2008 Altador Cup Tournament

The final AC standings are in! Check them out here! Congratulations to team Roo Island for winning this year's Cup! (The Krawk Islanders aren't too jovial, right now, however.)

Prizes are now out for the AC! If you played any games at all, head on over to the prize page to claim your trophy and spend your points. (Talk about flying disc and smoothie overload!)

Hey there!

We've read the comments you all have posted on the NeoBoards about our Scores and Rankings page. We totally appreciate the feedback that you guys have sent in or posted on the NeoBoards.

We know our Predicted Standings were kinda off for both the New Formula and the Old Formula, and we're sorry that they were. Honestly, we should have used the word "Predicted" more than we should have.

We also know that our New Formula was pretty wrong. We believed that TNT was going to change the formula (as they do with a few things around the site to keep us from finding things ), which is why we decided to go and try out the new formula. We also gave all of you, our users, the choice to use the Old Formula as well. (The Old Formula was "confirmed" by many to be the correct formula TNT uses.)

We tried to give our users the best we could -- and we failed with our New Formula. It seems that, once again, TNT has managed to elude us as to how they figure out the Team Rankings! We'll keep working to perfect the formula, don't worry -- We'll have a bigger and better formula next Altador Cup! If you have any feedback of any sort, please email it to me at [email protected]. (Remove "ILOVESPAM".)

We're totally sorry for this booboo, and we'll keep working hard to be the best Neopets resource out there! Thanks for sticking with Jellyneo for your Altador Cup Coverage, and we'll see you again! (During the next plot, which is hopefully Neopets: The Search for More Coldplay" )

Last scores update ever!!!11! ;_; Well, until next year.

To start off, hats off to Krawk Island, Mystery Island, Meridell, and the Darigan Citadel for sweeping their opponents. So, onto the non-sweep games!

Firstly, we have Shenkuu vs. Maraqua, which wasn't so dreadfully exciting. Shenkuu won in both Yooyuball and Slushie Slinger, and only drew Maraqua in Make Some Noise, making for a very predictable match-up.

Kreludor also came out on top as predicted, with two wins in YYB and MSN over the Haunted Woods, with a draw in Slushie Slinger. Again, not very surprising.

Roo Island, on the other hand, had quite a surprising match up against Tyrannia. As usual, Tyrannia took a draw in Slushie Slinger, but managed to snatch a win in MSN. Luckily, the Rooligans were able to maintain their dignity, and achieve a hard earned win in YYB. In the end, though, they still maintained their second place status.

And last but not least, we have the lowly anticipated Altador vs. Brightvale game. Both teams are ranked in the bottom bracket, so it was not the most attended game yesterday. However, Altador, the host of the Cup, pulled a triumphant win in YYB, showing the players from Brightvale just how the sport is played. Team Brightvale, though, could show Altador a thing or two about slinging slushies and making some noise, which they took two wins in.

Overall, not a bad day in the Altador Cup. Though, now the real battle begins as finals begin and any team within one of the four brackets can storm ahead to the top rank in their bracket! (Meaning, Shenkuu can run up and steal 1st place from Krawk Island!) So, stay tuned for a finals update in two days, right here on JN, when the first round of games come to a close!

JN Staff Tourney Update: We're busily tallying up the guesses and seeing who won what! Keep watch on the tourney pages for updates. We hope to have the winners posted and crowned by the 21st!

Well, the final day of the Altador Cup is upon us. Whatever shall we do without it?

Anyways... Totally congrats to Team Kreludor for successfully defeating Team Roo Island in two of the three games -- Slushie Slinger and Make Some Noise, and tieing with them in Yooyuball. (This makes Team Kreludor the overall winner of yesterday's round, by the way!) That, readers, is why you should never underestimate an opponent.

We asked Team Roo Island Captain, Lilo Blumario about this... set of startling results, and all he said was this: "You know, it's the end of the Altador Cup. We're basically guaranteed a spot in the Top Four, already being in the Top Two and all, so I figured -- we should take a break and get well rested for the real thing, the finals." Wise move by Team Roo Island, as they are basically safe from any place-age movement. They are far ahead enough point-wise to maintain their second place; if the schedule were changed in any other way, there would actually be a possibility that Team Roo Island could be bumped down to Third Place!

Team Meridell, however, should hope that the Altador Cup Committee is using a new formula to calculate rankings, as based on the old formula, they are out of the running for the Cup, while in the new formula, they are in 4th Place, and just hanging onto it by a thread. They'll need to step up their game if they want to head into the finals in the 1st Bracket!

Faerieland played a great game of Yooyuball yesterday, putting all their effort into the game just to tie Team Virtupets. Great strategic move by Team Faerieland, as this adds half a point to their weighted standings!

And... what's this? There's a tie for 5th Place between Teams Shenkuu and Kreludor in the New Formula! (In the Old Formula, they are 0.08 points away from each other, meaning that the placing between the two teams are still up in the air!)

Now, onto the bad news -- the Top 4 Rejectolator 3000 has rejected yet another team (in the New Formula) and two teams (in the Old Formula)! Team Mystery Island is out of the running for the Top 4 in the New Formula, and Teams Meridell and Darigan Citadel are out of the running in the Old Formula! They should still play their hardest tomorrow, as they can still play for 5th Place if they make it into the 2nd Bracket!

Great job to Teams Krawk Island, Meridell, Shenkuu and Tyrannia for sweeping their opponents, and again, GREAT job to Kreludor for managing to defeat Team Roo Island, such a formidable opponent! Because of today's startling results, the games to watch out for tomorrow are most definitely the game between Teams Lost Desert and Krawk Island, as well as the game between Teams Kreludor and Haunted Woods. All four teams have an excellent track record, and we here on the JN Altador Cup Team are looking forward to the finals!

From all of us here on the JN Altador Cup Team (and the JN Altador Cup Tourney People), we thank you for using JN as your Altador Cup Source for Graphics, Standings, News and more, and we hope you'll stay for our plot coverage or our super guides!

Remember, for a full view at our weighting system and the Rejectolator 3000, be sure to check out our Scores and Standings Page!

Our third to last daily scores update. ;_;

Today is a short post, as we send our congratulations to Meridell, Maraqua, Terror Mountain, Shenkuu, Kreludor, and Krawk Island for sweeping their opponents in yesterday's games! Now, that leaves us with only two games to talk about!

First on the agenda, is Haunted Woods vs. Mystery Island. Haunted Woods played strong and took their wins in Yooyuball and Slushie Slinger, but Mystery Island's fans did not let up when it came to screaming their lungs out. Earlier we spoke with a "Make Some Noise" judge, and he had some thoughts to say, well, yell, about the HW vs. MI thoughts. "WHAT WAS THAT?? OH... SORRY, COULDN'T HEAR YOU. AFTER TODAY'S MI VS HW ROUND, I'M LEFT WITH THIS LOUD RINGING IN MY EARS... IT'S HARD TO MAKE OUT ANYTHING ELSE THAT ANYBODY IS SAYING... I FEEL LIKE I'M STILL JUDGING THE MSN GAME!" Well then...

Onto Roo Island vs. Lost Desert. The poor Rooligans took a beating from the third place team, the Lost Desert. Although the Rooligans pulled off a win in YYB, they were not able to come out on top in either SS or MSN. Luckily, a draw was issued for SS, so some credit was given. It certainly isn't good to be losing that many wins in the last couple of rounds of the Cup...

Be sure to check out our Scores and Standings page for a more complete look at yesterday's games, and try out our new feature, the Top 4 Rejectolator 3000!