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Title: Rocket League
Post by: Radament on July 08, 2015, 06:03:46 pm
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didn't see any threads about it and voila'  8-)

It's free for Ps4 owners and it's on steam at the price of 19.99 Euro (a bit too expensive yes but worth every penny imho) , maybe buy it on g2a or kinguin if prices are lower.
Online is up and it's a lot of fun with friends , played some casual and some ranked with a buddy and had a blast with it.

Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Vibe on July 08, 2015, 06:50:42 pm
Saw it on a stream, looks pretty fun
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: AntiBlitz on July 08, 2015, 07:45:46 pm
it looks like another Burger King game
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Radament on July 08, 2015, 10:52:48 pm
it looks like another Burger King game

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Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: NejStark on July 12, 2015, 06:08:02 pm
Best football game out now
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Clockworkkiller on July 12, 2015, 06:11:57 pm
if only it was REAL football
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Teeth on July 12, 2015, 07:41:34 pm
I looked at some gameplay of this and it looked surprisingly entertaining
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Radament on July 12, 2015, 08:14:07 pm
I looked at some gameplay of this and it looked surprisingly entertaining

it's addicting after you try it for the first time , it seems easy to play but it's not.
the only downside is the price atm.
today esl tournament for ps4 owners has started , later they adding pc only ones.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on July 13, 2015, 01:12:35 pm
Sounds simple in theory but is probably hard in practise. I love games like that, and this is probably one where you can spend 100s of hours and still be improving. Saw a video of some great shots and now im definitely picking it up some time soon.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Radament on July 13, 2015, 01:23:21 pm
Sounds simple in theory but is probably hard in practise. I love games like that, and this is probably one where you can spend 100s of hours and still be improving. Saw a video of some great shots and now im definitely picking it up some time soon.

Tutorial is very important to do before jumping directly into the game , other things can only be learned from experience i think , like double jumping to go faster back without turbo , timing , ball cam switch etc...
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: NejStark on July 16, 2015, 05:34:38 pm
Easy to pick up, difficult to master. Have started scoring some rocket boosting aerials :D
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: NejStark on July 17, 2015, 02:43:47 pm
http://www.gfycat.com/GratefulSlimyAffenpinscher
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: SeQuel on July 19, 2015, 09:41:01 pm
Very fun game, highly recommend!
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Mr_Oujamaflip on July 20, 2015, 09:57:34 am
http://www.gfycat.com/GratefulSlimyAffenpinscher
Now that is a stop. Almost managed one of them on Saturday but instead it hit the post hit a teammate and went in anyway.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Ujin on July 20, 2015, 10:14:32 am
Got it for free on my PS4 , now it's my favourite game to play with a buddy after a hard day at work, topping MK X and PES =).
 I've heard there's crossplay possible for ps4 and pc owners , any chance i can play with any of you guys ?
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Mr_Oujamaflip on July 20, 2015, 10:39:09 am
I'm not sure how it works in a matchmaking setup, to be fair I've got it on PS4 as well since it was free.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Teeth on July 20, 2015, 11:57:06 am
Apparently the advertised cross-platform play consists of PS4 players and PC players being thrown into the same matchmaking pool, and thus playing against each other through random matchmaking. For some reason there is no cross-platform party support yet, but they are working on it.

Anyway, it is a great game. It works very smoothly with lots of awesome mechanics to master and the mouse and keyboard controls are also quite good.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Radament on July 20, 2015, 07:23:16 pm
..and the mouse and keyboard controls are also quite good.

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Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on July 20, 2015, 07:32:18 pm
Me and teeth = dreamteam, dis game worth every cent fo sho
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Radament on July 20, 2015, 08:14:23 pm
i'm waiting for 3vs3 ranked (not the solo 3v3) and a proper penalty for those who leaves the game (like the cs:go cooldown)
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on July 20, 2015, 08:36:11 pm
Well, you have to leave some games with 300 ping servers. And some games you get 2v3 from start, even in ranked. As for now its definitely needed.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Radament on July 20, 2015, 11:51:41 pm
Well, you have to leave some games with 300 ping servers. And some games you get 2v3 from start, even in ranked. As for now its definitely needed.

i mean , ok , if you got very high ping >200 it's ok (even if i think it's playable) but i see a lot of leavers after we scoring 1 or 2 goals that we end up 3v1 and it's not like ...fair nor fun.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on July 22, 2015, 03:18:57 pm
Unfortunately a good chunk of the playerbase seems to be colorblind and will hit the ball regardless of which goal it heads for. Fortunately these people fade away in ranked games towards the 500 mark.

Also leaving before the last minute is shameful. Leaving at the last 20 seconds to not get a loss is cool tho. I keep getting tons of assists, i guess im the support, im always the support. :(
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Radament on July 22, 2015, 07:06:18 pm
Unfortunately a good chunk of the playerbase seems to be colorblind and will hit the ball regardless of which goal it heads for. Fortunately these people fade away in ranked games towards the 500 mark.

Also leaving before the last minute is shameful. Leaving at the last 20 seconds to not get a loss is cool tho. I keep getting tons of assists, i guess im the support, im always the support. :(

wait...you don't get the loss if you leave the last 20 seconds? hope they really change this thing and the possibility to rejoin the match in the case you dc or crashed.

i'm ranked around 850 in duo and solo 3v3 but still i can see awful things done by teammates (and sometimes by be obv :D)
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on July 22, 2015, 08:27:24 pm
wait...you don't get the loss if you leave the last 20 seconds? hope they really change this thing and the possibility to rejoin the match in the case you dc or crashed.

i'm ranked around 850 in duo and solo 3v3 but still i can see awful things done by teammates (and sometimes by be obv :D)

You dont lose anything from leaving at any point. Always leave before a loss.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: SeQuel on July 23, 2015, 07:26:07 am
Team ranked is coming soon

https://twitter.com/RocketLeague/status/623932246865489920

penalty for leaving ranked games soon

https://twitter.com/rocketleague/status/623731370984996864

also getting free shit for the laggy servers

https://twitter.com/RocketLeague/status/623990143544721409
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Radament on July 23, 2015, 02:04:25 pm
Team ranked is coming soon

https://twitter.com/RocketLeague/status/623932246865489920

penalty for leaving ranked games soon

https://twitter.com/rocketleague/status/623731370984996864

also getting free shit for the laggy servers

https://twitter.com/RocketLeague/status/623990143544721409


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Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on July 23, 2015, 07:28:39 pm
You know when your parents try to play video games with you as a kid and they start moving their body with the controller like it would help, well thats me playing this game. Especially my head starts leaning towards the direction the ball is when its on the very edge of the ball that you hit.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Radament on July 23, 2015, 11:23:25 pm
You know when your parents try to play video games with you as a kid and they start moving their body with the controller like it would help, well thats me playing this game. Especially my head starts leaning towards the direction the ball is when its on the very edge of the ball that you hit.

i tend to kick under the desk when i'm trying to save a ball from the goal or going full retard to catch a ball in aerial.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on July 24, 2015, 10:06:38 am
Watching really good players do their thing is pretty neat. Then again theyve been playing since the previous game, so it makes sense how insanely good they are. Such accuracy, wow, many aerials, amaze.

Also different models have slightly different hitboxes. Not sure what to think of this.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Radament on July 24, 2015, 02:26:05 pm
Watching really good players do their thing is pretty neat. Then again theyve been playing since the previous game, so it makes sense how insanely good they are. Such accuracy, wow, many aerials, amaze.

Also different models have slightly different hitboxes. Not sure what to think of this.

"The differences in hitboxes are much more subtle than you might expect. A boxy-looking car seems like it needs a bigger hitbox because the car itself would in reality be more massive. However since all our cars are boxes, boxy-looking cars fill out the hit box more but sleek cars usually have protrusions which require us to have the same size hitbox anyway. Both of them would have the same mass and physics response. As a rule, we only allow very small variances anyway."

said Psyonix_Dave answering about those differences between cars.
http://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/38dt3w/larger_vehicles_will_have_larger_hitboxes_do_you/crudevm (http://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/38dt3w/larger_vehicles_will_have_larger_hitboxes_do_you/crudevm)
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on July 25, 2015, 05:55:27 pm
Well i can hit aerials quite well now, and keep a lot of pressure on opposing team, but i am complete ass at playing goalie.. Ranking seems odd now, i can win 3 in a row then lose 1 and go back to where i started. Really hard to advance past 600 scrubs.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on July 26, 2015, 12:30:47 am
So they are planning on selling DLC's already? cosmetics only im sure, but still. Atleast make it cases/crates/treasure, the volvo hats way. It hides the greed, and i fucking love opening dem junk crates.

People are really quite bad at 600 rating, strange considering its "pro" territory. Whenever i get a good teammate that knows how to center a ball without chasing it all the way and messing it up instantly, or when they are able to back off instead of sitting under a high ball wasting time and finally missing the ball, if i get those then its usually ez win with plenty of goals. More often than not i get the ADHD people who just chase the ball blindly, and ill have to work even harder for wins.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Radament on July 26, 2015, 06:55:11 am
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Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on July 31, 2015, 09:19:42 am
I want get to the pro tier, like actually veteran pro tier. You stop getting better when everyone is bad and struggle to hit the ball, wheres the challenge?! I want to play vs better players.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Teeth on August 31, 2015, 01:08:58 pm
Final game of MLG Rocket League

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=992&v=ZwGFZk9NLaU
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Ujin on September 02, 2015, 09:18:40 am
Final game of MLG Rocket League

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=992&v=ZwGFZk9NLaU
Epic stuff. And i thought i was starting to get good at the game cause i hit like 1 aerial once :D.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Kafein on September 02, 2015, 07:16:19 pm
Epic stuff. And i thought i was starting to get good at the game cause i hit like 1 aerial once :D.

Wow, is it really that hard? Never played it yet.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on September 02, 2015, 10:07:20 pm
Wow, is it really that hard? Never played it yet.

Hitting it isnt that big of a deal, htiting it towards the goal is pretty tough.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Jona on September 03, 2015, 05:43:00 am
Hitting it isnt that big of a deal, htiting it towards the goal is pretty tough.

There is nothing worse than getting a break-away and then messing it all up since you don't know how to accurately hit it diagonally. Too many times I've had the ball all to myself, behind their defensive lines, completely uncontested, only to hit the ball directly into the wall next to the goal.  :cry:

P.S. I played some 4v4s today with my clanmates (we all got the game within a week and are semi-pros at best) and we've become a fairly decent team, then we got absolutely shit on by a team consisting of 2 veterans and 2 pros... they were flying all over the place and such. They completely shit on us (although we did score once at least). The game is great since it is completely balanced and the skill ceiling is immensely high, can't wait to get on their level.

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Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Ujin on September 03, 2015, 08:52:29 am
Wow, is it really that hard? Never played it yet.
The learning curve is really great and you get better as you get better opposition. What i meant by " aerials" was those really high - in the -sky balls that you can play by jumping and then using your boost to fly up,  i tend to miss them all the time.
Other than that, it took me about 2 weeks of casual playing to reach the pro rank (ps4), i guess i'm semi-decent now that i can execute some of the easier moves like diagonal shots, bouncing shots, backflips etc.

P.S. anyone playing this on PS4 ? LF teammates =).
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Teeth on September 03, 2015, 01:40:59 pm
I played a lot when the game was released and I got myself to nearly 1000 rating in 2 vs 2 ranked, but apparently people got a lot better in the past weeks while I did not play. I am facing veterans exclusively now while I am level 26, and I am usually the weak link. I have been forced to practice aerials a lot and play scrub tier 3 vs 3 so I don't piss people off. I lost a bit of rating now and I think I'm also getting a bit better, but damn, being overrated blows.

Is anyone aware on the general opinion about mouse and keyboard controls? I know most of the pros still consist mostly of SARPBC vets so they all use a controller, but I am curious if anyone got real good with M&K yet and if continuing without a controller is a waste of time.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Vibe on September 03, 2015, 01:50:04 pm
I played a lot when the game was released and I got myself to nearly 1000 rating in 2 vs 2 ranked, but apparently people got a lot better in the past weeks while I did not play. I am facing veterans exclusively now while I am level 26, and I am usually the weak link. I have been forced to practice aerials a lot and play scrub tier 3 vs 3 so I don't piss people off. I lost a bit of rating now and I think I'm also getting a bit better, but damn, being overrated blows.

That's just about every competitive game. You drop it for a bit, take a pause and you're fuked by people who are able to constantly practice. Time devoted is everything boys, well coupled with talent that reduces time to achieve a certain skill level, but still.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on September 03, 2015, 04:58:40 pm
That's just about every competitive game. You drop it for a bit, take a pause and you're fuked by people who are able to constantly practice. Time devoted is everything boys, well coupled with talent that reduces time to achieve a certain skill level, but still.

Well, i was keeping up with most veterans at pro level, hell, some of them are pretty bad too. Time devotion helps, but theres also a couple of things that have to kind of click in your brain then you will suddenly realize what you need to do to win. Like realising that stalking the ball 24/7 isnt a good thing, and turning back to the goal after making a center ball or shot. Most people dont know this though.

And controller over keyboard all day in this game, my friend who just switched said aerials are much easier to land now.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Kafein on September 10, 2015, 11:55:35 pm

Those aerials though. Watching that kind of play makes me learn camera and boost strategy quite a bit quicker than playing.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on September 11, 2015, 04:16:04 am
New update out, new ranking system kind of, put me at Gold 1 in all but solo duel. Maybe it isnt changed, just divided into more ranks... anyways, winning 3 games each giving me like 3 score, then losing 2 and getting -11 from each, sometimes shit is just bull.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Radament on September 11, 2015, 01:37:24 pm
New update out, new ranking system kind of, put me at Gold 1 in all but solo duel. Maybe it isnt changed, just divided into more ranks... anyways, winning 3 games each giving me like 3 score, then losing 2 and getting -11 from each, sometimes shit is just bull.
played a bit yesterday and noticed that my buddies have a plus or minus 1 point of difference when it comes to winnin gor losing. i am gold 1 and they are like one bronze and silver.
one match i lost like 14 points .... :mad:

where's the dev behind this ranking system , would like to know the maths behind it.

edit*: someone already figured out how it works...https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/3ki8g1/the_ranked_points_system_is_a_bit_frustrating/cuxn4ue (https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/3ki8g1/the_ranked_points_system_is_a_bit_frustrating/cuxn4ue)
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on September 11, 2015, 06:46:59 pm
#36 on the leaderboards for wins, going to work that shit up this weekend. Closing in on assists aswell since im the playmaker.

Hit gold 2 aswell, but then dropped a bit below. Opposition is still very varying but in general crap.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Kafein on September 11, 2015, 10:07:04 pm
I'm struggling to get out of solo standard unranked lel.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on September 15, 2015, 04:06:42 pm
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Gold 2 now in Standard. Gizmo is best car confirmed.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Radament on September 15, 2015, 04:45:13 pm



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Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on September 19, 2015, 07:18:03 pm
SoloQ is tough, but im holding my ground at gold 1. People be raging though, and others be scrubbing 'tis quite funny. Might cut together some sort of aerial compilation, will make me look good even though its made over 100 games.

I thought the game would be on a steady decline after release but its actually increasing in population, the other day i saw like 150k people online, which is siiiick.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on September 26, 2015, 04:23:57 pm
People are still clueless how to play the game

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Its a pretty simple idea, yet competely alien to most who will hit the ball straight into the wall if thats the only thing they can do, instead of leaving it to someone who has a clear shot.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Teeth on September 26, 2015, 04:55:45 pm
Really? 90% of my randomly assigned teammates grasp the concept of rotational positioning, if they don't it is usually a quick loss.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on September 26, 2015, 06:21:50 pm
Really? 90% of my randomly assigned teammates grasp the concept of rotational positioning, if they don't it is usually a quick loss.

In my current session, out of 10 games maybe 2 or 3 has players doing this, the other games they will sit under the ball untill it gets shot to our side, or they will chase it into the wall to give the opponents a clear shot. That is if they dont completely miss it. The response i get from telling them to rotate is "I dont play defense"
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Jona on September 26, 2015, 07:29:42 pm
The only time I refuse to rotate positions is when I'm in the goal on defense and then another player moves in to replace me. Like wtf? Just go after the ball instead of using up all your boost just to cross half the field and sit in goal boost-less. I'm a fairly good goalie and I sure as heck ain't gonna yield that position over to some scrub without boost (since he won't be able to block any high shots). He could have challenged the players in control of the ball by the time he got to goal, but nope, for some reason he felt the need to make us all rotate around... For that reason I also disagree with the "Defense" part of that diagram. It should show 1 guy returning to goal (perhaps the first guy that gets back which should still be the same position #1 from offense, unless he misses the ball taking a shot and ends up upside down in their goal, without boost, etc.) and then the 2nd and 3rd players falling back to challenge the ball, with the 2nd guy going straight to the corner/where the ball is and the other guy moving in to back him up should he fail. Having people keep rotating out of goal just wastes time and boost (or momentum if you're out of boost and just somersaulting around) imo.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Teeth on September 26, 2015, 07:59:46 pm
The only time I refuse to rotate positions is when I'm in the goal on defense and then another player moves in to replace me. Like wtf? Just go after the ball instead of using up all your boost just to cross half the field and sit in goal boost-less. I'm a fairly good goalie and I sure as heck ain't gonna yield that position over to some scrub without boost (since he won't be able to block any high shots). He could have challenged the players in control of the ball by the time he got to goal, but nope, for some reason he felt the need to make us all rotate around... For that reason I also disagree with the "Defense" part of that diagram. It should show 1 guy returning to goal (perhaps the first guy that gets back which should still be the same position #1 from offense, unless he misses the ball taking a shot and ends up upside down in their goal, without boost, etc.) and then the 2nd and 3rd players falling back to challenge the ball, with the 2nd guy going straight to the corner/where the ball is and the other guy moving in to back him up should he fail. Having people keep rotating out of goal just wastes time and boost (or momentum if you're out of boost and just somersaulting around) imo.
Scrub, thats bad play from you. You shouldn't even be in that goal anymore. If you see a teammate returning from behind the ball while you are in goal, you should immediately move out and play the ball, leave the goal to him. This will give him time to turn and be ready for a good approach should you lose the ball. Your strategy is waiting for him to turn and play the ball. This gives your team half as many chances to play in the same time.

The player that is the best suited to play the ball should play the ball. If you are on goal and your teammate is returning to goal, there is no way he is in a better position to play the ball than you. You will be able to do a proper aerial, a shot downfield or even a shot at goal. All he will be able to do is the aforementioned shot into the wall coming from the side, setting up the ball for the enemy team. First player to return to goal should be the first player to play the ball.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Jona on September 26, 2015, 08:07:57 pm
Bro, have you ever even played soccer football? If for some reason the goalie is not in the goal, then the first guy that is available hops on into goal (maybe more guys if possible since the goals are huge af compared to the goals in rocket league). Meanwhile, everyone else available gets into position to either mess with the guy holding the ball or to cut off his passing/shooting options. You don't have people rotating in and out of the goal. Same in rocket league. There is no reason this:
your teammate is returning to goal, there is no way he is in a better position to play the ball than you.
should be happening. He can fall back to the corner/towards the ball instead of running right down the center to the goal, where someone already is. He doesn't need to fall back, get in the goal, turn around, and then challenge the ball. He can fall back diagonally to the corner where he'll be facing the incoming play just as much as if he was at the goal then turned 90 degrees.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Teeth on September 26, 2015, 10:03:14 pm
Bro, have you ever even played soccer football? If for some reason the goalie is not in the goal, then the first guy that is available hops on into goal (maybe more guys if possible since the goals are huge af compared to the goals in rocket league). Meanwhile, everyone else available gets into position to either mess with the guy holding the ball or to cut off his passing/shooting options. You don't have people rotating in and out of the goal. Same in rocket league. There is no reason this:should be happening. He can fall back to the corner/towards the ball instead of running right down the center to the goal, where someone already is. He doesn't need to fall back, get in the goal, turn around, and then challenge the ball. He can fall back diagonally to the corner where he'll be facing the incoming play just as much as if he was at the goal then turned 90 degrees.
No it is not at all the same is Rocket League. A key difference is that cars can only hit the ball hard in the direction they are going, therefore by definition facing the direction where you want to go (the enemy goal) is optimal for playing the ball. There is no rotational gameplay in real football, because you can switch directions, pass and control the ball more. The goalie is rarely not in the goal, because unlike Rocket League, the goalie is never best suited to go onto the offensive.

Also, you are still missing the main point. The point is that you are waiting for him to turn and to play the ball.

This:
Teammate returning -> You waiting -> Teammate challenging the ball

Should be this:
Teammate returning -> You challenging the ball -> Teammate being ready for a save or to challenge the ball

This is what they expect you to do, that is why they return to goal, because you should no longer be there. Also because going to the center allows you to respond to anything, unlike going to the corner lol. You waste time. Proper rotational gameplay has one person pressuring the ball, one ready for a save and one getting boost or waiting for an opportunity. Seriously, reconsider your decision making, you really hurt your team by not rotating out, as you give the opponents room to breathe and set things up.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Jona on September 26, 2015, 11:44:23 pm
Sure they can only hit the ball hard in the direction they are facing, hence why they can either A) handbrake turn and save plenty of speed (depending on their direction they might not even need the handbrake at all) or B) slam the ball against the back wall which sends it bouncing forwards, towards the enemy goal. Since you can't actually hit the ball forwards from anywhere near your back wall (save for being in the goal itself) the next best thing is to slam it against the back wall, or off the corner. Someone returning and pressuring the ball can instantly do either. There is no waiting involved, lol.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Kafein on September 26, 2015, 11:55:38 pm
A ball towards your own back wall won't have enough force to go very far upfield. If anything it's mostly setting another nice angle for the enemy. The guy going back to the goal is already following the direction of the ball which doesn't let him hit it very hard at all. It's a better outcome to have the "goalie" hit the ball towards the enemy goal, possibly scoring quite easily.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Jona on September 27, 2015, 12:04:37 am
Going fast enough (not even full speed) you can definitely hit the ball the half field off the back wall. And the goalie can't hit it towards the enemy goal any better than the other players unless the ball rolls in front of the goal and he is far enough back in the goal to boost for a bit and then smack it up field.

All in all I think you guys are severely underestimating a car's turning radius and conservation of momentum.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on September 27, 2015, 10:39:49 pm
If you cant clear the ball then 90% of the time you are wasting effort hitting it, it will either be set up for the enemy or it will go nowhere and you will be out of position to defend the goal. The current goalie will always have a good shot at clearing the ball, but doing so requires someone to take his position. Brawling for the ball is a gamble that sometimes works if you pinch the ball, but otherwise it will be a slow clear, the enemies will take positions for defence before it gets to their goal, this is in a scenario where they didnt have a guy ready to center the slow ball again.

Most of the time challenging the ball is not worth it, instead predicting where enemies will put it and positioning yourself so that you can use that information gets you a long way.

edit: Hitting the angle on the wall isnt hard to do and with decent force it will send the ball past the middle line. Super easy to follow up and is hard for the enemis to benefit from if they are positioned well.


Finally getting better at the aeirals, getting 80-90% on the allstar training consistently. Does pay off a lot in pubs..
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Kafein on September 30, 2015, 10:17:42 pm
Why am I almost systematically getting almost double the ranking points for a win compared to what I lose from a loss? This doesn't make any sense.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Radament on October 01, 2015, 01:34:59 pm
Why am I almost systematically getting almost double the ranking points for a win compared to what I lose from a loss? This doesn't make any sense.
maybe cause you are winning/losing against players with higher mmr , the time you lose against lower ranking palyers you cri :(
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Kafein on October 01, 2015, 07:26:53 pm
Well then I never, ever played against weaker players lol. And I can guarantee some of the guys I played were really awful. I never lost more than 7 points and never gained less than 9 except when some people quit.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on October 01, 2015, 08:22:30 pm
Well then I never, ever played against weaker players lol. And I can guarantee some of the guys I played were really awful. I never lost more than 7 points and never gained less than 9 except when some people quit.

Strange, what ratings are you on now? Maybe it will start evening up towards 600..
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Kafein on October 01, 2015, 09:53:20 pm
I'm at 220 right now. Last day I played I was at 170. I crept up even though I kept losing more than I won.

The internet seems to indicate the variable that determines who you play against and how many points you gain is hidden and separate from your actual ranking. Would explain why I keep getting matched with "better" players. Keep in mind that my global W/L ratio is still around 60%
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on October 03, 2015, 07:15:43 pm
Getting occasionally better teammates now, can actually get my gold 1 back in soloQ. Sometimes a dual pro on my team who never aeirals, then its gg, but if i get 2 veterans or veteran + expert its generally ez win. Hitting sick 360 noscope mtn dew aerials in game is so satisfying, especially the dunks.

Used to have like 10 goals per save, but now saves are slowly stacking up. Goals per match is only 1.3 but i dont know how much that really matters in this tier, because its completely depending on your teams playstyles.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Kafein on October 03, 2015, 10:48:04 pm
I'm happy to actually touch an aerial ball.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on October 03, 2015, 11:57:04 pm
Its really just something you start doing after playing tons and tons (i have 141 hours already  :oops:), because you will predict the ball much more natural.. and controlling mid air is just muscle memory hehe. Also if you are using M&K then its pretty wonky.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Kafein on October 04, 2015, 12:05:51 am
Actually I'm using an xbox controller so there's that.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Vibe on October 05, 2015, 11:45:21 am
Only bought this game so me and my bro can play something with controllers on TV when he comes over. I thought cars hitting large ball looks silly, but we both *really* enjoyed the game. Simple and fun, but you can feel it requires a lot of mechanical skills to master (somewhat reminds me of Lethal League in this regard). Just playing a couple of hours I already felt that I've improved considerably from the starting "how to even hit ball".

I was also impressed we could team up and join an online game from one PC/account (although split screen, but still).
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Vexus on October 05, 2015, 12:48:13 pm
I got a friend that got obsessed with the game lol.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Radament on October 05, 2015, 01:52:24 pm
I got a friend that got obsessed with the game lol.

well , if he starts singing RL song under the shower , wearing a pirate's hat and farting rainbows , yes , it's time to get worried.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on October 05, 2015, 10:13:42 pm
well , if he starts singing RL song under the shower , wearing a pirate's hat and farting rainbows , yes , it's time to get worried.

Nope, just time to also give in to masterrace rocket league.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on October 11, 2015, 11:03:30 pm
Slowly being forced into a perma goalie position, getting pretty good at the saves anyways, very rarely do i see people perform well in goal. Might aswell accept my fate as a support in whatever game i play, because people either cant or simply refuse to play those roles.

Only problem is when you have random teammates who ram your ass into oblivion when you are trying to save shots.

Also this guy https://www.youtube.com/user/GermanLetsFail added me when i played a duo with him, 1,4m subs impressive, except for the fact that each game he wrote "subscribe" and the first message he sent to me on steam when he added me was his youtube link and "subscribe". Really no shame in that guy, i dont even speak german, wtf.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on October 18, 2015, 10:06:41 pm
Apparently the game can potentially brick pc's damn near by overheating gpus in the main menu somehow. Some dude with a 980 even got locked out of his pc untill he swapped his GPU to a different computer. Pretty scary shit i found out from googline the issue after having similar things happen during my game, load menu and suddenly a bunch of graphical glitches and bam, computer is frozen to fuck and needs hard reset. Im not sure i want to launch the game anymore now tbh.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Earthdforce on October 18, 2015, 10:22:49 pm
Thank goodness I only play on console then.

But hey, they recently added in Achievement Hunter, Rooster Teeth, and Funhaus flags. If you know who those groups are you're the best :3
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on October 18, 2015, 10:29:48 pm
Thank goodness I only play on console then.

But hey, they recently added in Achievement Hunter, Rooster Teeth, and Funhaus flags. If you know who those groups are you're the best :3

There apparently was an issue on ps4 aswell, but i think that one got more focus and was fixed quickly. Wish it was that easy on pc.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on November 04, 2015, 03:44:05 pm

Hockey league Kreygasm
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Vibe on November 04, 2015, 03:58:06 pm

Hockey league Kreygasm

Free? awesome
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on November 04, 2015, 06:35:36 pm
Free? awesome

I think when it comes to gamemodes/maps it will always be free, but cosmetics will usually be paid for.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on November 14, 2015, 03:10:46 am
Mutators are pretty hilarious, but get old kinda fast too, like expected. Fun warmup if anything.

Had a game today where we were rekking hard, 7-0 so ofc we attempt to own goal for BRA71L, but that just wasnt going to happen, because the enemies were full aware of our plans, and so the game switches around and we are defending the blue goal as orange, and they defend our goal. Pretty hilarious game, ended up 8-0 though, so we won, but also lost in a sense. Were considering forfeiting when they scored away our chance at 7-1
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Cosmos_Shielder on January 31, 2016, 02:08:58 am
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that's me playing
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on January 31, 2016, 05:18:28 pm
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that's me playing

Not a single aeiral goal? Its a tough market for rocket league goal compilations, gotta bring some freestyle

Been considering making a compilation with my goals, but im too picky, and when i pull something off, the replay feels completely different.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on February 04, 2016, 01:39:31 am
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/rocket-league-introduces-new-maps-through-rocket-l/1100-6434403/

New maps that differ more than just boostpad placements, looks awesome.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Radament on February 04, 2016, 03:45:27 pm
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/rocket-league-introduces-new-maps-through-rocket-l/1100-6434403/

New maps that differ more than just boostpad placements, looks awesome.

those tron maps are beautiful , really didn't like the new wasteland (even if cool to see) and ice maps but yea i could take these new maps and play ranked on it eventually :)
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Kafein on February 04, 2016, 07:35:30 pm
I like the slanted and irregular aspect of the wasteland arena, but I don't like how it's much more aggressive than the standard arena.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Jona on February 04, 2016, 08:33:04 pm
Looking forwards to the new maps... not sure how I feel about them being added to ranked play though. I'd hate it if the wasteland map was in ranked play, it's just so large that most matches end up being fairly uneventful. Hopefully if they decide to add them to ranked they make a separate ladder/ranking system for only these new maps, or allow for some kind of voting system at the start of every match as to whether or not you play in a standard or irregular arena. The only issue I can see with a voting system would be if each team is an actual group of people as opposed to a few randoms, then each team would basically always vote the same as their teammates, causing ties each and every time should the teams disagree. Kinda just hoping for two different game modes/ranks, i.e. they change the current "standard" mode to "classic standard" and then add a new one called "rocket labs standard" or w.e. they want to call it, then do the same for all other modes.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on February 04, 2016, 08:57:31 pm
I really hope they get added to ranked, atleast the bigger ones, the donut one seems a bit too hectic, but it could work aswell i guess. They mentioned that the well recieved ones might be added to ranked so thats cool. In the end, the game is all about adaptation, and being able to control the ball. So having different designs on the map shouldnt affect the competitiveness on its own. I think all the pro vets are on the same idea, because afaik SSARPBC had a lot of different designs on the maps.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Jona on February 04, 2016, 09:16:22 pm
Yeah, ranked could use the addition of different maps, but I dunno if I want ranked to be all-encompassing or not. I won't care too much either way, it just kinda feels weird that they're thinking of adding "fun" stages to ranked, since the thing that differed between rocket league and SSARPBC was that rocket league was the "physics-based competitive sport" while SSARPBC was cars flying around with cool physics on goofy maps. While inherently different of course, you wouldnt make all the fields at the next world cup different shapes and sizes then just tell the players "lel learn how to adapt." Idk... still looking forward to it, should be lots of fun. I just hope they implement it well without pissing off half their player base one way or the other.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Kafein on February 04, 2016, 11:17:30 pm
I think that most maps that are good should be added to ranked, and randomly selected at match start. That way, ranked requires you not only to master the standard arena, but all of them, which makes it more rich and emphasizes skills that can be converted from one map to the next.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: darmaster on February 10, 2016, 03:24:52 am
Played against 3 scrubs, luckily for them i was raping their mums so i couldnt play properly, then again met them the next round (srsly what are the chances) and luckily for them i was raping their fathers.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on February 10, 2016, 03:41:07 am
Played against 3 scrubs, luckily for them i was raping their mums so i couldnt play properly, then again met them the next round (srsly what are the chances) and luckily for them i was raping their fathers.

Ty for ez rank
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on February 11, 2016, 06:44:46 pm
Patch out, ranks have been changed slightly, a bunch of new toppers + antennas
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Wasteland map added to ranked maps rotations, you can report players now (sick) and then theres the new maps in rocket labs which might be added to ranked aswell. They are really fun to play.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Jona on February 11, 2016, 07:07:54 pm
Ugh, wasteland blows. Hopefully it doesn't show up too often in the rotation. Can't wait to try out the new maps though, they show some promise.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on February 11, 2016, 07:13:20 pm
Ugh, wasteland blows. Hopefully it doesn't show up too often in the rotation. Can't wait to try out the new maps though, they show some promise.

It does play quite often, i used to dislike it but now that i played it some more i actually really enjoy the variety. It adds a lot of flavour. I was expecting a ton of hate on reddit, but it seems like the majority is in the same boat as me, many disliked it at first but came to enjoy it more now, others enjoyed it from the start. Some dislike having maps that differ from the default concept which is legit i guess, but i think that would get pretty boring after a while. Im already really appreciating new maps, and its only been a couple of months so.



Also the ranks are weird, its basically the same, superstar is gold 3 so i got put where i was last time, but now i cant see my precise rating, so i cant sense any progression whatsoever.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Jona on February 11, 2016, 07:19:25 pm
It does play quite often, i used to dislike it but now that i played it some more i actually really enjoy the variety. It adds a lot of flavour. I was expecting a ton of hate on reddit, but it seems like the majority is in the same boat as me, many disliked it at first but came to enjoy it more now, others enjoyed it from the start. Some dislike having maps that differ from the default concept which is legit i guess, but i think that would get pretty boring after a while. Im already really appreciating new maps, and its only been a couple of months so.



Also the ranks are weird, its basically the same, superstar is gold 3 so i got put where i was last time, but now i cant see my precise rating, so i cant sense any progression whatsoever.

I just don't care for the lack of aerial opportunities in wasteland. There are some, but with the larger stage there just aren't as many, in my brief experience with it anyways. It also favors a defensive play style as long shots are far more punishing. Hopefully it won't be as bad when I'm playing it with other guys in ranked who'll be more inclined to play well than the scrubs in casual mode. I've heard that the lack of noticeable progression is really infuriating to some players, and I can definitely appreciate that argument. Do you have any links or knowledge of any correlation between the old ranking system and the new? You said that superstar is gold 3... did you just assume that since it is the 2nd highest rank achievable? I thought they added more possible ranks in this season, but I could be wrong as I'm admittedly not following it too closely.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on February 11, 2016, 07:28:55 pm
I just don't care for the lack of aerial opportunities in wasteland. There are some, but with the larger stage there just aren't as many, in my brief experience with it anyways. It also favors a defensive play style as long shots are far more punishing. Hopefully it won't be as bad when I'm playing it with other guys in ranked who'll be more inclined to play well than the scrubs in casual mode. I've heard that the lack of noticeable progression is really infuriating to some players, and I can definitely appreciate that argument. Do you have any links or knowledge of any correlation between the old ranking system and the new? You said that superstar is gold 3... did you just assume that since it is the 2nd highest rank achievable? I thought they added more possible ranks in this season, but I could be wrong as I'm admittedly not following it too closely.

I have plenty of aerials on wasteland, and not really any longshot goals. Im playing with decently experienced players though, so we cover nearly all the luck shots etc. And we usually set eachother up with the aerials. I just like the bigger space on the map, allows for some really long range aerials. The ball generally always ends up centered with the slopes, so the aeirals on goal are much easier on wasteland than the defaults from what ive experienced.

Yeah i simply assumed it is, they added 2 more lower tiers i think, which is like silver elite and bronze elite basically. But as for me in the higher ranks its the same, the jump from gold 3 to plat is insanely high, bigger than unranked to gold 3 id say.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Teeth on February 12, 2016, 12:06:17 pm
Yeah, Wasteland is a complete aerial fest because the ball always bounces to the center, instead of hanging in the corner where you can only really wall-jump.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Radament on February 12, 2016, 01:37:48 pm
map with double goal is awesome to play with friends ! the circular one is meh and the regular with the stpe is probably the most balanced.
can someone can explain to me how ranking works now , because some are thinking now it works like cs ELO , some are thinking that individual performance affects the hidden ranking , dunno.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on February 12, 2016, 08:28:57 pm
Apparently champion isnt exactly platinum, its basically 1000 or 1100 of the previous system. They are planning to add the skill level to show for all champions, so that they have that to go for when they cant really rank up further except for that.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on March 28, 2016, 03:38:33 pm
Batmobile is out, sounds sick but looks shit. Also i think i played against w33 from dota (one of the highest rated players in pub games). Just saw him pop up on a dota stream that he plays rocket league with the same name i played against.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Kafein on April 03, 2016, 02:29:06 pm
I hate the batmobile sound with a passion.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on June 07, 2016, 04:08:32 pm

Jesus, gets more impressive with every montage he makes, altho the music stinks generally.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on June 11, 2016, 01:11:55 am

2 new DLC's, both looking worth a buy.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on July 02, 2016, 11:24:16 am
Just want to bump this up during the sale. Most fun ive had in a long time both competitively and casually. Its the perfect combination. Little (from my experience) toxicity in the community, short rounds so that a loss doesnt linger too much (doesnt piss you off) and on a competitive level there is so much to learn and master that it just never gets old. Casual lowbie plays is super hilarious, and still puts you on the edge of your seat.

11€ is a steal, if youre mildly interested youll easily drop 50-100 hours, and if you get competitive then youll rack the hours up like in crpg.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: darmaster on July 20, 2016, 05:22:09 pm
FUCK me, i keep having the mic on despite having disabled EVERYTHING in game, and people hear me continuously, i feel like naked. they hear me singing, swearing and laughing, and i have no idea how to fix it :C
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: darmaster on July 21, 2016, 04:59:01 pm
so no, seriously, i disabled the whole voice chat thing in game, got no push to talk button available, and still speak in game THE FUCKING WHOLE TIME without me wanting to. i realize that at the end of the round because i get the speaker logo, but it's not continous even tho they can hear me for the whole game. seriously i have no idea how to fix it and it's frustrating, especially since i thought i fixed it and noticed at the end of the round they could hear me the whole time. fuck me
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on July 28, 2016, 04:06:58 pm
https://rocketleaguestats.com/profile/steam/76561197998154458

Dope, stat websites for all the games. Finally i can track rating a bit more to the numbers.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Teeth on July 30, 2016, 12:32:56 am
FUCK me, i keep having the mic on despite having disabled EVERYTHING in game, and people hear me continuously, i feel like naked. they hear me singing, swearing and laughing, and i have no idea how to fix it :C
I think you have the same problem in the Vanguard teamspeak
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Butan on July 30, 2016, 12:59:16 am
Check in your audio profiles and set-up, basically go into everything that is named "audio" in your control panel, and right-click every audio related software at the bottom right of your screen. You should deactivate anything that looks like it overrides your microphone settings.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: darmaster on July 30, 2016, 08:45:44 am
I think you have the same problem in the Vanguard teamspeak

Tbf yes, i talk a lot sorry; thing is, when i had push to talk it was fine, bit with rocket league i was forced to enable voice activation, i can't play with push to talk.

Check in your audio profiles and set-up, basically go into everything that is named "audio" in your control panel, and right-click every audio related software at the bottom right of your screen. You should deactivate anything that looks like it overrides your microphone settings.

Had to disable the voice chat ingame, i still get the logo of me speaking but apparently people can't hear me now; it's just bugged. Also i keep getting the tutorials messages, even if i completed them many times.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Gravoth_iii on May 26, 2017, 11:46:36 pm
Necro because game still relevant. Still playing semi-daily and ive just now gotten the hang of upside down control and doing tilt shots.

https://gfycat.com/AssuredFrequentEnglishsetter (didnt bother to edit at all, Whoops!)
Shit feels immensely satisfying, rocket league best game. I couldve lost that game 10-1 and still came out happy just cause of that one goal.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Kafein on May 30, 2017, 11:26:03 pm
Trying to seamlessly change from normal to upside down car controls is like having to rewire your entire brain in a fraction of a second.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: darmaster on June 10, 2017, 02:18:04 pm
can't get past a certain level, think i reached my skill peak in RL. i'll just bask in my old average plays, this is the feinting collection. stopped playing for about 2 months and now i'm even shittier

https://gfycat.com/DazzlingIdealDikkops

https://gfycat.com/PastelVagueKilldeer

https://gfycat.com/FoolhardyFemaleBaleenwhale

https://gfycat.com/ParchedObeseErmine

https://gfycat.com/ImperturbableGlitteringEuropeanfiresalamander

Djs

https://gfycat.com/ScaredHotHarrier

https://gfycat.com/MintyUntimelyErne

last one i think it was gravoth's pass

https://gfycat.com/PlumpAccurateBluetickcoonhound
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: Jona on June 12, 2017, 06:13:02 pm
Any experience playing on a server across the pond? Never tried it, so idk how the lag would be, but if it isn't too bad I'd be down to play with you guys sometime if you're ever looking for a 3rd man.
Title: Re: Rocket League
Post by: peter_afca7 on May 15, 2018, 11:53:38 am
Bump, this game just never gets old