mayo queen bizarro gazzara, checking in
― for sale: clown shoes, never worn (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 6 August 2017 12:49 (six years ago) link
spent a while on a team beside a player called 'mayonetta', who is now my hero
― for sale: clown shoes, never worn (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 6 August 2017 13:51 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Ycew6hO.jpg
a great victory, fellow mayo comrades
― HPSCHD, Sunday, 6 August 2017 14:25 (six years ago) link
SUCK IT KETCHUP
― for sale: clown shoes, never worn (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 6 August 2017 14:46 (six years ago) link
yesssssssss
― ciderpress, Sunday, 6 August 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link
Better go collect my sea snails!
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 6 August 2017 15:22 (six years ago) link
wtf do i do with these 23 snails
― for sale: clown shoes, never worn (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 6 August 2017 17:52 (six years ago) link
Talk to Murch, he can add slots to gear or reroll gear abilities. Just ... don't ask what he uses them for.Everyone add me! SW 7766 6269 0297
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 6 August 2017 18:44 (six years ago) link
added!
― for sale: clown shoes, never worn (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 6 August 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
added you
mine is SW-1126-4943-0808
― ciderpress, Sunday, 6 August 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link
what a crock of shit, ketchup was robbed
SEE YOU IN HELL, MANNS
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Sunday, 6 August 2017 23:07 (six years ago) link
but for real i went from lv5-lv11 yesterday, hit ketchup queen, and feel like i figured out a lot about this game. really loved the level of detail in the lobby too (like the confetti strewn on the ground today!) - there's stray pro-ketchup graffiti all over some of the levels, it definitely feels like the day after some giant festival. such a cool game.
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Sunday, 6 August 2017 23:09 (six years ago) link
Lol team ketchup is so butthurt
http://kotaku.com/mayo-won-splatfest-but-some-splatoon-2-players-worry-t-1797572693
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 6 August 2017 23:10 (six years ago) link
i mean they're not wrong at least about the majority of matches having been ketchup v ketchup
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Sunday, 6 August 2017 23:23 (six years ago) link
the ranked modes are a bloodbath compared to turf war, i just got 24 splats in a tower control match which is more than twice my highest from turf war
― ciderpress, Monday, 7 August 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
i gotta play splatoon? really? is it that good?
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 7 August 2017 00:34 (six years ago) link
it's an exceptional online team shooter, but it's still a online team shooter so if you weren't into overwatch or tf2 or whatever then it might not be your jam
― ciderpress, Monday, 7 August 2017 00:40 (six years ago) link
personally i can't imagine playing overwatch ever again now that i have this
i am allergic to online shooters in general but splatoon is wonderful, honestly
― for sale: clown shoes, never worn (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 7 August 2017 07:14 (six years ago) link
good piece on the appeal of splatoon, and the splatfest experience, here: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-08-07-team-ketchup-loses-everyone-wins-in-splatoon-2s-first-proper-splatfest
― for sale: clown shoes, never worn (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 7 August 2017 09:13 (six years ago) link
Since before E3 I've had a basically insatiable craving for "news" about Switch releases, it's terrible.
― softie (silby), Monday, 7 August 2017 22:38 (six years ago) link
I never knew I needed anything in my life as much as the paint roller in Splatoon
xpost, a bit: I think what makes Splatoon so special is how perfectly the game's structure coaxes teammates to to cooperate, play the objectives, not be glory hogs, etc? Like, spreading ink is the objective (as far as I can tell, K/Ds have literally no effect on your XP, points or end of match ranking) but also a vital support activity for your teammates, the jump-to-teammate feature and relative deadliness of the weapons encourages people to work in groups (especially since concentrating on a firefight means losing paint coverage and a potentially disastrous amount of mobility due to enemy ink)...every design decision is just so fucking smart
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 14:15 (six years ago) link
Except maybe whatever it is that's letting some people throw out a series of curler bombs at once; that is some real OP horseshit
And the occasional XP-farming AFK player; I'd love some more transparency on Splatoon's warning/ban system so I can be assured these assholes pay some kind of consequence for ruining their team's game.
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 14:16 (six years ago) link
yeah, it's the perfect nintendo-isation of online shooters, really - all the rough edges have been shaved off and what remains is polished to a super-high sheen
the interaction of all the various systems is just exquisitely balanced. it's a masterclass in good design decisions
octobrush ftw imo - most effective weapon at close range, good spread of paint, and holding down the fire button lets you skate through enemy ink and out of trouble when you need to
― for sale: clown shoes, never worn (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 14:35 (six years ago) link
the curler bomb swarm is the special weapon of the aerospray which is already pretty OP in turf war, being the fastest painting weapon. it's pretty useless in the other modes though since it has low range and damage.
i'm finding the ranked modes to be a lot more fun than turf war, a lot of the weapons that seemed useless actually have a place there.
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 14:36 (six years ago) link
plus the long maps like moray towers and port mackerel were just a chore to paint in turf war whereas they're more interesting for Rainmaker
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 14:37 (six years ago) link
and yeah the octobrush is probably the 2nd most powerful weapon, after the tri-slosher which is just beyond ridiculous and will hopefully be nerfed
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 14:40 (six years ago) link
huh, i was NEVER a team shooter fan (well i mean i was into team quake but that dates me badly) but y'all are doing a good job convincing me this is worth trying... maybe i need to resubscribe to a game rental service.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 15:37 (six years ago) link
at the very least it's worth trying - seriously, it's the most fun i've had with a game for a long, long time and i usually hate multiplayer games with a burning passion
― for sale: clown shoes, never worn (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
okay, back to gamefly i gothough i think maybe arms first.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link
the only reason i've been staying out of the ranked is because i've been loving the octobrush so much and it doesn't seem as viable in some of the non-turf-war modes (? not entirely sure). gotta get back into rapid blaster! i was doing really well with it when everyone i was being matched against was sub level 15
― HPSCHD, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 16:38 (six years ago) link
octobrush is good in ranked
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 16:42 (six years ago) link
especially in rainmaker you can make paths to the goal really easily and basically play offensive line as if it was football
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
Ha yeah that possibility had just occurred to me! i haven't played rainmaker yet, definitely want to get into it. i think i was scared off by the couple times i tried tower control and splat zones, it never seemed like i was able to get close enough to the action to make a difference. the problem was certainly more me than the brush, though
― HPSCHD, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 16:55 (six years ago) link
rainmaker is definitely the most unique and clever of the 3 ranked modes, it's basically football but the splatoon mechanics make football really interesting since the speed from swimming becomes super relevant which means controlling the turf becomes really important
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 17:02 (six years ago) link
i'm having great success with the sploosh-o-matic, just reeled off a big turf war winning streak and hit 10.0 freshness - it feels like a nice compromise between being able to ink a lot of territory and actually do hand-to-hand damage, plus it has a really useful sub/special
added folks from this thread just now, in case anybody's wondering who daniel the owl is
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 22:08 (six years ago) link
make that 15.5 SUPERfreshness :D
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 23:27 (six years ago) link
i'm SW-6114-4876-3898 btw, will be dipping my toes into ranked the next couple of nights
― HPSCHD, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 01:52 (six years ago) link
I'm SW-4321-2378-1718. Still just level 6, though.
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:31 (six years ago) link
I just bought Splatoon 2, I'm very confused. Added everyone here, my friend code is SW-2873-6273-7411
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 20:23 (six years ago) link
I caved and got one of these. Had to get it in a bundle, so I chose Zelda. Splatoon maybe in the future, though
― Nhex, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 20:48 (six years ago) link
really enjoying the blasters at the moment, both regular and rapid. the rapid blaster loadout is amazing for splat zones
― ciderpress, Thursday, 10 August 2017 03:20 (six years ago) link
https://media.giphy.com/media/fY4AWE5NkNRhS/giphy.gif
― for sale: clown shoes, never worn (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 10 August 2017 08:27 (six years ago) link
lol
― Nhex, Thursday, 10 August 2017 13:11 (six years ago) link
i'm still impatiently waiting for mine to ship
― Mordy, Thursday, 10 August 2017 14:49 (six years ago) link
ATTN TOMBOT
GameStop has announced that all of its US retail locations will have Nintendo’s Switch console available in stores this week. Now, when I say “this week,” the on-sale will begin as early as tomorrow, August 15th, when your local GameStop opens, and I can’t imagine this restock lasting very long. Other stores will put the units they receive on sale Wednesday.
― for sale: clown shoes, never worn (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 10:32 (six years ago) link
dude at the gamestop by my office told me he didn't know anything about availability or quantity when they opened this morning
― adam, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 14:14 (six years ago) link
which was fine bc honestly i love loitering in front of gamestop at union square as a man in his mid 30s
― adam, Tuesday, 15 August 2017 14:15 (six years ago) link
good opportunity to top up your energy levels with doritos and mountain dew imo
― for sale: clown shoes, never worn (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 14:25 (six years ago) link
"so... do YOU like video games too????"
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 15 August 2017 14:55 (six years ago) link