Why does Shiver keep winning every splatfest?

It's all a plan to give Shiver hypnoshades in splatoon 4

I’m like 100% convinced they have Frye one good theme because they pityed her

The problem is that it’s no longer as fun when you know who’s gonna win. The fun thing about splatfest is that you don’t know which team is gonna win so it’s like you’re anticipating something it adds to the excitement. But when you know that there’s like a 90% chance one idol is gonna win simply because of the popularity it’s no longer as enjoyable that’s just me though

It’s mostly because Japanese players wins count to our spaltfest. Shiver wins because they love her, and because she’s been picking teams they want. There’s high inflation in Japan team money. They like vanilla, vanilla wins. They like white chocolate you get the point

Here’s why I think Shiver keeps winning: Shiver now has a 4 Splatfest winning streak. If she’s won 4 times, there is some predictability for her winning next time. If people think she will win next time, then they will go on her team, because naturally people want to win. If more people go on Shiver’s team, the more likely that Shiver will win. And if Shiver wins, the cycle will continue. I’m calling this the Splatfest Problem/Cycle.

It might not seem annoying, but it definitely is annoying to constantly see shiver win when you get better rewards for picking the winning team in the end.

splatfests are not about picking your favorite idol, its about picking your favorite option that relates to the theme. weather or not your favorite idol is on that team shouldnt matter

With how Shiver is acting- I kinda want her to have the villain arc because with her actions especially through every Splatfest so far (Not Story Mode). Like the wins and popularity getting to her to the point she forgets about the other two but when it’s too late- she has to go through a big journey to find back Frye and Big Man (heck even have them to go through a journey too) so they reunite again. Similar to what happened with Callie and Marie! :D And if that is the plan- I’m actually all for it!✨ Of course this is just my opinion/take!

0:18 That's 9/16 Callie for Splatoon 1 in the Americas, 10/16 Callie in Europe & Oceania, and 8/16 even in Japan. And 15/31 Pearl for Splatoon 2 in the Americas and Oceania, 16/31 Pearl in Europe, and 13/31 Pearl in Japan. Not as significant as Shiver having won 2/3 of the nine Splatoon 3 Splatfests we've had so far (including the Splatoon 3 testfire). ESPECIALLY since there are now THREE idols instead of two.

Shiver is my least favorite but honestly i still like her alot. the only splatfest im pissed about is the nessie, aliens, bigfoot. Aliens should of won.

I don't think that Shiver herself is the problem or even her "simps", who I doubt exist in such high numbers to literally destroy the entire splatfest system, rather splatfest themes are to blame. In my opinion in splat3 themes became really one-sided, most of the time you can easily tell what team is going to win the moment they announce the new splatfest is coming. For me it was the case when sweet, vanilla and power won. Of course sweet was gonna be very popular but comparing to other choices it was the only mild flavour, for others it was literally destroy your mouth and stomach with spiciness or with acid. There were no salty choice for example or something like umami flavour. You can also say the same happened to icecream splatfest where vanilla was so popular because it's the most basic flavour out of three, you can also add any toppings to it so of course people were choosing it. Something similar happened with Zelda splatfest, people love villains and simping for new Ganon design was at it's finest so yeah, power won. And yes you can say that there were some unexpected results like in chocolate splatfest or when Nessie won but it rather something rare not the norm. Some people also saying that money team win was also strange but it would be much shocking if fame won. The question of this splatfest was either it's gonna be money of love and the first one won so nothing to be shocked about. And while we're on the topping of the team choices i cannot notice that Shiver really does get most popular choices most of the time. And I get that those choices aremade with characters personality in mind like I bet that Callie would choose to read a book at home while she could go hang out with her friends instead but some choices feal kinda strange. Like the whole gang would totally choose money if they could they are the treasure hunters after all but they couldn't. And in that case Shiver looks much more like a fame gal for me, Frye would totally choose money. But developers just can't let this happen because it would mean that two strong teams are gonna be together while the weaker one is shoved to the side. And now bear with me when I say it but that's actually a composition trick that developers need to use for it to look good. That's also the reason behind Frye curse and why she keeps getting those shitty choices. She either need to get a really good one to outshine the other two or be the worst option. It's all happening just because she sits in the middle. Going back to Shiver it's also the reason why it's literally impossible for her to get the weakest team because the general rule of composition is to go from left to right. So the only good arrangements that we have are: [strong - weak - strong] - "money vs fame vs love" splatfest, [weak - strong - the weakest] - "spicy vs sweet vs sour" splatfest, and [the strongest - strong - weak] - "vanilla vs strawberry vs mint chocolate" splatfest. Of course there's also featured splatfest where placement of choices is usually based on the original material like in Zelda one or in Pokemon one and it's basically [strong - strong - strong] but I don't think that should counts actually because it's based on people's experience with other games. So yeah, Shiver isn't a really problem, the main problem is that there's now three teams an devs just don't know how to work with it Btw some people would totally say that I'm defending Shiver and no, I don't. Actually she's my least favourite idol out of the trio. I'm just an artist who tend to know some composition theory and is really mad that Frye once again got the worst option.

Ok the reason i pick shiver is because I agree with her most splatfest (last splatfest i was on team love btw) but I’m not one of those people who just choose based on the idol. I choose on the theme

1:13 i would agree but if shiver keeps on winning it does lose the fun of splatfest

i just wish people would actually choose a team based on the title though, not the idol behind it 😭

I always thought it was because Shiver is a simp magnet.

Watch Shiver break the cycle by winning the final Splatfest after a massive win streak, defying patterns is kind of a big part of Chaos.

You forgot that there is a problem with some players, racism. Many japanese fans, who affect A LOT the splatfests, are very racist to Fry, calling her monkey like, saying her skin is unappealing, and overall discrimination. And there are racist western fans too! This doesn't mean that the majority of shiver fans are racist, but it does affect her a lot, it probably also did to marina, like damn, marina even got a plush of her whitewashed, an official plushie... they can't take a break. It's not like there aren't other factors, it's just that some poc in the splatoon community themselves found these events of racism in the splatoon fandom

Shiver now has won 7 out of 10 splatfests, all because of Splatoon pulling the region locks for Splatfest.. #BringBackRegionLock

SHIVER WON AGAIN ARE YOU KIDDING ME

Justice for Frye