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The 2nd Splatoon Koshien Finals (Feb 10/11 PST) | Ika, Yoroshiku!

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HawthorneKitty

Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
The 2nd Splatoon Koshien Finals (Feb 10/11 PST) | Ika, Yoroshiku!

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Day 1: http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv287892820
Day 2: http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv287895891

Details (Japanese): http://info.nicovideo.jp/splatoon2017/

When it Starts:
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Schedule (PST):
Day 1:
A Block (5 - 8PM)
Splatoon 2 Demo Matches + BREAK (8 - 10PM)
B Block (10PM - 1AM)

Day 2:
C Block (5 - 8PM)
30 MIN BREAK
National Finals (8:30 - 12AM)
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Rules:
Mode: Turf Wars only

Stage: Randomly selected from the following:

Walleye Warehouse
Museum d'Alfonsino
Piranha Pit
Urchin Underpass
Kelp Dome
Ancho-V Games
Mahi-Mahi Resort
Flounder Heights

Weapons: All Weapons
Gear: All Gear (Primary skill only unlocked)
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Regional Finalists:
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Videos:
Tokai Finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgXtdKtju1U
Hokkaido Finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKELyvgIQDU
Tohoku Finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL1iW5tEn_k
Kinki Finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gPqKQ71pBw
Shikoku Finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7JNAKOHTf8
Chugoku Finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYVOKe6xrRg
*Kyushu Finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzq6_rxUK-U
*JumpFesta Senbatsu Day 1 Finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_X-EH-_5ms
JumpFesta Senbatsu Day 2 Finals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZG6O93Hwdo

*Recommended watch

Questions:
What happened to JumpFesta Senbatsu Day 2?
The winning team declined the invitation to the National Finals, and then the runner-up declined too; the third place finisher was slated to take the slot 2 weeks ago, but it seems they also have had to decline the invitation also within the past few days; Nintento, has now accepted the invitation from their 4th place finish.

Do I need a NicoNico account to watch?
No, you do not

Why does the quality suck?
It's NicoNico

What is Koshien?
It's a National High School Baseball Championship in Japan

Why do some teams have plain uniforms?
Some regions held tournaments at double the size which allowed 2 representatives; they were the runner-up and get a poverty uniform

Are there any repeating teams competing?
No, but 3 individuals competed last year: Kinki's runner-up's first pictured from the left was part of last year's runner-up Yume Iro BWI and Kyushu's winning team's third pictured and Kanto A Block's first pictured were part of the National winning team, Ika Tama Kids

Where is the Squid Sisters Live?
Tokaigi 2017 doesn't have a music/perforance area this year so they are gone

How do I stop all the flying words?
Hit the
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button
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Last Year Thread: www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1175619

*Updates held regularly as develpments unfold
 
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CoconutTank

Member
Subbed :3

Out of curiosity, what kits show up the most in these tourneys? Will there be any particular rules for quick respawn and stealth jump? Has there been any strong performance by a Rapid Blaster (Pro) player by any chance?
 
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HawthorneKitty

Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
CoconutTank said:
Subbed :3

Out of curiosity, what kits show up the most in these tourneys? Will there be any particular rules for quick respawn and stealth jump? Has there been any strong performance by a Rapid Blaster (Pro) player by any chance?
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Dynamos and Hydras were pretty common iirc. Not sure what rules you're looking for, they are only allowed 3 skills and they can choose anything. From looking back at the team statistics stream, it suggests skills were picked by individual player preference. I didn't see any rapid blasters in the winning teams (unless it goes by some different name in Japan).

Smasher89 said:
Is this the sequel to the 1 000 000 dollar tournament?
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It's the sequel, but Splatoon wasn't a million; Tokaigi 2016 altogether had a mil, and they hold many competitive games at the event.
 
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CoconutTank

Member
HawthorneKitty said:
Dynamos and Hydras were pretty common iirc. Not sure what rules you're looking for, they are only allowed 3 skills and they can choose anything. From looking back at the team statistics stream, it suggests skills were picked by individual player preference. I didn't see any rapid blasters in the winning teams (unless it goes by some different name in Japan).

It's the sequel, but Splatoon wasn't a million; Tokaigi 2016 altogether had a mil, and they hold many competitive games at the event.
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Hmmm, so based on what you said it sounds like they pick 3 main skills, and the clothing have no sub skills at all. That seems fine. Dynamos and Hydras seem to make a lot of sense, given that Turf Wars is the only mode.

For more context, a particularly nasty build has become very popular in ranked games that is very much not fun to play against. It primarily uses Stealth Jump with the rest of the main slots and sub slots filled in with Quick Respawn Up. This particular build is known as a "zombie" build that's starting to get regulated by some Japanese Splatoon tourneys afaik.
 
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HawthorneKitty

Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
CoconutTank said:
Hmmm, so based on what you said it sounds like they pick 3 main skills, and the clothing have no sub skills at all. That seems fine. Dynamos and Hydras seem to make a lot of sense, given that Turf Wars is the only mode.

For more context, a particularly nasty build has become very popular in ranked games that is very much not fun to play against. It primarily uses Stealth Jump with the rest of the main slots and sub slots filled in with Quick Respawn Up. This particular build is known as a "zombie" build that's starting to get regulated by some Japanese Splatoon tourneys afaik.
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Huh, is it like a team of them or something, but I guess if you trade for at least 1 kill you'd make ground.
 
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HawthorneKitty

Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Damn, they mentioned this during the statistics stream, but there are going to be 3 concurrent streams up, the main with commentary (I would think the traditional 1/2 on each team and 2 additional streams with all of one team screens for people that want to see all the action all the time. If they gots nothing but commentary on main, i am cri.

R stream: http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv289387474
L Stream: http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv289387081
 
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Sesuadra

Unconfirmed Member
kuroneko0509 said:
too bad ika tako didn't win b block...

D:

in general yes. I recall they're testing html5 since December iinm, but not sure what's the progress for it
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just one day after I finally deleted flash on all my devices lol...

I hope it will be uploaded to youtube later.
 
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Renewed

Member
Man, that moment where you realize it's happening right now but you are about to crash and fall asleep... timeshift pls
 
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HawthorneKitty

Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
lol, went over time so the announcement was beaten by the Youtubes.

They added the alien competitor to the art. :p
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MannyToons

Member
HawthorneKitty said:
Grats to Dynameu


Games were a total step up from last year, so many close matches.
Find the 1 female in the pic. :p


Ah, didn't notice Bashabasha's DarkPabloman's Megaman helmet
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Ha, I actually didn't have too hard a time finding her. But yeah, I hope to see more women participating in Splatoon tournaments. I know I would if I had a dedicated team, lol.

Anyways, super fun tournament. Still going through the previous matches though. Love to see how much Japan absorbs this game.
 
SinCityAssassin

SinCityAssassin

Member
MannyToons said:
Ha, I actually didn't have too hard a time finding her. But yeah, I hope to see more women participating in Splatoon tournaments. I know I would if I had a dedicated team, lol./QUOTE]

There are a fair amount of women teams in these tournaments, this year they didn't go too far, fan favorite Ika Tako Business is 2 men, 2 women also.
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HawthorneKitty

Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
SinCityAssassin said:
There are a fair amount of women teams in these tournaments, this year they didn't go too far, fan favorite Ika Tako Business is 2 men, 2 women also.
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Nah, Ika Tako lost their plain female this year and got a generic male instead. That said, yeah, I do believe female participation was up; they just kept losing. :(

As for matches being uploaded, if they follow what they did last year, they would upload them on niconico's player and be linked on the info site. They embraced YouTube this year too so maybe they'll be up on the Nintendo YouTube also. You're not going to get the hype comments unless you timeshifted or someone records it for you though.
 
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