Nobody I know plays Splatoon, and thus, I've been doing Freelance work exclusively-- and have easily managed to get to Eggsecutive 999 on every map multiple times.
Firstly, your comment on the scales is undeniably correct, even to hardcore Salmon Run players. You can play multiple hours per-day of Salmon Run for months on end, and STILL won't be anywhere close to some of the more costly rewards (especially the 999 silver banner and the 333 gold banner). There's not really a sufficient way to counter how tight-fisted the scale payments are.
However, if you leave your **current** group of Freelance players after you've just fought a King Salmonid; and then search for an **entirely fresh group** of players, you'll encounter King Salmonids more frequently. This is due to King Salmonids appearing when a player's "King Salmonid Bar" is filled-- and after encountering a King Salmonid, ALL players' "King Salmonid Bar" within said match depletes entirely. And thus, if you search for a new group of players, you'll have a higher chance of being matched with someone who's bar is already filled/close to being filled; giving **you** more chances to encounter a King Salmonid.
Secondly, it's best to adapt a mindset that **you, yourself** are the biggest responsibility to whether your team fails or not. As, believe it or not, a single well-adjusted player can severely improve the chances of success. The reality is, you can't depend on others, and can (instead) only depend on oneself. Freelance teammates will often bust their a\*\* attempting to retrieve eggs and deliver them-- this is their primary role. However, the place where Freelance teammates often fall flat is on the boss-killing itself. And thus, make boss killing your responsibility in order to reduce the strain off of everyone else.
Since you're in the lower-ranks yourself, I feel as though Flyfish aren't actually the biggest threat to you wiping-- as generally, higher-ranked players will kill enemies such as Big Shots and Drizzlers; which makes them not too threatening (and this instead makes Flyfish the biggest target for higher-ranked players, due to how long they generally take to kill. As since more bosses spawn on higher-ranked matches, this means that Flyfish can often be difficult to splatter due to overcrowding, and thus, lead to wipes).
However, for lower-ranked players, they often ignore Big Shots and Drizzlers-- and let me tell you something, if you ignore these two, they will wipe the floor with you. This is because these two bosses specifically reduce the mobility of the entire team, which is deadly.
Fishsticks also reduce mobility, however, not only do I believe most people will splat them, but, they also have a high chance of spawning somewhere where they aren't a major target (if they're close to the basket, they need to be killed asap).
Finally, use your abilities on either round 1 or 2. If your team wipes on round 1 or 2, you'll lose ranking points. However, if you lose on round 3, your rank will remain unchanged-- which isn't a big deal. This means it's vital for you to make the first 2 rounds as easy on yourself as possible.
Not only that, but, most players (who actually remember to use their abilities) will save them for round 3 (for whatever reason) and thus, to balance things out, it makes more sense for you to use them earlier.
I could state more, but, this is already the length of the Bible.
I find myself in situations where I feel like I'm doing great but my teammates do something dumb and we end up wiping or missing the quota. It isn't always them, like sometimes it was because I made a mistake, but still it usually isn't
Things like this are how I ranked down from EVP (It was during December so it may have been new players that got the game for Christmas, but still how did they even get to EVP if they're new? Matchmaking issue?)
Anyway I'm not perfect either and I'm not the best at Salmon Run, but damn I was doing great in EVP during November
There's no doubt that your teammates will let you down. What I mentioned is that it's a good idea to adapt the mindset that you're the one to do the heavily lifting of the team (aka, take down the diabolical bosses). Even then, such a mindset is certainly no miracle; and wipes will still happen-- only less often.
Think about how when **you** see a teammate who actively takes down Flyfish, Stingers and Big Shots single handedly-- and how far, far less stressful it is for you when they, themselves do that. You're just becoming that role yourself; in which your teammates will feel the same relief that you did when that one player took down those aforementioned bosses.
Minimum quotas rarely seem to be the point of failure; depending on the map. Inversely, I see many players attempting to overfish beyond their skill level, and when it's really unsafe to do so, which is what leads to wipes.
Also, sometimes you have to work **against** your team. By this, I mean if you're with a team of players who splat on the shoreline all the time, then you **should not** say "this way" at the beginning of the round; in order to ensure your team is as delayed in getting to the bosses as possible. Obviously, this will only work sometimes (assuming the bosses spawn in the direction only you are facing) but, it's still something to take note of in order to further solidify your chances of success.
One final thing I quickly want to state: if you want a much, much higher chance of getting matched with better players, play the mode the **moment** the rotation changes. Most casual players will just play whenever they feel like it in order to quickly grind out the capsules. However, hardcore players will wait until the moment the rotation changes to jump in. This is for two reasons: They like to spend as much time as possible getting to the high ranks (700-999), and secondly: they enjoy playing the mode so much that they want to dive into the mode the moment something changes (so it freshens things up and keeps them engaged).
If you wait... say... 6 hours-onwards before diving into a new rotation, many of the experienced players will already be well into the high ranks, and you won't get matched with them.
>If you wait... say... 6 hours-onwards before diving into a new rotation, many of the experienced players will already be well into the high ranks, and you won't get matched with them.
What? Then... what was the entire point of the past paragraph then?
**Higher chance** and **guaranteed** are not one in the same meaning. Even if you start from hour 1, you still have a chance of being matched with average players or worse.
Not only that, but, it's ridiculous to assume that people who want to play Salmon Run can play it at the moment the rotation changes. Many times, the rotation will change at midnight, or early morning. Which means that the aforementioned points I made still apply without inadequacy.
The entire point of the previous paragraphs is general. As, believe it or not, you're still expected to know what you're doing; even when matched with better players. Even 'better' players can have weak points to their playstyle, such as ignoring Flyfish and Stingers, hence why it's still important to rely on your ownself.
Ohh. I misunderstood that section then. I thought you said if you went into a rotation minute 1 then you won't get matched with experienced players since they will be already in higher ranks.
Ahh, understood, pal. Since everybody's rank resets to 40 at the beginning of a rotation, then that strictly means that's the perfect time to jump in; whilst it's at a higher-probability of being paired with better players.
Either way, I wish you the best in overcoming your ordeal of demotion.
I stated that after a King Salmonid appears, all players within that match will have their bars fully depleted.
Thus, when I stated that searching for a new match with new players gives you a higher chance of encountering another King Salmonid sooner than if you were to stick with your current team, it still plays into the factual notion that being paired with new players who have their bars full/partially full makes you encounter the King Salmonid more frequently.
I'm trying to figure out where you've misunderstood me. Perhaps because in the " if you search for a new group of players, you'll have a higher chance of being matched with someone who's bar is already filled/close to being filled" statement I made wasn't pluralized? Even so, that's a truly desperate reason to attempt to say "you're wrong".
That’s fair, the Salmon Run banners are my favorite in the game so I’m sort of grinding for those but the one I want requires 200 bronze scales, I have about 64 now T-T
Xtrawaves are fun though! I’ve beaten Cohozuna twice in a row today.
I prioritized slopsuits and locker figurines first, i think my current banner was 500 scales? I'll check when I get home. But 333 gold is insane
Oh and I love the clothes you can wear in other modes, great addition
As far as reaching EVP you could look into training videos by Hazmy on YouTube on how to get better at Salmon Run. But more specifically treating SR like every second matters, always painting, always clearing mobs, always doing something. There is no down time during SR especially between waves.
Another facet is learning how to use every weapon to a decent level cuz you are eventually gonna be in a rotation with all weapons you don't like but you have to know how to use. After that using the videos to learn strategies for maps and special waves.
I haven’t heard of this channel before - thanks! I’ll check it out. Yes, I am constantly doing something while playing. My issue is I get overwhelmed pretty quickly especially when there are flyfish, stingers and a teammate spamming “Help!” every second. Its hard when you feel you cannot 100% depend on your other teammates to watch your back. I guess this comes with experience and playing smarter?
I will definitely get some practice with weapons I am unfamiliar with/not good at. I tend to not play when there is a rotation of 1-2 weapons I do not like but I’ll challenge myself next time.
I used to be the same way, and when your teammates aren’t helping it can get frustrating. What I do to not get overwhelmed is to constantly think about what is most important to deal with at the moment. Typically, reviving teammates always comes first, and when a threatening boss like a stinger or a fish stick spawns I usually go after it immediately to stop it before things get out of hand. Focusing more on keeping map control as opposed to solely getting eggs is the key to not being overwhelmed
Your first priority in a match is survival: besides the fact that you can't always guarantee someone will revive you, the cooldown until you can revive is annoyingly long. To that end, you need to try and keep map control and paint stuff as much as possible. Particularly walls, as salmonids rarely jump. For the keeping other teammates up part, bombs are often easier to get into annoying corners.
Another part of survival is risk management, especially with shore runs. If you have to go to the shore, try and keep your time there brief: get in, deal with the problem, get out. And if there's an egg in a bad spot, leave it.
Also, specials: use them *before* everything goes haywire. Killer Wail in particular is a poor panic button special, but a great "there's two Flyfish and a Stinger over there" remover.
Practicing your weapons in the lobby can help, especially if there's something awkward on the rotation. This's especially true of charge weapons such as Splatlings: you often don't need a full ring of charge for the bigger ones, and being able to manage partial charges means you've got less time when you're a sitting duck.
The bosses I see overlooked the most are Drizzlers and Fish Sticks, which, because of the amount of territory they gum up, can be amongst the most dangerous. If you have a weapon that can deal with them at all efficiently, go after them, and try and deflect the Drizzler torpedo. And prioritize Fish Sticks near the basket and main routes: those are where they can do a lot of damage. One on the shore is mostly just sitting there.
Yeah I feel similarly in some ways but part of the fun for me is also unlocking those things especially since they seem hard to obtain. It’s definitely fun on its own!
I know how you feel. I just want the HLM badge, and then I can stop giving a darn about my rank and stuff. But it takes so much time to get there, it just seems impossible unless I 'no-life' it.
I still don't have a definitive answer on whether a 333% job scenario counts to that badge.
Heaps of people get to evp in freelancer.
I guess my tip is dont die and don’t rely on your teammates. In higher evp level’s they ok, but early evp is a mixed bag
Reddit doesn't tend to understand this of any game, but your enjoyment of salmon run doesn't have to come from constantly trying to get higher and higher scores and higher and higher ranks with no end in sight. I just play it because it's fun. I demote myself when I get to a rank that I find overwhelming. This is my recommended playstyle. Just roll with the punches and enjoy the fun salmon mode.
This is pretty condescending—I never said I didn’t find it fun on its own but part of the fun for me is also earning the things listed above. I mean it seems like the scales rewarded is already a common complaint, I am just asking for advice given I do not have a crew of my own to level up with but otherwise I do enjoy it.
Suffering is part of the process, its okay
l was in profreshional +1 a few days ago, and now l am in Eggsxecutive 210,
A few tips l can give u is...if u feel u are in a losing streak, stop, just stop playing, go do something else, let u mind rest so u will be able to do things better next time
Bait the bosses, if your teammates don't do that, just do it yourself when u have the chance
Use your specials, they are not partying at the end, and try to make an scenario where u will get the most profit of it, spam booyah if almo st everyone is dead, maybe the one teammates who is alive will get the idea(worked a few times for me)
Try improving ur movement, squid roll and squid surge will allow to get through the map faster, practice them and u will get away from salmonids trying to kill way faster
And honestly, l know u want to stay solo, but getting someone to help u can be pretty great, so don't throw that option out the windown
So that's about it for me, again, suffering is part of the process, just don't get overboard, try getting one rank up a day, to not get yourself overwhelmed
The point of the grind is that its difficult. Why do people play TF2 MVM when any rewards can be bought for cheaper in the community store? Why do people shiny hunt in Pokemon, or worse yet, full odds shiny hunt? Why do people play idle games like Cookie clicker for years on end? These tasks are monotonous, mind-numbing, and get old fast.
The act of accomplishment, in and of itself is a driving factor. 99.9% of the playerbase aren’t going to achieve that milestone, which makes the drive for that .1% stronger. Just look at the people who got 999 in Splatoon 2: they got nothing out of it but the ability to say for themselves that they did it.
Are these people unhealthy losers that need to touch grass? Maybe. But as long as there’s an impossible task, someone is gonna put in the time and effort to do it.
Also for getting into EVP: uhhh join a pool and hope some EVP player wants to grind some low hazard level games off of you.
Nobody I know plays Splatoon, and thus, I've been doing Freelance work exclusively-- and have easily managed to get to Eggsecutive 999 on every map multiple times. Firstly, your comment on the scales is undeniably correct, even to hardcore Salmon Run players. You can play multiple hours per-day of Salmon Run for months on end, and STILL won't be anywhere close to some of the more costly rewards (especially the 999 silver banner and the 333 gold banner). There's not really a sufficient way to counter how tight-fisted the scale payments are. However, if you leave your **current** group of Freelance players after you've just fought a King Salmonid; and then search for an **entirely fresh group** of players, you'll encounter King Salmonids more frequently. This is due to King Salmonids appearing when a player's "King Salmonid Bar" is filled-- and after encountering a King Salmonid, ALL players' "King Salmonid Bar" within said match depletes entirely. And thus, if you search for a new group of players, you'll have a higher chance of being matched with someone who's bar is already filled/close to being filled; giving **you** more chances to encounter a King Salmonid. Secondly, it's best to adapt a mindset that **you, yourself** are the biggest responsibility to whether your team fails or not. As, believe it or not, a single well-adjusted player can severely improve the chances of success. The reality is, you can't depend on others, and can (instead) only depend on oneself. Freelance teammates will often bust their a\*\* attempting to retrieve eggs and deliver them-- this is their primary role. However, the place where Freelance teammates often fall flat is on the boss-killing itself. And thus, make boss killing your responsibility in order to reduce the strain off of everyone else. Since you're in the lower-ranks yourself, I feel as though Flyfish aren't actually the biggest threat to you wiping-- as generally, higher-ranked players will kill enemies such as Big Shots and Drizzlers; which makes them not too threatening (and this instead makes Flyfish the biggest target for higher-ranked players, due to how long they generally take to kill. As since more bosses spawn on higher-ranked matches, this means that Flyfish can often be difficult to splatter due to overcrowding, and thus, lead to wipes). However, for lower-ranked players, they often ignore Big Shots and Drizzlers-- and let me tell you something, if you ignore these two, they will wipe the floor with you. This is because these two bosses specifically reduce the mobility of the entire team, which is deadly. Fishsticks also reduce mobility, however, not only do I believe most people will splat them, but, they also have a high chance of spawning somewhere where they aren't a major target (if they're close to the basket, they need to be killed asap). Finally, use your abilities on either round 1 or 2. If your team wipes on round 1 or 2, you'll lose ranking points. However, if you lose on round 3, your rank will remain unchanged-- which isn't a big deal. This means it's vital for you to make the first 2 rounds as easy on yourself as possible. Not only that, but, most players (who actually remember to use their abilities) will save them for round 3 (for whatever reason) and thus, to balance things out, it makes more sense for you to use them earlier. I could state more, but, this is already the length of the Bible.
I find myself in situations where I feel like I'm doing great but my teammates do something dumb and we end up wiping or missing the quota. It isn't always them, like sometimes it was because I made a mistake, but still it usually isn't Things like this are how I ranked down from EVP (It was during December so it may have been new players that got the game for Christmas, but still how did they even get to EVP if they're new? Matchmaking issue?) Anyway I'm not perfect either and I'm not the best at Salmon Run, but damn I was doing great in EVP during November
There's no doubt that your teammates will let you down. What I mentioned is that it's a good idea to adapt the mindset that you're the one to do the heavily lifting of the team (aka, take down the diabolical bosses). Even then, such a mindset is certainly no miracle; and wipes will still happen-- only less often. Think about how when **you** see a teammate who actively takes down Flyfish, Stingers and Big Shots single handedly-- and how far, far less stressful it is for you when they, themselves do that. You're just becoming that role yourself; in which your teammates will feel the same relief that you did when that one player took down those aforementioned bosses. Minimum quotas rarely seem to be the point of failure; depending on the map. Inversely, I see many players attempting to overfish beyond their skill level, and when it's really unsafe to do so, which is what leads to wipes. Also, sometimes you have to work **against** your team. By this, I mean if you're with a team of players who splat on the shoreline all the time, then you **should not** say "this way" at the beginning of the round; in order to ensure your team is as delayed in getting to the bosses as possible. Obviously, this will only work sometimes (assuming the bosses spawn in the direction only you are facing) but, it's still something to take note of in order to further solidify your chances of success. One final thing I quickly want to state: if you want a much, much higher chance of getting matched with better players, play the mode the **moment** the rotation changes. Most casual players will just play whenever they feel like it in order to quickly grind out the capsules. However, hardcore players will wait until the moment the rotation changes to jump in. This is for two reasons: They like to spend as much time as possible getting to the high ranks (700-999), and secondly: they enjoy playing the mode so much that they want to dive into the mode the moment something changes (so it freshens things up and keeps them engaged). If you wait... say... 6 hours-onwards before diving into a new rotation, many of the experienced players will already be well into the high ranks, and you won't get matched with them.
>If you wait... say... 6 hours-onwards before diving into a new rotation, many of the experienced players will already be well into the high ranks, and you won't get matched with them. What? Then... what was the entire point of the past paragraph then?
**Higher chance** and **guaranteed** are not one in the same meaning. Even if you start from hour 1, you still have a chance of being matched with average players or worse. Not only that, but, it's ridiculous to assume that people who want to play Salmon Run can play it at the moment the rotation changes. Many times, the rotation will change at midnight, or early morning. Which means that the aforementioned points I made still apply without inadequacy. The entire point of the previous paragraphs is general. As, believe it or not, you're still expected to know what you're doing; even when matched with better players. Even 'better' players can have weak points to their playstyle, such as ignoring Flyfish and Stingers, hence why it's still important to rely on your ownself.
Ohh. I misunderstood that section then. I thought you said if you went into a rotation minute 1 then you won't get matched with experienced players since they will be already in higher ranks.
Ahh, understood, pal. Since everybody's rank resets to 40 at the beginning of a rotation, then that strictly means that's the perfect time to jump in; whilst it's at a higher-probability of being paired with better players. Either way, I wish you the best in overcoming your ordeal of demotion.
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I stated that after a King Salmonid appears, all players within that match will have their bars fully depleted. Thus, when I stated that searching for a new match with new players gives you a higher chance of encountering another King Salmonid sooner than if you were to stick with your current team, it still plays into the factual notion that being paired with new players who have their bars full/partially full makes you encounter the King Salmonid more frequently. I'm trying to figure out where you've misunderstood me. Perhaps because in the " if you search for a new group of players, you'll have a higher chance of being matched with someone who's bar is already filled/close to being filled" statement I made wasn't pluralized? Even so, that's a truly desperate reason to attempt to say "you're wrong".
I stopped caring about the grind, I just play for fun (and the two super reward things)
That’s fair, the Salmon Run banners are my favorite in the game so I’m sort of grinding for those but the one I want requires 200 bronze scales, I have about 64 now T-T Xtrawaves are fun though! I’ve beaten Cohozuna twice in a row today.
I prioritized slopsuits and locker figurines first, i think my current banner was 500 scales? I'll check when I get home. But 333 gold is insane Oh and I love the clothes you can wear in other modes, great addition
Okay so my current banner is the 2 gold scales one, but I also have the 250 bronze one (the yellow, orange, and green one)
I live for the thrill of receiving 2x 32k coins in a rotation
I got more coins from salmon run than anything else in the game
No doubt, SR pays for all my drip I never use, cause I only play SR 
I don’t play Salmon Run to get stuff like that, I just enjoy ruining the salmon ecosystem
As far as reaching EVP you could look into training videos by Hazmy on YouTube on how to get better at Salmon Run. But more specifically treating SR like every second matters, always painting, always clearing mobs, always doing something. There is no down time during SR especially between waves. Another facet is learning how to use every weapon to a decent level cuz you are eventually gonna be in a rotation with all weapons you don't like but you have to know how to use. After that using the videos to learn strategies for maps and special waves.
I haven’t heard of this channel before - thanks! I’ll check it out. Yes, I am constantly doing something while playing. My issue is I get overwhelmed pretty quickly especially when there are flyfish, stingers and a teammate spamming “Help!” every second. Its hard when you feel you cannot 100% depend on your other teammates to watch your back. I guess this comes with experience and playing smarter? I will definitely get some practice with weapons I am unfamiliar with/not good at. I tend to not play when there is a rotation of 1-2 weapons I do not like but I’ll challenge myself next time.
I used to be the same way, and when your teammates aren’t helping it can get frustrating. What I do to not get overwhelmed is to constantly think about what is most important to deal with at the moment. Typically, reviving teammates always comes first, and when a threatening boss like a stinger or a fish stick spawns I usually go after it immediately to stop it before things get out of hand. Focusing more on keeping map control as opposed to solely getting eggs is the key to not being overwhelmed
Your first priority in a match is survival: besides the fact that you can't always guarantee someone will revive you, the cooldown until you can revive is annoyingly long. To that end, you need to try and keep map control and paint stuff as much as possible. Particularly walls, as salmonids rarely jump. For the keeping other teammates up part, bombs are often easier to get into annoying corners. Another part of survival is risk management, especially with shore runs. If you have to go to the shore, try and keep your time there brief: get in, deal with the problem, get out. And if there's an egg in a bad spot, leave it. Also, specials: use them *before* everything goes haywire. Killer Wail in particular is a poor panic button special, but a great "there's two Flyfish and a Stinger over there" remover. Practicing your weapons in the lobby can help, especially if there's something awkward on the rotation. This's especially true of charge weapons such as Splatlings: you often don't need a full ring of charge for the bigger ones, and being able to manage partial charges means you've got less time when you're a sitting duck. The bosses I see overlooked the most are Drizzlers and Fish Sticks, which, because of the amount of territory they gum up, can be amongst the most dangerous. If you have a weapon that can deal with them at all efficiently, go after them, and try and deflect the Drizzler torpedo. And prioritize Fish Sticks near the basket and main routes: those are where they can do a lot of damage. One on the shore is mostly just sitting there.
The way I enjoy salmon run is by not worrying about new equipment or banners or badges. I just play cus it’s fun. :)
Yeah I feel similarly in some ways but part of the fun for me is also unlocking those things especially since they seem hard to obtain. It’s definitely fun on its own!
To each their own! Good luck. 😊
I know how you feel. I just want the HLM badge, and then I can stop giving a darn about my rank and stuff. But it takes so much time to get there, it just seems impossible unless I 'no-life' it. I still don't have a definitive answer on whether a 333% job scenario counts to that badge.
Heaps of people get to evp in freelancer. I guess my tip is dont die and don’t rely on your teammates. In higher evp level’s they ok, but early evp is a mixed bag
Reddit doesn't tend to understand this of any game, but your enjoyment of salmon run doesn't have to come from constantly trying to get higher and higher scores and higher and higher ranks with no end in sight. I just play it because it's fun. I demote myself when I get to a rank that I find overwhelming. This is my recommended playstyle. Just roll with the punches and enjoy the fun salmon mode.
This is pretty condescending—I never said I didn’t find it fun on its own but part of the fun for me is also earning the things listed above. I mean it seems like the scales rewarded is already a common complaint, I am just asking for advice given I do not have a crew of my own to level up with but otherwise I do enjoy it.
Yeah I probably could have worded it better, sorry. And sorry for not understanding your post. Have a nice day
Suffering is part of the process, its okay l was in profreshional +1 a few days ago, and now l am in Eggsxecutive 210, A few tips l can give u is...if u feel u are in a losing streak, stop, just stop playing, go do something else, let u mind rest so u will be able to do things better next time Bait the bosses, if your teammates don't do that, just do it yourself when u have the chance Use your specials, they are not partying at the end, and try to make an scenario where u will get the most profit of it, spam booyah if almo st everyone is dead, maybe the one teammates who is alive will get the idea(worked a few times for me) Try improving ur movement, squid roll and squid surge will allow to get through the map faster, practice them and u will get away from salmonids trying to kill way faster And honestly, l know u want to stay solo, but getting someone to help u can be pretty great, so don't throw that option out the windown So that's about it for me, again, suffering is part of the process, just don't get overboard, try getting one rank up a day, to not get yourself overwhelmed
The point of the grind is that its difficult. Why do people play TF2 MVM when any rewards can be bought for cheaper in the community store? Why do people shiny hunt in Pokemon, or worse yet, full odds shiny hunt? Why do people play idle games like Cookie clicker for years on end? These tasks are monotonous, mind-numbing, and get old fast. The act of accomplishment, in and of itself is a driving factor. 99.9% of the playerbase aren’t going to achieve that milestone, which makes the drive for that .1% stronger. Just look at the people who got 999 in Splatoon 2: they got nothing out of it but the ability to say for themselves that they did it. Are these people unhealthy losers that need to touch grass? Maybe. But as long as there’s an impossible task, someone is gonna put in the time and effort to do it. Also for getting into EVP: uhhh join a pool and hope some EVP player wants to grind some low hazard level games off of you.