Amazing support in Tower Control

Friday, August 5th, 2016

I'm not convinced a charger is the best weapon for riding the tower. But it's actually not a bad choice on Camp Triggerfish. The tower is nearly always over water, with gaps from either side, and vulnerable mostly from long-range attack. Defending yourself along the route almost requires a charger. Not ...

Last-minute losers in Tower Control

Thursday, August 4th, 2016

The Splatterscope can get to the tower, and ink up it, in only a few shots on Walleye Warehouse. That's quite handy, but myabe not if I'm also the one intending to ride the tower. I splat one squid, but don't have enough charge for the other. I have an embarrassing ...

Hit and miss in Tower Control

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016

A new evening, more Tower Control. Let's give the Custom Blaster another shot. There's the usual confusion at the start, as both teams jostle around the tower, and I get splatted as I can't jump high enough to reach some ink. I get my aim in briefly, and we push the ...

Splattershot and Bubbler in Tower Control

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016

I'm about to quit for the night, but notice I am one battle away from being 'On Fire'. I can't leave it there, obviously, so I head back in. But as I have to win the battle to get fiery, I swap to something more reliable than the Custom Blaster ...

Zero-hour knockout in Tower Control

Monday, August 1st, 2016

No one jumps on the tower for the first 40 seconds of this battle! Admittedly, I am running around the side getting a couple of pre-emptive splats myself, but in my defence it is also me who first gets on the tower, and then rides it for half the map. ...

Last minute futility in Tower Control

Sunday, July 31st, 2016

My goodness, what are my squidmates doing in this battle? The one time I see one riding the tower, he jumps off just as I do, and that's before it resets to the middle position. I could understand their reluctance to ride the tower if a) they were successfully suppressing the ...

What Bubbler? Kelp Dome Tower Control

Saturday, July 30th, 2016

That first splat is so sweet! I even purposely wait a second longer to get that bit closer. I only notice on review that the charger is aiming at a squidmate, so thankfully that extra second didn't cost our team a splat. But that Luna Blaster is irritatingly better than ...

Blasting to the goal in Tower Control

Friday, July 29th, 2016

I'm kinda getting the hang of the Blaster. It helps to pay attention to the composition of the other team, see two chargers, and understand what they are likely to be doing. Or, perhaps, not doing, which is not look to their sides very often. Flanking a charger is an effective ...

Taking the tower alone in Tower Control

Thursday, July 28th, 2016

I've recently been facing Blasters in Tower Control and told myself to give them another try. Now's the time! But which Blaster? I suppose the default Blaster is the best newbies Blaster option, but maybe the Custom Blaster for its Bubbler special. That'll do, pig. A couple of all-too-brief battles end ...

Losing by a whisker in Tower Control

Wednesday, July 27th, 2016

The temptation to ride the tower is strong, even when I am playing a role that is not best squipped for doing so. I don't mind, though. Being splatted is not the end of the world, even if it is probably best not to. At leasting gettting closer to the action ...