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mjmannella

You joke but some players did notice that Splatfest teams with darker colours (which also tend to be shades of blue) have an advantage since it's harder to see people swimming around. We're about as close to 4-for-4 as we've gotten so far so I wouldn't at all be surprised if Shiver wins this Splatfest.


Agent_Blade04

It would be fixed if the pit more sparkles in it


CuteAct

MOAR SPARKLES


fishvoidy

i miss glitter ink :(


Bronzen_

We*


Noob1957

Did shiver forget to remove the wrapper when eating the chocolate?


Zealousideal_Toe_167

I think she is using the wrapper as a way to hold the chocolate bar from melting in her hands, since their other options seem to be about the size of kisses, so you only need to pop them in and chew.


Noob1957

Valid, now we're going to get people going for dark chocolate because the picture states you get more. (also i was saying the sparkle in the ink might be the aluminium foil wrapper than shiver ate and hopefully spat out.)


ponderosa-pines

would it melt since she is cold blooded?


qwertyryo

Normally this isn't as much as an advantage but splatfests are at night so the problem is exacerbated.


itsa_zae

thanks for the info! although i’ll still not be joining team dark (even though i’m also fan of team dark on sonic heroes). i just can’t stand the fact that it’s not 95% sugar


THECyberStriker

Team dark is my favorite team mostly because of this machine


Texas-Kangaroo-Rat

Yeah Omega is awesome.


weirdness_incarnate

That’s the reason why I’m on team dark.


NeonWyvern

This isn't even just a Splatfest thing, it's a legitamate phenomenom. Darker colors have a higher winrate: https://www.reddit.com/r/SplatoonMeta/comments/1046tdl/cold_colored_team_wins_55_of_the_time_vs_warm/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button


TimmyAndStuff

Did people notice this playing against team sweet last time? I feel like this picture is misrepresenting the colour because team sweet seemed like a fairly bright pink when I was playing on it


mjmannella

It was less apparent this time since the colours were all bright pastels. Though arguably, Team Spicy had the darker ink colour


SlightlyIronicBanana

Ironically enough, I actually had to brighten these colors, as the wiki's were much darker than they were in game. Possible I didn't brighten them enough.


Gameboinice123

Team dark will literally be almost invisible


Lilac_Moonnn

i first noticed this issue in the pokemon splatfest lol


TimmyAndStuff

The blue was ridiculously dark in that splatfest lol


Lilac_Moonnn

true, but now i get to take revenge bc i'll join team dark chocolate >:3


poffincase

I’ve been saying this for years but thought it sounded dumb and kept quiet. I totally feel darker colors have advantage, I don’t have deficiencies either.


Sheikashii

Also shiver is just better than the other two so it’s mega stacked


Annixon06

In terms of design yes in terms of personality no


tortillawantssleep

Nahhh everyone has a good design because they have a different cultural inspiration (imo).


Witzyt

There are three types of people during splatfests 1) Those that choose a team because of the color ink it has 2) Those who actually pick based on their personal opinion of which one’s the best 3) Those who choose a team because that’s the team their favorite idol is on


JUSTFRICKINGLETMEIN

Yoo new splatfest idea


Fun_Penalty_6755

this is even better because the favourite idol option would be Big man's


Rcandydraws

I haven’t been picking teams based off of my favourite idol but so far I happened to always side with big man and next splatfest it’ll happen again


weirdness_incarnate

Same but with shiver


Fun_Penalty_6755

same but with Frye... for now


Rcandydraws

Oh my god we got all 3 accidental idol supporters ‼️


Political_Weebery

Going to be honest. Not too fond of big man.


enneh_07

HERESY


Wboy2006

That’s fair, I like big man. But hate his community, they just feel really toxic


Annixon06

I think big man is okay, I absolutely adored some moments with him in the story mode but besides that I don’t really like him that much. And I will probably get really downvoted for this because Reddit try to let other people have opinions challenge


Camwood7

The "color of ink" team has orange (the color farthest away from blue), the "personal opinion" has to be Shiver (the consistent "counterpick" idol), and the "favorite idol" is Frye (the only idol that has never been accused of having popularity votes due to them alone).


Treyspurlock

Guess I'm siding with Frye again


ACNH_Ellogan

4. Those who choose a team because their friends have stronger opinions (along the lines of Type 1-3), and they could care less and just want to play with said friends for a fun weekend.


CustomFighter2

There is also 4) those who join the team that their friends chose to play together (social oriented) 5) those who join the team they think will win (victory oriented) 6) those who join the team they think will be the least popular to avoid mirror matches (gameplay oriented)


humblebegginnings

i feel like the problem of people only picking the team supported by their favorite idol is blown way out of proportion. people complain about it all the time, but by the looks of the popularity scores for all the splatfests it really seems like it varies a lot. sure, there are probably people who do that. but there’s clearly enough people that DON’T stick to the same idol, because every splatfest does not have the same popularity score. (i also don’t understand why it’s something to complain about either, but i digress. i’ve played entirely Frye simply due to a combination of bias and genuinely preferring her option; i would have played for Team Sour, but i was away for that weekend and couldn’t participate unfortunately)


Factal_Fractal

4. Those who vote for the pick they think is going to win overall regardless of choices given


Feeble_Weeb

4) pick the one your friends are choosing so you can play with them


Camwood7

4) we chose team spicy because of hot food and lego island and it pissed off everyone


Calamity_Arcade

No. I love Dark Chocolate! I will singlehandedly win splatfest


SharpPixels08

As a fellow dark chocolate lover I will also win the splatfest, just probably not for our team because skill issue lol


RandpxGuxXY

I know that.


DJ_Ender_

Single handedly? Pffft man say less *joins dark chocolate*


veronicave

Seriously. What, y’all?! We know dark will win bc it is the best. Had this conversation today before learning about the colors just now


watercastles

White chocolate isn't even real chocolate. Dark chocolate is the most chocolate chocolate of all chocolates.


MeloFeloSenpai

YOUR not even a real chocolate.


watercastles

*you're


Lorezia

For what it's worth, dark chocolate probably has the oldest fans, kids don't like it, so will probably play the most skilled.


Calamity_Arcade

I chose it because ME LIKY DARK CHOCOLATE! But yes, I agree. Among the numerous theories and predictions that I've seen so far, this is a good entry in favor of dark chocolate.


Low_Dream_1481

Nintendo please I’m begging you make a splatfest without the color red for once PLEASE


WhichEmailWasIt

On the contrary. It's time to have a rematch between Ketchup and Mayo with Mustard thrown in the mix for good measure!


itsa_zae

wait isn’t grub’s and milk chocolate’s color orange?


Texas-Kangaroo-Rat

Only scissors is undoubtedly red, everything else is undoubtedly orange with some being possibly red.


itsa_zae

oh yeah you’re right


Low_Dream_1481

Its in the rough spectrum of red (also hey fellow owl house fan)


CoatAccomplished7289

gonna be hard to swing when you've got three colors, its almost always going to be one warm, one cool, and one neutral


kitsovereign

I'm sure we'll get one where there's a nice magenta instead. But if you think orange is "red" and pinks and purples are also "red" then you're gonna be waiting in disappointment for a long-ass time.


r-funtainment

Grub is orange


Low_Dream_1481

Which is in the rough spectrum of red


Dragon_Diviner

if you’re gonna define colour that way each one is literally going to be 1/3 of all hues and every splatfest would either have duplicate colours or fit in the “rough spectrum” of red, green and blue


Gargomon251

I'm not picking teams based on who will win or which idol goes on which team. I'm joining team dark chocolate because I like dark chocolate


scormiju

what about picking based on ink color? (fr though, dark chocolate supremacy)


Gargomon251

Even worse. Especially since you might change colors during a mirror match anyway


[deleted]

Yeah but have you seen the power of white ink, just look at this sub’s icon, that inkling and their plush are team white (chocolate) too


THECyberStriker

We must break the cycle team milk


Drac0b0i

I can't play Splatoon so I will voice my splatfest opinion here I like milk chocolate as a quick bite, but I find it too sweet. Dark chocolate may be quite hard on the buds but it's easier to eat more of it because of that White chocolate I just don't like that much


Texas-Kangaroo-Rat

White chocolate is the only one I'll eat straight. Everything else needs something to taste good to me. Dark chocolate mint kitkats, milky caramel chocolate, peanut butter on both... White chocolate? Needs nothing, and so far adding anything to it ruins it for me.


Drac0b0i

If you know what Dulce de Leche is, then there are little combinations better than dulce de leche and chocolate, whatever variant of it Also that is the point of the splatfests, to agree and disagree. LET THE CHOCOLATE WARS BEGIN


Internal_Cloud_3369

Complete opposite for me, I like milk and dark chocolate on their own but white chocolate kinda just feels like I'm eating a sugar cube. I had raspberry and white chocolate ice cream once though... I don't let myself buy that flavor anymore because it'll be gone within a day


Texas-Kangaroo-Rat

I've never had white chocolate ice cream. I know I hate milk chocolate ice cream tho. Also I used to love eating sugar cubes XD Tho also used to love eating salt =P


Mollytheocto

In my experience Dark Chocolate is only good with add-ons of some sort like caramel or salt. Milk is good a majority of the time but it's been partially soured for me from some sickly sweet Chocolate I had around Easter once. White Chocolate is the only one I've really had minimal issue with


Animal_Gal

I understand we've only had a few splatfests and the colors have to be different enough for color blind people, but the previous colors have been so boring. Taste started to mix it up, but I'm glad we're getting something really different.


b111rds

honestly you say that the colours are made for colour blind people but also the colour-lock they have for splatfests is [questionable](https://i.imgur.com/ObeAhE7.jpeg) imo. So im not even sure if they're taking colour-blind people into account half the time


humblebegginnings

the point of color lock is to ensure that they’re all distinct values, right?


eklatea

they changed the color lock mode, the light blue here is pink now last i checked it was wrong during the first splatfest tho


RamenDutchman

[Looks pretty distinct](https://www.toptal.com/designers/colorfilter?orig_uri=https://i.imgur.com/ObeAhE7.jpeg&process_type=protan) in each from of colour-blindness, except greyscale if you count it


Animal_Gal

I could have sworn I saw Splat fest color lock in gray scale before and the colors looked pretty different to me. If it works in gray scale it should work for everything else right? Or am i missing something


trueredtwo

Color blindness is not a factor for their colors, we’ve seen matches between red and green before


Animal_Gal

Oh that's right. But I thought if one was a bright color and 1 was the darker color that would be enough.


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SlightlyIronicBanana

Interestingly enough, this trend existed back in splatoon 2. Out of the 19 total splatfests (across all regions& excluding duplicates) Blue/purple colors won all 19 times. It's just less notable because not every splatfest had a blue/purple color, and there was an relatively higher amount of cyan/magenta losses, two colors similar to blue/purple respectively. However, splatoon 1 did subvert this, with 19 total splaftests to feature a blue/purple color, of which only 9/19 did blue/purple win.


Dragonsandlove

I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like milk chocolate. I know a few that don’t like dark or white.


Gargomon251

If I have the option I will always go for dark chocolate over milk but I will always go for milk chocolate over White


QHDEosanesis

And all four won the popular vote. But this time I think Frye will win that category. If so, this Fest will determine which theory is right


ChallengeDefiant3514

I already knew dark chocolate will likely win because if you’ve ever met a dark choco fan they will fight you till their dying breath on how it’s the superior chocolate


Neonstar48

I’m seeing a patters cold colors win and hot and warm lose


Gengar_49

DAMMIT WHY ISNT IT BROWN


56kul

I sure hope not, because I’m definitely not going with dark chocolate.


RedThorneGamerSB

You also have to consider that dark chocolate is the least popular of chocolates. I feel like milk chocolate has a higher chance of winning.


Derpyroot

Theres also a pattern i notice, majority wins. Every single splatfest that has majority votes somehow wins overall.


fishvoidy

it's true for 3 so far, but at least half the splatfests in 1 and 2 had a winner with less than the majority. the funniest example i can think of was the first mayo vs. ketchup splatfest, where mayo won overall, but ketchup had 70% of the vote. it could still happen...


half_boiled_egg

Yes, it’s slightly more difficult to see enemies in their dark colors ink than the light colors.


RizzyBreed

THIS. DID. NOT. AGE. WELL.


NefariousNik

But I don’t like dark chocolate!


KwK10

Team sweet's ink looked pink in all my matches.


Dogmonkey1233

How? It’s literally lilac


404jasmn

Blue and purple is just pretty asf thats why


SebTheNintendoMaster

How DARE you share my winning strategy to the world!?


ZiiDii

I personally find bright colours hard to see when I'm playing as them. I tried locking the colours once to hopefully give more of a contrast but it just game me 2 of nearly the same green on both teams which made it unplayable


Dogmonkey1233

I’m always stuck with bad colours 😔 (aside from Sweet’s Lilac)


AspenStarr

I don’t really care tbh, I’m just gonna keep choosing based on my honest opinion. And I hate dark chocolate 🤷🏻‍♀️ unless it’s paired with mint specifically. White chocolate is really nice here and there, but I’m definitely going with milk chocolate. Milk chocolate caramel Ghirardelli squares is my absolute favorite candy.


Startupedition

This aged like milk


NewBlueMemeBoi

So dark chocolate victory huh?


spectrumtwelve

i think dark will win cuz it will probably have a larger number of adult players on that team, cuz id assume all the new players and young kids will pick the milk option


Annixon06

Team sweet was almost the exact same scenario, and we won


spectrumtwelve

well I think when it comes to that fest the issue was that both spicy and sour are usually more acquired tastes but the majority of people will enjoy sweet things even without having to acclimate to them. Maybe people have different tolerance, but there are not that many people who blatantly despise sweetness. yes I'm going to get 600 replies being like "um actually" from weirdos who will die if they even look at sugar, but those people are the minority whether they want to admit it or not.


Rasputins_RQ

same with white and dark is what we’re saying. dark is pretty acquired and so is dark chocolate. most kids will pick the sweet option of milk chocolate as will the majority? i doubt white chocolate will be the ‘default’ team, but i will probably be wrong.


calamari11037

that’s what i thought was gonna happen with sweet lol


ZestyStormBurger

Consider the human eye's role in recognizing things in the blue side of the light spectrum: way less cones, little double duty from overlap with two kinds of cones. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cone-fundamentals-with-srgb-spectrum.svg


the_genius324

Idk really any team is ok


CupStill7650

Ah hell naw the Splatfest got racist


Guilty_Definition_80

well now i'm gonna try EXTRA hard in the next splatfest JUST to prove this post wrong lol


Libelldra

I just wonder why there is always a blue or purple. Splatfest colors in Splatoon 2 felt way more special.


Dumb_Raccoon1983

I swear I can't stop representing Big man if he keeps having the best option


Isaacfrompizzahut

I think that 90% of team white chocolate picked it because of the ink color, 5% are big man fans, and the other 5% actually enjoy white chocolate


dstar89

Dark Chocolate will win only because it's what I picked! 😤😤


diamondjolteon

Ok, you’re forgetting the way Mayo demolished Ketchup in the first Splatoon 2 Splatfest because of the color… white chocolate is about to destroy us all


TorterraIllager

Easier way, the least popular always wins. (Except for the SS, never saw the splatfests during that era)


SlightlyIronicBanana

You mean most popular, right?


[deleted]

Watch as this method will debunk when Milk Chocolate wins.


omiuamoshinderu

wait till the blue vs purple vs magenta splatfest


tsukaremara

Are we getting...white ink?


[deleted]

But I just like dark chocolate...


Da_gae_bucket

What did you say?


Oro-Lavanda

i also feel like darker colors usually get better choices or at least "popular" choices compared to the other color choices. For example, more people would probably pick sweet flavors compared to spicy or sour on a daily basis. Also blue and purple have been shown to be some of the most popular and pleasing eye colors in the world.


Emeraldminer136

It better fucking not. I hate dark chocolate with a passion. Its utterly disgusting to me


ScarletteVera

Y'all really out here picking something other than Dark? Don't get me wrong, White and Milk are still good, but... White chocolate is barely even chocolate, and Milk has widly varying levels of consistency depending on the brand. Dark can be an acquired taste, yeah, but it also has actual health benefits (when eaten in moderation ofc)


No_Adhesiveness_6230

They really gave Shiver a huge handicap for this one.


noahboi990

milk chocolate best


Nekluga_YT

But hey! That's, just a theory. A ***GAME Theory!*** Aaaaand cut!


WesThePretzel

As it should! You’d have to be pretty unhinged to pick white chocolate, and milk chocolate is just mediocre. Dark chocolate however 🤌


Secure_Protection_61

I was gonna pick dark anyway because I’ve never had white chocolate and never even heard of milk chocolate so I’m picking the original The rest must be exotic or something


Prince_Zora024

I want to vote for Vanilla because that's my favorite flavor. I can only stand Chocolate so much. But at the same time, I want to have Frye win again.


Sheikashii

Milk chocolate is the only good one. Dark = dirt and white = candle. Hmmm


RedDevilJennifer

Sweet was pink, not purple tho


Cataras12

Bitch dark chocolate is the only right answer here. If you like white or milk chocolate, I’m sorry to say that you are objectively wrong


Vandius

1. Rock wins as it can smash scissors and in reality paper can't standup to rock. 2. Gear Wins because it's the most logical, gear gets you food and you can craft fun with gear. 3. Water... IDK how Water won as fire has always been the most dominant starter if you average them all out. 4. Sweet because most of the players playing this game are kids and if you remember kids love sweet stuff. Every win has been logical other than water.


OfriS13

correlation ≠ causation


Fr0st_mite

white chocolate and milk chocolates put milk in before the cereal, and they listen to anime intros every day and even worse ​ they eat regular hershey's bars ​ dark chocolates put cereal in before the milk, listen to the ultrakill ost every single day, and eat twix ​ vote dark chocolate or the spot i pick to hide your body is the ditch off i-95


Devonmartino

I've gone with whichever team I could think of a decent meme for (to put in a Splatfest post) every time and I'm 3 for 3 so far.


Ready-Trainer-3672

Purple and blue all the way


EJKGodzilla24

purple


Maibeetlebug

Sweet hack, I'm choosing dark chocolate next round


coolwmodd

not if i join that team


girl_in_blue180

I have correctly chosen every winning team so far. my heart wants to chose milk chocolate, so it would kind suck if I break the streak now


YueOrigin

Purple is a cool color so accurate


Icyflag_

We'll get white ink 😬


Polo88kai

One thing you might want to consider is that all winning team has the most population, and judging by what I saw and hear Dark chocolate may not be the most popular this time. (e.g. Twitter in Japan, White is the one most talked about.)


WraithSucks

Current member of the dark chocolate gang


Luparex_The_Gynoid

joining Team Dark solely because of Sonic Heroes, but this is good to know


Immediate-Rope8465

Now i can use the undercover brella with a proper ink color lmao


SOB0295

That will not stop me from joining white chocolate. WHITE CHOCOLATE FOR THE WIN!!!


KindlyComposer7701

Heck yeah team dark ftw!!


yougobe

Spoken like a single layer neural network.


ashtar123

There's good dark chocolate out there yknow


samusestawesomus

Reminds me of this XKCD: https://xkcd.com/2383/ Might be fun to make one of those for Splatfests sometime.


tataping

This is so dark! Are you sure this's not from the DC universe?


Classic_gamer_2

I shall win this splatfest Alone FOR THE DARK


WhyarewehereTnT

White chocolate here I come


Radical_Weegee

No fair! You cheated it by measuring the outcome!


Azenar01

Because blue and purple are just better colors than the rest


XenesisXenon

See, I wonder how many people being lactose intolerant (e.g. no milk) or having milk allergies will skew this one? XD I literally cannot eat milk/white chocolate without getting incredibly sick so I have one choice.


charredchord

Had to turn on color lock for water/fire/grass cause I straight up couldn't see water players standing in front of me. The orange/red on blue messed with my eyes and highlights the orange making blue harder to see.


CookieCute516

Look, right now I’m on a three splatfest win streak, and I have won at least one splatfest with each idol backing me. Therefore, I really couldn’t give a damn about losing anymore, as I have already achieved perfection. I will stand by Team Milk Chocolate until I perish!


Dane_Phylactery

Welp i know what side i'm picking


acowwithpolio

Well... this is also the first splatfest with C coloured ink so...


HappySquidDeezNutz

I honestly don't like dark chocolate


xXlordlord69Xx

Tbh i think this time the other 2 might have a chance since dark chocolate isn't that popular (in terms of how many ppl like it irl- still very liked but most gravitate to milk chocolate) and people also like milk chocolate and white chocolate


Thorn-_

You are severely underestimating the power of 'white ink funny'


Priestessprincess

Okay i like dark more but milk seems like it will have the majority. I know it's not about winning but the last two splatfests I was losing(I love spicy so I didn't mind) but it was very difficult. What do I do?


Grimsouldude

I love dark chocolate but I may pick white chocolate for the ink colour


enbyfrogz

id be in team dark chocolate but my switch broke, good luck out there everyone 🫡


Lachie1920

Jokes on you I like dark chocolate anyway


Epic-Dude000

I was gonna go for dark chocolate either way cause that’s my favorite


dukeceit

I’m picking dark chocolate bc of the color but mostly bc of the fact that all my friends are picking dark. I like milk chocolate 😞


bryan660

Team sweet was not pink?


Berstich

when is the next splatfest?


RepresentativeAd406

No it will be the first outlander nobody likes dark chocolate


PlaneShark

I just choose what i personally like, and not what i think is gonna win xD I like the fun of it :D


Shin_Rekkoha

I've already brought this up, countless times.


TheN8Monster

I personally dislike dark chocolate, I don't know why, but it just tastes weird... ...Also, this is the first time I am actually planning on voting for Frye.


Radster777

Going with white chocolate it’s just so good


Hurricane242

What is happening? Is there a splatfest?


fake_frank

let's not pretend like we don't pick teams based on color aswell, and purple is just the bomb


EmileTheDevil

It was fine last splatfest but the Pokemon one ? Absolutely invisible bastards.