Altador Cup
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
Minimum Score: Win / Draw |
Slushie Slinger
Minimum Score: 270 points |
Make Some Noise
Minimum Score: 3,000 points |
Shootout Showdown
Minimum Score: 35 points |
Altador Cup Ranking
A player ranking system was introduced to the tournament during Altador Cup II.
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 |
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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 |
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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
- Shops: Altador Cup Souvenirs
External links
- Altador Cup
- Altador Cup Prize Shop
- Animation Trailer
- Neopedia: Altador Cup
- Caption Competition: #712, #813
- Editorial: 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 252, 253, 264, 267
Altador Cup | |
Altador Cup I · Altador Cup II · Altador Cup III · Altador Cup IV · Altador Cup V · Altador Cup VI · Altador Cup VII · Altador Cup VIII · Altador Cup IX · Altador Cup X | |
Staff Tournaments
Altador Cup I · Altador Cup V · Altador Cup VI · Altador Cup VII · Altador Cup VIII · | |
Teams
Altador · Brightvale · Darigan Citadel · Faerieland · Haunted Woods · Kiko Lake · Krawk Island · Kreludor · Lost Desert · Maraqua · Meridell · Moltara · Mystery Island · Roo Island · Shenkuu · Terror Mountain · Tyrannia · Virtupets · Jelly World | |
Games
Yooyuball · Slushie Slinger · Make Some Noise · Shootout Showdown |