2017 Altador Cup Tournament

Winners of the Altador Cup have been announced a little earlier than advertised! Congrats to Kiko Lake for taking home the gold!


This means prizes are now out! You can claim your trophy on the main Altador Cup page, and your prizes in the prize shop! Don't forget that the Staff Tournament prize shop is also open!

Scrappy has held an impromptu Q&A session on the Altador Cup neoboards this morning!


She primarily answered questions clarifying the standings, and other areas of the Cup:

The Standings have remained the same however the current final round brackets are updated daily to show results! Those are only Final Round results though and not indicative of the all around Final Results.
So yes can move up/down in the Final Round scores. That does not mean they will remain in that position in the Final Score.

Sorry, I cannot tell you guys the exact formula used because then you'd all know exactly who will win and its more fun to wait until the end

Thats so sweet I seriously love all of you guys! You're all awesome and everyones a winner in my book

The main page standings show the Bracket standings and will therefore change with your bracket but do not reflect the final score.

So the Final Round and Round Robin are weighted against each other. And no I cannot tell you the weights but they each play a part.

The only things I can tell you about the jumps in brackets is that they are determined based on the results so they will continually be updated. Anyone that does well will move up and vice versa. These are all fairly done, no one will get moved up if they don't deserve to.

Okay quick message for the flagged users. I have no say in who is flagged/unflagged so don't ask me to unflag you. Yes we are still going through some users but many who were flag were fairly done so. I'm sorry if it upsets you guys but we just want to keep AC fair for everyone.

YES every match matters!!

Also there's so many questions here I'm bound to miss some so please don't get mad if I don't answer!

So only the brackets will changes. The list of standings from the Round Robin will not change until the end.

So, no flagging users is not my role. I can tell you anyone that was caught cheating got flagged. I know that it's very frustrating but I really don't have much else to say.

Another shoutout to all those flagged users out there: There are still people getting unflagged so just hold out a little longer!

Also, people that are flagged will earn the rank of the time they were flagged. So they will be able to get prizes from the Prize Shop.

We will unflag people as soon as we can but things are crazy hectic so bare with us, folks.

No it is not just participation. Obviously, the wins/losses matter as well!

Yes the scoring is fair, guys!! Not allowing anyone to move up wouldn't be fair. Just gonna throw this out there, if you're winning then you probably don't have much to worry about so just do the best you can and win for your team because nothing will help more than that!

Fav Team: Roo Island
Fav Player: Scrappy, obviously.

In reply to the idea of a temporary warning 'penalty box' instead of flagging:

I like the penalty box idea...i'll bring it up to the team!!

Neomailing me or editorial will definitely get your ideas heard. So, either one of those is probably best!

I can listen to ideas for next year but no guarantees!!

Also you needed to make a team each round to get scores for the Staff Tournament. So that could be a reason you only got two.

She also eventually went off topic to answer a few other questions - such as the often referenced rules update:

So we are working on a full and complete rule book which we are going to get you guys as soon as we can so everything we be stated much more openly and clearly.

There was further hinting about the future of Keyquest:

@cinders_lair I literally just laughed that's so funny. I am working on some things I will have further answers to the future of Key Quest in a little bit. Just be a littleeee more patient please!

Again, possible changes to usernames were mentioned:

About the usernames getting implemented question, I have heard about this a couple of times so I can look into it to see if there's anything we can do but that's about the best I can give you right now.

About whether all editorial questions are seen, and if ideas can be sent in as NT articles:

Yes, all editorial questions get seen and taken into consideration even if I can't answer them!

Articles idea are ok (tentative okay), they should definitely be kept more positive than negative though.

And mentioning the possibility of more pet slots:

Just a heads up, the pet slot idea is well known! I love it too and will work on that!

And perhaps most importantly, Scrappy dropped the P word - PLOT. It's unclear if she is hinting at the same content that Country Queen previously mentioned as an event, or if it is a distinct project:

Yup there's a new plot coming...

When I say plot I mean plot. I can't give you details because I'm really not sure if I'm allowed and don't want to get in trouble but come on guys. What would a plot be if we couldn't fight off some bad guys?

I'd like to keep this as AC focused as we can but you know, I love a good spoiler or two so I had to throw that out there about the plot.

Also I want to give a shout out to all the kind words people are saying here! You guys are amazing

She signed off by saying she intends to do this sort of thing more often, as well!

Okay guys I feel like most of the AC related questions have been answered and we're getting a little off topic here.

I have LOVED talking to you guys and I promise I am going to try to do this wayyy more often for any and all questions you guys have.

However, at the moment I have a real life obligation (ugh hate those) so I gotta sign off in a few. So any final questions you have, ask now!

While it is certainly true that the majority of Scrappy's answers had previously been given through the editorial or other sources - this is a major step forward in terms of site communication. If Scrappy (or, indeed, other staff members) do more Q&As in the future, we'll keep you informed!

In today's editorial TNT have announced a significant change to both users who are flagged, and the overall standings page:

If flagged users are unable to advance to the next rank while playing in the Altador Cup, how are users who've already achieved all-star rank supposed to know whether they've been flagged if they are no longer advancing in rank anyway?
I'm glad this question came up because there have been many worries about something like this. So, there is a message that will show up if you have been flagged that looks like this: Your account is marked for suspicious activity and will not be able to actively rank up. If you feel that you've been wrongly affected by this, you are welcome to write into our team for further clarification. Thank you!
Also, there has been some modifications to the standings page which will make the day-to-day changes much more clear!

Those changes are now in effect on the standings page. The upshot of this? Teams are now granted a single point for each overall daily win they gain during the Round Robin, and these wins determine their standings - this is a similar scoring system to previous Round Robins and a departure from the bracket scoring system the standings page was previously using. This has had the immediate effect of dramatically changing the standings.

In other AC news, the TNT staff tournament has entered its second round! You have until Thursday to make your picks for round 2. Our updated staff tournament guide contains all the scores from round 1.

The first round of the TNT Staff Tournament is live, and you have until Friday to get your guesses in!

The goal of the guessing is to pick who will score the highest in each round, which will net you the most prize shop points. These points are only good in the TNT Staff Tournament prize shop, so it's an extra in addition to the regular Yooyuball playing!

Our 2017 guide is up, but we also encourage you to look back at the 2016 guide to see how some staffers may stack up against each other.

(And check back soon for Jellyneo's own staff tournament! We're going live in a couple nights. )

UPDATE: TNT has posted the following excerpt in the news regarding this issue. It is not a glitch, but rather your account has been flagged for cheating. If you're not using score sending or participating in other play methods that have been deemed against the rules by TNT, then you may want to submit a ticket via the help center.

ADDITIONAL AC NEWS: In an attempt to keep this year’s competition as clean as possible, TNT has been closely monitoring gameplay, which has resulted in certain accounts being put under review. The accounts in question, which were flagged for suspicious activity will not be able to actively rank up in our efforts to keep the competition fair. If you are experiencing this first hand, please understand that it is not a glitch. However, if you feel that you’ve been wrongly affected by this, you are more than welcome to write into our team for further clarification. Thank you!

As of late last night NST, there is an ongoing Altador Cup glitch involving some users that is preventing them from ranking up in all 4 games - despite not maxing games or submitting scores below minimums, their ranks are not increasing (but scores are being added to totals). It is unclear if this will have a knockon effect to prize points.

If you think you have suffered this glitch, submit a ticket! At this point there doesn't seem to be a solution. To check if you have been affected, visit the on site Rank Calculator at the Altador Cup main page, by clicking here:


Make a note of the games needed to rank up that are displayed there, and go play a single qualifying game. If the games needed figure does not decrease, you are suffering from the glitch.