Topic: Splatoon 3

@CaleBoi25 the first team that I tried out for last week just let me know that I didn’t make the team, but I’m apparently welcome to stay around as a free agent substitute.

I know it’s not the end of the world, but it still really, really hurts. On one hand, it’s probably standard procedure for a lot of teams. On the other hand, it’s difficult to open up and try my best to be myself, only to be told that it’s essentially not good enough for them, that I (or at least my current level of play) am not good enough for them.

There’s still the other team, but again, the communication was a bit weird, and I’m not even sure how I would feel about being accepted as a fifth, and since there were two of us trying out for that team, it would certainly be either me or the other tryout put in that fifth spot, and, well, my confidence in myself is not exactly sky high at the moment, though that is also being caused by external (to this situation) factors.

Wait and see, I guess...

@AccessibleDaydream Oh, no! So sorry to hear they denied you. I hope you don't give up, tho! The right team is out there somewhere!
Also, I made S Rank! I got 2 wins, then 2 losses... I probably should have stopped, because I was definitely tilted after having a teamate throw in the 4th match, but I went ahead and tried for the last game. The other team capped Zone and held it all the way to 3 before we took it. Then it was a back-and-forth until finally we managed to KO them. So now on to S+ !

@CaleBoi25 Yay!!! Good job Cale! 2-2 in a rank up is so stressful, but you made that third game a W, and that’s what counts! I need to start grinding solo queue again, thanks for the reminder!

As for the whole team thing, it took an unexpected turn last night: the third “looking for team” post I had responded to got a response list week, and I had been hesitating on it over the weekend for various reasons. Ultimately though, I ended up playing open with the captain in voice chat for a bit, and now I’m a 5th for Soul Sociecty as a dedicated support player, which, if nothing else, is just free results!

@AccessibleDaydream Congrats! Do you guys stream your games or anything so I can check them out??

@CaleBoi25 oh Cale, do I have a story for you! I'm going to copy and paste what I sent to a server in which I'm just part of the community:

Update on the team situation: I had gotten a message back from a looking-for-team post I replied to, and I spent the last few days telling the captain that I was hesitant, but I didn’t know why at the time. Fear forward to last night, and I had just gotten off of vc with my coach, and I figured it wouldn’t hurt to play a few matches with this team captain, and it was fine, and I actually quite liked how relatively vocal he was, so I decided I’d give the team a try, even if for nothing else but free results.
So I agree it to try it, except it turned out that I was going to be a fifth (first red flag). It also turns out that they have two teams under one team (?), all in one server (second red flag). Then, completely by accident, I joined the vc/stream of the coach (for a different team) that they brought in to help the team. We talked for two-and-a-half hours about a wide range of topics, however pertinent to this conversation are the two VOD reviews he showed me:
in the first one, the comp was literally a painbrush, an octobrush, a gray zap, and a hydra (third red flag)
In the second one, I don’t recall the comp, but their team was in disad during a specific frame in a match of clams on Flounder, and in spite of being in disad, their “Wellstring* was pushing forward in the same way that a frontline would.
So that’s a whole mess, and I’m pretty sure I can do much, much better than to settle for that

@AccessibleDaydream Oh, yikes. Yeah, probably best to avoid that situation lol! If worst comes to worst, maybe we can start a team! /hj (I do have a few friends who might be interested, at least to try out some games in Open...!)

@CaleBoi25 I would be down to see how the vibes are, especially so if the second team I tried out for doesn’t take me on (even if they do, anarchy would be fun!)

I’m supposed to find out tomorrow, so once again, we’ll wait and see!

@AccessibleDaydream Good luck! Also, a bit late t do this, but this is a really good vid for finding a team. (Still sad about everything going on with Gem, but that doesn't mean his content is bad!)

@CaleBoi25 I MADE THE SECOND TEAM! For real this time, with no weird cruft, I was accepted as a member of Data Breach! And, in a nice twist, I’m not a fifth, I’m actually a fourth! This of course means that I’m part of the main squad!

In a completely seperate chain of events, I played a series today, and I made out with a net positive 59 points! (130 spent, 189 gained back).

That’s not even all, because immediately after that series, I played one last open match of rainmaker on Mahi-Mahi, where this happened, and I was left speechless:

@AccessibleDaydream Whoop whoop! Congrats! So happy for ya! And that ending was crazy! :0

@Potato-Man Did I just play Tower Control with you in Open?? The possible you was using Luna Blaster.

@CaleBoi25 no, I played open splat zones yesterday but no it wasn't me I haven't played tower control in a little while. sorry

For future reference I use the Neo Sploosh

Nintendo has released the patch notes for the next update.
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/11/splatoon-3-version-...

Pretty substantial weapon changes at this late stage. I imagine it won't be too long until we get news of Big Run in December and the new theme for FrostyFest in January. Still hoping for the return of Splatoon 2's FrostyFest gear!

I'm kinda upset they gave Booyah Bomb an upgrade. Its so frustrating how many Areospray users with all Special Charge up play in Turf War.

As a Special booyah bomb is great but giving it to an Areospray and with sprinkler was a mistake. I desperately hope it doesn't return in 4.

So according to inkipedia there is a big run coming on December 13 on Wahoo World with the Cohozuna trophy

Small update for you guys: on Tuesday, I played in my first tournament: a small weekly called Prism Break. It was uncapped in terms of division, and there were only 19 teams that registered in total. I played with three mid-level players, and we were seeded in 14th place. We crushed round 1 (a brand new team) 2-0, and then immediately got crushed ourselves when we went 0-2 in round 2 (by an experienced mid-level team). Finally, we went to losers bracket and again went 0-2 against an experienced team, thus ending our tournament run. In the end, we got 13th place, which isn’t horrible.

And the best part? I’ve been recruited as a substitute for a team participating in Mug Cup (a low level tournament), which means that as of tomorrow I get another result and valuable experiences. It’s exciting!

@AccessibleDaydream Congrats 👏 13th is pretty good!

What's everyone's favorite ranked mode??
Mine is Clam Blitz

Splat Zones.

I've been playing more Turf War since the recent update, and I think I'm finally getting better with Rollers! I think the Big Swig Express is my favorite. It's just too bad that rollers don't have better kits for me.

December's Big Run has been confirmed by Nintendo. It's just a repeat of the very first one in December 2022 with Wahoo World and a Cohozuna model.