Beginner's Guide to Callouts and Team Coordination in Splatoon games and beyond - Squid School 

Honestly I still don't fully understand the point of "Ouch..." LOL

@@chillfactory9000 I use it to let my team know "hey, I'm down, the person who killed me is still a threat and near where I died" it's basically a free location callout, complete with a visual

And “Help!” in Salmon Run

@@chillfactory9000 I use it specifically for when someone is coming at us from behind and catches me off guard so my teammates get a bit of a warning to be able to react but people use it differently (some players say ouch after every death 💀)

@@cryptid-king I got in the habit of saying ouch after every death tbh lol

This channel has had a running joke, "this is also dating advice" that started in the Finding Your Team video. I probably could have slipped a few of those in here. It would've been really on the nose talking about the praise to criticism ratio, one of those sources is explicitly about family relationships.

​@@SquidSchooldo you think a psychology degree could give me a competitive advantage? i feel like im plateauing....

If you don't, you're throwing tbh@@ratofthecity6351

Hahaha go get em champ

Saw a clip with pro apex team messing around going “I need a FLATLINE” “I can’t get you one we don’t have one” “WELL FIND ONE”

​@@lasagnatray7879classic HisWattson haha, honestly such a shame he's not in any team anymore

eh...my "ego" does rely on winning, so maybe my teammates should play better when i'm constantly dying because of them not listening but hey you do you. :/ not like you'll be better than me...

@@vaniillazilla friend, i think this is a good example of why you need to set your ego aside. there's only so much communication you can do in a random match, but if you're on voice you need to consider exactly why you're not being listened to - noone wants to work with a leader who will blame all mistakes on them. chemistry and good tone with your team will help you win, and short of that, at least you can try to have fun in the process. i sincerely hope you have a better time doing callouts in the future.

unlike what you assumed, i do communicate. don't doubt my skills and try to blame it on me bc i get stuck on a team with timmys, my dopamine relies on winning. i have to be good at something or otherwise i'm not good enough to be a human being. no, i don't need a therapist as i believe that mental health"professionals" are a scam.​@@azureforest

Yeah, that's a really hurtful thing of your teammate to say :/ You definitely deserve to be treated better

@@SquidSchool It wasn’t from my team that I recently joined I was playing league with some other players and I could tell that the guy was getting a bit tilted.

@@smidge742 yeah, red flag, avoid teaming with players who say stuff like that.

I understand their frustration but it is no excuse to put some one else down, you want to splatling you are allowed to play splatling!

@@k-bot187 Not to mention that if someone doesn’t play Splatling they can’t get better at it

Keep running, it's good for you! The big thing in Splatoon 3 will be learning the callouts on the new maps; if you haven't learned the returning Splat 1 and 2 maps already, that'll be a good memorization exercise to help get you caught up; I need to go learn the S1 maps myself, I got into the series in 2018, I've only played that game for 2 hours!

Spalt 3 lol.

Lack of patience is from the 1000 hrs of overwatch 😹

This is acceptable

@@SquidSchool Accidentally dehydrated the raisins. Um. I have the bag the grapes were in still.

@@PygmentSplat You can keep that

Still one of the best special pushes I've ever been a part of, that was just a moment of brilliance.

@@SquidSchool shot calling Doovy tent for splat 3??? 👀

@@devvydoovy You're picking up tent??

@@SquidSchool it’s the one heavy weapon I struggle with most. Idk if I’ll fully take to it, but it’s been an idea. Since I do know how to be a distraction in games.

LOL I've never heard it called that, that's hilarious

It's pretty common among League of Legends players as well.

SAME! I searched it up and all the vids were meh but I love squid schools vids so hooray

Me too!

"Who Asked? (affectionate)"

As someone who's dippin into OW competitive, multitasking is essential as much as gamesense is. The games can get really chaotic

I'm seeing all sorts of team recruitment posts looking for A rank players, like, you're more than qualified. I have a video on finding a team that's linked here, but to paraphrase it, you're looking for people who have the same goals that you do. Skill mismatch isn't even necessarily a bad thing; when I played for the Grillers, there were some players on that team who were considerably better than me, but they were more laid back and I was more ambitious, and it just so happened that we never had a problem. But being quad X opens a lot of doors for you, and it's just a matter of hunting through team recruitment posts on Discord and networking with people you've played with until you find an opportunity that feels really good. Everyone's going to be looking when Splatoon 3 comes out, there'll be no shortage of chances to play for you. Thank you for the kind words!

Man, now I'm a little worried as an A ranker... Like, sir, you have absolutely reached top-level play. YOU alone are absolutely NOT going to be the reason that a team loses.

@@sherbertshortkake6649 When I say top level, I'm talking about much stronger players than even me, usually at least 2800XP or of comparable mechanical skill to someone who's got there. The difference between 2200 and 2800 is very significant, and there is still a lot to learn at this player's level. That said, they're well past the point at which people start learning coordinated competitive play, and I think they won't have any problems finding a team just because of their rank.

i like playing competitively but im super low level

Yes, this was a good surprise for me as well, usually competitive playing and empathy/positivity don't go hand in hand

Of all the competitive gaming communities, you're in the right one. It's more gender-diverse than any other esports community, and I know you'll find other neurodivergent players or people who will do their best to be understanding and make it work. That's not to say it'll be easy; navigating relationships with friends and teammates isn't easy for anyone. But if you're up front and honest about who you are and what you need and you can stomach a few people not understanding before you find the right ones, there's someone out there for you. Just say up front that you have X y and z problems in relationships, that you need a b and c kinds of support from people to get along with them, and then it's up to them whether they're willing to do those things for you. If anything new comes up that you didn't ask for at first, just bring it up right away. The best you can do right now is enough for you to be able to go out and find people that are good for you. Hey look at that, another "this is also dating advice" moment

i’m making a semi casual team and if you’d want to join that’d be fun, lmk if you want

I'd reccommend looking into some of the lgbt+ discord servers for splatoon! There's quite a few, but most lgbt servers have a more even gender split and low tolerance for toxic players. You'll probably want to join a smaller server if you get intimidated by huge groups, but like I said, there's tons out there

I can relate to this. Been wishing to find a team of my own because I have not done competitive since splatoon 1. I have autism and adhd so I understand having trouble memorizing lots of details and putting it in social situations like teams. If you want a team member we could try being one together. We can start out slow on turf wars or salmon run to learn how each other plays and get used to each other then when both are comfortable and learn each others ways of doing things then maybe go into ranked. I'm a girl too so I get the boy thing. Or not, I am a random person in the youtube comments sections so I can understand if not. :)

Thank you, I appreciate you saying so! Glad we could help!

Whoa whoa whoa slow down, I'm an old man, that's too many memes at once for me

I'm not sure, but maybe you can lower the volume of the music in the settings

I would listen to their EP

Thanks to TheGaffe for that! He was the guy who taught me how to use Premiere for the How to Get Out of Ranked videos, does some cool stuff on Twitch with a game engine that he uses as a streaming platform with objects representing users that have physics and he can play with.

Thanks! The ink pouring animation and sequence was made by TheGaffe, he does some really innovative stuff on Twitch.

Thank you!

Hello there

@@ChargedBonsai98 General Kenobi!

@@ChargedBonsai98 cam stop stalking me

@@froyo5950 no

Yeah I know this video was made for me but wait what people don't use Nintendo switch online

You know she'd be a COD player Heh heh...cod

I run my switch HDMI cable into a monitor, and then run an aux cable from the monitor's sound output to the pc's line-in (this would be the microphone input on the back of the pc). Then all of your sound will run through your pc. You might need to look up how to configure that microphone port as line-in if it doesn't do it automatically. I use a usb mic, which keeps the port free for this.