2024 Altador Cup Tournament

Following an unexpected and unfortunately timed addition of a new stamp to the Altador Cup 2024 prize shop earlier this month, TNT has announced on their official Neoboard tonight that all Altador Cup 2024 participants will receive 2,800 points as recompense.

With the AC XIX Commemorative Stamp having made its way into the Altador Cup Prize Shop late, the Altador Cup Coordinating Committee's Prize Shop Subcommittee Chairman has officially decided to hand out 2,800 points to all those who participated in this year's event, which they may spend however they so choose. We're hoping you can expect your points by tomorrow night! The Committee sincerely apologises for this oversight and promises to strive for improvement in all future endeavours. We here at TNT also want to thank you all for your feedback and patience. Happy spending!

It seems these points have already started going out! You will know you've received it when your sum of "Spendable Points" and "Points Used" at the prize shop exceeds your "Total Points Earned" by exactly 2,800:

When this year's Altador Cup winners were first announced, the trophies given out were incorrect. Although the colour of the trophy correctly reflected a player's 2024 individual rank, the size of the trophy represented last year's team ranking instead of this year's.

As of approximately 9pm NST last night, the trophies are now fixed!



Additionally, Dacardia players now have an actual trophy instead of a broken image!



You can view your personal trophy on your user lookup if you have visited the Altador Cup hub since the prize shop has opened.

In a surprise move by TNT, a new album item has been silently added to the Altador Cup XIX prize shop around 10:45am NST today.


The prize is worth 2,800 points.

There does not appear to be any other additions or changes to the prize shop at the time of publishing.

It's a bit of an unfortunate change for players who may have already spent some of their points. TNT has not yet made any comments about the change, or if there's any recourse for players in such a position.


The issue with outdated trophy artwork has not yet been corrected.

UPDATE, ~1PM NST: The glitched results have been removed, and this year's genuine results have been revealed! Kreludor have won this year's Altador Cup!

In addition, the prize shop is now live and trophies are being awarded to all users. However, the trophy images appear to be direct copies of last year's trophies, and so are not updated based on this year's team rankings. Additionally, Dacardia seems to not have any trophies at all, left instead with broken images.

Finally, the team rankings displayed in the prize shop remain incorrect, showing team rankings from two years ago. (There are no issues with individual spendable points.)

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Today, the Altador Cup results have been posted... but not the results anyone was expecting. TNT seem to have accidentally reposted last year's results (including no Team Dacardia) in full.


Additionally, the prize shop appears to now be showing your team's position from 2022. In the prize shop, a Dyeworks Hue Brew Potion has been added to the shop (as is usually available). Some users are reporting being able to claim this potion, while others receive an error when trying to do so. Some users are also being awarded a new Altador Cup trophy, but this is a clone of the 2023 trophy including the team's place that year. Again, this part of the glitch isn't impacting everyone, but Team Dacardia do not have a 2023 trophy to draw from, so this trophy is broken for them.

Finally, a handful of users report that the prize shop is now fully open for them, and are able to spend their points freely. At this stage, it is uncertain why some users are glitched in some ways and not others.

UPDATE, AUGUST 31ST: It seems that middle and bottom bracket teams indeed have a second practice day today, while the top bracket teams (except Tyrannia, who is on bye day) play their last set of finals matches.

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Although TNT announced earlier this week that play would continue through Saturday 8/31, today seems to be a practice day for all twelve Altador Cup teams in the middle and bottom brackets. Top bracket teams have games as usual, except for Maraqua, who have a bye day.

One bye day for each middle & bottom bracket team during the finals would be considered "fair" for all players, as the inclusion of a 7th team in the top bracket of the finals has forced each of them to take one bye day. We are not sure what will happen for middle & bottom bracket teams tomorrow as the top bracket play presumably continues with its last round of matches (except for Tyrannia, who have not had a bye day yet), but hopefully it's something fair for all players!

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The Altador Cup's Staff Tournament Prize Shop is open and your points are ready for redeeming.


What are you excited to see re-released here? What will you be redeeming your points for? Let us know in the comments!

TNT announced on the New Features page that the Altador Cup will be ending this Saturday, August 31st.


Note that this is a silent update from what was originally posted last night, which implied the end date would be today. Help out your fellow teammates by spreading the word about this change!


With that said...TNT has been inconsistent with their communication of Altador Cup dates this year. The Official Rules page has always stated play through 8/31, but had an inaccurate practice day schedule. The Portal Announcement has always stated play through 8/28, even now. So, continue to plan with caution; if you want to reach a certain rank this year, we recommend doing so as soon as you are able.

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With the end of the Altador Cup, the final round of the TNT Staff Tournament has also finished and scores announced! This round's Star Player was Jewel. Those who guessed that were awarded this action figure:



We are still missing round 4 scores from three TNTers: Celeste, Goldfish in a Bowl, and Luna! If you selected any of these players, please comment below what score they received or send us a contact form! We now have all TNT scores! Thank you!

The official announcement of placings for the main Altador Cup, along with the opening of both prize shops, should be coming soon after the end of play. The Portal announcement says September 3rd, but, as mentioned above, consider this only a tentative date.

After a long 20 days, our JN Staff Tournament has come to a close! A big congratulations goes out to Ducky, Rylon, and Perry for earning a spot on this year's podium!

With the winners tabulated, it's time to see which of you were the tournament's top guessers.

Help me in congratulating bogosort with a whopping 79 correct guesses (out of a possible 100) in the daily round guessing portion! You had to have a minimum of 67 correct guesses throughout the tournament to earn yourself a round trophy.


Alas, this year we did not have any guessers with a perfect 4 out of 4 guess... but we did two users with 3 correct guesses! Congratulations to drasirz and sirius7antares!!


Anyone who participated in our tournament, either by guessing in at least one or the rounds or guessing the top 3, received at least one new cabinet claim! (Two if you did both of those things!)

Last but not least, 🥁 drum roll... The 5 lucky winners below have been chosen to receive a Rare Item Code given out at SDCC last month!

• amiyesiam
• jordle
• tarons
• terragainsborough
• zomglol

If your name is above, check your inbox for an email shortly! You have until Sunday to respond to claim your Rare Item Code!

Thank you to all who participated! And hopefully next year's tournament will be a little less grey!

The fourth and final round of the TNT Staff Tournament is open for voting.


You have until the end of Monday, August 26th at 11:59 PM NST to select your team for the new round.