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All of the recent doomposts and videos about how the competitive Splatoon scene dying have stirred a lot of feelings in the community. For many, including me, these posts have begun igniting a spark to create and do more for the scene and game we all love. Article ported from the Splatoon Stronghold website The current problems in the scene are fixable, some more easily than others. I'm fortunate to have the resources and such an awesome team at Stronghold that shares my passion for the community. Next week we will be releasing our project roadmap for 2025, some of those projects are targeted at resolving current issues in the scene. We've fallen into a dangerous cycle as a community. We've become reliant on a new game coming out to grow our scene. Before Splatoon 3 launched, the main topic of discussion in the scene was about how we need to prepare for the incoming players. Very few people/orgs actually invested in setting up spaces and creating easy ways for new players to...

Hello inkling and octolings! We are here to announce the conclusion of the first season of the Stronghold Beginners Academy! The Stronghold Beginners Academy (SBA) is a service that Splatoon Stronghold provides for newcomers to bridge the gap between them and the full competitive scene! On December 22nd 2pm Eastern Time (EST) Splatoon Stronghold will be hosting the Academy Showcase event where the teams will battle it out to claim the title of Valedictorian and win a Sendou badge! Want to see the details of the tournament and see who's competing? Check out the tournament's page on Sendou! Splatoon Stronghold also has a surprise to reveal at the end of the tourney, so keep your eyes peeled for that!

Wave 2 of the Splatoon 3 DLC has been released!

After over a decade as it's steward, AlphaZealot will be stepping down as the owner of Smashboards as well as Squidboards as of June 1st, 2023

Splatoon 3 is just over the horizon, and today we got our biggest batch of new information to dive into yet! If you missed the Direct, you can check it out on the link up above. There's a ton of information to get into, so we'll do our best to recap as much as we can!

INKoming! Nintendo’s surprised fans today with a new trailer and release date for Splatoon 3. The trailer showcases one full round of Turf War in new map Eeltail Alley, revealing some interesting features we can expect to see in the game’s approaching release.

Our first Splatoon 2 SQSS event is now scheduled for Saturday, April 16th! The Squidboards Splat Series is an online Splatoon 2 tournament series that is free-to-enter tournament for players of all skill levels.

Hi all, Hope you're all doing well, staying safe, and staying healthy as we progress further into this new year. We truly appreciate those of you that have stuck around, and the new members that have joined us. We're looking forward to Splatoon 3, and more good times to be had with both the two current Splatoon titles, as well as Splatoon 3. That said, we're looking to add to our staff team here on the forums. Particularly, we are looking for moderators who can help us keep the site clean of spam and bots, and otherwise. This role would be completely voluntarily, with no work amount obligation. As in, feel free to lend a hand when you can, or when you might happen across something while using the site. There is no time or work minimum that needs to be met. We're just hoping to find some users that might be interested in helping maintain the forums in some of their free time. If this sounds like an opportunity you might be interested in, please send me a DM at your...

That's right, it's back! The Squidboards Splat Series returns on December 11th with a free-to-enter tournament for players of all skill levels. Get your team together and sign up on Battlefy to compete! Be sure to join our Discord server for the day of the event, and check the event page for rules and more information! We're very excited to bring this event back, and hope you can all join us for our first event back. Battlefy Discord Squidboards Event Page

We're making some adjustments to Premium on Smashboards and Squidboards

Hello squids! Here today with an update on Squidboards! With Splatoon 3 now announced, it was time for a little bit of spring cleaning around the forums.

Yesterday's Nintendo Direct featured the official reveal of SPLATOON 3!!! Need we say more?

The age old question still hasn't been answered. Which came first? Time to pick a side...again!

The end of 2019 marks the continuation of a prolonged drought of updates to Splatoon 2. Fortunately, 2020 intends to serve up not one, but two additional Splatoon 2 patches in the coming months.

In the past, Fornite has welcomed the likes of John Wick , Pennywise, and Thanos into its world. Now, is it time for some squids to grab a victory royale?

Splatoon 2's patch 4.5.0 doesn't drop until tomorrow, but Nintendo has made available the expected changes for tomorrow's update in a patch notes release.

Our online Splatoon 2 tournament series returns with our next event slated for Sunday, March 17th!

Reported earlier today by MyNintendoNews, Splatoon 2 players should expect an incoming update arriving sometime in the middle of next month.

Hello squids! Here today with an update on Squidboards' sister website Smashboards! On June 3rd Smashboards will be undergoing a very large update for most of the day. Squidboards will not be seeing the same large update, at least for a while, but it will be affected by this upgrade.

Looking to prepare for the US Inkling Open later this month? Why not try your hand at our warm-up event next weekend!?