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With round one of the Altador Cup XI games coming to a close, TNT released a few new rules regarding this years hierarchy/final brackets on The Official Neopets Team Message Board. Alongside this was a message regarding certain cheaters within the games, and their plans to remove them fully from gameplay:

The Altador Cup Rules Committee has been keeping a careful eye on player performance this year, and it has come to their attention that a disease has been spreading among some participants. Symptoms include multiple personality disorder and temporary feeling of supernatural or magical performance in the games. In order to stop the spread of this plague, we have quarantined the affected players (and their scores), which have initially caused a dramatic upheaval to some overall team scores. We do expect these to stabilize as we move forward and remove quarantined players from the tournament. We will also continue to monitor other teams closely to make sure that all others stay healthy and unaffected by this plague. No other changes have been made to how the results are tallied, so uninfected players can and should keep playing normally for their teams. In other news, now that round 1 has come to a close, we are excited to announce a new ending to this year's Cup. Round 5, instead of being another round of regular gameplay, will be a Finals Bracket! The top 6 teams will be placed into one bracket to battle it out for the top spot, teams ranked 7-12 in the next bracket, and 13-18 in the final bracket. The stakes are higher than ever to make sure your team performs well throughout the next few rounds. Each bracket will be worth different amounts, so winning the top bracket will earn more bracket points than the top spot in the second bracket, which will earn more than the last. Game on, Neopians! This is shaping up to be one of the most dramatic Altador Cups yet!

We'll see brand new brackets tomorrow on Day 7, and hopefully a more even playing field. Don't forget that today is also THE LAST DAY to sign up for your favorite team at the Colosseum. Also be sure to check out our Altador XI Coverage page for all the interesting details on this years teams. Keep playing your hardest, and we'll see you out on the field!!