Squidboards Update #3 - Testfire Montage, New Boards, and Community Reminders

What Multiplayer Mode Would You Want Added to Splatoon?

  • Team Deathmatch

    Votes: 14 12.6%
  • Free-for-All

    Votes: 11 9.9%
  • Multi-Team

    Votes: 8 7.2%
  • Capture the Flag

    Votes: 43 38.7%
  • Search and Destroy

    Votes: 6 5.4%
  • Domination

    Votes: 1 0.9%
  • Juggernaut

    Votes: 2 1.8%
  • VIP

    Votes: 4 3.6%
  • Infection

    Votes: 3 2.7%
  • Zombies

    Votes: 11 9.9%
  • Big Team Battle

    Votes: 8 7.2%

  • Total voters
    111
It's time for another Squidboards update! Splatoon launches next week, so the Squidboards staff is back in the kitchen getting ready for the big day. Hopefully you all are too!

Heading into the final weekend before the splatting begins, we've got some reminders and hot news for lunch today.


Community Reminders

First, Squidboards staff applications will be open until this Monday, May 25th, at 12:00 PM EST. You can apply for a staff position by clicking here. We have a wealth of applications for moderator positions, but we'd like to see more writers, as well!

And second, the Squidboards contest to win a copy of Splatoon continues until the launch of the game on May 29th. If you make at least 20 quality posts by this time, you are eligible for this contest.


New Boards at Inkopolis Plaza

Inkopolis Plaza will gain three additional boards – Forum Games, Original Content and Squid Social. Forum Games will be for fun threads to fool around in that have been populating the Crispy Calamari lately. Original Content will be for users who want to post their own artwork, Youtube videos, fanfiction, etc. without having to post it in General Discussion or the Crispy Calamari. And Squid Social will be for all the Social threads populating the Crispy Calamari. The only exception will be the Splatoon Social Thread, which will be the only social thread that is permitted in General Discussion.


Squidboards Community Montage

I'm very excited to make this announcement.

For this weekend's Global Testfire, I wanted to do something awesome to celebrate the final pre-release hoo-rah for this game. The Splatoon community has grown fantastically without the game even being released yet. Being able to play in these Global Testfires and get into the game before release has been such an awesome experience that I wanted to help remember it with a hand from everyone who loves the game just as much as I do.

Introducing the Squidboards Global Testfire Community Montage. This is a project that everyone can contribute to! By recording your gameplay during the final hour of the Global Testfire this weekend, you can then submit your clips to help create a montage full of gameplay from Squidboards users!

With the best of the best clips, I'll have a community montage ready by the time Splatoon launches next week!

To contribute to the Squidboards Global Testfire Community Montage:

-Play during the final Splatoon Global Testfire on May 23rd and record your footage (HD quality preferred!)
-Upload your clip(s) to the Internet (3 clip maximum per user) tagged with your information and submit it to the montage.
-If any of your clips have been picked, you'll see them appear in the final video!

I'll be posting again with the full details and submission process by this Friday, so stay tuned!
 
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Is the staff even considering a twitch stream app? This would probably be more important than a team section, especially since people will be streaming at release rather than doing squad/clan wars...
For example: http://i.imgur.com/fKQvGQd.jpg
 
I don't know what to think about the game and all that jazz when I've only tasted a glimpse of it. RIP me getting a free splatoon game, LOL. Maybe I could talk about how Splattershot Jr. is underrated, but there are a ton more weapons and perks to come in the full version that I want to try out before saying so.
 
My Splatoon Online Squads thread was moved nicely to the Crispy Calamari. It felt odd in the Tournament Listings. Thank you for making it more accessible for the community. I'm so happy for this. Inkopolis Plaza looks more variant now. Also super excited for the Squads/teams Board. I wonder if I'll get my Thread moved again :P. We will be nomads. But these new sections are great. I'm also excited to see the montage once it is done. Great work!
 
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Considering the fact that I'm not very active in this site, it's pretty much a given that I won't be getting a Staff position, but I don't mind that.

It is good to see changes in the site.
 
Nice updates!

I would participate in the Testfire montage, but my video(s) wouldn't be very good quality because I don't have a capture card :/
 
Fair. I did not think this would be a hard barrier for an active user but to get more applications, I do not mind removing this criteria.

I have reflected the change in the post. Users will no longer have to have 25 posts to apply.
I think that's a good choice to make now especially now that posts in the Inkopolis Plaza (or at least sections of it) don't seem to contribute to post count.
It's a pretty active part of the site, so telling applicants who potentially make many of their posts there (which isn't that hard considering the game isn't out yet) can't apply because their recorded post count isn't high enough wouldn't be very fair.
 
I think that's a good choice to make now especially now that posts in the Inkopolis Plaza (or at least sections of it) don't seem to contribute to post count.
It's a pretty active part of the site, so telling applicants who potentially make many of their posts there (which isn't that hard considering the game isn't out yet) can't apply because their recorded post count isn't high enough wouldn't be very fair.
This is an excellent point. Yes, some boards do not contribute to an official post count due to the nature of the content of the boards. It wouldn't be exactly fair to pin people for not having posts in the right area, you know?
 
Sweet update! So this means that we can totally show off our video content in the original content section without it being splatoon related, correct? GET HYPED!
 
A question about the clip submission. Say I upload the full hour of the Global Testfire to Youtube, like I did with the first 3. If I give you the exact time of a part I'd like for you to include in the montage, would that be fine? I'm going to guess no since it can be overwhelming, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
 
A question about the clip submission. Say I upload the full hour of the Global Testfire to Youtube, like I did with the first 3. If I give you the exact time of a part I'd like for you to include in the montage, would that be fine? I'm going to guess no since it can be overwhelming, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
Yeah that's fine. I can't guarantee that it'll be selected though, but that goes for every clip. However I'd prefer a direct download to preserve quality.
 
I would love to apply... but I have no experience with being a mod... =/ Ah well, looking forward to see the future of this fourm. =D
 

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