Hey everybody!
If you are at all interested in Splatoon tournaments or growing the Splatoon community, please read this post. We are trying to get Nintendo to add a spectator mode and LAN support to Splatoon, and we need as much of the community to help us as possible.
Why is LAN necessary? At the moment, in order to have a single match for a Splatoon tournament when custom lobbies are available in August, you would need 8 Wii Us connected to the venue’s internet in order to have two teams play. The internet at the venue would have to be spectacular in order for the game to run without hiccups. This effect would be significantly worse if a venue had multiple setups. This game is so unique, fun to play, and great for spectators, and so it only makes sense that Splatoon can be very big. However, the lack of LAN support can severely hurt the community’s growth, as it adds yet another barrier that venues will have to face in order to host tournaments. A game store or hotel internet can only take so much.
Why do we need Spectator mode? In order to be able to stream a view from each player in a match, a streamer would currently need to have each Wi U equipped with a capture card. Assuming you’re paying approximately $150 per capture card, that comes to a total of $1200, and that’s a lot of money. Very few people will be able to stream Splatoon tournaments with much quality, severely limiting the amount of new people we can attract to the community. Online tournaments are not currently capable of being streamed at all.
With both LAN support and a Spectator mode, being so important to allow Splatoon to have a healthy and long-living community, we ask that everyone please help out. This game is so unique and fun that it deserves to be at the top with all the other big names.They want this game to last long as well, so if enough people ask they will listen to us. Get out there and support this game and add another Nintendo game to the big times.
Here’s how you can help:
Spread the word to other Splatoon fans!
Tweet at Nintendo using #Splatoon!
Send a letter to Nintendo! (Nintendo US Corporation P.O. Box 97033. Redmond, WA 98073)
Call Nintendo! (425-558-7078)
Post on Miiverse!
Join the Facebook group!
Sign the Change.org Petition!
We’ve gone ahead and made a sample letter that you can send to Nintendo through e-mail or the normal mail, as well as sample Miiverse posts. You can find them here. Of course, you can always write your own as well.
If anyone is fluent in a language other than English (especially Japanese) and is willing to help us translate things, please send me a private message.
If you are at all interested in Splatoon tournaments or growing the Splatoon community, please read this post. We are trying to get Nintendo to add a spectator mode and LAN support to Splatoon, and we need as much of the community to help us as possible.
Why is LAN necessary? At the moment, in order to have a single match for a Splatoon tournament when custom lobbies are available in August, you would need 8 Wii Us connected to the venue’s internet in order to have two teams play. The internet at the venue would have to be spectacular in order for the game to run without hiccups. This effect would be significantly worse if a venue had multiple setups. This game is so unique, fun to play, and great for spectators, and so it only makes sense that Splatoon can be very big. However, the lack of LAN support can severely hurt the community’s growth, as it adds yet another barrier that venues will have to face in order to host tournaments. A game store or hotel internet can only take so much.
Why do we need Spectator mode? In order to be able to stream a view from each player in a match, a streamer would currently need to have each Wi U equipped with a capture card. Assuming you’re paying approximately $150 per capture card, that comes to a total of $1200, and that’s a lot of money. Very few people will be able to stream Splatoon tournaments with much quality, severely limiting the amount of new people we can attract to the community. Online tournaments are not currently capable of being streamed at all.
With both LAN support and a Spectator mode, being so important to allow Splatoon to have a healthy and long-living community, we ask that everyone please help out. This game is so unique and fun that it deserves to be at the top with all the other big names.They want this game to last long as well, so if enough people ask they will listen to us. Get out there and support this game and add another Nintendo game to the big times.
Here’s how you can help:
Spread the word to other Splatoon fans!
Tweet at Nintendo using #Splatoon!
Send a letter to Nintendo! (Nintendo US Corporation P.O. Box 97033. Redmond, WA 98073)
Call Nintendo! (425-558-7078)
Post on Miiverse!
Join the Facebook group!
Sign the Change.org Petition!
We’ve gone ahead and made a sample letter that you can send to Nintendo through e-mail or the normal mail, as well as sample Miiverse posts. You can find them here. Of course, you can always write your own as well.
If anyone is fluent in a language other than English (especially Japanese) and is willing to help us translate things, please send me a private message.
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