I held my second Splatoon get-together yesterday (the first since private lobbies were added). Meli was the first one to enter the lobby, and I had intended to wait before starting the match. But being my first time using a private lobby, I clicked “set teams” not knowing that it would take me to a point of no return. I’ll share the results of each match, along with some notes about some of them.
Match 1: Flounder Heights. In the one-on-one match, Meli splatted me once (and I didn’t splat her at all), but I inked more turf and won the match.
Match 2: Kelp Dome. Tom41 and Ash joined in, so we had a 2-on-2 battle.
Match 3: Camp Triggerfish. Qwerty (Nintendude) joined in, and we had an odd number of players for the first time. That’s one problem with private lobbies, the unused spots aren’t filled by random players, so you often get uneven teams. Even though my team was outnumbered, it felt like I was inking turf almost nonstop and I was surprised we lost by such a large margin (60.7% to 25.5%).
Match 4: Camp Triggerfish. I was letting the game select the maps up to this point, but after it selected Camp Triggerfish (my least favorite map) for a second time in a row, I decided I would pick the maps manually from now on. One funny thing I noticed in this match is that I killed Qwerty with an inkstrike near the beggining of the match–just like I did in the previous match, haha. I was on the team with three players this time though, so it was an easy win.
Match 5: Flounder Heights. One note of frustration: I got inkzooka’d FOUR times in this match: 3 times by Qwerty and once by Meli. Ouch.
Match 6: Walleye Warehouse. This was the worst. Tom and I were against everyone else, and with over a minute to go, the other team was just spawn camping. Hanging out at our spawn point to just kill us repeatedly. This is one of the worst stages for that, since the opening is so narrow, it’s hard to find a way out. Especially when you’re outnumbered. Very frustrating.
Match 7: Saltspray Rig. Matthew and DJfrijoles joined the lobby…but unfortunately, we still had an odd number of players. It just went from 5 to 7. Even though I was on the team with more players this time, I had a rough match. I felt like I could never get going, dying six times. My team was doing a good job of controlling the upper portion of the map, so I was fighting for the lower part. Unfortunately, the other team seemed to have multiple members there and they kept splatting me each time. No matter where I went, they were there. Even though my team won and I was shockingly 2nd on my team, this was not a fun match. For me, dying repeatedly is even more frustrating than losing. That’s why I’m not a fan of ranked mode, it’s just a kill-a-thon most of the time.
Match 8: Arowana Mall. I was on the 4-person team and we were dominating early, but the other team fought back and made it reasonably close. We won 52.8% to 38.8%.
Match 9: Blackbelly Skatepark. I was on the undermanned team this time, along with Qwerty and DJfrijoles. We lost 65.2% to 28.4%.
Match 10: Port Mackerel. Tom left the lobby prior to this match, so we had an even 3-on-3 battle here. Or at least it started out that way–Matthew got disconnected during the match. I died more than I would have liked here, but Ash and Meli carried my team to victory.
Match 11: Moray Towers. Matthew returned, but now DJfrijoles left, so we had an odd number of players once again. Ash and I were the 2-person team, playing against Qwerty, Matthew, and Meli. Even though Ash and I lost pretty badly, 62% to 28.8%, this match was a lot of fun for me. There were a few times I escaped bad situations, and being chased by a Kraken made me feel like a ninja squid at one point leaping down level to level–even if I did fall to my death once. I know a lot of people don’t like Moray Towers, but it’s seriously one of my top three maps. I just love the thrill of sneaking past (or plowing through) an enemy, inking up their ramps, and being able to jump down to flee when necessary.
Match 12: Bluefin Depot. I was on the 3-person team this time, and we won without much trouble.
Match 13: Hammerhead Bridge.
Match 14: Urchin Underpass. This was the final match. I was actually going to stop prior to this match, until I realized we hadn’t played Urchin Underpass. Qwerty left before the match, so we had an even 2-on-2 match. It was Matthew and I against Meli and Ash. It felt like a close match early on, but Meli and Ash started dominating late.
Afterwards, I tried to figure out who Matthew and DJfrijoles were. But I discovered that they are not on my friend roster at all. I was under the impression that my open lobby would only show up on the lists of people on my friend roster, but that’s apparently not the case. Oh well. I have no problem with other people joining in.