For the first time in 304 episodes, I lost power during a Popcast. Shout out to @hitw.ink for being a guest host! Will likely have more guest hosts in the future.

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Popcast today live 6p est on IPL. Special Guest Host @hitw.ink will be leading today’s episode.

Splatoon nuzlocke tourney. If you get splatted at any point in the tourney, you are considered dead and cannot play anymore. Rosters limited to 6 players.

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Got a special Friday episode of the Popcast today, chatting with @toyoben.bsky.social and @wadsm.bsky.social about Oktofest, highlighting the success of the event and what to expect in the future. Surprise Popcast today live 4pm est on IPL.

Been playing more X rank on the side. Is split regions dividing available players too much? I'm in the west region and more often than not there are not enough players, especially during clam blitz rotations. Are those of you in the Japan region getting matches?

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A few playoff teams appear to have bowed out of the NA League. Going to be talking about why this league lasting as long as it does is weighing heavily on the players, and who is going to take the open playoff spots. Taking your calls as well on this topic. Popcast today live 6p est on IPL

For years, you've asked us for individual sets. Today, we're happy to give them to you. Welcome to IPL Sets, Inkling Performance Labs' newest YouTube channel - our attempt at creating a central hub for competitive Splatoon 3 sets! Announcement Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=79v5...

I have a lot to discuss on the Popcast, but, naw. I’d rather just chill today. Also, maybe it’s about time I look into a substitute host for the Popcast. It doesn’t have to be me every single week. Who here is good at sharing their opinions for an hour?

Freeflow beat FTWin and Moonlight, only lost to Duck Motif and Milky Way. Freeflow missed top 8, finished 10th.

Today is the unholy unity of Splatfest weekend and a significant tourney in which Splatfest tees are ban, where it’s extremely easy to make the mistake of starting a set with the tee on since players are hopping in and out of pb lobbies about 10-12 times in a 3 hour span. May the zapfish show mercy.

OKTOFEST 2025 HAS BEGUN! #oktofest2025 🎡 Want to keep up with the action? Here's a few ways you can do so below:

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Lots to cover on the Popcast today across all regions and skill levels: • How BEt wrecked the whole season in week 3 of the Splatoon 3 North American League • Brief preview of this weekend’s Oktofest • recapping a wave breaking Low Ink Popcast today 6p edt live on IPL

Patch it up! The Cactus Patch is BACK! What’s the best way to celebrate a podcast achievement? On another podcast of course! Tune in this week as Cactus is joined by @popgun.bsky.social to discuss the Popcast reaching 300 episodes! When? TOMORROW @ 8pm ET

Due to IPL budget cuts, we can't afford to verify players for Low Ink this month. Y'all can decide who gets banned.

Got the day off. Spending it reorganizing my Popcast room so no episode today. Will be appearing as a guest on another podcast later this week which will be announced later.

The year is 20XX. Mankind has perfected counterpick rules after cycling through countless formats that includes input from both teams, fans, and the overlords. Game 2 is still TC Art Academy.

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Today will be the 300th episode of the Popcast, and we are going to celebrate by talking to you. Will be taking your calls today as well as my 5 thoughts from Week 1 of the Splatoon 3 North American League. Popcast live today 6p edt on IPL. #compsplatoon

Turf War idea. If a team gets in “danger” a timer starts. Once it goes for 30 seconds, the game automatically ends in a KO.

Falco come on

Just so you know, the technical term is “ink” not “paint”. So the next time your team is in vc during overtime of a splat zones game and there is a battle for zone, make sure you scream “INKINKINKINKINK”.

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No more preseason, let’s talk about what to expect with Week 1 of the Splatoon 3 North American League kicking off this weekend with my playoff teams predictions. Also a chat with @drf-splatoon.bsky.social about the upcoming @ccasplatoon.bsky.social season. Popcast today, live 6p edt on IPL

Dapple Production is opening up staffing position! We are looking for: • Social Media personnel (Twitter, Bluesky & potential expansion to other platforms) • Tournament Organizers (Aiming for Fridays at 8pm cest/2pm et) • Commentator Talent Application form: docs.google.com/forms/d/1Hfc...

My argument of Turf War only coming down to the last 30 seconds was wrong. It only comes down to who bothers to paint their spawn.

Me and falco are disbanding our “guess the weapon sound” team on good terms. Looking for a new +1 for future events. Must be mature and know how to make tentabrella noises.

I’m just now seeing this picture, and I love this because you can tell it means something to these players. At the core it’s just a silly squid game, but anyone who has fallen short of a goal can connect with the emotion captured in this shot. It’s the beauty of competition.

This is a really cool format I’ve never seen before. Seems like you need exactly 16 or 32 teams for it to work though? No more or less, and drops during Swiss probably messes a lot up. Still, for 16 team invitationals I would love to see this kind of format.

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Popcast Day NA League and Superjump happened during the same weekend, and there is a lot to talk about with that. Also it’s been awhile since we did a “Taking Your Calls” segment, so we will open up the mic for anyone to come on and talk about this past weekend. Popcast today 6p edt, live on IPL

Some poor saps are going to win the NA League Week 1 Preseason thinking they are all that and a bag of chips, not realizing the monsters they are avoiding because they are preoccupied with Superjump this weekend.

Let’s get down to business, to be Low Ink banned Did you play Superjump, or watch k-pop bands? You’re a cringe skibidi toilet lot You don’t even play solo queue Somehow I’ll make a ban out of you start.gg/sj

Most commentators want hype moments for their highlight reels, I just want to make my cocaster lose it for a bit. Falco is such a professional that he is really hard to crack, but I finally got him. www.twitch.tv/iplsplatoon/...

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Popcast topics heading into this weekend’s Superjump: • the current state of every top team in the west • preview of upcoming Superjump • chat with @ckk312.xyz about @broadcastbeep.com, stat collection, and the importance of liquidpedia. Popcast today live on IPL 6p edt.

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Superjump 6 is next weekend. We recorded a lot of interviews at Riptide that we will be releasing soon. Should be a lot of great storylines to come from this event as we get a good look at the scene after SWS and Riptide. Registration link below: start.gg/sj

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Popcast tonight 8pm. Recapping Riptide and chatting with @doebus.bsky.social about everything you didn’t see behind the curtain with production. Live 8p edt on the IPL channel.

Watching the stream after being in the venue. The crowd noise is not being accurately translated to the stream audience. It is WAY louder during hype moments at the venue than it appears.

Happy Day 2 of Riptide, aka Cedar Point Saturday. The day where the teams that won their pool get to go to an amusement park, while everyone else is punished by having to stay at the venue and play more splatoon.

A2P just won Riptide

I don’t have stickers to hand out at Riptide, but I do have plenty of size 6 Pamper diapers if anyone needs one.

If you got stuck with a 10am pool, it has nothing to do with seeding. The TOs just hate you.

Traveling across the Midwest with my wife and 2 year old son to commentate other people playing a video game where squid humanoid creatures attack each other with pencil guns and squeegee swords. Not how I envisioned my mid 30s playing out but here we are.