[Rocket League]: PA Rocket Society on Friday Nights

Docshifty

The best part about people learning how to fly is those who have grasped just the rough basics of it, so they always do aerial hits, but 90% of them are in abysmal directions and they're now out of boost to follow.

I'll take that free goal, thank you.

Rhesus Positive

I've mastered the art of, when the round starts, boosting over the ball into the opposing goal, leaving my wife alone to defend against two attackers

Rend

Rhesus Positive wrote: »

I've mastered the art of, when the round starts, boosting over the ball into the opposing goal, leaving my wife alone to defend against two attackers

A noble art, to be sure.

crimsoncoyote

I'm of the strong opinion that only one person needs to rush into the starting "scramble". Any more and it's a waste of boost (especially with the opportunity cost of EVEN MOAR BOOST) and opportunities to follow up on the initial hit.

Muffinatron

crimsoncoyote wrote: »

I'm of the strong correct opinion that only one person needs to rush into the starting "scramble". Any more and it's a waste of boost (especially with the opportunity cost of EVEN MOAR BOOST) and opportunities to follow up on the initial hit.

Fixed that for you

If you're playing with myself or @Beef Avenger you'll regularly hear us call out if we're defending or going for it to make sure we don't over commit.

Big Dookie

On the other hand, I've been in the situation several times where everyone thought the other person was going to rush for the middle, so instead everyone backed off. That is of course the moment that the other team makes a perfect kick from mid-field over all our heads into the net.

crimsoncoyote

Up on D-pad, then Down on D-pad ("Defending!")

Also someone should basically always be in the net on kickoff in case of flukes. I find it's less likely to go into the net though if you only have 1 person in the scramble, depending on starting positions.

Bloodycow

Added my name to the google doc list. I usually get on for a few games every night on the weekends.

Also, I suck at this game, mostly.

Dirtyboy

I highly recommend watching Kronovi play 1v1. He gives tips on how to play and he constantly points out what his opponents do right and wrong (mostly wrong). A lot of times he just waits patiently for the other player(s) to make mistakes then punishes them for it. Really great for learning how to position yourself and when the correct times to make a move are.

Dirtyboy

Rocket League Patch Notes v1.03

]JULY 31 - DUNHAMSMASH (PSYONIX)
Released July 31, 2015 | 462 MB

THE HEADLINES

• “Quick Chat” commands can now be used cross-platform between PC and PS4
• Stat tracking for online games is now properly recorded for its correlating Garage items
• AI Bot skill levels now adjust to the average skill level of all players currently in the game
• The first player to abandon a “Ranked’ match is now banned from matchmaking for 15 minutes
• (PS4) “Far, Far Away” Trophy can now be unlocked via online play
• (Steam) “Virtuoso” Achievement is now obtainable and includes appropriate description
• Fixed multiple crash scenarios

Complete list of changes shown below…


NEW FEATURES

Gameplay

“Quick Chat” commands can now be used cross-platform between PC and PS4

Content

Topper: “Cherry Top” now includes a working, rotating light
Topper: “Propellerhead” now includes a working, rotating blade

Online Play

AI Bot skill levels now adjust to the average skill level of all players currently in the game
The first player to abandon a “Ranked” match is now banned from matchmaking for 15 minutes

UI/ UX

(Steam) Added “Mouse Sensitivity” setting to the “Options” menu
(Steam) Added support for more resolutions


CHANGES AND UPDATES

Training

“Freeplay” now grants truly-unlimited “Rocket Boost”

UI/ UX

Stats: Player’s “Win/ Loss Ratio” is now displayed as a “Win %”


BUG FIXES


General

(PS4) Sweet Tooth now properly unlocks when completing a game with all 10 of the other Battle-Cars
(PS4) Multiple visual optimizations
Reduced, but did not eliminate, instances of the “Invisible Car” bug
Fixed multiple crash scenarios

Garage Items

Antennas

• Country Flags: Congo is now appropriately-named
• Country Flags: Mexico is no longer reversed
• Country Flags: Northern Ireland is now correct
• Country Flags: United States now shows all 50 stars

Trophies and Achievements

(Steam) “Virtuoso” Achievement is now obtainable and includes appropriate description
(PS4) “Far, Far Away” Trophy can now be unlocked via online play

UI/ UX

Stat tracking for online games is now properly reflected for their correlating Garage items
Blog and Scrolling Ticker now work as intended and will not errantly show “Offline” messages
“PsyNet” icons for cross-platform players will now display properly
Main Menu Player Avatars will no longer disappear between matches
Player names are now displayed correctly during “Replays”

Localization

French, German, Italian, and Spanish-language corrections and improvements

https://twitter.com/RocketLeague/status/627202114893148160

Raiden333

Penny-Arcade staff tournament.

Bonus: Psyonix was hanging out in chat and said they'll be adding a Penny-Arcade flag!(!!!!)

cooljammer00

Okay, I found something more infuriating than a laggy game/bad internet connection: overaggressive teammates who will knock you out of the way to steal a goal, and thus neither of us score a goal and we lose.

TelMarine

this game is really really fun, but where is the free camera mouselook? This game sorely needs it, it really sucks not having it.

cooljammer00

You mean turning off ballcam?

TelMarine

cooljammer00 wrote: »

You mean turning off ballcam?

No, I mean being able to use the mouse to freely move the camera 360 degrees and independently from controlling your car.

Muffinatron

So we've got about 14 people on PSN on the google doc.

I think we could potentially get a doubles tournament going.

Who's up for it?

Either pre-made teams or we could arrange teams by lottery.

Depending on how many teams there are we could go for a league followed by post-season knockout stages or maybe a group stage followed by knockout stages, or straight to knock-out stages.

I'm thinking considering the different server preferences knockout stages can be played over two games using each teams preferred server once. Aggregate score wins, in case of tie most goals scored on your non-preferred server wins.

cooljammer00

Is the Google Doc in the OP meant to have a Steam ID column as well?

Muffinatron

cooljammer00 wrote: »

Is the Google Doc in the OP meant to have a Steam ID column as well?

There are two tabs (at the bottom left). One for PSN, one for Steam.

Beef Avenger

Muffinatron wrote: »

So we've got about 14 people on PSN on the google doc.

I think we could potentially get a doubles tournament going.

Who's up for it?

Either pre-made teams or we could arrange teams by lottery.

Depending on how many teams there are we could go for a league followed by post-season knockout stages or maybe a group stage followed by knockout stages, or straight to knock-out stages.

I'm thinking considering the different server preferences knockout stages can be played over two games using each teams preferred server once. Aggregate score wins, in case of tie most goals scored on your non-preferred server wins.

I'd be up for this

cooljammer00

Hmm, people have been dropping out of ranked games since I started playing them. Maybe they don't realize there's a timeout feature now if you leave.

Ravelle

Well, there's nothing stopping them from quitting if they're done with the game for a while.

crimsoncoyote

I want cross-platform parties to be a thing. I don't own a ps4 so as much as I'd like to participate in a league/tourney/whatever, I cannot

FuriousJodo

Yeah, I hope they get that working somehow eventually.

Beef Avenger

it takes so long to get ranking score up

Halibut

Man, this is probably my favorite game this year. And that's saying something since Bloodborne came out earlier.

I got it free with PS Plus and then I bought it on Steam because I wanted to spend money on it. Added myself to the PSN spreadsheet.

Halibut

This is really dumb, but I was messing around in free play mode and decided not to flip back onto my wheels. I don't think this would be a very good strategy in a real game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zh_YHvHprk

Beef Avenger

That's called turtleing

Ravelle

I can get really annoyed with myself if every ball zooms inches by me, helpless to do anything about it or when every flip I make just goes under the ball.

Big Dookie

This was a strange goal I got a couple nights ago. How the ball went from halfway in our own goal to me dribbling it back the length of the field to score, I have no idea. But I was pumping some fists either way.

http://youtu.be/zmWS1xAtpTo

Dirtyboy

Ravelle wrote: »

I can get really annoyed with myself if every ball zooms inches by me, helpless to do anything about it or when every flip I make just goes under the ball.

Beef Avenger

I've hit silver in solo and 2v2 ranked. It'll be a real test of resolve to do the same in 3v3

Halibut

I finally hit pro (level 20?) this morning, but I'm only silver in 2v2 ranked.

I was doing great in 1v1 ranked for a while, and then I had a string of like 10 losses in a row. Some of them were pretty epic losses too (like 7-0). I'm sitting around 300 or so now. I wish you didn't have to make a mad dash for the ball at the beginning because those ones where the ball pops out and your opponent just so happens to come out of the collision with a perfectly lined up shot while you're floating off into space somewhere with no boost... it's super demoralizing.

2v2 is better though as long as you're playing with someone who doesn't just race for the ball regardless of starting position.

crimsoncoyote

Beef Avenger wrote: »

I've hit silver in solo and 2v2 ranked. It'll be a real test of resolve to do the same in 3v3

Silver in 3v3 isn't bad really

Rend

It really isn't.

Spent a lot of Sunday climbing the soloq 3v3 ladder, and now I'm ~830 in 2v2 (with the great and powerful @crimsoncoyote ) and ~800 in solo 3's. Still winning most of my games so I should have some more climbing to do, but I had to stop playing because sleep is important when you have work the next day

My goalie skills are getting a lot more consistent, which I'm pleased with. I'm actually starting to get compliments from people occasionally.

FuriousJodo

3v3 is definitely better than 2v2 for playing with randoms. If you get a bad teammate in 2v2 you are completely hosed, in 3v3 you can potentially get one terrible teammate and still do kind of ok.

Rend

FuriousJodo wrote: »

3v3 is definitely better than 2v2 for playing with randoms. If you get a bad teammate in 2v2 you are completely hosed, in 3v3 you can potentially get one terrible teammate and still do kind of ok.

Agree 100%. I had a couple games with a specific teammate last night that was playing pretty poorly, but we were able to win anyway.

Also, it turns out that when you play late on sunday night and there's only 1300 people in the playlist, you tend to play with the same people multiple times in a row.

Halibut

Goalkeeping is pretty fun! I just wish the game dished out bonuses/points a little more evenly. It's just as important as strikers, but with about half the glory. Even when I'm just average on offense, I'll typically get more points than I do as a shutdown goalie.

The point disparity makes me want to play forward all the time, but my team of randos will typically lose if I don't play the keeper.

Just gotta look at that win/loss ratio as the only stat to care about I guess.

Rend

It's not that the goalkeeper is rewarded less than a striker- after all, a clear is worth 20, and a save is worth up to 60. It's that your score as a goalkeeper is inversely related to the skill of your strikers/defenders. If they keep the ball in the opponent's field most of the game, you won't get a lot of face time with it. Also, if they clear for you all the time (which they absolutely should be doing) you don't get a lot of face time with it.

Conversely, your point rewards as a goalie are DIRECTLY proportional to the opposing strikers' skill. If they're good, you are going to be talking very closely with the ball very often for 5 minutes.

Goalie rewards are an odd proposition since, in an ideal world, your team would never let you touch the ball. If you make contact with it, you've either moved out of goal to seize an opportunity, or your team has screwed up.

Halibut

I definitely understand that in theory. In practice, the people I'm playing with and against are not evenly matched, and we have the best chance at winning if I play defense (not because I'm especially good or anything, but only because no one else in a random match plays keeper.)

I feel like there are a lot of good behaviors on both offense and defense that are not rewarded with points, but I don't necessarily know how they could be rewarded. It would be awesome if you got extra points when your teammates compliment your play, but that could probably be gamed pretty easily.

Anyway, these are very minor nitpicks in an amazing game. If I didn't love it so much, I wouldn't be giving it half as much thought.

Beef Avenger

Rend wrote: »

FuriousJodo wrote: »

3v3 is definitely better than 2v2 for playing with randoms. If you get a bad teammate in 2v2 you are completely hosed, in 3v3 you can potentially get one terrible teammate and still do kind of ok.

Agree 100%. I had a couple games with a specific teammate last night that was playing pretty poorly, but we were able to win anyway.

Also, it turns out that when you play late on sunday night and there's only 1300 people in the playlist, you tend to play with the same people multiple times in a row.

I've had wayyyyy better luck getting competent teammates in ranked 2v2 than I have in 3v3