How do you see which team will be more popular? Is there some way to check? O_o
I think people look at the number of Miiverse posts for each team, or swing by Splatoon communities online and see which team is more popular if they really want to know.
Wow I've never seen such a big gap in terms of wins. You have to assume it's mostly random statistically but… I guess not? Can we really say there was a majority of unskilled players siding with ninjas? That's kind of interesting.
Also that's quite a streak there Ouro. Exactly twice as high as mine (though knowing you it's because you played for way longer).
I didn't see that much of a skill gap between the two teams but the win rate says otherwise, not to mention that the win rate keeps getting more skewed through recent Splatfests. My guess is that the more dedicated players who really want to win looked at the previous results and waited until right before the Splatfest started to see which team would be more popular under the assumption that there's an inverse correlation between popularity and win rate, thus ensuring the less popular teams win more… Kind of a self fulfilling prophecy, but that's just speculation on my part.
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That explains a lot. I fought more Ninjas than Pirates, and I was a Ninja, so yeah… Apparently from what I've heard, most of the Ninja teams were utter crap, but I didn't have that much of a hard time. Got a real nice winning streak going at the end, won several 3v4s.
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But yeah, this marks yet another defeat for me, got a win rate of 1-6 haha. I think for the next Splatfest, I'll choose the team I don't want to be on.
I haven't heard any news of the hacker for some time so I would say yes but if you want, you can also back up your save data onto a USB storage device for reassurance.
Version 2.2.0 is coming out for release on 10/20
Here are the videos of upcoming changes
Personal highlights
-Rollers got nerfed. No more dynamo flinging oceans of instant death ink anymore.
-Splash walls and Kraken nerfed as well. Probably to counter all the .96 Gal Decos -and to a lesser extent the .52 Gals- running around in ranked.
-E-liters nerfed. Don't think too many people will be using it now that you have to fully charge it to splat someone.
-S+ is now slightly easier to get in, and apparently S+ players will be matched up with other S+ players, not S. Maybe now I'll see more than one or two S+ players in a Ranked random lobby now.
-Poor Blasters got the short end of the stick.
-Inkzooka got nerfed with a slower fire rate, and the Splattershot and its variants deal less damage, but not too much.
Overall, I got out of this relatively unscathed, but I'm curious to see how the high rank metagame changes.
Learning motion controls is a bit tricky, but so worth it. You'll never want to play sticks ever again. Well, by themselves that is. I tend to use the right stick to turn around and use motion controls to make the more precise movements like aiming. It could help if you're having sensitivity issues between turning and aiming.
Also in other news, NoE ran out of Splatfest ideas and decided it would be easier to steal from NoA.
Wat. We, Team Science, lost on both popularity and win rate? All of my hard work winning matches FOR SCIENCE has been for naught.
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You lied to me, Bill Nye! Science doesn't rule like you said!
Anyways, I'm surprised at just how close the results were this time. I was expecting Team Art to be more popular, but Team Science to have a higher win ratio. Guess I was wrong on that account. Still had a great time winning the majority of my matches. I've never done this well on a Splatfest before.
[Next Splatfest](http://at 9 PM PT.) starts 9/18 at 9 PM PT, theme is Art vs. Science.
Going with science this time, because I can't draw for crap.
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EVIL TRIUMPHS
Finally won my first Splatfest. I noticed Team Autobots had lots of not so stellar players, and even more rollers. Probably going with the whole "Autobots, roll out!" thing.
https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/633654655004880896
New Splatfest starting on 8/28 9 PM PT, theme is Autobots vs. Decepticons. I personally don't care much for Transformers, but I'll go with Decepticons because fighting for the bad guys is much more fun than fighting for the boring good guys. Also, I'd rather transform into a plane or tank (cool) than a truck or sports car (not cool).
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