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SeANMcBAY
Jun 28, 2006

Look on the bright side.



Single player elements in multi is good.

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No. 1 Callie Fan
Feb 17, 2011

This inkling is your FRIEND
She fights for LOVE

Neddy Seagoon posted:

Shifty Station is pretty much a beta map for testing new terrain features and general ideas, so you'll probably get your wish eventually.

I don't particularly wish for it, only that I wouldn't mind. But it's all down to how it's used.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

More like lovely station!!!!!!!

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


SeANMcBAY posted:

Single player elements in multi is good.

I want a Shifty Station with Mega Stamps.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!

In Training posted:

More like lovely station!!!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bieWjhweZk

Takoluka
Jun 26, 2009

Don't look at me!



Marina got the JP win!

Blank Construct
Jan 20, 2010

Shepard.

Nap Ghost
https://twitter.com/SrimeU/status/939767169839120384

I feel like the team and solo wins have all been super close for the most part.

Blank Construct fucked around with this message at 09:14 on Dec 10, 2017

Araxxor
Oct 20, 2012

My disdain for you all knows no bounds.
Marina has passed her curse onto Japanese Pearl.

Blank Construct posted:

https://twitter.com/SrimeU/status/939767169839120384

I feel like the team and solo wins have all been super close for the most part.

I wager the matchmaking system has something to do with it. It's actually matching up evenly skilled teams, so the results should be fairly even unless something goes horribly wrong. So in the end, it's a coinflip, unless popularity becomes ridiculously lopsided. Which can end up screwing with the results big time.

No. 1 Callie Fan
Feb 17, 2011

This inkling is your FRIEND
She fights for LOVE
:siren: Splatfest Schedules :siren:


  • EU Films vs Books @ December 9th 16:00 CET :siren: ONGOING :siren:

  • US/AU/NZ Xmas Sweaters vs Xmas Socks @ December 15th 21:00 PT / December 16th 00:00 ET / December 16th 16:00 AET

All Splatfests last for 24 hours.

US/AU/NZ squidkids: Enlist with your fellow goons for Splatfest Teams. Get to play with less incompetent players.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


I love those Cartmanass lookin' Christmas squid kids.

Owers
Nov 13, 2004

I want to be lean and mean.
I plugged in my Wii U for the first time since buying a Switch, there are a couple of games I want to finish before I retire it indefinitely (namely Tropical Freeze). For old time sake I played the original Splatoon for a while, and I'm surprised there are tons of people still playing it, all lobbies filled up almost instantly for me (arguably quicker than 2). The graphics are already showing their age, but the game is still just as fun. The lack of Miiverse does make the plaza a very dreary place, though. It's like seeing an old friend again after their lobotomy.

Blank Construct posted:

https://twitter.com/SrimeU/status/939767169839120384

I feel like the team and solo wins have all been super close for the most part.
drat, my money was on Pearl's team. Did Marina's team have grey ink? That's different, I would've liked to have seen that.

The Deleter
May 22, 2010
Kelp Dome is a garbage map for morons. It might be the only map that still has spawncamping as a feature.

Space Fish
Oct 14, 2008

The original Big Tuna.


Is Pearl wearing 3D glasses?

Expect My Mom
Nov 18, 2013

by Smythe
my plan for rainmaker has been and always will be, to get the rainmaker and loving book it. do not stop for nothing
https://twitter.com/RosePrinceTrey/status/939756101477609472

when it works, it works

No. 1 Callie Fan
Feb 17, 2011

This inkling is your FRIEND
She fights for LOVE


I shoulda known this was coming.

Bonus video of the post-Splatfest splashdown:

https://twitter.com/rxrm80/status/939904678870917120

Araxxor
Oct 20, 2012

My disdain for you all knows no bounds.
So Splatfests don't just declare one side better. They outright make the losing side illegal. No wonder Callie had to die.

Owers posted:

drat, my money was on Pearl's team. Did Marina's team have grey ink? That's different, I would've liked to have seen that.



I actually thought that this was some sort of ice level at first when I saw that.

No. 1 Callie Fan
Feb 17, 2011

This inkling is your FRIEND
She fights for LOVE
That latest EU Splatfest win for Pearl was her fifth in a row. The last and only time Marina won was the pre-launch Splatfest.

This has clearly been the year of Pearl. Maybe next year will be Marina's if they'd give her a theme that gives her a winning chance.

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



Dr. Fetus posted:

So Splatfests don't just declare one side better. They outright make the losing side illegal. No wonder Callie had to die.

Banning socks forever seems like a bad idea

Leaf Lock
Oct 21, 2010

:duckie:Caprisun Major:duckie:
All Splatoon dialogue is written in a tongue-in-cheek manner and would not hold up in court. :colbert:

pokeyman
Nov 26, 2006

That elephant ate my entire platoon.
I have "goon tournament" in my calendar for today, is that still happening?

raditts
Feb 21, 2001

The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.


Leaf Lock posted:

All Splatoon dialogue is written in a tongue-in-cheek manner and would not hold up in court. :colbert:

I would not be surprised if squid law were similar to what you see in a phoenix wright game.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


pokeyman posted:

I have "goon tournament" in my calendar for today, is that still happening?

I'm sorry, I forgot to post yesterday that we didn't have enough people for it.

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

ending a match with impeccable defensive strategies

http://twitter.com/In__Training/status/939978101387272192

pokeyman
Nov 26, 2006

That elephant ate my entire platoon.

Jonas Albrecht posted:

I'm sorry, I forgot to post yesterday that we didn't have enough people for it.

That’s what I figured but wanted to check in. Thanks for trying at least!

LethalGeek
Nov 4, 2009

In Training posted:

ending a match with impeccable defensive strategies

http://twitter.com/In__Training/status/939978101387272192

Haha that bomb rush

Owers
Nov 13, 2004

I want to be lean and mean.
Watching a Scrapper push around another boss always puts a smile on my face.
https://twitter.com/CollinearVertex/status/940091272408133632

Shinmera
Mar 25, 2013

I make games!

:woomy:

No. 1 Callie Fan
Feb 17, 2011

This inkling is your FRIEND
She fights for LOVE

Nice!

Nintendo released some additional info about their Japanese Splatfest results:
pre:
Votes 43.23% - 56.77%
Solo  50.35% - 49.65%
Team  49.80% - 50.20%
Those are quite close numbers, which might tell us that the matchmaking system works as intended by throwing same skilled players against each other quite often.

As for this week, we'll see the update hit with the Clam Blitz ranked battle Tuesday evening in the Americas. They will also introduce new gear in collaboration with Corocoro manga magazine on Friday. However this might be limited to just Japanese players. Here's the video advertising the new set gear (with a hint of new music?):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl4Lp0T8k9c

Neddy Seagoon
Oct 12, 2012

"Hi Everybody!"

Rexroom posted:

As for this week, we'll see the update hit with the Clam Blitz ranked battle Tuesday evening in the Americas. They will also introduce new gear in collaboration with Corocoro manga magazine on Friday. However this might be limited to just Japanese players. Here's the video advertising the new set gear (with a hint of new music?):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl4Lp0T8k9c

It'd actually be more difficult to limit it to Japan than not. You need the assets downloaded to other region versions anyway just because of global matchmaking.

Emong
May 31, 2011

perpair to be annihilated


Neddy Seagoon posted:

It'd actually be more difficult to limit it to Japan than not. You need the assets downloaded to other region versions anyway just because of global matchmaking.

There's already a handful of gear that's Japan-only, so it's entirely possible.

Neddy Seagoon
Oct 12, 2012

"Hi Everybody!"

Emong posted:

There's already a handful of gear that's Japan-only, so it's entirely possible.

Huh, didn't know that.

Leaf Lock
Oct 21, 2010

:duckie:Caprisun Major:duckie:

Rexroom posted:

Nintendo released some additional info about their Japanese Splatfest results:
pre:
Votes 43.23% - 56.77%
Solo  50.35% - 49.65%
Team  49.80% - 50.20%
Those are quite close numbers, which might tell us that the matchmaking system works as intended by throwing same skilled players against each other quite often.

It always shows up as 51% - 49% even when there's less than a percent of difference.

No. 1 Callie Fan
Feb 17, 2011

This inkling is your FRIEND
She fights for LOVE

Leaf Lock posted:

It always shows up as 51% - 49% even when there's less than a percent of difference.

Yeah, I suspect they round up the numbers in-game.

Leaf Lock
Oct 21, 2010

:duckie:Caprisun Major:duckie:
It ain't right. When it's within a percent they should just give the actual numbers. It's a matter of Splatfest pride.

Mercedes Colomar
Nov 1, 2008

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

I wanna be a loving Jojo.

Araxxor
Oct 20, 2012

My disdain for you all knows no bounds.

Neddy Seagoon posted:

Huh, didn't know that.

The gear is in the game, you just can't order it off of anyone who happens to be wearing it.

TurkeyFried
Oct 9, 2012

:thunk:
The Square is currently a weird combination of wonderful splatfest fanart and terrible, terrible #FreeCraig spam

Bell_
Sep 3, 2006

Tiny Baltimore
A billion light years away
A goon's posting the same thing
But he's already turned to dust
And the shitpost we read
Is a billion light-years old
A ghost just like the rest of us
I had to look that guy up. People seriously are melting down over a two-week ban?

Good on Nintendo.

Blank Construct
Jan 20, 2010

Shepard.

Nap Ghost
I think, I hope, most people don't know he got banned for BMing and calling himself "Bike Cuck."

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Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


And here I thought everyone was doing a Friday deep cut.

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