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Jarogue
Nov 3, 2012


I do like how splatfest power works. Because am S rank most of my matches have been back and forward and every win and lose has be by 2-5%. Its also nice to see how S ranks do turf war.

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Smiles
Oct 23, 2012

Someone sent me a friend request with the message, "チャージャーつっよ”. Charger something?

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!
Charger 2? Dunno why he'd use Hiragana for that though.

No. 1 Callie Fan
Feb 17, 2011

This inkling is your FRIEND
She fights for LOVE

WarpedNaba posted:

Charger 2? Dunno why he'd use Hiragana for that though.

You mean katakana. It's used for borrowed words from other languages.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!

Rexroom posted:

You mean katakana. It's used for borrowed words from other languages.

The 'tsu' is in Hiragana, which if expressed in Kana is the method of pronouncing 'Two'.

AfroGunsou
Dec 8, 2009

:yeah:
i think theyre either saying youre a good charger or that the charger is a good weapon

zolthorg
May 26, 2009

Smiles posted:

Someone sent me a friend request with the message, "チャージャーつっよ”. Charger something?

charger teacher in romanized loanwords likely
whatever happened to
notice me senpai

has anime lied to me

Doc V
Mar 20, 2010

Smiles posted:

Someone sent me a friend request with the message, "チャージャーつっよ”. Charger something?

つっよ = 強い = strong

Smiles
Oct 23, 2012

Oh that makes sense. Thanks!

(Charger STRONG)

Silver Falcon
Dec 5, 2005

Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and barbecue your own drumsticks!

Mr.Pibbleton posted:

I'm in the 1600's and I fought my fellow Patricks half the time, maybe it's rank related, but if you're close to me then it's just luck of the draw on that.


God I know that feeling, like when you splat three of the enemy team and when you look back at the map your team is just holding back defensively instead of taking territory. One splatfest I had a match where I actually kept three members of the enemy team boxed in for the last two minutes or so and there was one enemy dynamo roller just flinging ink around and my three team mates never killed him and we actually lost on that bridge map.

I'm only rank B, so that's probably it. I haven't bothered getting my rank up very much. I prefer Turf War.

I miss getting matched up with the really competent players and steamrolling everything. :(

Mr.Pibbleton
Feb 3, 2006

Aleuts rock, chummer.

Silver Falcon posted:

I'm only rank B, so that's probably it. I haven't bothered getting my rank up very much. I prefer Turf War.

I miss getting matched up with the really competent players and steamrolling everything. :(

I found em last night and this morning, unfortunately they were on team spongebob and I got knocked down to 1500's, I'm regularly losing turf war matches with the inkbrush which is kinda depressing.

MustelaFuro
May 6, 2007

Evolution: Reproduction of the fit enough.
I wanted to play with you all but my Gamepad isn't charging and I can't figure out why.

Mr.Pibbleton
Feb 3, 2006

Aleuts rock, chummer.

MustelaFuro posted:

I wanted to play with you all but my Gamepad isn't charging and I can't figure out why.

Not even when you plug it in directly to the cable? That sounds pretty busted if so. :(

No. 1 Callie Fan
Feb 17, 2011

This inkling is your FRIEND
She fights for LOVE


And that's it for the Spongebob Squarepants Splatfest. Results will probably hit in a hour's time. I ended my last hour with a couple of wins for Patrick's side, and my Power Level at 1666. Nothing sinister there, I hope.

MustelaFuro
May 6, 2007

Evolution: Reproduction of the fit enough.
I had to buy a new cord. It is charging now. Any of you all gonna head to the IRC room so we can organize some shenanigans?

No. 1 Callie Fan
Feb 17, 2011

This inkling is your FRIEND
She fights for LOVE
With this Splatfest over, I've come to the realization that the habit of trying to guess which side has the lousiest players no longer means that much. With the introduction of Power Levels, you're guaranteed to get matched with the equally skilled set of players, so no more punching little kids over and feeling good about it. Which is good.

Mr.Pibbleton
Feb 3, 2006

Aleuts rock, chummer.

Rexroom posted:

With this Splatfest over, I've come to the realization that the habit of trying to guess which side has the lousiest players no longer means that much. With the introduction of Power Levels, you're guaranteed to get matched with the equally skilled set of players, so no more punching little kids over and feeling good about it. Which is good.

Wow, it's like you've completely disregarded the feelings of those people who love brutalizing small children. :(

MustelaFuro
May 6, 2007

Evolution: Reproduction of the fit enough.
https://client00.chat.mibbit.com/?server=EU.synirc.net%3A%2B7001&channel=%23splagoons
Come come so we can do some squading and/or private battles

Also discord: https://discordapp.com/channels/79319970487476224/79319970487476224

MustelaFuro fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Apr 24, 2016

giffan
Jul 10, 2012

MustelaFuro posted:

I had to buy a new cord. It is charging now. Any of you all gonna head to the IRC room so we can organize some shenanigans?

I'll hop on for an hour or till I get kicked off

No. 1 Callie Fan
Feb 17, 2011

This inkling is your FRIEND
She fights for LOVE

Cialis Railman
Apr 20, 2007

Rexroom posted:

With this Splatfest over, I've come to the realization that the habit of trying to guess which side has the lousiest players no longer means that much. With the introduction of Power Levels, you're guaranteed to get matched with the equally skilled set of players, so no more punching little kids over and feeling good about it. Which is good.

Yeah, they've actually made it a competition instead of a coinflip, which is nice.


Case in point. I honestly thought yellow was going to win. There goes my streak. :(


I'll be on in a bit.

Dr Cheeto
Mar 2, 2013
Wretched Harp

That discord link is broken.

Relyssa
Jul 29, 2012



Dr Cheeto posted:

That discord link is broken.

Try this one: https://discord.gg/0RT8hYeMoF7k3lX3

zolthorg
May 26, 2009

Rexroom posted:

With this Splatfest over, I've come to the realization that the habit of trying to guess which side has the lousiest players no longer means that much. With the introduction of Power Levels, you're guaranteed to get matched with the equally skilled set of players, so no more punching little kids over and feeling good about it. Which is good.

~10% difference in population and winrate is back again so this method clearly failed after a single splatfest

individually though because of matchmaking the whole sordid affair only took me lik 2 and a half hours instead of the 5 hour grind so i don't care as much about only getting 18 out of it instead of 24

also kudos on extended it by 6 hours for people who actually work on the weekend incase they actually have to grind out the 5 hour garbage because its actually-really-loving-obnoxious-to-devote-5-hours-of-a-24-hour-period-to-one-single-game.

in a 24 hour period i have to not sleep in past ~8 hours from prev day, work for 8 hours, sleep for ~8 hours, do everything else i need to get done, play the game for 5 hours, and immediately leave again not being late for for 8 hours work, its a period with incredibly strict bounds on it. 30 hours is wayyyyyyyyy more do-able.

MustelaFuro
May 6, 2007

Evolution: Reproduction of the fit enough.
That was AWESOME. I'm so proud of my self for organizing it!

(I accidentally just posted that in the Hyrule Warriors thread)

Suspicious Dish
Sep 24, 2011

2020 is the year of linux on the desktop, bro
Fun Shoe
I haven't played this game in six months probably and it was a boatload of fun. I'm doing this again.

Cialis Railman
Apr 20, 2007

MustelaFuro posted:

That was AWESOME. I'm so proud of my self for organizing it!

(I accidentally just posted that in the Hyrule Warriors thread)

Yeah, that was fun as hell. We should do it more often.

MustelaFuro
May 6, 2007

Evolution: Reproduction of the fit enough.
We should all try to think of more gimmicky challenges in the mean time.

giffan
Jul 10, 2012
11/10 would splat again with you guys

Cialis Railman
Apr 20, 2007

MustelaFuro posted:

We should all try to think of more gimmicky challenges in the mean time.

The wiki has a few, and there's hide-and-seek. And of course, we could just play the modes as intended. :v:

Suspicious Dish
Sep 24, 2011

2020 is the year of linux on the desktop, bro
Fun Shoe
for those who weren't paying attention to Discord, I attempted to record our funs and games but unfortunately OBS corrupted the file, which seems to be fairly common. I tried to repair it with several programs without any luck. A website called mp4repair.org can do it but it would cost me $300 to repair the video.

switching formats apparently stops the corruption, so I went and did that and now I'm properly set up the next time we want to do this.

raditts
Feb 21, 2001

The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.



Every loving time.

zolthorg
May 26, 2009

raditts posted:

Every loving time.

good job reading dipshit

tldr: 10% difference between winrate and population is back so their new system hosed with the status quo for all of a single splatfest

but it doesnt matter because

matchmaking to keep you with and against players at your level/ splatfest "power"
6 points for a win
30 hours instead of 24
better start and endtimes

means that its actually possible to top out without having to worry about a 2.5-5 hour gaming session on what is ostensibly a work day for half the population

zolthorg fucked around with this message at 07:29 on Apr 25, 2016

Wisp
May 17, 2010

zolthorg posted:

also kudos on extended it by 6 hours for people who actually work on the weekend incase they actually have to grind out the 5 hour garbage because its actually-really-loving-obnoxious-to-devote-5-hours-of-a-24-hour-period-to-one-single-game.

in a 24 hour period i have to not sleep in past ~8 hours from prev day, work for 8 hours, sleep for ~8 hours, do everything else i need to get done, play the game for 5 hours, and immediately leave again not being late for for 8 hours work, its a period with incredibly strict bounds on it. 30 hours is wayyyyyyyyy more do-able.

May I suggest that you don't actually have to grind out 5 hours of Splatoon? Like, maybe you could walk away if you're not enjoying it, even if it means not getting all the seashells you can?

zolthorg
May 26, 2009

Wisp posted:

May I suggest that you don't actually have to grind out 5 hours of Splatoon? Like, maybe you could walk away if you're not enjoying it, even if it means not getting all the seashells you can?

getting all the seashells i can is objectively better for my enjoyment in the long run?? like i dont know how many ways i can say that 18 seashells is 9 hours of turf war matches

it lets me use a bunch of 1 / 2 star equipment that has been sitting around my inventory for months because adding slots to items is so fuckin expensive

and i play a bunch of turf war and ranked already so i already spend all the gold i get on new items when they launch or levelling up new outfits and mixing and matching junk

ive never rerolled an item, i just want to max everything out, its fun, and its gonna take like another year, or casual play + 4-6ish more splatfests

MustelaFuro
May 6, 2007

Evolution: Reproduction of the fit enough.
Delicious Dish, no worries and thanks for attempting. There will be silliness to record in the future.

Cialis, true, I totally forgot we could play the modes normally. But at the same time it's nice to take a break from that and do silly gimmicky poo poo.


One that note, here are a couple ideas for the future (in case I forget)
- All chargers, not motion controls, max sensitivity
- We all meet up in regular turf wars and compete to see who can get splatted the most (I've done this before and it's surprisingly difficult when you exclude fall deaths)
- Turf wars or splat zones with splat walls only
- Booyah/Nice challenge (have to try to play while constantly spamming booyah/nice
- Only travel backwards (whatever mode)

Any of those seem fun? Does anyone remember all the stuff we did yesterdays? Which were the funnest?

AfroGunsou
Dec 8, 2009

:yeah:
i too complain constantly about things i find fun so i really identify with ol zolthorg

Suspicious Dish
Sep 24, 2011

2020 is the year of linux on the desktop, bro
Fun Shoe

MustelaFuro posted:

Delicious Dish, no worries and thanks for attempting. There will be silliness to record in the future.

Cialis, true, I totally forgot we could play the modes normally. But at the same time it's nice to take a break from that and do silly gimmicky poo poo.


One that note, here are a couple ideas for the future (in case I forget)
- All chargers, not motion controls, max sensitivity
- We all meet up in regular turf wars and compete to see who can get splatted the most (I've done this before and it's surprisingly difficult when you exclude fall deaths)
- Turf wars or splat zones with splat walls only
- Booyah/Nice challenge (have to try to play while constantly spamming booyah/nice
- Only travel backwards (whatever mode)

Any of those seem fun? Does anyone remember all the stuff we did yesterdays? Which were the funnest?

burst bombs/turf war only and seekers/rainmaker only was deffo my favorite.

Cialis Railman
Apr 20, 2007

MustelaFuro posted:

Delicious Dish, no worries and thanks for attempting. There will be silliness to record in the future.

Cialis, true, I totally forgot we could play the modes normally. But at the same time it's nice to take a break from that and do silly gimmicky poo poo.


One that note, here are a couple ideas for the future (in case I forget)
- All chargers, not motion controls, max sensitivity
- We all meet up in regular turf wars and compete to see who can get splatted the most (I've done this before and it's surprisingly difficult when you exclude fall deaths)
- Turf wars or splat zones with splat walls only
- Booyah/Nice challenge (have to try to play while constantly spamming booyah/nice
- Only travel backwards (whatever mode)

Any of those seem fun? Does anyone remember all the stuff we did yesterdays? Which were the funnest?

Seekers only Rainmaker was a lot of fun, and so were the bumper brushes and burst bombs only games we did. Oh, and ink mines only, that was great. The matches where we turned off motion controls and reversed the axes were fricken impossible, though.

I liked the idea someone had about using rollers but just flicking with them, no rolling. I think that'd be fun, so long as we ban dynamo rollers.

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raditts
Feb 21, 2001

The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.


zolthorg posted:

good job reading dipshit

tldr: 10% difference between winrate and population is back so their new system hosed with the status quo for all of a single splatfest

but it doesnt matter because

matchmaking to keep you with and against players at your level/ splatfest "power"
6 points for a win
30 hours instead of 24
better start and endtimes

means that its actually possible to top out without having to worry about a 2.5-5 hour gaming session on what is ostensibly a work day for half the population

I don't know how that makes a difference about how you are constantly a gigantic mewling puking crybaby when it comes to all things splatfest
Here's a protip you goony motherfucker, play the game until it stops being fun, then stop playing when it does
Who gives a poo poo about how long it takes for you to get the maximum number of video game trinkets that you'll never run out of anyway

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