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Post by FunkyLobster on Apr 15, 2015 3:17:23 GMT
Coming from competitive Mario Kart, the online scene works pretty well. I don't see Splatoon really being a local game where you play against people in the same room honestly. coming from someone who plays competitive tf2, both online and offline will be perfectly fine for the game. it wouldnt be the end of the world if LAN isn't given to the players, but i sure am going to ask for it
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Post by gammalad on Apr 15, 2015 18:29:05 GMT
I may have missed this but did Nintendo ever say how you were able to team up with friends? If there is no real easy way to do that I could see a bit of an issue.
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Post by FunkyLobster on Apr 15, 2015 20:52:15 GMT
I may have missed this but did Nintendo ever say how you were able to team up with friends? If there is no real easy way to do that I could see a bit of an issue. in projared's interview, the nintendo rep said there was some way you could join a friends game, but would not give them any details
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Post by xonsuprimes on Apr 16, 2015 11:12:47 GMT
Yeah, I guess I can see more online tourneys than offline, because most people are gonna play online because it's easier to find a group of friends/crew/clan then enter one.
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Post by Captain Norris on Apr 18, 2015 19:26:20 GMT
I was thinking of this earlier today: what if tournaments were focused around points-based wins rather than actual wins? Let me try to give you an example. At Heroclix tournaments, you win upon how many points you get in the end. You face multiple opponents, and then your points per match is totaled. I could see something similar happen with Splatoon, in which you add up the player's points up at the end of the whole ordeal. You add individual points up for maybe more specific awards, and then add the player totals for the overall. This would also be useful for rotating team members as well. Not saying it should go this way, but this idea, as well as other tournament style stuff, should be acknowledged.
The other thing I would be interesting to see is in the form of team captains. In my opinion, there should be a team captain that represents a specific shoal/squad. What do you guys think?
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Post by setu on Apr 18, 2015 20:53:20 GMT
As I said a long time ago, clan/team tournaments would work well in this format imo - primeleague.forumotion.com/f30-division-aI'm not sure exactly how the point stuff would work but wins/loss count would be prime.
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Post by FunkyLobster on Apr 18, 2015 23:28:46 GMT
I was thinking of this earlier today: what if tournaments were focused around points-based wins rather than actual wins? Let me try to give you an example. At Heroclix tournaments, you win upon how many points you get in the end. You face multiple opponents, and then your points per match is totaled. I could see something similar happen with Splatoon, in which you add up the player's points up at the end of the whole ordeal. You add individual points up for maybe more specific awards, and then add the player totals for the overall. This would also be useful for rotating team members as well. Not saying it should go this way, but this idea, as well as other tournament style stuff, should be acknowledged. The other thing I would be interesting to see is in the form of team captains. In my opinion, there should be a team captain that represents a specific shoal/squad. What do you guys think? in tf2, teams always have a captain thats sort of the leader of the whole thing that signs the team up for tournaments. they might not even actually play the game, just kind of working as a manager for the players (although that is very rare.) i would imagine most team-based competitive games like counter strike work the same, although i don't follow the cs scene well enough to know i think splatoon would work the same in this fashion. tbh it would probably be a lot easier for a captain, considering you only have 3 other players as opposed to 5 or 8, so i think well see a lot more teams run this way
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Post by DaKid on Apr 21, 2015 1:07:16 GMT
That whole Splatoon lan, tournament issue can be solved. Game Truck at the events.
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Post by FunkyLobster on Apr 21, 2015 1:52:31 GMT
That whole Splatoon lan, tournament issue can be solved. Game Truck at the events. i sure hope so! i wish nintendo would just say something about it already, though
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Post by warchamp7 on Apr 21, 2015 2:26:18 GMT
That whole Splatoon lan, tournament issue can be solved. Game Truck at the events. Gonna need a lot of game trucks...
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Post by DaKid on Apr 21, 2015 4:59:45 GMT
How many trucks is needed? They're pretty big.
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Post by Rag on Apr 21, 2015 6:31:59 GMT
Haha, seriously though, expensive Game Truck reservations will not be necessary aside from birthday/office parties and might not be continued after this summer anyway. I suppose they could continue them if there is a really good reception, but that's an entirely separate situation.
The point is that if Splatoon can be played over LAN on those trucks, then that capability will be provided elsewhere as well. It should be a given for professional or high profile events, at least. I don't think anything needs to be formally announced about it, because I think playing over LAN should just be ready to go out of the box like classic PC games. Valve/343 don't make a big deal about announcing that people can play CS/Halo over LAN, because it's a given and would be a travesty if it weren't possible. If it's not possible to play Splatoon over LAN, then that would suck, for lack of a better description.
And before anyone jumps on me about my use of the word travesty, I am using it correctly above. It not only applies to false representations, but also absurd ones. A shooter without LAN would be an absurd representation of the genre.
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Post by FunkyLobster on Apr 21, 2015 6:47:00 GMT
Haha, seriously though, expensive Game Truck reservations will not be necessary aside from birthday/office parties and might not be continued after this summer anyway. I suppose they could continue them if there is a really good reception, but that's an entirely separate situation. The point is that if Splatoon can be played over LAN on those trucks, then that capability will be provided elsewhere as well. It should be a given for professional or high profile events, at least. I don't think anything needs to be formally announced about it, because I think playing over LAN should just be ready to go out of the box like classic PC games. Valve/343 don't make a big deal about announcing that people can play CS/Halo over LAN, because it's a given and would be a travesty if it weren't possible. If it's not possible to play Splatoon over LAN, then that would suck, for lack of a better description. And before anyone jumps on me about my use of the word travesty, I am using it correctly above. It not only applies to false representations, but also absurd ones. A shooter without LAN would be an absurd representation of the genre. im a lot more optimistic that LAN is officially in the game outside of specific instances of it for venues, now that we know it'll be in the gametruck. if there's a splatoon direct, i hope they announce it then
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Post by warchamp7 on Apr 21, 2015 8:44:16 GMT
Haha, seriously though, expensive Game Truck reservations will not be necessary aside from birthday/office parties and might not be continued after this summer anyway. I suppose they could continue them if there is a really good reception, but that's an entirely separate situation. The point is that if Splatoon can be played over LAN on those trucks, then that capability will be provided elsewhere as well. It should be a given for professional or high profile events, at least. I don't think anything needs to be formally announced about it, because I think playing over LAN should just be ready to go out of the box like classic PC games. Valve/343 don't make a big deal about announcing that people can play CS/Halo over LAN, because it's a given and would be a travesty if it weren't possible. If it's not possible to play Splatoon over LAN, then that would suck, for lack of a better description. And before anyone jumps on me about my use of the word travesty, I am using it correctly above. It not only applies to false representations, but also absurd ones. A shooter without LAN would be an absurd representation of the genre. Do we have a source of Game Trucks having Splatoon on LAN? Also you're correct, it would be a travesty for a shooter to not have LAN capability, but at the end of the day, this is Nintendo and I wouldn't put it past them to omit something like that sadly. I'm definitely holding out for a peripheral to connect up to 8 Wii Us together though
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Post by FunkyLobster on Apr 21, 2015 9:20:43 GMT
Haha, seriously though, expensive Game Truck reservations will not be necessary aside from birthday/office parties and might not be continued after this summer anyway. I suppose they could continue them if there is a really good reception, but that's an entirely separate situation. The point is that if Splatoon can be played over LAN on those trucks, then that capability will be provided elsewhere as well. It should be a given for professional or high profile events, at least. I don't think anything needs to be formally announced about it, because I think playing over LAN should just be ready to go out of the box like classic PC games. Valve/343 don't make a big deal about announcing that people can play CS/Halo over LAN, because it's a given and would be a travesty if it weren't possible. If it's not possible to play Splatoon over LAN, then that would suck, for lack of a better description. And before anyone jumps on me about my use of the word travesty, I am using it correctly above. It not only applies to false representations, but also absurd ones. A shooter without LAN would be an absurd representation of the genre. Do we have a source of Game Trucks having Splatoon on LAN? Also you're correct, it would be a travesty for a shooter to not have LAN capability, but at the end of the day, this is Nintendo and I wouldn't put it past them to omit something like that sadly. I'm definitely holding out for a peripheral to connect up to 8 Wii Us together though i'm not sure how else the game trucks would do multiplayer for splatoon (unless it's something silly like just singleplayer) what other games does the gametruck feature? do any of them have LAN? if we could get any more information like that, we could probably make a more accurate guess
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