Whoa! They were on my team once, too!... They disconnected at the start of the game. My own shoutout would probably go to Sketch for having really stylish yet functional gear and a cool name, and for improbably running into me time after time - I saw them with at least four different weapons, including once after my eight-hour break.
So yeah, I played a little more after reaching royalty and after a break of several hours. Got my Charger alt to Fiend - won, lost, won for Team Marie. Nothing particular to mention. Then got my S alt to Fiend with the Rapid Blaster Deco - lost, lost, lost, lost, lost for Team Callie. I assure that I was not trying to sabotage her and I played my best but everything kept going wrong, both with myself and my teammates. Exactly the same as last time I played a Splatfest on that alt, in fact... .
Last thing, I went back to my main and decided to play with the Tri-Slosher and my classic gear (other than shirt) until I won a fair game (not 4v3 in our favour) against Callie (not a mirror). This took longer than it should have and connections were funky at times, but I was pleased with how I played in most of those games, including the last one on Kelp which was very closely-contested and enjoyable.
I also meandered around the Plaza and took in all of the Splatfest-specific features one last time. Dancing Judd and nodding Spyke and Capt. Cuttlefish are standard, but I also noticed for the first time that the fireworks were Miiverse posts... was it always like that? I made sure to read for one last time what Jelonzo told me when I bought a shirt from him when I couldn't change clothes (using my Charger alt, which doesn't have much gear so was able to buy something). Also, on my S alt, I discovered what it's like to go into Inkopolis Tower without having voted: the option to play is greyed out (although Private Battles are still allowed) and, I think, the squid LEDs in the background are monochromatic.
I had a stint in the training area and enjoyed the changing volume of the muffled music based on the distance from the north-east corner, and noticed for the first time that the training dummies grow and shrink and glow very subtly to the beat of the music - definitely unique to 'fests. I closely observed the radius of the glow from my Inkling, which I think is only visible at night (i.e. during a Splatfest).
Finally, I did something that I once tried a few Splatfests ago - with some difficulty, I set up my Gamepad so that it zoomed in, hands-free, on Marie's dancing in the Plaza aaand I stepped back and danced along. Was the only person in the room, so although I looked like an absolute idiot, it was fun.
G'night, Splatfests. Let's see what the future brings!
