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The most anticipated games of the day were the battles of the islanders, when Krawk and Roo Islands faced each other to vie for the top of table position. The games were delayed for 30 minutes while the referee calmed the hyperactive fans down. Roo Island took an early lead with a Yooyuball win, in what their fans hoped would be a three game win, but their over-enthusiastic team were prevented from winning Slushie Slinger, after the referee discovered a stash of premade slushies under the counters. Roo Island were docked points for the discovery of their stash, and KI came through for an easy win.
With one win each, it all came down to the last game - Make Some Noise. The fans were on the edge of their seats, biting their nail and claws as the countdown to the start of the game began. Both team cheered valiantly, with fans waving pompoms and banners to help encourage their team to be the loudest. Neither team could out cheer the other though, leading to two teams of exhausted players, and a Make Some Noise draw.


Lost Desert faced mighty Meridell, and were held to a draw in the Yooyuball after goalkeeper Leera Heggle was distracted by fans waving banners in the crowd. After the game, Heggle refused to blame the LD fans, saying that their cheering that has spurred the team on to their third place position. And it was these cheering fans that lead the LD team to their 19th Make Some Noise win and the title of the second loudest cheering team in the cup this year. The Meridell team suffered a mechanical breakdown when their Slushie dispenser refused to dispense, costing them the chance of another Slushie Slinger win. The Meridell fans were sure that there was some sabotage from the Lost Desert, but the referee was unable to find the cause of the breakdown.



It was a day of clean sweeps, with 6 teams managing to beat their opponents in all three games. Mystery Island were on top form with an easy three wins over the home team. Altador captain "Trapper" Remis insisted that they have not given up entirely, as the home team aim to simply beat their Y9 13th place position. Mystery Island are still holding on to fourth place, and are favourites to retain that place until the start of the finals.


Faerieland's lack of agility gave them another expected three game loss against Kreludor. Since the epidemic of strange illnesses that have been plaguing the cup players has abated, no one has seen or heard from Jhudora. This has lead to speculation from the opposing teams that she will make one final attempt at getting her team another Yooyuball win. Following an emergency meeting of the Altador Cup Committee, all team members have been advised to ensure they have various medicinal cures handy just in case.


Shenkuu are still aiming for a high placing in the table, with their three game win over Virtupets displaying their determination to the full. Star player Mirsha Grelinek was scoring a Yooyuball goal every 8 seconds, running rings around the stunned Virtupets team. Shenkuu entered the Slushie Slinger and Make Some Noise contests on a high following such an impressive win, and left the Virtupets standing in amazement at their serving and cheering abilities.


Last year's winner Darigan Citadel had another expected win over Brightvale, as the Citadel are regaining some of their technique from last year. They may have left it too late to qualify for the finals, but at least they won't have an embarrassing position in the bottom four of the table this year.


Maraqua weren't faring well in their games against the Haunted Woods, which got off to a bad start when Edna asked team captain Elon "The Black Hole" Hughlis to assist with a quest. Once Hughlis had tracked down the items, the Haunted Woods team had won the Yooyuball, and had taken an early lead in Slushie Slinger. It just wasn't Maraqua's day, as they were unable to claw back the HW team's lead for serving slushies, and didn't have the strength of voice to cheer the loudest. Hughlis later called on the referee to ban Edna from offering her avatar as an incentive to do her quests just before the start of the games.


Tyrannia had a surprising win over Terror Mountain after the colosseum fans broke down. The resulting hot and humid atmosphere was far too sticky for the icy cold Terror Mountain team to cope with, and they spent the majority of the Yooyuball game rushing over to grab a slushie to cool themselves down. When it came to slinging the slushies at their thirsty fans, the TM team had drunk most of the slushies available, so they didn't have enough to be able to satisfy the impatient crowd. Thankfully for the fans, the Tyrannians had plenty of slushies left, so each fan was able to quench their thirst in time to cheer their team on.
The TM fans were still suffering from the heat, and were unable to cheer for a length of time, leaving the Tyrannians to cheer through to a clean sweep. The referee apologised to the TM fans for the humidity, and reassured them that the fans would be repaired before the start of tomorrow's games.