User:P.J. GT

Introduction
"But in the end, the human soul will ever reach for the truth..."

- Samus Aran: Metroid Fusion

Hi there, fellow Squidkids & Octolads! How are ya? I'm P.J. GT. A 21 year-old biological male, devoted Christian and Nintendo fan that lives in the U.S.A. I have been a huge fan of Splatoon since I got the second Game. See ya on the Splattlefield! #ShiverFanboy!


 * Pronouns: he/him
 * Custom Signature:
 * Home State: Indiana
 * Time Zone: CDT
 * Switch User Name: P.J. GT™️
 * Switch Friend Code: SW-1207-2946-2895
 * Personal Splatoon Canon

Game Stats
I will update my Stats & Records after Day-1 of S3. But will update them once per week afterwards.

My Playstyle & Records
My playstyle is an aggressive one. I don't always think of flanking that much on certain stages. I sometimes get frustrated if I'm on a losing streak. My preferred control sensitivities are: -3 on both Motion & Sticks. Also my preferred Emote in Splatoon 3 is "Flip Out".

Splatoon 3 Records
Regular Battle:
 * Highest Splats/Assists in one match: 27
 * All-Time Best Splat/Death Ratio: 20 Splats — 0 Deaths
 * Highest Weapon Freshness: ???
 * Lifetime Wins Over ALL Weapons: ???
 * Weapon with Highest Win Total: ???
 * Weapon with Highest Ink Coverage: ???
 * Current Catalog Level: 334 (Drizzle Season 2022)

Salmon Run – Next Wave:
 * Highest Salmon Run Title: Eggsecutive VP 190
 * Shifts played: 330
 * Lifetime Golden Eggs collected: 24,350
 * Lifetime Power Eggs collected: 854,261
 * Lifetime King Salmonids defeated: 18
 * Lifetime Crewmates rescued: 910
 * Total Employee Points: 75,883p

Tableturf Battle:
 * Tableturf Battle Rank: 40
 * Tableturf Battle Cards Collected: 119/162

Currencies:
 * Cash: 628,696 (Stupid Shell-Out Machine...)
 * Sheldon Licenses: 18
 * Ability Chunks: ??? (Combined)
 * Food Tickets: ??? (Combined)
 * Drink Tickets: ??? (Combined)
 * Power Eggs: 99,999 (55,837 in The Crater)
 * Fish Scales: 58 (Combined)
 * Card Bits: 4

Lifetime Ink Coverage:

How I got into Splatoon
Before Splatoon, I was a common Mario fanboy. Batting my eye at other game series like "Yeah, whatevs". I even had some imaginary Mario fan-games i drew up when I was 14 (which I completely abandoned now), as well playing the Skylanders series. But when my brother got Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, I learned that there were other game series that looked interesting, mainly Mega Man and Metroid, and got both Mega Man 2 and Super Metroid on VC. But in 2016, I began to see trailers for Splatoon 1, including its Direct, as I binged Nintendo Minute and past Nintendo Directs. Then for that year, I had an on/off interest in the game. But it was when the Nintendo Switch was announced that I decided not to get it. But then...

In July of 2017, me and my brother each finally got our own Nintendo Switch from console bundles at GameStop (after being scammed on Amazon for the consoles...). My brother's bundle had ARMS and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, while mine also had ARMS but instead had The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. But later that weekend, Splatoon 2 came out and we didn't have interest in ARMS, so we went back to GameStop to turn them in and settled on getting Splatoon 2 instead, as I finally settled my interest in the series. It was then, as I heard the soundtrack and got introduced to Off the Hook, where I got...HOOKED! (Pun intended.) Sure my first matches were horrible, as I was still getting used to the controls and learning its mechanics. But I eventually got to be decent at it. A few weeks later, I decided to get a second copy of Splatoon 2 for my brother so we can play online together instead of sharing one copy. But his interest in it dwindled over a year, while I was addicted to it from the onset. Later, as the Octo Expansion was announced, I was very excited for it and made my preorder. Then as I watched the official Nintendo-held Splatoon 2 tournaments of that year, I decided to adjust my playstyle to not be as childish and picked up some of the Weapons that were meta at the time.

Soon the SPLATOCALYPSE was in full swing and I had a blast participating. Until, I went on a short one month hiatus after version 5.0 released to play Smash Ultimate, until I got the itch to return to the game, as I discovered the official Splatoon Manga here on Inkipedia and disliked it for the childish humor the protagonists had and their tendency to beat tough and elite opponents through idiocy tactics. And it also gave me the inspiration to make my own Splatoon headcanon characters and draw them up during breaks at school (which is further detailed and listed in my User Sandbox, which is linked above). Then... The pandemic occurred and had a decent time playing the bonus rerun Splatfests and watching competitive Splatoon players on YouTube to sharpen my skills at the game and also joining this wiki in the process. But a month after the Mario 35th Splatfest...

It was the day of the February 17, 2021 Nintendo Direct. As the final presentation was going to be revealed... Hoping for news on BotW2, something out of the blue, or just something not interesting, but as I saw the Inkling Girl and the Smallfry, it got me stunned, as I thought it was a spin-off some people were theorizing. But as the hub was shown with that estatic drum loop playing and then the title was show as... SPLATOON 3!!! As Splattack! started and the Inklings and Octolings got launched into battle, the hype train was beginning to start as the release window was revealed to be 2022. The euphoric excitement I had kept me up that night as I re-watched the trailer on repeat. But the wait was lukewarm due to Splatoon 3 not being in the E3 2021 Direct, along with the Hero Mode and Salmon Run trailers in the Directs after it. Until on April 22, 2022... The game's launch was nigh for September 9! The drip-feed of info from SRL was OK to say the least and I got annoyed that people were calling the game "Splatoon 2.5". Then the long awaited Splatoon 3 Direct occurred and the hype was in full force. And the rest is history! Booyah!

Likes & Dislikes of Splatoon
Here are lists of what I like & don't like about the Splatoon Series. (Note that all these are my opinions, so please don't splat the messenger!)

Likes
The Series Itself:
 * The Music!
 * Online Multiplayer
 * Lore
 * Motion Controls (THE best way to play the game.)
 * Encouraging and positive posts
 * The Flip Out Emote (Gotta stick with the OG!)
 * S2 Ink Color: Neon Green
 * S3 Ink Color: Yellow
 * Nintendo-held Splatoon tournaments

Modes:
 * Turf War
 * Salmon Run

Bands:
 * Squid Sisters
 * Off the Hook
 * C-Side
 * Diss-Pair

Hairstyles:
 * "Hipster" (Inkling Boy)
 * "Pony" (Octoling Girl)
 * "Megalobraid" (Inkling Girl)
 * "Punk" (Octoling Boy)

Gear Brands:
 * Takoroka
 * Tentatek

Abilities:
 * Stackable: Ink Resistance Up
 * Headgear: Last-Ditch Effort
 * Clothing: Ninja Squid
 * Shoes: Drop Roller

Bosses:
 * Inner Agent 3
 * NILS Statue
 * Octobot King 2
 * Mr. Grizz
 * Octostomp Redux

Boss Salmonids:
 * Flipper-Flopper
 * Scrapper

Dislikes
The Series Itself:
 * Inappropriate posts and Usernames in-game (sexual, political, threatening)
 * The Pearlina Fan-Theory (SERIOUSLY PEOPLE?!?! Pearl & Marina ARE "NOT" LOVERS!!!! THEY ARE "OFFICIALLY" BFFs!! And fans have the AUDACITY to try and make it believable?! ABSOLUTE BOLOGNA!!) (PLEASE bust this theory in S3's DLC Nogami!)
 * The Fandom's takes around Shiver's gender
 * Splatoon Memes, FMVs & Fandoms (These days, they are SOOOO toxic. Humanity's sinful mind is extremely sickening...)
 * Jelfonzo's F-bomb t-shirt. (Shame on you, Jelfonzo. Shame on you.)
 * The misinterpretation of one of Frye's voice-clips during her boss battle (Great. This is "So long, dear Bowser!" all over again...)
 * Spawn-Campers
 * Disconnects & Communication Errors
 * Squid Parties (I love to crash them! Play the game normally, kids! (But I do enjoy Squidbagging at the end of each Wave in Salmon Run. ESPECIALLY with the Goo Tuber!))
 * The offical Splatoon Manga (Nobody wants Main Protagonists that act like complete idiots...)
 * People who hate Frye because to her appearance (Whatever happened to "Accept others' differences"?!)
 * People who call Splatoon a "baby-game" ( you Splatoon-haters!)
 * People who call Splatoon 3 "Splatoon 2.5" (Watch the S3 Direct losers!)
 * People who say that Splatoon music is cringe (The lyrics ARE pretty catchy!)
 * People saying that Post-Release content is bad (Post-Release content makes more people come back to play the game again and elongates the game's lifespan!)
 * Splatoon 3's so-called "genderless" Player Customization (Get that stupid Styles moniker outta here!)
 * 1v1 Private Battles (2 Players + 1 Spectator)
 * Stick Controls (I only have them on for Handheld-Mode.)
 * The bizarre Among Us posts (Uh...? I actually don't play that game, so...OK, whatevs I guess.)
 * The Double-Cross Dab Emote
 * S2 Ink Color: Winter Green
 * S3 Ink Color: Stark Pink

Modes:
 * All Ranked Modes (S2)
 * Clam Blitz (S3)
 * Tri-Color Turf War

Band:
 * Ink Theory

Songs:
 * [REDACTED] Dudes be [REDACTED] Sleepin'
 * #14 crush

Hairstyles:
 * "Afro" (Octoling Boy)
 * "Banger" (Inkling Girl)
 * "Buzz-Cut" (Inkling Boy)

Gear Brand:
 * Annaki (DEATH TO ANARCHY! LONG LIVE DEMOCRACY!)

Abilities:
 * Stackable: Ink Saver (Sub)
 * Headgear: Tenacity
 * Clothing: Respawn Punisher
 * Shoes: Object Shredder

Boss Salmonids:
 * Flyfish
 * Stinger
 * Big Shot
 * Drizzler

Weapons
This Section includes info on all Splatoon Weapons (Mains, Subs & Specials), as my Mains pics, favorites, most disliked & their Freshness Levels.

Splatfests
This is a list of all the Splatfests I played in. Bold indicates the teams I chose.

Hero Mode Info
Agents: To see what my Agents appearances are, go to my Canon Sandbox Page (link to it above). But here are their Weapons:
 * Agent 3 (Old): Hero Shot (S1 Ver.)
 * Agent 4: Hero Dualies
 * Agent 8: Octo Shot
 * Agent 3 (New): Hero Shot (S3 Ver.)

How My Canon Works: I match the game's final boss Ink color with one of the game's box art characters. (e.g. S1's final boss player color is orange and the game's box art has an Inkling girl with that color, so my Agent 3/Captain is female.)

Extra Details:
 * Character's Skin Tone: 2nd Lightest (To match my skin tone in real life).
 * Eye Colors: Varies per Game.

Misc. Content
Here is a bunch of stuff that is what I like other than Splatoon, merchandise, fun facts about me & my own miscellaneous Splatoon info.

Favorite Characters

 * Shiver
 * Marie
 * Little Buddy
 * Agent 3/Captain
 * Marina
 * Commander Tartar
 * Pearl
 * Agent 8
 * Sheldon
 * Jel La Fleur

Fun Facts About Me

 * I have encountered the competitive players Arashi, Kiver & Kyo in random matches. Along with the Splat-Tuber Viantastic.
 * My favorite smells are pine and spearmint.
 * My irl personality is mostly similar to Marie's, but not as sassy.
 * I own some Splatoon merch. Specifically; a few t-shirts, the Mushroom vs. Star Keychains & the S3 preorder bonus sticker set from GameStop.