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[[Image:Altadorcup pre 2012.jpg|frame|right|The Altador Cup returns for the seventh year running.]]
[[Image:Altadorcup pre 2012.jpg|frame|right|The Altador Cup returns for the seventh year running.]]


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The '''seventh instalment''' of the [[Altador Cup]] competition will be played in the summer of 2012. On the 15 May, the countdown to the sign-ups process began, with information on two teams being released per day. Sign ups opened midday on 25 May.  
 
The '''seventh instalment''' of the [[Altador Cup]] competition was played in the summer of 2012. On the 15 May, the countdown to the sign-ups process began, with information on two teams being released per day. Sign ups opened midday on 25 May.  


==Teams==
==Teams==
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==Story==
==Story==
===Round One===
===Round One===
*'''Alabriss Brakcet'''
*'''Alabriss Bracket'''
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.
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.


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*'''Vaeolus Brakcet'''
*'''Vaeolus Bracket'''
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.
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.


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to be continued...
===Round Three===
*'''Alabriss Bracket'''
Round Three was both a blessing and a curse for some teams. While [[Mystery Island]] was proving to be a serious threat to all the teams in the competition, they faced stiff opposition from other powerhouses, such as [[Krawk Island]] and [[Meridell]]. [[Kiko Lake]], also in this bracket, had made it known that they weren't to be taken lightly. Which left the two remaining bottom-dwellers, [[Terror Mountain]] and [[Faerieland]] to survive on their own. While Mystery Island and Meridell each dominated the competition, leaving Krawk Island in the dust, Kiko Lake had slowed down even more considerably. Faerieland, who had been swept in almost every round of competition thus far, only pulled off a single win against Kiko Lake. Terror Mountain's results were very lackluster, but as other teams have been able to do so, Terror Mountain made quick work of Faerieland and swept them as well. Both Mystery Island and Meridell steamrolled the other teams in the process, hardly losing more than one side game at most. As a result, the two were fighting it out for the top spot, which was totally in the air at the time. Krawk Island, though unable to defeat these top two threats, their matchups against the lower teams ended considerably well. The results saw Meridell just inching out ahead of Mystery Island, who came in 2nd. Krawk Island slid comfortably into 3rd, while Kiko Lake's decreasing momentum placed them in 4th. Terror Mountain, with the clear advantage of Faerieland, came in 5th, while the Faerieland team saw themselves in last once again.
 
{|class="wikitable"
!Standing
!Team
!Points Earned
!Points Total
!Overall Standings
|-
|'''1st Place'''
|[[Meridell]]
|22
|48
|2nd
|-
|'''2nd Place'''
|[[Mystery Island]]
|18
|48
|2nd
|-
|'''3rd Place'''
|[[Krawk Island]]
|14
|37
|6th
|-
|'''4th Place'''
|[[Kiko Lake]]
|12
|32
|7th
|-
|'''5th Place'''
|[[Terror Mountain]]
|8
|16
|14th
|-
|'''6th Place'''
|[[Faerieland]]
|7
|12
|17th
|}
 
*'''Minitheus Bracket'''
This bracket was more of a mixed bag than the other two. This bracket was composed of [[Lost Desert]], who performed well in the last two rounds, mid-packers [[Tyrannia]], [[Brightvale]], and [[Virtupets]], and bottom-dwellers [[Altador]] and [[Moltara]]. Altador got the round going with a great surprise, drawing Lost Desert in Yooyuball in an effort to raise their position. After this, Altador was still able to pluck minimal wins here and there, even winning Yooyuball against Moltara. Lost Desert had very impressive results, despite their shaky start at Altador's hand. Virtupets, Brightvale, and Tyrannia too were each able to meet them even in Yooyuball, but their side game skill was an important component in their victories. Tyrannia lacked sweeping material, but they too were fairly evenly matched with Lost Desert. Brightvale proved to be a tough bug to squash, holding their own very well against the primary threats of Lost Desert and Tyrannia. Though the two matches between Brightvale and Virtupets both ended in a Virtupets victory, as the Brightvale team's results against the powerhouses of this bracket were stronger, Virtupets sank to mediocrity. Moltara's results  were very similar to that of Altador's, plucking wins here and there that proved to be enough to keep up with their rivals. The results had the Lost Desert easily on top, while Tyrannia hung on for 2nd. Brightvale's impressive results against more powerful teams landed them 3rd, while Virtupets, unable to keep up with the demand, finished 4th. Moltara edged out Altador for 5th, leaving Altador in last for the third time in a row.
 
{|class="wikitable"
!Standing
!Team
!Points Earned
!Points Total
!Overall Standings
|-
|'''1st Place'''
|[[Lost Desert]]
|22
|42
|5th
|-
|'''2nd Place'''
|[[Tyrannia]]
|18
|30
|9th
|-
|'''3rd Place'''
|[[Brightvale]]
|14
|24
|10th
|-
|'''4th Place'''
|[[Virtupets]]
|12
|21
|13th
|-
|'''5th Place'''
|[[Moltara]]
|8
|15
|15th
|-
|'''6th Place'''
|[[Altador]]
|7
|12
|17th
|}
 
*'''Vaeolus Bracket'''
The third bracket of the third round was very similar with the Alabriss Bracket, composed of powerhouses, midrunners, and bottom-dwellers. The powerhouses to be watched out for were [[Kreludor]] and [[Darigan Citadel]], who were in 1st and 3rd overall, respectively. The middle-dwellers, in 8th and 9th overall, were [[Maraqua]] and [[Roo Island]], respectively. Finally we had our bottom-dwellers, two teams that have seen very little luck, [[Haunted Woods]] and [[Shenkuu]]. Kreludor got to sweeping right from the get-go, sweeping their first four opponents, Shenkuu, Haunted Woods, and Maraqua twice. Finally, Kreludor's perfect Yooyuball record was stopped by Darigan Citadel in a valiant effort. However, alongside that match ending in a draw, Kreludor still managed to side-sweep. Aside from that one match, Darigan Citadel's matchups went strong, defeating almost all who stood in their way, though not to the same extent as Kreludor. Haunted Woods's fight started incredibly shaky, losing hard to Roo Island and being side-swept by Shenkuu. However, their resistance to being swept to anyone but Roo Island and Kreludor gave them a little push in the right direction. On the other hand, Roo Island, despite sweeping twice against Haunted Woods, fared terribly in other matches, as did Shenkuu. Maraqua pulled ahead of Roo Island in this sense, managing to take some wins despite being swept twice by Kreludor. The results had Kreludor easily in 1st and Darigan Citadel easily in 2nd. Maraqua swam up to 3rd, while Haunted Woods defied expectations and landed a 4th place finish. Roo Island took a disappointing 5th place finish, while Shenkuu was thrown back down to last.
 
{|class="wikitable"
!Standing
!Team
!Points Earned
!Points Total
!Overall Standings
|-
|'''1st Place'''
|[[Kreludor]]
|22
|52
|1st
|-
|'''2nd Place'''
|[[Darigan Citadel]]
|18
|45
|4th
|-
|'''3rd Place'''
|[[Maraqua]]
|14
|31
|8th
|-
|'''4th Place'''
|[[Haunted Woods]]
|12
|24
|10th
|-
|'''5th Place'''
|[[Roo Island]]
|8
|22
|12th
|-
|'''6th Place'''
|[[Shenkuu]]
|7
|14
|16th
|}
 
===Round Four===
*'''Alabriss Bracket'''
With [[Meridell]] residing in this bracket, hope was lacking for the remainder of the teams here. It was do or die for [[Terror Mountain]], as multiple rounds of bad results had them cast down to 14th, much lower than last year's 8th. [[Faerieland]] had one more chance to escape the bottom, while [[Virtupets]] was struggling to shrug off the "Winner's Curse". [[Haunted Woods]], being troopers, managed to hold on to middle positions, but stiff competition was not what they needed. Finally, there was [[Moltara]], who have been no strangers to a major upset. Meridell easily wiped out the competition; 5 out of 6 matches in the bracket resulted in a sweep, with the only team escaping this fate being Haunted Woods. On that subject, the Haunted Woods performed admirably, taking more wins here than in any other round. But perhaps more impressive was the competition that Virtupets and Terror Mountain displayed. Terror Mountain proved to be a terror in this bracket, claiming landslide wins everywhere except against Meridell and Virtupets. While Virtupets were victorious in a majority of their matches, perhaps more so than Terror Mountain and Haunted Woods, their results didn't get anywhere near sweeps. Faerieland continued to have to deal with harsh opposition, though they managed to pull a few more wins here. Unfortunately for them, even with Moltara once again facing big trouble, it still wasn't enough. Furthermore, Moltara's past record against Faerieland held up again, with Moltara taking the win, though to a lesser degree than their previous encounters with Faerieland. Despite this, the results were fairly straightforward; Meridell took 1st with little opposition to them, while Terror Mountain impressively rose to the occasion to take 2nd. Haunted Woods, with their increased ability in this bracket, took 3rd. Virtupets was strong, but not strong enough to take the lead on the teams, went into 4th. This left Moltara and Faerieland, and despite the greatest efforts by the latter, Moltara still went on to claim 5th, which left Faerieland in last, effectively meaning that they claimed last place in all four rounds of the tournament.
 
{|class="wikitable"
!Standing
!Team
!Points Earned
!Points Total
!Overall Standings
|-
|'''1st Place'''
|[[Meridell]]
|27
|75
|2nd
|-
|'''2nd Place'''
|[[Terror Mountain]]
|24
|40
|11th
|-
|'''3rd Place'''
|[[Haunted Woods]]
|18
|42
|9th
|-
|'''4th Place'''
|[[Virtupets]]
|16
|37
|13th
|-
|'''5th Place'''
|[[Moltara]]
|11
|26
|15th
|-
|'''6th Place'''
|[[Faerieland]]
|10
|22
|17th
|}
 
*'''Minitheus Bracket'''
Once again, the prevalence of midrunners made target practice for the major threats of the bracket. [[Mystery Island]] saw this bracket as very important, as there was no telling what might happen if they failed to take the lead. [[Lost Desert]] came up on them as well, hoping to overtake some positions for a strong retaliation to last year's dismal 13th place finish. [[Brightvale]] was hoping to see their matchups continuing to hold up well in this bracket, while [[Kiko Lake]] was worried about suffering from further descent after slowing down in the third  round. Finally, we had [[Roo Island]] and [[Shenkuu]], both of which suffered major losses in the last round. It was safe to say that Mystery Island had a strong hold on their lead and thus their skills could not be matched, even by Lost Desert. That said, both Mystery Island and Lost Desert had impressive wins, while Kiko Lake, after suffering a major case of beginning stumbles, managed to come back and take some wins, though none in Yooyuball. Brightvale was a little on the shakier side; while they were able to take down Kiko Lake once, they could not match up with the skills they demonstrated in the third round. Shenkuu had very little to offer in this bracket, being defeated by every team, though not doing so without taking a few wins here and there. With the last round on the line, all the teams were pumped in trying to keep up with their average, or even exceed it. Likewise, four out of the six teams in the Minitheus Bracket of the fourth round improved on last year's scores, the first three being massive. Finishing 1st in the bracket was Mystery Island, who took a huge leap forward after last year's 14th place finish to a tie for 2nd. Kiko Lake did enough to hold 2nd in the bracket, also taking a huge jump from 16th to 6th. In 3rd, Lost Desert came up a little short, but their year proved to be much more usual of them, improving vastly over their 13th place finish last year to a 5th place finish this year. Finally, in 4th, Brightvale came up a bit short, but still improved a single position, holding 11th place in a tie with Terror Mountain. While all was happy for those teams, Roo Island, finishing 5th, and Shenkuu, claiming last, each had a descent. Roo Island, normally a midrunner, fell to the depths of the standings and finished the tourney in 14th. Meanwhile, Shenkuu, who faced massive opposition this year, stumbled down to 16th.
 
{|class="wikitable"
!Standing
!Team
!Points Earned
!Points Total
!Overall Standings
|-
|'''1st Place'''
|[[Mystery Island]]
|27
|75
|2nd
|-
|'''2nd Place'''
|[[Kiko Lake]]
|24
|56
|6th
|-
|'''3rd Place'''
|[[Lost Desert]]
|18
|60
|5th
|-
|'''4th Place'''
|[[Brightvale]]
|16
|40
|11th
|-
|'''5th Place'''
|[[Roo Island]]
|11
|33
|14th
|-
|'''6th Place'''
|[[Shenkuu]]
|10
|24
|16th
|}
 
*'''Vaeolus Bracket'''
This bracket was a wild party of powerhouses going at it with no mercy. [[Kreludor]] was the obvious leader here, and to seal their lead, they would have to get past their fellow powerhouses, [[Darigan Citadel]] and [[Krawk Island]]. Midrunners [[Maraqua]] and [[Tyrannia]] were ready to keep a hold of what they had, which left but one dismally placed team, [[Altador]]. Likewise, prospects weren't looking too good for Altador, especially after being swept on the first two days of competition. However, when Altador faced Krawk Island, everyone was surprised when Altador took a win in Yooyuball! From that point on, Altador could not be swept. Kreludor was unstoppable once again, beating down threats repetitively, sweeping both Tyrannia and Krawk Island. However, Tyrannia fought Kreludor twice, and the second time, they were ready. Despite Kreludor still side-sweeping, Tyrannia dealt Kreludor its first (and only) loss in Yooyuball. Still, Kreludor continued strong, nearly sweeping Maraqua before finally sweeping Darigan Citadel, which came as a major loss for the team. Up to that point, Darigan Citadel had been performing at par with Kreludor, which made them very serious threats. Krawk Island once again found themselves overshadowed by the top two threats, but much more so, as Darigan Citadel was also able to sweep Krawk Island on their second encounter, with their first encounter ending as a win on the Krawk Island team's part. Aside from those two sweeps, Krawk Island had a very respectable performance overall. Maraqua also faced being overshadowed, but they too were able to take down teams of their own, despite their overall weakness in comparison. Tyrannia did not meet up with expectations, taking major losses being swept, and aside their burst of glory against Kreludor, they were generally underwhelming and could not handle being with the powerhouses well. Altador, as a bottom-floater, naturally were dealt with loss after loss, though they managed that single win against Krawk Island, but generally were swept. Kreludor took the top spot, which effectively made them the only team to win their bracket in all four rounds, which made them the winners of Altador Cup VII. Coming up behind them was Darigan Citadel in 2nd, followed by Krawk Island in 3rd. Maraqua fell into 4th, while Tyrannia took a dismal 5th position. Like Faerieland, Altador fell into 6th in every round, so they were placed in last alongside Faerieland in a tie.
 
{|class="wikitable"
!Standing
!Team
!Points Earned
!Points Total
!Overall Standings
|-
|'''1st Place'''
|[[Kreludor]]
|27
|79
|1st
|-
|'''2nd Place'''
|[[Darigan Citadel]]
|24
|69
|4th
|-
|'''3rd Place'''
|[[Krawk Island]]
|18
|55
|7th
|-
|'''4th Place'''
|[[Maraqua]]
|16
|47
|8th
|-
|'''5th Place'''
|[[Tyrannia]]
|11
|41
|10th
|-
|'''6th Place'''
|[[Altador]]
|10
|22
|17th
|}
 
====2nd Place Tie-Breaker====
As for Altador Cup VII's new rules, to determine who would win the silver and bronze medals, there needed to be an extra day of play for the two teams involved. Note that this did not apply for any of the other ties, so [[Terror Mountain]] and [[Brightvale]]'s tie for 11th place, along with [[Faerieland]] and [[Altador]]'s tie for 17th place would remain ties. In order to resolve the tie, the two teams in 2nd place with 75 points each, [[Meridell]] and [[Mystery Island]], faced each other once more. After a whole day of matching each other, hoping to defeat the other, Mystery Island came out on top, which gave them the 2nd position, while Meridell claimed 3rd.


==Participation==
==Participation==

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