Rocket League Catch All

I don't see stable servers update anywhere

I hope the new "rocket pass" system isn't some kind of monthly pay system like Fortnite.

Fastmav347 wrote:

I don't see stable servers update anywhere

Yeah, I was commenting on this last time I played. The servers have been borked for months now.

pizzaddict wrote:

I hope the new "rocket pass" system isn't some kind of monthly pay system like Fortnite.

It will have items you only get if you pay real money so yeah, it kinda is. I don’t know the Fortnite system so I can’t say it’s the same but it certainly sounds like a way to scoop a few more dollars every month from people who want all the things.

It’s a more predictable cost for things than crates but that probably means it won’t have anything as good as the best crate items. It’s probably more like the mid range import seasonal event crate stuff.

I finally got around to putting some of my recent highlights together:

pandasuit wrote:

I finally got around to putting some of my recent highlights together:

Good stuff. I have to admit, when I watch your montages, I have one eye on you and the other on the defender, mostly to see if I'm the one being poster-ized.

Nice composition, there, panda. The music sync'd up nicely in a number of spots.

Oh, and sweet shots, and all that.

sadly I saw me in there a couple of times

Crumbo wrote:
pandasuit wrote:

I finally got around to putting some of my recent highlights together:

Good stuff. I have to admit, when I watch your montages, I have one eye on you and the other on the defender, mostly to see if I'm the one being poster-ized. :)

I’ve talked with Panda about that. He’s specifically mentioned that he removes people’s names, so that everyone doesn’t laugh at me...us. I meant us.

I haven’t been that frozen lump of metal in goal too many times, right?

Seriously, though, sick stuff, Panda.

gotta love this game sometimes, no way this should have scored

pandasuit wrote:
pizzaddict wrote:

I hope the new "rocket pass" system isn't some kind of monthly pay system like Fortnite.

It will have items you only get if you pay real money so yeah, it kinda is. I don’t know the Fortnite system so I can’t say it’s the same but it certainly sounds like a way to scoop a few more dollars every month from people who want all the things.

It’s a more predictable cost for things than crates but that probably means it won’t have anything as good as the best crate items. It’s probably more like the mid range import seasonal event crate stuff.

Or more likely its a way for them to get around new laws that are classifying loot boxes as gambling.

They are still going to have the loot boxes, this is just another added thing.

I don't know if I like them moving the random drops from after games to during level up. I like the random drops after games. I guess as long as the frequency renames roughly the same it doesn't matter.

T-Prime wrote:
pizzaddict wrote:

I had the same exact drop as you in the span of about a week. I then took a week off out of frustration, started playing again and climbed back up to Gold 3 div 3. The biggest change I made when I came back was strictly playing 3v3. I used to have my game set to either do 3v3 or 2v2, I think playing 2v2 was messing up my 3v3 gameplay.

Maybe that's a key - I played only 3v3 the other night and managed to unlock a "Win 10 games in a row" achievement on Xbox. Playing mixed 2v2 and 3v3 games last night produced very mixed results.

I dropped bad a while back and saw something on reddit people called the “Heavy Car” bug. Someone’s solution was to play games with bot with the slo-mo mutator on.

Now, I don’t think it’s an actual bug but a mental state that playing several slo mo games helped me overcome. I was able to get back to Plat 1 after dropping to Gold 1.

Evidence is all anecdotal though.

discoursian wrote:
Crumbo wrote:
pandasuit wrote:

I finally got around to putting some of my recent highlights together:

Good stuff. I have to admit, when I watch your montages, I have one eye on you and the other on the defender, mostly to see if I'm the one being poster-ized. :)

I’ve talked with Panda about that. He’s specifically mentioned that he removes people’s names, so that everyone doesn’t laugh at me...us. I meant us.

I haven’t been that frozen lump of metal in goal too many times, right?

Seriously, though, sick stuff, Panda.

I've definitely removed names and voices from clips when requested.

Generally I removed names in this video because I think it looks cleaner. All the clips in this video are recordings from replays so I had a lot of control. My previous montage none were from replays so I was stuck with what the game shows by default.

The negative of removing all the names is that there were some passes by GWJers that set up some of these clips and it would be nice if that was more clear. The pass that setup the aerial at 1:52 is from Norfair. The pass that setup the backboard redirect at 3:01 was from BEPNewt. The passes at 0:06, 1:08, 3:38 are from Dorkmanship. I've probably missed some others. Lots of other GWJers are in these clips. I tried adding titles to show some of them but it didn't look good. I won't point out who on the other team accidentally passed to me.

I did specifically include the boost meter in every clip I could because, to me, the boost control necessary to pull off these moves is part of why I consider them highlights. If I had unlimited boost I'd be doing far more impressive things. One of the reasons air dribbles are so much easier and more impressive in training modes is the unlimited boost (and lack of lag).

ragin_redneck wrote:

gotta love this game sometimes, no way this should have scored

Nice! Wall pinches sometimes make no sense at all:

It's been a long time since I made one. Here we go!

Ooh tier 5 for diamond, I do so love red.

And goal explosions too? YESSSSSSSS

I should finish up my gold ranking at least

Are there many people on here trying to finish their reward wins before the end of the season?

I mean sometimes I think I'd like to get diamond on PS4 or Switch too but I think I'll survive with platinum there. Hard to both steal the TV from my wife and get voice working for console.

Antichulius wrote:

It's been a long time since I made one. Here we go!

Great clips! Nice saves at 3:49 and 4:27.

pandasuit wrote:

Are there many people on here trying to finish their reward wins before the end of the season?

I'd like to get my gold rewards on Switch. I ranked out of 3v3 modes, but finally got the guts to try 2v2 and have been hovering between gold 1 and 2. I think I'm at 5 of 10 now. Evidently I'm better at 2v2 than 3v3. To the point where in the few 3v3 matches where someone drops on my team, I've won them all in recent times even before jumping in on 2v2.

I'm still trying to get to Plat before the season ends. I feel like the last couple nights I've been playing pretty well, especially on defense/midfield, but I'm still lingering in Gold 3. Ended last night with a 4 game winning streak so hopefully I can continue that over the next couple nights and finally get to Plat.

Do we know the day the season ends?

Man, I just wish Psyonix rolled out something to sync my progress between platforms. I achieved Gold season rewards the other night on Xbox, however since I've been playing so much on Xbox as of late I have to do placement matches on PC again, and PC is where my long-term progress (and items!) all live.

pizzaddict wrote:

Do we know the day the season ends?

We don't know exactly but they said "late May" and "just around the corner" and that the patch would arrive same day. They usually announce rewards around a week before season ends and their patches usually arrive on a Tuesday. I think it's a safe bet that it will be Tuesday the 22nd.

T-Prime wrote:

I just wish Psyonix rolled out something to sync my progress between platforms

That would be awesome but from what they've said on Reddit I think that will never happen. Cross platform parties will be nice to play with friends but if you play on multiple platforms for reasons other than being on the platform your friends are on then it probably won't be useful to you. I'm still going to play on Switch for the convenience of mobility.

Oh man, that doesn't give me much time. I had another really good night last night and got myself up to Gold 3 Div 3 again and I'm 3-1 since I'm thinking if I win next game I'll move up to div 4. If I can get to Plat tonight or tomorrow that will give me the weekend to get my 10 wins before end of season.

With all that said, I've been at the plat doorstep before only to be beaten down by the Rocket League gods.

ugh, my 2v2 game has plummeted all the way to silver 1, I've been missing hits left and right and had tons of bad teammate match-ups. 3v3 is back to silver 3 div 3 or 4, from silver 1 div 1, though.

Anyone available on ps4 this weekend/tonight for plat wins? I need about 6 to get rewards, I'm in Plat 1 Div 1 in doubles and Plat 3 div 3 in Triples.

Fastmav347 wrote:

Anyone available on ps4 this weekend/tonight for plat wins? I need about 6 to get rewards, I'm in Plat 1 Div 1 in doubles and Plat 3 div 3 in Triples.

Nope. Just sold my PS4 last night.

Oh, you said WINS. That counts me out, anyway. Good luck!

-BEP