Pokken Tournament Social Thread

[Nero86]

It's cool to play online and ranked, but I don't think I'll put effort enough on it to reach higher ranks.
Have you tried ranked matches?

 

[ThatSquidYouKnow]

Yeah. I mostly just play ranked for fun, I don't care about my rank. I know I'm pretty decent because I've beaten an A Rank of friendlies, but I don't want to take the time to increase my rank just for bragging rights.

 

[Nero86]

Yeah. I mostly just play ranked for fun, I don't care about my rank. I know I'm pretty decent because I've beaten an A Rank of friendlies, but I don't want to take the time to increase my rank just for bragging rights.

Yeah, brag Pokken Ranks to who? I'm too happy on Splatoon "scene", I think is one of the most open-minded communities. I've been a fighting game player since 90s, and I don't like its "community" as I do on Splatoon.

 

[Chaos_Knight]

I haven't touched Ranked at all in Pokken. I really don't see a difference between that and Friendly matches. It all depends on your skill.

 

[Nero86]

For me Friendly matches are harder than ranked. It's a cool game, but that doesn't mean I'm going to dedicate months exclusively to it.
After team matches in Splatoon (8 players at the same time) I can't feel fighting games as dynamic as they were to me years ago. Maybe I'm getting older lol

 

[Ansible]

Even with my n00b talent and in E5, rank matched right now feel a touch easier for me than the friendlies. And since I intend to play every character to skill level 100, I should not worry about my rank or win/loss ratio. Meanwhile, I'm just now entering Red League but it's such a boring slog. I'm overly tempted to pick a ranged fighter then spam ranged attacks from now til end of iron league.

But yeah, after maybe 200+hrs with Splatoon's team dynamics, Pokken feels kinda lonely at times. (Though my teammates are only randos I'm incommunicado with).

 

[Katow]

I've been playing Blaziken and really enjoying it. Haven't gone against another Shadow Mewtwo since the patch, but it felt like the biggest victory ever when I beat one last week. Overall it's really fun and I'm excited to see how they expand the roster over time.

The only forums/discussion I've come across is the subreddit /r/pokkengame
Pretty useful tips and strategies posted by theorycrafters.

 

[Ansible]

Lurked the Pokken subreddit. Seems competitive-minded, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to make use of it.

Anyone want to plan a get-together/throwdown sometime?