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antigaf?
Haha, maybe, but I didn't have GAF in my name. I did some googling and found they're called the "Nintendo 5" clan on a message board.
At least I represented GAF well!
(Even if I spammed a lot.)
just join gaffers
Right as all the level 20 gaffers show up too haha
Use the nozzle on small maps like the mall and skate park, save the brush for rig and dome. I'm a brush user, but the nozzle keeps the speed and gives you enough range to keep away from squelchers and test chargers. Daboss and violet are more fun when you can make them move from their perches.
amazing. seconded.
I change my mind constantly about this, but I am now convinced that Blackbelly Skatepark is the best map in the game.
The central tower, combined with the various wall ledges add a dimension of verticality to gameplay that the other levels can't match. Standing on top of the tower is a very powerful position, but the distance of the ledges and perches neaby (as well as how easy the column is to paint) makes it a dangerous place to camp. The upper grates near each team's base allow for some fun offensive pushes too. The ground has a nice combination of ramps, slopes, and hard right-angles where you can hide.
Good map, that Skatepark.
The central tower, combined with the various wall ledges add a dimension of verticality to gameplay that the other levels can't match. Standing on top of the tower is a very powerful position, but the distance of the ledges and perches neaby (as well as how easy the column is to paint) makes it a dangerous place to camp. The upper grates near each team's base allow for some fun offensive pushes too. The ground has a nice combination of ramps, slopes, and hard right-angles where you can hide.
Good map, that Skatepark.
Add people from your region on the Google list, then add the people currently talking about being in game. After they add you, join their game in progress. And gaf rooms are the best place to try new weapons and strategies. Just don't be afraid to fail at first, because it might be all you do, at least initially.
Until you get a good dynamo on a tower and a decent supporting team. Similarly with a good sniper on the tower, but to a lesser extent.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
That's GonzoTheGreat's clan, and I think he's N(STAR)Eric?
Good games geg and vecks. Got to level 17 finally. Wanted to play more but the battery indicator on the game pad came up haha. That'll teach me to not leave it charged.
Also it seems the game doesn't want me to ever be on the same team as vecks haha
Also it seems the game doesn't want me to ever be on the same team as vecks haha
I tried to join your game before geg's but you disappeared from the lineup. I think.
Hello, how I join in the SplatoonGaf fest?
My NND is in my profile
Join someone from your Friend List that is a GAF member.
I wouldn't have disappointed youLucky you. I'm mostly on the losing team anyway.
I think we had a couple of games before where we were on the same team and took charge. Maybe.
I feel like most maps get broken by a "good Dynamo roller" though.
Although can a Dynamo reach the wrap-around walkable ledge with their splashing? I'm sure they could reach the lower grates and that wall edge, but that wrap-around ledge is a ways away. I think they might, actually, since a Squelcher can hit the tower from there and the ranges are comparable. You could easily get a Suction Bomb up there to make him jump down temporarily, however.
I'm not sure what else you could do there, other than maybe going through the grates in the middle and rushing them down? If they're patient and they see you, they'll just splat you when you get there.
I wonder, what is the best way to deal with that kind of situation? Thinking maybe a Suction Bomb first and then trying to push forward while he regroups?
Lucky you. I'm mostly on the losing team anyway.
lol this was me on Friday. Me + Japanese randoms vs. a team of Totakeke, BlueSilver, Crayolan, and SM239
Also this may be a dumb question but who is GuySloth on gaf? His name isn't on the spreadsheet
At B+ around 46 score, said alright, I'm almost done, I'll play until I lose. Proceed to win 5 more games in a row to reach 96. Then on 96 score get matched against a whole team of A players when my team is 3 B+ 1 A-. Proceed to lose the game and lose 6 points. Now I'm at 90 but I'm going to call it quits.
The matchmaking system is the devil. It tries to float you when you are on a losing streak, then when you are on a winning streak it'll try to stop you from advancing.
The matchmaking system is the devil. It tries to float you when you are on a losing streak, then when you are on a winning streak it'll try to stop you from advancing.
I feel like most maps get broken by a "good Dynamo roller" though.
Although can a Dynamo reach the wrap-around walkable ledge with their splashing? I'm sure they could reach the lower grates and that wall edge, but that wrap-around ledge is a ways away. I think they might, actually, since a Squelcher can hit the tower from there and the ranges are comparable. You could easily get a Suction Bomb up there to make him jump down temporarily, however.
I'm not sure what else you could do there, other than maybe going through the grates in the middle and rushing them down? If they're patient and they see you, they'll just splat you when you get there.
I wonder, what is the best way to deal with that kind of situation? Thinking maybe a Suction Bomb first and then trying to push forward while he regroups?
A good dynamo roller would be more focused on area denial when he's up top. Keeping everyone away from reaching him and preventing everyone from running through the central area is important. Splatting isn't as important. When you can only fight head on without flanking your chances of winning are slim. Everyone can see what a charger is planning to do from a mile away in that situation, but no one expects the inkzooka.
Add me dammit! NNID is MiguelBudag.
GYYS GUYSSSSS I understood! I finally got it! Inkbrush = best weapon in the game. Seriously just fuckin fun, it's like the weapon suddenly clicked with me, doing 1100+ every match is so awesome, and that was without using NinjaSquid!
I'll keep going tomorrow, got a shirt with ninja, and a cap with squid speed, boots with strength.
If rollers are Ninjas, inkbrush users are Samurais!
I like how this guy decided to take so many photos of the games he lost.
http://imgur.com/a/WAYGf
I call it the chronicles of the anguished squid.
http://imgur.com/a/WAYGf
I call it the chronicles of the anguished squid.
Gonna take a break. I'll add some of you guys when I get back on later.
As for maps, I don't think I can really rank them. But my favorites would have to be Skatepark, Saltspray, and Mall. The ones I don't like that much are all the new maps. I don't really hate any of them though. I like the variety. And it's neat how each map feels totally different.
As for maps, I don't think I can really rank them. But my favorites would have to be Skatepark, Saltspray, and Mall. The ones I don't like that much are all the new maps. I don't really hate any of them though. I like the variety. And it's neat how each map feels totally different.
It's sad because he's always the top player on those losses. Have experienced that tough life myself lmao.
That's true, but if you can get him to come down a lot, it makes him less effective. I know poking people up there with a Squelcher (or Splattershot Pro) often makes people go away temporarily (even if it ultimately takes 4 shots to splat). The closeness of the platform still makes poking him with Suction Bombs and, ohgawdyes, the Inkzooka viable.
I guess you'd have to get rid of one of his teammates patrolling the puddles below and then make a move at poking/circling around him. Maybe get someone to distract him by going up the side hallway near the wraparound ledge. Those teammates roaming around are a problem.
Wait, there are specific GAF rooms? How does that work?
Damn, must have been when I got booted
Hopefully I'll see you guys on again!You can't even get close to hit him with something like the splattershot pro though without walking in enemy ink if he's doing his job constantly flicking. The elevation plus long range splashes can even deny the standard charger from reaching him.
Yeah but a good Dynamo user wont stay still at one platform. I'm always changing from high place to high place, spreading as much ink I can with the shot gun move, and keeping myself as a squid to avoid being targeted.
I'm surprised that as a Dynamo I barely use the actual roll of the roller, only when I know I'm completely safe, or inside friendly lines.
Exactly, what I love more about the Dynamo is that you can shoot your "wave" of ink across high obstacles. I makes very hard to your enemies get close to you.
When you join someone, you go into their room. As other people join them, the randoms who aren't friends with anybody in the room will get moved to a different room. Eventually the room fills up with gaffers.
Nah, they start just by someone joining off of someone else and then people join them etc.
That sounds fantastic! Thank you so much everyone for being so patient and explaining these things to us newcomers =]
Sadly because of it some of us cant get in sometimes
I'm just a bit concerned about you just saying that my style is just not working with the brush. The last time you brought this to my attention, I thought to myself that you were right especially since I was still in that early understanding of the weapon and still powered on forward thinking I'd get it. Now that I've had more time with it, I do still think that I have a ways to go, but I also feel like I can better articulate why I had such a mixed reaction to your advice.
You say that I'm too patient and my response is that in 3 out of 5 situations where people are inking forward in an area I'm stopped up in, my goal is to get around them and continue inking elsewhere or dispatch them on the spot from a different angle. I think the latter has seen a lot more success more so than the former with the only reason behind the former's failures being because most times GAF is very OCD about painting everywhere. (Seriously, even versus folks I've seen/dealt with in the higher B/B+ ranks or in general Turf Wars, GAF is still overall more consistent about "Always Be Coloring".) The "issue" with me being patient versus you specifically is due to the fact that you pretty much main the N-Zap and for every 10 seconds of in game time that passes, I'm tagged by Echolocation and the large majority of my approach options are immediately invalidated. As such, the best things I can do are "Red Light, Green Light" it, be as proactive as I can be with regards to the win condition and head back into base/previously covered turf for area to cover while avoiding your team's fire, or just Leeroy Jenkins (a strategy that is almost always the worst strategy; never do this anyone looking to get into this game).
Overall though, this experience did teach me a lot. I'm considering having a Cold Blooded speed build that would probably be more about being a constant harassment for the other team or even a Haunt build to counter play some team members hoping to take advantage of Echolocation's benefits versus being a general coverage concerned person. I'm also thinking about some other things that might require the new Inkbrushes to really shine.
Thanks for the vote of confidence though. I want that title of GAF's best brush. :lol