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Yes, ladies and gentlemen, that special time of the year has finally arrived!! The Neopian Superbowl, Stanley Cup and World Series all rolled into one:

The Altador Cup!

Back for its third year it promises to be a great year for yooyuball, and sign ups are continuing from today through Monday. The opening matches are Tuesday!

As we have each year since the Cup’s inception, Bellagio and I have signed up for team Mystery Island! That’s where our guild,The Midnight Garden is, and also where both of our shops are located!

To sign up for YOUR favorite team, just swing by The Altador Cup Main Page and they will walk you through the process!

You can practice the game as well, which we highly recommend, even if you played in former years. They have changed the animation radically and the game definitely requires some different strategies than it did before! There’s a terrific Yooyu Ball Guide for you to peek at with some really helpful animations. Thanks a lot to our good friend and guild member, rock_hard220 for finding it for us!

If you end up joining Team Mystery Island, the fight song can be found on Wanyal’s Petpage and there is a button you can snag for your lookup as well if you like!

Good luck to all!

There’s really nothing else that needs to be said.

Then, surrounded by his fans, he went to get his skill cape:

so that Bella and Delfino could hang out doing this…

heh heh

Hey, guildies. I’ve posted the MG banners and associated html code for easy access. Just click here or ‘Midnight Garden Banners’ in the above menu and off you go.

Within the plot we are being attacked by yet another wave of meanies in the battledome, so equip your pets and get ready to have at ye!!

To hear more about our new enemy, please visit our Return of Dr. Sloth Plot Guide.

The much anticipated, new Daily Dare has also just kicked into gear, so head over to the games room or just click the above link to get started! The first day’s challenge is Meepit Juice Break! If you beat AAA you will get a spiffy Meepit Juice Break background which Wanyal is currently sporting, if you’d like to have a peek!

Get goin’ people!!

“In this month’s Development Diary we’re taking a look at the Quality Assurance (QA) team, who test the game/website to iron out the kinks and uncover any bugs. The role of QA in RuneScape’s development is a little bit different from the norm of the videogame industry. This is due to how regularly RuneScape is updated, which proves to be an ongoing challenge for everyone involved.”

If you ever wondered about quality control on RS (and who hasn’t !?!?), then this is the article for you.

… and bought her skill cape …

Here’s what the emote looks like …