New Meta Comps, And "Pickup Era" Issues

Does anyone have any suggestions to get into competitive? I have no idea where to start tbh

Does this mean inkjet could see an uptick? Now that midrange weapons like range keeping it down are nerfed a little (zooka and pencil still being a problem but its getting better) plus it being on a very solid weapon for sharkig short range role, being charcoal, maybe rapid too idk?

I definitely hear you on the pickup issues. Although granted I’ve never played with a team before, it’s still been almost impossible to get anyone to pick me up in discords like IPL.

Question for people in higher level communities,
as a backline(/cooler), how do i get recognition for good mechanics or gameplay? i feel like most of the time front or midliners are getting the attention during tournaments and the only time i get noticed is when i kill whoever they were already spectating. even if i get good paint, poke and play well with my teams, i just feel stuck. idk

After seeing that special tier list Cooler should never be brought back. Completely breaks the game.

that first game was no mercy😭 why was bro using an e liter and bloblobber

"Maybe in the next game they'll buff dynamo's paint" 😭

This is by no means a hot take but Japan’s scene is infinitely more interesting than ours. There’s a player I watch who has been consistently pushing reef deco and it’s so refreshing to see people stress-testing weapons’ potential instead of just going with the safe, short-range shooter, special-spam approach.

I don’t really get how the power level of bubble is too high, like the exact same things counter it since the beginning. And it has only been buffed to be better counters against 2 special weapons

whats stopping sblast from being insanely useful in this meta trend?? it does a solid job at keeping short range weapons at bay while still having good midrange slaying capabilities as well as also having an option in to bubble with booyah. the only real issue i see is it not getting enough booyahs to consistently deal with bubble but that hasnt really been a problem for weapons in the past since there are 3 other weapons to fill a weakness like that

Clique-y-ness is the death of any number of otherwise cool scenes. If you want a scene to survive you have to minimize barriers to entry and actively foster your greener prospects.

You can't force anyone to reach out of their comfort zones or take on coaching roles, but without some level of engagement in that sense you're banking on a wave of fresh players with both in-game talent and the soft skills to organize.

Western splatoon content with any kind of valuable gameplay analysis is so far and few between, we're basically waiting for a surge of splatoon geniuses to fall out of the sky and compete with intimidating folks w/ 3 games worth of mechanical knowledge.

You're not gonna reach the top without the opportunity to be exposed to it. It's a gradual process for most of us.

The random LGBTQ question gave me whiplash

Also Chara you should do an in-depth tier list as well for all weapons even if its just for your tentative thoughts

Teams should honestly do what some irl team sports do and have rookies to pick up and train on their own. This would further connect casuals who interested in comp to further get into it and hey if they become good enough they can be either added to the team or be a great pickup for other teams or reserve if the team in question is full already

i'm really looking forward to the scripted video on the tournament vod review but i'm definitely interested in hearing a longer form unscripted vod review as well on this channel, if that's something you're willing to do.

I love the wording for pickup ear lol

Metro?? Like the raper??

Watching Bubble be a B tier special.

I have this internal conspiracy theory that nintendo purposefully makes the meta of a game bad right at the end of the updates to make a "healthy meta" a selling point of the next game (smash 4, splatoon 2, smash ultimate, arms apparently) I hope to be wrong with this game

.52 is definitively a frontline, but wall lets it have midline-like prescense when the situation calls for it.

Wouldnt dynamo rise as the short range bully? With pen being the only backline as always, you get away with getting shot once, and all the horrible matchups against midlines like rb, stamp, rapid, squeezer etc. are alleviated with midlines supposedly being picked less. Youre left with a weapon thats allowed to stay on the battlefield for longer and punishes rushdown by frontlines. Sounds good to me

If the meta is taking an approach towards short range guns i think it’s finally time to buff brellas especially recycle and brella, both have kits that counters short range guns +wavebreaker could benefit from this “new meta” if buff properly

shortrange shooters are becoming meta?? this means sorella brella will benefit from this surely

rapid pro my baby 🥺

love the random twitch chatter that went "do you support gay people"

And that is why I want splatershoot at 4 shots

Also a more context of what this means: If they nerf the most "loved" weapon by the developers they can nerf more things to make it more relevant

Short range metas are always so lame and spammy, it’s disappointing that they killed the midlines off for a second game in a row

hmmm interesting