Topic: Splatoon - OT

That's pretty impressive. Good to see Splatoon is doing so well.

We will just have to wait and see how many people actually could hold out till the big update like so many said they would. I have a feeling more then half couldn't wait that long. I'm not sure I see it passing Super Luigi U but 2 million I've said all along.

Bucket footage:

I love Splatoon so much. It's probably my favourite Wii U game!? It's not perfect, there are things that I would change/add (either with a sequel or with DLC), but it's just so refreshing and fun and STYLISH. It deserves all the success its earned!

that would be so cool

The matchmaking in ranked battle is so annoying :/ I'm rank B now, and I got connected with 6 B's (including myself) and one A- and one A. Ofcourse both the A's were putted in one team, against my B team. We lost soo badly, I don't think we even captured the zone once :/

OTOH, you get a higher score if you win against a team with a higher average rank. And the other team get less for beating a lower-rank team.

That's nothing. When I was B+ it was 4 B+ against 4 A to A+'s. That didn't go well at all.

And what was your score loss on that match? Something like 4 points?

I'm still not sure what to think of Splatoon. It's definitely refreshing, creative and fun. However, a lot of the stuff outside of the core gameplay is really annoying. Like having to listen to those 2 sisters every time you boot the game or getting matched against highly skilled Asians every match. And the worst of all: the 4 hours map cycle. It's just stupid and kills the fun for me. Having to play the same maps over and over again is just annoying and there is no justification for that terrible system. Every other shooter I know has a better map system than Splatoon.

Yeah I know, but it kinda sucks that when you lose a match against higher ranked players, you lose as much points as you would normally

@jariw: Most likely.

I'm with you on the first 2. There should be a button to skip the announcement. I play at various time in the day and night and for the most part I think Asian players just make up the majority of the active community in most time periods. With that said, I played with and against some average and some crappy Asian player, so that a mixed bag at times. Also you still have skilled NA and EU to worry about

I disagree with the last one about the maps, but to each his/her own.

Actually Callie and Marie are cousins not sisters. I agree with the map rotation thing being poorly executed and I think they could improve upon it. I think given enough time they'll eventually fix it, but the whole Asian thing is a bit of a stereotype.

@MajinSoul: I agree that Callie and Marie are very annoying but you really shouldn't stereotype people. Maybe you're just not good at the game and the other players are?

@MisterMan: Yeah Asian people are obviously better at video games than everyone else, not because they're skilled through training and dedication, but because they're Asian

@MisterMan Haha wow. I apologize. I did not intend to stereotype or even discriminate against anyone. I'm actually very open-minded and in no way did I intend to insult Asian players. I've played Starcraft 2 for a while and even went to some conventions to watch players on stage and when I think of an Asian gamer this image instantly comes to my mind: https://youtu.be/-ZLKBO8y6CY I know that not every Asian player plays like that. Sorry again

@Aromaiden Thanks for the clarification. I did not know they were cousins

I think it's rewarding to play with highly skilled people, since can I learn new things. But beginners should be matched with beginners, it destroys the whole balance of the match otherwise.

And I also think it's really fun when you find a really well-functioning Turf War group to just keep playing the same maps when nobody leaves the group. But I wouldn't oppose a 2- or 3-hour map rotation pattern.

I don't think this has been posted yet. In the upcoming update, you can protect private matches with 4-number passwords, like this:

@jariw so does that mean you can host private matches with people not on your friends list? Or is it just for people with lots of friends?

I think it's strange how the matchmaking system will lower your points (gained or lost) when you vs teams with a higher rank average than yours, but doesn't even try to separate the higher ranked (e.g. 6 B+ and 2 A+, separate the A+). In fact, it tends to do just the opposite.