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Surely a less historically fraught and divisive issue than cat vs dog.
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Jul 5, 2015 12:18
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Balcony posted:Splatfest is not as enjoyable as I thought it would be. If it's not 4 Rock Players against 4 Rock players, then it's often been 4 Rock versus only 3 pop players. And when you win it just feels like a hollow victory. Add to that it's locked on turf war on the same three maps, when the brilliant tower control only came out the other day. It would have been better if it was a random choice out of all of the availble maps and modes. I really, really hope the August Update has a major shake-up of the playlist system. It needs major work.
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Jul 5, 2015 12:19
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Get hosed cats
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Jul 5, 2015 12:19
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I have to assume that Team Pop are even more hosed than Team Cats, cmoooooooooon 75% win ratio
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Jul 5, 2015 12:21
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Bread Set Jettison posted:Get hosed whites
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Jul 5, 2015 12:22
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Balcony posted:Splatfest is not as enjoyable as I thought it would be. If it's not 4 Rock Players against 4 Rock players, then it's often been 4 Rock versus only 3 pop players. And when you win it just feels like a hollow victory. Add to that it's locked on turf war on the same three maps, when the brilliant tower control only came out the other day. It would have been better if it was a random choice out of all of the availble maps and modes. I've had pretty consistent full-Pop teams to teach the error of their musical choices. That said I have run into two and three-man Pop teams a few times as well as the odd Rock-vs-Rock match.
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Jul 5, 2015 12:27
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zolthorg posted:They LITERALLY stated "WE WILL ONLY COUNT MATCHES BETWEEN CATS AND DOGS" Lol
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Jul 5, 2015 12:28
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codenameFANGIO posted:zolthorg I know you represent Team Cat but you need to stop being such a pussy. This post didn't get enough love
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Jul 5, 2015 12:34
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zolthorg posted:Unless you're using an aerospray or playing ranked battle, a good turfwar player hits like 1300 points on a win, if you round that off to 1500 points then a sea snail is worth 20 wins to a player of that calibur. I lost 120 wins worth of gold due to garbage vote tallying which is 6 hours of more grinding in my life. To be specific, 6 hours of consecutive turf war wins and I have to switch from weapons I like to playing the dumb Aerospray; otherwise it will take me even longer. The abilities barely do anything in the first place but if you are this salty about '6 hours of more grinding', why did you take 6 minutes before voting to learn how victory is decided and then pick the side thar was quarenteed to win?
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Jul 5, 2015 12:37
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Next time they need 3-4 splatfest team options.
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Jul 5, 2015 12:42
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Well I'm sad my team lost but I'll see you guys again on the fields of battle for Halloween vs Winter Holidays.
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Jul 5, 2015 13:05
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Splatfest would have been more fun if it wasn't turf wars.
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zolthorg posted:Unless you're using an aerospray or playing ranked battle, a good turfwar player hits like 1300 points on a win, if you round that off to 1500 points then a sea snail is worth 20 wins to a player of that calibur. I lost 120 wins worth of gold due to garbage vote tallying which is 6 hours of more grinding in my life. To be specific, 6 hours of consecutive turf war wins and I have to switch from weapons I like to playing the dumb Aerospray; otherwise it will take me even longer. Why is the goal "get more sea snails always more sea snails?" Is there a certain number of sea snails you need before your gear is good enough and then you finally are allowed to start having fun playing this video game??? Congrats to team cat for a genuinely impressive showing considering how out numbered you were! I'm proud to have been a small part of Team Dog's glorious victory.
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Jul 5, 2015 13:12
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Shut down a full team of Pop-lovers on Urchin Underpass all the way back to their spawn. Held them there for the full final minute too before one finally got past me. One of my teammates put him down for his impertinence  .Dizz posted:Splatfest would have been more fun if it wasn't turf wars. Turf Wars is simple and open to everyone regardless of skill level (mostly). Tower and Splat Zones both need a much higher degree of coordination.
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Jul 5, 2015 13:15
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The Spirit of Splatfest is more than just winning. Splatoon is a game that is touted to allow everyone to contribute and have fun, regardless of skill. The Holy Gods of Splatfest who cast Judgement on the festivities saw the honorable spirit of Team Dog, and compared it to the cold and calculating machinations of Team Cat. It wasn't numbers, or win% that won it for Team Dog. It was their righteousness and goodness that was the deciding factor.
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Jul 5, 2015 13:15
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Dizz posted:Splatfest would have been more fun if it wasn't turf wars. I disagree, it gave me an excuse to play Turf Wars. Also I personally hate Tower mode but I think that's because I haven't really figured out how to be useful as a roller on it. Just killing the enemy isn't quite good enough when my team tries to "help" me and ends up letting one fucker take the tower all the way to our goddamn base 
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Jul 5, 2015 13:15
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Poultron posted:I disagree, it gave me an excuse to play Turf Wars. Get on the tower and flap it about like a shotgun to deter peasants climbing atop your majestic jingling throne.
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Jul 5, 2015 13:17
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Poultron posted:I disagree, it gave me an excuse to play Turf Wars. Dynamo roller is really good on Tower but if you're in the obvious path of the tower you'll probably get shot before your horrible wall of death gets launched. Splat roller and carbon roller can also work but they're best for just aggressively clearing enemies while they're focused on the tower, as far as I can tell. Take default splat roller for the suction bombs and killer wail, over the Krak-on. Inkbrush, who loving knows if that's viable.
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Jul 5, 2015 13:20
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Jul 5, 2015 13:21
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My one true Splatfest disappointment is that you can not glitch thorough the plaza wall during it.
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Jul 5, 2015 13:21
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Get on the tower and flap it about like a shotgun to deter peasants climbing atop your majestic jingling throne. This doesn't quite work unfortunately, there are too many angles of attack. Count Uvula posted:Dynamo roller is really good on Tower but if you're in the obvious path of the tower you'll probably get shot before your horrible wall of death gets launched. Splat roller and carbon roller can also work but they're best for just aggressively clearing enemies while they're focused on the tower, as far as I can tell. Take default splat roller for the suction bombs and killer wail, over the Krak-on. I actually tried out the Dynamo a little bit and had slightly better success, but it's like you said, you basically just get shot before you do anything. It's too open for a Dynamo, which really needs hallways to shine. I think I just need to embrace the Carbon roller on Towers and really just poo poo on the back line.
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Jul 5, 2015 13:24
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If I'd have wanted to be the Winner, I'd have gone Team Rock over Pop since clearly most people would go with Rock, but I play Splatoon for a cool fun time, so I chose the side that represents cool and fun for me, and the poppy fun music in game made my choice clear. So I won't get so many stat reroll snails when the contest ends at 6pm, big deal. Judge Tesla fucked around with this message at 13:32 on Jul 5, 2015 |
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Jul 5, 2015 13:25
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zolthorg posted:They LITERALLY stated "WE WILL ONLY COUNT MATCHES BETWEEN CATS AND DOGS" Are you ok
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Jul 5, 2015 13:31
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Splatfest has been cool and awesome and no matter how it turns out I will have had fun!!! edit: except for when the friends I have here don't use common sense and run straight into enemy rollers or spend >5 seconds trudging around in enemy ink. Ruddy hell Escobarbarian fucked around with this message at 13:48 on Jul 5, 2015 |
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Jul 5, 2015 13:41
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This game is so chill compared to a Call of Duty community. I don't understand what elements of Splatoon drive someone to smash their gamepad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8qEaHu-k30 I guess I don't mind losing 20 matches in a row in Street Fighter, but nothing about this game seems that irritating to me... As an aside, I somehow didn't realize until today that this game had a single-player component, I just beat the second boss and it's mildly better than I expected. I wish some of these elements like the sponges had found their way into the MP maps somehow.
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Jul 5, 2015 14:16
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Electromax posted:This game is so chill compared to a Call of Duty community. I don't understand what elements of Splatoon drive someone to smash their gamepad: jesus what a dork. the games are so fast that I cant see being mad at it ever. the number of blowouts I have isnt that much and even when I don't win the close calls are usually like 45 to 42 or some poo poo.
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Jul 5, 2015 14:31
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hurrrrrr im a dog *pisses on everything* *is trash at video games* *still wins somehow* 
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Jul 5, 2015 14:42
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ThisIsACoolGuy posted:Actually you know, I think it would work better if instead of a final tally dictating rewards it was a set addition bonus. If your side won popularity you get +3 snails or whatever. If you won the battle half you get +5. Sweeps would still get you way more but I feel it would be impossible to get really frustrated if it didn't feel like winning the actual game part didn't matter. This is actually a good idea. The reward difference is small enough that it honestly doesn't matter that much, doing it this way would reduce the feel-bad (in the game design sense) scenario of 'there was no way we could win'. Anime Curator posted:i will not be clicking that link It's a research article about young children and resource allocation, not more examples of jerks on the internet.
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Jul 5, 2015 14:43
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Jul 5, 2015 14:43
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Just had a game where I was the only 20 on a team with two 2s and a 4 against two 19s and two 20s. Now I'm in a team with a 2 and two 1s against FOUR 20s oh god kill me brb gonna be destroyed
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Jul 5, 2015 14:52
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Wait... so the winner was not decided based on win percentages, but some weird hybrid that included team size into consideration?
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Astro7x posted:Wait... so the winner was not decided based on win percentages, but some weird hybrid that included team size into consideration? lol
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Jul 5, 2015 14:56
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I suppose when matched against the vastly greater numbers of Team Dog, Team Cat was truly a noble but Lost Cause. (gif of a cat crying in front of a Confederate flag that I'm too lazy to make or find) Good game, see you all in a few weekends for Team Spartans vs. Team Elites or whatever.
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Jul 5, 2015 15:00
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Well that game was loving horrid but then the one afterwards got me to Eternal Rock Boy so that's pretty nice
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Jul 5, 2015 15:01
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Randumb Thots posted:(gif of a cat crying in front of a Confederate flag that I'm too lazy to make or find) Thank Christ
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Jul 5, 2015 15:05
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Jul 5, 2015 15:12
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A Kraken swam past me and two other team mates with seemingly no effect, giving us all time to turn and look in confusion before we lag-splatted in sequence . I laughed far too hard and wish I could've recorded that moment.
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Jul 5, 2015 15:14
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Astro7x posted:Wait... so the winner was not decided based on win percentages, but some weird hybrid that included team size into consideration? 1/3 of the points is popularity 2/3 of the points is win percentage. The dogs lost by games by 2ish% but were the overwhelming favorite so it didn't matter.
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Electromax posted:This game is so chill compared to a Call of Duty community. I don't understand what elements of Splatoon drive someone to smash their gamepad: Almost Reflexive. I occasionally get annoyed when my team seemingly plays badly, only to immediately remember Its just a game, and I'm likely playing alongside literal children. Nothing even close to gamepad smashing though.
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