I love it when you're the yellow ink-colored team for Rainmaker, the shine of the Rainmaker blends in better while swimming through the ink.
My favorite ink color is the dark blue, but sadly, the shine is very noticeable in this color ink.
I find Rainmaker's the only game that depends upon the strength of individual players, rather than a collective effort of the team. I can normally carry a rainmaker team against a decent team (but not against anyone who knows what they're doing...) ... Unlike some people, who swim with the rainmaker, then jump out the way at the first sign of trouble, I would gladly get splatted in service of the rainmaker, which generally means they can get a few more points forward to win the game.
This. RM Distance > Staying alive. There are definitely times when you should stay around teammates, especially when they are splat experts, but I can't tell you how many times I've won Rainmaker by grabbing it and just bolting through enemy territory. Yeah I got splatted, but no one else dared to rush our base like that so we won.
This this the most important point, imo. You don't need to know how to splat people with the RM (although this helps), you just need to know where to be and when to be there. You can easily carry a game going 0-8 if you know how to carry the RM better than anyone on the enemy team. In this way it's a much different game mode than the other two. There's like an art to making off towards the base. I could probably rattle on about this for quite a while, but this is not the place or time.
I would have never guessed Weezing was so useful until I played a HeartGold Nuzlocke! My YouTube Channel! Video game related, of course! My Pushmo Levels
First time playing ranked mode in forever and it's just as frustrating as ever. two -12 losses because we lost a team member in the beginning of a match with a D/C. I thought this garbage balancing system was supposed to only have you lose a couple of points if that happens? I'm so tired of ranked.
If you start a match with a disconnected player (before the match starts), there's only a 1 point loss.
They D/C'd after the match started, in the first minute. So, I guess that's why, but still, that Nintendo doesn't count that within the first 30 seconds is unforgivable. I get that it could be abused, but I think there needs to be some leeway. It is not my fault, nor my other two team members' faults.
@LztheQuack: They have those at Best Buy? lol! If only I liked hats.
I would have never guessed Weezing was so useful until I played a HeartGold Nuzlocke! My YouTube Channel! Video game related, of course! My Pushmo Levels
Just had a match where one of my teammates just tried to block my shots and was jumping around in squid form in a ranked battle... We had a pretty good lead for awhile, but then the other team got the tower to our side and my shots kept getting blocked so I couldn't take them out...
I wouldn't care much if it was a turf war, but it is kind of frustrating to lose points because they were acting like that. I don't understand why an S rank would lose points on purpose though.
@MasterWario My thoughts exactly. It's the whole reason why I'm in an A Rank- cause I 'get' the mentality of the Rainmaker up to an A Rank level. It doesn't matter if you're splatted, if the opponents are a while away, and you can get a few metres further. I can't count the number of times I've won or lost on 1 point only. Most people seem so reluctant to take it, just like taking the tower. They fall into a pattern, where they do the same thing match in, match out. But by doing so, you could end up with three people doing exactly the same roll. That's why I like rollers so much. They're versatile. You can hold a tower, do a 1for1 trade (Splat for Splat), be sneaky, arrive where people least expect you, and generally cause havoc. As much as I hate Snipers, I do recognise that they have a weakness in either being a strong sitting duck, or a weaker, mobile target.
@Blue_Blur@DreamyViridi Between you, I think you've solved the mystery. Yellow ink, Ninja Squid, watching for the signs. Boosh.
Huh. Guess I'm a better player than I thought I was. Perhaps I do deserve a good rank after all. Yeah, B+ is where I should be. XD
I walked into a Best Buy to get an eShop card...and I walked out with a Mario t-shirt, a card, and a Splatoon hat. I'm a true squid now
Wow, how cool is that! I saw people with the Splatoon hats in videos, think it was either from E3 or from the Nintendo UK Summer Tour and since then I'm thinking about how to get my hands on those. Couldn't find anything online (except on Etsy, but I'd rather like the original Nintendo product), I think they were gifts that you could only get as a visitor. Do you have a picture of that hat you bought?
It's fantastic quality! Even if it's not an official Nintendo product, I still highly recommend it! I still wear it a lot while playing Splatoon. It's awesome being a true kid/squid!
@Blue_Blur: Cool! I probably would've bought it eventually anyway since I feel like it's a must-have as a Splatoon geek, I also still have to buy those awesome t-shirts from teepublic and redbubble. But since the hat on etsy is rather pricy (the one from my link was 19,38€ + 7,61€ = 27€, that one from your link is 33,92€ + 11,14€ for shipping, which makes roughly 45€ for a hat. I usually don't wear hats at all^^), I wasn't sure if it's worth the buy (and right now I don't really have the spare money for this kind of thing anyway) and couldn't find a reliable review. But if you're saying the quality is good, then I guess it's worth it.
And don't get me started with the colours, I couldn't even decide. If they weren't so expensive, I would get orange, dark blue, green and yellow.
@LztheQuack: Just out of curiosity, how much did you pay for it?
I just googled for the official hat and found it for 6,99 pounds (on sale, usually it's £9,99) in the Nintendo UK store. Sadly, they don't deliver it outside of the UK.
I guess I would have to contact a friend of my father's to buy it and then send it to me... or wait until I'm in the UK again. Why doesn't Nintendo Germany have it? NoE even sits in Germany... :/
@LztheQuack: Ah okay, then I guess it's the regular price if it's usuallz 9,99 pounds in the UK. But the quality is good, right?
Damn, the sloshing machine was just released. And it really looks interesting, judging from the stats, sub and special. Damn, I need more (virtual and real) money.
My GOTY? Legend Of Zelda: Splat of the child. Ah no, I meant LoZ: Breath of the SPLATOOOON!
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