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Rocket League |OT| Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars
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Guys, I just played my first ever games against guys with esl champion and esl elite tags. And.....I won. I also lost twice, but I also won. I got a good feeling right now guys. Feels nice. When I saw their tags I was like, oh god this matchmaking is horrible I'm gonna die. Then we started playing and they weren't blowing us away. It was weird. It was fun. I wanted to play them more but they left.
Stallion Dan
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When does this ranked season end?
fiction226
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RLCS stream on Rocket League channel is amazing. Presentation (there are replays and analysis!) and announcers are excellent. Gibbs is in a suit! If Rocket League wasn't already here as an esport it has most definitely arrived.
ADDED: as far as gameplay goes established teams destroying the pretenders. SO many faceoff goals w/crap team's goalie going for corner boost on KO. Will they ever learn??
ADDED: as far as gameplay goes established teams destroying the pretenders. SO many faceoff goals w/crap team's goalie going for corner boost on KO. Will they ever learn??
fiction226
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Got me! Even pro teams do it. No Clue just gave up 2 goals doing it at the start of game 3 in their set with Vexx and then completely fell apart and got blown out. I think No Clue is ranked like 9 or 10 in power rankings.
Potentially good game coming up with Orbit vs Onslaught.
Potentially good game coming up with Orbit vs Onslaught.
Well
In some cases in pro teams, it has to do with the starting kickoff, but yeah, I never will go immediately for it
NihonTiger90
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It's slightly below "Going for the slow bouncing ball and managing to not even touch it" on my annoyance scale.
BTW, has the Google doc been updated in a long while? I know I submitted my info and I can't find myself on there.
going for boost puts you in a much better position for saving potential shots, as well as followups on good clears. being to the side of a goal with full boost is actually much more productive than sitting in goal with your neck staring up at a ball that could go anywhere around you. if you have someone cheating, they should cover the cheap shots that just roll in. that and a 50/50 at mid on kickoff should never lead to a straight shot. thats more a kickoff problem, not a boost grabber problem
what happened to no clue was unfortunate, but you cant account for those one in a hundred shots. they werent even particularly caused be someone going for boost, the first one wasnt a kickoff problem at all and the second was a bad 50/50 at mid that was perfectly placed for a followup shot. i dont think its a bad kickoff at all. they didnt make poor decisions, just got unfortunate luck.
getting more of a perspective on a situation is much more useful than getting trapped in goal waiting with your tail between your legs
edit: this is for 3s. i dont go for boost on 2s.
what happened to no clue was unfortunate, but you cant account for those one in a hundred shots. they werent even particularly caused be someone going for boost, the first one wasnt a kickoff problem at all and the second was a bad 50/50 at mid that was perfectly placed for a followup shot. i dont think its a bad kickoff at all. they didnt make poor decisions, just got unfortunate luck.
getting more of a perspective on a situation is much more useful than getting trapped in goal waiting with your tail between your legs
edit: this is for 3s. i dont go for boost on 2s.
CountAntonius
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Yep. The pools kinda shit themselves with the smash website hosting but on the twitch side it was done incredibly well.
Chronospherics
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Started playing this again and just discovered the gaf thread for it.
Actually having 8 friends over tonight to play this across two 50" TVs, should be a good time, but it prompted me to start playing again and trying to get a little better.
Would love to get some 2 vs 2 matches going with some people, as I really want to get more practice in
add me on PS4 if you'd be up for teaming up, my PSN is Chronospherics.
Actually having 8 friends over tonight to play this across two 50" TVs, should be a good time, but it prompted me to start playing again and trying to get a little better.
Would love to get some 2 vs 2 matches going with some people, as I really want to get more practice in
add me on PS4 if you'd be up for teaming up, my PSN is Chronospherics.fuck I want the foam hat. last one i need. meanwhile I have 9 plungers, 6 boots , 5 paper boats, 7 deerstalkers, and many other countless fucking stupid hats lol. ugh
Does anyone know if there is already a list for all new unlockables on Xbox One?
Watching at videos how the best play, I saw that they can do aerials like a god at some moments and sometimes they "screw up". Ground play isn't always perfect. They are no gods
fiction226
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Interesting perspective and you are way better at the game than me but I just don't buy it. You don't need all that boost to make a save and if you have a guy cheat then you have 2 guys covering immediate threats on net. If the guy backflips to corner boost instead -- faster than goalie can get to it -- then THAT guy can rotate in position to cover the net quicker from the side in addition to a guy being already in net. I would do this and cheat the goalie up a little (less than a non-goalie would) if you really think having a guy with full boost at the side of the net is an advantage.
This is for 3's. In 4v4 all 4 should of course go for the KO at the same time with reckless abandon. If not someone hasn't been drinking enough
I've seen the explanation enough from both sides and my take is
goals at KO shouldnt happen in 3s or 2s if you play it right. In 2s though, you need to cover the goal in case for half a second, then rush to the boost.
and what laz means- I think- is that between your boost and the guy who backflipped to the boost, someone should always theoretically be able to save the ball.
goals at KO shouldnt happen in 3s or 2s if you play it right. In 2s though, you need to cover the goal in case for half a second, then rush to the boost.
and what laz means- I think- is that between your boost and the guy who backflipped to the boost, someone should always theoretically be able to save the ball.
Chronospherics
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That's cool
I've played quite a few of the top ESL players when I used to play. Bumped into Kronovi and MikeRules and Gibbs a few times but I don't even know if they're the top anymore as I haven't been following things.
Kronovi and Gibbs and their team beat us pretty badly if I recall. Nothing spectacular but I remember that they went for more opportunities than I would consider and overall they converted more neutral balls into something than my team did.
I also played a game against Fyoshokid where he lost pretty badly and said it was lagging then left, but when I played against Gibbs he destroyed us with his team mate (can't recall name). Mike gave us a good game, can't remember the outcome. Some of these we played a few times, though my team mate was sometimes worse or better than I was, so that was a crucial factor. Some of the friends I play with were on the top 20 on the ranked leaderboard, but some others could barely control their cars.
These experiences were kind of the reason I stopped playing actually. Because when I quit I was in Gold III, so those games were stressful, but also most of these top players I met were in casual games. So it felt like I couldn't catch a break, and every playlist I hit be it casual or ranked seemed to turn into some sweaty competitive game. I don't see the point in ranked casual matchmaking, personally and I was only playing Rocket League for fun, and I think the players around me began taking a lot of the fun out of the experience, for me.
Yeah, once you get above Rising Star (or at), unless you can't do off the wall hits and redirects (like unless you're actively missing a tool that they have), it's not really a "wow I'm hopeless and being crushed" it's moreso they're going for all these opportunities and stuff you'd never see. It's interesting, I'll give it that much. But it doesn't feel like a hopeless weight causing your loss.
Nah, fuck that, it's part of the game. Deal with and counter it or play another mode.
FormallyMegadrive
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^ agreed. It's a huge part of 1s.
It's annoying though, for sure.
It's annoying though, for sure.
I'm okay with bumping, but demolishing is taking out a player for a couple of seconds and countering it when being run over from behind while trying to score a goal is not that easy.
Edit: That's my opinion on the matter. I think that in a competitive game mode one should consider to have a fair match, especially in 1v1. Fortunately the majority of matches is indeed fair.
SomedayTheFire
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The absolute worst is when the start demolishing you in 2s when your partner leaves. That's just embarrassing.
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When someone successfully demolishes me in 1v1 and follows up with a goal you know what I do? I say well played or if I'm too lazy I say nice shot in quick chat. Because that's exactly what it is.
The game is going down the shitter. On PS4 every every sixth game at least starts with only 5players and never finds the last one and at least every second game is a one where all name tags disapper making the game so fucking shit.
Also the amount of ballchasing idiots is so big when you have to play solo like me.
Also the amount of ballchasing idiots is so big when you have to play solo like me.
Stallion Dan
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Demolish should count as a foul imo, stop people mindlessly boosting into everything. Instant respawn and the player who did it disabled for a few seconds.
SomedayTheFire
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Got back into 3s after not playing it for a good 6 months and it's put me in a tier far above my skill level. Feels bad.
you must be fun at parties
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it is annoying in 2s when ppl are smurfing and one of the ppl goes around bumping and demoing thbe higher ranked person while the other player 1v1s the noob. happens a lot late nights
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This has to be a joke.
Interesting perspective and you are way better at the game than me but I just don't buy it. You don't need all that boost to make a save and if you have a guy cheat then you have 2 guys covering immediate threats on net. If the guy backflips to corner boost instead -- faster than goalie can get to it -- then THAT guy can rotate in position to cover the net quicker from the side in addition to a guy being already in net. I would do this and cheat the goalie up a little (less than a non-goalie would) if you really think having a guy with full boost at the side of the net is an advantage.
This is for 3's. In 4v4 all 4 should of course go for the KO at the same time with reckless abandon. If not someone hasn't been drinking enough
sorry, your wording is pretty confusing and im having a bit of trouble getting all your points.
i wasnt trying to shoot down your opinion, and i dont think my opinion holds more ground cause im "better", i was just saying that i dont think no clue are making mistakes or bad decisions with the way they do kickoffs. you cant really predict the things that they got hit with, rather you cant plan around them
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*adds this to your shortlist of banning others who you don't like and that MMR ranking is why you're stuck at your rank*
I Wanna Be The Guy
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Soul, you said you'd give details of the GAF hoops tournament at the weekend. It's Sunday. Why you lying? My feelings are hurt. I feel betrayed.
Stallion Dan
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Nope, just like football, fouls get punished not rewarded.
I WAS DOING HOMEWORK
Okay
fine, I'll drag you and hasney and others who care into a chat to discuss the plans after I eat, so an hour or so
It's a mechanic.
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Real football also has offsides and pay2win(Leicester's amazing fluke season aside). These do not need to be incorporated in to Rocket League.
Stallion Dan
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Missing rules, not same as rule that is opposite.
Reminder Rocket League plays closer to other sports at a high level
Yes, it's 'soccer with cars', but like hell it actually plays anything like soccer. The closest thing is dribbling, but once you get in the air, I think soccer is one of the last things I'd compare it to.
It really is its own thing.
Yes, it's 'soccer with cars', but like hell it actually plays anything like soccer. The closest thing is dribbling, but once you get in the air, I think soccer is one of the last things I'd compare it to.
It really is its own thing.
Stallion Dan
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Headers don't exist!
TheDanimal
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One of my friends constantly compares to Rocket League to pool. I think this is the most apt comparison tbh.
People foul to prevent opportunities/goals in soccer literally every game. What the hell are you talking about?
It's difficult enough to commit to a demo and execute on one, that if you're preventing a goal, or blowing up a keeper for an opening, that's a well executed play.
ilikesanta
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So is there a point in getting multiple copies of the same topper?
Spin that car!
One of my friends constantly compares to Rocket League to pool. I think this is the most apt comparison tbh.
I honestly think it plays like pool. Your friend sounds very smart, I think I would like to meet him!
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I honestly think it's harder to get a good demo than it is to get a good shot- you have to be in a good position and you have to kill them fast enough that they can't do a short jump over you and clear it. Even then, you need to get back over to the ball and shoot it in before they do.
Demoralization of not having gotten a new one.
It's okay in 2+v2+, because if someone gets demolished there is still at least one player left.
I Wanna Be The Guy
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Flying headers that come from above the goal don't exist. Someone jumping from one side of the pitch to the other to head the ball in don't exist. Flips in midair tend not to exist either. Real football also doesn't have walls on each side of he pitch that players run up and jump off of do do trick shots.
Lots of things in rocket league don't exist in real football.
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