Splatoon Global Testfire Suffers Massive Server Outage (But the Twitter Hashtag is Pretty Golden)

Fans who awaited the second Splatoon Global Testfire today have been meet with disappointment: severe server outages due to high volumes of traffic caused many players to receive the following error message during the actual hour of the global beta testing.

However, fans took to Twitter to make some pretty hilarious posts about it.

[eyeofcore]

http://67.227.255.239/forum...

Testfire is extented by another hour.

[ajames347]

Thanks for the link! And I figured Nintendo would do something like this to mitigate the issue.

[DC777]

Sucks, I had already given up after 30 minutes of error messages.

[DryBoneKoopa85]

I was going to say. I played about 6 matches without any issues. Could just be me but everyone in my party didn't seem to have issues getting back in. I did play at like 7:30 so maybe the issues were fixed by the time I got back on.

I can't wait for next Friday! SPLATOON!!!, Legend Of Kay HD, all my Amiibo, and Puzzle & Dragon!!!

[OCEANGROWNKUSH]

It was supposed to be over by 7pm est, at 730 it was already fixed

[andresegr]

"Could be just me but everyone in my party didnt seem to have issues getting back in"

How do you know? Did you were voice chatting while playing?

Oh Wait!

[TripC50]

Here are my Testfire post match screen pics. Splatershot Jr. is my go to.

http://m.imgur.com/a/Wschs

Played 15 games..Won 14 Lost 1..MVP 12 times..Kill/Death 93/12..
Highest points in one game 1287p..Most kills in one game 14..
weapon used: only Splatershot Jr. On every game.

This game is fun and has competative gaming inked all over it.

[DryBoneKoopa85]

Nice stats! Your the type of guy I would want on my team lol.

I also like the Splatter shot. Starting to wonder if it might be a little OP or if used in the right hands the weapon can be deadly.

In the 6 matches that I did get to play. I won 5 of them and lost once. I too was using the Splatter Shot.

[N4g_null]

Trip I'm right there with you a lethal team can be a great coverage cover support.

[jholden3249]

Splattershot all the way! Covers decent ground all things considered, and works well taking out those pesky rollers ;)

[Mega_Volnutt]

Even with the server breakdown and bad ping, the game is super addictive and intense, something that BF and COD lack this days. Also, another thing that I noted in the Splatoon Testfire, is the obvious lagg when playing against japanese teams. The lagg is so horrible that Nintendo needs to make available the Region server selection to avoid lagg with foreign players and invest in some dedicated servers as well. Another thing I felt is, that I tried to play without the gyroscope and realized, the gyroscope is a must when playing Splatoon. It just felt so natural, that you hardly use the second joystick, only for slight movements to L and R. The game is worth every penny people, regardless of not having voice-chat or Off-TV gameplay...

[OCEANGROWNKUSH]

didnt experience any lag...

[TripC50]

I did only one time. My Jr. Was shooting blanks for half a second then the ink appeared later than it should have....my Jr. was shooting blanks...hmm

[ChronoJoe]

I experienced this. My fiance gave me one job to do yesterday, and that was to play the Splatoon demo incase Nintendo rewarded people for playing on every day it was up.

I couldn't get online, and didn't realise it was extended an extra hour. :/

[captainexplosion]

Severe server issues, limited content, and boring mechanics. Today killed my hopes for this game. It felt like another Nintendo chore simulator. All you do is paint.

[Mikito11]

Boring?... A chore simulator?.... I dunno what you were playing but it doesn't sound like it was Splatoon to me

[Klonoa-dreamtraveler]

It never worked for me in general.

[nesiguess]

My internet sucks...