#january splatfest

[stimwyrms]

IF YOU CANT TAKE THE HEAT, THEN WHY ARE YOU EATING IT?

Team Spicy Stimboard

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[boonanaghost]

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!

[midnightmoonbeams]

It's now time to go back to Splatsville for the Taste Sensation Splatfest!

From January 7th, 2023

[skyplayssplatoon3]

[Source Tweet]

NEW SPLATFEST ANNOUNCED!

Spicy vs Sweet vs Sour! January 7th 2023 - January 9th 2023

[allen309]

Yay! Frosty Fest coming this January!!

[keeganmantle]

I mean, he's not wrong.😐

Good luck at FrostyFest this weekend!😁

[lynnlilac-exe]

BIG MAN NO!!!!!!!

[uniquegalaxybread]

[jinglebellrockstars]

FRYE HAS FINALLY WON A SPLATFEST FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE LAST JANUARY!!!

[wwraithsart]

Finally finished the updated reference sheet for Gale's team (that I started back in... january). Click for better quality!

More about each team member below:

Monty:

Main gear: Tentaclinger Earring (not pictured), Urchins Jersey, Blue Slip-Ons

Favors mid-ranged slayer type weapons (sloshing machine, slosher, most blasters but especially range blaster) but is generally pretty flexible

There's a somewhat small independently published magazine in Splatsville about what's currently popular (fashion, weapons, splatfest speculation, etc). He writes articles for it, mostly noting what is currently popular, what that means for the direction of the meta, that kind of thing.

He's one of the founding members of Gale's current team. He likes to analyze how teams play and experiment with different team compositions and strategies. He tries his best to stay on top of what's new.

Outside of competitive stuff, he likes card games. He likes to collect stuff and is kind of a completionist.

Jessica:

Main gear: Retro BluFocals (not pictured), Patchwork Bomber, Mako Bucket Hi-Tops

Really enjoys backline, anchor type weapons. On her own she plays the Hydra, though she's skilled with most other splatlings. She also likes long range chargers (scoped E liter, splatterscope, snipewriter), and if you give her enough time to de-rust she's good with the jet squelcher.

She plays X rank in her free time, her peak power being in the 2600s, though she still has plenty to learn. A goal she sets for herself is to have more self discipline, since she occasionally feels herself get impatient and "one more set" or "one more match" when she probably shouldn't.

She and Monty are the founding members of Gale's current team. She'd known him from seeing him a lot in X rank, since they had similar powers at the time. They both share a similar philosophy regarding competitive play; not doing it for the glory of winning, but for self improvement and enjoyment.

Outside of competitive stuff, she likes to play video games. She's really into open world games. She also sometimes offers individual, one on one coaching for younger players.

Leela

Main gear: Cephalo Pods, Lime Ski Jacket, Gray Sea-Slug Hi-Tops

Likes weapons that skirmish a lot, and was a tetra dualies one-trick for a while. She doesn't mind playing support roles either, so she'll play the n-zap or splash o matic if the situation calls for it. She also likes the trislosher, but that's more for when she's playing soloqueue rather than on the team.

She's pretty new to competitive play. She met Jessica through X rank lobbies, where Jessica saw a lot of potential in her. Leela occasionally struggles with coordination-- she's very used to soloqueue, so she'll miss callouts and get caught off guard. As such, it's her main focus of improvement.

Outside of competitive stuff, she loves music. She almost always has earbuds in and is trying to discover new bands. She also plays the saxophone. She's optimistic, talkative, and can be stubborn to a fault.

Gale

Main gear: Knitted Hat (+ heart pin), Chili Octo Aloha, Violet Trainers

She's fairly flexible in what she can play, but she's strongest with shooters (her favorites being 52 gal and splattershot, sometimes splash o matic). If she can be aggressive with it, she'll play it.

She's the newest member on her team. She met Leela after regularly seeing her in anarchy lobbies, and Leela introduced her to the rest of the team. At first, Gale would fill in during scrims when one of the team members wasn't available, but when that team member had to leave, Gale took their place.

Gale hadn't played on a competitive team in a while, so they were a bit rusty. Monty recognized them from their previous team years ago, though he never mentioned it. He knew they had potential, though. They take their role on the team very seriously out of a desire to do better than last time.

Outside of competitive stuff, they like to cook. They're very social and dedicated to their work, but tends to hold themself to impossibly high standards.

[stimwyrms]

Sours JUST how i LIKE IT baby!!! try this recipe i found, battery acid spaghetti, which consists of a can of any monster energy of your choosing and those rainbow sour belts! (DO NOT DO THIS.)

Team Sour Stimboard

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[splatoon-countdown]

Today (February 18th) to the 25th, I will not be posting countdowns or countdown art.

Remember January 21st, the beginning of a week-long global strike? We are doing that again. Yes, we. If you do not even try to participate in any way at all, you are complicit in genocide. It is understandable if you cannot skip school or work, but there's nothing stopping you from sharing more posts about Palestine on your blog. "But, Side Order releases in that timeframe! And there's a Splatfest going on!" I know. But something like that shouldn't stop you from trying to support people suffering from a genocide any way you can. You can play the game, obviously- but try to focus on Palestine, and DON'T post about it during the strike. It's just a video game. You can wait. Skip school and work if you can. Don't buy anything, don't stimulate the economy at all. Only buy what is necessary for survival (✅: toilet paper, food, medicine, etc. 🚫: video games, fast food, merch, etc. If you don't need it, don't get it.), and ESPECIALLY don't buy anything being boycotted. https://bdsmovement.net/ is a great resource for seeing what people are boycotting, and I will reblog information posts the whole week. Participate in protests near you. Donate to Palestinians and Palestinian support funds. Make yourself heard. Visibly support Palestine.

[jemaniacreates]

Splatoon Fanfic Timeline

Remember when I said my fanfic has heavy reliance to the lore? Well, that is at the cost of the timeline.

Since Splatoon moves in real time, it was challenging to arrange the events of the playable story mode without making the past too slow-paced.

To make the story make sense, the goal was to shave a year off the original timeline. To help me out, I took major Splatfests and some directs that mention of the playable story modes. I chose to ignore when the live performances originally took place, moving them to somewhere within the timeline.

Here's a TLDR:

XX15: Hitto (Captain) moves to Inkopolis Plaza and meets Cuttlefish, later defeats Octavio XX16: Pearl and Marina meet, Callie vs Marie Splatfest XX17: Maika (Agent 4) enters Octo Canyon and saves Callie. Hachi and Co fall into Kamabo Co XX18: Hachi leaves Kamabo Co., later moving in with Maika XX19: Hitto is made captain, Hachi and Maika resign from the NSS, Final Splatfest (Splatoon 2) XX20: Pearl and Marina start dating XX21: Maika graduates from high school XX22: Sanne (Neo 3) enters Alterna, Hachi goes on world tour. XX23: Hachi enters the Spire, Sanne saves the world, Shiver becomes leader, Hachi exits the Memverse.

Dual Complexity takes place 2 weeks later.

I want to make it clear that this is a fan canon, and these are just my version of the events prior to the fanfic so that enough people will have context that I couldn't focus too much on in the main story.

Longer Version:

XX15:

Hitto (Captain) moves to Inkopolis Plaza in May. He meets Cuttlefish who tries to warn him about the Octarians. Hitto finally accepts, if it only means getting better at turf wars.

Hitto turns a new leaf and becomes a real agent, defeating Octavio in December, seven months after joining.

XX16:

Pearl and Marina meet in January at Mount Nantai.

Callie vs. Marie Splatfest takes place in July

XX17:

Octavio escapes and begins the “Octo Valley Rehab Project”. We’ll touch more in that when we get to it.

Hitto and Cuttlefish travel to the Cape in May, and the events of the Squid Sisters Stories take place.

Maika (Four) moves to Inkopolis Square for the Summer in July, casually living until she noticed Marie watching her. She follows her to Octo Canyon and stumbles upon the campaign.

Hitto and Cuttlefish survey the cape, encountering Hachi (Eight) in October and falling into the Metro.

Later in early December, Maika saves Callie. So, Octo Canyon took five months to finish.

XX18:

Hachi and Co. escape Kamabo Co in June, taking him eight months to do so (heh).

After staying with OTH, Hachi moves in with Maika in July.

XX19:

Hitto becomes captain in March and has Maika and Hachi resign from the New Squidbeak Splatoon.

Maika and Hachi begin working at Grizz Co. for the time being.

The final Splatfest takes place.

XX20:

Pearl and Marina are officially in a relationship, starting in January.

Hachi is invited to Off the Hook's world tour.

XX21:

Maika graduates from high school. This is the first time she gets contact from Marie since her leave, even if it’s just a casual conversation. She quits Grizz Co. and begins a job as a tutor.

In August, Hachi quits Grizz Co. for the tour.

XX22:

This is where we really start screwing around with the timeline...

In September, the remaining members of the NSS notice some disturbance in the Crater, leaving Cuttlefish to watch Octavio. Octavio somehow escapes, and Cuttlefish goes to Splatsville to find a new agent.

Sanne (Neo 3) starts on Alterna in October, a month after moving to Splatsville, Hachi would end up in the Memverse months later in February (The same time the first Direct for the DLC dropped) when OTH would wrap up their tour.

XX23:

Sanne saves the world shortly before the Nessie vs. Alien vs. Bigfoot Splatfest, when Deep Cut have finally seen the 'monstrosities' they spoke of. This means she was going in and out of Alterna for six months, and given she was not explaining why, it left her in a rough patch with her friend group. She hasn’t completely surveyed the haven however.

Hachi would 100% the Order Spire in September the same year (when the second Direct dropped) and after Shiver was made leader of Deep Cut. This makes the events of Side Order last for eight months, haha.

With OTH's tour over, the trio travel back to drop Hachi home, only to receive a certain message from Marie asking the gang to come back together after five years of radio silence from the NSS.

Two weeks later: Dual Complexity.

[midnightmoonbeams]

The results of the Power Up Splatfest!

From January 20th, 2021

[zthatfan]

FRESH - JANUARY 2024 | Magazine Cover

BEZIQUE ARRECIFE - "I'D BE NOWHERE WITHOUT THEM"

HOW CHILL SEASON BRINGS THE HEAT

PYNN DAUNII - THE SHARPEST DESIGNS

BENEATH THE MASK - PLAYERS TALK ON THE COLDEST SPLATFEST

Decided to make another magazine cover!! Characters mentioned are Bez (my OC) and Pynn (@bumblebeebuzzin04 's OC)

[cru5h-cascades]

Frostyfest theme ahoy, mateys!

Here we go again... taking another old splatfest and putting a fresh coat of Splatoon 3 paint on it (this is basically just Splatoon 2's Family v Friends all over again). But hey I'm not complaining. I didn't get to experience all the Splatoon 2 splatfests prior to the repeats in 2020 so I'm letting this slide.

Nintendo US hasn't done their own post for the splatfest so I don't have the time where voting & the actual fest starts here in the US just yet but I'll update this post when something does come out.

But hey now that the theme's announced it's just a matter of time until that superfresh frostyfest gear gets released! Can't wait to use the coral wreath! Love that thing :D

EDIT: the next splatfest is starting January 12th at 6 PM CST!