Showing posts with label Splatoon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Splatoon. Show all posts

Wednesday, 4 January 2017

6 SPLATOON - 11 MATCHES IN REGULAR BATTLE

Dear Readers,

Goodness me, I haven't played this game since the Pokémon Splatfest back in February! I felt like playing a few matches, but in a stealthy and pacifist way. I didn't splat anyone, but I got splatted quite a few times.

Tuesday, 23 February 2016

5 Splatoon - Pokémon Blue Wins the Splatfest! Blue is Beautiful! Blue is Best! We're Blue, We're Beautiful, We're Best!

Dear Readers,

Callie and Marie gave us the results and had a little bit of trainer banter!

Pokémon Red won in the polls with 64% to 36% in votes.

However, they lost to Pokémon Blue with 43% to 57% in game victories!

The final score is Pokémon Red's 322 to Pokémon Blue's 378. BLUE WINS!

Marie cheered for Blastoise and friends! Callie asked her about the traded Vulpix and how to change the nickname from BLUEISBEST, but Marie ignored her. She's the only one who can change the name! :)

I got the highest title for the Splatfest as Pokémon Blue King, so I won 24 Super Sea Snails. Woohoo!

Monday, 22 February 2016

4 Splatoon - Pokémon Red vs. Blue Splatfest. My battles! (Part 2)

Dear Readers,

Today I'll share some more highlights of my battles in the Splatfest. Go Pokémon Blue!

Again, the following stages were in the rotation:

Blackbelly Skatepark
Camp Triggerfish
Hammerhead Bridge

Match 1:

Hammerhead Bridge. Lost 37.7 to 52.6. Inkstrikes galore! They were pretty powerful, but we didn't lose too badly against them.

Match 2:

Hammerhead Bridge. Lost 37.3 to 50.4. Killer Wails galore! Like, one right after the other! Didn't lose too badly here either, but they were darn powerful.

After this I levelled up to "Pokémon Blue Champion".

Match 3:

Blackbelly Skatepark. Lost 39.7 to 54.4. These guys were pretty fast and knew their stuff.

Match 4:

Hammerhead Bridge. Won 46.0 to 41.6. This place is too narrow to escape Killer Wails!

Match 5:

Hammerhead Bridge. Lost 16.1 to 63.2. That was a brutal offensive... All four of them covered the place and fenced us in.

Match 6:

Hammerhead Bridge. Won 54.7 to 35.3. My Dear Pokémon Red supporters! When you splat us, you shouldn't immediately try to do an Inkstrike while standing next to our spawn point! It's a bit silly!

Match 7:

Hammerhead Bridge. Won 52.8 to 38.1. I'm much more competent against these opponents than the ones a few matches ago. I'm just glad I'm not getting my butt handed to me!

Match 8:

Camp Triggerfish. Won 44.5 to 42.9. Didn't see a lot of them... They must've been busy on the other side of the map. Got a couple of nice splats around a corner though!.

Match 9:

Camp Triggerfish. Won 54.8 to 35.8. Pretty quiet at the floodgates area after the siren. Was able to reclaim turf without incident!

Match 10:

Blackbelly Skatepark. We got destroyed at 6.1 to 83.2. Two of our guys disconnected. I know this because there were only two of us locked in the spawn by Pokémon Red's icky pink goop shooters.

Match 11:

Blackbelly Skatepark. Won 54.2 to 41.6. We nearly destroyed them but they came back in a big way that made me end up doubting we were going to win!

Match 12:

Blackbelly Skatepark. Won 63.8 to 30.6. Dynamo Rollers are slow but are extra scary when you see one raised in front of your own face... I gave all of my team the Bubbler in the last few seconds while we were winning. It must've been pretty demoralising to the other team!

Match 13:

Blackbelly Skatepark. Won 87.2 to 7.0. WOW! This time they got destroyed! I got all 4 splatted in the last few seconds too!

Match 14:

Hammerhead Bridge. Won 64.0 to 25.3. I love to tease novice snipers by dancing around. :)

Match 15:

Hammerhead Bridge. Won 74.6 to 16.7. I saw one of their players disappear in a disconnect cloud early on, so I kind of knew we had this.

Match 16:

Hammerhead Bridge. Won 58.9 to 33.1. They were getting a bit better but we still hammered their heads in! :)

After this, my Splatfest Tee rolled an Ink Saver (Sub). I didn't use them all that much during the weekend though.

Match 17:

Camp Triggerfish. Won 53.3 to 35.8. Kept a Kraken at bay with the sheer force of my firepower, before splatting the user when they turned back! Pretty pleased at that :)

Match 18:

Blackbelly Skatepark. Lost 42.8 to 53.8. Pesky distracting wall sprinkler. They knew what they were doing here.

Match 19:

Hammerhead Bridge. Won 57.1 to 33.5. A roller decided to drop in on two of us while we were Bubbled. Not a smart move!

Match 20:

Hammerhead Bridge. Lost 40.3 to 54.1. I can't afford to be stupid against Aerospray users...

Match 21:

Blackbelly Skatepark. Won 59.2 to 36.2. Good Mix of our colours in the arena! They had competent Rollers too.

Match 22:

Camp Triggerfish. Won 53.8 to 33.0. When I got splatted, I saw one of my teammates avenge me before the screen went back to spawn. Thanks buddy :)

Match 23:

Hammerhead Bridge. Lost 35.2 to 53.1. Good mix of colours here. I was confused at how the match was really going to end up.

Match 24:

Blackbelly Skatepark. Won 74.4 to 16.4. Kept them fenced in to their spawn with a powerful team!

Match 25:

Camp Triggerfish. Won 50.0 to 37.2. A pair of them were hiding around our floodgates doing nothing... Kinda strange.

Match 26:

Hammerhead Bridge. Won 69.6 to 20.1. Teased them a good bit by jumping in and out of corners. They tried but couldn't regain much turf.

Match 27:

Hammerhead Bridge. Won 68.4 to 23.7. They sure liked trying to do Inkstrikes while standing out in the open!

Match 28:

Blackbelly Skatepark. Won 52.7 to 38.7. Whoa, my super jump went into an Inkstrike. I couldn't manage timing like that if I tried!

Match 29:

Camp Triggerfish. Won 69.9 to 18.1. Kind of quiet here. Bubbled at the same time as an enemy, so I just shrugged and walked away.

Match 30:

Camp Triggerfish. Won 65.4 to 25.0. Quiet on the paths I took here too! Maybe I'm super stealthy and don't know it! Or maybe I'm being ignored...

Somewhere over the past 5 matches I levelled up to the maximum "Pokémon Blue King"! Woo!

Sunday, 21 February 2016

3 Splatoon - Pokémon Red vs. Blue Splatfest. My battles! (Part 1)

Dear Readers,

It's Splatfest weekend! Pokémon Red vs. Blue! I'm a Pokémon Blue Fanboy :) As I type this, I'm whistling to Callie and Marie's concert in the Plaza. I love their singing! Here's how my matches went.

The stages were:

Blackbelly Skatepark
Camp Triggerfish
Hammerhead Bridge

Match 1:

Blackbelly Skatepark. We got hammered 13.4 to 73.4. They pretty much fenced us in to our spawn point and had a skilled Inkzooka user.

Match 2:

Camp Triggerfish. We got on much better this time! We won 53.5 to 30.7. They tried their best to get some area back at the end, but they couldn't manage it.

Match 3:

Blackbelly Skatepark. We lost 28.6 to 62.6. I forgot how intimidating the Kraken move is!

Match 4:

Camp Triggerfish. Lost 26.0 to 53.4. They really put their Killer Wail to good use here.

After this I levelled up to "Pokémon Blue Fiend".

Match 5:

Blackbelly Skatepark. Lost 33.3 to 57.8. They kept us at our base again. Near the end we managed to break through and cover more ground but it wasn't enough.

After this, my Splatfest Tee gained the Damage Up ability. It had the Special Saver as the main one. I haven't been paying any attention to the abilities actually. Maybe I should sometime.

Match 6:

Hammerhead Bridge. Lost 40.6 to 47.2. Quite a close match! I didn't meet our opponents that often. The others must've been keeping them busy.

Match 7:

Hammerhead Bridge. Won 51.1 to 29.9. They were quite brave and did a lot of bulldozing, but were quite reckless. I got them from behind a good few times.

Match 8:

Blackbelly Skatepark. Won 63.1 to 28.5. This began a long winning streak with some luckily drawn teammates!

Match 9:

Blackbelly Skatepark. Won 55.9 to 34.0. Didn't have to do a whole lot of defending. They didn't get too much of a chance to break through to us.

Match 10:

Blackbelly Skatepark. Won 56.8 to 32.9. I don't know how I avoided this avalanche of Seekers coming after me, but they all missed!

After this match I levelled up to "Pokémon Blue Defender".

Match 11:

Hammerhead Bridge. Lost 42.7 to 46.5. It was pretty close, but they edged out ahead of us.

Match 12:

Hammerhead Bridge. Won 45.3 to 39.6. It's kind of hard to see the stage in the dark during the Splatfest. The bright blue path I make ahead often helps me to find my way around!

Match 13:

Blackbelly Skatepark. Won 44.4 to 37.8. They had a strong Slosher that splatted me a few times.

Match 14:

Blackbelly Skatepark. Won 59.9 to 30.9. Felt evenly matched and challenged here. Nice to get the win considering this!

After this match I rolled an Ink Recovery Up for my Splatfest Tee.

Match 15:

Camp Triggerfish. Won 58.1 to 25.1. I had fun chasing after a sneaky Roller! Splatted them right after they tried to hide on top of a fence post!

Match 16:

Blackbelly Skatepark. Won 54.2 to 31.9. This time I got splatted by a seeker brigade!

Match 17:

Blackbelly Skatepark. Won 70.1 to 20.7. I came up against someone who seemed to be flustered with their aiming. Maybe they were new to right analogue stick usage.

Match 18:

Hammerhead Bridge. Won 52.2 to 35.9. Wow! Someone really wanted to get me with a seeker! Every one of them missed me though!

Match 19:

Camp Triggerfish. Won 50.8 to 34.8. They covered a lot of ground early on, but we caught up and surpassed them. I met another Bubbler user on the other team who activated when I did. I think I met my match!

Match 20:

Blackbelly Skatepark. Lost 33.9 to 59.1. Repeatedly splatted by a Tentatek Splattershot user. Almost fenced in too. Yikes!

Match 21:

Blackbelly Skatepark. Destroyed 31.1 to 57.0. Fenced in again. I think my winning streak ended! Decided to take a break here.

After this, I spoke to Judd and cashed in on my "On Fire!" vibe. Got a bonus of 1,400 coins. I don't think I ever got this vibe before!

Saturday, 20 February 2016

2 Splatoon - Preparing for Pokémon Red vs. Blue Splatfest, What I chose

Dear Readers,

Today I'll talk about Callie and Marie's announcement of the Pokémon Red vs Blue splatfest this weekend and reveal what I chose!

It's funny how Callie spent many wasted years trying to find a Vulpix and how she and Marie argued over which version was better! They even went all Team Rocket on us! Callie said "I hope we can protect the stages from devastation!" and Marie said "Or maybe it'll unite all squids within our nation?". Maybe Judd should've jumped in here and said "That's right!". Some other squid kid could've pretended to be Wobbuffet!

I've been ambiguous on many of the splatfests and I kind of would be on this one too, since I bought both Pokémon Red and Blue on the day they came out. I focused on playing Blue though, so that's what I chose for the splatfest! Got a nice blue tee for it and all!

I practised a little after voting. I've never played on the Ancho-V Games stage before and lost a match there. Maybe it's not so good to stop playing the game for long periods of time! Kind of a cool stage with arcade game cabinets in some corners.

Sunday, 10 January 2016

1 Splatoon - 10 Matches in Squad Battle

Dear Readers,

Let's talk about a Splatoon session I had recently! It's one of the biggest and freshest Nintendo online games of the moment! I played it a lot during the Summer when it came out and it's great fun!

I teamed up with a friend for a Squad Battle. When I started, I was at rank C+. I used the Splattershot Jr. for the whole session.

In the rotation, the stages were Flounder Heights and Hammerhead Bridge and the mode was Tower Control.

Match 1:

First time in Flounder Heights and I had no idea of my bearings! I just skirted along the rooftops, building up my Bubbler. Soon, I saw the enemies on the tower. Between all of us they got splatted, so we took over the tower and rode it to the other side. They tried to reclaim the tower but I put on my Bubbler just in time so they couldn't do anything. This lead to a knockout victory for us! Not bad for my first try on this level!

Match 2:

Flounder Heights. Didn't fare so well this time... I tried to hide and ambush someone on their team but then another member came at from me from behind. I didn't stand a chance there. They took advantage of this setback and rode the tower all the way, knocking us out.

Match 3:

Flounder Heights. I did manage to commandeer the tower and ride it some of the way but I was splatted before I had a chance to activate my Bubbler. I also got disconnected! My friend didn't though and gave me the good news that we won anyway!

Match 4:

First time on Hammerhead Bridge! They had a good Splatterscope user. Was splatted a lot. I did manage to skillfully dodge some Inkzooka blasts but that scope user still got me! Try as I might, I couldn't stop them from riding the tower all the way and knocking us out.

Match 5:

Hammerhead Bridge. It was full on with the heavy artillery here. At one point, I cornered a single enemy that was riding the tower, but just before I splatted them, they managed to launch an Inkstrike right on top of me! Gah! I was too distracted with the tower to notice too! No knockout this time, but we lost 69 to 85.

After this match, Callie and Marie appear in a report with the new rotation! The stages are now Blackbelly Skatepark and Camp Triggerfish and the mode is Splat Zones.

Match 6:

Camp Triggerfish. Much of this match was weeding out sneaky squids and sacrificing myself to keep the Splat Zone secure. In the end we lost 32 to 39. So close! After so many losses, I dropped in rank from C+ to C as well.

Match 7:

Blackbelly Skatepark. On starting, I spent a bit of time making a little ink path and immediately got splatted by a Gold Roller that came out of nowhere! After this I stuck to the middle with the Splat Zones and flitted back and forth, constantly securing and resecuring them. I managed to dodge and splat a lot of the enemy as well. Our team were really powerful during this match! We won 68 to 20! I managed to rank up once more to C+!

Match 8:

Blackbelly Skatepark. Some tough work resecuring the Splat Zones in this match. Especially because of an Octobrush user who always seemed to be on my tail. They didn't get the better of me though, because we got a very close win of 39 to 38! That little bit of overtime helped too!

Match 9:

Blackbelly Skatepark. They had two very skilled snipers on their team so I had to do a lot of hiding while trying to secure Splat Zones from a distance. We lost 35 to 48.

Match 10:

Camp Triggerfish. It was almost impossible to secure anything from them. They were pretty full on with their weapons and ambushed me from behind several times. They were highly alert and ready to make us lose by knockout.

Very fun session and I managed to retain rank C+ after all that! I levelled up to 27 too. My vibe was Toasty, so Judd gave me 100 coins.