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Rocket League |OT2| I'd Rather Watch The EUROS Than Play

ZeroSuitSheamus

Neo Member
Do you guys think there is some kind of "world tendency" (ala Demon's Souls) type thing going on behind the scenes in ranked? This question is more serious than not, and let me explain.

I will have periods that last a few days to a couple of weeks where I win the majority of my matches, matchmaking seems fair, teammates seem solid, etc. And then it will go the complete opposite direction for a similar timeframe. Lots of salt, teammates who DC or actively play against me, and losing more than I'm winning. Matchmaking will usually seem a little unfair at these times too (e.g., a Plat 2/Gold 3 enemy team versus my Plat 1/Gold 2 team). It's like there's some unseen force saying "we're going to help you out or stack the deck against you this week."

I know the easy answer is that I'm an inconsistent player, most of this is coincidence or in my head, etc., but it just always feels like I'm either in a "light" or "dark" period. Apologies if I'm not making tons of sense, as I have only recently emerged from one of the saltier sessions I've had in a while.
 
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Here's the combined totals for ranks:

Bronze: 24.6%
Silver: 38.74%
Gold: 24.08%
Platinum: 9.36%
Diamond: 2.62%
Champion: 0.53%
Grand Champion: 0.07%

Only 12.58% of players are Platinum or higher.
 

Unicorn

Member
Do you guys think there is some kind of "world tendency" (ala Demon's Souls) type thing going on behind the scenes in ranked? This question is more serious than not, and let me explain.

I will have periods that last a few days to a couple of weeks where I win the majority of my matches, matchmaking seems fair, teammates seem solid, etc. And then it will go the complete opposite direction for a similar timeframe. Lots of salt, teammates who DC or actively play against me, and losing more than I'm winning. Matchmaking will usually seem a little unfair at these times too (e.g., a Plat 2/Gold 3 enemy team versus my Plat 1/Gold 2 team). It's like there's some unseen force saying "we're going to help you out or stack the deck against you this week."

I know the easy answer is that I'm an inconsistent player, most of this is coincidence or in my head, etc., but it just always feels like I'm either in a "light" or "dark" period. Apologies if I'm not making tons of sense, as I have only recently emerged from one of the saltier sessions I've had in a while.
Been saying a version of this for a long time now. Matchmaking just puts you with worse people not higher ranked opponents after winning too much.
 

Soulflarz

Banned

Jokes aside ballchasing is very bad but it can get you to top 100- you'll just never be a notable name and you'll get maimed by any pro. Squishy maimes random ballchasey gcs by hitting it around them the same way a diamond would.

Idk, if I can flick and you leave net anyways, that's borderline suicidal.



wait
what is this thread
WHY DO PEOPLE AIR DRIBBLE IN SILVER
ASHGFJK



meanwhile I haven't seriously in like a month now, no real desire atm because schools so time consuming and I don't really want RL to stay more time consuming that it already was.
 
After a lot of hard work and persistence, and a solid night of playing, I finally made it to Platinum in standard for the first time. Was trying to get there before the update :)
 

ZeroSuitSheamus

Neo Member
After a lot of hard work and persistence, and a solid night of playing, I finally made it to Platinum in standard for the first time. Was trying to get there before the update :)

Congrats! My first time hitting Plat was in Standard as well, and I've since gotten 2s and SS there as well. There's something about finally getting that star that says, "hey, I'm better than mediocre at this game," haha.

Keep us posted on your progress. The journey toward Diamond is long and hard...and often filled with salt.
 

ZeroSuitSheamus

Neo Member
Amazing update coming in two weeks, and the tournament/cross-platform party stuff for 2018 is incredibly exciting. The game is being perfected before our eyes.

You just know the Psyonix guys were giggling over the reactions to the banners knowing these bombs were waiting in the wings.
 

Babalu.

Member
holy hell. this update looks amazing

transparent goalposts.
the jager looks sick.
tourny mode will be amazing.
non octogonal starbase!
 
Was going through old threads and stumbled across my first Rocket League related post. I don't think I ever would have guessed this game would become an all time favorite and still be played daily years later. The amount of growth for the game, the community and as an e-sport has been crazy to watch. Years later and here I am awaiting the fall update as much or more than any new game.

Just watched this.

I'm sold. This game looks fun and plenty deep. With the PC and PS4 community together it should have some legs too.

Looks like they are going full e-sports.

Rocket League Stadium



Academy video 1
 

whiteape

Member
Was going through old threads and stumbled across my first Rocket League related post. I don't think I ever would have guessed this game would become an all time favorite and still be played daily years later. The amount of growth for the game, the community and as an e-sport has been crazy to watch. Years later and here I am awaiting the fall update as much or more than any new game.

Ha, nice, i'm actually one of the people behind the last 2 videos.
 

TheKeyPit

Banned
Decryptors aren't infinite, droppable Keys. They're earnable in limited quantities during Events. We ran a Halloween event last year, imagine you can get 3 Decryptors for playing during Halloween. That's how it works.
Better than nothing.
 

Ballistik

Member
When exactly is the cutoff for Season 5 rewards? I saw September 28th is the update but not sure if that means the 27th is the last day.

Reason I am asking is that I am essentially clawing my way into Diamond in 3's. Literally making it to Diamond 1 Division 1 and maybe win one game and then drop to Platinum. I saw I need 12 wins as Diamond to get the Diamond reward, last night I spent a few hours going up and down between Plat/Diamond and I'm up to 6 wins!
 
So just to clarify, if I want a gold banner or whatever they're called, I need to stay at Gold in terms of rank (where you can rise and drop based on wins and losses) AND I need to accumulate enough wins to hit gold in the bottom leveling bar?
 

Unicorn

Member
Yeah, can anyone help me just get dem wins? I've been in Gold, but have just been on a losing streak so haven't played in over a week.
 
Yeah, can anyone help me just get dem wins? I've been in Gold, but have just been on a losing streak so haven't played in over a week.

What platform do you play on? I'm also looking for a solid team mate on PS4 to get the gold rewards. I have four wins on gold but now I'm back in silver and it's almost impossible to get the required wins in a week with my mate who plays with the ball cam toggled off. He just makes too many rookie mistakes and we too often lose the matches we should have won. It's so damn frustrating. I have told him million times to practice with the ball cam but he gives up immediately after making a few mistakes.
 

Unicorn

Member
I'm on PC. I accidentally played for like 2 hours tonight so I only need 4 more wins. Gold 3 div 2/3. Spent most the night fluctuating between gold 3's and platinum or whatever that star rank is.
 

iosa

Member
So I'm usually queuing for both standard and solo 3v3 in the same time and before the weekend I was 20 points away of diamond in standard.

For some reason, I went on a losing streak in standard (lost 66 points) while going on a winning streak in solo (won 62 points).

I'm pretty mad right now.
 

oxrock

Gravity is a myth, the Earth SUCKS!
I just can't hit champion for the life of me! Stuck in middle diamonds. Whenever i get a streak going I get a troll, leaver, or someone who's obviously missing both hands. Since a soft reset is coming soon anyway, any uber players want to carry me to champ? =D

It'd be nice to have people to play with regardless, my steam name is oxrock.
 
I just can't hit champion for the life of me! Stuck in middle diamonds. Whenever i get a streak going I get a troll, leaver, or someone who's obviously missing both hands. Since a soft reset is coming soon anyway, any uber players want to carry me to champ? =D

It'd be nice to have people to play with regardless, my steam name is oxrock.
I can't carry you but we could try for the push if you want! I hover around D3/C1 generally. I usually play in the 8-12 window, east coast.
 

Babalu.

Member
yeah i'm looking for more diamond3/champ 1/2 players to play with. I'm west coast though and play evenings usually.

My bud that we usually hover around champ with doesnt play anymore so i've been going solo this season and am tired of it.

my internet sucks though so i only play west coast servers to keep my ping around 40-50.

anyone wanna group up some?

PC btw.
 
https://gfycat.com/FlawlessCostlyCuttlefish

how i carried my friend to his champ rewards in a nutshell :V

"f you my boost and the bump doesn't even matter they won't save this zzz"

https://gfycat.com/PaleShamefulGrayreefshark
I love soloqueue v killerican
Wow at that second gif. Your tm is n u t t y.

Why are you playing against Killerican anyway, I'm sure he's GC?

I don't know why search won't let us find each other on steam, but this is the direct address for my profile: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197985431102/
Nice, I'll add you tonight.
 

Soulflarz

Banned
Wow at that second gif. Your tm is n u t t y.

Why are you playing against Killerican anyway, I'm sure he's GC?
Soloqueued a streak until him

It was a gc and a plat 1 who legit played better than him
Killer was off
*Or rather is bad at 2s (he says so himself)

Wouldve won by a landslide if my teammate understood you have to charge a flick or the back man is having a very bad day (lost 3 goals to him staying too close as back man OR not going at all as front man- not even a fake challenge)
 

Pepiope

Member
Soloqueued a streak until him

It was a gc and a plat 1 who legit played better than him
Killer was off
*Or rather is bad at 2s (he says so himself)

Wouldve won by a landslide if my teammate understood you have to charge a flick or the back man is having a very bad day (lost 3 goals to him staying too close as back man OR not going at all as front man- not even a fake challenge)
I'm interested to look at your replays of some 3s and compare to what I saw the first time.

Coaching in RL seems like it could be fun in the future
 
I just realized idgaf about champ this season because of the crap reward lol. I'll push for it next season. If I get there within this next week, though, so be it. Not stressing!
 
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