#zr season 6

[drowsystarlight]

Something’s changed

I know why, I don’t know when, I know it was me

I don’t know you anymore but I know you enough to know that

[artist-issues]

I’ve been running frequently and must catch up on reactions, though I’m sure art will follow:

— I WISH FIVE HAD BEEN THE ONE TO SHOOT IAN.

— Peter is Simon?! How? How, how, how??  — Where do you think you’re going, Janine, you’re the only counterbalance for all the straight-up goofiness the other characters bring to the table.

— PETER IS SIMON! SIMON’S ALIVE! YESS!

—On Season 6 now and I like the new politics-and-cold-war plotline they’re running with. Lots of “characters fighting their inner demons” tropes, too.

— Aw, Jody and Tom! That was weird when they were hinting at it before. Maybe because she’s the panicky runner who likes to knit and he’s a half-insane war veteran who once kidnapped an infant and tried to carve words into his sister’s arm with a knife, but now their little love story is growing on me.

— SIMON! IS STILL! AROUND! I missed that guy!

— Still don’t like Amelia.  — STILL hate Moonchild. Keep thinking we’re done with her hippy-dippy crap, and she keeps popping into Five’s head at the worst moments, and now they’ve apparently CONFIRMED that it’s really her?? She’s not just a post-traumatic stress reaction or a hallucination? Five has “Moonchild Syndrome?” Do you know what this MEANS?

IT MEANS I HAVE TO KEEP LISTENING TO HER STUPID INANE COMMENTARY.

It also interestingly means Five, as a character, has some more autonomous character development going on. Like, Runner Fuve can’t just be going through this Moonchild thing ambiguously, however the player wants to interpret it. In-canon, Moonchild is really in the character’s brain and is affecting the plot directly. So. Neat. But annoying.

— People keep mentioning Five and Sam “drifting apart” but I am sensing literally none of that so far.

— HOW is Simon alive? I mean, I’m not complaining or anything. But can we establish how? And how the new face? And why everyone at Noah Base just…vaguely gradually realized it was him, without any bug reveals or conversations, but Jaimie didn’t recognize him? I’m confused but just happy he’s around

[abeltownshipslittlebitch]

Sigrid: This is impossible! You’re an idiot! An idiot!

Five: Yeah, but I’m an idiot who beat you.

[splatsvilles-fashionista]

Splatoon 3 Version 8.0 patch notes breakdown

A bit late with this one, as I didn't have the time to write it last night, but nevertheless, here's a quick rundown of the patch notes for version 8.0, which should release in a couple of hours as of time of writing.

First of all, the Sizzle Season 2024 content is being added, but will not be available for another 24-ish hours. That includes:

A new Catalog

The new stage Lemuria Hub

Two new main weapons, two variants of those main weapons, and six alternate sets for preexisting main weapons.

14 Tableturf cards

Two new songs by SashiMori

The renovated Hammerhead Bridge and Barnacle & Dime, which will be taken out of stage rotations when the update becomes available.

Wandercrust Journey 6.

Additionally, this patch also adds data for the new Triumvirate King Salmonid fight and a new Grizzco Weapon, as well as the new Splatfest features, both of which will not become available until a later date.

With Sizzle Season 2024 stuff out of the way, let's move onto the changes that will be available right away, starting with Stage Changes, which there are a lot of.

In addition the Hammerhead Bridge and Barnacle & Dime changes, Museum d'Alfonsino, Um'ami Ruins, Brinewater Springs, and Scorch Gorge are all getting layout changes, with Museum getting some extra changes in Splat Zones and Rainmaker specifically. Eeltail Alley, Hagglefish Market, Flounder Heights, Marlin Airport and Manta Maria are all getting "slight" changes, while Crableg Capital and Bluefin Depot are getting slight changes in Turf War and Splat Zones, and Clam Blitz, respectively.

I'll be entirely honest, until we see these changes for ourselves it's impossible to gauge just what these changes will be like, but I am willing to be optimistic given just how much improvement we've seen in the Stage design over the last year or so. I think they'll be slight improvements at worst.

With that said, let's move onto Main Weapon changes, starting with a bunch of weapons getting the exact same change.

Sploosh, Jr, Aerospray, Luna, Clash, Carbon, Splat Roller, Inkbrush, Octobrush, and Dapples will all now deal 10% more damage to Splash Walls. I'm not sure why this was listed on each weapon individually and not just all collected as a Splash Wall change, but I digress. The intent here seems to be to make short-range weapons specifically, better at dealing with Splash Wall, the users of which they'll generally be outranged by to begin with. It's a small and specific change, but it's not one I think any of these weapons will complain about.

N-ZAP will now be able to fire for longer before its hits max bullet spread. In case you didn't know, all shooters that have bullet spread have a property where that spread gradually increases the longer you hold ZR, which slowly goes back to normal if you stop firing, and now that'll take longer on N-ZAP specifically.

N-Zap didn't really need this buff, but it's also not something that moves the needle much to begin with. It's pretty rare outside of low-level turf wars that someone fires for long enough to the spread to be a major factor, so it's fine. It's just a very strange change.

Moving onto more deserved buffs, L-3 has its damage increased by 2, taking a full three-hit burst from 87 to 93 damage. This is not a significant change, but 30 is a pretty important damage threshold to hit, as it combos with a lot of things, and it does mean that getting even lightly chipped by almost anything at all puts you in one-shot range, so watch out!

Rapid Blaster now starts recovering ink after firing about 3 frames faster. It's another nice little buff, though like N-ZAP it is kind of strange this weapon is being buffed at all when it's in a pretty good spot right now.

Now here's something interesting, Tri-Stringer will now paint the ground better, and will now paint lines more consistently. Turfing has always been one of Tri-Stringer's biggest weaknesses, so this is a very nice buff!

Last but not least is my favourite change in the entire patch. REEF-LUX now charges at full speed while in the air, similar to how Squiffer works. This is just a fantastically cool buff if you ask me, it's one of those things that seem insignificant on paper but can really change up how a weapon plays in a major way. It wasn't until after Squiffer got this change in Splatoon 2 that the weapon really came into its own, after all.

With Main Weapon changes down, let's move onto Points for Special changes, of which there are four (technically three):

Big Swig Express and Painbrush are ten points cheaper, and both variants of E-Liter are ten points more expensive. Not a lot to discuss here, so let's move onto Special Weapons:

The rails that indicate the Reefslider's path will now ink the floor as they extend forward, potentially allowing you paint over an enemy's feet before running them over. The rail will now also follow moving terrain, which is a change I'll admit I am not sure what it does? We'll just have to see when the patch goes live.

Big Bubbler now paints the ground inside of the shield. A nice quality of life change that could potentially be used to do some silly things in Splat Zones, if you're so inclined.

Ink Vac will now paint the ground behind you while it's active. Nintendo specifies later on in the patch notes that this is because they want you to be more reliably able to use it while retreating, and yeah, that's what this change will do.

For our final Special change, Splattercolor Screen now deals more damage to Beakons, Sprinkler, Splash Wall, sponges, and the Rainmaker's shield. Like with the Ink Vac changes, Nintendo specifies what the purpose of this buff is in the patch notes, and in this case it's to reward people more for using the Screen well.

And that's all the balance changes for this patch, but there is actually one more Main Weapon change that is not listed with the rest, because it's a bit different:

These changes are very wordy, but the TL;DR is that Squeezer now has a hard cap on how fast it can fire, which is the same as its regular fire speed. That might sound like a completely pointless change, and I thought so initially as well, but it seems the intent here is to not have the weapon be improved by turbo controllers, as they can let you mash ZR at much, much faster paces than intended.

With all that said, let's round things out with some miscellaneous changes:

If you roll or dash into the Rainmaker shield you'll now slide off it, as opposed to the game continuously attempting to place you where the shield is at and dealing a bunch of contact damage to you, splatting you almost instantly.

You'll now start the next season in S+0 if you were top 1000 in the previous season's X rank.

Squid Beakons are now accounted for when awarding the Super Jump Spot medal, which I am frankly surprised wasn't the case already?

I lied, there is one more Main Weapon change. Grizzco Dualies now deal 5 more damage with their actual bullets. That means they three-shot Chum now!

Reflected Drizzler torpedoes will now collide with terrain less, reducing the situations where you shoot one back only to have it immediately crash into a ledge it just barely touches.

Finally, purchasing the Expansion Pass will now net you 10 free Sheldon Licenses. If you've already bought the Expansion Pass then you'll be given the Licenses after downloading the update. Just in time for ten new weapons to be added as part of the Sizzle Season!

[disabledrunner5]

Following on from finishing season 6 of ZR….excuse me whilst I go and cry in a corner over Sam and how much I’ve missed getting the ZR emails but mostly Sam taking a minute to write a note to Five just in case everything goes south whilst taking down Sigrid and the U.K. is blown up and they never see each other again. Even just those short words upon receiving the email made me tear up 😭

[runner5anna]

YUP I destroyed those Ministers building and I did not regret it. I made an orchard instead.

Me: teehee time to reorganise Abel township <3

Thousands of Abel residents: where is my house and why is a goat pen there now

[fortheloveofrunning]

Thursday, February 8, 2024

Played "Abel Township Saga Season 10: How the Mighty Have Vision"

ZRS10M25 (incomplete); 6:31 am; 57° at 93% humidity; today’s jog was fast! I got down to 12:31/mi pace which is really quite good for me right now. I was pretty wore out by the end. I tried adding the zombie chases (set to 14%) for the first time since 2014 and it went ok. I evaded 2 hoards but the second one was a close call tbh. I extended the zr mission time so that it’ll take me two runs to complete and I’m glad I did. This way the story lasts longer. I saw a whole bunch of egrets in the field area, one by the pond, and one flying overhead. I also saw some ducks and two dogs. A big one and a little one. The little one I think would have tried to kill me if it got the chance. I also saw a cat in a window. At the beginning of the run, there were mostly clouds, but a little cloud break in the sky was so pretty. A soft blue and pink.

[kodessa]

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I tagged 132 of my posts in 2022

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My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Zombies run season 9, mission 26….

The email we get after that run just broke my heart

7 notes - Posted June 29, 2022

#4

I was messing around on reels and because the only fun I have on that app is making jokes to make myself laugh, enjoy this Encanto/zombies run joke

9 notes - Posted January 19, 2022

#3

Zombies run season 9, mission 28

Janine…. You made my 5 leave behind her best friend, bleeding in the mountains. You made my 5 run into the dessert to go after the man who tortured her. You made her leave her husband on the floor of a zombie filled building.

And you have the audacity to give me a we must go on hero speech? All of Sarah smiths training, all the talk of fall apart when we’re safe behind the gates, that is all that is keeping my 5 going…5 is going to shatter if she ever makes it home. And snap on Janine if she doesn’t

11 notes - Posted July 13, 2022

#2

Because my brain has decided it’s loving Peter Lynne hours….

Spoilers for up to season 5 of zombies run….

I was just thinking today (and subsequently listened to voodoo child again) about Peter hearing that 5 and Janine were dead. I’m sure he had feelings about Maxine and Sam too but I’ve been focused on 5/Janine. How it must have felt to think your best friend and your ex are dead. What unspoken things did he regret never saying (that he still won’t say because Peter is gonna Peter)? He was so chill in that episode when he sees 5 but how did he actually react when he first heard 5 was alive? I have no idea why my brain is obsessing over this specific scenario today but here we are. Anyway….I really need the rest of season 9 now, thanks

12 notes - Posted January 18, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

The feminine urge to start a runner 5 cosplay Tiktok….

I mean did I get a Tiktok cause zombies run is there? Yeah, I did

Do I just want to start making runner 5 vids? Also yeah

Am I shocked this hyper fixation hasn’t worn itself out? Not really

29 notes - Posted March 7, 2022

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[literaryartisan]

I just got one of the Zombies, Run! emails and my guys the TIMING on this one. If only I had run this last week??

Cut for mild S6 spoilers

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Five,

I really don’t know how old Queen Lizzie managed this monarchy malarky, but I guess there were less assassination attempts, kidnappings and stuffing-royalty-into-a-coffin back in those days.

I’m not one for sappy speeches, but I’ve gotta thank you. The United Kingdom might need me as a symbol, but it needs you more. You’re the only reason they have a monarch, and the only reason we’re not all going around with some hippy in our heads. Carry on, mate, and I'll try to stop getting into these sticky situations.

- Jamie

[wubbelwubbwubb]

ZR S6M19 - Catch Us If You Can

Runner Five, those butterflies are the adult stage of the flesh-burrowing larvae. They will attempt to penetrate your suit using their enhanced proboscises. If they can, they will then liquefy your flesh and strip the skin from your carcass.

Thank you @crownleys for reminding me of this mission and suggesting I draw it!

[deweydecimalchickens]

Known risks of Zombies, Run! season 6 mission 39: yelling "YOU STUPID CUNT" in a public park.

[abeltownshipslittlebitch]

Janine, to my 16 year old Five: Runner Five, we have reasons to suspect that you are the one betraying Abel in order to work with Van Ark even though the only evidence we have points to you or Simon, but I’m going to assume it’s you and vaguely talk about how we will hold you accountable for it as you run to get Simon who is also suspected (who will then turn out to be the guilty one).

Five: Wow.

Janine, years later, to a teenaged Veronica: Miss McShell, even though you did actually side with our enemy on MULTIPLE OCCASSIONS for your own reasons, we will let it slide because you are a genius. Have fun being an AI and helping us.

Five: WOW.

[disabledrunner5]

I thought I’d attempt to make vague teasers in the style of ZR mission covers for some upcoming fics I’m planning to write in the next few days and next year and tease about them….

A short Christmas fic about Five having to rescue Christmas for one little girl in Abel Township.

Can a wedding at Abel really go off without a hitch?

Crossover between Zombies, Run! And The Walk involving a very important document from the ministry.

Also I know I haven’t been on here in two months I lost motivation for zombies, run after the app changed. However the good thing is, I found the motivation again and I hope to finish season 6 before January (which will have only taken a year to do 😅)

[nellydreadful]

Immersion

(Spoilers for Zombies Run season 6 finale) 

SE6 Mission 39 and 40: “You are in a supervillain volcano lair! Oooh, it’s so hot! 33 degrees C and climbing! THE LAVA IS COMING!” 

Me: *penguin waddling through the snow in five layers of clothing, trying to breathe through my nose because the cold hurts my teeth* “Th-this was possibly a s-sub-optimal t-time of year to run this storyline, for s-several reasons...”

[littlelenas-blog]

I cant ship Peter and Janine I just can’t 😩 the second the ship was confirmed it seemed so off to me because

1) he is frequently ordered by Janine to be used as a meat shield even when it isn’t necessary, and he has to go through all that pain and thinks it’s okay and he deserves it because of that.

2) Janine still thinks of him as Simon and as even called him that a few times and won’t let go of Simon even though Peter is a far cry from that man.

3) it just seems like Abel in general doesn’t mind sacrificing Peter or Five for so much like,,,,theyre people guys. Treat them like people. And Janine only likes Peter or treats him well when she wants, or when he could possibly die. Even if she was the one who orders him to be in pain and make that sacrifice. Same with Five.

4) Janine only cares about Peter when his life is in danger (sometimes not even then) or only when it’s convenient. He needs a loving partner not one who willingly sacrifices him or only cares for him when S2S wants to confirm their still together. Which is once a season.

Yikes.