Wow! Awesome! We need to get some games in this week xeno. I feel like I haven't played with you in ages.
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Rocket League |OT| Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars
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Wow! Awesome! We need to get some games in this week xeno. I feel like I haven't played with you in ages.
Man-is-Obsolete
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Wow, Another solution that would make for an insane overtime is no respawn after being destroyed. Dynamics would totally change because of that, but would add a layer of intensity to overtime.
The Cowboy
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Wait, was there a dedicated pitch for the beta that isn't in the full game? - that one looks a lot more rounded (or is that just the FOV doing that?).
Edit.
Had a look in game, its just the FOV making it look different to me.
xenorevlis
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Conkerkid11
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I guess the Virtuoso achievement's broken on PC or something and I'm the only person who has it, so I'm getting a bunch of questions asking how I unlocked it.
Guess nobody knows about Steam Achievement Manager. :/
Got tired of the distance achievement not tracking my progress, being the only achievement I had left after like 70 hours of playing, so I cheated to unlock that and Virtuoso.
Guess nobody knows about Steam Achievement Manager. :/
Got tired of the distance achievement not tracking my progress, being the only achievement I had left after like 70 hours of playing, so I cheated to unlock that and Virtuoso.
Still can't get my rating into the 190s let alone 200. I have a few decent games, get to about 180 and then have 2 or 3 bad ones and drop back down to 75 lol.
Still getting better and still shit when the ball us on top of me. Always jump just a bit too soon.
Destroy the keeper.
Still getting better and still shit when the ball us on top of me. Always jump just a bit too soon.
Destroy the keeper.
You could have a shootout after the time runs out in OT to declare a winner.I think it should have an overtime sudden death, make it so standard overtime lasts 2mins 30 seconds and if no goal has been scored just do a craziness multiball overtime for 1 minute - make it so those training ball cannons appear around the pitch and start spawning balls for 60 seconds, whoever scores 1st wins.
But barring doing that, i do think a time limit should be on overtime at around half the normal match time - if no goals are scored during overtime each team gets half the points of a win and its over.
gutterboy44
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Oh man, Rocket League penalty kicks would be awesome.
xenorevlis
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Are you talking about thy initial match kick off? I don't recall anything being too different and yes, I tend to play with wide FOV and such, though not sure about in that video.
I never play sports games, or watch sports for that matter, but this game has been a blast to play. There is something really awesome about a well placed goal that was set up nicely, or making that last second save defending your goal for that Epic Save. Never thought I'd say these things about a soccer/football game. Guess it's like someone mentioned that some appreciation of the sport will come from this. Maybe I should give a Fifa game a try at some point.
Bots are the worst thing about this game. Multiple doubles games where there's a bot on the other team doing all the work, and they have a tendency to punish any slight mistake with a goal from across the court. Not fun going 0-7 to fucking Foamer. Ugh! It's better than fighting a team a man down but still.
The Cowboy
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I'm talking about the stadium in the beta montage, I'm pretty sure its just the FOV making it look different to me - it looks very round due to it and it threw me off n which stadium it is/was.
Veritigo_X
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Depends on the situation. If the ball is at the opponent's goal I like the goalie playing a sweeper position with another player (usually whoever hits it out of the corner) dropping back to sweep in case the ball comes back. It's hard to organize that unless you're playing with people you know.
I have a dedicated group of friends who I play with and can coordinate, but lately I've seen more and more dedicated goalies (who tend to be pretty good defending) and I'm not sure if rotating goalie per the situation works best. I guess it should, eventually, when we get better.
I think the unsaid rule is whoever spawns closest to goal should defend.
But I hate it when someone just sits inside the goal the entire match. Come forward to clear and take shots, especially if someone manages a real floaty centered ball.
Veritigo_X
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Honestly I love when the other team has a dedicated goalie because that makes it a 3 on 2 situation whenever they rush the net. Much easier to manage.
Those teammates are the worse. I could be right there in position to hit the ball and my teammate will just follow behind me rather than try to judge where I'll hit the ball. Feels like a 3 v 1 sometimes.
Also this. The 3v2 isn't worth it when you can get back to the goal in 3-4 flips.
One person should always hang back. They don't have to be in the goal at all times, but leaving the net completely open is a huge mistake and guarantees a loss.
Matrix XII
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Most people generally do not hang back, so I feel I must do so.
You're right, if that is not done, you are probably going to lose.
Personally I'm not sure there's a right answer this kind of question. It all depends on the team. In a perfect world I guess it would be best if everyone could do everything well and switch positions seamlessly, unfortunately that's rarely the case. If someone on your team is better or more comfortable playing more defensively there's nothing wrong with him playing that way, if it works for your team that's great, conversely if someone is not great at goalie you might want to limit the time where he's the last line of defence.
I will say though, having the goalie staying at the goal-line almost all the time, is a bad idea, the goalie does need to move up near midfield if the ball is on the other half
gutterboy44
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The most frustrating thing is when people want to play "keeper" yet they are in the front kick off position and then they reverse back to goal where the back person already is. Your starting position should dictate your first few seconds of play. Just because you quick chat "defending" doesn't make it a good idea. I have faced plenty of good keepers, but in 3v3 and 4v4, they never save all the shots, but we are able to clear our lines so much easier and dominate the midfield so personally I don't see the point of a dedicated keeper, as in staying in the goal the entire match. A good sweeper keeper player can be incredibly effective, especially if they can bust out a midfield aerial.
Seventy_X_Seven
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Whenever I play as a dedicated goalie I'll always advance to mid field when the ball is on the other side. Knock back easy balls and maybe get that perfectly lined up shot. I can get back to the goal faster than the ball in two backflips if I need to. But you definitely don't want to get in a position where everyone is way up field then all of a sudden the ball gets behind everyone.
This is me pretty much:
Lol so many times
Sevenfold
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I can't put it down. I've never been so animated playing a video game. Semi pro and 90% of games are really close. Considering there's only boost jump and handbrake there's a lot going on with the controls. The game rewards finesse and when it comes together oh man it's glorious ha ha
You know how some people when playing driving games use the controller as a steering wheel? I haven't done that in a long time, but I've realised that this game has made me do it again, except instead of just 2-dimensional side-to-side, it's 3-dimensional, like when I do front flips and especially aerial ones or when fighting to get to a ball first, I thrust my hands and controller forward like an idiot
johnnyquicknives
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Has the no penalty for quitting been fixed? I thought it was weird to allow people to quit ranked matches with no penalty so decided to test it (My 2 teammates had already quit with the first 30seconds probably due to fucking brutal lag, I held out until the last few seconds despite the other team constantly telling me to just quit).
I dropped from ~810 to ~730. I think the messed up thing is really losing that much rank for getting beat/quitting when the lag is that horrific and the game is 3 on 1.
I dropped from ~810 to ~730. I think the messed up thing is really losing that much rank for getting beat/quitting when the lag is that horrific and the game is 3 on 1.
indigo-cyclops
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Unfortunately, more needs to be done with quitters. There's too many of them, regardless of reason. Maybe they can figure out something for connection issues...
This is completely not true. Most games I've played in nobody is staying near the goal on either side to be honest. And I'm certainly not losing every game.
johnnyquicknives
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Oh I agree it needs to be done (and I think the absolute minimum is the same rank loss that you would take from losing the match), I had just read a lot of people here saying that you don't take a hit from quitting when you do. Perpetuating the idea that you don't probably encourages more people to quit.
The game 100% needs something to account for ranked matches where the cars and balls are rubberbanding all over the place though.
maybe because nobody is staying near the goal on either side?
The best \o/
Online doesn't track.
Of course. If both times are leaving the net open it doesn't matter. Play against a semi-organized team and leave your net open and you'll get crushed.
cr_blah_blah
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That was so much fun. Anytime you want to do it again let me know. We only ended up losing a handful, which is always nice. And we humiliated other teams, which is even better I say.
MFW I try to go for an aerial ball
(Minus the celebration of course, because I'll squarely miss it 99% of time.)
Goddammit
I'm sure I will be on some nights during the week. Trying to schedule my match with a team based on the UK which wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
Darkness Unleashed
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At the moment the trophy is glitched, but in a good way. You dont have to travel 500 km, only about 70-80 km but it has to be with the same set of wheels.
Just start a 1v1 exhibition match with no bots and use two rubberbands on your controller. One for the R2 button and one for the left stick.
Two sessions of about 4-5 hours of leaving the game running did the trick for me.
You actually are still traveling 500km. My trophy popped when my 'Recent Activities' showed that I just passed 500km. Its just that the stats aren't reported properly in game. My game had something like 60-80km when it popped.
70-80km is about right but it doesn't have to be with the same set. My most used is at 55km.
The Cowboy
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What a weird thing to do, why would they make the 500km distance achievement offline only - is it just a bug?.
idk why people do this. i got that trophy before i unlocked everything. if you play seasons with the same tire you'll get both trophies at around the same time. i think i had 60 miles on the tomahawk tire when i got the trophy and you need to play like 160 some matches to unlock everything. just enjoy the game and you'll get the trophies naturally.
It's a bug
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