#if you're in multiplayer that is

[zekeram]

Sonic special stages:

1: So godawful(affectionate), I'm kinda good at them because of the S1F emerald gauntlet and it's a nice skill to have because for some reason they love this garbage

2: Gee I bet this'd be so much more playable with draw distance (spongebob ice cream truck) AND WITHOUT TOUCH CONTROLS

CD (haven't finished): I feel like I should like these more honestly

3&K: Ah, blue spheres. It's like League of Legends. It's this weird cocktail of stockholm syndrome where it's stressful as all hell to go through but at the same time like... I appreciate it? It's solid?

3D Blast (genesis) (haven't finished): eh

3D Blast (saturn): never played

Anything on the master system or game gear: never played

Chaotix: never played

Heroes: never played

Anything in Advance: never played

Rush (never finished): oh wait maybe touch controls aren't so bad, sonic can just teleport to the other side of the half-pipe. never finished them though so maybe it's nostalgia blindness

Rush Adventure: never played and don't even know if it has them

Sonic 4 episode 1: imagine blue spheres but neutered and without soul, making it somehow less enjoyable than the hellscape of the original

Sonic 4 episode 2: actually pretty fun for a 2 clone? Pack a friend

Mania: Ooo that's some good stuff. Who'da thunk making a 3D special stage actually in 3D would work so well

Superstars: Easy but fun, splitting swings across your group is the perfect flavor of chaos for the spiritual successor to New Soup Wii multiplayer

SRB2: they literally made it NiGHTS gameplay. how has this never been done before. this is literally perfection and may one day end up being a gateway drug into the NiGHTS franchise

SRB2 (MP): the 7th one is genuine bullshit but they're mindless besides that

any others I have not played

[hansama]

POV you're sans's pet rock 🪨

[lesbianalicent]

did you know. if you accidentally kill barcus and feel really really bad about it but you're too lazy to reload so you just keep him in karlach's bag and somehow start using his corpse as a thrown weapon. people will get really mad when you try to pick him back up.

people such as. i don't know. rolan. who will then attack you for trying to pick up your own damn emotional support corpse after saving his ass from some shades and you then have no choice but to kill him.

and then you feel really bad about it so now you have to carry around both barcus AND rolan in karlach's bag

[junoskelton]

started playing fields of mistria and i'm so upset at the fact there is no polyamory in it

[girlbob-boypants]

I'm very concerned that overeager Warframe players are going to make the gamers abandoning Destiny 2 for this game uh. Get the wrong impression that this game is anything like D2.

[edwardos]

An actual chunk error in Beta 1.7.3 multiplayer.

[emmavakarian-theirin]

Based on a real life conversation whilst playing the other day.

[elkenbulwark]

hi there, Ren, it's been a little while, did you miss me? you’re the sheep, I'm the shepherd, not your place to lead me

the cragdews - @elkenbulwark , @seldariine // art by elder brain dad

[ebitenpura]

gets emotional over single player games again and how they feel like a big sweeping adventure but also incomprehensibly lonely compared to multiplayer games

[calkale]

Im looking for more cod multiplayer players, mainly mw2 (2022) since its what @avianii and I have been playing, dm me or comment on here if you wanna play together <3

[nineblades]

okay

[tarydarrington]

come do a jigsaw puzzle if you like, now with a link that actually works

thanks for coming despite the hiccups 💜💜 well puzzled, it was a good time

[crest-of-gautier]

got the badges for gone fission evp 400 + evp 600 yesterday! .52 gal, l-3 nozzlenose, dread wringer, and squiffer make for quite the synergistic team!

my peak was EVP 810 (appx 300-310% HL). my high score of 151 eggs was obtained somewhere in evp 300...? i'm pretty satisfied with how it went, even if i didn't get HLM or 9s.

some thoughts/reflections on good freelancing teams/traits to develop when trying to rank up in evp under the cut:

i think grinding this rotation was pretty fun- all of the weapons have excellent mobility and i think they cover for each other really well! the l-3 was not my favorite weapon going into it but i think i really enjoyed the accuracy and mobility of it, so it's a bit more favorable for me now :)

i ended up reaching a skill wall in EVP 760-780 where i could not get past wave 2 or 3 (usually for quota related reasons, the quota is BRUTAL! we'd miss it by like 4-5 ish... ofc this partially relates to how well bosses are handled).

the grind for evp was a mix of freelance and grouping up (freelance for 230 -> 440s, grouping up for 440 - 750~, and then testing myself in freelance for that last bit).

i enjoyed the bits of freelance i did, and from my playtime i think these were some of the key traits/practices that indicate "good salmon run skills" to me:

players that know their weapons role(s) and target the appropriate salmonid (but also being willing to break that when priority targets haven't been taken care of)

knowing when a teammate needs help (with a boss or being revived) or when the teammate has a situation under control (e.g. someone's already on the fishstick, you can do something else)

proactive use of specials when problem targets appear, preferably with no overlap (e.g. tri-strike and inkjet activated on the same flyfishes is not the best)

using specials like booyah bomb, triple splashdown, and reefslider to clear basket area in the last 30 seconds to help eggs get in (especially important past evp 600)

teams that paint the walls first thing (especially whoever had the dread wringer). all interior walls for fission can be painted within the first 10 seconds imo

forwarding eggs closer to the basket after splatting static bosses (throwing one egg, and then swimming up with one)

players with good judgment; knowing when to lure (mostly for initial boss spawns), and knowing when to leave the big shot cannon

being able to figure out which directions snatchers come from and what eggs they can help you collect

i think these practices all stem from having good awareness and being able to collect information about the shift. it helps with making snappy quick-fire decisions, and it just gets more important the higher up in EVP you go. camera positioning/control is essential for this (you can't figure out where bosses/teammates are if your back is turned to them).

for me, every 7-10 seconds, i like to rotate my camera around to the opposite side of where i'm currently looking to make sure there isn't any bosses i'm missing. i'm hardly in one place longer than 5-10 seconds and i try to always be on the move. the spawn direction where salmonids come from are always changing, so it's essential to rotate around the map proactively rather than reactively. i think this also helps a lot with shotcalling in groups too (since you can be someone else's pair of eyes).

other than boss spawns/teammate locations (for revives), i think it's also important to notice when certain bosses haven't been taken care of for prolonged periods of time too, so that a special can be popped. to me it's usually a sign that someone whose ill equipped to deal with that boss has been forced to deal with them because the people with the "right" weapon are focused on something else... (no fault to them, of course, everyone has different priorities and you can't always communicate clearly in freelance)

in situations where squiffers were chased by a pack of scrappers, perhaps a booyah bomb or splashdown can be popped to help if you don't have the time to stun and splat them manually. maybe the fish sticks were left unattended by the shooters, so a triple inkstrike or a crab/inkjet shot can help clear them out.

awareness also extends to meeting quota, which imo involves paying attention to the timer + where eggs are located. i find that it's nice to check in with the timer/quota at 50s and 30s respectively so that you can start forwarding eggs closer to basket. and when everyone's going crazy about quota not being met i try to make sure i'm not overstepping anyone else's egg pile so that no one goes "wait no thats the egg that i wanted to pick up fuck i have to go back and get a different one."

i think this is why sometimes playing in groups is easier. if you have more sets of eyes that you can communicate with, it alleviates the need to have awareness of "everything" (provided that you can comms effectively). someone can be attuned to different things (e.g. my friend always tells us where snatchers come from and if they're good, i'm personally attuned to where people need to be revived, etc.). you also know what specials you have access to, unlike in freelance where you're not sure what others have until they use them.

the other part of completing shifts successfully (to me) is being mechanically sound with your movement, mostly in regards to how you use the terrain (walls) to get around the map and escape situations. the more you play a map the more you'll figure out how you can move around on it.

some examples, using the location callouts from salmonrun.ink: there were a few times i'd go on the harbor but i could escape any salmonids in the bridge area by climbing the walls there and squidrolling out as needed. sometimes on high tide i would swim from the perch to the left plat.

sub-strafing is also good to know too, especially when you want to rapidly collect the basket eggs at the end. i still need to integrate it into other parts of my gameplay, but it's helpful!

uh. this was way longer than intended because i have WAY too many thoughts about salmon run. TL;DR: The key to succeeding your shifts is having good awareness which comes from good information collecting practices, and having the mechanical skill to act on that awareness without hesitation.

there's definitely a lot that goes on in sensory overload the game™, so it will take time to build these muscles and reaction times. i think while at every rank of salmon run you may face a wall of "i'm overwhelmed by the bosses," the exact fix needed to get past it usually varies, so it's important to figure out what information you were missing or what actions you could've taken (more efficient movement or special usage, usually).

or if you're struggling with quota, try to practice forwarding eggs or take a look where snatchers come from (even if people splat them, it's still a good practice 2 develop for later evp. source: i don't fucking do it and it's biting me in the ass)

and most importantly, recognize when you're in the midst of a loss streak/skill wall, so that you can take a break and focus on other things that energize you! even if there's a certain goal you want to meet, grinding for higher levels of EVP and getting better at the game can be a very exhausting process. you can always come back to the grind later, whether if it's after a 30 minute break, or just a different rotation!

[bluebellhairpin]

me omw to play my silly little game to practice my silly little music sheets and dress up my silly little character in order to do my silly daily tasks and explore

[infizero]

you guys dont understand how much splatoon means to me. you will never understand

[pessimisticshapewithablog]

ELDEN CO-OP is actual really fun!

I've started helping folks fight Mogh because he's my favorite boss and it's pretty rare for people leave summon signs at his fight. Atleast it was when I first fought him...

I'm mostly summoned by melee players and the odd mage. I try to act as support and pull Mogh's aggro off them but they insist on being face first in his crotch. Granted it's their only form of dealing damage but it's kinda hard for me to get him off of them if they keep punching him in the dick like that.

All and all, I'm having fun. Even if my hosts are a bit goofy sometimes. Me and my trusty pulley cross bow are here to help.