Splatfest Discussion Thread: The Iron Lines and the Calcium Nines

[Marmalade]

Because it took forever. When I was Champion, I was literally scared of the level thing wanting you to max the next rank at 150-200 before truly reaching max. When I found out Champion was the last leveling I had to do...I did the Squid Inktory dance.

Oh ok, I was almost under the impression that when you reach max ranked to can't contribute anymore for some reason because everybody stopped playing.

I had mostly good groups for a long time so reaching max didn't take that long, I think about 3 1/2 hours. The last 50 points took forever however, as I got matched up with some really bad players and we mostly kept loosing :c
The most important thing for was getting my mac rank through a won game and I managed that!

 

[~ Valkyrie ~]

Dat rambo...wasn't me though

A complete opposite happened to me today. Got my last laugh out of Tenacity-induced Inkzooka though.

 

[Egregore]

My real prize for the Splat Fest. Only, you know. . .17 rerolls later. <_<

 

[SkyBlue]

My real prize for the Splat Fest. Only, you know. . .17 rerolls later. <_<

D: that sucks!
I got super lucky and as I leveled it up it perfected itself.

 

[Egregore]

D: that sucks!
I got super lucky and as I leveled it up it perfected itself.

Eh, I ain't mad. I have so little gear that I need perfected that every piece counts a lot. Just happy I got it!

Congrats on your god-like RNG, though lmao.

 

[samuroleon]

Not happy with how you only get bonus points for >400p because that amount just requires basic knowledge of how to fire ink to get, while getting a really good total gets you nothing extra. Makes grinding the levels so much more annoying.

 

[Marraphy]

Congrats Team Dog!

Callie: "Team Cat was cooler, though."

 

[Zina_Magician_11]

I'm really surprised dogs won, as all the cats I played seemed to be all-around better players. I guess the popularity mattered more than I thought it would. Even though I was Dog Queen, I actually feel like you Cats deserved it more, at least given the pool of players I battled!

I heard you Cat Kings/Queens got more than 12 snails though? 16 or 18 or something?

 

[LMG]

I heard you Cat Kings/Queens got more than 12 snails though? 16 or 18 or something?

It was 18 for me. Time to add some slots

 

[Tyrfing]

Quick Question: How long did it take them to release the results of the NA Splatfest?
EU-Splatfest ended about 7 minutes ago.

 

[Joseph Staleknight]

Man, now I want to draw a Miiverse picture of Callie headdesking at her computer, complaining "I trusted you, internet..." while a dopey-looking Marie and a dog play in the background.

Otherwise, looks like Team Cat had a pretty good run this Splatfest. We didn't win the popularity vote, but we did win more matches so it evens out. Now then, time to prep for the next Splatfest!

 

[Rellek]

I don't understand... Team Cat gets the most wins even at a severe team count disadvantage and Team Dog wins because they have more people?

What the ****?

 

[Cyrus Dark]

I am still a bit confused, why do some many people stop playing when they reach their max level?
You can still help your team out by winning games, even after you reached max level, right?

Also congrats to team dogs! However, I did root for team cats, even though I am from the EU region.

The cats would have had to win a ridiculous amount of matches to actually win the title. Cats would have had to have a 61% victory percentage to actually win the title. Pretty steep road to climb.

 

[Tyrfing]

The cats would have had to win a ridiculous amount of matches to actually win the title. Cats would have had to have a 61% victory percentage to actually win the title. Pretty steep road to climb.

Actually, 57% would've been enough.
You forgot to decrease the dogs win percentage.
57x2 = 114
114 + 38 = 152
43x2 = 86
86 + 62 = 148
57% is absolutely possible.

I don't like the popularity stuff, though.
If they really want to take popularity into the results they should've made it:
6 Snails for Popularity victory
6 Snails for Battle victory
(Basically making it "two contests". A democratic one and a ...well more "aggressive" one.)

Winning both -> 12 Snails

Edit: Noticed it was 62 for dogs.

 

[DonkaFjord]

The popularity part kind of doesn't sit well with me- I saw so many team dogs complain about fighting each other, but team cat had to deal with 3 vs. 4, 2 vs. 4, and 1 vs. 4. I only encountered a single dog team with 3 players to the 13-20 matches I played on team cat where we had the team disadvantage (and sometimes we still won.) It almost feels like getting punished twice. Still, it's only 6 SS difference and it is just for fun.

It makes it tempting to choose the team that will be most popular and level up multiple accounts for that team.

 

[Funen1]

Even if @Geprodis's margin for victory was overestimated, the one that Cats would've needed still seems highly unreasonable. Heck, it's greater than the difference in the Rice vs. Bread Splatfest, which had completely bonkers rules to begin with. We don't have enough results data yet to see how much the win percentages might vary, but at the moment I'm inclined to agree with @JonCharles' assessment here. Having popularity factor into who wins looks too much like bad design.

 

[Mouldywarp]

Um did you actually have to be playing at 6 when it ended to see results? Just turned it on now and everything is back to normal... Kind of makes the whole thing feel a bit pointless.

 

[Mouldywarp]

Ignore last post, it came in 7pm inkopolis news time!

 

[DonkaFjord]

Even if @Geprodis's margin for victory was overestimated, the one that Cats would've needed still seems highly unreasonable. Heck, it's greater than the difference in the Rice vs. Bread Splatfest, which had completely bonkers rules to begin with. We don't have enough results data yet to see how much the win percentages might vary, but at the moment I'm inclined to agree with @JonCharles' assessment here. Having popularity factor into who wins looks too much like bad design.

I don't agree with giving the winning team 0 advantage/giving the losing team the same prize, because it is supposed to be a bit of a competition. I do agree it is odd- Maybe they won't count the uneven matches in the future? Because then the popularity score wouldn't feel like double dipping.

 

[Tyrfing]

Here are the European results:
Popularity:
Rock - 64%
Pop: 36%

Battles:
Rock: 53%(x2)
Pop: 47%(x2)

Overall results:
Rock - Pop
170 - 130


Team Rock has secured a great victory! :)