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🫧🐉Basalt🐉🫧
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🐉| they/octo/he • blackest nigga around• 21+ • queer as in fuck you • certified 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴
🫧| co-cap for @mesopelagicspl.bsky.social
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🦈| pfp by @/rotttenz (reddit)
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You know what this is actually a wonderful thing to do so I think I'm gonna do it too! I don't think I've talked about my pookies much on here so I think I will :3
Woooo today is national friendship day and my ass is sappy so this is just a thread thanking my friends in the comp scene. Also #compsplatoon get in on this if you want to. Even if you say it often, seeing something written is special for this kinda thing
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the thing about the biannual “the splatoon community should move to squidboards!” rallying cry is that i think it needs to be both a very intentional migration on the community’s part and something site staff has to be involved in
September 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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REQUESTING ALL GAS!!! 🔥🔥🔥

My team has been working on a Coach Training Program, and now we need to hear from YOU! 🫵

To gauge community interest in coaching and to help us know what kind of program people want to see, we made this short, 5 minute interest form!

forms.gle/CUW5qC2FDZYA...
Coach Training Program Interest Form
The Coach Training Program is an educational program aimed at taking pre-existing and aspiring coaches and providing them with courses and resources built to teach the current best practices of coachi...
forms.gle
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Being a real community is incompatible with this "actually you don't owe anyone anything" mindset that is so trendy these days. Sure, you don't have to play with anyone you don't want! You have that choice! But that choice directly contributes to stagnation in the scene.
November 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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The NEW Way to Name Splatoon Roles..?

INKWAVE has REDEFINED the way Splatoon players sort their Roles

Theyve made a system called Range x Role, which covers BOTH the Weapon's strengths and the player's playstyle

I cover it in this 🧵below!
#PinkPuffyPerceptions #compsplatoon
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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the point of this post is to very strongly correct what I perceive to be a very poor evaluation of how important it is to live and how many ways there are to live when taking fights and whatnot
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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the lion does not concern himself with the flank that just killed 2
November 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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splatoon is SO lucky i have an amazing group of friends to play it with because otherwise i doubt i'd be putting as nearly as much time into it rn
November 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Koma: Guys, Weyx is struggling-
Weyx: The lion does not CONCERN HIMSELF with OBJECTIVE LINES in VOD REVIEW.
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Do any Low Ink alpha bracket teams / low mid-level teams have any replay codes from scrims/tournament sets? My team wants to look over some gameplay from peeps in that level

Bonus points if the matches have a dread, vroller, or dapple/vwiper in them, but we aren’t picky 🙇🏿🙏🏿

#compsplatoon
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
These are the GOATS!!

Very cool people!
We played in TSS #13 tonight and had some crazy games 💥 ggs to everyone we faced and a big shoutout to the TOs at Bubble Burst Organization!
#compsplatoon
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Hey, all! Haven't shared much of our recent bouts, but we can finally announce the additions of 2 of our newest players: Remy and Oscar !!!!

Both have been a joy to have on the team thus far & we are looking forward to keep things moving with this new roster :D
November 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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I didn’t forget!

Mesopelagic played in Setting Sail #4 this past Sunday and got gold bracket (r1 elim 😞)

(We totally didn’t photoshop Liss in here nope!)

GGs to everyone we faced!
October 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Played my first week of #S3NAL today and got 23rd… regardless of how scuffed matchmaking was I’m honestly really proud of my gameplay and I think I’m close to making a huge breakthrough. Played against a lot of really good teams and I feel like I’ve got a lot of material to review
#compsplatoon
October 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Another Splatoon Stronghold meme session
October 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
When the Splatoon team is lowkey trash so their coach steps in to play a game, but they lowkey ahh too
October 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Just wanna say I'm all for rehabilitation. Imo Zero is doing really well by returning to the scene and giving back to it via the liquipedia work he's doing. I also personally think Q is mostly okay because she waited past her ban. I'm just against Jared because of him inviting madness back early.
October 6, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Time for the next edition of Setting Sail!

Setting Sail #4 will be on Sunday October 26th @ 10am PT / 1pm ET / 7pm CET!

Setting Sail is aimed towards novice-level players and teams to get practice! If you don't have a team, we also offer a drafting service!

sendou.ink/to/2648

#compsplatoon
Setting Sail #4
Setting Sail is Under Pressure's monthly semi-draft tournament for novice-level players and teams. Sign up as a lone sailor, a partial crew, or a full brigade to participate! - For verification, all ...
sendou.ink
October 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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i’m so at war with the x rank debate. as someone who plays an unconventional backline i have several issues with x rank. but before i get into those i want to say that x and solo in general are a great way to improve at the game, should you have the time to grind them
im like 90% sure that so many people coping about x rank being bad/meaningless/unfair and convincing people not to play it set the western scene back by years
September 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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what this chart says: people who are likely to be good at the game in tournaments are more likely to be good at solo queue

spl community: omg bigger number better div
#splcensus #compsplatoon #splatoon

The first of hopefully many posts on data from the Splatoon Community Census!

Shown is a chart of players LUTI div from the most recent season, compared with their X power, showing a pretty linear correlation

Chart by the wonderful @zapfisk.splstrong.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Psa for #s3nal

There is going to be a LOT of new players, people who have never touched sendou or know about the wider scene

TREAT THEM NICELY PLEASE - don't get audibly mad if a team picks urchin turf g1, or doesn't get in the lobby fast enough, etc - a lot of these groups (1/2)
September 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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I think the only thing I didn’t like is how normalized DLC has become.

I remember buying full games as a kid and not having to pay an additional 30% for content.

DK Bananza being $20, the inconsistency when it comes Switch 2 editions. I can only imagine how much Mario Wonder will be.
Incoming Nintendo Content Creators:

“WAS THE ONE HOUR DIRECT A DISAPPOINTMENT?”

“Nintendo Direct did NOT live up the HYPE”

“10+ Year Old Nintendo Game Bundle is $80”

Personally, I thought the direct was fine. Some nice things. I’ll probably just buy Galaxy 2 out of the new things announced.
September 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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it always feels like we're being forced to throw a dinner party for the worst people on earth, and we have to shut up and smile and be gracious, no complaints, while the worst people on earth are our honored guests and we best not embarrass ourselves in front of them no matter what they do to us
September 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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sorry but i don't have sympathy for individuals who have historically wanted me and the people i love most dead
September 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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related to current events: its rlly sad how inkademy has somehow become such a right-wing cesspool

how are u gonna be a splatoon player and proceed to be bigoted. make it make sense 😭
September 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Reap what you sow.
September 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM