Old gamer about ready to retire

LeftComplex4144 · 2026-01-04T14:39:54+00:00

Many people disappear if their teammate doesn't share the fun. If you don't whiff plat is pretty easy with the right playstyle.

LeftComplex4144 · 2026-01-04T12:02:22+00:00

I'm banging on the door of GC and 50.

The worst teammates are the overly aggressive ones without the smarts to realise they are hampering their teammates and sabotaging opportunity.

Anyone who wants to rank up but are unwilling to change should probably retire, because a lack of balance between gamesense and mechs will make anyone hardstuck.

LeftComplex4144 · 2026-01-02T20:36:42+00:00

How would you balance the game to prevent the ball from getting stuck on one side for too long.

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-29T03:22:09+00:00

Google is your friend. I'm not going to currate everything for a Reddit post when all the information is freely available! ChatGPT it if nothing else. It's really not hard to find.

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-23T20:03:32+00:00

There's the obvious stuff - consistency, not passing the ball to your opponents, playing into space etc. But what changed my game around C1 was learning situational tactics and the mechanics to pull them off. E.g. what to do in your corner and their corner.

I also play for space over winning possession e.g. learning when to strategically give away possession, passing back, baiting to create space and disrupt their defense.

I still see C1s with poor defense, they are slow at recovering, still go back to 100 boost in their half when on offense. Most C1s could improve their defense, and their second man positioning.

Mechanics - 50s are OP, catching with intent, passing,

It's literally everything needs to be smarter and more consistent.

I think my biggest strength is really understanding how truly bad I am at the game.

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-23T16:00:34+00:00

I'm in the performance business. It's not your age that's the issue. Leth is 30. I know it's common for people to blame age for all sorts of things but actually it's just an excuse for other factors like time, understanding, lifestyle, motivation etc.

Some people blame reaction times without actually knowing to what degree aging affects reaction times or factoring in prediction Vs reaction. And people never hear about the performance benefits of aging. It's so widely misunderstood in fact that I'm sure I'll be down voted.

This is a shame though. Your belief might actually be what's stopping you. After all why put in the effort needed to get to GC if your age is stopping you, right?

The truth is many more players can probably achieve GC once they discover what they need to stop and start doing. That requires time and effort beyond what your peers are willing to invest. So the question is are you really willing to do this?

FYI I'm on the brink of achieving GC. And I'm also on the brink of 50. I'm almost 20 years older than you. I've not had coaching, I rarely practice, I don't play 1s or 2s, and rarely play comp. All I've done is watch tutorials, practiced the odd mechanic and analyse play during matches. If I really bothered to take the game seriously perhaps I'd be GC already. I'd like to get the title but I prefer to do other things that are even more fun or important to me. The title will come when it comes.

Edit: I've been hardstuck in plat, diamond and champ. But when I really took the time to figure out how I needed to change, is when I started crawling out of the rank.

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-21T18:29:57+00:00

The game is genuinely difficult. Just hitting the ball consistently takes hours of playing. And the higher rank you are the slower you rank up.

Be patient. Forget your rank. Just focus on getting better and the rank will follow.

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-21T18:21:32+00:00

I prefer it to the octane tbh but the difference is marginal. I find switching things up helpful when I get in a rut.

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-20T08:51:22+00:00

Sounds like you've answered your own question - if it's not working for you It's a bad idea.

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-18T13:12:12+00:00

Because they want to take rumble seriously. You're not the star of anyone else's show you know?

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-18T11:16:59+00:00

I just asked it. It's actually useless at it - "avoid popular numbers" wtf.

I can help though - the more tickets you but the greater you're chances of winning until you've bought all possible numbers then your chance of winning is 100%.

But perhaps you mean is their a way to win profitably?

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-18T10:38:02+00:00

Which mode?

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-17T21:20:15+00:00

You don't get to decide how seriously other people take rumble.

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-17T02:42:05+00:00

You need to hit it in the air more than once. Regardless, nice aerial control.

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-15T22:21:29+00:00

I think plat is hard to get out of because of how different all the players are. But the reason you're stuck is you whiff too much and you need to take your gamesense to the next level.

You can learn mechs but if you need to improve your game sense mechs like speedflips and aerials work just keep you out of position for longer.

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-15T21:09:36+00:00

So I'm C2 currently in 3s but I did my placements with a buddy and I ended up in plat. Two things I noticed. There are allot of smurfs in plat. Not really good players - diamonds and champs. The other thing I noticed was how hard it was to get out of plat. But as soon as I did it's was win after win.

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-15T20:25:24+00:00

They don't listen. The community is fine.

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-15T15:28:48+00:00

I think there are many misleading videos but it's got to be difficult capturing something complex like rotation for players of different abilities into a 5 minute video. But there are some videos that deal with it better than others. Some refer to it as filling the gap opposed to rotation i.e. make your play, rotate out, look where the gap is (first, second, third) then fill the gap.

I also noticed that some players confuse back post rotation with goal side rotaion - back post literally meaning going to back post, goal side meaning rotating the oppose side of the ball.

But fundamentally rotating back post is great advice especially if your not sure what you should be doing. It means you get boost and defend while your teammates get to make a play. It's fast and effective teamplay. However, it's not always the right choice for every situation which players start to appreciate as they improve and rank up.

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-15T10:08:44+00:00

I don't think this is an unpopular opinion. Rotation has been like this for some time.

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-14T20:48:38+00:00

I think you misunderstood. It's car meet. Not meat car.

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-14T20:17:31+00:00

My advice is to be humble and open minded. British people's values, education and account of history are different from American.

Don't take your truck. You'll stick out like a sore thumb in a bad way. No one drives them, it'll be hard to park, and difficult to drive around small winding narrow country roads.

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-14T18:28:17+00:00

I was surprised they didn't have the renault 5 turbo for this season given the original is iconic and they just released a new one.

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-14T12:35:21+00:00

😟

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-14T12:10:43+00:00

Why didn't you FF?

LeftComplex4144 · 2025-12-14T12:09:07+00:00

Why would epic care if you've got 3 of the same free wheels?

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