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Aiko.Octo

Aiko.Octo

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  • Aiko.Octo
    Most days my endless hope and optimism and stubbornly wanting it badly enough are enough to keep me believing I'm still capable of overcoming my skill issues eventually.

    Today is just... not one of those days.
    Aiko.Octo
    So I wound up in a coaching group for folks preparing for Junior Draft and I participated in my first group session tonight and honest to cod it was so. unbelievably. fun. I should have gotten involved in group stuff years ago. I can't believe I let my shyness keep me from this for so long. Not to mention I got some actionable advice that I am hopeful about and excited to put into action. :>
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    y'all are lucky there's a character limit for these posts because I could easily gush for ten paragraphs about how much fun I had. I might also just be a little high on human connection right now lol
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    neonscreenlight
    playing with other people is probably the most fun you could ever have in this game tbh
    Aiko.Octo
    My solution to not having the energy to find someone to commission a PFP from and not wanting to just use a screenshot was apparently to....... paint-trace over a screenshot, lol. I am not sure if this actually works or just looks like a badly photoshopped screenshot but it'll do for now.
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    It was also very relaxing to do. I kinda gave up on art years ago because I couldn't ever make anatomy make any sense in my head but I always really loved coloring. I can easily zone out for hours on end just coloring.
    Aiko.Octo
    Did you know there are wikipedia pages for "Cephalopod Attack", "Cephalopods in popular culture" and "List of squid-faced humanoids" (don't ask me how I ended up down this rabbit hole) (It was definitely not looking up how hard an octopus can bite you)
    Aiko.Octo
    just registered for junior's draft and if all goes well this will be my first ever comp experience of any kind and I'm sooo nervous and excited and aaaaaaaaaa!!!

    I wonder how much practice I can cram into the next two weeks. I feel so rusty since I've barely had time to play all month with this move nonsense happening but.... there's still time to get back into the swing of things.
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    a hot mess
    a hot mess
    wanna test your skills?
    neonscreenlight
    neonscreenlight
    yeahhhhhh!! i did junior's draft last season and it was SO fun!! and it got me a lot more enthusiastic about the comp scene in general

    i signed up for this season too so maybe we'll play against (or even with???) eachother
    Aiko.Octo
    I hope I have time/energy to splatfest at all... it's moving weekend and we're gonna be up half the night packing and tomorrow morning we rent the uhaul and hope we can get everything moved over before we have to bring it back. Maybe I'll have time sunday if I don't spend the whole day asleep/recovering, hah.
    Aiko.Octo
    Salmon was weirdly hard today. Started out with four wave-one wipes in a row and a derank. Then I got six clears with a full king meter before the king finally showed up. But we got a gold scale and I got back into EVP, so I can't complain too much. I think I just wasn't expecting it to be that difficult, but I suppose a lot of the freelance life is luck-based after all.
    Aiko.Octo
    They should make a brella themed after a betta fish. Since they flare their gills when they feel threatened. I have no creativity to expand on this idea but this is extremely funny to me. (I also am suddenly realizing how sleep deprived I am right now so I am blaming that for these weird thoughts.)
    Aiko.Octo
    @.@......... this challenge is making me motion sick. I cannot process what is going on it's all so fast!!
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    I don't know if I'll be able finish my stamp card for this in time. I have won two out my last ten games and I don't even know where to begin troubleshooting what I am doing wrong, hah.
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    Aiko.Octo
    It's like a bunch of cars just getting into an endless series of head-on collisions with each other. Just instead of cars they're rollers.
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    I got my 5th stamp just barely in time! I can't tell if I actually finally started to get the hang of it or if it was just because it was putting me against lower-power teams but we suddenly started winning. I do feel like I learned a thing or two. And I got a kraken badge! :D
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    Few things in this world feel as amazing as when you end up in a full group of randos in salmon who all communicate well and stick together despite wipe after wipe after wipe and then finally clearing and taking down the king and getting a gold scale.

    I love you little inkfish in my screen!! I feel like we bonded through this experience even though we will probably never see each other again.
    Aiko.Octo
    oh heavens there are those days when I am anxious about sitting down to play anarchy games, but then I do and I just absolutely have the time of my life. Emotions are so heightened and I feel so alive and regardless of the outcomes I am just so overwhelmingly overjoyed to get to take part in this. I hope I find the opportunity to have this experience in a team setting one day.
    Aiko.Octo
    I feel under a lot of pressure lately to branch out from tetras and I know it would be good for me to diversify but it just breaks my heart a little. I don't know why I'm so emotionally bonded to these little squirt guns. The more people encourage me to use other weapons the more I feel attached to them and I cognitively know that's not great for like, my growth/development as a player but... man it's just hard.
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    NumberOneAries
    NumberOneAries
    I felt the exact same thing in my early days of playing this game. I used to main Aerospray and I got 4 stars on it. But as I began improving at the game I realized that the weapon just wasn't doing what I wanted it to for me. But I put in so much time, it felt almost rude to just ditch it. But you always have the experience and skills from that weapon to transfer to the new one. It's the best way you move on imo
    Grushi
    Grushi
    Honestly I feel like this game has so many fun weapons that whenever I "drop" my previous main I fall in love all over again with my new one, so I never really had that problem.

    It also helps that I mostly main brellas so I don't feel too homesick when grinding a new one. So, maybe try sticking to dualies? You'll indirectly get better mechanics with tetras if you do that!
    Aiko.Octo
    Aiko.Octo
    aaaaaa I appreciate you all so much <3 thank you all for the support.
    Aiko.Octo
    I finally got around to finishing a little personal clip video for Drizzle Season 2022 (over a year later lol) and it's got me overemotional and full of memories. Now I'm motivated to work on the memory-videos for the other seasons but I'm even more motivated to just go play more and make new memories. Like I can relive the old ones whenever I want but there's just so much memory-making potential right now, you know?
    Aiko.Octo
    oh my cod my dualies challenge experience was such an emotional roller coaster I can barely handle it. I had like a 30% win rate but in the end I got my last stamp by the skin of my teeth and I think I am just going to go collapse now.
    Aiko.Octo
    I took a break from one-starring weapons that I am terrible at to go get the last badge from side order. It was stressful but I finally managed on the 4th or 5th climb. Swim speed is everything.
    Aiko.Octo
    I finally caught up on one-starring all the order weapons and am moving on to one-starring the new season kits. Every time I do this I feel like the charger police is going to come arrest me for being so terrible with chargers.
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    Madt123
    I have not even beaten side order yet (I can only play 1hr 30mins a week now apparently which is kinda absurd in my opinion)
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