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[twothunder]

stream at 302,331 views. Breaking that 300K

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

Over 300k views.

 

[Chezzymann]

Damn, splatoon is fucking huge in japan. 300k? Guess its the equivalent of the smash bros scene here

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

Kinki wins again.

 

[Jintor]

Kinki DEVASTATION

 

[HawthorneKitty]

Wowza, good show.

 

[twothunder]

BW so happy with that win

 

[random25]

They popped off. Nice win Kinki!

 

[Renewed]

Yesterday was 290k on the main stream by the Squid Sister live.

Also nice Kinki, broke away and gained a huge lead there.

 

[Nanashrew]

The other team looks so down in the dumps D:

 

[Vena]

Damn, splatoon is fucking huge in japan. 300k? Guess its the equivalent of the smash bros scene here

This is bigger than Smash... lol. Like, by a lot.

 

[Shun]

🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔

くらげ
とりのす
べる
おっつ
べる隊ＦＩＧＨＴ

北のべる隊目指せＮＯ.①

 

[kuroneko0509]

north vs south time

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

Hokkaidō vs Kyūshū now.

 

[HawthorneKitty]

ayyyyy .Regen got shirts too lol

 

[Chezzymann]

This is bigger than Smash... lol. Like, by a lot.

Some smash bros tournaments last year broke 300k viewers across all streams if i recall correctly
but yeah that was at their peak and this seems to be going even further so its probably going to peak much higher than that

 

[CoconutTank]

Oh shoot Regen is playing in this tournament? I see their clan tag in ranked every once in awhile, they're apparently one of the strongest teams in competitive Splatoon in Japan.

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

高架下 all the time.

 

[random25]

He almost got away with the Kraken. lol.

 

[Shun]

🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔　🔔

TEAM BELL

 

[Renewed]

Wow that comeback...

 

[tonyh24613]

Blue got ACEd at the end.

 

[Renewed]

Kraken got punished by blaster RIP

Damn Hokkaido good stuff

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

Hokkaidō is cray.

 

[kuroneko0509]

north wins

 

[Shun]

WE THE NORTH YEAHHHHHHH GO TAKE THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT.

Trinoth is such a clutch 3k user. His scopes are great.

 

[random25]

Solid control from the Bell team.

 

[HawthorneKitty]

You were the chosen one .Regen.

 

[Renewed]

WE THE NORTH YEAHHHHHHH GO TAKE THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT.

Trinoth is such a clutch 3k user. His scopes are great.

Shot one out of the air, feels bad for them dang

 

[CoconutTank]

Dang, interesting matches so far :3

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

Shikoku (Shikoku Shikoku) vs Kantō A Block (Ikatama kids)

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Who will win, the Squids or the Kids?

 

[DrForester]

That push in the last 20 seconds was impressive.

 

[Renewed]

Ika Tama Kids broke away there, nice work

 

[kuroneko0509]

ika tama is the kanto saviour that we need

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

Edokko tamashii lol

 

[HawthorneKitty]

A small part of me wants a Yakisoba/Ika Tama finals to have them wipe all Kanto out.

 

[Neoleo2143]

So how good of a spectator sport is it?

 

[Kodaman]

The sniper in the blue team is damn good

 

[Renewed]

Damn nice Kanto, made it through

Echolocator and at the mercy of the E-liter lol

So how good of a spectator sport is it?

It's interesting to see how teams put together what they have and pull through in situations. In this game mode it's possible to come back in the last minute or for a heated match to end in a 0.2% difference like just recently.

Others mention the downsides.

 

[kuroneko0509]

semis next \o/

 

[random25]

Kids with a superb win.

 

[Jintor]

So how good of a spectator sport is it?

it's not bad but still needs work put in methinks. UI needs to display what team is playing all the time for starters and who the camera is following at any given moment. The 4x4 view is impressive but also impossible to actually see anything in.

 

[Nanashrew]

Ikatama Kids!

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

Kantō A's Ikatama wins. Let's see if Tōhoku's Yakisoba can send them home...

 

[Kodaman]

So how good of a spectator sport is it?

I think that for turf wars needs improvement. For splat zones and rainmaker it's easier to follow.

Tower control can go to hell.

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

it's not bad but still needs work put in methinks. UI needs to display what team is playing all the time for starters and who the camera is following at any given moment. The 4x4 view is impressive but also impossible to actually see anything in.

Nicovideo also needs to double the bitrate... Triple it for premium users ;//

 

[Nanashrew]

it's not bad but still needs work put in methinks. UI needs to display what team is playing all the time for starters and who the camera is following at any given moment. The 4x4 view is impressive but also impossible to actually see anything in.

I agree. When they do the 3 screen showing one player from each team and the map, having a name underneath the 2 player screens would be great. And they do switch to different players during that so the names should change with it. It's a little tweak but overall it would be beneficial to the viewer. And there's enough room to fit a name too.

 

[Shun]

For those that do not know some of the teams, here are the 3 I follow and I favored to win or do well in the tournament.

Hokkaido Team Bell: 21 Members in their Team, they sent 2 teams for the Hokkaido qualifiers, Team B lost first round, Team A won.

Chubu eSR イカサーのゴリラ, team that represents the Japanese eSports New Website. Push, the girl with blond bob cut was crying when they lost.

Kyushu .Regen A strong team full of internet trolls.

Other teams are active on twitter and ikazok and other places but I don't follow them so if I find a webpage for them I will link for those who want to learn more and follow these teams..

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

Semi-finals are on.
Tōhoku's Yakisoba vs Kinki's Yumeiro BWI