i didn't even play X/Y going into this game and i still loved every bit of it now i wanna play X/Y for the context

i hadn't played pokemon since i was a kid, but after seeing Z-A it sparked my interest in the franchise again i was unsure about Z-A tho since i heard it was different from the main games, so i went with violet to get a more traditional pokemon experience but with a modern feel

finally got completionist++!! jimbo just so happened to be the final joker i needed a gold sticker on, poetic

GIGANTAMAX BLASTOISE came 🥉 in All 4 One #51: Rainmaker! GGs to everyone we versed! @jazzspl.bsky.social - Crableg 👎👎👎 @redeye501.bsky.social - Crableg 👎👎👎 @meetboy13.bsky.social - Crableg 👎👎👎 @/Naydra - Didn't mind crableg

shop 1 stuntman AND black hole + soul in the same spectral pack AND 2 legendaries, all in the same run needed 2 legendaries to get gold stickers on and i couldn't make room for the second one without immediately losing... :(

"Quaxly" won Abandon Ship #23 after 4+ hours and an insane bracket reset! Quaxly is tired now... 🦆🦆🦆 @jazzspl.bsky.social - "Did someone say vac?" @redeye501.bsky.social - Zooka 🐐 @meetboy13.bsky.social - :thinkQuack: @maractuscactus.bsky.social - Dread'd GGs to everyone we versed!

We came third in All 4 One #50, matching our seed exactly! 🥉🦐 @ja-messpl.bsky.social - Confused by Spotify's halloween playlist @jazzspl.bsky.social - Power armor boots ❤️ @meetboy13.bsky.social - "Ban Shipshape" @redeye501.bsky.social - H-3 arc?? (played it for one game) GGs to everyone we versed!

wait for just the right moment, then shoot your shot

my first 5★ shooter

Congratulations to @meetboy13.bsky.social for being our first member to get Low Ink banned!! 🦐🦐🦐🦆🦆🦆

all challenges completed 🏆 these were a nice way to freshen up the game after so much gold stake - while most (except golden needle) were a breeze, they all put fun and creative twists on the game

KS vs. KS, the ultimate showdown

5⭐️ dheavy easily the worst or 2nd worst splatling for me; the main weapon is cracked but kraken on it feels awful, this thing would be a beast if it got a good 3rd kit

every deck beaten on gold stake 🏆 i want to get completionist++ eventually, but i'll probably take a break from gold stake for now and finally start doing those challenges

i'm adding cooler weapons to my weapon pool like i'm collecting the infinity stones i need bp/naut/heavy 3rd kits before i learn another cooler weapon and get all 6 (i'm at 5)

4 shoot the moons has to be the stupidest run i've done yet (i lost)

when it's 1-1 in a bo3 set and i *need* to make sure i pick the right edit that has an extremely similar icon to the other one with 1 second left on the timer

Heavy splatling is very very very very good, if given a good kit “backline” splatling can be real again

choosing to take splatoon less seriously and not play solo q at all felt like a good decision for me; the times i get on the game nowadays feel better and more fun as a result then balatro came in and filled that gap lol

:(

screw this deck i hope it burns in hell

triboulet was the last joker i needed for completionist for so long, but now i FINALLY got it next goal is completionist+/all decks beaten on gold stake

there's no way bro

KRILL SWOLE ARE YOUR CORAL CLASH LOW TIDE #27 CHAMPIONS!! 🏆🥇🦐🐇 @jazzspl.bsky.social - "I died to mid-air" @meetboy13.bsky.social - Got told to not feed @redeye501.bsky.social - "I can't speak words" @funky025.bsky.social - Nobody opened the garage 🙏 GGs to everyone we versed!

We made Hammerhead and actually survived a set in SOS 201! GGs to everyone we versed! 🦐🦐🦐 @asutoisntokay.bsky.social - Karate duck 🥋🦆 @jazzspl.bsky.social - Tiger duck 🐯🦆 @meetboy13.bsky.social - Transformed everyone into ducks 🧙 @redeye501.bsky.social - Red duck 🟥🦆

2/15 gold stake wins (ghost + red deck)

no raiders news in the direct is kind of a bummer, but tomodachi life 2 looks just as good as the original so i'm satisfied

we love clams

AFTER A REVERSE SWEEP IN GRANDS WE ARE YOUR ALL 4 ONE #47 CLAMS CHAMPIONS!!! 🏆🏆🦐🦐 @asutoisntokay.bsky.social - Held forward @jazzspl.bsky.social - Didn't disconnect this time @meetboy13.bsky.social - "Ban crableg or I'll bring out the aerospray" 😡😡 @redeye501.bsky.social - Zooka AND strike merchant

this vac buff is genuinely kinda nuts, it requires so much effort to fill now purposefully filling vac to kill the user is basically not an option anymore

patch thoughts (for stuff i care about): - no more 210p splashdown on naut thank god - storm buff makes vnaut more interesting - vac buffs look cool but they don't really fix anything - no pen nerf...

liking crab edit rn, feels so much better to play than vedit

Top 8 - All 4 One #45: SZ 🦐🦐🦐 @ja-messpl.bsky.social - Building one piece lego in between sets @jazzspl.bsky.social - Whispering comms @redeye501.bsky.social - Used more crab than zooka @meetboy13.bsky.social - Gsplash propaganda GGs to everyone we versed today!

🥇 SoS 197 Lantern (again) @jazzspl.bsky.social - "Oh I don't have stealth" (x2) @asutoisntokay.bsky.social - Tried bribing the enemy team to run quad bamboo @redeye501.bsky.social - Lost the opportunity to play dynamo @meetboy13.bsky.social - In your spawn GGs to everyone we versed today!

🥇 Tristrike Tuesday NA #41 (Silver Bracket) @jazzspl.bsky.social - Edit/Pen/Naut/Rapid @redeye501.bsky.social - Shot/Pro @meetboy13.bsky.social - Luna/Sploosh/Tri/Aero/Clash λκλζλ/Akaza (sub) - Stamper/Slosher/Dread GGs to everyone we versed!

stuck on finding weapons to play... backline feels so underwhelming rn

whenever a splatoon clip comes up in my feed i first look top right at the sub/special to judge whether the clip is worth watching or not examples: burst + booyah = scroll, sprinkler + cooler = scroll (check it's not vdynamo first)

first 8 ante win!

literally the next run...

tried balatro for the first time yesterday and it's been really fun so far, but i can't get past 5 ante in any of my runs no matter how hard i try 😭

recently i've felt quite disillusioned with comp and i wasn't really sure why, but all these threads popping up might have helped me find the answer i've been looking for: i can still play comp and not HAVE to take the game super seriously; being a casual comp player is OK

We made Top 8 in All 4 One #44: Tower Control! 🦐🦐🦐 @ja-messpl.bsky.social - Zap @jazspl.bsky.social - Crab Edit/Heavy @redeye501.bsky.social - Pro @asutoisntokay.bsky.social - Blaster/S-BLAST @meetboy13.bsky.social - Luna/Clash/Sploosh GGs to everyone we versed today!

i considered solo maining bp, but after playing it for a bit i've concluded it isn't for me atm (in comp) the main weapon feels good, but the kits not so much

all weapons grouped based on whether they've previously had a third kit + if they got one in S3

8★ BP

🖤🤍

🥇 SoS 195 Lantern Bracket @jazspl.bsky.social - Ballpoint in 2025...? @asutoisntokay.bsky.social - "Just freaking diff them" @redeye501.bsky.social - Dynamo 🐐 @kejeckt (sub) - "OCE RUNS LANTERN" GGs to everyone we versed today!

SOS 195 run with Toubled Trummy! @ek-warrior.bsky.social - BRUSH? More likely than you think! @funky025.bsky.social - no Manta Rain campaign @ me - I changed shoes and forgot to change back @ Dasmii - no sky bought A big thanks to @krillswitchspl.bsky.social for a game-5 finals in Lantern bracket