That does happen a lot :) Certainly not a coincidence.When I'm at the brink of a rank up the game knows and gives me scrubs as teammates . Then I lose and don't rank up . So I always have to wait till I'm fresh to win.
I was really wondering if it was just me or something . :DThat does happen a lot :) Certainly not a coincidence.
After a few days of progressing back up the S ranks after my last losing streak and completely fooling myself that my big losing streaks were done, yesterday I had yet another one. I was tired of of the thought of having to get back up so I asked my son to get me back up instead. When he was at A+ 96 he received a complete rubbish team and lost. At that point he was tired of playing so I took over and I had an amazing elitre on my team three games in a row (I had to play three to get back up to S)—not only was he a great shot, he was everywhere, chasing down shooters, on the upper enemy level in bluefin depot, having 22/4 k/d ratio, etc. He was rank A but I'm sure it was just his alt account, he was way too good. I thought I'd lose him for my last game as an A+ but he was still on my team and it was an easy win. A rare gift from Splatoon, though I wonder if it was a matchmaking mistake...
I tried to take a walk whenever that happens, leaving my living room and going outside makes me figure out many things I couldn't during the matches.How do I deal with a losing streak?
Well first... I BREAK MY CONTROLLER IN HALF! THROW MY WII U THROUGH THE WINDOW! AND EAT STRING CHEESE!
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I'm pretty stubborn when I get on a losing streak. My mindset is "Okay.. just win one and turn off the game and take a break." But then you never get that one satisfying win. Then it's 5 in the morning and you have to go to sleep. But then you can't have decent sleep because you have nightmares about Splatoon.
You wake up at 12pm and rinse and repeat.
Recently though, I've gotten better at self-assessment. I'm figuring out what I'm doing wrong and adjusting accordingly.
I've been observing that when I reach the mid-S's eventually I start getting put on the noticeably weaker team. I just finished a session, starting at about S 52. I thought it was going ok at first but then my teams were repeatedly dominated. I upped my game but it made no difference overall (unsurprisingly) because my teams were generally a lot weaker than the other. To win I would have had to play like a good S+, which I know I'm not. So I ended at S 32.The only mode that is a huge wash is rainmaker, which sucks because that happens to be my favorite mode. I started a few nights ago at S48 and was doing pretty well on rainmaker (my best mode) and got up to S65. Feeling pretty good, I played another ranked game and that is when things started to fall apart. I know that I have a lot to improve (mainly better movement and sometimes flank timing), but the teammates I had for the next 6 or so matches did not understand the basic mechanics of rainmaker. Pretty much every time the rm shield was broken, my teammates that were literally near it would not take it and I would have to instead take the rm. The worst part was it took about 5 seconds later or so to decide to trying escorting me (no ink path for me), but by that time the enemy team would kill me.
I remember one match was so bad (Kelp Dome), that the rm shield was broken standing right next to our dome, and nobody on my team was picking it up. I saw the enemy team super-jumping near our spawn and I had to frantically get it to their enemy left spawn quad side. I admit that I'm not amazing by any means as the rm carrier and make my fair share of some silly mistakes, but really inking a path for the carrier as well as regaining map control (esp. mid) with our own ink really helps.
At that point I switch to Luna Blaster Neo and Special builder on all gear and just blow everything up. Seriously. Any Ranked mode is dominated by Splat Bombs everywhere.I've been observing that when I reach the mid-S's eventually I start getting put on the noticeably weaker team. I just finished a session, starting at about S 52. I thought it was going ok at first but then my teams were repeatedly dominated. I upped my game but it made no difference overall (unsurprisingly) because my teams were generally a lot weaker than the other. To win I would have had to play like a good S+, which I know I'm not. So I ended at S 32.
It's really bothersome...