Splatoon 1 shifty station12/28/2023 ![]() They must have had a heart attack in my pursuit. I didn’t get them but I got someone else in the process. I even had this weird moment where I literally followed someone around the whole stage from their zone to mine and back. I nabbed 12 splats, 2,203 points, and used my special 4 times. I raged and succeeded in another win, ending that streak. Finally however, on Kelp Dome once again my luck changed. I endured a horrible losing streak which massacred my ratio. Despite my comfort in these stages… luck and skill were not my friends. Kelp Dome was one of my most hated in Splatoon for the Wii U but I’ve warmed up to the revised version featured in Splatoon 2. ![]() This time Sturgeon Shipyard and Kelp Dome join Shifty Station. My record on both those stages tarnished for the rest of Splatfest. It has been around for a while so you’d think I’d come up with something by now. I find that I have no real strategy for it yet. Shellendorf Institute is a stage I like a lot in theme but I’m not super fond of yet. You’re on a giant boat with a mast in the middle connecting both areas. Manta Maria is a pretty neatly themed stage. I love me some Manta Maria but man my start back was horrible. I was on the tail end of a set and so Shellendorf Institute and Manta Maria were chosen. Once the afternoon came, I jumped back in to support the team. #TeamEgg #Splatfest #Splatoon2 #NintendoSwitch /nna3VfHjME Here are two favorite moments from the first wave of Splatfest battles… Breakfast was calling my name (as was a shower) so I had to put down the N’Zap ’89 and leave my fellow squid-kids on the battlefield… for a little while anyway. A little low for my general average (as I’m usually 3/4 for wins) but not bad for starting out. With a loss in Shifty Station again (crushed!) and then a nice win in Walleye Warehouse, I ended my first 10 matches with a 6/10 record. Three straight losses lead to five straight wins. As I continued to play I went from a 0/3 streak to 5/8. Not that I suddenly cleaned up around there or anything but no longer was the stage working against me, just the opponents. Once I learned the trick to the stage, my luck changed. Though, to be fair to myself, I was the top player on my team the first time in that stage… the first two matches in fact! My first two times in that stage were not strong….embarrassing really. This way you can clean up and warp out, leaving permanent marks on your score. This means you need to strategize to get into those sections early enough to get trapped in. This time around Shifty Station is a spiraling stage which has the end sections and middle eventually close off for the rest of the match. This is a glorious feature of Splatoon 2 and I hope that someday we can revisit these Shifty Station stages somehow. Each Splatfest the stage ‘Shifty Station’ changes in drastic ways. One on Humpback Pump Track and the next two on Shifty Station. I don’t quite know but my first three matches were all losses. Maybe Team Egg was where all the less-skilled players flocked to. Maybe I was unfamiliar with the new stage. ![]() After a decent-night’s rest I woke up to hit the squids and played my first ten matches. I was going to try and play in the evening as my region has Splatfest starting at 11pm on Friday. Today the stage is covered in a yolk-yellow and eggshell-white mix. I love how the colors for Splatfest are special against your own rivals. Today asks the simpler question in life and I chose ‘Egg’. Each pairing of options is relatively tame and sometimes even farmed out to something as brand-specific as ‘Spongebob vs. This time we do it over what came first, the Chicken or the Egg? A simple question that demands an all out brawl to decide! I love Splatfests because in their very nature the competition factor is raised up. It’s that beautiful time of the month where squids and kids come together to splat each other.
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