pixlsage

almost done with the roster of ssr!!

it does feel nice and fresh to be captaining a (mostly) new team, plus we're going straight into LUTI next week which will be fun

here's to a good run lmao

First tournament done with the new roster of SSR!
We went 2-5 sets in total, with 2-3 against unique teams (because of rematches...)

..AND WE WON A SET ON STREAM!!!

Thanks to @rossspl.bsky.social, @lunarrkriss.splstrong.com & Eden for playing!!

See yall in LUTI ;)

ability grinding in splatoon is my BIGGEST OPP

why can't i look nice and have good abilities at the same time without playing this game like a damn 9 to 5 😭😭

at least my naut build is done now.....

planning to do oneshot soon since i only missed 2/11 of them on my first playthrough, but that's for when i feel like replaying it

just finished adofai's achievements, the list of 100%ed steam games expands...
henry stickmin was a couple years ago but the other three are because i've started achievement hunting in my fav games

(my adofai playtime is a lot more than that, most of the stuff carried over from my itch file lmao)

Star Shower Redux is hosting tryouts for the new roster!
We've currently got quite a few to go through so we won't be having any more just yet, but it's likely that we'll introduce more once we get through our current group.

See the post below, and DM @pixlsage on Discord if you want to try out!

the path has started to clear. i'm feeling a bit better now, and i'm optimistic that we can get it right this time with @rossspl.bsky.social by my side as the co-captain.

here's to a good 2026.

#compsplatoon

status update!

obviously i'm still sad that we had some of our members leave - plus it's just Ross and me now - but i've started to look at the brighter side of things

thanks a ton to those who helped me start to feel better again. it'll take a couple days but star shower will be back in due time

sorry for the vent - this is basically just me gauging to see what the situation is and if anyone's got any tips for me

i'll post again in a couple days, hopefully i'll feel better by then

#compsplatoon

[4]

the team might be going on a hiatus for a little while for me to focus on my mental - if not, i guess it's either disbanding or we'll start looking for tryouts again.

do make sure to let me know either here or on discord (@pixlsage) if you'd like to join the team

[3]

we've had seven people join the team in total and that really isn't a great sign since we're just looking for a group of five and we're all the way back down to three now.

recently i feel like the range of FAs has been pretty dry for the type of people we're looking for too, which doesn't help

[2]

things aren't great at the moment.
my splatoon team @starshowerspl.bsky.social has just lost TJ and Lilly, two people who i saw as good friends - and i'm very sad to see them go.

..and this has caused me to lose my motivation to keep me going with the team.

[1]

honestly a way to properly deal with mid-bracket drops at all would be great (unless there is one and i'm blind)

would ending a set just add to the 'winning' team's set w/l without contributing to the match w/l?
if so this could actually be really useful for teams that drop midway through a bracket to avoid the non-drop team getting loads of match wins while still giving them the set overall

just my thoughts

i'm taking part in this, absolutely can't wait!! keep an eye out for me if you're watching :)

just made a few edits - i realised there were a couple grammatical and formula errors so they should have been changed!
the same link should still work to see the new version

for the new season, i made a rank/xp tracker in excel!!

here's a blank template for any data nerds like me who want to keep track of all their ranked games lmao
(you will have to save it as a copy to edit your own version)

1drv.ms/x/c/54270677...

#compsplatoon

Back again with another tourney run, this time 10th / 31 in 7 Seas #1 (finals in the second highest bracket)!
now enjoy our scuffed as hell photos

@pixlsage.bsky.social, @rossspl.bsky.social, @starpro10.bsky.social & TJ
as well as @rarelucario.bsky.social and Eden for subbing!!

Finally back with another tourney - this time, Smollusk Low-Level Spire!
Joint 9th really wasn't that bad for what we were seeded

@pixlsage.bsky.social
@rossspl.bsky.social
@starpro10.bsky.social
TJ - day 1 only
@brinewater.bsky.social - subbed both days!

Also, we've got a new team tag now!!

for getting above the player counts, is it every separate player or just the team?

what i mean is if you had a 4v4 tourney with 20 teams, would that count as 80+ (depending on subs/extra members) or 20 people?

well we lost so i think i was probably right

i'm the head TO and creator of this event & i'm really excited to finally be hosting another one after nearly 2 months!

the pilot didn't do terribly in terms of players, so i'm optimistic for this one too

We did Reach today and got 9th (top cut!)

@pixlsage.bsky.social - slightly addicted to Zimi
@rossspl.bsky.social - got confused which Dread he was on
@starpro10.bsky.social - cooked with CRB
TJ - "Ultra Stamp is just a bigger curling bomb"

TJ's on the team as a 4th, so we have a team tag now too!

2 tourneys in a weekend 😎
9th out of 21 in World 9 Mission 17 (top cut)!!

@pixlsage.bsky.social - "based mini"
@rossspl.bsky.social - "GG crab is real"
@starpro10.bsky.social - "PLEASE let me use booyah bomb in a photo"
Hydrant - "No torp no problem"

we took some banger photos afterwards too

happy to say we won against this fool >:)
thanks for the great set veater

i love being a captain, it's really fun at the moment
being able to guide a group of people towards something like this was so enjoyable

even if there were only 5 teams, i'm extremely happy with 2nd
here's to more tournaments to come!

might even do this over multiple seasons to see if i improve!! now that i think of it i could perchance make an excel template for those that want to do the same?

as the captain of star shower (@starshowerspl.bsky.social), i'm really looking forward to have ross on the team!!
it's almost like an honour to captain for one of the most known people in the eu div8 splatoon scene haha

Came 10th in World 9 today with Lily, Rocco and Pixel from the team j coach sad my pal Eve, we had a great rn until Top Cut where we went 2-0 round one. Was a lot of fun and hope we can play again

@pixlsage.bsky.social