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Different Splatfests means different winners.

I'm a week late to this, but here's an artwork to celebrate the conclusion of the first regionally different Splatfest event. To anyone who doesn't know what that means, in the United States and European regions, we were asked what the best go-to greeting was, and the choices were Handshake, Fist Bump, or Hug. Meanwhile, in Japan, they were asked what the best name for a popular bean paste snack would be: Kaiten-yaki, Oban-yaki, or Imagawa-yaki.

After 48 hours of duking it out on the splatter-fields, the results came in. Handshake (Shiver's team) won the American/European Splatfest in a major upset with 30 points, while Fist Bump, who was leading at halftime and was the most popular team, got 27 points, and Hug got nothing. While in Japan, Oban-yaki (Frye's team) won with 33 points, while Imagawa-yaki got 24 points, and Kaiten-yaki got nothing. You didn't misread that; this is the most recent Splatfest event where Frye's team won. For those that don't remember, Frye has only won ever once throughout Splatoon 3's lifetime, and that was the Spicy vs. Sweet vs. Sour Splatfest in January of this year. While many are happy to see Frye winning a Splatfest after a 9-month-long dry spell, many others were completely livid when it came to the American/European results.

As I mentioned a moment ago, Frye's team, Fist Bump, was leading the game at halftime and was shown to be the most popular team, so why did they still lose? Well, the answer is pretty simple: mirror matches. For anyone who does not know what that means, it refers to when players on the same team compete against each other. This is usually the case when it comes to the most popular team, because it means there's a less likely chance to play against another team. The problem is that, when you compete against your own teammates, you don't get clout; you can only get it when playing against a rival team. Since Fist Bump players constantly played against themselves, it allowed the other teams to rake in the clout for themselves, and nowhere was this more prevalent than in Pro-Clout and Tri-Color battles, where Handshake absolutely crushed the other teams, allowing them to take home those two chunks, which give out the most points. As a result, despite the odds seemingly stacked in favor of Fist Bump, Handshake ended up taking the gold with a 3-point difference. Shiver's win also proved that a major assumption in the Splatoon community was false all along. You see, a lot of people make the assumption that, since Japan's players usually alter the outcome of Splatfests the most, they're the ones responsible for Shiver constantly winning, claiming that the people who join her team only do it because they simp for her. Welp, when the news broke out that Frye won the Japanese Splatfest, it proved to everyone that Japan wasn't responsible for Shiver's streak of wins, as the blame fits squarely on the shoulders of the US or European players (possibly both).

Because we finally got a Splatfest where two different idols came out as winners, I thought the best way to show that was by having them clasp hands in good sportsmanship, while they use their other hand to represent the regions they won in. It's also the first time since the aforementioned January Splatfest where I drew Frye as the winning idol. Speaking of Frye, I struggled to get her position just right. As I was making my sketch of the characters, something about Frye looked off to me. I decided to consult reference pics on Google, and I finally figured out why Frye didn't look right to me: her body wasn't properly turned, given the way her left arm is positioned. After several minutes of tweaking, I finally got a result that looks right to me.

Hope you like this artwork, and hopefully, here's to one more Splatfest in 2023. I do know we'll be getting a Big Run this upcoming weekend, so there's something to look forward to.

Description
Different Splatfests means different winners.

I'm a week late to this, but here's an artwork to celebrate the conclusion of the first regionally different Splatfest event. To anyone who doesn't know what that means, in the United States and European regions, we were asked what the best go-to greeting was, and the choices were Handshake, Fist Bump, or Hug. Meanwhile, in Japan, they were asked what the best name for a popular bean paste snack would be: Kaiten-yaki, Oban-yaki, or Imagawa-yaki.

After 48 hours of duking it out on the splatter-fields, the results came in. Handshake (Shiver's team) won the American/European Splatfest in a major upset with 30 points, while Fist Bump, who was leading at halftime and was the most popular team, got 27 points, and Hug got nothing. While in Japan, Oban-yaki (Frye's team) won with 33 points, while Imagawa-yaki got 24 points, and Kaiten-yaki got nothing. You didn't misread that; this is the most recent Splatfest event where Frye's team won. For those that don't remember, Frye has only won ever once throughout Splatoon 3's lifetime, and that was the Spicy vs. Sweet vs. Sour Splatfest in January of this year. While many are happy to see Frye winning a Splatfest after a 9-month-long dry spell, many others were completely livid when it came to the American/European results.

As I mentioned a moment ago, Frye's team, Fist Bump, was leading the game at halftime and was shown to be the most popular team, so why did they still lose? Well, the answer is pretty simple: mirror matches. For anyone who does not know what that means, it refers to when players on the same team compete against each other. This is usually the case when it comes to the most popular team, because it means there's a less likely chance to play against another team. The problem is that, when you compete against your own teammates, you don't get clout; you can only get it when playing against a rival team. Since Fist Bump players constantly played against themselves, it allowed the other teams to rake in the clout for themselves, and nowhere was this more prevalent than in Pro-Clout and Tri-Color battles, where Handshake absolutely crushed the other teams, allowing them to take home those two chunks, which give out the most points. As a result, despite the odds seemingly stacked in favor of Fist Bump, Handshake ended up taking the gold with a 3-point difference. Shiver's win also proved that a major assumption in the Splatoon community was false all along. You see, a lot of people make the assumption that, since Japan's players usually alter the outcome of Splatfests the most, they're the ones responsible for Shiver constantly winning, claiming that the people who join her team only do it because they simp for her. Welp, when the news broke out that Frye won the Japanese Splatfest, it proved to everyone that Japan wasn't responsible for Shiver's streak of wins, as the blame fits squarely on the shoulders of the US or European players (possibly both).

Because we finally got a Splatfest where two different idols came out as winners, I thought the best way to show that was by having them clasp hands in good sportsmanship, while they use their other hand to represent the regions they won in. It's also the first time since the aforementioned January Splatfest where I drew Frye as the winning idol. Speaking of Frye, I struggled to get her position just right. As I was making my sketch of the characters, something about Frye looked off to me. I decided to consult reference pics on Google, and I finally figured out why Frye didn't look right to me: her body wasn't properly turned, given the way her left arm is positioned. After several minutes of tweaking, I finally got a result that looks right to me.

Hope you like this artwork, and hopefully, here's to one more Splatfest in 2023. I do know we'll be getting a Big Run this upcoming weekend, so there's something to look forward to.