Competitive:Stronghold
Logo for the project
Splatoon Stronghold is a project founded by Samino and other competitive players to create a "Stronghold for competitive Splatoon providing resources to longtimers and newcomers alike"[1].
The project has created three different ways to spread information about competitive Splatoon to make the competitive scene more accessible to new players and seasoned ones as well. The three forms include a Discord server, Google document, and a website; the Discord server for interactivity, the Google document for shareability, and the website for searchability.
Project History
What initially inspired the inception of the project was the lack of accessibility to resources in the competitive scene. The founder of the project, Samino, saw this and after talking with other players about their competitive journeys and how they learned information (nearly all of that information being learnt by experience and not through resources), the project was conceived and set in to motion during the Spring of 2022.
The project was first announced to the public on April 12th, 2022[2]. However, it wasn't until April 26th where the project's first part of their plan, the creation of a Discord server, was announced to be releasing publicly on May 28th as a way to celebrate Splatoon's 7 year anniversary[3].
Not long before the project's Discord server went public, a project roadmap[4] was released. In the roadmap, a competitive guide & handbook as well as a website were announced. The release dates for the guide & handbook being June 18th and the website being July 21st.
The project's Discord server went public on May 28th as planned and rose in popularity very quickly. Going from roughly 150 members (as a result of the preview phase done in May), the server reached 1,000 members before two days had even passed. An announcement video for the project explaining what it was and all that it had to offer was also created[5].
On June 9th, 2022, the Discord server became available on Discord's Server Discovery feature, helping to make the server more accessible[6].
Not long after this, on June 18th, 2022, the project's second part in its three-phase plan was released with the announcement of the Splatoon Esports Guidebook[7].
The planned website will be launching on July 21st, 2022 to celebrate Splatoon 2's anniversary.
The staff of Splatoon Stronghold have hinted at future plans to expand what the project offers.
Discord Server
Splatoon Stronghold Discord Server
The Splatoon Stronghold Discord server has much to offer. A getting started in competitive guide can be found in the main channels. There are sections devoted to listing resources, providing a captain forum, hosting weapon and game discussion channels, finding scrimmages, requesting VOD recordings, and looking for people to play the game with. Below the various sections are fully listed and explained
- Welcome - Starting section for the server where rules, announcements, role request channels, and a getting started in competitive guide are listed as well as various Discord servers and websites one should be familiar with.
- Server Information - This section lists a map of the server, a change log, various forms, and a part giving credit to those who have contributed to the project.
- Community - The general discussion channels of the server can be found here as well as the server's helpdesk.
- Promotion - Dedicated channels for promoting clips, art, YouTube links, Twitch channels, Discord servers, and other content are provided here.
- Resources - Various resources such as tutorials, video & document guides can be found here along with a history of Splatoon's meta.
- Scrimmages - Here you can find scrimmages to play in with your team or in a pickup. Draft servers can also be found here.
- Recruitment - This is where you can find players for your team or find a team to join.
- Captain Forum - A forum for captains of teams to share knowledge with each other and give advice on how to lead a team.
- Weapon Discussion - Channels dedicated for discussing in game weapons can be found here.
- Game Discussion - Various game-related channels such as advice, lore, gear, meta, or game-specific chats can be found here.
- VODs - This is where you can request to have to have someone record a video of your scrimmages for review later.
- Tournaments - Tournament and event news is posted here along with a list of major tournament organizations.
- Content Creators - Notable Twitch streamers and YouTube channels are listed here as well as other content creators.
- Looking for Game - Here you can find other players to play Turf War, League Battles, Salmon Run, or Private Battles with.
Guidebook
This document was created to help new players get started in the scene while also serving as a reference guide throughout their competitive journey whether that be competing in or contributing to the scene. Everything you'll ever need to know about getting started in the scene is contained within this document.
Website
Coming soon!
A website to help promote the competitive scene and give greater accessibility to resources of everyone.
Gallery
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Official logo for the project
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Roadmap for the project
References
- ↑ Template:Twitter Project's Mission Statement on Twitter
- ↑ Template:Twitter Project Announcement
- ↑ Template:Twitter Discord Server Release Date
- ↑ Template:Twitter Project Roadmap
- ↑
Announcement Video
- ↑ Template:Twitter Discord Server Discovery
- ↑ Splatoon Esports Guidebook
