Altador Cup III (2008) - Prizes and results are up!

[Matrinka]

I wish they'd add Shenkuu to the site theme. It's been two years.

Well, we've used the same site theme for 3 years now, I don't think that they'd be able to change it without having to give everyone a new one.

Hmmn... I bet they could slip an extra image of a Shenkuu player into the current theme without disruption.

Anyway, they released the MVPs of the cup and I'm a little bit irritated at how much they hosed Shenkuu. After the last match of the tournament, Shenkuu's Mirsha Grelinek was the top goal scorer of the tournament. She didn't win MVP, that went to a Roo player. No offense to Roo, but Shenkuu and Krawk Island had players that had higher Goals Per Game.

Most Valuable Player: Lilo Blumario (Roo Island)
Runners-up:
"Dasher" Soley (Krawk Island)
Leera Heggle (Lost Desert)
Mirsha Grelinek (Shenkuu)

Rookie of the Year:Yoris Obbles (Meridell)
Runners-up:
Antola Maeir (Shenkuu)
Coco Metrone (Kreludor)
Lamelle Turow (Lost Desert)

Most Improved Team: Kreludor
Special Achievement Slushie Slinger: Tyrannia
Special Achievement Make Some Noise: Lost Desert

[Toropiusu]

MVP was a sham. It's the cup results, just replace team name with main player of said team.

[mercurius]

this is the first time I didn't participate in a plot. it's hard to break away from a game i've been playing so long - a game that claimed most of my college free time. it's sad but i think i'm finally beginning to let go after almost 8 years.

[eilu]

Phooey on MVP- what's the point of the whole "Most GPG" and "Highest scorer" stats then? Grelinek deserved than one. Zo Junior too- he was top goal scorer for a long, long time- through majority of the Cup, in fact. And no special mention of Shenkuu for clawing its way from the bottom bracket to the final 4?
Look more like "quick, copy-paste the players from the top teams for our 'awards'" and generic stuff again.

...
Maybe it's time they retired the cup. It's been three years, and the third isn't so good or fun anymore. Recurring plot/token filler event burn-out, anyone?

[Lee]

I just happened to fall out of Neo halfway though this. I still got a trophy and a nice jersey.

[gingernut]

I can't decide what the best use of 24,391 points is. I've bought some of the cheaper prizes with NP, with my plot points I'd just like to invest in something to sell later on. So at the moment it seems like two fire yooyus and the cheaper book will sell best, but I'm wondering if I'm prepared to hang on to them for a while if I'd be better getting one yooyu and both books.

Anyone have any thoughts?

The only thing I could think to check was the price of the Darigan Yooyu against last year's books... 4mill against 110k and 250k- the yooyu wins! But last year there were more expensive prizes than the Yooyu, plus there was more variety, so people were getting other things.

[VirtualMetal]

For me the only great thing about ACIII was the fire yooyu being released. I'd wanted one for a good while. (=

Still not keen on the rubbishy medal for anyone who wasn't on a placing team. If ever there was a reason to join a team just because you think it might win that would be it. I wish they'd have participation style medals/trophies for those who played a lot of games but weren't in a 1st, 2nd or 3rd team then the medal as a default for those who played but not as much.

[Cerise]

I got to rank 20 and had a 12.1 GPG average, and the best thing I can get is a Fire Yooyu

I guess Im kinda repeating what everyone else said, but I'd have liked something better than the boring medal for my efforts. Putting 'All-Star' underneath it wouldnt take too much effort. Neither would having a little Virtupets logo in the center. I was annoyed last year at the generic medal, but I thought maybe they'd do better this time around.

The flying discs and slushies wouldve done well in the Souvenir Shop they decided to take away and replace with the NC Mall this year. Its like having 32 of the same item taking up space in there. One set of team items is enough as prizes. Maybe more if they did wearable jerseys for each team too, because wearable jerseys are neat. Although they couldve stuck the jerseys in the Souvenir Shop too. The slushies are really ugly. It'd be kinda cool if they matched the flavors with the team. Like Mystery Island Tropical Fruit Slushie or Tyrannian Cheese Omelette Slushie. (Hopefully something more creative than that, but you get the idea.)

My team didnt come in last place again though! My teammates were (for the most part) fun to chat with. We tried to make up silly strategies to trick our opponents, and they didnt work, but it was fun to make the other team worry that they'd lose to us. Stuff like that. I'll still participate next year and hope TNT does a lot better.

[Serpens Albus]

What should I get with my 114 left points? Do the flying discs have higher point:NP ratios or do the slushies? And what team should I get for each of those things? I'm only interested in selling.

[gingernut]

Haven't checked for a while, but last time I did the flying discs had a higher ratio. Whichever you get, the less successful teams are worth more, don't know how easy they are to sell though.

[Kuri]

Is anyone else getting an error when they try to use up the remainder of their points? It keeps saying there was an error and to try again...but it never works.

[Pickles]

Is anyone else getting an error when they try to use up the remainder of their points? It keeps saying there was an error and to try again...but it never works.

I haven't tried to claim any yet, but my brother was griping about that last night. He's got 15 points left and is trying to buy one of the 15 points message. He said it's been going on for several days.

[Shoyru_Lover]

I've still got points lying around for all the other events.

[Kenjiro]

Anybody got recent a point/NP ratio list for the prizes? I'm curious to see if it's changed much in these couple of weeks. Normally I'd do it myself, but I've got very annoying Internet problems (loading a page costs about 10 seconds, and that's even without any images)...

[gingernut]

This is as far as I got before SSW took a break:

Prize/Plot Points/NP/Ratio
Fire Yooyu 10000 675000 67.50
Noise-Making Practice Manual 6000 310000 51.67
Krell Vitor Toy 3000 99490 33.16
Experts Guide to Slushie Slinging Book 2500 100000 40.00
Faerie Yooyu Plushie 1700 25000 14.71
Slushie Slinger Plushie 1000 10000 10.00
Vintage Darigan Altador Cup Jersey 500 7500 15.00
Vintage Haunted Woods Altador Cup Jersey 250 3500 14.00
Lime Berry Meridell Altador Cup Smoothie 30 675 22.50
Lime Berry Mystery Island Altador Cup Smoothie 30 670 22.33
Lime Berry Terror Mountain Altador Cup Smoothie 30 680 22.67
Lime Berry Virtupets Altador Cup Smoothie 30 580 19.33
Lime Berry Tyrannia Altador Cup Smoothie 30 500 16.67
Lime Berry Lost Desert Altador Cup Smoothie 30 699 23.30
Lime Berry Haunted Woods Altador Cup Smoothie 30 700 23.33
Lime Berry Kreludor Altador Cup Smoothie 30 600 20.00
Lime Berry Altador Altador Cup Smoothie 30 400 13.33
Lime Berry Brightvale Altador Cup Smoothie 30 777 25.90
Lime Berry Maraqua Altador Cup Smoothie 30 495 16.50
Lime Berry Faerieland Altador Cup Smoothie 30 450 15.00
Lime Berry Shenkuu Altador Cup Smoothie 30 500 16.67
Lime Berry Roo Island Altador Cup Smoothie 30 340 11.33
Lime Berry Darigan Altador Cup Smoothie 30 240 8.00