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[Negotiator]

Does anyone know the criteria for the host selection algorithm?

Do Ethernet and 5 GHz WiFi users have a higher chance to host matches?

It'd be pretty horrible if they made 2.4 GHz WiFi users hosts and this would explain the numerous disconnections (nothing here so far).

 

[RagnarokX]

 

[audio_delay]

Hm, all of mine have been pretty even from what I can recall, at least the last five or so have been anyway

Must be luck..., now again another 1560 vs 1700 for mayo
Btw it is only if i got a game against mayo, ketchup vs ketchup are all even.

 

[Koren]

Hm, all of mine have been pretty even from what I can recall, at least the last five or so have been anyway

With power closer to 1700 than 1400?

I would believe that there's more people in the 1200s in team Ketchup than in team Mayo. You probably have a high enough rank (weren't you in the 2000s at some time) so that helps balancing the numbers. But that means you get associated with 1200s, and that explains what you see (1700+1600 is definitively better than 2000+1100, even if the average is the same).

The game is having to "reach out further" in terms of player ping to put together full teams of ketchup or mayo for Splatfest, it's not just throwing all the same local players into a lobby like it usually can.

I can understand that to some extend, but that wouldn't explain that most of the "unstable connection" happen in the last 10 seconds...

 

[Deleted member 125677]

10 wins in a row for mayo

 

[Busaiku]

Royalty at last.

 

[Soul Lab]

my high today was 2230.
but now i'm dropping a bit

 

[Kaban]

Damn, I'm a one-man wrecking crew with these Enberry Dualies

Spoiler

because no one else on my team will put in work

 

[The Red Wizard]

Do you need four people for Team Splatfest or can randoms fill up your team?

 

[Shauni]

With power closer to 1700 than 1400?

I would believe that there's more people in the 1200s in team Ketchup than in team Mayo. You probably have a high enough rank (weren't you in the 2000s at some time) so that helps balancing the numbers. But that means you get associated with 1200s, and that explains what you see (1700+1600 is definitively better than 2000+1100, even if the average is the same)...

1700, I guess. Last Team Mayo match I had was, I think, 1630 to 1670

 

[ryanofcall]

is splatfest just 24h?

 

[AaronMT86]

elo hell? Stuck in ~1750 range

 

[Niosai]

I don't know why, but I'm losing constantly. Coming down from a 20 win streak to an almost 15 losing streak in the splatfest.

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Yet another Ketchup victory!

Even all the twitch streams I've checked out, Mayo has been getting destroyed.

Mayo barely beat Ketchup in Japan. Might be a 3-0 sweep for Ketchup here in the states

 

[XaosWolf]

Up to 2090.4 Mayo Power. The Tri Slosher feels like cheating.

Is this Mayo Power whats taken into account for the Splatfest scoring?
Debating whether or not to just play straight through the full 24hrs.

 

[Kyrios]

I don't know why, but I'm losing constantly. Coming down from a 20 win streak to an almost 15 losing streak in the splatfest.

Sounds about right. It's amazing sometimes how quick things just drop out lol

 

[Pilgrimzero]

Trump puts ketchup on steak. That's all you need to know about ketchup.

 

[Shahadan]

These colors just make me crave some spaghetti

 

[Busaiku]

is splatfest just 24h?

Yeah, for each region.

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

Nintendo is now geoblocking you if you play out of your region in ALL modes. Fucking WHAT.

 

[Dragnet]

What happens when someone votes your miiverse post 'fresh'?

 

[meppi]

Any Mayo teams being formed?

 

[Soul Lab]

Up to 2090.4 Mayo Power. The Tri Slosher feels like cheating.

Is this Mayo Power whats taken into account for the Splatfest scoring?
Debating whether or not to just play straight through the full 24hrs.

no it's for the match making.
reward is depending on your mayo level (max ks king/queen) and who wins (mayo or ketchup)

 

[audio_delay]

Nintendo is now geoblocking you if you play out of your region in ALL modes. Fucking WHAT.

Has this been confirmed?

 

[Cyanity]

How long has it been taking everyone to reach their max splatfest levels?

edit - Also why did so many of you buy the JP version?

 

[Nighteater]

Up to 2090.4 Mayo Power. The Tri Slosher feels like cheating.

Is this Mayo Power whats taken into account for the Splatfest scoring?
Debating whether or not to just play straight through the full 24hrs.

Power level is for matchmaking.
Win percentage is what decides the splatfest winner.

 

[Niosai]

Whew, finally won a match. Are there rewards for ketchup/mayo power or is it solely a matchmaking thing?

 

[Sojiro]

Trump puts ketchup on steak. That's all you need to know about ketchup.

Oh fuck me.....what have I done!?!?

 

[XaosWolf]

no it's for the match making.
reward is depending on your mayo level (max ks king/queen) and who wins (mayo or ketchup)

So it tallies up every Splatfest battle win and loss?
Might just blast through it then. I missed out on every Splatfest in S1 and am having a ton of fun right now. =D

How long has it been taking everyone to reach their max splatfest levels?

Looking at my app, it took me 33 matches to get to Mayo King. As it was practically non-stop playing: around 2 hours for me.

 

[Nighteater]

What happens when someone votes your miiverse post 'fresh'?

Think it gives you a like on twitter? I'm not sure. It's annoying how number of retweets determines whether your post get viewed at all in the game. Wish it would work like in the OG splatoon. Where everyone you played with shows up in your plaza. Now we're stuck with furry crap...

 

[Juke Joint Jezebel]

So is there any post-game bonus for maxing out the "King/Queen" rank?

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

Has this been confirmed?

None of my friends can play anymore. They're all blocked.

 

[Kyrios]

What happens when someone votes your miiverse post 'fresh'?

Good question, in Splatoon 1 it gives you a Yeah (Like) on Miiverse. No idea what happens in Splatoon 2.

 

[Soul Lab]

So it tallies up every Splatfest battle win and loss?
Might just blast through it then. I missed out on every Splatfest in S1 and am having a ton of fun right now. =D

there are 3 factors which determine the winner team (in this case mayo or ketchup) of the splatfest:
popularity
win rate solo
win rate team

 

[Negotiator]

Nintendo is now geoblocking you if you play out of your region in ALL modes. Fucking WHAT.

What do you mean? How do you change your region?

 

[XaosWolf]

there are 3 factors which determine the winner team (in this case mayo or ketchup) of the splatfest:
popularity
win rate solo
win rate team

I'll do what I can for Solo Mayo then. Thanks! =D

 

[-shadow-]

Scoring 1642 points and still lost. At least not my fault! 😂

You DON'T. They randomly started geoblocking yesterday.

You could change region? Another copy or just changing your region?

Could also be just because of the Splatfest that they're blocking you.

 

[UncleSporky]

How long has it been taking everyone to reach their max splatfest levels?

edit - Also why did so many of you buy the JP version?

Maybe 3-4 hours I think?

IIRC I played from midnight to 1 and then 2 to 4:30.

 

[twothunder]

reached Mayo queen.
things didn't go that well in my matches.
only a single Mayo vs Mayo match. guess Ketchup is more popular or it's very close

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

What do you mean? How do you change your region?

You DON'T. They randomly started geoblocking yesterday.

 

[The Red Wizard]

Team Ketchup needs a fourth member. Add me you'd like to play 1856-7046-5894

 

[JershJopstin]

I was just going off the fact that they don't count lol Players could have enough of Splatfest and barely even fight against their rival team. So all they played in were cancelled out matches which doesn't result in a lose for ketchup, but doesn't result in a win either.

Well sure, but that just means nothing comes of them. It's not like mayo can somehow get more matches against ketchup then ketchup can against mayo.

 

[Irminsul]

Nintendo is now geoblocking you if you play out of your region in ALL modes. Fucking WHAT.

I mean, maybe wait until Splatfests are over in all regions with that assessment. Europeans can only play Splatfests, after all.

 

[arimanius]

Team Ketchup needs a fourth member. Add me you'd like to play 1856-7046-5894

Sent a friend request

 

[XaosWolf]

First loss in a while due to a DC on the team.
Still only lost by 3% though!

 

[Kyrios]

Well sure, but that just means nothing comes of them. It's not like mayo can somehow get more matches against ketchup then ketchup can against mayo.

Yeah makes sense, don't mind my ramblings sometimes

 

[The Red Wizard]

Sent a friend request

Thank you. We're in a room so join when you can.

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

I mean, maybe wait until Splatfests are over in all regions with that assessment. Europeans can only play Splatfests, after all.

Is everywhere but Japan still in Splatfest?

 

[arimanius]

Thank you. We're in a room so join when you can.

Says can't join that friend.

 

[JershJopstin]

None of my friends can play anymore. They're all blocked.

I hypothesised this would happen earlier. It's the ping-based matchmaking. Everyone with a low ping to you is locked in the splatfest atm. It's not geo-locking.