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Quick birthday doodle 🎉

You can take what I said however you want, but this is my initial thought after teaching inside and out of gaming for almost 7 years while considering people’s opinions regarding coaching and the quality of it.

Nonetheless, play or improve in a way that makes you feel the most comfortable. I understand that a lot more goes into excelling at anything, such as proper diagnosis, feedback, communication, discipline, and more. I also understand that everyone’s brain is wired differently.

Ultimately, while both bottom-up and top-down approaches can shape your perspective of learning, I believe prioritizing a broader understanding first leads to smarter play. Even if it takes more time, it'll help you sustain and build on your progress, rather than relying on short-term gains.

They will provide a strong foundation that can be refined and adapted to your weapon or character of choice, making your progress more sustainable over time.

If you switch it to a bottom-up one, significant improvements will take longer to develop. It’ll take longer to comprehend all the moving parts of the "bigger picture", but once you understand some broader concepts—map awareness, team dynamics, objective play etc.— they will carry you further.

Focusing on a character or weapon can show quicker results, as you can rapidly build the specific skills you need for your level to see immediate improvements. However, what you learn during that time will often fade in the short term and may not transfer smoothly to new strategies or situations.

I was thinking about why people may prefer a bottom-up approach (pouring so much effort into working on a weapon or character first and then seeing the “bigger picture” afterwards) when trying to improve. It makes sense for quick results, but not for long-term ones at higher ranks.

Spooky art hehe!
#Splatoon #splatoonart #ibispaintx #art #splatoonoc

No way in hell you're 33. Happy birthday nonetheless!

Since I'm going on break for a bit content wise I want to take a small thread to give some advice.
Some of this will be opinionated but I think my channels worked out pretty well and I'm seeing more upcoming creators, so this will be filled with a bunch of advice that comes to mind.
#Compsplatoon

Big thanks to @icykitsune.bsky.social for the new end screen & half-body. It looks amazing and is a huge upgrade compared to what I had before!

You should reach out to them since their work is awesome!

Thank you for commissioning me @custom8107.bsky.social
❄️ #commission #art #splatoon 🔥

A rectangular image in front of a tall, black building with many windows, with a yellow sign with two crossed arrows pointing upward. Centered on the image, to the left, is a pale orange ink splash. On top of the ink is white text with a black border, which reads, "The Top 5 Misconceptions About Competitive Splatoon". To the right of the text is an orange-and-blue-haired Inkling who has a yellow hairpin shaped like a '3'; there is a puzzled expression on her face as she reads a very long piece of paper. There are two orange question marks hovering above her head.

Competitive Splatoon already comes with its own set of challenges to join the scene. Misconceptions shouldn't be one of them.

Here are five common misconceptions and how to break them down: www.splatoonstronghold.com/news/the-top...

I know it may not seem like much, but tysm for 150 ❤️

I have so many ideas and series in mind that I think would be useful for everyone and more interactive. It'll take some time, but I think it will be worth it.

YouTube video by Custom Get Better WITHOUT Focusing on Your Weapon

A quick video as food for thought for improving at your weapon and #Splatoon3 in general. The next topic I'll cover is patience, presented in a similar video style but slightly longer.

🔗: youtu.be/va3x8_Bup7E?...

Night and day difference already. Don’t be afraid to put more time into them as it’s worth the effort and gives you more of an identity to viewers.

Ngl, seeing your initial post gave me more motivation to start working out again and I’m seeing some results.

Nonetheless, I bet a lot of people haven’t gone to the gym at all this month, meaning you’ll have a one-up on them.

Keep pushing though when that motivation comes back💪

When it comes to strategy and information, you either want a composition/playstyle that:

1. Limits the information to the other team so they become hesitant.
2. Overloads the other team with information to make them overwhelmed.

Anything close to the middle makes a strategy too predictable imo.

Ngl, out of all the thumbnails and cover images I've made, these are the ones I'm most proud of. (Also, maybe a small insight into what's in the works...)

Birds, but they eat the meats…

Met affiliate requirements thanks to yesterday's stream c:

Custom8107 - Twitch Hi, I'm Custom, a former higher level competitive Splatoon 3 player. After stepping down from competitve, I'm taking on a new role as a coach and creator!

Open warmups -> Blaster series power grind (Maybe meeting affiliate requirements too👀)
twitch.tv/Custom8107
#Splatoon3

Once exams are done for the term, I kinda want to get back into competing in a few tournaments if I can work them in around my sessions.

I'd be down to do pickups if anyone would be interested.

Getting really close to affiliate c:

First Major Update was added.

Added Weapon Specific Discord Server Section (I NEED MORE!!!!)
Added Esport Bros TV to tournaments
Added 3 new guides
added a spreadsheet made by pika with over 100 VOD Channels for JP and some for the West

A little food for thought that would be useful to some:

Being able to improve at almost anything involves understanding AND applying what you’ve learned. You can’t apply what you don’t understand, and you can’t understand something if you don’t try to apply it.

Mega Document of Resources (Splatoon 3) Mega Document of Resources By Ezio! Made For the Competitive Splatoon 3 Hub Server https://discord.gg/nynke4rZD6 Mentality/IRL How *could* you beat this team? - YouTube How to use yo...

After 30 Hours of Work, Here is.. The Mega Document of Splatoon 3 Resources. This is one of the few things the new Competitve Splatoon 3 Hub will offer. #compsplatoon
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Custom's Coaching Corner (@custom's Community on Metafy.gg) Learn from the best that Splatoon 3 coaching on Metafy has to offer! This group contains exclusive guides & recordings that can be viewed by purchasing a tier. Public channels are for posting gear b...

Supporter tiers can be found here if you want a game reviewed during the session: metafy.gg/@custom

Higher tiers get priority.

With schoolwork done, I would like to announce the next Recon Mode group session!🥳

It'll be EU-friendly this time at 2 PM EST on Sunday, August 3rd, on Twitch. It'll be the last opportunity for all supporter tiers on Metafy to submit games for review.
#Splatoon3