#sajam slam

[vgjustice]

Oh?

What's that, Sykkuno?

You would do anything for me?

[chillingwithasloppystyle]

Sajam Slam was so good. I need to get my friends to lock in on fighting games. It's just tooo cool and fun to play/watch

[hentairobot]

favourite fighting game commentator thing is them saying "they are playing [fighting game]"

[make-a-fighting-game-player]

Tekken 8 player that lost to a binding of isaac youtuber.

[folansstuff]

i wanna learn tekken

[demilypyro]

who is Sajam and who are they slamming

[vtuberconfessions]

gotta love that Sajam and Doki, two people who have been screwed over by corporations (Sajam was banned from commentating SFV during the last 2-3 years of its competitive life due to him being outspoken about that game's poor online play. not as bad as two near suicide attempts but i digress) are far better at PR than Niji. even if she's banned from interacting with her old oshi during the event, here's hoping Brightshield still has a great time at the Slam

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[randoimago]

I love how I watch a couple videos on a specific topic on Youtube and then my feed is flooded with "hey here's more of this!!"

I'm just watching the Sajam Slam (basically a variety of streamers competing in Street Fighter 6 against each other on teams) and now Youtube is recommending me all kinds of SF6 videos.

The only fighting game I've played (and was decent at) was Naruto, get this stuff outta here 😭

[directivexero]

trying to put together some fun combos inbetween rounds of the Sajam Slam, i wanna see if i can optimize this a little more but this is the best that i have right now

[were--ralph]

are you following coney's tekken 8 Sajam Slam tournament run? he's shredding

i'm not really interested in tekken outside of King's armpits so i'm just vibing on my own today

[autoexsanguine]

fighting game tournament footage has become Sports for us and the wife. cheering for every king player in the sajam slam. and every non-happy chaos player in CEO's strive top 8

[gsstandard]

Thoughts on engaging with competitive Splatoon as a viewer.

While relatively large in Japan, Splatoon has had a much smaller, but dedicated scene outside of that region, yet I feel like as a casual player I rarely ever feel the urge to view streams of the highest level players for Splatoon 3 that I do for for other games.

I think there are several issues here causing this:

The first I think is that there's a bit less novelty as an observer in watching Splatoon than for example a fighting game. In a fighting games each character has their own design, visual effects and animations that are all clear to the viewer. In Splatoon the speed of the game and the noise from this particular batch of specials can lead to visual overload for people less familiar with what's happening on stream. Also the strength of shooting weapons compared to weapons with more distinct animations or designs (except for Splatana Stamper) like rollers or stringers could be causing a perception of homogeneity based on visual impact due to their constant presence at the top level.

Another issue I think is the lack of well known narratives that a broader audience can latch onto the same way people get attached to various sports teams. There were a few for the World Championships, like "can anyone beat Japan", or the Korean team picking weapons they were comfortable with over what was regarded as the best choices, or even "can Australia win a match?" which I thought were great at the time. Yet, unlike following a player like Arslan Ash's trajectory after a breakout event in Tekken 7, these all ended after the event. In the 9 years Splatoon has been around I think I ended up learning more about Street Fighter or Super Smash bBos.' competitive sides and the people involved with them despite being far less invested.

There also seems to be a lack of historical connection, by which I mean a lack of interest in things like viewing previous notable matches, or amazing player performances and analyzing how those things came to be. Think Evo Moment 37 which looks amazing visually, at the time was regarded as a display of technical mastery, and has a narrative surrounding it. I can't really say that much for Splatoon. I remember 2 specific matches which were:

1. During one of the World Championships in Splatoon 2 the GGBoyz picked double Squelcher, Octobrush and L-3 against FTWin in Rainmaker.

2. During an Area Cup (a long running Japanese Splat Zones tournament) that took place within Splatoon 2's lifespan, a team with 2 Inkbrush Nouveaus managed to push far in the bracket, eventually losing to a much more standard composition.

Larger casual events could help get people invested, for example last year Korone hosted a Vtuber tournament for 3, and I think there's been at least another one this year which had pretty healthy viewership. There's another format that seems to be a go to for drumming up interest in fighting games, where various pros coach less experienced players in events like "Sajam Slam."

Relative to the games I mentioned, Splatoon is a young game, perhaps things will develop over time as the community builds itself up, but I think the apparent absence of these elements at this moment could be a detriment to maintaining interest in the primary way to play this wonderful series.

Thanks for reading :^)

(Apologies if I've just completely missed something!)

[einhandertower]

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[friedfisha]

> I open a sajam slam player's stream > Immediate R slur > I close the sajam slam player's stream