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Rocket League suddenly has the most toxic community i've seen. and its a shame.
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ViolentP
Member
Natural has nothing to do with it. If a man walks into hostile territory, he should not be surprised by hostile response. Now, If he were forced into that territory, there would be an argument to be had. But if the option to omit yourself from the scenario exists and you still choose to partake, you forfeit any right to complain.
That's just me though.
Allforce
Member
I've played since launch, 95% Unranked Social games just by myself 3v3, and have maybe come across someone who was a twat a half-dozen times. I don't know what to tell you OP, maybe you just have a bigger sampler size then me but I've put at least a hundred hours in (never really checked) and always seem to get by just fine with the Quick Chat.
The "What a Save" is tongue-in-cheek and a great way to poke fun at someone. It's just a game.
The "What a Save" is tongue-in-cheek and a great way to poke fun at someone. It's just a game.
Maintenance
Member
Rocket League? Really?
There are bad apples everywhere, but RL isn't nowhere near the MOBA communities.
There are bad apples everywhere, but RL isn't nowhere near the MOBA communities.
DarkChronic
Member
I'm not going to argue with you but the point I'm trying to make is that it sucks when you have your own teammate spewing garbage at you. It's not how you play team sports - period.
The Outsider
Member
I've only ran into a few assholes on RL. I usually don't let them get under my skin, but it definitely feels good to beat a team that does nothing but talk shit.
Im_So_Pringles
Member
I only play 1v1, and I'm at the rank where all the players are respectful. Not very often do I venture into the 3v3 playlists (I did quite a bit of Rocket Labs recently though) but I very rarely run into toxic players. Sorry about the experience some have been having 
this game is too awesome for it to be ruined by idiots!
this game is too awesome for it to be ruined by idiots!I typically turn off all chat and just play while listening to the Spotify app.
But yeah, toxic is a good description for most trash talk. A gg from me usually is met with a stfu.
I think sarcastic use of the quick team speak is hilarious though. Don't mind if teammates call me out for missing a save or running in to them. It's an acceptable way to vent frustration, imho.
But yeah, toxic is a good description for most trash talk. A gg from me usually is met with a stfu.
I think sarcastic use of the quick team speak is hilarious though. Don't mind if teammates call me out for missing a save or running in to them. It's an acceptable way to vent frustration, imho.
It's all down to the level you're playing on. On xbox, the lower level you are and the higher the level, the better the player base from a social standpoint. The mid tiers are always bogged down with the toxic pieces of shit who pretty much ruin every game ever. The problem is, if you don't respond to their blatant toxic talk, they start intentionally trolling (hitting you, scoring own goals, etc). It's pretty easy to tell who's intentionally playing bad and who's just trying but isn't very good.
I've blown through those level of people on PS4 and PC but man oh man, Xbox One is the worst of the three by far. I've never seen such a high number of people quitting ranked 3s ever. Almost every game there's one. 1-0 down and no one goes with your forfeit vote? They leave. It's insane.
Ever since I got out of the shit levels on PS4 I've had nothing but an awesome experience.
Only thing that really bothers me any more are idle players. Especially those that come back with, "Sorry, was texting!"
OP, I'm with you.
Doing this to your team mate is awful and unproductive. Against other players is just a mind game. Competitive shit talking.
This damn player was Wowing every single mistake since beginning. It made me infuriated too. He wasn't just trolling, he was serious. I can afirm that since the next match we were against and he said "NOW I HAVE A REAL TEAM. LET'S SEE WHO WILL WIN"(yes, capslocked).
He lost, I left only a "GG" and it felt better than Dark souls + Bloodborne.
Doing this to your team mate is awful and unproductive. Against other players is just a mind game. Competitive shit talking.
This damn player was Wowing every single mistake since beginning. It made me infuriated too. He wasn't just trolling, he was serious. I can afirm that since the next match we were against and he said "NOW I HAVE A REAL TEAM. LET'S SEE WHO WILL WIN"(yes, capslocked).
He lost, I left only a "GG" and it felt better than Dark souls + Bloodborne.
RL in a nutshell.
Fact. 9 times out of 10 the shit talkers and rage quitters are usually the worst players on the team. I've had a few games where when we picked up a bot teammate we actually improved which is...startling.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
The meta of people blowing off Salsa's observation is alarming.
I've actually had not too many problems myself, but I have had problems with teammates who breakdown under inter-team trash talk causing us to lose.
My long-lost twin! lol
The ones who jeer for a fuck up then praise me later for an aerial. I'm like "I didnt' hand the controller to someone else you twats"
I've actually had not too many problems myself, but I have had problems with teammates who breakdown under inter-team trash talk causing us to lose.
My long-lost twin! lol
The ones who jeer for a fuck up then praise me later for an aerial. I'm like "I didnt' hand the controller to someone else you twats"
This is the case in any competitive online multiplayer. Online coop games on the other hand can have great communities if it implements certain features well like shared exp/drops/nodes.
But honestly I'm pretty much immune to all online insults by now. Neither them or the game is worth getting so upset about to retaliate or throw insults back. Just shut them up by playing better.
But honestly I'm pretty much immune to all online insults by now. Neither them or the game is worth getting so upset about to retaliate or throw insults back. Just shut them up by playing better.
Just had a game where someone told me to leave the game several times. Granted, I centered the ball for the other team, lol, but I ended up having the most points and scored the tie breaker. Felt good when on the next game they were on opposite team's and we creamed them. Had one of the better games for me. Needless to say I talked some trash after that match, lol.
KillerDark
Member
RL definitely has a huge amount of toxicity. Unfortunately thats the nature of multiplayer games. That said its still one of the most fun games in a long time!
Consumer
Member
2 things made me take a long break from Rocket League:
1. I reached my peak at Silver 3 and wasn't really advancing up from there; I played really unpredictably, either very well or very poorly. I'd lose 100 points in 1 night, then gain them back the next night.
2. The trashtalk, especially from teammates. As a light trashtalker myself, I understand, but at the end of the day we all want to improve and become one of the best and it's really disheartening to constantly be insulted & put down. My skin's too thick to be hurt solely by words like "uninstall faggot", but when I'm on a dry streak (mentioned in point #1) it really does feel like shit since I'm trying my best but just having a bad night.
I've tried playing with text chat muted... Not only does it detract from the game since you can't communicate with teammates or say "gg", but you can still feel them saying "what a save" or "kill yourself" when you screw up, so I might as well keep the chat enabled.
1. I reached my peak at Silver 3 and wasn't really advancing up from there; I played really unpredictably, either very well or very poorly. I'd lose 100 points in 1 night, then gain them back the next night.
2. The trashtalk, especially from teammates. As a light trashtalker myself, I understand, but at the end of the day we all want to improve and become one of the best and it's really disheartening to constantly be insulted & put down. My skin's too thick to be hurt solely by words like "uninstall faggot", but when I'm on a dry streak (mentioned in point #1) it really does feel like shit since I'm trying my best but just having a bad night.
I've tried playing with text chat muted... Not only does it detract from the game since you can't communicate with teammates or say "gg", but you can still feel them saying "what a save" or "kill yourself" when you screw up, so I might as well keep the chat enabled.
CecilRousso
Member
I recognize this in ranked matches (PC), so I stopped playing that, and only play regular matches, where people seem to take a lighter approach to it. Got no time for playing with people who can't behave like normal human beings.
Haven't played since before the S2 update, because XCOM2, so it's a shame to hear that people are behaving even worse now.
Haven't played since before the S2 update, because XCOM2, so it's a shame to hear that people are behaving even worse now.
RedAssedApe
Banned
Pretty much every game I played was like. People would just try and troll you using the chat commands.
Didn't really bother me though. I usually knew if I had fucked up. And it kind of made it more satisfying when you finally beat them or made them rage quit mid game.
:shrugs:
Didn't really bother me though. I usually knew if I had fucked up. And it kind of made it more satisfying when you finally beat them or made them rage quit mid game.
:shrugs:
I like to spam the Sorry! emote when a goal is scored on either side. It sometime spisses off other players enough that theyll just try to demo me and stop focusing on winning, but I mostly just do it out of habit.
I dont get much trash talk though because I usually put the team on my back
I dont get much trash talk though because I usually put the team on my back
Frag Waffles
Member
Ps4 here, and the community has been pretty great since day one lots of ggs after almost all my matches. Most of the time the quick commands are used in a pretty silly manner even when making fun of someone. People will go "What a save!" When you botch it up but just say "Thanks!" in response. I usually laugh about it. Occasionally I'll run into someone who gets way into the chat and starts going off about someone's mother, but those are few and far between.
If you lived in a place your entire life where every few nights someone came around and thwacked you in the foot with a sledgehammer, it may seem very natural to scoff and push back when someone who just moved there complains after being thwacked for the first time ("pfft, you still have five toes. check this out: looks like it's part of the table but that's my leg!"). But the real issue is the thwacking, so CountAntonius is right in that being dismissive doesn't really help anything.
That said (whatever that was), I love Rocket League's quick chat/the fact that we get text chat on the consoles. It's not always smooth sailing, but I've had a lot more (good-natured) fun and laughs with random people than bad experiences since launch, though if it were displayed as a graph or something, it would certainly be trending in the wrong direction as everyone moves on from having no idea what they're doing to thinking they know exactly what everyone should be doing at all times because they watched a video on YouTube.
My sense is that someone got on his nerves and salsa just wanted to vent, so I don't offer this up as some unsolicited "solution" or anything but in my experience, when someone starts acting up in 3s, there are generally five people who don't want anything to do with their shit. Not being able to really communicate cross-platform hinders this somewhat, but even with limited options you can turn that into its own kind of fun.
That said (whatever that was), I love Rocket League's quick chat/the fact that we get text chat on the consoles. It's not always smooth sailing, but I've had a lot more (good-natured) fun and laughs with random people than bad experiences since launch, though if it were displayed as a graph or something, it would certainly be trending in the wrong direction as everyone moves on from having no idea what they're doing to thinking they know exactly what everyone should be doing at all times because they watched a video on YouTube.
My sense is that someone got on his nerves and salsa just wanted to vent, so I don't offer this up as some unsolicited "solution" or anything but in my experience, when someone starts acting up in 3s, there are generally five people who don't want anything to do with their shit. Not being able to really communicate cross-platform hinders this somewhat, but even with limited options you can turn that into its own kind of fun.
In comparison to games like CS:GO and DOTA2/LOL the community in Rocket League is super friendly and not especially toxic . But if you've never played an online multiplayer game i guess any game can be a rude awakening.
Also Rocket League is not a game that feels too bad to lose in for me. If someone taunts you after winning in Starcraft 2 for example you feel salty in a whole 'nother way than if someone uses a fixed command like "what a save!" in RL.
Also Rocket League is not a game that feels too bad to lose in for me. If someone taunts you after winning in Starcraft 2 for example you feel salty in a whole 'nother way than if someone uses a fixed command like "what a save!" in RL.
bender
What time is it?
I wouldn't say it is the worst but I am taken aback that a game with so little voice communication can be so vile. I can count on one hand that times I've heard someone use a microphone and yet the player base manages to annoy me with the most basic communication options. I'm not sure what good filing a grief report does but I submit reports for anyone who drops racist or homophobic slurs. After filing a report, you are given an option to blocking the player which I used until my blocked players list became "full".
Randomizer
Member
I guess you've never played a Moba before.
I agree with you OP, griefing is annoying and hopefully they find a better way to deal with it. If I were playing, like, doubles in pool and I missed a shot and my partner went, "WOW, NICE GOING! WAY TO GO, CHAMP! THANKS A LOT, SCRUB!" then I would not want to play pool with that person anymore.
Don't know why it should be any different for playing an online game.
Don't know why it should be any different for playing an online game.
Gravy Boat
Member
I actually love when people send me shit like this. Genuinely makes me laugh.
Pinko Marx
Banned
Honestly haven't ran into a lot of toxicity on PS4, and when I do it's only in preset phrases most of the time. Any online game is going to have jerk, just ignore it and move on breh. Is only video games.
To be fair, I do this all the time, and laugh when people do it to me. Just some friendly ribbing over a game of rocket powered car soccer, it's hilarious.
It's far from the most toxic community out there in my opinion. Sure there's a lot of people playing and talking shite but it's not THAT bad at least on EU servers. I myself enjoy certain trash-talking as well but expert/veteran players who can't play for shit piss me off more and I'm not even that good of a player myself.
The worse thing is players who have friends on the opposing team and they try to score own goals.
The worse thing is players who have friends on the opposing team and they try to score own goals.
Between opposing teams a bit of banter is fine. Had a game where we were 3-1 down and the other team started giving it large, we come back to win 5-4 and give them some shit but we all had a laugh.
When it's your own team mate it sucks. Sometimes I am having a bad game and I am annoyed enough at my crap play and other times it's not actually me but the team mate being a must always bit the ball kind of player and messing up chances but because they can hit the ball, regardless of where it goes, they think they are good.
The points you score in games can be really misleading too, if you make a lot of midfield interceptions to prevent the opposing team from getting into dangerous positions you don't score points for it and that can really make a difference so just because you have a lot more points does not always mean your team mate is playing badly either.
When it's your own team mate it sucks. Sometimes I am having a bad game and I am annoyed enough at my crap play and other times it's not actually me but the team mate being a must always bit the ball kind of player and messing up chances but because they can hit the ball, regardless of where it goes, they think they are good.
The points you score in games can be really misleading too, if you make a lot of midfield interceptions to prevent the opposing team from getting into dangerous positions you don't score points for it and that can really make a difference so just because you have a lot more points does not always mean your team mate is playing badly either.
text chat is also much more difficult to do on PS4 compared to PC where everyone has a keyboard right on front of them. i'm sure not many people are willing to drag out a USB keyboard or purchase a chatpad just to talk trash.
I played a dozen or so hours on PS4 before upgrading to the PC version and there was basically no communication at all outside of d-pad commands and the occasional "gg" in all the matches I played.
Heebie Jeebies
Banned
First ranked game I played I scored an amazing own goal from the half way line after about 20 seconds, completely accidental. I got a barrage of 'lol amazing griefer' 'omg you inbred faggot'. Didn't really bother me because I was in awe of my wonder own goal.
The chat box is so small and out of the way that I just tend to ignore it most of the time.
The chat box is so small and out of the way that I just tend to ignore it most of the time.