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Splatoon 2​

Splatoon 2 UK Championship 2018

Organizer	Nintendo UK
Type	Local, online
Location	Qualifiers MCM Comic Con, London & Birmingham Nintendo UK VS Live, London Online (via ESL Play) Insomnia63, Birmingham EGX 2018, Birmingham Grand Final MCM Comic Con, Birmingham
Format	Various
Modes	Turf War Splat Zones Tower Control Rainmaker Clam Blitz
Date	26 May 2018 - 25 November 2018
Winner	Team Mako (Octo League) Salty Splatify (Inkling League)

The Splatoon 2 UK Championship 2018 was a tournament held to determine the UK representative of the Splatoon 2 European Championship 2018-2019. The tournament was officially announced on 21 June 2018 and took place at multiple events across the UK, culminating in a Grand Final that was held on 24 and 25 November 2018.

The tournament was nominated for "Tournament of the Year" in the UK Esports Awards 2019, though it lost to CWL London 2019.

Qualifiers

There were a total of nine qualifier events before the Grand Final took place, with two of them being held online. Two separate leagues were held, those being the Octo League (Ranked Battle modes for all ages) and the Inkling League (Turf War for under-13s).

The tournament had not yet been announced by the time the MCM Inkling Open had occurred, though it retroactively became the first qualifier.

Qualifier	Date	Winner	Runner-up	VODs
MCM Inkling Open	26 May 2018	Team 4D	Sweeglie Squad
Nintendo UK VS Live	28 July 2018	Donald Gamers Salty Splatify	#Free Doomlings
Summer in the City	11 August 2018	Splatterz from the City	unknown
Online Open #1	18 August 2018	Inkxiety Sirens	Doing it for Narnia
Insomnia63	25 August 2018	Team Mako X7	Team Static unknown
EGX 2018	24 September 2018	Inklings Anonymous	Drunken Sailors
Online Open #2	29 September 2018	Drunken Sailors	Dreadnaughts
MCM Comic Con London	27 October 2018	Ducklings Octo Kids	Dreadnaughts unknown
Last-Chance Qualifier	24 November 2018	Last Ditch Effort	unknown

Teams listed in italics are for the Inkling League.

Grand Final

Promotional artwork for the Grand Final, featuring an Inkling and Octoling posing in front of the Bullring Bull.

The Grand Final was held over two days on 24 and 25 November 2018 at MCM Comic Con in Birmingham and was live-streamed on Nintendo UK's official YouTube channel.

The Nintendo booth at the convention featured bleacher stands for attendees to watch the matches (for which every single bracket match was played on-stage), and miniature flags and visors were handed out as well. Each of the teams that qualified wore custom-made jackets with their team names written on the back, as well as introductory videos that were played before they played their first set. Due to Last Ditch Effort's status from winning the Last-Chance Qualifier, their jackets read "Team 8" and did not feature a pre-recorded intro video.

The stage hosts consisted of ItsJusNimmz, MarcWithaC, and Alysia Judge, each of whom conducted interviews with the winning teams of each set. They also hosted the extracurricular Splatoon-related activities across the weekend, those being a quiz, fan art contest, and cosplay contest.

The lead commentator of the bracket matches across the weekend was Bowie Alexander, who was joined by multiple guest commentators:

• DonutDespair (Inkling League finals only)
• Layla
• McFootie
• Nishikii

The Grand Final was notable for featuring a special public appearance from Splatoon series producer Hisashi Nogami. Throughout the weekend he spectated the matches, presented the medals and trophies to the top-placing teams, and signed autographs for attendees. In addition, Nogami officially announced the contents of the Version 4.3.0 update following the conclusion of the Inkling League Top 4, which notably revealed the Bomb Defense Up DX and Main Power Up gear abilities. Nogami stated that this would be the last update in which new weapons would be added, but this later proved to be false in January 2019 when the Sheldon's Picks weapons were revealed to be returning.

Inkling League Top 4 Matches

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The Inkling League Top 4 began at 10 am on 24 November 2018, with Salty Splatify eventually winning 3-2 in the Grand Final against X7.

Octo League Top 8 Matches

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The Octo League Top 8 began at roughly 2 pm on 24 November 2018 and continued until roughly 2 pm the next day.

After many long-fought battles, Team Mako won 4-1 against Team 4D in the Grand Final, thus making them the UK Champions for a second consecutive year and becoming the UK representatives in the then-upcoming Splatoon 2 European Championship 2018-2019.

The Splatoon 2 MCM Quiz

Following the Version 4.3.0 announcement, Nogami invited four teams of two players each on-stage to compete in a Splatoon-themed quiz, which was hosted by ItsJusNimmz & MarcWithaC. Details on each of the rounds are listed below.

Round 1: Grizzco Gallery

The first round was a drawing contest in which players drew select Salmonids from personal memory before Nogami would rate each player's drawings based on their level of detail and accuracy. Each of the "subjects" was worth up to 3 points.

Subject 1: Chum (2 points)
Subject 2: Maws (2 points)
Subject 3: Stinger (3 points)
Subject 4: Flyfish (3 points)
Subject 5: Smallfry (3 points)

Round 2: Stage-agrams

The second round was themed around naming a selection of multiplayer stages based on a given anagram.

Q1: Free The = The Reef
Q2: A Mania Tram = Manta Maria
Q3: Anagrams Shiftiest = Starfish Mainstage
Q4: Weasel Leeway Hour = Walleye Warehouse
Q5: Bare Agony = Goby Arena

Round 3: Jam with the Bands

The third round was a music round, in which players had to guess the song being played AND its in-game artist, both of which were each worth a point. The name of the round is additionally a reference to the Nintendo DS title Jam with the Band.

Q1: Fins & Fiddles / Bottom Feeders
Q2: Wave Prism / Chirpy Chips
Q3: Entropical / SashiMori
Q4: Don't Slip / Wet Floor
Q5: Ebb & Flow / Off the Hook

Round 4: General Ink-telligence

Q1: Who do you play as in Splatoon 2's Hero Mode? (2)
A: Agent 4

Q2: Where is Spyke hanging out in Splatoon 2, and what is he up to? (2)
A: In a café, forever using a laptop

Q3: Name the four shops that sell clothes, shoes, headgear, and weapons in Splatoon 2 (4)
A: Ye Olde Cloth Shoppe, Shella Fresh, Headspace, & Ammo Knights

Q4: What are Pearl, Marina, and Captain Cuttlefish's handles when they chat in ♪MARINA'S CHAT★ROOM♪? (3)
A: MC.Princess, DJ_Hyperfresh, and CraigCuttlefish

Q5: According to Splatfest law, Gherk-IN or Gherk-OUT? (1)
A: Gherk-OUT, apparently (aka the worst Splatfest result since "no" to Pineapple on Pizza)

Fan Art & Cosplay Contests

Both the fan art & cosplay contests were held on 25 November 2018 following the conclusion of the Octo League Top 8.

The winners of the fan art contest were Emily Valinski, Kayleigh Page, and Ellie Aldred. Each of them received goodie bags & a framed copy of their submitted artwork signed by Nogami.

The cosplay contest was judged by JustJobiwan (then known as JobiwanUK), Pixipui (who frequently cosplayed as Marina at Nintendo convention booths), and Hisashi Nogami. The winners are listed below:

• Lita as Marie in her Octo Canyon outfit
• Skyler as Agent 3 sporting their Octo Expansion appearance
• McFootie as their in-game Octoling character, with a custom-made Heavy Splatling made completely out of recycled materials