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[HawthorneKitty]

Thanks for trying, after some digging, it's a term that Marie coins in the Japanese version.

Can't read, but has something to do with 4 man bubbler push?

 

[L95]

Thanks for trying, after some digging, it's a term that Marie coins in the Japanese version.

Can't read, but has something to do with 4 man bubbler push?

/squints

She actually uses the omega symbo, lol? (upsidedown horseshoe)

 

[Vecks]

Thanks for trying, after some digging, it's a term that Marie coins in the Japanese version.

Can't read, but has something to do with 4 man bubbler push?

All I can read of it is something about sharing a barrier with the whole team, so that sounds about right.

 

[Magnet_Man]

Thanks for trying, after some digging, it's a term that Marie coins in the Japanese version.

Can't read, but has something to do with 4 man bubbler push?

Callie:
What should we call it when the entire team gets bubblers to advance during the final moments of a battle?

Marie:
Eternal Phalanx Ω?

 

[Nightii]

Man, I was missing the hell out with this game! Just made it to level 4, even when paired mostly with noobs like me, some level 50 monster pops up and carries a whole team against us! This is definitely not like the Tesfires!

Is Museum D'Alfonsino going to stay in rotation for a long while due to being new? Can't say I like it much, all the un-inkable areas confuse me too much lol.

 

[RedFyn]

No. New maps stay in the rotation for 24 hours so that everyone has a chance to play on them and then the rotation goes back to normal.

 

[Wiseblade]

Callie:
What should we call it when the entire team gets bubblers to advance during the final moments of a battle?

Marie:
Eternal Phalanx Ω?

The same line is in the EU script.

 

[Geg]

Yeah, in the NA version the line goes something like

Callie: I love it when the whole team shares a Bubbler!
Marie: I call it the BUBBLE HUDDLE.

 

[ChrisD]

Japan/Europe win this one, but Bubble Huddle is good, too.

 

[NotLiquid]

I think I've totally fallen out of favor with Tower Control.

Used to enjoy it but now it's the bane of my ranks.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Had a terrible turf wars streak where on Museum D'Alfonsino I was always against a player who would get 1800p with the Zapper '89*. Inkstrikes went off all the time. It didn't help I was trying out heavy splatling for the first time either and had suicidal team mates who would super jump right into danger...one of which was a level 50 dynamo roller user.

*-Their gear was 3 special charge up mains with 1 sub (there was about 8 different subs on their gear so no re-rolling done)

I should really play ranked more (though if my time in rainmaker is anything to go by the Museum is hard to get knockouts...or that could just be A+ for you) but I want to level this gear I keep getting.

 

[Triforce141]

Yeah, in the NA version the line goes something like

Callie: I love it when the whole team shares a Bubbler!
Marie: I call it the BUBBLE HUDDLE.

Nothing's worse than Bubble Huddles or Kraken Packin's for Tower Control.

 

[ffdgh]

I think I've totally fallen out of favor with Tower Control.

Used to enjoy it but now it's the bane of my ranks.

Who doesn't enjoy sitting on a tiny island of suffering and blasters? /s

 

[Windom Earle]

I remember getting torn to shreads in the OT when I complained about the idiocy of vanilla Kraken. Funny that they nerfed it twice now, maybe I had a point.

Also pretty happy with the recent nerfs/buffs, game feels much better now. Nintendo took their sweet time, but the changes are on point IMO.

 

[Bert]

What the hell?

My wife is in a game of Rainmaker right now. The timer has hit 0:00, the Rainmaker shield can't be popped and everyone's still playing!

And the teams can't see each other but can still kill each other. Killer Wail's and bullets appearing out of nowhere.

Anyone else had something like this?

 

[TheJoRu]

Seeing almost exclusively "Pray for Paris"-Miiverse messages in my Inkopolis right now. Stay awesome (and fresh), Splatoon-Miiverse!

 

[L95]

What the hell?

My wife is in a game of Rainmaker right now. The timer has hit 0:00, the Rainmaker shield can't be popped and everyone's still playing!

And the teams can't see each other but can still kill each other. Killer Wail's and bullets appearing out of nowhere.

Anyone else had something like this?

I didn't have the teams become invisible, but I did have something similar happen in tower control, the timer went to 0 but nothing happened, and for the whole match the tower would only move after standing on it for a good 20 seconds.

Seeing almost exclusively "Pray for Paris"-Miiverse messages in my Inkopolis right now. Stay awesome (and fresh), Splatoon-Miiverse!

Mm. Reminds me of when Iwata passed away... filled with messages about it.

 

[Regiruler]

Seeing almost exclusively "Pray for Paris"-Miiverse messages in my Inkopolis right now. Stay awesome (and fresh), Splatoon-Miiverse!

D'alfanso being a france inspired map makes it somewhat fitting.

 

[Windom Earle]

I don't think this stuff needs to be dragged into video games. This stuff is too serious and sad. Bad taste in my opinion.

 

[PotionBleue]

D'alfanso being a france inspired map makes it somewhat fitting.

What do you mean?

 

[Starwolf_UK]

What the hell?

My wife is in a game of Rainmaker right now. The timer has hit 0:00, the Rainmaker shield can't be popped and everyone's still playing!

And the teams can't see each other but can still kill each other. Killer Wail's and bullets appearing out of nowhere.

Anyone else had something like this?

I once saw a video of a splat zones map where the counter would not bulge and it went on for about 30 minutes in overtime. I think some players disconnecting is what caused the match to end (or was it that the match ended with a communication error anyway I can't remember).

 

[Moondrop]

I'm learning to play without ink resistance, even as a tri-slosher. Although it can still save you, ink resistance now feels like a crutch, without which you are forced to play smarter.

 

[Panthalassic]

Thanks for the games SplatGAF! Maybe I'll join properly one day? After I get gudder.

-Pan

P.S. Sorry for the lag lol. My country doesn't have the best internet service.

 

[tonyh24613]

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/event/whf2016w/index.html

Nintendo JP hold a Splatoon tournament for elementary school kids.

 

[ss-hikaru]

Felt like playing the Octobrush again after watching some gaf videos (St Aidan I think? You so good I jealous). I think I've got the hang of it, either that or the new map is just really good for it XD Was getting lots of kills and inking lots of ground in contrast to previous tries where I would struggle to get 400 points and die a lot.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/event/whf2016w/index.html

Nintendo JP hold a Splatoon tournament for elementary school kids.

This is nice, I feel sad watching kids in Koshien getting owned by the adults.

 

[Vena]

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/event/whf2016w/index.html

Nintendo JP hold a Splatoon tournament for elementary school kids.

Dat marketing push.

 

[Vecks]

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/event/whf2016w/index.html

Nintendo JP hold a Splatoon tournament for elementary school kids.

Hey, this is nice. The teams for the splatoon koshien are so unbalanced. This might be more encouraging for the kids.

 

[ChrisD]

Glad the young'uns get a chance to play undisturbed by unfair (by nature) matchups.

 

[tonyh24613]

In the NA direct they said they'll keep update the game at least until January. So one map and 10 more weapons, which can keep the updates till the last week of January.

 

[Lord_Byron28]

In the NA direct they said they'll keep update the game at least until January. So one map and 10 more weapons, which can keep the updates till the last week of January.

Two maps left not one.


Edit: nevermind I was misremembering. I thought they were releasing three new stages.

 

[Kangi]

Decided to get back into playing this after a couple weeks of Undertale. Logged in to see... the plaza is literally just Undertale posts.

Spoiler

And it fills me with determination.

Now, time for a makeover. Are Crazy Arrows still great? I feel like they're still great.

 

[StAidan]

Felt like playing the Octobrush again after watching some gaf videos (St Aidan I think? You so good I jealous). I think I've got the hang of it, either that or the new map is just really good for it XD Was getting lots of kills and inking lots of ground in contrast to previous tries where I would struggle to get 400 points and die a lot.

The new map is really good for brush, maybe weaker in Tower Control than the other two modes but I'm not sure yet. (Maybe I just suck at it )

As far as getting the hang of it, inking ground and laying beacons are priorities with Octobrush, since stealth/ambush is the most effective way to get kills. Once you lose map control, short range weapons become far less useful. Certain maps favor a base invading strategy (good for Octobrush) that makes it almost impossible for the enemy to make any inroads, because they are so focused on getting you out of their base.

 

[Regiruler]

What do you mean?

Art museum? French-sounding name? It's not terribly difficult.

 

[KooopaKid]

So how anyone like the new map?
I love it!
In fact, there's not a single map that I don't like.

 

[noshten]

So how anyone like the new map?
I love it!
In fact, there's not a single map that I don't like.

I think it's pretty awesome but there should be more routes to flank on SZ. Right now it's just too good for Chargers since there is only one path to remove them and it's a pretty dangerous one since everyone knows it.

 

[Geg]

So how anyone like the new map?
I love it!
In fact, there's not a single map that I don't like.

Best map since Triggerfish, I already have a good idea of how to play on it as opposed to Hammerhead Bridge

 

[NotLiquid]

So how anyone like the new map?
I love it!
In fact, there's not a single map that I don't like.

Like I said previously, it's arguably my favorite map. It reminds me of Triggerfish but with less downtime between having to work around surfaces. Triggerfish is occasionally cumbersome on account of getting around the map occasionally breaking some momentum (due to non-inkable ground being used to connect both halves) but this one has an interesting gimmick to utilize whenever you can't cover the distance.

 

[PotionBleue]

Art museum? French-sounding name? It's not terribly difficult.

It's Spanish.

 

[CoconutTank]

The new map is really good for brush, maybe weaker in Tower Control than the other two modes but I'm not sure yet. (Maybe I just suck at it )

As far as getting the hang of it, inking ground and laying beacons are priorities with Octobrush, since stealth/ambush is the most effective way to get kills. Once you lose map control, short range weapons become far less useful. Certain maps favor a base invading strategy (good for Octobrush) that makes it almost impossible for the enemy to make any inroads, because they are so focused on getting you out of their base.

This is going to sound weird but... how do you go up walls with Octobrush? I was fooling around with Inkbrush Noveau and Octobrush last night, and I found that on Bluefin Depot I was spending way too much time trying to get out of the middle pits.

Should I be standing a certain distance away, then spam jump and flick?

So how anyone like the new map?
I love it!
In fact, there's not a single map that I don't like.

I really like Museum d'Alfonsino, it's pretty fun With that said though, the enemy base being only accessible via middle spinner might be a problem.

 

[Regiruler]

It's Spanish.

Whatever. France is still more prominent for it's art museums than any other country in the world.

 

[Panthalassic]

So how anyone like the new map?
I love it!
In fact, there's not a single map that I don't like.

I love it! Lots of open space for Bomb Rush I sometimes wish that some of the walls that aren't ink-able were but, such is life.

 

[StAidan]

This is going to sound weird but... how do you go up walls with Octobrush? I was fooling around with Inkbrush Noveau and Octobrush last night, and I found that on Bluefin Depot I was spending way too much time trying to get out of the middle pits.

Should I be standing a certain distance away, then spam jump and flick?

Haha, yeah, jump and flick from a few steps away is the way to go. It's bad even then because you're a sitting duck while doing it. (You're close to the wall, so your field of view is awful for catching enemy approaches.) Of course, at Bluefin, at least there's a way up. Flounder Heights is right out, the walls there are pretty much unapproachable until a teammate inks the way for you (and sometimes no one does it where you need it most).

 

[EulaCapra]

omg I just went 23 Splats and 8 Splatted on the last Splat Zones with Octobrush.

That might've been a record for me and I would've taken a picture if not for the fact that we still lost...

 

[J@hranimo]

Splatoon's facebook page posted this pic of Mahi-Mahi Resort as a way of saying "Hope you're enjoying Alfonsino, don't forget this map coming soon!"

 

[Kito]

So how anyone like the new map?

First map I dislike. It's just very boring.

 

[phanphare]

Splatoon's facebook page posted this pic of Mahi-Mahi Resort as a way of saying "Hope you're enjoying Alfonsino, don't forget this map coming soon!"

I can't wait for this map. love the gimmick for it.

 

[PotionBleue]

Whatever. France is still more prominent for it's art museums than any other country in the world.

So basically anything related to a museum means it's France inspired? No, lol.

The only thing that actually references France is the Mona Lisa painting on a wall, but there are multiple other mock pieces of art scattered on the map.

 

[Jeff Vader]

I wonder if the map will also go up at any point in a match or will it always be water dropping?

 

[phanphare]

I wonder if the map will also go up at any point in a match or will it always be water dropping?

I think it'll be the extra sections appear with 1 minute left

 

[Jims]

Finally got a chance to play the new map. It is awesome! I really like the way the center area is laid out with the spinning platform and the two dead ends in the corner. I keep expecting people to stand in the middle of the spinner but it's rarely used that way in the games I've played. Just used for mindgames on the ground and getting across.

I do worry that the map is a little too chokepoint-y with the center, though. Been on a lot of teams that nailed down the middle area (shooting Blasters and throwing Burst Bombs toward them) and the other team couldn't come down safely. The center column gives a winning team a lot of cover if something bad starts to develop. The other entrances near the corners can be hard to approach from as well. It's hard to go down into the lower level because there's only one exit ramp so the other team can just box you out. The higher dropdown has such a sharp left turn, your angle of approach becomes a problem.

Determined to get good at the standard Splattershot. It's such a vanilla setup that I feel like mastering it will be good for the fundamentals. Starting to get the hang of the strategy of it. It's a Splattershot so it kills super fast but the Burst Bombs are great for poking, sniffing out flanks, and making people retreat. Plays a little like a Blaster meets a Jr. Fun weapon.