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Splatoon |OT4| You're a detriment to your squad
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Make up for my failures, bro
Saint Gregory
Member
Looks like the network problems are starting already as people from coast to coast are waking up -_-
They were happening last night, too, trust me. Scroll back through the thread a bit to see people talking about it, too.
Saint Gregory
Member
When I started at 9am this morning things were perfect but it's already getting messy. I really wonder if Nintendo is ever going to get this internet thing down :/
Just borrowed a GamePad from my neighbor & joined Team Plane. I have a lot of catching up to do.
Also, why is the game disconnecting me after each match? And why have I yet to fight a single Team Car group?
EDIT: Welp, there's Team Car.
EDIT 2: And my team barely won thanks to my Inkstrike.
Also, why is the game disconnecting me after each match? And why have I yet to fight a single Team Car group?
EDIT: Welp, there's Team Car.
EDIT 2: And my team barely won thanks to my Inkstrike.
Aaaahh, was a bad start to splatfest but after taking a break and coming back things picked up a bit! thanks to this splatfest i've picked up a new weapon, i used to sneer at echolocator and the poison bomb (don't know the English name) but i'm loving the combo on the custom splattershot jr <3 also ended up playing with some awesome peeps who stuck around for a bunch of matches! but unfortunately we were disconnected SO SAD. it was so much fun playing with them i stuck around even after becoming an eternal tako girl. THIS is what I love most about splatfest, the camaderie between randoms. it makes me so happy when people stick around, nice each other, even when we lose. i can quit satified now, even though I am fairly sure team tako will ultimately lose XD
Triforce141
Member
Yeah, if you play some more matches, you're going to see that Team Plane got a butt load of votes. Over half of my matches were mirror matches.
Well, I'm back at it again after six hours of sleep. About halfway through Champion to King and my record is 7 wins, 8 losses it was 5 and 1 at one point, until the game decided to DC me between matches from my group of good players.
BTW, this matchmaking was bullshit:
32, 27, 22 and 19
vs.
27, 11, 9 and 8.
like come on
BTW, this matchmaking was bullshit:
32, 27, 22 and 19
vs.
27, 11, 9 and 8.
like come on
tonyh24613
Member
This make me think, is average levels higher in JP than other region? I barely saw any squids lower than LV 20 today.
Probably. Japan is so good at this game.
Haha! i saw a few below 20
pretty much all on my team... except for that lvl 1 player on team ika. but i didn't feel sorry for them cos they had a lvl 50 on their side XD most ppl in my matches were higher lvl than me (36) and most of my opponents were over lvl 40. i guess it makes sense that the squid lovers have put in the most time on splatoon Triforce141
Member
It's good to be King...but it's somewhat of a hollow victory.
19 of my matches were planes vs planes...about double or more vs cars >_>
But, at least you're planking now.
I'll see myself out with that joke.
twothunder
Member
Just saw that the artbook is out today.
https://twitter.com/SplatoonJP/status/652672063312801792
Already ordered it and the soundtrack but it will probably take a while before I have it here.
https://twitter.com/SplatoonJP/status/652672063312801792
Already ordered it and the soundtrack but it will probably take a while before I have it here.
Dragonfly224
Member
Not feelin' this SplatFest...too many disconnects.
Struggling to reach Car Queen right now...I get on a team, win then the game stalls out --Lost Connection (6 times in a row!) 😒
I don't mind losing but the connection issues are getting on my nerves. Will try again later on today before it's all over.
Struggling to reach Car Queen right now...I get on a team, win then the game stalls out --Lost Connection (6 times in a row!) 😒
I don't mind losing but the connection issues are getting on my nerves. Will try again later on today before it's all over.
For those interested the Inkstorm tournament is starting in 30 minutes, you can watch us in the usual places (www.twitch.tv/sendouc and maybe www.twitch.tv/jamesrcade) but I imagine if you're really interested you might want to check out some of the Japanese teams for example
http://www.twitch.tv/yugo_1
This team "We Have Come To Make Memories" won a 290 team tournament in Japan D:
You can find the groups and stuff here: http://goo.gl/OkemNw
EDIT: and some games might have commentary available here: http://www.twitch.tv/endgametv1
http://www.twitch.tv/yugo_1
This team "We Have Come To Make Memories" won a 290 team tournament in Japan D:
You can find the groups and stuff here: http://goo.gl/OkemNw
EDIT: and some games might have commentary available here: http://www.twitch.tv/endgametv1
CommandThrower
Member
Made it up to Car Defender....and that's all the time I have for Splatoon today.
Had some great games, though! Some pretty close losses too. Think this might be my first Splatfest victory!
Had some great games, though! Some pretty close losses too. Think this might be my first Splatfest victory!
BlueSilver
Member
Warning: Wall of text. TL; DR at bottom.
This Splatfest started out great. It was fun, pleasant, and I was screwing around with the Aerospray. Lost a few games because my teammates couldn't get the sole dude who eluded me, but who cares? It was fun. No errors, all enjoyment. A good hour of fun, I'd say.
Then a laggy Octo Brush appeared. Little did I know, he was only the start of my Splatfest troubles.
He was so laggy, that even after he was splatted, the message apeared 4 seconds after I I somehow trade with him every time. Heck, even poured 3 seconds of Aero on him and he wouldn't die, but he wouldn't move, either. Well, we end up losing, but I brush it off and move on to the next one. Same stuff. Then the next one. Same laggy stuff.
By now, the opponents had an unusual difficulty spike, which started making things unfun. But no, to top off the the lag BS and stupid difficulty spike, the SprayRNG for rapid fire guns decided to give me the finger as well. How does an Aerospray go nearly a second of MISSING EVERY FREAKING SHOT OF INK ON A ROLLER THAT'S AIMING TO JUMP SHOT THEM DESPITE THE RED X ON THE CURSOR?! I wouldn't have cared if we traded or if I had died first and it hit him to near death, but that? No. That just starting filling the salt tower. No damage markers on the guy and no damage sounds at all. He wasn't even moving left and right, just barreling towards me on his spawn on Blackbelly. It did not hit ONCE FOR A FULL SECOND.
This would continue on and on and on and on and on and on for another 3 freaking hours for a Splatfest that SHOULD HAVE only lasted 2 and a half hours MAX. The only reason I didn't just break completely is because the servers FINALLY allowed Jeff on my team. And even then, the servers DC'd me during that match and we had to try again, in which we finally succeeded again after several tries.
...I just don't know what happened this Splatfest. It was like I was going 200MPH on an empty and long stretch of road for a while only for a giant brick wall of BS to magically materialize in front of me and forcibly crash into my fun. I then started getting the common complaints of the servers magically DCing from your good team mates, but hey, these team mates suck, so we're not gonna DC you anymore trolololololol. Oh, and that difficulty spike in enemy teams? We'll keep matching you with them with your newfound fodder team mates trololololololol. Heck, I was even paired with someone from OFF, but nooo, DC immediately after the match ends.
...I understand that Splatfest is full of kids, and that it really shouldn't be taken seriously, but the amount of stuff that happened after that laggy Octo Brush was just absurd. Sure, any sane person would have come back to it later, but I just wanted the grind over with. Alas, the issues never really let up all the way to King. ...I'm just taking a day off from the game to come back from that colossal waste of my time.
tl; dr version: Splatfest starts out great and fun. Universe saw I was having fun. Gave me a quadruple whammy of skewed teams in terms of skill, lag, DCs, and the most super-ultra-extreme-mega-terribad SprayRNG I've ever seen. Universe is now pleased that it sucked the fun out.
I'd just like to thank Jeff for helping me keep my sanity and putting up with my salt and frustration.
I'd have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling squids and your dumb Blasters! (=P)
This Splatfest started out great. It was fun, pleasant, and I was screwing around with the Aerospray. Lost a few games because my teammates couldn't get the sole dude who eluded me, but who cares? It was fun. No errors, all enjoyment. A good hour of fun, I'd say.
Then a laggy Octo Brush appeared. Little did I know, he was only the start of my Splatfest troubles.
He was so laggy, that even after he was splatted, the message apeared 4 seconds after I I somehow trade with him every time. Heck, even poured 3 seconds of Aero on him and he wouldn't die, but he wouldn't move, either. Well, we end up losing, but I brush it off and move on to the next one. Same stuff. Then the next one. Same laggy stuff.
By now, the opponents had an unusual difficulty spike, which started making things unfun. But no, to top off the the lag BS and stupid difficulty spike, the SprayRNG for rapid fire guns decided to give me the finger as well. How does an Aerospray go nearly a second of MISSING EVERY FREAKING SHOT OF INK ON A ROLLER THAT'S AIMING TO JUMP SHOT THEM DESPITE THE RED X ON THE CURSOR?! I wouldn't have cared if we traded or if I had died first and it hit him to near death, but that? No. That just starting filling the salt tower. No damage markers on the guy and no damage sounds at all. He wasn't even moving left and right, just barreling towards me on his spawn on Blackbelly. It did not hit ONCE FOR A FULL SECOND.
This would continue on and on and on and on and on and on for another 3 freaking hours for a Splatfest that SHOULD HAVE only lasted 2 and a half hours MAX. The only reason I didn't just break completely is because the servers FINALLY allowed Jeff on my team. And even then, the servers DC'd me during that match and we had to try again, in which we finally succeeded again after several tries.
...I just don't know what happened this Splatfest. It was like I was going 200MPH on an empty and long stretch of road for a while only for a giant brick wall of BS to magically materialize in front of me and forcibly crash into my fun. I then started getting the common complaints of the servers magically DCing from your good team mates, but hey, these team mates suck, so we're not gonna DC you anymore trolololololol. Oh, and that difficulty spike in enemy teams? We'll keep matching you with them with your newfound fodder team mates trololololololol. Heck, I was even paired with someone from OFF, but nooo, DC immediately after the match ends.
...I understand that Splatfest is full of kids, and that it really shouldn't be taken seriously, but the amount of stuff that happened after that laggy Octo Brush was just absurd. Sure, any sane person would have come back to it later, but I just wanted the grind over with. Alas, the issues never really let up all the way to King. ...I'm just taking a day off from the game to come back from that colossal waste of my time.
tl; dr version: Splatfest starts out great and fun. Universe saw I was having fun. Gave me a quadruple whammy of skewed teams in terms of skill, lag, DCs, and the most super-ultra-extreme-mega-terribad SprayRNG I've ever seen. Universe is now pleased that it sucked the fun out.
I'd just like to thank Jeff for helping me keep my sanity and putting up with my salt and frustration.
I'd have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling squids and your dumb Blasters! (=P)
In the future, I think we should experiment (with mod permission) with tournament threads on gaming side to get the streams some more exposure.
DragonGirl
Member
Splatoon plus no sleep = playing godawful. Finally dragged myself into Car Champion (my way of protesting airport security) and now I'm taking a break. My brain is running too slowly for this game.
I'd like to think that the people here (me included) who make rage posts aren't actually yelling at a tv screen, throwing their controller, or cursing kids out. Because that's goofy. It's really easy to type things up, though.
I also rolled with who I got for three hours straight until Nintendo's server silliness last night separated us. That's when I started getting annoyed, until then even three losses in a row didn't faze either of us. Maybe I was too used to playing in a set pattern with them (that other players couldn't know/follow for good reason), because we had things on lock. All other teammates were a new slate that I didn't understand and they didn't understand me.
Poor Europe stays losing. Cars v Planes seems it would have been a better "steal" than Cats v Dogs. The latter is the most common question, come on.
I'll be checking in periodically to the Ink Storm stream, waiting to see NSTC playing in the finals!
I've been off of Splatoon for 3 weeks, mainly because my little bro lost my GamePad. Now I have to borrow my neighbor's until my GamePad is brought back.2 weeks without playing really affected my skill ugh
The connections is very unstable today, and I played more times against other plane teams than against car teams..
Also got 2 damage up on my splatfest tee, and now I don't want to unlock the last slot
Starwolf_UK
Member
Matchmaking was really weird here in Europe for the few games I played due to no Japanese or Americans. Seemed to be very few players above level 30 and I probably shouldn't have slaughtered the sub level 10 players that would stand still doing nothing.
I'm surprised more people didn't do protest art like I did:
...yeah I'm terrible at miiverse drawing...
I've seen some good art so I'll give it that. I hope they go with old EU localisation titles as eternal cat girl is too awesome.
Its going to be cat queen because NOE can't get anything right...ugh...why do I care I chose dogs and the boy inkling
I'm surprised more people didn't do protest art like I did:
...yeah I'm terrible at miiverse drawing...
DragonGirl
Member
...How?
He took the GamePad to school for Smash. He brought the Wii U back, but left the GamePad in a friend's locker in the girl's dressing room. It's been in said dressing room for 3 weeks straight, & he can't get anywhere near it due to a musical being rehearsed & now performed.
CoconutTank
Member
I have another obligation to attend to, so I can't continuously watch inkstorm today T_T I'll try to tune in from time to time on mobile!
i started playing again after my break and won the first four games in a row
it was nice
then i went one and thirteen
ONE AND THIRTEEN
including 10 straight losses
do you know how demoralized i am right now?
every splatfest i consider selling this game to gamestop. it would be the first game ive ever sold in my life. this one is no different.
i just made king after a total record on the day of 22 wins and 39 losses. it took me an hour and 20 minutes to get the last 50 GODDAMN POINTS
this fucking game isnt fair and i hate it
i played one game as king just because. of course we won THAT one when it didnt fucking matter. i was too broken to even do well though
i am physically exhausted.
it was nice
then i went one and thirteen
ONE AND THIRTEEN
including 10 straight losses
do you know how demoralized i am right now?
every splatfest i consider selling this game to gamestop. it would be the first game ive ever sold in my life. this one is no different.
i just made king after a total record on the day of 22 wins and 39 losses. it took me an hour and 20 minutes to get the last 50 GODDAMN POINTS
this fucking game isnt fair and i hate it
i played one game as king just because. of course we won THAT one when it didnt fucking matter. i was too broken to even do well though
i am physically exhausted.
Triforce141
Member
King me.
Welcome to the Planking club, I've been noticing the average vibe off this Splatfest to be a lot lower than usual for almost everyone I see, I guess the losses were mostly from the over abundance of plane vs plane battles?
I hit King earlier. I forgot to double check my win streak, but I'd say that I lost maybe six matches total for team car. I was changing teams frequently, so it's not as though I just rode a winning team to king.
Echolocator and Splattershot Jr, Dual Squelcher, or Nzap were the best.
Echolocator and Splattershot Jr, Dual Squelcher, or Nzap were the best.
Inquisitive_Ghost
Member
Finally started playing in this Splatfest. Went 7/0 first game; feeling good about that after being mostly absent for a month. Still feel kinda off though.
Go Team Plane!
Go Team Plane!
Triforce141
Member
They're hiding the fact that team octopus are playing as actual Octolings.
/tinfoil hat