#esp if u like 2 splat!

[crescentfool]

doing things outside of your usual is such a humbling experience...

[veemopusvulgaris]

ANYWAY here’s that essay:

eiden: def a shooter main! tried and true splattershot boy, admittedly favors vanilla over ttek bc trizooka is fuckin cool. mains tri-stringer as a secondary.

aster: (vanilla) inkbrush main, definitely the type that zips around the map to try and flank (and succeeds… usually)… but will also just as easily draw a heart for u <3

morvay: splatling main. hydra is his baby, but also good with the ballpoint and heavy splatlings. very good backliner who totally doesn’t pick off anyone trying to sneak up on aster wait what??? nope that shitty little inkbrush can fend for himself >:( he totally does tho.

yakumo: also a shooter main, favors the high-fire weapons (like n-zap. especially n-zap. vanilla and ‘89.). admittedly gets a little serotonin boost from eiden grabbing a sippy from his tacticooler and thanking him :3

edmond: DEFINITELY a splatana main (uses wiper a bit more often though). has 5-starred both wiper and stamper. he’s kinda scary with it. also a former inkbrush main but not really

olivine: roller main! mains vanilla carbon and big swig, he’s definitely one of those sneaky carbon players who just appear out of nowhere and whack you silly. uses octobrush as a secondary main.

quincy: roller main 2 electric boogaloo! (least troublesome weapon) mainly plays dynamo roller (fuckhuge roller for a fuckhuge man) but also dabbles with the krak-on splat roller. usually stays out of sight and back of line, cept when he’s playing kraken.

kuya: E-Liter Motherfucker Supreme™ mainly plays chargers (and mini splatling, surprisingly), mains the aforementioned e-liter (definitely uses respawn punisher.) he’s very slippery. uses the default flip out emote just to fuck with ppl (eiden) after relentlessly tagging them

garu: mains shooters and sloshers! specifically .56 gal and vanilla slosher. the bucket is just fun to play, but he REALLY shines with the .56! he can’t spin it on his fingers unfortunately like some of the cooler squids do 😭

karu: shooters are lame. blasters are DEFINITELY a choice the great master karu would make though! range blaster is his go-to, followed by rapid pro and vanilla blaster.

blade: brellas! he regularly uses them to shield darling <3 any specific favorite? all of them! but splat brella has the cutest pattern <3 he favors the tetra dualies when in assassin mode.

dante: also a slosher main, but favors explosher and sloshing machine especially. esp machine that’s his go-to. smartest booyah bomb user /srs also uses goo tuber as a secondary main.

i cannot control the hyperfixation; here’s what weapons i think the nukani guys would main. in this essay i will

[jetwavezarcade]

my love for this funky little sea slug, hot off the presses 

(also on twitter)

[sloaaaa]

SPLATOON 3 DIRECT my thoughts n stuff :]

ok so obviously spoilers kjdfhgkjd i have Many Thoughts so i am gonna put everything under a readmore!

i am so eXCITED to walk around splatsvilllee!!!!!!!!! it's so much bigger n feels more Lived In!!!

n i'm guessing the music playing in the first part of the video is what's gonna play in thee tutorial? w how the music builds up and everythingg and it's of the main songg n stuuff just like how it is in the first two games!

i Need this emote

the new ink refill sprite thingy is super neat!!! a lil on the fence abt how it loooks but! i like that it shows that u get ink faster when swimming in ink!!

tHE STAGESSSS ARE SO COOOOOOLL i especially lOVE that including hammerhead bridge gives us an explanation as to hOW exactly we're transported to and from splat1 and splat2 stages -w- also it's so cool to see it finished!!! i haven't played splat1 nearly as much as splat2 but i'm happy that that stage is coming back -w- aND FLOUDER HEIGHTS IN THE UPDATE TOO also i lOVE the detail of the NILS statue being in the bg but u can't see it in the eng ver of the direct bc of the name covering it but u can see it in the japanese direct dhkdjfgs

mahi-mahi is nice too!!!!! i really liked that stage in splat1 :D and it looks so much better skjhdfgd and i am also wondering abt tHIS badboy history museum lookin stage in the updates >:3c

hello i Love the new flat clipart look of the weapons in the ui???? shown a lot better heree, i really hope that they make weapon wallpapers in splatnet 3 >:] it would also be nice if they added other ways to get wallpapers other than lifetime inkage :c

honestly idk how i feel abt the splatanas but i'm happy for the more melee leaning players out there -w-

the tacticooler is so cool ;;; i love the lil jingle it plays when you deploy it n when you take a cann ;; also the bit showing it off has some new voice clips for the players!!! which is super cute -w-

i lOVE the design of the wave breaker ;; it's that lil ball string cheap toy thing i think, plus i think the concept is super cool tooo!!! very fun special -w-

the reef slider looks cool!! not my kind of special thoughh, it's like a cross between a baller and a curling bomb hskjdfg

I AM SO HAPPY THEY'RE BRINGING THE TENTA MISSILES BACKKK AHHAHHAHAHHAA!!!!!!!!!!!!

i actually really love the new weapon currency?? it's super clever n i love that you can get weapons early!! dualie squelchers my beloved skjhdfgd n by how the freshness stars look and work i don't think that the freshness goes down when you lose a bunch now like how they did in splat 2! :0 which is really nice -w- when checking the splat website for extra details it looks like there are different kinds of liscences too! :0 bc having splatoon 2 save data grants you 3 gold sheldon liscences so that should meann that the ones on the screen rn are silverr? maybe tin n then there's bronze n silver? idk???

the music that plays in sheldon's shop is really nice ;-;

the new shopkeepers are pretty neat too -w- i don't have very many thoughts abt them :c except for mr coco he sounds so silly i love him dskjhdfg

also mURCH????????????????????????????????????????????????

and you can change the primary ability now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! which is pretty neat! i was wondering why the splatnet3 shop offered exclusive clothing now kjshdd i also really like that they did that! gives players a lil more incentive to use the app but still not make it essential to the game n stuff yknow -w-

the new freshest fits thing is really nice!! esp for people without amiibos dskjhdfg i'm glad they added that -w-

tHE NEW LOBBY UI IS SO COOL BUt also has me wondering a lil w how similar it looks to the oe ui. that coulped w the sea cucumber phones makes me hOPE that we get to see deep sea citizens around! or at least iso padre n cq maybe 🥺

they show which team is in the lead!!!!!!! i fucking love that ty it takes less brainpower now <33

and rainmaker has checkpoints now!!! which is super nice so now the rainmaker doesn't always spawn back in the middle and you don't have to do that jump off the map to bring it back thing anymore bc the checkpoints are closer to your base now so yEAH that's super nice!!!

it looks like the merged all the ranks together again :0

I'M SO HAPPY YOU CAN PRACTICE N DO STUFF OTHER THAN MIX MUSIC WHILE WAITING FOR BATTLES TO START

all the lobby updates are so nice and there's so much content i want to kiss nintendo on the mouth

it's really nice that they moved the new snack bar! now i don't have to leave lobbies n walk all the way back when my ticket runs out dkjfghs

i want to know what tHIS DOES ..collectibles? 🥺

tHEY'RE THE APARTMENTS THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN WANTING!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU NINTENDOOOO also the splatoon equivalent of furbys n long furbys kdjfhgkdj

eeEEEE PARUKOO!!!!!!!!!!! the shop music here is so cozyyyy ;;;;;; also oh my gOD i'm so happy that there's more shit to spend our coiNS ONNN AAUHGUGHUGAA n seeing that there are gatcha machines in this shop too maybe the lil gacha thingy in the lobby gives you other stuff to put in you locker too? maybe some tickets n stuff thrown in the mix?

i love the splashtags and the emotes so mUCh ough i love how much customization we're gettinnggGG even in grizzco!! u can change your uniform which i think i super awesome! (that wasn't shown in the direct but rather it was said in the splat website linked earlier skjhdfg) and it's great that they're adding another way to get tickets oughh

idk abt y'all but i LOVE the table turf battle!!! it's a lil cheesy but it's nice that there's this local thing to do in splatsville!! i kinda want a deck irl skdjfhgd and being able to play against locals!! it makes everyone feel so much more! alive!! and not just npcs glued to their store!!! also the card art is sO CUTE IDC IF Y'ALL THINK IT'S OFF BRAND OR WHATEVER I AM PLAYIGN THAT GAME AS SOON AS I GET THE DEMO (if u can even play it dskjhdg)

also hello i lOVE this lil alley there the card stuff is held

onto salmon run!! i lOVE the new boss salmonids! it's really nice how they kinda help players practice n learn abt ranked modes n specials!! this is true for the original boss salmonids too! the fry stick for tower controlll n the dolphin for splatzoness, the bigshot for the new wave breaker special and! idk abt the slammin lid but that name is super clever hdfkjghd i love the new music!!! :D

also you can use the big shot's thingy to shoot golden eggs???? i love you??

tHIS XTRA WAVE THING SCARED ME SO BAD ;;;;;;;;;;;; but also that's so cool?? i wonder what happens when you get to defeat it >:3c

ok i reached the image limit lemme make a new post

[hometownrockstar]

i rly hope this isnt bothering you at all but - i just got really into splatoon 2 from your posts abt it, and i was wondering if you had any tips for beginners?

no bother at all, you know i love to splat talk :) i forget where i heard this from, probably from a competitive splattuber video, but it was like, if you want to introduce someone new to the game, if you overload them with info and go straight to the hardcore competitive stuff they'll probably be turned off by all the high-level stuff... so i say you should just play how you like, test out weapons you think are interesting, play turf war, thats how i did it i had no clue what i was doing and just figured it out myself, then when i got REALLY into it i started watching like how to play weapon videos and then competitive videos to find even more to enjoy with a game i already loved!

if you mean you want tips on how to get better tho, then my first tips are use motion controls if you can and you arent already using them, theyre in options on the X menu, and while i've heard some ppl say playing on +5 sensitivity is best, esp for charger since you can flick your shots to a greater degree, i think its more of a personal thing like if you have shaky hands slower might be better for controlling your aim. learning how to substrafe is very good for ranked mode, its more of a higher-level thing but not in difficulty learning, you just see it more often at higher levels. i think its easy to learn if you keep practicing it until it becomes muscle memory. practicing substrafing and ledge cancelling (and practicing all movement in general like dodging shots and jumping) in salmon run is very helpful in my salmon run expert opinion, thats where i taught myself substrafing in a fast-paced environment with no risks :) practicing new weapons in hero mode also works, but i know that hero mode can get boring pretty fast -__- octo expansion is just so much better

umm last thing that i wish i knew when i started: gear abilities. when i started i just made cute outfits out of gear instead of paying attention to abilities (and now i still do that but i make the abilities good on the gear now) and it really doesnt matter as much in turf war but it can def help you if you, say, feel like youre running out of ink a LOT and dying because of it, you could run main or sub ink saver. ninja squid is GREAT for rollers and octo brushes as well. oh also if you have the nintendo online phone app, you can buy gear with different main abilities than you'll find in the shop, which is helpful if u like how a gear looks but it has a bad ability :) i always have this site pinned to check the gear and what rotations/maps are on.