Altador Cup

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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 website, the outcome of the Altador Cup is not pre-planed by TNT writers. Instead, the winning team is determined entirely by user participation.

Teams

The following 18 teams have participated in an Altador Cup:

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 Practice Team

During the practice days leading up to the tournament, users can play against the practice team. The practice team can also be played on bye days during the tournament. The practice team hails from Jelly World and consists entirely of Jelly Chias. Despite being a fully capable Yooyuball team, the Jelly World practice team has never participated in an Altador Cup tournament. This is mostly likely due to the fact that there is running gag on the Neopets website that Jelly World does not exist. Despite this, the practice team's goalie does appear in the game Shootout Showdown.

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:

Beginner 0 points needed Rank 1 34 points needed Rank 2 67 points needed Rank 3 100 points needed Rank 4 134 points needed Rank 5 184 points needed Rank 6 234 points needed

Rank 7 284 points needed Rank 8 334 points needed Rank 9 400 points needed Rank 10 467 points needed Rank 11 534 points needed Rank 12 600 points needed Rank 13 684 points needed

Rank 14 767 points needed Rank 15 850 points needed Rank 16 934 points needed Rank 17 1,034 points needed Rank 18 1,134 points needed Rank 19 1,234 points needed 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:

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.

History

So far there have been a total of eleven Altador Cup tournments:

Tournment and Format	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
Altador Cup I Single-elimination
Altador Cup II Double round-robin
Altador Cup III Double round-robin
Altador Cup IV Double round-robin
Altador Cup V Double round-robin
Altador Cup VI Double round-robin
Altador Cup VII Bracket groups
Altador Cup VIII Bracket groups
Altador Cup IX Bracket groups
Altador Cup X Bracket groups
Altador Cup XI Bracket groups

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.

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