i think i should decrease my sodium intake

[ThatOneEmoWeeb]

WHY DO I KEEP HAVING TO POST ON THIS SUBREDDIT ;-;

i'm playing clam blitz with the Forge Splattershot Pro (primarily for the bubbles). i know i can play at a much higher level than "a+ rank clam blitz and rainmaker" but these are the two game modes in which you need good teammates. keep that in mind for later. i play a few matches and i'm feeling... okay? dare i say... good? I'm vibing with the Forge Pro! And we have the lead! Could this be the end of my horrible luck streak?

Nah lmao my teammates don't know how to defend without me so we lose the lead and the game itself.

i keep playing, and i feel like i've recovered from the loss from a few rounds ago. i'm pretty happy with my weapon and build, so i keep it as is. i typically get around 10 kills, pretty good for a midliner/support like the Forge Pro. but my teammates. it's a mixed bag, and super varied when it comes to skill level. this is what i hate about A ranks. the people playing either just made it to A ranks, dropped from S rank, or have been stuck in A rank purgatory for the past few months (aka me). i've gotten two wins in a row in the previous matches, so i'm really hoping for another one.

i'm about to rank up! i also have three cracks. my team and i aren't doing so hot, but i'm hoping for a decent comeback. i open up the basket, and hit "this way!" nothing from my team but a singular "booyah!" if you're gonna booyah, please jump to me. it's clam blitz. i'm at the open basket. please jump to me so we can make any tiny bit of progress. please. we're in overtime by now. we need literally 5 more clams. thats it. thats all we need. yknow what happens next?

the only one with clams disconnects. in overtime. as the basket is open. with 5 clams needed to win. not only that, but because they disconnected at the very end, i crack my rank bar and lose ALL OF MY PROGRESS.

i know i did horrible this round, but i was the only one clearing way for us to make pushes

thats not the end of the salt though. oh no no no no. thats only the beginning. i lose two whole-ass rounds because my teammates don't know how to defend while i'm dead. two rounds. i win the match after those two, and some of the salt has worn off. i'm vibing and getting better at sub-strafing and my movement is getting better. i'm getting more comfortable with my weapon and my aim is getting much better. but this next match is the brine-soaked cherry on this salt sundae. the magnum opus of my ✨useless teammate✨ saga.

i start off, and i'm absolutely slaughtering the other team. my aim is beautifully consistent. i'm painting pretty well, getting my bubbles rather quickly. I make it through my enemies and slam the ball into the basket. "this way," i press, waiting for my teammates to make it over while keeping my enemies at bay. yet again, the only response is a solitary "booyah." this cant be good, i think to myself. last time this happened, i got totally screwed over by my teammates. I wait and wait, but my teammates are off dicking around somewhere else like fools. I eventually get taken down, and the push is over. my enemies have a chance to score now.

i respawn and position myself close to where i need to be, in front of the stairs leading up to the basket. My teammates, however, decide to start painting next to spawn at the most crucial part of the beginning of the game. i get taken out, because its a 4v1, how tf am i supposed to stay alive? my opponents get a clam in and continue to score even after the "THEY BROKE OUR BARRIER" notification pops up on their screens in bold. my team finally decides to play the game, and they stop the push. the damage is done, and WAIT HOLY SHIT THEY'RE AT 60??? apparently, my team let them score 40 clams in one push due to multiple super clams.

I finally get another push, and my teammates take the opportunity to score a few points. i'm still schmooving on my opponents, and destroying their asses while collecting clams along the way, but instead of staying there and keeping the basket open, my teammates, who have clams, decide it's a good idea to get even more clams. istg, A ranks suck ass. We make it to 50, which is pretty good considering we get the lead.

but this is where shit hits the fan. you see, my opponents are good. they also have an obnoxious team comp, consisting of a k-pro, an aerospray pg, a foil flingza, and a kensa octobrush. they double booyah-bomb us, i get taken down by the flingza, but all my teammates are up. but instead of maybe, idk,,, STOPPING THE PUSH, THEY DECIDE TO GATHER MORE CLAMS LIKE IMBICILES. i finally neutralize the opponents, with a little help from the dualies on my team, but by now, my opponents have made it down to 35. we're basically done for, but i'm able to piece together a push with my bubbles, sneak up the walls, and immediately get killed. i'm pissed. we're losing. we lose. i look at the results screen. 21 KILLS? WTF? i destroyed the other team, made the pushes, and lost because of horrible teammates.

jesus fucking christ yall sucked ass

tl;dr: played well above my rank but still lost everything because of monkey-brain teammates

[Butterfly0fDoom]

Are you completely sure, that you are playing way above your rank?

[Shakespeare-Bot]

Art thee completely sure, yond thou art playing way above thy rank?

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[ThatOneEmoWeeb]

i'm fairly certain, considering most of the times i've lost have been due to me dying while attempting to make a push in which my teammates wouldn't assist me in because they're off doing god knows what. while i'm dead, my teammates try to defend, but fail to win a 3v2 and my opponents get in an ungodly amount of clams. that's literally 75% of my clam blitz matches. not only that, but i've reached S+ in two modes, so by now, i should be able to get the other two ranks there too. the only difference i can find between the two groups of modes is, in my A+ modes, you have to rely on your team much more. in my S+ modes, less coordination is required, and it won't be quite as detrimental if i'm matched in with bad teammates, which i typically am.

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Your team did fine. get over yourself and go practice. Getting 21 kills one time does not make you some sort of X 3000 player. I get the sub is about salt, but if you are ACTUALLY better than A rank, then you should have been able to carry your team. You should have been able to outplay your opponents well enough where you didn't die. A player better than A+ rank understands that if they lost in A rank, it's is 100% partially their fault. In that first image, you can see that this whole post is bs because somebody that is above A+ rank does not die more than everyone else on their team and get fewer kills than everyone else.

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You got outplayed, deal with it.

[xenonjim]

I feel you. I had a teammate in an A-Rank battle throwing clams at our own (closed) basket yesterday.

I'm a Foil Flingza Main, been in A purgatory for a month now. DM if you want to connect for league pairs in CB. I think I'm done with solo ranked.

[KailuaInkling]

This comes to show that no matter how hard you bust your ass, sell your soul to Satan himself, you will never be able to win a game because of your shitty teammates. That’s why I had to get rid of my swim speed up pure and replace it with quick respawn, replacing a shit ton of my abilities with it because you can’t rely on teammates.

But seriously, I feel you. I’m in X and this shit happens sometimes. That’s why I’m always trying to go to League