Splatfest and Other Things

  Oh, I forgot to mention.
  This blog will not ENTIRELY be about Splatoon; whenever I feel like it, or when nothing interesting happens concerning Splatoon (which is unlikely), I might write out my thoughts about other things that I am interested in, such as other video games (Smash Bros. 4 in particular), books that I've recently read, and anime that I've recently watched, pretty much anything I find interesting.

  But, this blog IS named after two weapons in Splatoon, so this blog will mainly be about the aforementioned game.

  So, uh, Splatfest. If you don't know much about Splatoon (you probably don't, who am I kidding), Splatfest is an in-game event that occurs once every three weeks, where you pick a side from two, and battle against the members of the other team. The last Splatfest was Art versus Science.

Marie delivering a fatal burn.

And oh, boy, was it close.

But Art had the upper hand in both popularity and wins, having 1% more members and 1% more wins. (Curses... I was in Team Science.)

  I had a rad time playing in the Splatfest, though. I got a long win streak before I left when I reached Level 33 and ranked up to Science Champion. I was just too lazy to get to Science King...

  Before that... You do not know how many unskilled players I had on my team...

  One interesting thing is that during Splatfest, the world of Splatoon is set at nighttime, regardless of the time in real life. The stages' surroundings (not necessarily the stage layout) look a lot different during this event. One stage in particular caught my eye.

Taken during the Hot Dogs vs Marshmallows Splatfest.

Camp Triggerfish looks lovely...

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  In other Splatoon news this (or last) week, a hacker is on the loose. A malicious one. People have seen someone using unreleased content online, which they're not supposed to do.
  Any "unreleased content" is added to the server every time there's a patch, and they are not made accessible to the normal player until whenever Nintendo "unlocks" them for the servers. I don't understand why Nintendo does that. Hackers can access them in the game's files and use them early.

A friend of mine who got early access to the Carbon Roller Deco. Not the same as the wild hacker, I swear.

  The unreleased content isn't in other people's copies of Splatoon yet, so whenever people who have last been in a match with the hacker try to go back to the plaza, the game soft-locks, and the victim cannot load Inkopolis Plaza until the next patch or next Splatfest, both of which clear the plaza's data.

  All because of one hacker.

  So if you play Splatoon, or have a friend who does, tell him to watch out for a hacker using an Octoling with a Hydra Splatling online, and do not exit the match if he is with the hacker in the lobby until the hacker leaves. After that, he can play one more match and load the plaza safely.

Hacker's in-game name given.

One victim of the hacker, who decided to make another account. Misinformed: the hacker using unreleased content far from completion only soft-locks your game, and doesn't erase your save.

Apparently if you post to Miiverse, it appears in the game even though you didn't post in-game. Also misinformed about what it does to your save.
(There's an explanation as to why this person is an Octoling.)

A playful Miiverse drawing on the subject of the wild hacker.

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On a lighter note, Splatoon is becoming an esport!

(An esport is a video game that can be played competitively and seriously, usually with cash prizes. Like DOTA or LOL and stuff like that.)

One competitive team, Squids Next Door, has been signed by a sponsor, Panda Global Gaming, and soon other teams might be sponsored as well.

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(Friendly reminder that not all hackers are bad. I know a friend who is a hacker, and she's a really cool person. She's the hacker I showed having Octolings in her plaza. It was simply a file swap between the Octoling and Inkling Girl models with a bit of modification. She has early access to the Carbon Roller Deco as well. She doesn't use hacks online when she's playing with people she doesn't know, too, so she really is fine.)

(Eh, this reminds me of the fifty-three shootings this week in Chicago... *shudders*

At least it's not exactly fatal for the people playing Splatoon. In fact, my hacker friend said that the next Splatfest is on October 9th, which isn't too far away.)

(It would be really awesome if any of my fellow 8th Graders tried played Splatoon. Like, seriously, try it out, please. I dare say it's better than Call of Duty, and I have many reasons to back it up.)

(What really amuses me is that I didn't need to use an official news site for this. Heh. I get everything through Twitter, which technically isn't a news site. Not on this iPad, to clear up any misconceptions.)

Credits to @NWPlayer123 for most of the pictures in this post.