams 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Altador 14 13 13 15 17 17 17 2
Brightvale 8 12 16 - 13 12 12 11
Darigan Citadel 2 1 7 7 3 7 4 5
Faerieland 16 15 15 16 15 15 18 16
Haunted Woods 1 7 8 10 12 11 9 9
Kiko Lake 13 14 - 14 16 16 6 14
Krawk Island 3 4 2 1 7 2 7 4
Kreludor 9 - 6 4 2 3 1 7
Lost Desert 5 5 3 3 1 13 5 12
Maraqua 10 9 10 5 5 4 8 9
Meridell 7 8 5 11 8 5 3 6
Moltara - - - - 18 18 15 18
Mystery Island 6 6 9 6 14 14 2 15
Roo Island 4 2 1 9 4 9 14 3
Shenkuu - 3 4 2 11 10 16 12
Terror Mountain 15 10 12 13 9 8 11 7
Tyrannia 11 11 11 8 10 6 10 1
Virtupets 12 16 14 12 6 1 13 16

Trivia

  • The first Altador Cup appeared to coincide with dates and times of the FIFA World Cup in Germany of 2006, and the golden orb, seen in the preview trailer, of the trophy bore a remarkable resemblance to the actual World Cup.
  • Noted advertisements shown in North America within the 2006 tournament were a new Dragon Ball Z game being released in July 2006 and a new Garfield movie. For 2007, Evan Almighty was advertised.
  • During Yooyuball game play when the Ixi and Grarrl news presenters are making their remarks about the teams, were a user to refrain from clicking the "continue" button, they would begin to ask the user to carry on, mention they see Tarla and need to hurry and catch her or reminding the user that sitting and watching them does not earn them points. A Spyder may also come down from the ceiling.
  • Because there used to be 17 possible Altador Cup teams, and only 16 spots available for participating, every year, TNT had to choose one team to not participate, and choose a clever reason for it. The addition of Moltara City in 2010 made for an even total of 18 and thus no team was left out on the sidelines.
  • Coincidentally, from 2006 to 2009, the winning team for each year's Altador Cup was the runner-up team for the previous tournament.
  • Each of the 54 Neopet species is represented by at least one Yooyuball player.

See also

External links



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