Malibu Rising

Edited by @entomolojest.bsky.social as always!

Malibu made gold bracket again in From the Ink Up! Finished 5th, and we'll keep working so that we'll take home the crown.

Rose: reefslider serotonin
Sherbert: emanating aura even without the flow
Emmy: bow hit box stocks are up
Protag: learned octoling sex-ed

#compSplatoon

Nina is back to being a full-time member of Malibu!

Nina founded the team back in 2022, starting with her, @itshappymerci.bsky.social, @roseofbattle.com, and @obscuresmile.bsky.social.

She took a break from comp for a while and subbed for us, and we're happy to have her here again!

MERCI ALSO PLAYED! Our rabid clash warrior 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

Deagle will also be joining us for Big Dapple!

In our second All 4 One Splat Zones, we finished in 3rd Place for Silver Bracket! 🥉

Nina: Luna triple, teehee
Rose: self-hurtling 70-dmg bomb headed your way
Deagle: new believer of double inkjet
Protag: booyah savior
Sherbert: im in ur walls

Thanks for subbing in @sealydeagle.bsky.social!

A casual Friday night

Tristringer Seal special guests as the anchor for @maliburising.bsky.social, and we come out 3rd in Silver Bracket for A41.

Thanks to the ladies for including me tonight!

*Zip flys by*

"Deagle needs help!"

*Kills zip*

"No he fuckin' don't!"

#compsplatoon

Every VOD review we do with @coolspl.bsky.social

Discord screenshot in which Emmy writes, "Merci on clash blaster" and attaches an image of a small rabbit with a tiny bag on its back. The text with the image reads, "she's so small and her backpack is so full of . Explodives" (Typos from the original)

More LI #splatoonclips! When you're 1-1 with bracket placement on the line and your team dives for shallow lead, you gotta clutch up and stop that overtime push before it starts 😤

Thank you @entomolojest.bsky.social for continuing to make stellar graphics for us 🥰

Gamma Bracket of Low Ink Jan 2026 was tough, but we made it to 7th! 🌊

@jaytheprotagonist.bsky.social: surprise nosebleed
@roseofbattle.com: unreal rainmaker dunk
@alwayssherbert.bsky.social: feral rat
@itshappymerci.bsky.social: Jr fan 🥇
@emmy.dollz.one: ah ah ah ah staying alive
#compSplatoon

My POV, I spent like a solid minute of game time in their court before finally getting the lead and KO 😌
#splatoonclips

TRY THAT CLASH BULLSHIT AGAIN!!!

New year, new tourney runs!

One of our goals this year is to challenge ourselves in Low Ink, and in our first Low Ink since May 2025, we competed and secured a Day 2 spot!

Catch us in an incredibly stacked gamma bracket tomorrow at 1 PM est! 🫡

#compSplatoon

If this whole competitive Splatoon thing doesn't work out, maybe @gaymerci.bsky.social and @alwayssherbert.bsky.social can look into law school

A successful Splatoon LAN at MAGfest!
Thanks to the immense work from Consoles and from my fellow TOs Sherbert, Rose, and Merci from @maliburising.bsky.social, we pulled off a huge set of games, culminating in a really tight final that went right down to the wire on Inkblot TC. Thank you everyone 🦑🐙

Splatooners at MAGfest: me, a stinger from Splat Legacy (London, Sept 2025), and @maliburising.bsky.social: @alwayssherbert.bsky.social, @roseofbattle.com, and @gaymerci.bsky.social!!

MALIBUUUU
RISING!

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I rarely clip things in tournament cause I focus on the match but I couldn't miss this crazy KO streak from FTIU 🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹
#compsplatoon #splatclips

All I gotta say right now about this From the Ink Up is my worn-off Christmas mug with some wine in it that I was very slowly sipping over 5 hours of Splatoon

Eat, D and Be Merry

Thank you to @entomolojest.bsky.social for making such a cute image! And Merci and Jay were in VC with us all night in case we needed them or lost some gas, so even though we played with mostly just the 4 of us, we gotta shout them out for staying warm all night and supporting!

We placed 3rd in FTIU! RAAAAAAH! 🥉💪

@roseofbattle.com: Starting 2026 as a wine mom
@emmy.dollz.one: sparkle on!
@procyonspl.bsky.social: holding W
@alwayssherbert.bsky.social: HOT TRI IN YOUR AREA
@jaytheprotagonist.bsky.social: #1 backup
@gaymerci.bsky.social: #1 cheerleader

#compSplatoon

We had such a blast! Riptide was such a tough one for us emotionally, since Merci was sick for so much of it, but we really did have a fantastic time with a lot of laughs 💕

A person at the last Big Dapple who was at the venue to hang out at the bar and not there for the LAN told Rose that they bought Splatoon 3 after watching Malibu play on the main stage because "a game where you had fun despite losing must be a good time," and that is truly the best compliment.

Malibu Rising is your most wholesome team from @popgun.bsky.social's Popcast.

We might not be Low Ink banned, but it sounds like we're banned from future nominations in this category 😋

Thank you all for watching our games and having just as much fun as we do when we play together!

We plan to push Low Ink in 2026 now that we have tentative dates for the year and can try to keep those weekends open in advance 🫡
Our first tournament of the year will be this Friday's From the Ink Up!!! 💪💪👍

Malibu...
RISING!!!!

And thank you to @sapphichu.bsky.social, @sasuinurpants.bsky.social, @notdin0.bsky.social, and @procyonspl.bsky.social for subbing in for Malibu throughout the year 🥰 Hopefully Merci won't get food poisoning at a LAN or Sherbert get a concussion next year 😰

And many thanks to @mafiastudio.bsky.social, @washedspl.bsky.social, @regulusspl.bsky.social for being fun scrim partners who we got to regularly play with for a challenge and pushing us forward!