Altador Cup! FTW!

I have been waiting for the Altador Cup all year!!! Yes, my accounts are only a few months old but I've been playing Neopets for years now, with many different fail accounts, most of them dates back to Y3(year 3).
What is the Altador Cup, you ask? Well, it is one of my favorite events in Neopets where teams from different corners of Neopia compete in a sporting event known as yooyuball wherein you throw around a petpet called a yooyu into the opposing team's net. Sport and uniform is similar to soccer/football and the equipment is closely related to the xistera, an equipment used in Jai Alai. If you know or play that sport, then you probably get what I've been saying this whole time.

YES, that! That thing on her arm. I'm pretty sure that's what players use to catch and throw the yooyu ball. By the way, her name's is Mirsha Grelinek.

• Position: Left Defender

• Strengths: Scoring, Running plays, Speed

• Weaknesses: Consistency, Strength

From the team of Shenkuu. I'd introduce you to the whole team but I'll do it later on ^_^ Shenkuu is one of the 'countries' in Neopia. A few miles north of Altador. I'm not supporting Shenkuu though. They're good and all but I'm don't wanna team up immediately with a team that's already near the top. Instead I support Moltara and Mystery Island. Why? Well, Mystery Island has chances and they have a kickass theme song! You can download it here: Mystery Island Theme - MediaFire download
As for Moltara, they have that sort of 'Steampunk' in them. That plus my love for SteamPunk related stuff made me support Moltara. Since I have 2 accounts, I think I can work this out.
So, anyway, the Altador Cup is drawing near and I am ready to kick some virtual arse! But you're not just competing against a computer generated thingy and scoring and such. There are real people out there, playing for their team, kicking asses of their own. Though it may not be a 1 on 1 type of deal, but you victory in every match does count.

Krawk Island vs Haunted Woods

This is the court/field you'll be playing on. Yeah, pretty legit! That black arrow won't appear in the actual game, it's just to show you where to aim the yooyu ball. Also, suckish screenshot quality, for the win :) Anyway, you'll compete against different teams according to the dates. Some teams are easier than the other, some harder. But before the start of the official gaming season, you practice with jelly chias, Fairly easy opponents, good for practicing on how to use different types of yooyus.

Yooyu

Yooyu as a ball

Speaking of yooyus... You're not given the same yooyu over and over again, you get different ones. Each with their own way of acting when thrown. Depending on the yooyu, they can either go Slow or Fast. Straight or Curved. Direct or Unpredictable. The pics on the left and right is the regular/ordinary Yooyu. Behaves like any ball would do. Plus it's a living, breathing petpet, not just a rubber sphere filled with air. We'll take about what a petpet is some other time, because right now, it's all about the cup. It's the whole reason why you'll be throwing around Yooyu balls. OR... or maybe you're just in it for the freebies... XD yeah, there's some freebies in it for participants. Background, wearable t-shirts, and some food. Some of the Altador Cup items need to be bought using NC or Neocash/nickcash which you can buy with real money.

Altador Cup

Depending on what team you joined, you can get t-shirts and backgrounds for your pet. One example are the jersey shirts, Vintage (insert team name here) Altador Cup jersey, from the Altador Cup prize shop. Either you win them or buy them, dunno. Another Altador cup item is the soda drinking hat known as the slushie slinger drinking cap. But enough about the items and the freebies and such. It's all about the damn cup! Trust me, making it to the top 3 is one thing but winning the cup itself in the finals is a whole lot more. I, personally, haven't won it, but a friend of mine did and he went ape shit :D his love for Krawk Island grew and he's planning on joining them again this season. Speaking of teams, MYSTERY ISLAND AND MOLTARA FOR ME! They may not be winning this season, but hey, it'll be a lot more rewarding if you helped them win the cup :) instead of rooting for the teams who already have thousands of supporter just so you can win some prizes. FYI, you need to contribute with some scores to get trophies and such! You don't just join and wait for those teams to win! What kind of lazy ass greedy arse are you?! Geez, some of you neopians get a lot greedier each year. No offense though, especially to those who actually love and play the sport.
Before I get too lazy again, lemme introduce to you guys the teams - Mystery Island and Moltara.

(from left to right) Volgoth, Teylor Nix, Bertie Shurtz, Vela Binal, and Lor Benneveldt

(from left to right) Vere Polnicek, Aldric Beign, Mor Gollog, Tulah Kisner, and Zax Bannet

There they are, standing tall and proud... mostly because they're just illustrations... meh, this is good enough for me :)