Rocket League

[Mithas]

Bought it. Love it. I am terrible.

[MrHat]

I just hit Veteran.

 

[KallDrexx]

I finally bought it.

I don't think I've ever had so much fun sucking before.  I don't feel bad about actually paying full price for a game for once.

[MrHat]

I hope they do a 4 pack for $60 soon.

I'm still playing 2+ hours a day of this on my PS4.  Hit 800 ranked 3s and found my ceiling.  Everyone flies better than me.

My buds were joking that my tagline should be: "Hey, I hit it!".

Everyone of you fun-hating f13ers should be playing this.  So damn fun.

[Samwise]

It's really good for scratching that "five minutes of multiplayer fun" itch.  Like Counter-Strike, but with less tension and more wheeee.

[Quinton]

Played several hours of this (3v3 and 4v4) at a lan party on Saturday.  I am awful at it, but it is a ton of fun.

[kaid]

My brother came to visit for a night with his family. Rocket league was a HUGE hit for his 10 year old son. Its weird and easy to play with tons of crazy stuff going on it kept him totally enthralled for hours.

[NiX]

My heart was pounding. This game creates some incredibly tense moments.

[Rendakor]

Is it possible to group up with friends, cross platform? I have it for PS4 and a friend wants to get it for PC.

[MrHat]

Is it possible to group up with friends, cross platform? I have it for PS4 and a friend wants to get it for PC.

Only for private matches.

[KallDrexx]

Is it possible to group up with friends, cross platform? I have it for PS4 and a friend wants to get it for PC.

Supposedly that's coming, but right now you can only group up with people on the same platforms (seems mostly a restriction on friends platforms right now, since it uses Steam friends list and PSN friends list respectively).

[Threash]

I think this won't be nearly as much fun once people get good at it.  Right now it's amazing though.

[MrHat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwGFZk9NLaU

Holy shit the MLG final was incredible.

[KallDrexx]

First comment: How the fuck do I do that......

Second comment: Who the hell designed a spectating UI that completely blocks your view of the action in order to select what viewpoint you want to watch, especially for such a fast paced game.

[Druzil]

This game has some serious 'just one more game, OK one more, oh shit what time is it?' going on.

It's just so rewarding when you pull off something crazy.  And I think 5 minutes is the perfect match length.  Just enough to be competitive and fun but also short enough for a quick game or to get out of a bad one.

I think the best matches are the ones where you get a few people to stick around and mix up the teams a few times in a row.

[NiX]

First comment: How the fuck do I do that......

Second comment: Who the hell designed a spectating UI that completely blocks your view of the action in order to select what viewpoint you want to watch, especially for such a fast paced game.

I haven't used the spectating system yet, but you should send that feedback to Pysonix. They're pretty good about listening to feedback. I know they were accepting feedback through their bug email address: bugs@rocket-league.com.

[Slayerik]

Shit, this is fun!

[Slayerik]

If anyone is still playing, hit me up...

[Nebu]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwGFZk9NLaU

Holy shit the MLG final was incredible.

Amazing finish.  I hope this game gets some traction as an esport.

[KallDrexx]

Mutators!

Hopefully it doesn't split the playerbase too much though.

[Nebu]

This is pretty epic.  The top two players in a 1v1 match.

The skill level is insane.

[Samwise]

This is pretty epic.  The top two players in a 1v1 match.

The skill level is insane.

Holy shit, that first goal that orange makes -- was he dribbling the ball on top of his car before launching it in?

[Muffled]

Yes, he was.  Kronovi (orange) streams on Twitch.tv/camgears if you're interested in that sort of thing.

[MrHat]

I've got 100+ hours into this game and the most impressive part of that video is how easily he changes between camera views. Makes a huge difference in ball placement and maneuvering and is fucking hard to do.

[Thrawn]

This is pretty epic.  The top two players in a 1v1 match.

The skill level is insane.

Usually videos like that make me feel like this is awesome, I want to work at getting better.  That one was more like "Weeeelllll, fuck.  I'll never be that good, I should just quit now."

[Rendakor]

This is pretty epic.  The top two players in a 1v1 match.

The skill level is insane.

Usually videos like that make me feel like this is awesome, I want to work at getting better.  That one was more like "Weeeelllll, fuck.  I'll never be that good, I should just quit now."

This is why I don't watch streams/videos of competitive games; I always get that latter feeling.

[Slayerik]

http://www.pcgamer.com/rocket-league-mutators-are-out-today-in-a-free-update/

This is pretty fun. So far I like the low gravity and small ball. Cube can be kinda fun too.

[MrHat]

I'm getting really good at this.  Aerials and transition saves.

If you see me on toss me a message so I can show off.

[Slayerik]

I concur. Hat is a beast.

On sale again for 14 bucks a friend told me....

[Mithas]

This game is a steal if anyone hasn't bought it yet. I play a couple matches a day just to blow off some steam. I'm better than I used to be, but still not as good as everyone else I'm matched with.

[Viin]

Picked it up on Steam today, pretty fun. My timing is still off and for the most part I just run around in circles at full throttle, trying to crash into the other team. Seems to work ok.

Had to dig out my controller, glad I had all the pieces in my box-of-random-computer-crap!

[MrHat]

Man, I feel like I'm getting good at this.  I mean, after 300 hours I should be right?

Is there an easy program to capture like 5s of video of a videogame, turn into a gif, directly upload it to imgur at a designated scale/size and provide a link?  I mean, without doing all those steps individually?

I want to share!

[Rendakor]

Not that I know of. Most video capture programs are aimed at higher quality stuff for Youtube/Twitch.

[Viin]

So I've started playing the ranked matches with the start of the new season, but which one should I be using for pick-up games?

Was playing Standard for a bit, but after starting out in Division VI, I've been knocked down to Division I due to shitty pubby teams. Now I'm playing Solo Standard, which seems a bit better (a team loss doesn't kill my Division unless I don't get any points - which, of course, may or may not be my teams fault ;).  Is Standard meant to be for pre-formed teams? Sure seems like a lot of solo players in the queue, with only a handful in the Solo Standard.

[MrHat]

So I've started playing the ranked matches with the start of the new season, but which one should I be using for pick-up games?

Was playing Standard for a bit, but after starting out in Division VI, I've been knocked down to Division I due to shitty pubby teams. Now I'm playing Solo Standard, which seems a bit better (a team loss doesn't kill my Division unless I don't get any points - which, of course, may or may not be my teams fault ;).  Is Standard meant to be for pre-formed teams? Sure seems like a lot of solo players in the queue, with only a handful in the Solo Standard.

So for the ranked play it's 4 categories:
Solo Duel (one on one)
Duos (two on two)
Solo Standard (three on three no preset teams)
Standard (three on three with preset teams)

For pick up games Solo Standard will only face you vs. other individually queued players.  It's a bit easier than playing vs. preset teams as the way the matchmaking works is to average out the team rank on each side.  So in Solo you're more likely to have partners your level and be against players your level.  In Standard (and Duo) you could potentially go against a team that is a mix of high level and low level players.

Either way there's no accounting for random team mates, just focus on Rocket League Rule Number 1:

Don't miss the ball.