Current Events > Just got to Plat1 for the first time ever in Rocket League

(+) Yeah! (+)

Now I just need to stay in there. Somehow.
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Nice.
I got put into Gold somehow but that's gonna go away pretty damn quick. Also hate how negative everyone in the game is.

Calculated.
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damn. best I can get is gold 3

AlternativeFAQS posted...

damn. best I can get is gold 3

I was stuck in Silver 3 last season, got bumped up to Gold 3 this one because in Gold it now just takes 2 matches to go up instead of 2.

Then I've been putting in the good work the past few weeks to get up. I know I can't carry a team, but I can do centering and support. Also I'm not that bad at rotations.
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Also fun fact: I hit Master the same match I got Plat1. Hype was double.
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Nice I cant even get out of silver.
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ArchangelBaruch posted...

AlternativeFAQS posted...

damn. best I can get is gold 3

I was stuck in Silver 3 last season, got bumped up to Gold 3 this one because in Gold it now just takes 2 matches to go up instead of 2.

Then I've been putting in the good work the past few weeks to get up. I know I can't carry a team, but I can do centering and support. Also I'm not that bad at rotations.

What even are rotations? Some guy yelled at me because I sucked ass at rotations but he didn't even try to explain them.

If I had to guess Id guess rotations are knowing when to defend the goal/attack based on position.
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Hexenherz posted...

What even are rotations? Some guy yelled at me because I sucked ass at rotations but he didn't even try to explain them.

Unless you are super good, the best way to get the ball up is to hit it with a lot of momentum. So you want to continuously have guys from the back going up and hitting the ball up.

At the same time, the guys already up who don't have a clear shot at the ball need to go back, reload turbo and get up again. Also be kind of back if the opponent gets a counter and sends the ball into your field.

This is rotation: changing positions continuosly to optimize hitting the ball at high speed continously. There are kind of two rotations:

- When your team attacks: one carries the ball and is forward, the other one is on the midfield waiting for a center, the last one is on goal defending and/or waiting for a dead ball in the midfield. When the forward guy centers, or the other team defends, he gets back to his own goal and recharges turbo, the mid guy tries to keep the ball up, the backward guy mounts to midfield. Repeat until goal.

- When your team defends: one guy is on goal waiting for the next shot, another guy is up in midfield recharging turbo after having stopped the ball, third guy is going for the ball to try a counter. 1 -> 2 -> 3.

Naturally this is a broad picture, depends on individual skill. Some players can carry the team and thus you want them to be at top all the time, so they may do a half rotation with the guy midfield and keep the same guy back on goal (typically the worst of the team).

You need to feel your team to see how to rotate, but a good general tip: if you are always ballchasing, you are doing rotation wrong. You should be on top of the ball on 5-10 second bursts max, then go away to recharge/defend/get ready to shot a center.
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Hm, that is a really great write-up, thank you very much.

I dont know. I only play 2v2. Team play is just too hit or miss for 3v3z
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I keep getting so close to Champion (as in Diamond 3 Div 4) then end up losing like 5 in a row :(
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ArchangelBaruch posted...

Naturally this is a broad picture, depends on individual skill. Some players can carry the team and thus you want them to be at top all the time, so they may do a half rotation with the guy midfield and keep the same guy back on goal (typically the worst of the team).

Also I disagree with this, teams with bad players should still rotate imo. Otherwise that guy in goal is gonna miss the easy saves or kill momentum with bad clearances.
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Joenage posted...

ArchangelBaruch posted...

Naturally this is a broad picture, depends on individual skill. Some players can carry the team and thus you want them to be at top all the time, so they may do a half rotation with the guy midfield and keep the same guy back on goal (typically the worst of the team).

Also I disagree with this, teams with bad players should still rotate imo. Otherwise that guy in goal is gonna miss the easy saves or kill momentum with bad clearances.

Depends on the realtive strength. If it's semipro in a match of legends, he'll be doing more bad than good out there ballchasing.
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And I'm back down to Gold3-3. I hate how I'm inconsistent as shit.
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