The Whiprays return to Top 32
@SofaKingStream
flip a whole brick into an Empire stop playin w me
@RiddFONKS
you see it? I rly did this I'm rly HIM
Eon we gettin that Pirate Bay alien shishkabob cordycep MONEY
@N8te_Gr8te
I hope them aliens are real so I have more things to FUCK
So extremely thrilled that the Whiprays have become home to such terrific folks, and hoping that each day we play together I can give them back a fraction of all the support and care they've shown me.
For a time, I couldn't stop the tears, but this time the tears were happy and relieved to have tangible proof that I was still valued. My team ripped me out of my slump, we got a bit of grinding in this past week or so, and we landed our 2nd Top 32 placement EVER as a result.
I told them I was going to quit Splat, and was looking into pass transfer for LTC. They responded with an outpouring of love and support the likes of which most of us reserve only for family...and something equally soft and loving inside of me was resuscitated.
Haven't done one of these posts yet on main, but today is World Bipolar Day and I've just matched my Low Ink PB, so let's root out some stigma, yeah? I have lived with Bipolar Type II since birth, and it will plague me until the day I die.
Far too often, prolonging my own death is an actual, active struggle that I have w my own brain. I've been giving so much of my heart, mind, and body to Splatoon 3. Losing sleep, eating poorly, etc. It finally came to a head this month.
Been in danger of losing my job, been largely absent from friend and family stuff, and pretty much completely put Splat aside while I was bedridden and trapped in my own thoughts. Until last week, when I came clean to my family, my friends, and my team about what I was feeling.
Because the LUTI Seeding Council isn't hearing this nearly as much as they should, I think our Div is spot on, and my only regret is not getting better results etched in stone prior to the season.
Being the only NA team in our whole group is a lil weird for scheduling tho
Happy Birthday to From the Ink Up, who is turning 40 today!! Wow that is old! Even older than me, who will be commentating Round 2, Semis, and Grands for a milestone FTIU 40 TONIGHT!
Come catch ya boi starting approximately at 10pm eastern (links below)
Keeping it short/sweet. Absolutely in love with my team, they’re inspiring youth in my old ass. Felt like we popped off in this one, new heights for the Whips incoming. Social scene at LTC un-matched. Major LANs, as per usual, heal all worldly ills. Cloud 9 rn, ready for the next
Our fourth major was a rousing success, and was by far the most fun and fulfilling one yet, both on the Splattlefield and off.
We were shocked and amazed that so many of you wanted to talk with us, and we hope you all know that the love and support goes both ways.
Some strong matches in today's Low Ink, as we finish 3-3 with great reps against three Top 32 squads. GGs to everyone, and thanks for a challenging day!
3-0 Hallucination
1-2 Matter of Opinion
3-0 Splatsville Idol Group
0-3 Ink Black
3-0 RNG
0-3 Calamity Forge Neo
LUTI Season 1 is what drew me into comp Splatoon...and in Splat 3 I've been lucky enough to be streamed on this very program three times, as well making playoffs last season. Commentating for LUTI Tonight is, in many ways, a dream come true! Excited for this new chapter :)
Snagged a live from the venue interview with
@SofaKingStream
for the Popcast to get a better in person perspective on what we didn't see on stream for Genesis. Will go live on Monday at 6p est along with my thoughts on the whole event.
Coping mechanism: keeping hair and beard neat. Messy reminds me of an awful ZZ Top college era. After stymying depression to open 2024, both are grown out more...fuck it, mindset different, seeing progress in Splat, the vibe for Genesis will be rugged adaptability. We ball w this
Racist: makes inadequate apology
White person: Yeah, this sounds like the kinda nothingburger, self-serving apology I would make if I was in this scenario, this was a good apology
While I liked my scruffy Genesis look, I wanted to clean things up for being back at work today...
DO NOT TRUST BOOMERS TO CUT YOUR HAIR BRUH, this lady FUCKED my shit UP, I look like a Republican 😭😭😭
If they had regularly-held Splatoon LANs where you could sit outside on a lovely spring day with a breeze coming in off the lake and a brewski in hand while spectating some splats, I'd be attending those on the daily.
Instead, I settle for baseball
A lot that can't be put into words about one of the best weekends of my life.
In the weeks prior to this event, I felt a little stuck in this game, not sure where to look to improve.
Thrilled to announce that I'm joining the FTIU team! I'll primarily be helping commentate but will also be manning Battlefy and helpdesk.
Catch my debut block this Friday for Top 8, Semis, and Grands!
FTIU Socials:
@FromTheInkUp
Wowowow!! An absolute banger start to a new series from Kale of THIS IS FINE! Great pacing and integration of outside views, relevant graphics you can save for your own reference...if you're looking to get into starting your own team, this will surely become a must-watch series!
My 1st YT video is out!
Please consider liking & subscribing to support my new channel 🙏🥺
I'll be uploading 3 times a week throughout my winter break🫡 Link below!
Part 1/13
Never understood "Well, they've been there before" re: seasoned playoff teams having an edge. If you're good, you're good, being new to it shouldn't mean much...
Having sniffed Top Cut at a major for the first time, I get it. Those lights feel bright. But now we've been there :)
The greatest benefit of LAN tournaments is the burst of energy and motivation they provide as they yank you from your adult tedium and thrust you into a world where the game is everything. For those of us where Splatoon is our primary time sink, LANs are a sweet nirvana.
The Whiprays competed in our 4th LAN Tournament as a team at Genesis X this weekend, finishing in 3rd place in Silver Bracket! We were thrilled to be featured on stream not once, but twice; including our first streamed set win at a major LAN!
Roster and Results below:
Splat Tim has breaking news! The Whiprays are recruiting a slayer/skirmisher who plays Splash, Shots, Zap, Dualies, Stamper, Wipers, or something similar...
Join our Discord server (in bio) and ask for the tryout role! Full details are in our server announcements :)
SendouQ is really fun and cool but I suggest a reporting feature for unresponsive/unreachable randoms.
Either way though this is way better than Open and when we're not scrimming, I plan on using this as the primary method of team practice going forwards
Thrilled to announce that I'm joining the FTIU team! I'll primarily be helping commentate but will also be manning Battlefy and helpdesk.
Catch my debut block this Friday for Top 8, Semis, and Grands!
FTIU Socials:
@FromTheInkUp
The Whiprays finished 4-1 in LUTI Season 13 Div 8 Group D, and are headed to playoffs!
Thank you to everyone who tuned in to LUTI Tonight, hopefully you were entertained by our sets!
Lots of growing to do, and be on the lookout for our official Team Twitter, launching soon!
*record scratch*
Yup, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation. Let's ignore that, and instead I'll tell you how I got out of it
Low Ink is cool because on the third Saturday of every month you can spend a little over 4 hours hanging out with your friends trying desperately not to shit your pants out of pure stress!
Was super depressed/tired all day but then Whiprays set a new PB in SoS and were a few sneezes away from making Hammerhead for the first time. Looking forward to this weekend's tournaments :)
Milestones for today:
First time playing Low Ink 3 months straight
First time winning record by game count (10-8)
Day 2 for 2nd time and 2nd month in a row
Still finished 3-3, and I'm still struggling with feeling like dead weight, but ya boi coming out strong in bracket tomorrow
How else to celebrate reaching
#LowInk
Day 2 for the second time (and second consecutive month) than on the game's greatest map/mode combo to date?
@SofaKingStream
The Splash Man
@RiddFONKS
Splatling Hero
Eon - Literally Our Whole Offense
@Rittyissad
Thank you for flexing TTEK
Whiprays are in desperate need of a +1 for the Inkademy Speed Ladder tomorrow at 1pm eastern.
Everyone deserted me and we need a sub :(
If you're cool you'll DM me and play with me, Cuber, and Ritty
For all those who tried out for us, know that we belabored this decision for a long, long time. We had a lot of great candidates; this was a tough one.
Super excited for the future of the team moving forward. Expect big things from us December and onward into 2024.
The Whiprays have a special Thanksgiving announcement! We have concluded our tryouts, and have selected
@N8te_Gr8te
to join our revitalized roster of 6 (with Riddm's long-awaited return coming soon, as well)
Trembling, I respond, “I’d really just like to be mid-level before I’m 30”.
I blow out my candles. The room is silent, for they know not what a Splatoon is. My mother hands me another party hat; mine has broken. The cake is delicious.
One year remains.
Today's second announcement is for the oldies - The meme 30+ tournament is finally happening on March 30th!
- 32 teams (max)
- Double elim, Splat Zones Only
- At least 3 players must be 30 or older; any others must be 20 or older
Let's relax and reminisce on our younger days...
Need a game to play aside from Splatoon to help counter burnout/tilt, preferably something that runs well on Steam Deck.
Leaning towards Slay the Spire, thoughts fellow gamers?
My Directorial Debut...I laid out the vision for this short in a fugue state in VC...I'd like to thank the Academy, and Nate for bringing it to life...now please go watch it a bunch or I'll lose my house, my dog, and my team...
When searching for pizza images to use for my newest Canva masterpiece, I tried saving this one as just 'pizza'. Turns out that file already exists on my machine. I chuckled to myself, and tried 'pizza2'.
Also taken. I think I have a problem😂🍕
THE ILLEGAL LOW INK GAMBLING PARLOR RETURNS!
Don't tell Popgun, we're just serving pizza, remember?
We are eepy from LTC and have limited availability to play Low Ink this weekend...
Which means our biggest gambling event ever! Join us for a two-day watch party (link in bio)!
@Aloschus
@sendouink
Not a full story, more a cool fun fact, but out of the 457 teams in LUTI Season 13, only three of them were also in LUTI Season 1: Los Inklings, Day Old Sushi, and my own team, The Whiprays.
It's officially Low Tide City Week!
Is this your first Low Tide City or even your first Splatoon LAN? Tune into my stream on Wednesday May 8th at 9:30pm ET / 6:30pm PT where we will go over everything to make sure you are prepared and getting the most out of your LAN experience!
The online capabilities of SMB Wonder are extremely enticing. I can easily see myself being obsessed with this game, and 4-year-old me that got hooked on video games via Super Mario World way back in the day is giddy today
Being around so many members of the community who prioritized wholesome, fun interactions helped me to worry less and grow more.
The best metric for performance is consistent growth, and I felt that from both myself and my team this weekend.
Scrubbing sauce stains off my tupperware at work when I said to myself, for reasons known only to God, the phrase "Cronky bois"
I turned to see a fellow employee reading quietly. They did not react to my cringe, but this display of my powerful aura clearly affected them greatly
Falco past div 8 rep, myself as well, Whiprays v. Tactirulers past div 8 matchup, now an all div 8 stream...something fishy going on here...
Excited to kick off the Week 2 cast!
An auspicious day has dawned in Whipray history; for today is our team's 8th anniversary! We've been around and kicking since the start of the Splatoon franchise, and while the tennis balls on our walker are certainly showing signs of wear, we ain't slowing down :)
Any frontline besties looking to win FTIU? Whiprays need a +1 on Friday, hit us up on Discord if you wanna win a Sendou badge with Sofa, Eon, and Riddm :D
If you say "and TWO shots of VODKA" as you glug-glug-glug creamer into your morning coffee, that DOES validate the bad calorie decision you're about to make
Still excited for LTC but struggling with a spike in anxiety/depressive thoughts in the past week or two.
Doesn't seem like a remnant of S.A.D. since the weather has been better lately, just not rly sure how to break out of this funk and feel mentally prepared for the trip
I've never really done the X Rank grind before this Season's Whipray power race...
I didn't quite realize how brutal dropping three straight 2-2s in a row was.
That being said, the immeasurable satisfaction felt from finally dropping a fourth straight 2-2 series made up for it
@falcoflyer11
Falco the GOAT on comms, production, at the fire pit, and in the LAN PB, just the consummate professional in all that you do, and you will be a terrific parent!