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Altalyra
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She/They | Lemuria Hub's No.1 Cartographer | Artist and programmer that sometimes tries to make games | Splatana player & Tacticooler unenthusiast for @lessthanthree-spl.bsky.social
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Altalyra @altalyra.bsky.social · Dec 16
Competitive Splatoon has been an interesting experience so far... #Splatoon3 #Splatoon
A recreation of the image of Sisyphus rolling a boulder up a hill. The background has been replaced with a ramp on Flounder Heights from Splatoon 3, the boulder has been replaced with the Tacticooler special and Sisyphus has been replaced with a blue-haired octoling
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splstrong.com
The Splatoon Beginners Academy has allowed many new players to get a feel for the competitive scene. We sat down with Ariikitty to talk about her experiences in Season 0 and what it's been like to play on a team.

Check it out at youtu.be/NlTei-xFRng
Splatoon Stronghold's Lead Streamer Talks About Their SBA Experiences
Ariikitty is Splatoon Stronghold's Head of Stream Production and a player for LessThanThree, a team formed through the Splatoon Beginners Academy. We sat down with Ariikitty to ask about the…
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December 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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ariikitty.bsky.social
Thank you so much @splstrong.com for having me on to talk about the SBA! It was an amazing time and I hope others find it as useful as I have
youtu.be/NlTei-xFRng?...
#compsplatoon #splatoon
Splatoon Stronghold's Lead Streamer Talks About Their SBA Experiences
YouTube video by Splatoon Stronghold
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December 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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pancakes.ink
Tips on how to improve your mental
November 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
altalyra.bsky.social
The moment in question:
(Pancakes pov in replay mode)
October 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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lessthanthree-spl.bsky.social
After just under a year of playing comp, we won Bronze Bracket in Shark Tank: Homeland Edition #4! Thank you to @itsn-a-m.bsky.social for playing with us as a sub, and GGs to all the teams we faced!
Picture of LessThanThree and N_A_M standing on the central tower in Splatoon 3's Scorch Gorge stage. Taho's octoling is holding an E-Liter 4k while standing on a block to the left of the platform. N_A_M's inkling is standing on the ground in front of that block with Twinklez Splat Dualies. Altalyra's octoling is to the right of both of them with a Stickerz Splatana Stamper. Pancakes's inkling is jumping on the spot to the right of Alta holding a Tri-Stringer, and Arikitty's inkling is standing on a block to the right of the platform, holding a Splash-o-matic and a Power Clam. In the background there is a large metal cage around the top of a pole, and several pale peach/orange rock formations in the distance. LessThanThree and N_A_M's inklings and octolings gathered around the base of the Clam Basket on Splatoon 3's Scorch Gorge stage. Ariikitty is close to the camera on the left side of the picture, looking at the camera. Alta and Taho are slightly right of the centre of frame, further away from the camera by the lump on the ground in front of the clam basket. Pancakes has just super-jumped out of frame, leaving a trail of green-yellow ink from the area Taho and Alta are standing in leading straight upwards into the sky. N_A_M is standing slightly left of the centre of frame, further away from the camera on the raised platform by the clam basket, looking upwards toward the basket. LessThanThree and N_A_M gathered around the base of the Clam Basket on Splatoon 3's Scorch Gorge stage. Alta is closer to the camera, slightly left of the centre of frame, facing away from the camera, throwing a clam towards the open basket. Ariikitty is in the right hand side of the image standing on the lump at the base of the clam basket, looking to the left slightly away from the camera, also throwing a clam into the open basket. N_A_M is standing on the ground nearby her, closer to the camera and looking in the same direction. Taho is standing on the ground in front of Arii, closer to the centre of the frame, looking towards the camera. At the very bottom of the frame, towards the right hand side is Pancakes in swim form, partially out of frame with 4 clams around them.
October 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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splstrong.com
Signups for Season 5 of the Stronghold Beginner's Academy are now open!

Learn more or apply today at
www.splatoonstronghold.com/academy
A pixel sunset background, a balloon with the Stronghold's logo, and the Stronghold's mascot, Cas, midair holding the Tri-Stringer. Stronghold Beginners Academy - Season 5 sign ups are live! splatoonstronghold.com/academy.
October 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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ariikitty.bsky.social
Another showcase another time I’m impressed by how well teams come together after only 6 weeks in the academy. 100% the best way into Comp Splatoon and I can’t recommend it enough to those looking to start taking part in tournaments.
#splatoon #compsplatoon
splstrong.com Splatoon Stronghold @splstrong.com · Oct 12
The Stronghold Beginners Academy Season 4 Showcase is now live! You can watch the live stream on Twitch and YouTube to see these new teams showcase their skills!

YouTube: youtube.com/@splstrong
Twitch: twitch.tv/splatoonstro...
A pixel sunset background and two balloons with the Stronghold's logo. Stronghold Beginners Academy - Season 4 Showcase is live! twitch.tv/splatoonstronghold, youtube.com/@splstrong
October 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
altalyra.bsky.social
I added a third circle because I'm such an overachiever :3 (that and cooler slander is my passion)
Venn diagram of splatoon 3 special weapons sorted by my opinion of how good they are, fun to use they are and how healthy for the game they are. In the "Good" circle are Tenta Missiles, Tacticooler, Ink Vac, Reefslider and Triple Inkstrike. On the edge of the "Fun" circle is Kraken. In the "Healthy" circle are Ink Storm and Wave Breaker. In the overlap between "Good" and "Fun" are Triple Splashdown and Trizooka (these are more of the border of the "Fun" circle tbh). In the "Good" circle on the border of the "Healthy" circle is Big Bubbler. In the overlap between "Fun" and "Healthy" are Inkjet and Super Chumps. In the overlap between all three circles are Crab Tank, Booyah Bomb, Zipcaster and Ultra Stamp. Outside of every circle is Killer Wail 5.1. Screen is in the abyss, where it belongs
October 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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ariikitty.bsky.social
Screw your special tier lists. I want to see people's special venn diagrams on what specials are not only good but actually fun to play

(this is highly a personal opinion and I am smooth brain)
A venn diagram of Splatoon 3 specials being placed on how good they are and how fun they are to play. In the just good section, there is: Zipcaster, Booyah Bomb and Tacticooler. In the just fun section, there is: Kraken Royale, Ink Jet, Ultra Stamp and Super Chump. In the good and fun section, there is: Trizooka, Crab Tank, Triple Inkstrike and Ink Vac. Big Bubbler and Reefslider are on the edge of the good and fun section as Ariikitty is undecided fully on these two specials. Outside the diagram, there is: Tenta Missiles, Ink Storm, Wave Breaker, Killer Wail 5.1, Splattercolor Screen and Triple Splashdown as they are neither good or fun in Ariikitty's opinion
October 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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radha.splstrong.com
Here in X Rank Civilization, no one chooses to jump for the ttek region. It’s better to be safe and do the one block jump for the takaroka, rather than risk your entire queue time for just 1 game tick less lag.
September 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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moojle.bsky.social
go follow @distinktspl.bsky.social and @lessthanthree-spl.bsky.social :3
struggling to find words to describe this. like holy shit vibes was awesome, genuinely just the best day of my life I think. I'm so proud of us for nabbing 2nd we did so frickin good my team is amazing. shoutout to my goats Sal, Afro, and Rafa, y'all played out of your minds we're so fuckin good!! the support we had from so many people was unbelievable it made every moment even more special: the cheering, the hugs, the congratulating, just everything, genuinely thank you so much to everyone who supported us. I wanna give a big shoutout to all of lessthanthree as well, they are just the loveliest people it was so good to finally meet them and their support was extra special to me, and I'm so proud of how they played at their first lan! thank you again so much to everyone who made this happen, and also to everyone who attended because the atmosphere was incredible, I just wish I could have spoken to more people. I'm so happy rn I can't wait to do this again :D <3
September 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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distinktspl.bsky.social
Distinkt placed 2nd at Splat Vibes Vol 3! So so happy with our performance, we're all delighted with 2nd! GGs to everyone we played we had lots of great matches, thank you so much to everyone who supported us it was awesome, and a massive thank you to everyone who made this incredible event happen!
September 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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pixelsquid.bsky.social
Despite everything...
Thank you all for coming! 💖
#SplatVibes
September 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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ariikitty.bsky.social
Holy!! Today goes down as one of the best days of my Splatoon comp journey. Never did I expect to ever play on stage in front of a room of people!

Thank you so much Splat UK for organising the event and a really big thank you to my team for joining me for this, it means so much to me <3
#SplatVibes
September 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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lemon7890.bsky.social
hope everyone has a lovely time at splat vibes
September 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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splatuk.bsky.social
Splatoon 3️⃣
Splat Vibes Vol 3️⃣
LessThan3️⃣

🎙️ @lessthanthree-spl.bsky.social Interview with Pancakes & Ariikitty ⬇️
youtu.be/MJk6e7E_iGw

#Splatoon #SplatVibes
September 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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gusplatoon.bsky.social
This all I will say in regards to recent matters:

Please be careful with what you say online. It can cost you your job or future opportunities. It can impact your education. It can impact your safety.

Not everything you feel or think must be posted online. Offline is also an option.
September 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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louistonehill.bsky.social
Very interesting algorithm analysis, which explains the repeated problems with content moderation getting in the way of social justice

tldr: it's always good to block a TERF or a white supremacist or any other type of fascist

original post: www.tumblr.com/chiptrillino...
Screenshot of the Advocate article headline showing an image of bluesky's logo and JKR, with the title "Outcry grows after multiple trans uers were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire" Screenshot of tumblr text post by fourohfourlifenotfound August 24 part 1/3: "If we are ever going to stop this, then you guys need to start learning why this happens. And it's not always because some executive made a decision to favor a TERF. It's because the technology is broken in a way TERFs have learned to use to their advantage. So content moderation is a HUGE task. It is incredibly inefficient to manually monitor all user reports-- when you "flag" something as spam or inappropriate or 'inciting harm' (what Blueskye is saying the banned users had in their posts). So what actually happens is that the bulk of it is reviewed by machine. The precise "how" is a bit of a black box (if you say exactly, it makes it more vulnerable to being bypasses), but we generally know it's a bit of machine learning ("ai", but not he chatgpt kind) and a bit of automation. Generically this gets referred to as an "algorithm" (which is a meaningless word I don't have time to unpack here). The TERFs have a formula. A battle plan, if you will. I've been watching them use it for almost a decade. And they play social media sites like a fiddle every single time." Text post part 2/3: "The way it works is that they coordinate attacks on targets they dislike. (Usually trans people, but ace discourse is a notable example of targets not necessarily fitting that demographic.) They send links to each other of posts to report. They'll flag it for whatever the nearest thing they can is. The blueskye users were wishing ill to JK Rowling, so "inciting harm" was the excuse selected. "Inappropriate or sexually explicit content" is a common selection for other trans content. Then what happens is the content moderation "algorithm" sees a huge influx of reports for a certain post or user. And instead of making a human manually review all of that, it automatically initiates a ban or takedown. And if the "algorithm" has word censorship built in, it will begin to auto-flag for things containing words in posts frequently flagged, so it begins to auto-flag the word trans itself. This has been happening for almost a decade. There was a trans youtuber who proved TERF hater group chats flagged his videos so much that it started auto-demonitizing identical videos with the word trans in the title, but leaving ones without the word alone. I strongly suspect this is why we see huge amounts of trans women banned for no reason on tumblr. And this is clearly what is happening now." Text post part 3/3: "How do we fix it? There's no easy solution. All the things about the "algorithm" that make moderation easier for the social media platforms are the exact reasons it's so difficult to defeat. It's hard to teach a machine what's a genuine flag and a malicious one. Again, it's been almost a decade since the issue was raised with youtube, and there has yet to be a solution for rooting out malicious coordinated flagging. But here's one thing that can help: get TERFs off of social media. Stop letting them bait you into petty fights. Learn how to identify them. Block and report them. " Response by drtanner: "Blocking TERFs and other assorted bigots is especially effective on bsky, because the block function there is nuclear. In short, if you block someone, not only can they not view your account or any of your posts, but any replies they made on your posts will no longer be viewable by others, even if they haven't personally blocked that user themselves. If they quote you, you can even decouple your post from their quote. In short, blocking someone on bsky produces mutual hiding of content, and it's extremely effective at starving these cunts of oxygen. Bigots who can't convince people to fight with them and whose posts don't gain any traction because they're blocked by everyone and their dog leave the platform, i.e. Jesse Singal. It works, people just need to remember to do it more. Preemptive blocking of dickheads before they start shit with you is the best way to prevent things like this from happening. "
September 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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radha.splstrong.com
if you could ask questions to some of the biggest creators in the spl scene, what would they be?
September 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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arynbun.gay
shit like this cannot be ignored and is everyone's problem. there is real evil and danger happening and you will start seeing friends and family disappear if people dont step up. this is not just some guy talking shit. do your research
outinstl.com/republican-c...
August 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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radha.splstrong.com
I've remained silent on recent discussion, and will probably remain to do so, but

If people in this community have the ability to put hours of their time each week to help run it

You can put 5 extra minutes to word something mindfully and with nuance

Be respectful, we all want the same thing
August 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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damp-waffle.bsky.social
the vagueposting "aw man ssc needs to exist :( but change how it does things" is the centrist take of the day
August 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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zapfisk.splstrong.com
My thoughts on Splat Safety and recent community discussion
Image of part 1 of a text reading: I understand that this discussion is extremely emotional for many. However, I hope we can all find common ground in that something like Splat Safety should exist. Without something like it, TOs and organizers (like me) could not do the work they want to do and would likely quit (and we're already seeing a lot of organizers expressing that they are no longer motivated). More importantly, victims would have to make their case to many different orgs to get perpetrators out of the community, and I don't think any org would be equipped to adequately investigate a situation like Splat Safety does. Without something like Splat Safety, the community becomes a much more hostile environment towards victims. I trust Splat Safety, and its volunteers have my utmost respect. They voluntarily and repeatedly investigate the darkest sides of our community to keep it safe, without any pay, without anyone saying thank you, with many community members spreading hate against their work. I cannot stress enough how emotionally difficult that must be. I imagine the only thing that keeps them going are altruistic beliefs in a better and safer community. Image of part 2 of a text reading: I can see how others do not have that same trust, especially if you feel Splat Safety has acted unjustly. I hope that some can watch their video and see the same maturity and responsibility for a safer community that I did, but I also understand that some will not. Trust takes time to build, and is almost impossible to keep up for a small volunteer org like Splat Safety, when the cases they regularly deal with too often contain extremely dividing sides. I hope you can at least see that Splat Safety and its volunteers have good intention. I understand and encourage voicing criticism you have of Splat Safety. I would ask you, however, to not spread hate or misinformation. Sending emotional, short, and not-fact-checked messages is far easier and faster than trying to investigate and find the truth. Please take the time to carefully review the public information we have before sharing your opinion. Please realize that in many cases, you will not and should not have access to every part of a case. Spreading hate and hurtful messages doesn't help anyone, let's talk about this in a constructive way. To quote Dr. Piggy, "Twitter justice doesn't work." Bluesky justice doesn't work. For everyone's safety and well-being, we need an organization like Splat Safety. I hope that at least this is something we can agree on.
August 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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prochara.bsky.social
Please take the time today to listen to the TO's and other community leaders who are speaking about their experiences today, there have been many times their voices do not get the attention and respect they deserve and we have lost too many people good people already, I'd like to not lose more.
August 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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gusplatoon.bsky.social
The only thing I will say:

I could not do what TOs do for Splatoon.

Volunteering your own time with the risk of being harassed and/or discriminated against is mind boggling to me. I don’t know how they do it but when they do leave, as we have seen many great people leave, I understand why.
August 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM