I mean, when faced with a deadline, there can be unexpected factors at the last minute, such as e-mails not going through, traffic between home and work, etc., so in those moments it is important to come in clutch
Genuine question: Why do so many people call it paint/painting when literally every single aspect of the entire game is constantly reminding you every 0.0003 seconds that it's ink, for which the verb is "inking"?
I did a similar essay on this for university once - comparing the gameplay of Splatoon to how life works (in the guise of a short-story essay kinda thing). Three minutes to make your mark, three minutes to make an impact, three minutes to do your very best as you possibly can. Win some, lose some, but you come back. Three minutes is short so live it to the fullest, colours to the max! Using those analogies really work as they visualize how mental health struggles very clearly. This could be me imagining the world as one giant open-world sim where the main quest is unclear, side quests can be confusing, permadeath is on, autosave is every one second and no reloading save files, but game analogies like these really work for me. I really like the analogy that specials are successes, or more accurately, the highs in life. A very unique video, but a very well crafted one, and I really enjoyed watching it.
here's another illustration: your stressors can become coping mechanisms, and vice versa. I remember binge-playing turf wars on splatoon 2 when I met this other player with the username, "æ". æ was a really good player, and was on the enemy team so I lost my first couple of matches against them. I remember getting mad at that player even though my loss streak against that player was mostly randomized. Sure, I killed æ a couple times, but they killed me twice as much. Then, I was on æ's team. That was the moment a foe turned into an ally. We flicked from being in different teams to being in the same team. As time passed from those matches with æ, I got better and better at the game, to the point where I even won against æ a couple of times. We played together until my mom called me to go to the store with her. So, I left the game without friending æ. This really shows that coping mechanisms can be so similar yet so different to stressors. Or maybe how perspectives could really impact something crucial to your mental health. Maybe it's flickering from half-empty to half-full. Maybe it's losing a promotion but having more time to yourself as a result. But this experience paired with this video made me realize how much we could learn from stressors and coping, even to the point where we could overcome once unbeatable amounts of stress. æ, if you're reading this, then you for the battles we played, hope your x-rank battles are slaying💗.
thats something i wanted to add to the vid but i couldnt word it properly. with time your perspectives change. what bogs you down can be what helps you cope later on. pressure from competitors bogs you down one year, making friends with them and having that encouragement helps you the next. cool observation!
honestly this made me realize the way my playstyle is, is exactly how i deal with my problems, i face them head on without a thought, sometimes working sometimes failing horribly, i recently changed my playstyle due to being in the competative scene and started playing with my teammates more and working together, its also starting to reflect on how im treating my problems, i started asking for help, started asking peoples opinions on stuff, overall my life is getting better, thank you for helping me realize how much better i have been doing
This is one of the more unique Splatoon videos I've seen, and you did a great job in visualizing and putting into picture how Splatoon could be an analogy for mental health! Great video!
I feel like the messaging and purpose are a little mixed up. Like, I look at this and see it as "Explaining mental health using Splatoon 3" and not "How Splatoon 3 is an allegory for mental health"
Everyday I keep on finding reasons why I belong in the world, and for some reason Splatoon is one of them! I can't not stop myself from coming back to it, no matter what else I'm into. It's stuff like this. It's a playable art game (i'm an artist), it mixes fantasy with sci-fi with a sprinkle of horror in a world just like ours (my favorite genres of story), and it somehow shows how life can be like. I love it. Thank you for bringing this up in such a amazing manner.
Thank you TH-cam algorithm for showing me this channel, I'm in a good mental state right now, but this is the kind of content I love. Kind, well-made content designed to help people.
i love this video mainly because I do this same thing but for other things in life. one of the main things is trying to understand what someone is trying to tell me. Im able to take what they said and put it into a game of Splatoon. I also love the analogy of being spawn camped. When I feel like im not doing anything at work for a while I have to think differently. when I actually think differently Im able to find something to do so I dont just stand there.
This video literally had me crying. It's extremely well done and great for when things are hard. This must have taken a lotta time and effort. Thank you.
For someone that started creating splatoon stuff because my mental health was in a terrible place: this really REALLY speaks to me in the best of ways. A lot of former friends laughed at me or openly mocked me for enjoying splatoon - even trying to tell me I wasn't 'playing right' because I like to goof off 'n make someones day by drawing them a heart, but they just never got it...the game meant so much to me. I was actually having fun with something even if I saw my own war being fought by just a simple turf war, it was cathartic, release even. And its only know I'm figuring out just how much better I am without them. How easier it is to stand up after a bad match and say 'Hey. We'll get it next time! :3' Thank you so much for this! > v
Bro, any "success" from the enemy, that is thrown at me gets in my way... I can still fight it and be more "successful" during the match. Thank you for showing us how to "successful' during our match and I hope more of your great work gets shown for the people to see how it's done! 👌
got recommended this for the splatoon, stayed for the mental health analogies sometimes you go 20-5 and sometimes you get wiped out and spawncamped, but the most important thing it’s not over until “GAME!” flashes across the screen. thank you for making this video, this week has been hard for me but i’ll get through it somehow!
So thus honestly explain a lot since im not thinking. Im using coping mechanism to handle things sometimes they can't handle. And because of that theyre constantly being put down, so aka the specials seem to never come around even with all the work. Not gonna lie, gonna bring this up in my next therapy session. Thank you for such an amazing video
Holy shit dude, this is genuinely accurate to my life. honestly, the best video that you have ever made in my opinion. I never thought a video about a silly squid game would make me so emotional. 10/10
Damn, I never knew Squiffer was an allegory for addiction. Seriously though, incredibly unique video, incredibly well written and well edited, very good job.
Ngl, this video made me think. It truly did. I've taken my own tower so far, yet something's always getting in the way. I didn't think I'd be crying, but I did. Keep making more videos like this, because they're so beautiful and impactful. I want to thank you and Splatoon for being there.
i've never had a life changing advice before but genuinely this way of seeing things is making things look a little less bleak for me right now, I'm just being spawncamped and 2 of my teamates are AFK but I still have next match (and salmon run lol)
What happens when my coping mechanisms disconnect, leaving me to fend for myself? (I’m kidding, of course. I like how you were able to explain mental health in Splatoon terms).
"but hey, you never know what life throws at you" that was actually how I initially came up with this vid idea. your teammate DC's? oh well, thats life- wait........
with over 6 thousand hours played on both splatoon 2 and 3. and 3 years of my life playing and enjoying splatoon. this is a wonderful message that more need to see and learn about :) i mean, it helped me see things i never thought of from me not being in a good enough mental state to even think of anything. two of those years i was being kept in spawn, some of my coping uses disconnected, and i was left alone with one other person on my team. and yet, the next year i came back losing. but over time, me and my team overtook the other. and we pushed those mental stressers into a corner. and im damn proud of my inkling and me. we make a great team. Thanks for reading this
I really like all the comparisons you can make to mental health with this game, spawncamping I can relate to since I’m about to graduate from high school and I don’t know if I want to go to college or not, but my parents want me to get a good job so it’s a lot of pressure to not fail, and that can be compared to the spawncamping where your being pressured from all sides and you don’t want to fail your team.
Forever saving this video to my computer just in case I need to talk about mental health but I only understand Splatoon. 👍 Also tysm! When you put mental health in a way that I understand, it really helped me understand mental health better! Tysm!
This is precisely what Mark Rober meant when he said to ‘game-ify life’. Thanks for reminding us all that we can always spam ouch, get back up, regroup, and make another push for mid. Your video and analogy were well put together and inspiring. ❤
This is a great video. Back in my Spla2n days I had a tendency to rage at turf wars solely due to how I used to poorly main Brushes, and taking my frustration out on online communities and blaming others for no reason other than the fact that I was just an angry brat. I usually never take breaks until I could get at least one win. The defeat SFX and BGM do not help one single bit. Nowadays, I operate on the "it's just a game" mentality and pretend I'm livestreaming the game by humoring myself when it comes to losses, and reassure myself that I can do better. The worst experience I had with Splat 3 is some of the Alterna stages (mostly the ones that require you to shoot targets) and I just gave up.
Exactly, as much as I like to be competitive and knows a loooot about this game and all, it's important to remember that it's just a game for fun, it's okay to win and lose, even in turf war, and it's okay to take a break and come back at a later time, instead of going on social media ranting about bad randoms or "how competitive-focus Splatoon 3 is"
Yeah, don't beat yourself up on the Alterna stages, I gave up on those too. I used to get really annoyed at Splatoon like you too, and I eventually grew like you too and formed the same mentality as you.
From someone who gets bullied daily I can see how my life is like Splatoon. I don’t have many friends. Which is why I lose. I never have energy. I’m always exhausted and the only coping mechanism I use is cutting up my arm. This really opened my eyes. I don’t know why. But I realized how everyday seems like a battle for me.
So I came in here, expecting good words and good teaching. And this video exceeded that, I genuinely started tearing up near the end because just how real it felt, Splatoon hasn’t been part of my life for that long gameplay wise but I have watched it ever since Splatoon 2 came out and have watched it on and off again till I was finally able to get that game and Splatoon 3 when it came out for myself. And I have loved most of every second of it. And of the year and 6 months of this game being out, I have only put 465 hours into it. The energy part really spoke to me, I have had many times in my life where I have been just burnt out, from back when I was in high school due to how much time I put into other stuff rather then my school work, back when I did wrestling due to mental strain and physical strain, I was over exerting myself. With relationships and friends, especially when it comes to romantic relationships because I am biological male, who is a bit finicky if I am genderfluid or transgender. And I have had many ex boyfriends online and am currently with a guy rn, and well his dad is homophobic and my parents are, not blatantly homophobic but I have had many lectures about my sexuality. And like they tried convincing me I was straight but all they really did was further reinforce in my mind that I was bisexual. I have also had a lot of burnout with the Splatoon series itself, namely the 3rd one since I only have 100 hours on Splatoon 2 and I don’t own a Wii U only a Wii so I never got to experience the 1st game, only through videos. And sometimes this game doesn’t throw back punches, one of my main goals in the game is to get to S+ at least once, and everyone I know around me has made it to S+ at least once or are continually able to get in. I am in S rank, and have been close once to S+ but lost 2 rank up battle opportunities one time, so lost 6 matches in total being kicked back into staying in S rank, pushing me in A+ when the season ended. I have taken many many breaks from this game due to just how much it can stress you out. Sometimes getting 1-3 or just 0-3 in series and then deciding to play Open and then even in open solo que I sometimes get put with the most god of gamers while I get a team that is either good but not fit to fight gods, or the most bumblefuck people in the world. It doesn’t help that I am a Gold Dynamo main. But yeah, this video spoke volumes to me, wonderful video
thanks a lot! id say if you really want to try for s+ go watch squid school's video of "how to get out of s rank" or even "how to get out of s+" both are amazing resources if that's a goal you really really want!
honestly an interesting way of talking about mental health, and it made me though about my mental health again, even tho i knew how my health is going this is a great video and you've got a sub from me
Feeling very “spawncamped” at this point in my life tbh. I’ve been trying to find ways to stop feeling this way but nothing seems to work. I’m going to keep trying tho. Thank you for creating this video, it means a lot to me. I really needed this right now, so thanks again :) have a great day man I love you
this is such a great video! im surprised i never connected this before sooner, especially with the many other parallels that splatoon has to real life. tbh 2023 for me was the equivalent of pushing halfway through a tower control match, then having the other team destroy you with e-liter 4k’s and they win the match. thankfully im getting my footing again so im hoping the rest of the year will be a clean sweep
I thought when going in to watch this, it would be about painting tactics. Im not disappointed with the unexpected twist. But heres how I'd see those tactics anyway from my experience. Getting all the corners: Picky, unsatisfied, needing complete control, OCD behaviors Going in straight to mid (focus on fighting): Agressive, talented, brash, careless. Going straight to mid (focus on inking): Thrilled with action, fearfull of takeover, feels a rush from splat assisting. The jack of all trades: Satisfied, yearning, adaptable, pulls the strings in the back and on the stage. As a carbon roller main, i tend to fit into Corner inker and Jack of all trades.
My life is more like the splatfests of splatoon 3: I get the sneak peak by coping before there’s anything to cope about and sometimes my coping mechanisms work in tandem with some of my stressors as self-deprecating humour, yet more often than not I just can’t keep up with anything, so in the end those same stressors become my life, therefore letting them get all the splatfest points
This is a beautiful video with some points I never thought about. Especially the section talking about being nothing, that hit a little too hard not gonna like lmao. I will share this with my friends because this video deserves to be spread
i never knew how a silly squid game could easily relate to mental health. no wonder i pick up the game when things get rough. other than that, nice video Epic :)
damn.. I normally (thats a lie I cry a lot) dont cry at youtube videos. but this hit home. Ive invested alot of my life to splatoon for the better part of a round 4 years now, which doesn't sound long for the lifetime of this game, but I'm halfway into my teen years, Splatoon as a franchise is what I indulged in when getting out of the pain that was 2020-2021. I was in this weird limbo state of time to me where it seemed to go by so slow yet so fast. Splatoon itself was a coping mechanism. some of my other coping mechanisms turned stressors. specifically one of my closest friends at the time, she was ignoring me and pinning a non-existant problem (literally! A not real problem! It didn't exist! it was made up to try and pressure me into not being friends anymore) on me as a reason why. Later I found out that, infact, the problem wasn't real and was instead caused by her being scared one of her new friends wouldn't like me and find me weird. and her being friends with me would in turn make her new friend not like her. so she let me believe that her stresses were my fault. without telling me the reason why, I spent alot of that year begging for her to tell me what I did, why she wasn't talking, what did I do, how could I fix it. turns out. I wasn't the problem. We still aren't friends to this dayy after she told me we weren't anymore. I haven't fully forgiven her. how could I? It ruined my life, took time and energy away from me. I felt so drained mentally and physically as we shared gym together. but one reliable thing I had was splatoon. A safe guard for me to fall back on. Im sorry if this turned into a vent, I have alot of things I needed to get off my chest that I cant say normally. That situation left scars on me I don't think will ever go away, my already previlent seperation and abandonment anxieties were elevated, I constantly feel like any bad mood my friends are in is directly my fault, I constantly doubt if my friends actually like me or not. Whispers are so loud and I constantly feel like their at me. I feel all my actions are hyper monitored. all because of this one situation with my old friend. But splatoon kinda saved me, more than my therapist, in splatoon I could become engrossed in the lore, the characters, the music, the gameplay. Taking all my stress out in a game of turf war. Decompressing with some hero mode. splatoon has impacted my life so much. theres a joke in my friend group that saying anything that could lead to splatoon isn't allowed to be said because of one time one of them said squid and I started repeating "Your a kid now your a squid now" This video opened my eyes to a new lense to view my mental health. and although I dont understand alot of it, I enjoyed it alot! thank you!
My life is like a turf war, in that I never win, the enemy team is always hacking, my coping mechanisms never work, I'm in everyone's way, I can't aim shit, I'm not having any fun, and I'm always left wanting to quit by throwing my life out the window.
Look at the numbers, give yourself credit where it’s due. Your ability to see how much better others are doesn’t change the skill you already possess. You don’t have to do something you dont want to do, its your free time. Take a break, heck even with a different gamemode. Practice things you suck at (like aim) u will get thru this
Thank you so much for another great video! I really like your different take of content on this game compared to the other content creators in this community.
turf in this video: "Every second matters."
Actual turf: "The last 30 seconds matter!"
take my channel heart and keep quiet lol
I mean, when faced with a deadline, there can be unexpected factors at the last minute, such as e-mails not going through, traffic between home and work, etc., so in those moments it is important to come in clutch
Life has been spawncamping me pretty good for the past couple of years but you're right. There is a way out, just have to find it.
keep trying and you can push them out trust
That's what the enemy Eliter WANTS you to think
@@Typi as an E-Liter user, shhh
I hope your life isnt an average splatoon 3 map or youre cooked
super jump.
I never thought I would have somebody explain mental health to me in splatoon terms
me neither, its crazy someone did that
it’s definitely representing mental health whenever I lose 3 ranked matches in a row and throw my damn controller at the wall
lol i feel that
and then the medals you get every time are
number 1 score booster
most splats
number 1 zone defender
meanwhile your teammates have zero splats
When your teammates keep spamming tristrikes into the enemy spawn.
💀💀 0 value
Damn we are all just splatoon
we are splatoon
We are all of us Splatoon
life.... is splatoon
So can I turn Into F O O D
mmm squib
"We're gonna make a fun game about squids painting a big map!"
"This is definitely a way to represent mental health"
"What the fu-"
"this can be used to figure out if cereal is a soup"
Genuine question: Why do so many people call it paint/painting when literally every single aspect of the entire game is constantly reminding you every 0.0003 seconds that it's ink, for which the verb is "inking"?
I did a similar essay on this for university once - comparing the gameplay of Splatoon to how life works (in the guise of a short-story essay kinda thing). Three minutes to make your mark, three minutes to make an impact, three minutes to do your very best as you possibly can. Win some, lose some, but you come back. Three minutes is short so live it to the fullest, colours to the max!
Using those analogies really work as they visualize how mental health struggles very clearly. This could be me imagining the world as one giant open-world sim where the main quest is unclear, side quests can be confusing, permadeath is on, autosave is every one second and no reloading save files, but game analogies like these really work for me. I really like the analogy that specials are successes, or more accurately, the highs in life. A very unique video, but a very well crafted one, and I really enjoyed watching it.
thanks a lot! cool that im not the only one that believe games can be used as great analogies for great messages!
0:03 "Im gonna explain how this game about squids"
*Turns into an octopus*
Edit: Got the time wrong
credibility -100
@@veryepic2 Source: Trust me bro
Could’ve said either “squid and octopus” or “cephalopods”
0:03
here's another illustration: your stressors can become coping mechanisms, and vice versa.
I remember binge-playing turf wars on splatoon 2 when I met this other player with the username, "æ". æ was a really good player, and was on the enemy team so I lost my first couple of matches against them. I remember getting mad at that player even though my loss streak against that player was mostly randomized. Sure, I killed æ a couple times, but they killed me twice as much. Then, I was on æ's team. That was the moment a foe turned into an ally. We flicked from being in different teams to being in the same team. As time passed from those matches with æ, I got better and better at the game, to the point where I even won against æ a couple of times. We played together until my mom called me to go to the store with her. So, I left the game without friending æ.
This really shows that coping mechanisms can be so similar yet so different to stressors. Or maybe how perspectives could really impact something crucial to your mental health. Maybe it's flickering from half-empty to half-full. Maybe it's losing a promotion but having more time to yourself as a result. But this experience paired with this video made me realize how much we could learn from stressors and coping, even to the point where we could overcome once unbeatable amounts of stress. æ, if you're reading this, then you for the battles we played, hope your x-rank battles are slaying💗.
thats something i wanted to add to the vid but i couldnt word it properly. with time your perspectives change. what bogs you down can be what helps you cope later on. pressure from competitors bogs you down one year, making friends with them and having that encouragement helps you the next. cool observation!
honestly this made me realize the way my playstyle is, is exactly how i deal with my problems, i face them head on without a thought, sometimes working sometimes failing horribly, i recently changed my playstyle due to being in the competative scene and started playing with my teammates more and working together, its also starting to reflect on how im treating my problems, i started asking for help, started asking peoples opinions on stuff, overall my life is getting better, thank you for helping me realize how much better i have been doing
great! basically just stop feeding and get stuff in check
This is one of the more unique Splatoon videos I've seen, and you did a great job in visualizing and putting into picture how Splatoon could be an analogy for mental health! Great video!
Glad it was unique!
I feel like the messaging and purpose are a little mixed up. Like, I look at this and see it as "Explaining mental health using Splatoon 3" and not "How Splatoon 3 is an allegory for mental health"
Everyday I keep on finding reasons why I belong in the world, and for some reason Splatoon is one of them! I can't not stop myself from coming back to it, no matter what else I'm into. It's stuff like this. It's a playable art game (i'm an artist), it mixes fantasy with sci-fi with a sprinkle of horror in a world just like ours (my favorite genres of story), and it somehow shows how life can be like. I love it. Thank you for bringing this up in such a amazing manner.
youre very welcome!
bro.... this is so meaningful and emotional.. I really love this interpretation.. thank you for this..
yw!
Thank you TH-cam algorithm for showing me this channel, I'm in a good mental state right now, but this is the kind of content I love. Kind, well-made content designed to help people.
thanks a lot, glad the algorithm brought you somewhere you like
i love this video mainly because I do this same thing but for other things in life. one of the main things is trying to understand what someone is trying to tell me. Im able to take what they said and put it into a game of Splatoon. I also love the analogy of being spawn camped. When I feel like im not doing anything at work for a while I have to think differently. when I actually think differently Im able to find something to do so I dont just stand there.
thanks! thinking about your thinking changes your thinking which changes your actions (not standing there) so yeah it checks out
This video has me lost for words. All I can say is it was incredible, and I look forward to more epic videos like this one.
thanks for thinking this was very epic
This video literally had me crying. It's extremely well done and great for when things are hard. This must have taken a lotta time and effort. Thank you.
THANKS!
For someone that started creating splatoon stuff because my mental health was in a terrible place: this really REALLY speaks to me in the best of ways.
A lot of former friends laughed at me or openly mocked me for enjoying splatoon - even trying to tell me I wasn't 'playing right' because I like to goof off 'n make someones day by drawing them a heart, but they just never got it...the game meant so much to me. I was actually having fun with something even if I saw my own war being fought by just a simple turf war, it was cathartic, release even.
And its only know I'm figuring out just how much better I am without them. How easier it is to stand up after a bad match and say 'Hey. We'll get it next time! :3'
Thank you so much for this! > v
glad that you have fun in your own way! ill now forever never kill the inkbrushes that draw a heart in my base
Man this vídeo just changed my way of seeing everything and everybody. WE ARE SPALTOON
WE ARE SPALTOON
@@veryepic2 WE ARE SPALTOON
@@Deniel4598 WE ARE SPALTOON
@@taiyakiemuWE ARE SPALTOON
@@Deniel4598 WE ARE SPLATOON
The rain cloud over my head turned onto a whole ahh rainbow😭🙏
Ink storm ⛈️ 🌈
This is what my health teacher should have shown me
health class would be wild
Bro, any "success" from the enemy, that is thrown at me gets in my way... I can still fight it and be more "successful" during the match. Thank you for showing us how to "successful' during our match and I hope more of your great work gets shown for the people to see how it's done! 👌
Of course 👍
got recommended this for the splatoon, stayed for the mental health analogies
sometimes you go 20-5 and sometimes you get wiped out and spawncamped, but the most important thing it’s not over until “GAME!” flashes across the screen. thank you for making this video, this week has been hard for me but i’ll get through it somehow!
your welcome! good luck!
So thus honestly explain a lot since im not thinking. Im using coping mechanism to handle things sometimes they can't handle. And because of that theyre constantly being put down, so aka the specials seem to never come around even with all the work. Not gonna lie, gonna bring this up in my next therapy session.
Thank you for such an amazing video
wow really cool, i am now therapy material???? thanks!
This actually makes sense, every day is a new turf war, and that stupid eliter and clashblaster will be there too
everyday man
Why did this explanation of mental health make more sense to me than any other. Both in Splatoon and irl, I’m stuck in a lock out rn
glad it made sense
This might seem a bit dumb but... This actually really helped me dude. Especially after hearing that spawncamping section. Thank you dude
yw!
Holy shit dude, this is genuinely accurate to my life.
honestly, the best video that you have ever made in my opinion. I never thought a video about a silly squid game would make me so emotional. 10/10
10/10 would cry again
I used Splatoon to cope with stress. I have developed my skills over time and enjoy being good at the game.
Bro, turned my hyper fixation into the only way I’ve actually pay attention and learn about my mental health
WHAT YOU ZAID!!!!
thats wild
Damn, I never knew Squiffer was an allegory for addiction.
Seriously though, incredibly unique video, incredibly well written and well edited, very good job.
many thanks
My life is "a communication error has occurred"
then go communicate 🤯 🤯 🤯
This was so sweet and silly! Made my day, thanks fo making this lol :>
yw!
this was super well made! I thought this would be about the crazy community, but it ended up being about something a lot more impactful.
couldve been about that too 100% lol
Ngl, this video made me think. It truly did. I've taken my own tower so far, yet something's always getting in the way. I didn't think I'd be crying, but I did. Keep making more videos like this, because they're so beautiful and impactful. I want to thank you and Splatoon for being there.
very glad you liked it and learned something!
it illustrates mental health because losing a long side order run ruins it
💀no chips runs
i've never had a life changing advice before but genuinely this way of seeing things is making things look a little less bleak for me right now, I'm just being spawncamped and 2 of my teamates are AFK but I still have next match (and salmon run lol)
afk teammates be like
this is the only way i’ll ever understand anything, if its splatoon.
we love squids
@@veryepic2 and octopuses
What happens when my coping mechanisms disconnect, leaving me to fend for myself?
(I’m kidding, of course. I like how you were able to explain mental health in Splatoon terms).
"but hey, you never know what life throws at you" that was actually how I initially came up with this vid idea. your teammate DC's? oh well, thats life- wait........
The real mental health was the splatoon we made along the way
yes
Needed this video. It’s so well made and really clever. Hats off to you :)
Glad you liked it!
I was expecting something silly but damn
damn
Fr I’m actually crying
same@@fluffy698
This video reminded me how I connected drinking slushies to gambling
what☠️
with over 6 thousand hours played on both splatoon 2 and 3. and 3 years of my life playing and enjoying splatoon. this is a wonderful message that more need to see and learn about :) i mean, it helped me see things i never thought of from me not being in a good enough mental state to even think of anything. two of those years i was being kept in spawn, some of my coping uses disconnected, and i was left alone with one other person on my team. and yet, the next year i came back losing. but over time, me and my team overtook the other. and we pushed those mental stressers into a corner. and im damn proud of my inkling and me. we make a great team. Thanks for reading this
your welcome for reading this, cool story!
I really like all the comparisons you can make to mental health with this game, spawncamping I can relate to since I’m about to graduate from high school and I don’t know if I want to go to college or not, but my parents want me to get a good job so it’s a lot of pressure to not fail, and that can be compared to the spawncamping where your being pressured from all sides and you don’t want to fail your team.
thanks! yeah lots of stuff happens in life, just keep persevering
Hoping the best for your channel, really great editing!
Thank you so much!
Forever saving this video to my computer just in case I need to talk about mental health but I only understand Splatoon. 👍
Also tysm! When you put mental health in a way that I understand, it really helped me understand mental health better! Tysm!
glad it was easier for you to understand!
This is really well made and actually helped me change my perspective on things thank you!!!
This is precisely what Mark Rober meant when he said to ‘game-ify life’. Thanks for reminding us all that we can always spam ouch, get back up, regroup, and make another push for mid. Your video and analogy were well put together and inspiring. ❤
YEAH I REMEMBER THE GAMEIFY CONCEPT NOW (and yes, just keep spamming ouch lol) ty!
This is a great video. Back in my Spla2n days I had a tendency to rage at turf wars solely due to how I used to poorly main Brushes, and taking my frustration out on online communities and blaming others for no reason other than the fact that I was just an angry brat. I usually never take breaks until I could get at least one win. The defeat SFX and BGM do not help one single bit.
Nowadays, I operate on the "it's just a game" mentality and pretend I'm livestreaming the game by humoring myself when it comes to losses, and reassure myself that I can do better. The worst experience I had with Splat 3 is some of the Alterna stages (mostly the ones that require you to shoot targets) and I just gave up.
Exactly, as much as I like to be competitive and knows a loooot about this game and all, it's important to remember that it's just a game for fun, it's okay to win and lose, even in turf war, and it's okay to take a break and come back at a later time, instead of going on social media ranting about bad randoms or "how competitive-focus Splatoon 3 is"
Yeah, don't beat yourself up on the Alterna stages, I gave up on those too. I used to get really annoyed at Splatoon like you too, and I eventually grew like you too and formed the same mentality as you.
exactly what i do. its legit just a game. do you lose any skills or self worth? no. maybe ego, but thats it 👍
And if it gets to your ego then you can weaponize that (to improve) all while you try to be fine with these ego moments @@veryepic2
From someone who gets bullied daily I can see how my life is like Splatoon. I don’t have many friends. Which is why I lose. I never have energy. I’m always exhausted and the only coping mechanism I use is cutting up my arm. This really opened my eyes. I don’t know why. But I realized how everyday seems like a battle for me.
I don’t know you and you don’t know me, but I hope you find your footing. Standing your ground will be so much easier from it.
I don’t know you and you don’t know me, but I hope you find your footing. Standing your ground will be so much easier from it.
I don’t know you and you don’t know me, but I hope you find your footing. Standing your ground will be so much easier from it.
So I came in here, expecting good words and good teaching.
And this video exceeded that, I genuinely started tearing up near the end because just how real it felt, Splatoon hasn’t been part of my life for that long gameplay wise but I have watched it ever since Splatoon 2 came out and have watched it on and off again till I was finally able to get that game and Splatoon 3 when it came out for myself. And I have loved most of every second of it. And of the year and 6 months of this game being out, I have only put 465 hours into it.
The energy part really spoke to me, I have had many times in my life where I have been just burnt out, from back when I was in high school due to how much time I put into other stuff rather then my school work, back when I did wrestling due to mental strain and physical strain, I was over exerting myself. With relationships and friends, especially when it comes to romantic relationships because I am biological male, who is a bit finicky if I am genderfluid or transgender. And I have had many ex boyfriends online and am currently with a guy rn, and well his dad is homophobic and my parents are, not blatantly homophobic but I have had many lectures about my sexuality. And like they tried convincing me I was straight but all they really did was further reinforce in my mind that I was bisexual.
I have also had a lot of burnout with the Splatoon series itself, namely the 3rd one since I only have 100 hours on Splatoon 2 and I don’t own a Wii U only a Wii so I never got to experience the 1st game, only through videos. And sometimes this game doesn’t throw back punches, one of my main goals in the game is to get to S+ at least once, and everyone I know around me has made it to S+ at least once or are continually able to get in. I am in S rank, and have been close once to S+ but lost 2 rank up battle opportunities one time, so lost 6 matches in total being kicked back into staying in S rank, pushing me in A+ when the season ended.
I have taken many many breaks from this game due to just how much it can stress you out. Sometimes getting 1-3 or just 0-3 in series and then deciding to play Open and then even in open solo que I sometimes get put with the most god of gamers while I get a team that is either good but not fit to fight gods, or the most bumblefuck people in the world. It doesn’t help that I am a Gold Dynamo main. But yeah, this video spoke volumes to me, wonderful video
thanks a lot! id say if you really want to try for s+ go watch squid school's video of "how to get out of s rank" or even "how to get out of s+" both are amazing resources if that's a goal you really really want!
@@veryepic2 I have watched I believe how to get out of S rank but that was ages ago, definitely need a refresher, thanks for the reminder!
Omfg this was the most inspiring and motivating thing I've seen in my entire life, I needed to hear this tysm!
no problemo
honestly an interesting way of talking about mental health, and it made me though about my mental health again, even tho i knew how my health is going
this is a great video and you've got a sub from me
thanks! glad you found it interesting
I can see splatoon in almost every aspect of my life
and im loving it!
cool!
Feeling very “spawncamped” at this point in my life tbh. I’ve been trying to find ways to stop feeling this way but nothing seems to work. I’m going to keep trying tho. Thank you for creating this video, it means a lot to me. I really needed this right now, so thanks again :) have a great day man I love you
You got this!
If I ever need to explain how I am doing mentally, I will be using this
yes
me, having a therapist
best therapist W
Considering my recent performance in Splatoon, my life is mostly awful
sorry to hear that. try your best to improve because you'll never improve without trying
this is such a great video! im surprised i never connected this before sooner, especially with the many other parallels that splatoon has to real life. tbh 2023 for me was the equivalent of pushing halfway through a tower control match, then having the other team destroy you with e-liter 4k’s and they win the match. thankfully im getting my footing again so im hoping the rest of the year will be a clean sweep
hope for clean 100% knockout no clickbait sweep
I thought when going in to watch this, it would be about painting tactics. Im not disappointed with the unexpected twist. But heres how I'd see those tactics anyway from my experience.
Getting all the corners: Picky, unsatisfied, needing complete control, OCD behaviors
Going in straight to mid (focus on fighting): Agressive, talented, brash, careless.
Going straight to mid (focus on inking): Thrilled with action, fearfull of takeover, feels a rush from splat assisting.
The jack of all trades: Satisfied, yearning, adaptable, pulls the strings in the back and on the stage.
As a carbon roller main, i tend to fit into Corner inker and Jack of all trades.
wait this is actually sick, personality traits per painting tactics, cool stuff!
Amazing video, really!
I don't really have words, but I really liked what I saw and heard! Definitely a banger
me neither the guy that made this left me speechless 😲😲😲😲
I gonna download this vid for when i doubted myself. Gl and booyah
forever saved, booyah
My life is more like the splatfests of splatoon 3: I get the sneak peak by coping before there’s anything to cope about and sometimes my coping mechanisms work in tandem with some of my stressors as self-deprecating humour, yet more often than not I just can’t keep up with anything, so in the end those same stressors become my life, therefore letting them get all the splatfest points
It’s like my recommended knows how high I am… (but real shit this video is great I’m glad I heard you out)
This is a beautiful video with some points I never thought about. Especially the section talking about being nothing, that hit a little too hard not gonna like lmao. I will share this with my friends because this video deserves to be spread
glad you enjoyed it!
this goes straight to the banger videos playlist
CERTIFIED BANGERS
i never knew how a silly squid game could easily relate to mental health. no wonder i pick up the game when things get rough. other than that, nice video Epic :)
thanks!
A surprisingly good vid based off the concept, I love it!
thanks!!
This.. ironically made me feel better in general. Thanks, man! 😊
Glad to hear it!
Oh my god I was very skeptical of this video but it's just beautifully made thank you
gracias
damn.. I normally (thats a lie I cry a lot) dont cry at youtube videos. but this hit home.
Ive invested alot of my life to splatoon for the better part of a round 4 years now, which doesn't sound long for the lifetime of this game, but I'm halfway into my teen years, Splatoon as a franchise is what I indulged in when getting out of the pain that was 2020-2021. I was in this weird limbo state of time to me where it seemed to go by so slow yet so fast. Splatoon itself was a coping mechanism. some of my other coping mechanisms turned stressors. specifically one of my closest friends at the time, she was ignoring me and pinning a non-existant problem (literally! A not real problem! It didn't exist! it was made up to try and pressure me into not being friends anymore) on me as a reason why. Later I found out that, infact, the problem wasn't real and was instead caused by her being scared one of her new friends wouldn't like me and find me weird. and her being friends with me would in turn make her new friend not like her. so she let me believe that her stresses were my fault. without telling me the reason why, I spent alot of that year begging for her to tell me what I did, why she wasn't talking, what did I do, how could I fix it. turns out. I wasn't the problem. We still aren't friends to this dayy after she told me we weren't anymore. I haven't fully forgiven her. how could I? It ruined my life, took time and energy away from me. I felt so drained mentally and physically as we shared gym together. but one reliable thing I had was splatoon. A safe guard for me to fall back on.
Im sorry if this turned into a vent, I have alot of things I needed to get off my chest that I cant say normally.
That situation left scars on me I don't think will ever go away, my already previlent seperation and abandonment anxieties were elevated, I constantly feel like any bad mood my friends are in is directly my fault, I constantly doubt if my friends actually like me or not. Whispers are so loud and I constantly feel like their at me. I feel all my actions are hyper monitored. all because of this one situation with my old friend.
But splatoon kinda saved me, more than my therapist, in splatoon I could become engrossed in the lore, the characters, the music, the gameplay. Taking all my stress out in a game of turf war. Decompressing with some hero mode. splatoon has impacted my life so much. theres a joke in my friend group that saying anything that could lead to splatoon isn't allowed to be said because of one time one of them said squid and I started repeating "Your a kid now your a squid now"
This video opened my eyes to a new lense to view my mental health. and although I dont understand alot of it, I enjoyed it alot! thank you!
That sucks to hear. You deserved better than that friend anyways, and it's amazing to see that you went your own path.
🥹beautiful story. Glad you chose your own path and you got to vent.
@@veryepic2 thank you!
Amazing video, really impressed!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
As silly as describing mental health in Splatoon terms is, I really like how you do it here ❤
thanks!
I literally almost cried while watching this
🥲
Surprising but interesting video! Well done
ty!
this was a great video! Your perspective on the game is really creative...I never thought this way. Also, this video deserves wayyyyy more views.
Thanks!
splatoon is love, splatoon is life
squids in real life
as an octo main im pissed that its used as a liter counter because that matchup is the complete opposite
lol whoopsies
@@veryepic2 i dont really care that much, its a common misunderstanding that brushes are good against chargers + its not a comp video anyway
My life is like a turf war, in that I never win, the enemy team is always hacking, my coping mechanisms never work, I'm in everyone's way, I can't aim shit, I'm not having any fun, and I'm always left wanting to quit by throwing my life out the window.
Look at the numbers, give yourself credit where it’s due. Your ability to see how much better others are doesn’t change the skill you already possess. You don’t have to do something you dont want to do, its your free time. Take a break, heck even with a different gamemode. Practice things you suck at (like aim) u will get thru this
The real splatoon is the splats we made along the way❤️❤️❤️
Loved Splatoon 2, picked up 3 today ❤ Already falling back in love ❤️
Damn. Splatoon do have it all
it do have it all
Thank you so much for another great video! I really like your different take of content on this game compared to the other content creators in this community.
glad you liked it!
Why did this almost make me cry😥
ALSO SUCH A GOOD VID DUDE ❤❤❤❤
THANKS
"We can assume every Turf War match is a year of your life."
*presses zr once, goes afk for four matches in a row*
afk 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I never thought of splatoon like this. Thats weird..
i know
Funny you're holding a brella in the thumbnail... I'm so seen
brellas rise
Well if turf war is about finding peace in life,then is ranked about finding greater purpose in life?
never thought of it like that... that is a cool point
My life is like a video game!
we are a simulation!
Trying hard to pick the stage!
@@veryepic2We aren’t in a simulation, we ARE the simulation!!!
Man, your videos are so interesting!
Glad you like them!
YOURE SO SMART THIS IS CRAZY
THIS IS CRAZY
@@veryepic2 I could never come up with this tbh good job!!
This video gave me a rlly positive view on life (therapy could never)
this is just a different form of therapy lol
god this helps a lot, been stuck for a while and now i know how to get out
glad to have given you knowledge
Me when I’m trying to get the 10x battle wins for the gold deep cut badges
me after losing the 10x battle: 💀💀💀
peak video, keep up the great work!
THANKS!
oh boy I sure can't wait for the new coping mechanisms coming next season, I always feel like I have the wrong one when facing my problems.
decav to have better hygiene
I never thought about it like that
wow this is gonna set an example for me to keep working on achieving my five star badge even if i loose 10 games in a row 😅
stay strong, just paint the floor, you'll get through this