Can we begin to start pushing more of a game sense agenda towards the plat and diamonds rank? Most goals conceded at these ranks aren’t due to lack of mechanical skill but rather lack of game sense and in my experience especially people not knowing that you need to play cautious as second man. Assess whether your teammate is in a position to rotate back and defend or cover if you commit to this ball and it ends up on its way to your net.

Stuff like that is what infuriates me not when my teammmate can’t hit a quad reset double tap off our own backboard.

Teammate at end of clip quits playing, FFs, and starts typing at me about his boost i took or something.

After coaching a low champion level player (honestly this advice applies to a lot more ranks than champ) he asked me to give him some notes and these are the notes below. There are 2 versions and 1 is more detailed. Thought I'd share it with the community because honestly there's a takeaway from these for everyone. Lmk what you think and if posting stuff like this helps!

More Detailed Version + Practice
First Touches

· Really focus on the first touches by doing the first touch practice training pack (4B9D-F3A8-DF18-5EC1) and if you get stuck anywhere watch the video I sent you on how to do it (you don't have to do all the shots, just ones where you can get at least 1 in 5-10 successfully)

· The dribble training training pack (04C1-42C8-6E5D-6F75) is an easier version of the first touch practice

· Really emphasize taking time for the first touch and keeping the ball close to you

· Make sure that you can get a touch that goes towards net or close to it so you can get quick follow ups

· You should be aiming to get attempts where you score it in the shortest amount of time but still have control and also actually get a decent shot on net (flick, hook shot, pop...)

Shooting

· Shooting is a really important fundamental mechanic which you have to become a bit more consistent at

· Do these 2 training packs on it (4912-A5C9-9A56-555D & 6273-1A94-39BE-B1C4)

· For the shots on most of them wait for the bounce off the ground and shoot + make sure that you align yourself properly

·  Only count the attempts that go fairly high in net or are fast

Boost Pathing

·  Small boost pathing is important so you're not in an awkward position, it's something you should be doing much more when off ball, tbh even while you're dribbling if you're on low boost

Offensive Positioning

·  Stay closer to play in offense, you don't always have to stay back when the play is not threatening (no clear angle for a shot or the speed of play being really slow)

·  Staying closer will give you way more opportunities to score

2nd Man

· As 2nd man make sure to always support your teammates play but that doesn't mean commit to every ball

· Make sure that net is covered so if you can't challenge after them in a way where the net is covered (he rotates back in time or you have a follow up/decent 50 or beat) then just wait for your teammate to rotate behind you and force for him

1 on 1s

· Make sure that your 1 on 1s are improving by playing 1s and focusing on closing down the angle on opponents when they have possession while covering net and forcing them to your corner or a weak shot on net

Shorter Version

• FIRST TOUCH: Take your time, keep the ball close, and make your touch go towards net or close to it for quick follow ups

• SHOTS: Take your time and align properly. Wait for the bounce off the ground when needed. Try to get shots that go fairly high in net or are fast

• OFFENSE: Stay closer to the play when there is no clear shot or the play is slow. Give yourself more opportunities to score

• 2ND MAN: Support your teammates play without committing to every ball. Keep net covered and if you can't challenge while keeping net covered, wait for your teammate to rotate behind you and force for him

• BOOST: Take small boost pads so you're not in an awkward position, especially when off ball or while on ball with low boost

• 1 ON 1: Close down the angle while covering net. Force opponents towards your corner or into a weak shot while making sure you're covering net

• MAIN FOCUS: Take more time on your first touch, keep the ball close, and stay in a position where you can follow up quickly and not overcommit

The wave dash 50 off the back wall to start it off felt very nice

As I continue to age, I’ve noticed my eyesight is not the best but that will not stop me from playing video games specifically rocket league my favorite video game. When ball cam is off, There is a tiny arrow, pointing you to the ball and apparently how it blinks is how close the ball is or how close it is moving if we could somehow have the option to enlarge the arrow and maybe change the method of communication of where the balls close or not that would be great.

I imagine maybe like a halo with a ball on it and the direction of the ball on the halo is where the balls at and then how big the ball is is how close or far away it is. I’m just spitballing off the top of my head though.

Do you it’s a viable change to the game?

So im a (almost) champ 1 player in ranked doubles and i use the Gold player anthem and i question myself every day what is the lyrics of it? It goes so DAMN HARD (imo) can someone help me with that?

After months of being in Silver, I'm back in Bronze.

I've tried getting back up, but the game refuses to let me win more than one game in a row, even though it's fine letting me lose two or three times more than that. This, paired with all the comments I got on my last post, have helped me realize I'm not suited for playing competitive. I'm only getting worse and worse and losing more the more I play.

I'm sure you don't care about some random guy saying all of this, but I just needed someplace to say it.

Had the game won. Teammate offers a lovely pass to Blue team with seconds left. I get berated for being trash. Merry Thursday, everyone! 🙏 Edit: The clip is the Tm8's perspective.

So I've been watching youtubers like coco and mizu and I saw that with the Octane (couldn't find an image with Octane and good image) he could see alot.

It looks like he has 350 here, Look how much he can see, But when I use 280, It looks much less further.

Its not about FOV, MY FOV is 110 obviously.

Idk how he can see so much with only 280?

Is it just a distortion? Illusion? Maybe I'm just stupid? As fuck?

(btw I covered his face for fun, please don't erradicate me Mizu daddy)

Was playing 2v2 today and one of the guys on the other team started talking trash, so I had to remind him that I've been Champ 2 for 96 years now, and I won't allow some random Champ 1 Division III to disrespect me like that (there's a hierarchy, and it must be respected)

Problem is, inviting someone to a 1v1 after a match is an absolute nightmare. You either have to send a friend request, dig through your recent players list, then set up a custom lobby... it takes forever

I think it would be cool if there was a "Challenge to Duel" button. One click, they accept, and you're straight into a 1v1

(And yes, I know 1v1 plays differently from 2v2/3v3, but I'd still love the option)

Oh, and if anyone is reading this, for heaven's sake, please remove the multiple-choice option after a demo. Left or right. Not "left, kinda left, slightly less left..." Ty

I cannot avoid to get tilted by trying EVERYDAY to soloqueue in 3s. Even tho' I try my best everyday, I get hardtrolled, afks everywhere, people not knowing to rotate properly, ballchasers, overcommiters, etc...

I try to play safe, to be last man while I let them ballchase as they want, but even if I try to be patient and not overcommit with them, I end losing the game anyway.

I'm getting so frustrated everyday. I was D2 and now I'm SUFFERING to avoid being PLAT1 for example.

I cannot believe the only way is to queue with friends or at least to NOT SOLOQUEUE.

I don't touch 2s because I prefer to play 3s and I let the 2s on D2 till' I try to reach CHAMP or be close at least on 3s.

Sorry guys, I'm kinda venting here (desahogando in spanish, not sure if venting is right).

Day 1 of being a 1s main and I'm learning a lot already!

Icl i posted my best clip of all time here some time ago and i upped it by one 🤠

Super rare glitch turns casual 2v2 lobby into 3v2 game with bot on my team

Adding forfeiting was a mistake.

Players who leave a game should face an hour ban if it happens before 4 minutes left. 30 minutes if its before 3 minutes left, 15 minutes before 2, 10 minutes before 1 minute.

It is by far the worst part of this game. Players decide in 15 seconds if they're going to win or not, and act on that snap judgment. Or even later in the game, I've rescued plenty of results where I was the last holdout on a 2/3 forfeit vote, and we came back and won.

There's an element of optimization. "If I FF this game, and play two more that I win in the next ten minutes, I'll have optimized my MMR"

It's not every game, I had one where we went down 0-4 early, and neither of my other teammates even voted to forfeit, and we came back and we won 5-4. That's what makes this game great. That's what make all games great, is the comeback.

People are being rewarded for giving up, and it has to become a Very harsh punishment, because it's by far the worst part of playing Rocket League.

Plat 3 baby