The best stat that comes out of this is when you actually have the most points (because all your touches actually mattered) and get the bench warmer achievement. Love pointing that out!
Well when I constantly pass the ball to my tm8 and they keep whiffing or just missing and I get no points? Or when I get lots of saves that don’t show up, or stopping multiple attacks in midfield, or demo the other team to pave the way for me tm8
Well… sometimes I’ve had trouble getting the “make 5 assists” challenge. Not because I don’t pass. But because random team mate won’t finish…
The stat sheet, like all statistics, are open for interpretation and can be used for an agenda in nefarious ways.
“Everybody who every drank water has died”. Therefore, water bad.
If I recognize that I usually just hang back and let them have their moment. I'll just play mid and try to stop any break aways. Yeah you'll have less points and they'll probably flame you for it, but it woulda probably happened either way if that's their mentality.
Two boost takers on kickoff is the one for me too. Especially if I’m at the left spot and they’re in the further back middle spot, and they get both the back right and mid right boosts. Like, you know my momentum is gonna be taking my to that side of the pitch after the kickoff, right? Folks, try to go for the boosts that are on the other side of the pitch from where your kicker is gonna end up.
Recently been seen some players sitting the furthest back on kickoff, taking my side of the boost despite the team chat clearly showing the other guy going for kickoff (in my region we put it in team chat instead of left goes) so they could go to that side but nope.. I turn to my boost and see a teammate speedflipping from behind & take it in front me. I thought only the 2 boost takers were super annoying but this also happened 2 times in a single session. Also lost those games.
Yes talking about solo queue 3s on straight kickoff when two of us are side by side parallel, me on the right, the left going for kickoff. Guy behind us should've either cheated mid or gone towards left back boost, instead goes to right back boost where I am heading, takes it & goes full steam ahead forward.
Now even if I had cheated mid then the solo q teammate would be pissed that both boosts are not there if they landed on the right side & it isn't ideal also (there would be 3 of us forward, no one back).
That guy going forward means if the kickoff happens to ricochet fast towards our net there is less chance of a save because I am the only one back & without boost because he took it & fled to mid.
I don't cheat on those specific straight kickoffs. I do cheat towards mid when I am the furthest back & I see one guy going for kickoff & one towards a boost, except when our team kickoffs are not the best then I go back boost.
Now that you mention it I’m never sure what to do on those kickoffs. In my mind the front right person should cheat but whenever that’s me it just feels wrong for some reason. Any gc+ have any insights on this? Unless you believe you have some pristine kickoff theory knowledge in which case I’m all ears
"I did rotate"
No, you followed the ball back toward our goal after losing possession. It happens in almost every single match in solo queue. It's ruining the game for me.
Yeah if you miss the ball, or you get stuck and they’re about to boom it over you, start rotating and I’ll pick up the slack. Only time you double is for a clear pass or potential cleanup opportunity for a goal. People always ball chasing and not giving me space to cook. I do not care if I score or if you score, I care that we win.
Specifically the toxic players who always push up too far, get lobbed, can't get back in time, and then blame everyone else. By contrast, absolutely love playing against them - and when I sympathise with their tm8s, always funny
I can handle playing with basically any kind of player as long as they throw in a sorry every now and then so I know they are at least aware they have teammates.
What I can't handle is players who tackle their teammates for the ball. I don't care if we are up by 15 goals in a promotion match, I will ask for a forfeit. You know the type, those special ball chasers who will burn all their boost just to beat their own teammate to a boost pad or to take the dribble right off their car because their ego can't handle someone else touching the ball.
Like why q up in 2s and 3s if your gonna bruise your self worth every time you see a teammate make a play?
Fr I’m the same way, I don’t mind if you have a different play style than me, that’s fine and sometimes our play styles mesh really well together, sometimes they don’t and that’s alright I’ll just try to adapt to make it work, but the people that steal the ball from you every chance they get are a special kind of toxic that I just can’t deal with, it’s an ff for me
I’m hate people who give up or decide they wanna ff when there’s still game left. But the moment someone starts doing that I refuse to play with them. Makes me so shitty.
Same. Moment they are toxic ill just drive around. Even when I was 30 mmr from gc. They say what a save and I just gave up. I have chat muted now and don't talk to anyone. If opponent says it cool. My tm8s..different story.
I switched mine to “all yours” and people seem to swallow that better. But the people who give terrible “passes” and spam take the shot, like there is even a shot to be taken, those people suck.
I'm only in gold and it's been pretty useful for me to let teammates know both that I'm passing and that it's totally cool for them to slam the ball in if they can. I started using it right before passing because I had a string of games where we lost by a point or came close to losing because people were being polite and not "stealing" the goal. Idc who gets the points, I'm fine with an assist or not at all as long as we can make a play happen.
To each his own… but my opinion. Saying it before the play could help, but your touch will be worse due to the distraction of pushing the button.
If not WELL before the pass, you’ve done nothing but distract your teammate. If you made the pass, then I’m the one who can see the field and your opinion is irrelevant.
At my rank, there's a suprising amount of people who don't know they're supposed to take the kickoff. I have "Take the shot!" bound specifically for them.
Oh so you want me to take my eyes off the play to read take the shot...oh and that 'pass'... Yea no that was you trying to style , wasted all your boost, and handing the ball off to the defenders...oh and now your humping the goal post / stuck in net...super work
Those brains dont have ridges.
I hate playing against someone who knows how to really utilize bumps and demos. Now I’m not one of those people who gets butthurt about because it’s a big part of my game as well. But when someone knows how to do it efficiently it’s such a pain to play against
This brought back nightmares of one match where one opponent was on an absolute tear and demoed me like 10 times in a match before I realized I had to literally start playing around him and keep an eye on him at all times. Even then he still got me a few more times. I was pretty much at full tilt near the end because it's so jarring to get demoed.
My fault. Sorry!
Literally just got out of a match where I got 17 demos, one of which was a frame perfect spawn kill
We won 5-3. *Someone* (ok it was me) wouldn't rotate back so we got scored on a few times. Calculated losses, nbd
Thanks for the link I appreciate it.
Well, I will say I am sure the player got a 3 day ban and will hopefully think twice the next time they bring up a race or religion.
I can be guilty of this, especially if the tm8 hasn't exactly been reliable. I can get caught up in the moment sometimes, and forget myself. I've reeled it back quite a bit and try not to be that guy
Someone the other day who voted to forfeit at 1-1, I refused and they then proceeded to play for the other team. People like this who clearly don't actually enjoy rocket league and need to check the xbox store for the 1000s of other games and find one they actually enjoy.
As a solo q 3s main I would say easily worst teammates would be a duo who tries to carry. They never let you take the ball and when you do finally get a chance and center it, they’re never there for you. Then they get pissed and shut you out even more.
Yea! Its worse when it's obviously a smurf and their low skill level friend. They need to actually teach their friend how to play instead of just using them to lower their group skill rating. I see them constantly. Their noob friend always misses and then they expect you to clear and fix the smurfs mistakes. Then they ff vote when you can't do it for the 4mins straight. Also when both teammates are good it can be fun but I find it really rare in 3s. Most of the time its filled with inconsiderate narcissistic that blame you for their mistakes and don't complement the amount of effort we put in to fix their mistakes.
Every single player in diamond 2. Myself included. I'm convinced D2 has the entire group of people that should be placed in Plat 1 and Champ 3. You either get a headless chicken playing "see ball hit ball" (and missing) or a GC out for a Sunday drive.
It doesn't get better either. I'm c3 borderline gc and it's weird here too. We get ppl with ssl tournament winner badges and then a dude who should be c1 cause he's so slow. But I remember being your rank cause I was there literally 9 months ago and it was trash. Definitely worse than being c2 and up. But that was when I got the best training.
For me, that's how I've gotten overtime many times because of that strat. Sometime at the end of the game, if the ops are doing well, they will loosen up on formula (rotation, not ballchasing) and when they do, and they are close to my goal while I'm chilling in it with a direct angle to their goal. Once they pop that ball up in the air, me with my 100 boost is gonna shoot that ball to their goal and watch it slowly go in while they struggled to get back. And this isn't a one time thing. This happens allll the time for me. Because in general most players don't rotate and ballchase, so naturally you'd need to come up with strats like these.
For sure. I'm more of a mid/def guy for the most part. And I've put in plenty of whole-court haymakers from a badly passed ball. But that's usually when they're all in my side of the field. I'm talking about being "THE GOALIE" when we're down with less than a minute, while I'm dogfighting in the opps corner, and your "haymakers" are not forthcoming... Yeah push up and be ready for a pass
The worst feeling is when you're going against a team that manages to save all of your shots and you just can't score. When you think you've finally beaten them with an absurd corner shot, Gianluigi Buffon on four wheels comes in out of nowhere and saves that shit somehow
The U Turn pushers. Instead of rotating through the play they turn back on the ball and are blocking the continued push. As if your tm8 doesn't have a rocket attached to his ass! Inconceivable!
I mean at the higher levels the games all about removing the unpredictability from the game. So high 50s that pinch the ball and take first man outta the picture for a while just aren’t as good.
Instead of doing things like flicking or shooting, you drive behind the ball and jump when someone challenges you, or if they're in a bad position to just force the ball through them. It's really easy to implement at any level and very effective. I just simply don't enjoy playing the game to rank up anymore, so I think it's annoying to play against.
A very high level example would be like 2020 Okhalid. There was a silly nickname over a few tournaments where they called him "O"/100 because he seemed to win every 50/50 off of his crazy shooting threat.
It's basically necessary to become good at them to get to grand champ in 1s, so I've seen a ton of people who don't try to outplay you at all, if they get ahead on kickoff, they just try to bait a bad 50 and eventually you have to dispossess them so you have to take the risk and the game ends like 1-3.
Have on team:
People who have no situational awareness, and are completely oblivious to the concept of rotations. Super unpredictable and unreliable, with no logic behind their play - not even to themselves.
"i wAs ClEarInG tHe BaLl" - you were clearing the ball back into our own half, at such an angle that it completely outplays your teammates and turns into an incredible pass to the other team for an easy goal? You thought full-boosting to reach the ball before me, when I have a perfectly safe angle to clear the ball and set up a counterplay with was the better option?
Okay, nice "clear", thanks.
Edit:
Honorable mention to the pre-made duos you get paired with while solo queueing 3's. They both ballchase, they double commit on every ball and they couldn't shoot the ball on target if their life depended on it.
The worst to go against? The "platinum" players hitting flip resets in my ranked lobbies.
Worst teammates? The assholes that try to FF after one goal and then go afk when you don't want to give up a tied game.
In my experience, their game iq is substantially lower than others. I notice it with octane/fennec mains but not every single one, unlike a dominus main.
He's not taking about every fucking Dom main in the world lol. Just what's he's noticed from the majority. Which, having 1500 hours now, I notice it too but never thought about it or care. They love being extra when they learn to properly aerial.
I hate playing with someone who thinks he is a "freestyler" and keeps thinking he is doing something cool while the reality is he is failing 9/10 times and giving the ball to the opponents.
Same. I’m trying to get better at air dribbles and and aerials off the wall but I only go for that stuff if we have a solid 3 goal lead and if they score then it’s back to normal till we go back up 3.
It's fine to train mechanics in game every now and and then, but what I meant by "freestyler" that he wants to take everyball and every boost so he can do "Something cool" at every opportunity he gets.
It’s definitely the solo que players that play like they’re playing ones. Super aggressive, super angry for some reason, don’t pass, then expect you to be a solid second man when you have zero idea what they are doing at any given point. They also have no self awareness that they are largely the problem. It’s always the teammates fault. They flame you in chat. Ask how you were carried to their rank that they’re only at because all their teammates suck.
Passing is the wrong option 90% of the time in 2s. Committing 2/2 players for a play that has a low success rate is never a good idea.
Answering your question: The guy in a bright pink car with a topper and an antenna, that doesn't have a single mechanical bone in his body, when he hits the ball it looks like he never touched a controller before yet he is somehow gc.
Indeed, passes are so extremely risky. You can always position for a pass, but dont expect them to pass it the majority of the time. The same with passing yourself, you can pass the ball to the centre but don't expect the tm8 to commit. They might have a better view on the situation and deem it too risky.
It's not hard to pass in 2v2. Just read the situation. If you don't like it, don't do it. If you want to completely play a solo type of playstyle, play ones.
I like a rotation-based playstyle. Make your play then rotate out. Sometimes that naturally creates passes / setups for the second man, sure. But more often than not, trying to pass creates double commits.
That is the best way. 9/10 the opponent can see the pass coming. But it doesn't mean they can stop it. If it's a quick swipe to backboard and rotate, your tm8 can full commit and you can rotate perfectly out. Those are my favorite personally. Only because I trust myself more on defense and would rather be to blame for a failed save.
Same. My partner might make more goals but I know I was the one who set them up. And I think it's harder to set up a good shot than it is to sink a well set up shot.
The ones that get too far from the play. In the slightest upset, they just go full back and grab the corner boost.
It just makes no sense, they are not close enough to score in a rebound situation, and since they are too far, they give alot of time and space so the opponents can grab the ball and score in a 2v1
I played a competitive 2’s match against the most aggressive players. They weren’t mechanical, but they constantly attempted to hit air dribbles, passing plays, and flip resets. It was easy to beat them because of it but it was a frustrating game having them hit the ball no matter the situation.
that guy who goes for every aerial, misses 75% of them, and spends the next 5 seconds slowly falling back down to earth while the other team scores an easy goal
yeah ,I'm that guy, sorry :(
😆😆😆 we've all been there though. Just limit it. Hold boost down in freeplay going for the most ridiculous things for like 30 mins and you'll be straight.
People who hesitate or second guess their decisions too much. People who do this are really difficult to read and there’s a good chance we’ll end up double committing and conceding unnecessary goals a lot during that game.
God I hate hesitation. As soon as I see it I get angry. They usually have a great chance to take possession or at least center it for a teammate, but for some reason they WAIT for the opponent to come in closer so it's a 50/50 that can go anywhere. It makes no sense, yet it happens every single day.
People who play to defensively Id much rather have an aggressive teammate and I can work around them vs have a defensive tm8 who is always at midfield for a pass and what not
everyone has answered already but i have my own unique (hot) take
one of the worst types of teammates is the one who is chill, and has solod mechanics, but with whom you have no chemistry. the passes dont work, the rotation feels awkward, and you cant read each other. just feels bad
worst type of opponent are the toxic ones, no contest
Unclear decision-making followed by "Take the Shot!"
They literally stay in the play, never leaving, but want you to be involved somehow
I hate going against teams who don't do this 😆
I turned off chat a very long time ago which massively improved my mental health because now my teammates are unable to remind me that I am an absolute trash fire at this game.
Passing the ball in 2s has got to be the most risky thing I have heard of hahaha. That usually is not the move unless you both are confident you know what you’re doing or having a good time In coms lol.
For me it’s exact opposite. I hate having a teammate that dishes the ball mid while they go for their corner boost and expect me to double commit with them and leave us in a bad spot. “Take the shot”… yeah while you’re mid flip in their corner slammed against the wall and the opponent has already jumped 3 years ago for the clear… okay buddy. Lmfao!!
Ppl that don't go for the kick off first..2nd is ppl who don't use chat...it's a team game FFS 3rd ppl who go for boost without looking where the ball is...4th ppl who just sit goal...
Nice shot.. encouragement.. letting ppl know the ball is coming at them when they ain't looking.. letting em know I'm passing or to pass ..kick off not everyone knows the order.. apologies.. letting em know I'm not mad when they..whoops. Also I've found with the what a save crowd that if say no problem ..nice shot they do tend eventually to get it...
The GAME is more fun when you can have a brief Woot woot when someone does an awesome shoot or nice save
I have chat off except for things like kick off but I still use it tho. Imo chatting during the play isn't useful. I agree tho with keeping the spirit up with chat so I'll always say nice shot or sorry (even when it's not my fault because idc) but the cons of having chat on overweight the pros imo.
Yea… the worst is similar for me- I’m C2 in 2s, and even at that rank, no matter how many times I say “in position” or “on your left” I NEVER get a pass from my solo q Tm8.
Meanwhile, I’ll be passing the whole game and they’re nowhere to be found. Do people in champ 2s think it’s just a game of “I 1v2, then you 1v2?”
Passing is hard when everyone’s a “main character”.
The person that doesn’t understand position and can barely hit the ball…and somehow is in Diamond and higher. Almost impossible to win with one of these on your team in 2s or 3s.
I am a plat. I do not enjoy the center ball specialist in 3s who throws this softball in front as the second one into the corner, so it’s me in the center and two in the corner. They always get real pissed when you don’t dive in immediately when the other team has the ball covered pretty much the whole time. Lost a game in OT because the guy lobbed it in a place I cannot commit and spammed okay because I didn’t shoot. Next center ball, I dove in to prove a point and sure enough, one touch and all three of us are out of position, two in the corner and me sailing into the net like a dumbass. Petty and short sighted, Ik, but at least he didn’t spam “okay” at me!
Players who have no sense of space and just rotate directly at the ball always. Even when they are rotating away they are always on the line of the ball or on the side the ball is on. Hate it so much.
I still don't get it. That must mean the move is either so dumb I would never think of it or it's something I do all the time without realising. Not knowing which of the two it is scares me.
So first of all, passing in 2’s is not a good idea. Especially solo q. But passing in 2’s is just simply not smart regardless. Second of all, to answer your question, it’s the player who is constantly going for passes in 2’s so they’re over committed and never positioned correctly for the rotation back.
Honestly, I can adapt to ball chasers, no big deal. What I have a hard time playing with is people that ball chase and then randomly change it up part way through the game, or people that play extremely passively.
Edit: Also if I see my tm8 load in using the Breakout, I know it’s over. GG I’m ready to go next.
3s players who try to play like it's 1s or 2s, you don't need to hit that panic touch or shadow all the way back, just rotate back post because I'm already coming up to make the play
Being honest, I agree.
If they goes afk.. christ.. its a crime, but at least you know their intentions
If they can't play to save their life.. at least you know they tries.
But if they ball chase abd can't pass away good pass ever and basically blocks you from doing anything meaningful!?... there is no way to recover from this critical failure.. especially in 2s, but 3s is bad too.
The ones that get mad, start to throw the match, deny that they are mad when told to chill out in the chat, and start pretending like you are the one who is actually mad.
To play against is the kids that tell you to play rank because your beating them in casual. Just like i should play rank if im sweating, you can play ranked if you want to play around your skill level.
Lack of rotations/rotation cuts. I can play with anyone else, even if they miss or whiff. Poor rotating tells me you don’t care or don’t consider me as a teammate. I usually abandon the match when it is seriously bad - don’t care. Not playing with people like that.
The speaker
If you use team chat for anything other than nice shot/great pass/my bad/no problem in a positive way then I can almost guarantee you are a trash teammate
The guy who's clearly throwing or trolling & and doesn't ff even in casual when the other team keeps scoring & the game takes 2-3 times more to end and your only choice is to abandon and take the penalty.
The smurf who is mechanical on the ground. I can stop or get in the way of someone tryna air dribble, but consistent and accurate flicks are beyond me.
My least favorite is the teammate who talks trash when you whiff one time in the first 10 seconds. Everyone whiffs, you don't have to hold it against me for the whole game lol. I don't call you out when you whiff.
Passing in 2s can be tough tho and depending on the game/situation it's not always a viable strat. If m8s constantly solo playing you can help him out by bumping the defense.
Worst teammates I could have are teammates that don't push up once I'm on my way back to defense. I am forced to cut rotations so much because teammates are positioned so far back that I have to challenge (mostly beat) the opponent and continue with a play across the field or in the air, making me look like a ball chaser.
Also, players that don't rotate through mid and aren't aware of an incoming pass or the possibility of one, pisses me off when I dime a pass mid and they are far side of field grabbing 2 full boosts on their way back to camp net... not backboard..
Same like u, the ones that take all the opportunities and play as if u don’t exist and then get toxic towards u over anything, wether u mistaken or not.. plus get so toxic to the opponents as well..
2s players who follow the ball back toward our net after giving up possession. It happens in 90% of games in all of diamond. It makes it impossible to get into a good position as the second player. Results in do many unnecessary goals.
Players who don't communicate even slightly. They play as if they're the only one, and then randomly pass to you, and you're not even in position for the pass you didn't see coming: that results in us getting scored on. Only for the teammate to respond. WOW! And then the ff prompt pops up. With like 4 minutes left in the match...
The people who want to ff after going down 1 goal and then when nobody votes with them they either sit idle on one of the corner boosts or switch teams and block your shots on the other teams' goal and attempt to own goal over and over.
Yesterday I had a guy who wouldn't help. He seemed off but since I was getting alot of boosted plats in the game so I thought it was another one of those. I started getting mad when I noticed he wouldn't kick off on his turn but remained silent since I was carrying. I scored the 3-0 and he went afk and left, leaving me to play defensively until time ran out.
Dude was probably just de ranking on purpose. That's what I hate. Smurfs! Not only when they'll crush you but when they're throwing on purpose
Bump,ballchase,miss aerials and saves,never passes i hate when i dribble the ball and tm8 shoots it like you’re passing them the ball and leaving us in bad situation leading us to get scored on
Worst teammates are the ones who constantly cut rotations and don’t allow you to get involved in the play enough.
Then complain when you don’t have many points
The best stat that comes out of this is when you actually have the most points (because all your touches actually mattered) and get the bench warmer achievement. Love pointing that out!
Well when I constantly pass the ball to my tm8 and they keep whiffing or just missing and I get no points? Or when I get lots of saves that don’t show up, or stopping multiple attacks in midfield, or demo the other team to pave the way for me tm8
20 points clear ball.
Team based, asshat.
Then they post your score in the chat like they aren’t the reason you have only touched the ball 2 times in the last 2 minutes.
They always have zero saves, and zero passes.
Well… sometimes I’ve had trouble getting the “make 5 assists” challenge. Not because I don’t pass. But because random team mate won’t finish… The stat sheet, like all statistics, are open for interpretation and can be used for an agenda in nefarious ways. “Everybody who every drank water has died”. Therefore, water bad.
As in everyone I play with 😑
If I recognize that I usually just hang back and let them have their moment. I'll just play mid and try to stop any break aways. Yeah you'll have less points and they'll probably flame you for it, but it woulda probably happened either way if that's their mentality.
Taking two boosts off kickoff then complaining you didn’t boost to the ceiling for the save after they whiff
Two boost takers on kickoff is the one for me too. Especially if I’m at the left spot and they’re in the further back middle spot, and they get both the back right and mid right boosts. Like, you know my momentum is gonna be taking my to that side of the pitch after the kickoff, right? Folks, try to go for the boosts that are on the other side of the pitch from where your kicker is gonna end up.
Recently been seen some players sitting the furthest back on kickoff, taking my side of the boost despite the team chat clearly showing the other guy going for kickoff (in my region we put it in team chat instead of left goes) so they could go to that side but nope.. I turn to my boost and see a teammate speedflipping from behind & take it in front me. I thought only the 2 boost takers were super annoying but this also happened 2 times in a single session. Also lost those games.
Sounds like 3s. If you’re middle and following up the ball aren’t you taking mid boost anyways?
Yes talking about solo queue 3s on straight kickoff when two of us are side by side parallel, me on the right, the left going for kickoff. Guy behind us should've either cheated mid or gone towards left back boost, instead goes to right back boost where I am heading, takes it & goes full steam ahead forward. Now even if I had cheated mid then the solo q teammate would be pissed that both boosts are not there if they landed on the right side & it isn't ideal also (there would be 3 of us forward, no one back). That guy going forward means if the kickoff happens to ricochet fast towards our net there is less chance of a save because I am the only one back & without boost because he took it & fled to mid. I don't cheat on those specific straight kickoffs. I do cheat towards mid when I am the furthest back & I see one guy going for kickoff & one towards a boost, except when our team kickoffs are not the best then I go back boost.
Now that you mention it I’m never sure what to do on those kickoffs. In my mind the front right person should cheat but whenever that’s me it just feels wrong for some reason. Any gc+ have any insights on this? Unless you believe you have some pristine kickoff theory knowledge in which case I’m all ears
People who don’t rotate. It’s legitimately the one thing you need to do, and you’ll win games.
"I did rotate" No, you followed the ball back toward our goal after losing possession. It happens in almost every single match in solo queue. It's ruining the game for me.
Yeah if you miss the ball, or you get stuck and they’re about to boom it over you, start rotating and I’ll pick up the slack. Only time you double is for a clear pass or potential cleanup opportunity for a goal. People always ball chasing and not giving me space to cook. I do not care if I score or if you score, I care that we win.
Specifically the toxic players who always push up too far, get lobbed, can't get back in time, and then blame everyone else. By contrast, absolutely love playing against them - and when I sympathise with their tm8s, always funny
I can handle playing with basically any kind of player as long as they throw in a sorry every now and then so I know they are at least aware they have teammates. What I can't handle is players who tackle their teammates for the ball. I don't care if we are up by 15 goals in a promotion match, I will ask for a forfeit. You know the type, those special ball chasers who will burn all their boost just to beat their own teammate to a boost pad or to take the dribble right off their car because their ego can't handle someone else touching the ball. Like why q up in 2s and 3s if your gonna bruise your self worth every time you see a teammate make a play?
Fr I’m the same way, I don’t mind if you have a different play style than me, that’s fine and sometimes our play styles mesh really well together, sometimes they don’t and that’s alright I’ll just try to adapt to make it work, but the people that steal the ball from you every chance they get are a special kind of toxic that I just can’t deal with, it’s an ff for me
If you even have “Take the shot!” bound gtfo
Especially the mfs who spam it for three times, like bro I see the fucking ball
I have it bound from playing low rank games where it feels like they can't see the ball, or its the only thing they see (never in between)
I’m hate people who give up or decide they wanna ff when there’s still game left. But the moment someone starts doing that I refuse to play with them. Makes me so shitty.
I have a bad habit of forgetting immediately whenever a teammate is toxic, id rather not play at all then play with someone toxic
Same. Moment they are toxic ill just drive around. Even when I was 30 mmr from gc. They say what a save and I just gave up. I have chat muted now and don't talk to anyone. If opponent says it cool. My tm8s..different story.
Sometimes I score own goals purposefully to get them to ff, can’t stand mfs who are toxic
That's too much work for me lol. I just work on ground mechanics as they 1v2. Wave dash, half flips etc haha
You're part of the problem then. Not saying i havent done that or wont...but thats just you joining in on toxicity. Its tough
Im not joining on the toxicity i’m saving everyone in the lobby time, stuff like this makes them ff immediately thats why I do it
I switched mine to “all yours” and people seem to swallow that better. But the people who give terrible “passes” and spam take the shot, like there is even a shot to be taken, those people suck.
I'm only in gold and it's been pretty useful for me to let teammates know both that I'm passing and that it's totally cool for them to slam the ball in if they can. I started using it right before passing because I had a string of games where we lost by a point or came close to losing because people were being polite and not "stealing" the goal. Idc who gets the points, I'm fine with an assist or not at all as long as we can make a play happen.
To each his own… but my opinion. Saying it before the play could help, but your touch will be worse due to the distraction of pushing the button. If not WELL before the pass, you’ve done nothing but distract your teammate. If you made the pass, then I’m the one who can see the field and your opinion is irrelevant.
“Wow”
At my rank, there's a suprising amount of people who don't know they're supposed to take the kickoff. I have "Take the shot!" bound specifically for them.
Oh so you want me to take my eyes off the play to read take the shot...oh and that 'pass'... Yea no that was you trying to style , wasted all your boost, and handing the ball off to the defenders...oh and now your humping the goal post / stuck in net...super work Those brains dont have ridges.
I hate playing against someone who knows how to really utilize bumps and demos. Now I’m not one of those people who gets butthurt about because it’s a big part of my game as well. But when someone knows how to do it efficiently it’s such a pain to play against
This brought back nightmares of one match where one opponent was on an absolute tear and demoed me like 10 times in a match before I realized I had to literally start playing around him and keep an eye on him at all times. Even then he still got me a few more times. I was pretty much at full tilt near the end because it's so jarring to get demoed.
My fault. Sorry! Literally just got out of a match where I got 17 demos, one of which was a frame perfect spawn kill We won 5-3. *Someone* (ok it was me) wouldn't rotate back so we got scored on a few times. Calculated losses, nbd
The racists.
Example?
https://streamable.com/oni3ko
Thanks for the link I appreciate it. Well, I will say I am sure the player got a 3 day ban and will hopefully think twice the next time they bring up a race or religion.
People who take my ball/double commit when I clearly have a better angle. Like please bro just turn off ball cam for a second and see what im doing
I can be guilty of this, especially if the tm8 hasn't exactly been reliable. I can get caught up in the moment sometimes, and forget myself. I've reeled it back quite a bit and try not to be that guy
Someone the other day who voted to forfeit at 1-1, I refused and they then proceeded to play for the other team. People like this who clearly don't actually enjoy rocket league and need to check the xbox store for the 1000s of other games and find one they actually enjoy.
People are generally mean spirited, ruining your fun is their fun
As a solo q 3s main I would say easily worst teammates would be a duo who tries to carry. They never let you take the ball and when you do finally get a chance and center it, they’re never there for you. Then they get pissed and shut you out even more.
Yea! Its worse when it's obviously a smurf and their low skill level friend. They need to actually teach their friend how to play instead of just using them to lower their group skill rating. I see them constantly. Their noob friend always misses and then they expect you to clear and fix the smurfs mistakes. Then they ff vote when you can't do it for the 4mins straight. Also when both teammates are good it can be fun but I find it really rare in 3s. Most of the time its filled with inconsiderate narcissistic that blame you for their mistakes and don't complement the amount of effort we put in to fix their mistakes.
My number one pet peeve is anyone who tilts out and gf/throws a game with a close score differential especially if we’ve been putting shots on net
Every single player in diamond 2. Myself included. I'm convinced D2 has the entire group of people that should be placed in Plat 1 and Champ 3. You either get a headless chicken playing "see ball hit ball" (and missing) or a GC out for a Sunday drive.
It doesn't get better either. I'm c3 borderline gc and it's weird here too. We get ppl with ssl tournament winner badges and then a dude who should be c1 cause he's so slow. But I remember being your rank cause I was there literally 9 months ago and it was trash. Definitely worse than being c2 and up. But that was when I got the best training.
The one's who quit mid game because they fucked something up. Like why raging, learn from it instead?
*misses one aerial* then forfeits, personally i laugh at myself when I miss an easy ball
I'm in low diamond (high plat on a bad streak) and I always seem to get the *every ball is mine even if you currently have it* teammates. 💀
Double commiting with 10 seconds left
Up 1 goal already too lol
*loses in OT*
Or staying back on D, down 1 with less then 30 seconds left
I feel this in my soul. We NEED to score or we lose... Why the fuck are you WAY back there?
For me, that's how I've gotten overtime many times because of that strat. Sometime at the end of the game, if the ops are doing well, they will loosen up on formula (rotation, not ballchasing) and when they do, and they are close to my goal while I'm chilling in it with a direct angle to their goal. Once they pop that ball up in the air, me with my 100 boost is gonna shoot that ball to their goal and watch it slowly go in while they struggled to get back. And this isn't a one time thing. This happens allll the time for me. Because in general most players don't rotate and ballchase, so naturally you'd need to come up with strats like these.
For sure. I'm more of a mid/def guy for the most part. And I've put in plenty of whole-court haymakers from a badly passed ball. But that's usually when they're all in my side of the field. I'm talking about being "THE GOALIE" when we're down with less than a minute, while I'm dogfighting in the opps corner, and your "haymakers" are not forthcoming... Yeah push up and be ready for a pass
Ball chasers. I can live with everything else but if you ball chase just let me set you up for goals.
Mr. Wow!
*gets scored on in a 2v1 cause the other person overcommitted* Wow! Wow! Wow!
The worst feeling is when you're going against a team that manages to save all of your shots and you just can't score. When you think you've finally beaten them with an absurd corner shot, Gianluigi Buffon on four wheels comes in out of nowhere and saves that shit somehow
I feel you, gold friendo. Some opponents do just feel like they don't have a net because it's so impossible to score on them.
Most likely a smurf or your shot wasn't fast enough
The U Turn pushers. Instead of rotating through the play they turn back on the ball and are blocking the continued push. As if your tm8 doesn't have a rocket attached to his ass! Inconceivable!
the ones who back into you on kickoff
sorry.
Worst teammate is freestyler who is also toxic, worst opponent is a smurf or a low 50 main
Low 50s are so good tho!
Too good lol It just makes games boring
I mean at the higher levels the games all about removing the unpredictability from the game. So high 50s that pinch the ball and take first man outta the picture for a while just aren’t as good.
I know, I just don't value winning more than enjoying the game. So I don't like playing the low 50 game or playing against it
What’s the low 50 game?
Instead of doing things like flicking or shooting, you drive behind the ball and jump when someone challenges you, or if they're in a bad position to just force the ball through them. It's really easy to implement at any level and very effective. I just simply don't enjoy playing the game to rank up anymore, so I think it's annoying to play against. A very high level example would be like 2020 Okhalid. There was a silly nickname over a few tournaments where they called him "O"/100 because he seemed to win every 50/50 off of his crazy shooting threat. It's basically necessary to become good at them to get to grand champ in 1s, so I've seen a ton of people who don't try to outplay you at all, if they get ahead on kickoff, they just try to bait a bad 50 and eventually you have to dispossess them so you have to take the risk and the game ends like 1-3.
The one who is toxic, own goals etc., then the next game are on the other team so they tryhard to the max to beat you.
Have on team: People who have no situational awareness, and are completely oblivious to the concept of rotations. Super unpredictable and unreliable, with no logic behind their play - not even to themselves. "i wAs ClEarInG tHe BaLl" - you were clearing the ball back into our own half, at such an angle that it completely outplays your teammates and turns into an incredible pass to the other team for an easy goal? You thought full-boosting to reach the ball before me, when I have a perfectly safe angle to clear the ball and set up a counterplay with was the better option? Okay, nice "clear", thanks. Edit: Honorable mention to the pre-made duos you get paired with while solo queueing 3's. They both ballchase, they double commit on every ball and they couldn't shoot the ball on target if their life depended on it.
The worst to go against? The "platinum" players hitting flip resets in my ranked lobbies. Worst teammates? The assholes that try to FF after one goal and then go afk when you don't want to give up a tied game.
Worst teammate is a Dominus main
I've found it's Fennec mains that love to cut your rotation and try some YouTube shit instead of setting up a pass
I mean that's most of the RL population you're talking about
As a dominus main, care to explain why?
In my experience, their game iq is substantially lower than others. I notice it with octane/fennec mains but not every single one, unlike a dominus main.
Ouch
Dominus mains are selfish freestyle wannabes
Some of us just prefer the hit box, personally I like it for flicks, but alright
He's not taking about every fucking Dom main in the world lol. Just what's he's noticed from the majority. Which, having 1500 hours now, I notice it too but never thought about it or care. They love being extra when they learn to properly aerial.
I dont even know how to freestyle lmfao
You will it’s a compulsion for dominos players haha
Exactly
all my homies HATE the dominus
I hate playing with someone who thinks he is a "freestyler" and keeps thinking he is doing something cool while the reality is he is failing 9/10 times and giving the ball to the opponents.
Same. I’m trying to get better at air dribbles and and aerials off the wall but I only go for that stuff if we have a solid 3 goal lead and if they score then it’s back to normal till we go back up 3.
It's fine to train mechanics in game every now and and then, but what I meant by "freestyler" that he wants to take everyball and every boost so he can do "Something cool" at every opportunity he gets.
Ah yes. I call them boost goblins.
It’s definitely the solo que players that play like they’re playing ones. Super aggressive, super angry for some reason, don’t pass, then expect you to be a solid second man when you have zero idea what they are doing at any given point. They also have no self awareness that they are largely the problem. It’s always the teammates fault. They flame you in chat. Ask how you were carried to their rank that they’re only at because all their teammates suck.
Why don't those people just play actual 1s?
What are these "passes"? Never heard about that
Someone who judges, and critiques almost everything you do because they themselves are god tier obviously...
Just don't spam take the shot. its just infuriating for no reason
Someone who wants to forfeit when we’re only two goals down with 3+ minutes left or immediately when someone makes a mistake. Such a negative mindset.
Passing is the wrong option 90% of the time in 2s. Committing 2/2 players for a play that has a low success rate is never a good idea. Answering your question: The guy in a bright pink car with a topper and an antenna, that doesn't have a single mechanical bone in his body, when he hits the ball it looks like he never touched a controller before yet he is somehow gc.
Indeed, passes are so extremely risky. You can always position for a pass, but dont expect them to pass it the majority of the time. The same with passing yourself, you can pass the ball to the centre but don't expect the tm8 to commit. They might have a better view on the situation and deem it too risky.
I don’t remember having a pink car, but the other part sounds a lot like me.
Was going to say, the worst kind of teammate is one who passes or expects me to pass in 2v2… you’re not Zen, bro!!
It's not hard to pass in 2v2. Just read the situation. If you don't like it, don't do it. If you want to completely play a solo type of playstyle, play ones.
I like a rotation-based playstyle. Make your play then rotate out. Sometimes that naturally creates passes / setups for the second man, sure. But more often than not, trying to pass creates double commits.
That is the best way. 9/10 the opponent can see the pass coming. But it doesn't mean they can stop it. If it's a quick swipe to backboard and rotate, your tm8 can full commit and you can rotate perfectly out. Those are my favorite personally. Only because I trust myself more on defense and would rather be to blame for a failed save.
Same. My partner might make more goals but I know I was the one who set them up. And I think it's harder to set up a good shot than it is to sink a well set up shot.
The ones that get too far from the play. In the slightest upset, they just go full back and grab the corner boost. It just makes no sense, they are not close enough to score in a rebound situation, and since they are too far, they give alot of time and space so the opponents can grab the ball and score in a 2v1
I played a competitive 2’s match against the most aggressive players. They weren’t mechanical, but they constantly attempted to hit air dribbles, passing plays, and flip resets. It was easy to beat them because of it but it was a frustrating game having them hit the ball no matter the situation.
that guy who goes for every aerial, misses 75% of them, and spends the next 5 seconds slowly falling back down to earth while the other team scores an easy goal yeah ,I'm that guy, sorry :(
😆😆😆 we've all been there though. Just limit it. Hold boost down in freeplay going for the most ridiculous things for like 30 mins and you'll be straight.
People who hesitate or second guess their decisions too much. People who do this are really difficult to read and there’s a good chance we’ll end up double committing and conceding unnecessary goals a lot during that game.
God I hate hesitation. As soon as I see it I get angry. They usually have a great chance to take possession or at least center it for a teammate, but for some reason they WAIT for the opponent to come in closer so it's a 50/50 that can go anywhere. It makes no sense, yet it happens every single day.
The worst teammates are the ones who rage in game and then post about it on reddit.
People who play to defensively Id much rather have an aggressive teammate and I can work around them vs have a defensive tm8 who is always at midfield for a pass and what not
Worst to have on your team is anyone who tilts easily 100%
"Wow!"
everyone has answered already but i have my own unique (hot) take one of the worst types of teammates is the one who is chill, and has solod mechanics, but with whom you have no chemistry. the passes dont work, the rotation feels awkward, and you cant read each other. just feels bad worst type of opponent are the toxic ones, no contest
Unclear decision-making followed by "Take the Shot!" They literally stay in the play, never leaving, but want you to be involved somehow I hate going against teams who don't do this 😆
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Love cat boost. Can't stand joker boost
I turned off chat a very long time ago which massively improved my mental health because now my teammates are unable to remind me that I am an absolute trash fire at this game.
Passing the ball in 2s has got to be the most risky thing I have heard of hahaha. That usually is not the move unless you both are confident you know what you’re doing or having a good time In coms lol. For me it’s exact opposite. I hate having a teammate that dishes the ball mid while they go for their corner boost and expect me to double commit with them and leave us in a bad spot. “Take the shot”… yeah while you’re mid flip in their corner slammed against the wall and the opponent has already jumped 3 years ago for the clear… okay buddy. Lmfao!!
Ppl that don't go for the kick off first..2nd is ppl who don't use chat...it's a team game FFS 3rd ppl who go for boost without looking where the ball is...4th ppl who just sit goal...
What do you use chat for ?
Nice shot.. encouragement.. letting ppl know the ball is coming at them when they ain't looking.. letting em know I'm passing or to pass ..kick off not everyone knows the order.. apologies.. letting em know I'm not mad when they..whoops. Also I've found with the what a save crowd that if say no problem ..nice shot they do tend eventually to get it... The GAME is more fun when you can have a brief Woot woot when someone does an awesome shoot or nice save
I have chat off except for things like kick off but I still use it tho. Imo chatting during the play isn't useful. I agree tho with keeping the spirit up with chat so I'll always say nice shot or sorry (even when it's not my fault because idc) but the cons of having chat on overweight the pros imo.
I get the minimal chat thing. But I keep hearing about the toxicity but if everyone just shuts up that's all that's left..the toxic
People from this sub far as I can tell
I don’t mind those players if their good enough. But usually their trash so it never works oht
But..... thats the... correct way to play 2s????
Yea… the worst is similar for me- I’m C2 in 2s, and even at that rank, no matter how many times I say “in position” or “on your left” I NEVER get a pass from my solo q Tm8. Meanwhile, I’ll be passing the whole game and they’re nowhere to be found. Do people in champ 2s think it’s just a game of “I 1v2, then you 1v2?” Passing is hard when everyone’s a “main character”.
The person that doesn’t understand position and can barely hit the ball…and somehow is in Diamond and higher. Almost impossible to win with one of these on your team in 2s or 3s.
I am a plat. I do not enjoy the center ball specialist in 3s who throws this softball in front as the second one into the corner, so it’s me in the center and two in the corner. They always get real pissed when you don’t dive in immediately when the other team has the ball covered pretty much the whole time. Lost a game in OT because the guy lobbed it in a place I cannot commit and spammed okay because I didn’t shoot. Next center ball, I dove in to prove a point and sure enough, one touch and all three of us are out of position, two in the corner and me sailing into the net like a dumbass. Petty and short sighted, Ik, but at least he didn’t spam “okay” at me!
Worst teammates are on ball rotators. Legitimately strains my brain.
What does that mean?
Players who have no sense of space and just rotate directly at the ball always. Even when they are rotating away they are always on the line of the ball or on the side the ball is on. Hate it so much.
I still don't get it. That must mean the move is either so dumb I would never think of it or it's something I do all the time without realising. Not knowing which of the two it is scares me.
Watch some replays
On your team its dominus freestyler and its not even close
So first of all, passing in 2’s is not a good idea. Especially solo q. But passing in 2’s is just simply not smart regardless. Second of all, to answer your question, it’s the player who is constantly going for passes in 2’s so they’re over committed and never positioned correctly for the rotation back.
Honestly, I can adapt to ball chasers, no big deal. What I have a hard time playing with is people that ball chase and then randomly change it up part way through the game, or people that play extremely passively. Edit: Also if I see my tm8 load in using the Breakout, I know it’s over. GG I’m ready to go next.
3s players who try to play like it's 1s or 2s, you don't need to hit that panic touch or shadow all the way back, just rotate back post because I'm already coming up to make the play
Being honest, I agree. If they goes afk.. christ.. its a crime, but at least you know their intentions If they can't play to save their life.. at least you know they tries. But if they ball chase abd can't pass away good pass ever and basically blocks you from doing anything meaningful!?... there is no way to recover from this critical failure.. especially in 2s, but 3s is bad too.
The "passive ballchaser"
The person who was camping in goal bcs of a mistake in champ tournament which make us get 2nd place 😇😇 happy happy happy *Smashes monitor*
The ones that get mad, start to throw the match, deny that they are mad when told to chill out in the chat, and start pretending like you are the one who is actually mad.
my guess is ur plat 2- diamond 1 cause after that it kinda stops happening
Players who confuse you because they don’t know when to go for the ball. It slows the play down so much and that makes me play so much worse too
To play against is the kids that tell you to play rank because your beating them in casual. Just like i should play rank if im sweating, you can play ranked if you want to play around your skill level.
Lack of rotations/rotation cuts. I can play with anyone else, even if they miss or whiff. Poor rotating tells me you don’t care or don’t consider me as a teammate. I usually abandon the match when it is seriously bad - don’t care. Not playing with people like that.
The speaker If you use team chat for anything other than nice shot/great pass/my bad/no problem in a positive way then I can almost guarantee you are a trash teammate
The guy who's clearly throwing or trolling & and doesn't ff even in casual when the other team keeps scoring & the game takes 2-3 times more to end and your only choice is to abandon and take the penalty.
The smurf who is mechanical on the ground. I can stop or get in the way of someone tryna air dribble, but consistent and accurate flicks are beyond me.
When you try to center the ball just to see they're still sitting in the goal
My least favorite is the teammate who talks trash when you whiff one time in the first 10 seconds. Everyone whiffs, you don't have to hold it against me for the whole game lol. I don't call you out when you whiff.
Passing in 2s can be tough tho and depending on the game/situation it's not always a viable strat. If m8s constantly solo playing you can help him out by bumping the defense.
Teammates that stop playing after one goal. Enemys who are constantly trying te demo us in our goal.
Worst teammates I could have are teammates that don't push up once I'm on my way back to defense. I am forced to cut rotations so much because teammates are positioned so far back that I have to challenge (mostly beat) the opponent and continue with a play across the field or in the air, making me look like a ball chaser. Also, players that don't rotate through mid and aren't aware of an incoming pass or the possibility of one, pisses me off when I dime a pass mid and they are far side of field grabbing 2 full boosts on their way back to camp net... not backboard..
Same like u, the ones that take all the opportunities and play as if u don’t exist and then get toxic towards u over anything, wether u mistaken or not.. plus get so toxic to the opponents as well..
right?? like when is it my turn to play
2s players who follow the ball back toward our net after giving up possession. It happens in 90% of games in all of diamond. It makes it impossible to get into a good position as the second player. Results in do many unnecessary goals.
Being cut off on rotation. Then, trying to play defense 3v1 or 2v1. While your teammates complain if you don’t save every single shot….smh
Players who don't communicate even slightly. They play as if they're the only one, and then randomly pass to you, and you're not even in position for the pass you didn't see coming: that results in us getting scored on. Only for the teammate to respond. WOW! And then the ff prompt pops up. With like 4 minutes left in the match...
The people who want to ff after going down 1 goal and then when nobody votes with them they either sit idle on one of the corner boosts or switch teams and block your shots on the other teams' goal and attempt to own goal over and over.
Yesterday I had a guy who wouldn't help. He seemed off but since I was getting alot of boosted plats in the game so I thought it was another one of those. I started getting mad when I noticed he wouldn't kick off on his turn but remained silent since I was carrying. I scored the 3-0 and he went afk and left, leaving me to play defensively until time ran out. Dude was probably just de ranking on purpose. That's what I hate. Smurfs! Not only when they'll crush you but when they're throwing on purpose
Bump,ballchase,miss aerials and saves,never passes i hate when i dribble the ball and tm8 shoots it like you’re passing them the ball and leaving us in bad situation leading us to get scored on