I don't know why you guys don't run voice chat. It should be built into Squad in the first place.
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Splatoon |OT4| You're a detriment to your squad
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I don't know why you guys don't run voice chat. It should be built into Squad in the first place.
ActStriker
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I just had a .1%/2p win
Unfortunately it was against another team of Autobots
Unfortunately it was against another team of Autobots
Autobots Queen finally, boy that was not a great Splatfest. I did find a good team today and we won about 75% of our matches but the vibe meter upon hitting Queen ended up less than any other splatfest.
The match that leveled me up to Queen I basically carried my team going 12-1 on Saltspray due to taking out waves of enemies charging into the middle and top platforms because no one on my team could keep them out
Also I only played against one other Autobots team in my whole time playing so the popularity split isn't that high in their favor
The match that leveled me up to Queen I basically carried my team going 12-1 on Saltspray due to taking out waves of enemies charging into the middle and top platforms because no one on my team could keep them out
Also I only played against one other Autobots team in my whole time playing so the popularity split isn't that high in their favor
Given the issues Nintendo's had just getting teams to properly connect in the first place, I can kind of understand why they might not have made voice chat a priority.
Whatever Nintendo's next at-home system is, I really, really hope that they include a typical networking port build in to it, rather than defaulting to Wi-fi. I feel like there are a ton of Autobots out there trying to play off of horrible connections for as many times as I was booted from a lobby after a match was supposedly found.
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I actually wound up playing one Decepticons vs. Decepticons match during my time. It caught me really off-guard since I assumed that Autobots would totally clean up in popularity, hah.
PreyingShark
Member
Those people would still use WiFi tho
BlueLiquid
Member
So... confession time. I just now, after hundreds of hours into the game, realized that the team status icons at the top change size depending on how your team is doing. The more turf you control, the larger they are. I just noticed them changing size as we were making a comeback in my last game!
Wow....I watched the first match with Walkman and Co. and had NO idea that our trio squad was after!
Even being at a disadvantage with 3v4, this was good. I saw a couple of errors as the rainmaker holder. Also yes DaBoss, I did lose about 16 points
The cheapskates like me would actually have a wired connection tho. I'm not paying $15 to have what was standard in '06.
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BlueLiquid said:
....whoa
A lot of them would, yes, but at least the option to use a wired connection would be right there from the jump, it makes that prospect a lot more appealing than having to hunt around online or elsewhere to buy a secondary accessory to use. It's an extra effort and expense that can be avoided, and even if 5% of people were to make use of it, well, that's 5% more playable matches. I'd like that.
You need to buy an adapter for it, I can't seem to find the link but someone linked me one on Amazon a couple days ago for like $12. Apparently everyone uses that one.
Yep. You have to buy WiiU compatible usb ethernet adapters(the adapter should support usb 2.0 if I recall) to play games like WiiU games splatoon on a wired connection. It's near impossible to get a usb ethernet adapter unless you search online for one. I can't wait to get mine sometime early next week.
spindashing
Banned
We made it! This has to be my best record and my best Splatfest. I only lost two matches!
Yoooo, you doin' Decepticon's work! I've only got a 28 streak right now, and I've had reasonably good luck. =o
I don't really have a voice chat solution for Discord, so we could have had voice chat (unless I use my laptop, but it's not convenient for me).
But even then, my issue with voice chat in squads comes, like you said, that it isn't built into the game itself for everyone to be able to use.
This Splatfest actually perfectly aligned with my EXP for leveling up lol.
So I needed 185 points to get from level 45 to level 46 at the start of Splatfest. And 184 is the amount of points you need to get to max Splatfest rank.
Damn, that sucks. Tri-hards is really about doing it at S rank it seems.Wow....I watched the first match with Walkman and Co. and had NO idea that our trio squad was after!
Even being at a disadvantage with 3v4, this was good. I saw a couple of errors as the rainmaker holder. Also yes DaBoss, I did lose about 16 points
And yea, we definitely were playing too cautiously while we had the rainmaker.
GO DECEPTICONS!
TheGreatLugia
Banned
I just hit Autobot King. I found some really good teammates almost immediately and stuck with them for the last stretch of leveling.
EmCeeGramr
Member
So the new L3 is great and I'm pretty sure I'm making people mad with it. My K is going nuts.
is going nuts.Finally grinded out the last 25 points and made it to Decepticon King. Got a lucky string of teams this year, so ended up being a pretty easy climb. Ended up at +33.0 freshness by the time I made it to King. Think I only lost about 4 or 5 games, so I did my evil duties for the day.
Looking forward to seeing the results! Hopefully we don't get crushed too badly in the popular vote.
Looking forward to seeing the results! Hopefully we don't get crushed too badly in the popular vote.
PreyingShark
Member
You'll want such an adapter for certain scenarios if you ever get a laptop without an ethernet port anyways, which is becoming more and more likely. I recommend just plopping down the dough if you're able to wire up.
I haven't had an unplayable match for weeks though, assuming the microwave isn't on, and I'm on WiFi. I think this is partly because I was finally able to set up QOS though. Before I did that, sometimes when my bro was on his computer things would just go straight to hell. But now things are just fine.
I actually do have an adapter too. The reason I don't wire up is simply because I can't. Can't even use powerline adapters. Keep in mind that a lot of the worst laggers and shit are probably kids who have little to no control over such things.
I can get behind your notion for Mario Kart 8 though. Man fuck laggy item reels just fuck that stupid bullshit.
PreyingShark
Member
Results will be at 1 AM Eastern, 12 AM Central, 10 PM Pacific, never in Mountain because nobody lives there.
Leatherface
Member
These disconnects are really getting on my nerves. Every time I finally land a good team of randoms...lost connection. #rage
To bad Michael Bay thinks the Decepticons are the good guys.I saw one that said something to the effect of "I picked Decepticons to be morally aligned as far from Michael Bay as possible."
Also, I'm at work, but I'll post my side of the fight with some thoughts tomorrow morning, azure.
CoconutTank
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I've only played with it on the night it released, but I enjoyed it quite a lot when I got it. I could dance circles around my enemies and poke them to death, and when it came to scoring I generally scored better with the Nozzlenose D relative to the Custom Jet Squelcher.So the new L3 is great and I'm pretty sure I'm making people mad with it. My K
HOLD THE PHONE
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY HOURS
AND I JUST LEARNED YOU CAN CLIMB THE FREAKING PIPES ON SALTSPRAY BY THE MOVING PLATFORMS?
E:
I hate that it's uneven, but I think this is where I take my leave.... Actually I'm going to see if I can land four more wins because I like the number 45. I don't want to look at my Activity Log tonight.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY HOURS
AND I JUST LEARNED YOU CAN CLIMB THE FREAKING PIPES ON SALTSPRAY BY THE MOVING PLATFORMS?
E:
I hate that it's uneven, but I think this is where I take my leave.... Actually I'm going to see if I can land four more wins because I like the number 45. I don't want to look at my Activity Log tonight.
EmCeeGramr
Member
Aerospray tries to stunlock my Kraken, I just spam Burst Bombs the second I switch back and kill him. Amazing.
rofl. i just learned that you can swimjump from sniping perch 1 to perch 2 (from the dropoff ledge to the tip of the L shaped wall and back.
Were they a gold Aero or Silver? I expect better from silver so this is a relevant question.
I actually knew this in the Testfire, back when I wanted to be a ninja with the "OP Roller." But somehow I never thought to ink the pipes. I'm flabbergasted.
EmCeeGramr
Member
It was silver.
To be fair to them, they held me off at point blank range and anticipated my every turn very well.
It's midnight Eastern.
Hah, it's just me lashing out. I don't play a lot of shooters in the first place. I'm sure there's SOME sort of technique to deal with it, it's just rough.
I think I have it in me (if comm errors don't screw me over...), the only game I've lost since hitting defender was a 3v4.
Pretty sure this splatfest started at midnight EST.
I actually ran into him last Splatfest. I was on his side for at least ten games straight!
neshcom said:
I hate getting boxed in, too, but you'd be surprised how easily you can break it by safely (emphasis on safe!) killing two of the ones camping you. The only issue is getting on the same page with randoms to achieve that break.
Also, I lost two games in a row, so. That 41 will just have to be my record. I'd say I should have tried for fifty, but after checking my activity log and physically cringing at six hours of straight game time, maybe that's not such a good goal to keep in mind.
BlueSilver
Member
Screw everything.
Screw the world.
Screw the world.
I hate to be the guy who wants to just shout at his teammate "You're doing it wrong!", but when kids on my team spend their time inking the southern walkways of Saltspray Rig while the other team is controlling the large northern platforms and setting up Beakons in the crane room, FML.