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Altador Cup XIX


The news, hot off the press, from TNT themselves as they unravel their own coverage for Altador Cup XIX.


Get Ready for this Year's Altador Cup!

In last year's XVIII Altador Cup, Team Virtupets stood on the first-place podium with Kreludor to the left of them on second and Maraqua to the right on third! While there have been no changes to any individual team's roster this year, there has been one major change to the games! The addition of a whole new team, Team Dacardia! There have been mentions of them joining in the past, and it is finally happening. With this newest arrival, the lineup has changed to a total of nineteen teams competing! We're sure the fans are interested to see what this means for this year's tournament and what new and exciting situations will arise! So get your concession stand food and find your seats because this year is sure to be one to remember!






Orion visits the AC

Hello there... sorry I'm not very good at talking to crowds... b-but Sigmir and Sweet have graciously allowed me on today as I have big news. F-for those who don't know me, I am Orion O. Ophiuchus, and I have recently been, let's say gifted, with terrible visions that s-seem to be at their strongest when many Neopians gather together. If I w-wasn't able to make your acquaintance during the Festival of Neggs then this must seem very strange to you, but nevertheless, I am h-here to ask for your assistance once again. M-my visions are still not very strong, but this time I can at least see pieces of them, however, they appear very distorted now. So... as a possible solution I...I thought perhaps the fans of the Altador Cup could help me with this predicament! I will share my visions here as they come to me and, hopefully, some of you may be able to recognise something from them! I'll be doing my best to search too, so if you find any place that seems to match my visions, just wait for me there and I'll make my way over to you soon!

This is a side quest as a part of the 2024 plot, The Void Within. For more information about how to help Orion, click here.





A Clear View of the Action!

With the new high-definition cameras added this year, you can really see how hard each player is working to succeed in this Altador Cup! Fans have been loving watching their favourite players appear on the big screen!

Teams Brightvale and Maraqua are currently tied for first place with four wins each, but they are far from safe with six other teams right behind them, each with three wins! You can literally see the sweat on everyone's brows from how hard they are pushing themselves! It’s great to see such passion in everyone's eyes! Speaking of passion, take a look over at the Top Goal Scorers!

Kayn Hireck from Team Brightvale has appeared on the big screen multiple times now due to his amazing moves! However, Feldon Collibridge from Team Krawk Island has appeared almost as often and is in second place right behind Hireck!

In other news, we chatted with Team Virtupet's goalkeeper, Goltron Mk I, about their amazing win last year and asked if he had anything he'd like to share with all their adoring fans. This is what he had to say, "01010100 01101000 01100001 01101110 01101011 01110011". Ah, a man of little words but you can tell he truly meant it!






Orion visits the AC

H-hello again! I am back to share another of my distorted visions! For those of you watching from home, p-please if you recognise anything I would greatly appreciate your help! And for those who may have missed my earlier announcement, feel free to go back and catch up on what you missed at any time! Th-thank you all for your help! *off screen* Did... did that sound okay? Did I come off announcery enough?

This is a side quest as a part of the 2024 plot, The Void Within. For more information about how to help Orion, click here.






Orion visits the AC

W-welcome back! I am here once more to ask you all... S-sorry, I was trying to remain chipper and fun as Sigmir and Sweet recommended, but I am simply too drained from the visions. I don't want to scare off any potential help. So, I am doing my best to remain optimistic but I must admit this one seems very difficult compared to the rest! O-on happier news, though. There has been some real headway from my last two visions! I don't want to cause any preconceived notions to get in the way, so I won't share too many details. However, if you want to help with those please feel free to go check out my last two announcements to see if you can glean anything from them as well!

This is a side quest as a part of the 2024 plot, The Void Within. For more information about how to help Orion, click here.





What Amazing Work!

There's been no stopping these players this Altador Cup! Team Brightvale is currently in first-place position, with Teams Kreludor and Maraqua right behind them! Even with everything going on in the world these athletes are still going all for it! It's been so great to watch!

Let's not forget about those Top Goal Scorers, though, as they are some of the ones to be watching closely! Team Brightvale's Left Forward, Kayn Hireck, is still at the top with a decent lead from the rest! However, Team Kiko Lake’s Left Forward, Holbie Pinnock, has shot into second place recently and most certainly is aiming to take Hireck's place!

In other news, after the Janitor's hugely successful invention of the Quickelators last year, we checked in with him again to see what he was up to now! It turns out he had been hard at work on something called the Automatic Stairs! Similar to how the Quickelators are moving floors, the Automatic Stairs are, you guessed it, moving stairs! They've been added all over the Colosseum, and similar to before, his favourite part about them is he barely has to move to clean them!






Orion visits the AC

Hello, I am back to show another distorted vision. It may be the visions getting to me, but I think we are close to the end! Or perhaps, I am getting close to all I can take...

I do have to admit, the crowd has become less daunting the more I appear. However, I'm starting to feel very strange. Almost as if my very being is affected by the mere amount of individuals with a shared affinity all converging in one place together...

It feels... almost harmonious. *Ahem* Apologies, back to what's important. If you come across anything that may match this vision, please be sure to call me over to check it out! And as always, if you wish to assist with any of my past visions you can go back to my past announcements to help out!

This is a side quest as a part of the 2024 plot, The Void Within. For more information about how to help Orion, click here.





We're Having a Fantastic Time!

The turnout for this year's game has been fantastic to see. With more and more fans pouring in each day, the teams must really be feeling the love!

The fans of Team Brightvale must be super excited to see them in first place still! Then there's Team Kreludor and Team Tyrannia working hard to take that spot and make their fans proud!

Now looking over at Top Goal Scorer, Team Brightvale's Left Forward, Kayn Hireck, has consecutively been in the lead by a decent margin this whole tournament! However, that hasn't stopped Team Kiko Lake’s Left Forward, Holbie Pinnock, from giving it his all and is sitting pretty in second place!

In other news, we'd like to formally apologise to the fan who was struck by the Team Tyrannia fan jersey during the t-shirt firing bonanza the other day. We are not sure whose idea it was to make that jersey out of rock, but we want to reassure you it is perfectly safe to attempt to catch the Moltara fan jerseys we will be firing off tomorrow. Though, we do recommend that fans bring some oven mitts with them.





Orion Visits the AC

I have not had any new visions for some time now. I suppose I have been given all that was supposed to be. However, my plea for help is not over!

If you have not already, please go back and check my last announcements in order to help find the locations of my other visions! I fear that once all those who have gathered for these battles of sport disperse,

my visions will become fruitless--and any hope of discovering their meaning shall rot away... So uh, sorry I-I mean please help if you can. Time is of the essence! For those who have helped all that they can already, I thank thee and I should have already given my gratitude to you in person!

If this is the case then please feel no pressure to help more. Yet, if possible, please urge any friends amongst the crowd to help out as well!

This is a side quest as a part of the 2024 plot, The Void Within. For more information about how to help Orion, click here.





The End is Nigh

This year's Altador Cup is soon to be wrapping up!

Team Brightvale is holding strong in first place. However, Team Kreludor is in second and fighting hard to steal that spot out from under them! And just like the good saying goes, it ain't over till it's over, and you can see that ringing true to all the other teams as they push to get as high up the ranking as they can!

Before it's all over, let's check back in with our Top Goal Scorer as well! Team Brightvale's Left Forward, Kayn Hireck, is still coming in hot at first place. Yet that hasn't stopped Team Kiko Lake's Left Forward, Holbie Pinnock, from working as hard as he can over in second place!

No matter the outcome we must give a big thank you to all of the players for putting everything on the line and working so hard despite all the unknowns going on right now. And to the many, many fans who came to cheer them on, thank you most of all for joining us for the XIX Altador Cup!





Orion Visits the AC

This year's tourney is soon coming to a close. Please heed my warning from before! If all who have assembled in this Colosseum scatter away amongst the leaves, there will be not but a vestige of hope to ever solving the mystery of my visions! I implore those, who have not already been granted my everlasting thanks, to seek out adventure through my past invocations of help and put this conundrum of mine to bed at last! Th-that is to say... if you haven't already helped with my past announcements I urge you to do so soon. Just as before, my visions won't be helpful once the need for Neopians to gather is over, so once this year's Altador Cup tournament ends, I-I don't know if we'll be able to fully solve what is going on here... Thank you again to all who have helped so far! If you have talked in person about all the visions already there is no need for you to keep searching. But, if you have any f-friends with you in the crowd I would very much appreciate it if you could talk with them about helping out soon as well! W-whatever, is going on here... Whatever is going on with me... I think these visions caused by these large gatherings will be key to finding out more!

This is a side quest as a part of the 2024 plot, The Void Within. For more information about how to help Orion, click here.