Roo Island

Map of Roo Island

Roo Island is a Mini-World in Neopia ruled by King Roo, a Blumaroo. It is a small (approximately 50 miles by 100 miles) island situated 30 miles east off the coast of Neopia Central and connected by a rainbow.

Blumaroos

Roo Island is heavily populated with Blumaroos. According to a survey done for an old Neopedia article, 95% of the population of 275,000 inhabitants are Blumaroos (4/5 Blumaroos are born there). Several of the buildings are designed to resemble Blumaroos, particularly the palace of King Roo (who is obsesed wih dice-a-roo), and the Colouring Pages building is reminiscent of a Blumaroo tail. For those non-Blumaroos, all buildings in the shopping district are shaped like little huts.

Neighborhoods

• Tangleberry Drive
• Lemberry Lane
• Chievely Canyon
• Membury Close
• Crypt of Doom Road
• Sea View Terrace
• Little Paddock Road
• Meteor Street

Attractions

Roo Island features two games, Dice-A-Roo and Deadly Dice, a souvenir shop, a merry go round, Roo Hill leaf sleding (not accessible to players) and colouring pages. Players may also choose to build their NeoHome on Roo Island. Also, every year, King Roo hosts Neopia's biggest Dice-A-Roo tournament, in which thousands compete.

Yooyuball

Roo Island's Yooyuball Team Logo

Roo Island's Yooyuball team consists of also-rans and inexperienced rookies, but received a huge boost when Lilo Blumario, one of the game's top players, decided to take a pay cut and sign up with his hometown club. In what was considered improbable and the biggest story of Altador Cup 2006, Roo Island managed to reach Round 3 of the tournament, being defeated by Darigan Citadel and placing as number four. After a voting of fans and players that Roo Island had the ugliest jersey, fans hoped to do even better this past tournament,with a new uniform and the team's signing of Maraquan forward Jair Tollet, who was traded to Roo Island for Dayla, the red Lenny (She got injured in the first practice and never played again). This helped Roo Island make it to the final match, losing to Darigan Citadel, and overall placing in second. Third time proved to be the charm, when in 2008, Roo Island beat Krawk Island in the Altador Cup final, claiming the cup. In 09, however, Roo Island placed ninth, giving them the record of farthest place difference between cups after winning, as Darigan Citadel and Haunted Woods both placed seventh the tournaments after they won. In 2010, Roo Island was questioned for making no changes to their lineup in the offseason. However, though a pedestrian start first half, they kicked it up a notch before the mid-season break by winning 16 of the last 19 matches. This catapulted them up to 4th place going into the finals. Kreludor was able to sneak out a victory in the first round, and Darigan Citadel defeated them in the second round, leaving 4th place to Roo Island. Team positions are as follows (bolded notes the Team Captain):

Year	Goalkeeper	Left Defender	Right Defender	Left Forward	Right Forward
2006	Clutch Billaban	Fenny Vail	Gordo Gunnels	Dayla	Lilo Blumario
2007				Jair Tollet
2008
2009
2010

Climate

The weather in Roo Island is very temperate, with hot summers and cold winters. It's the wettest in the spring and fall months.

Trivia

• According to the Neopedia article on Count Von Roo, one of the regions of Roo Island is called Blumaria, which is in the northern area of the Island.
• King Roo's palace is in the biggest Roo Island city, Roo City.
• Roo Island won the Altador Cup in 2008.
• It is the only place in Neopia that is dedicated to a certain species where that species isn't limited addition, ad the others are Kiko Lake, Krawk Island, and Lutari Island.
• Though Roo Island's yooyuball team suffered from the "Winner's Curse" worse than any other team, they were also the quickest team to recover.

External links

• Roo Island
• Neopedia: King Roo, Roo Island
• Caption Competition: #442, #599, #745