@Maxz lol... haha... that was weird. Those had the names and the skins of the team olive players who already qualified for the finals... but the levels were incorrect. so I think they were fake but they played like the originals
@silentium Well, we beat our 1950 target! I was going to say, I've been getting way fewer kills than yesterday, but I feel I'm playing a better game on general.
@Maxz what.... that game hurt our score hahah... crazy!!
Yeah, it's not just about kills I think. Sometimes you hold the splatzone or the rainmaker and you do not get kills. But you win the game because of that. So I agree!
@silentium Well, good games indeed! I'll be interested to see where that places us in Europe! We broke 1950, hoooraaay!
I'm going to try and emulate the playstyle I used then tomorrow. It's not as flashy, and it doesn't rack up as many kills, but it felt way more team orientated than some of the 'dash in and die' tactics I'd used in past games.
With a shorter ranged weapon, I think there's a lot of validity in that approach (especially is you do more dashing than dying), but with the Pro I think it's more useful to be a bit more supportive. It's hard to get all three shots in from a distance with it, but if you can get even one shot it, then it can means a full health teammate will way more easily finish them off. Similarly with the Ink Storm - it rarely kills people, but puts on the pressure, and helps teammate finish opponents off.
So here's to fewer flashy scores, and more victories! For me at least. Flashy scores are exactly what the Tri Sloshers was made for, so it's been awesome watching you rack them up.
Anyway, I've got to get off, but another brilliant session (our best ever!).
@Maxz Yeah, I felt like this was our strongest session and yes I agree your new approach does make sense and we felt stronger as a team. Did you prefer me as the Tri-slosher or with the N-Zap?
I think I get more kills with the Tri-slosher and I like the fact that is has an active special which I can use to push and add some extra damage. I like the long distance aspect of the N-Zap, though. I personally felt like we played better when I used Tri-Slosher. What do you think?
Enjoy your evening and I look forward to tomorrow's session!
EDIT: I just saw... we literally missed silver award by a few points I think! We are exactly on the line. One of the pairs we lost against is on rank 1 in the top 100... and most of the others are in the top 30, haha. So that further confirms that we played the higher quality players today.
@Maxz 1996.9 is Top100 threshold... so we were roughly 50p away That's like 1 or 2 more wins... Considering we did only play half the session, I think this is an amazing result! We came in at rank 43 in Europe... bad news is that most of the tough players we lost against are in Europe... Hopefully, not playing tomorrow
@silentium Fingers crossed they're all busy doing real life. And yeah, I really enjoyed that session too; we felt way more cohesive, and I felt more calm and collected and... better... despite not hunting down millions of squif-fools. I spent a lot of previous sessions silently fuming at whoever we got matched with, but I kept repeating the mantra, "teammates are assets, not obstacles", and I was much more focused and sensible as a result.
I think you should use whatever you feel comfortable with, but it did feel like you were making real inroads with the slosher. The fact that Ink Armour helps the entire team definitely came in handy quite a few times too. I definitely won a lot of battles thanks to your special that I otherwise would have lost. It let's us play a bit more aggressively, and that can make a difference in a lot of key moments.
I tried using the Splattershot for a while, but I constantly found myself on the wrong end of Tri-Sloshers due to the range I had to keep to kill anything. I don't have the same problem with the longer ranges Pro now, but I as tempting as the shooters are (let's face it, a gun has slightly more 'cool' value than a bucket), there's definitely an element of 'if you can't beat them, join them'. If I get beaten by someone with a Tri Slosher and I have a Tri Slosher too, then I can't blame my weapon.
Anyway, yeah, use what you feel best with, but I did think today's setup went pretty damn well. And you were looking pretty impressive on the leaderboards at the end of each gsme.
@Maxz Hi mate, hope you are feeling better today and you're all hyped for tonight?
Yeah, at the end of the day it's random (I think?) who we get matched with... we can only try to balance out the shortcomings and if it is a fatal match then just try to move on and win all the other games.
Yeah, I will play with the Slosher tonight. I am excited! I believe most of the good players from yesterday are clan members. So I would hope that they will use other ways to qualify for the tournament.
I will try to be online before 7pm to get some warm up games in. If you are around at that time maybe we can catch some games together to warm up. Hopefully I will be online latest by 6.30pm.
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