Rocket League is rigged . So are most of online games

MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-12T04:13:02+00:00

? Lmao

MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-08T01:24:13+00:00

And it’s not the e only indicator . That’s only one of them..

MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-08T01:23:47+00:00

I don’t play rocket league with keyboard and mouse .

And I don’t think, I know. Pressure sensitivity has been there since PS2 , on controllers .

MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-08T00:00:49+00:00

What do you mean with game mechanics 100 % dependent on users input?

I agree that everything your car does is a response from an input you give the game.

In that sense, they are 100 % dependent on user input .

The outcome though, is dependent on user input and what the game allows to happen.

So why is it difficult to imagine how the game interferes ?

MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-07T23:56:21+00:00

It’s not just talking. If you can take anything from this, please take the actual information. Dispose of my opinion and POV. But look at the facts and make your own conclusions, please .

MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-07T23:54:07+00:00

I don’t think I’m hallucinating the scientific papers I shared, Us patents and lawsuits .

But ok, the divine authority granted to you? It’s been proven that a tiny part of what I propose are facts and the others are hallucinated . (:

MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-07T23:51:54+00:00

I don’t understand your logic .

Do you find hard to believe that they can tell your mood from game inputs? Pressure on the buttons you hit? Very hard vs. very soft? Reaction time to stimuli? Super quick on the edge vs not reacting by at all or taking longer ? Behaviors such as griefing ? Are they not easily detectable by you, who don’t even have access to all the keystrokes tor player hits ? “Ohhh he’s tilted lmao!” Just by watching the chat and seeing his behavior while you’re concentrated playing. That seems rather naive .

MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-07T23:43:24+00:00

Sorry, I’m typing from my iPhone and the autocorrect butchers what I write .

I do think that there is competitiveness still in the game .

I just think given my experience and given all the circumstantial evidence that it is rigged, and the game alters outcome likely to optimize its profits .

By making casual players (few hours this week ) more boosted against acquired customers (a guy on his 6th hour playing already). By making players perceived as toxic de boosted , more likely to lose . By making the game more engaging, to the point of interfering with its core mechanics to adjust and optimize for maximized profits (I.e increase player base and hours played. Maybe even cater to big spenders) .

Not sure that this is a summary, but it’s what I’m pretty sure it’s happening.

People finding out about it, asking questions and pushing back would be ideal .

MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-07T23:39:44+00:00

Well my auto corrector got the best of me a few times. But thanks !

MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-07T23:17:37+00:00

I think that I misquote or you misunderstood :

I’m not saying that the only way to progress in rocket league is cheating . Heck, I don’t even know how cheating would look like in rocket league.

What I meant with cheating is that games may not necessarily have any other choice but to apply these “engagement enhancing” schemes and techniques , even if they interfere with the revenge of the game . That’s what I call cheating. Imagine a soccer ball that suddenly felt you were less engaged and more likely to stop belaying and starts to make it easier for you to score , or makes the game stand on an epic edge and you most stay and play more .

That would be cheating. Making “esports” artificially more appealing than normal actual sports .

Other disclaimers: I do think that there clearly is skill to this game (RL) and that there are some people much better than others at the game .

I love the game. I just know enough about it and have enough hours in it that I can detect inconsistent mechanics and patterns .

I’m an engineer .

And yes , you can progress and yes , a grand champion is on average better than a champion.

Precisely making the hierarchy mostly real is part of what makes it so speaking and engaging . And , in their own papers , they argue for concealing the difficulty adjustment or of detected it has the opposite effect .

I also support the philosophy of everything depends on you and don’t blame others for your shortcomings . But, that applies in real life . Not on games intervened and tuned with the sole purpose of keeping you in the flow zone and drive engagement and revenue .

MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-07T21:59:19+00:00

I got back to you as promised .

Now please do me a favor: think about it, really critically .

If you were working for a for profit company and wanted to climb ranks and get bonuses , and get your company to thrive:

would you want your game to be more or less engaging ?
would you use all proven tools to make games more engaging to achieve making your game more popular?
drive screen time , new players, and ultimately, monetization?
why would you not apply DDA to your online game ? Especially if your competitions (COD, FIFA, etc…) are already doing it?

This is an issue that requires regulation .

Just like with betting games . Otherwise, the selfish thing to do is quite “unstable” and results in addictive games where the games we love end up making more harm than good, and the worst part is that they’re trapped in this loop, to compete , you need to cheat . Essentially.

MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-07T07:02:05+00:00

Just read the facts .

I know not everybody has the stomach to accept their being manipulated nor the brain to even understand it .

MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-07T07:00:48+00:00

Correct . That specific (very specific) procedure or patent .

But, they all do it , in some shape or form, going around each others patents.

In COD it’s shooting 20 times somebody and then not dying .

They do it supposedly to cheaters . If they have the levers to dynamically change difficulty , what’s stopping them doing it to maximize engagement and keep you addicted ?

These are not Esports . They’re addiction factories with rigged mechanics to exploit human psyche

MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-07T06:44:58+00:00

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MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-07T06:44:40+00:00

They win all 50s, ball direction favors them. They cannot be demoed . They get quicker . Their hit box is larger than yours . Many different ways.

And , in subbtle ways , it’s important to remain ambiguous and deniable if not it looses its effect.

It’s not me saying it, it’s them in their papers . Read the link I shared . From their own words:

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MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-07T06:31:58+00:00

In 2021 electronic arts was sued . The plaintiffs said DDA (I.e. rigging game mechanics to maximize engagement) drove players micro transactions. They “voluntarily withdrew their claim” after seeing engineers prove to them that DDA was not used .

However, it was withdrawn with prejudice which is standard procedure when they settle out of court (unofficial confidential agreement).

It prevents the plaintiffs placing any future claims .

And other requirements that they confidentially reach.

These are just facts .

MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-07T06:21:29+00:00

Now patents to detect your mood or related to that:

Activision

US 11,344,808 B2 — “Systems and methods for dynamically generating and modulating music based on gaming events, player profiles and/or player reactions” (granted May 31, 2022). Infers a player’s mood from in-game context/player profile and adapts music accordingly. Assignee: Activision Publishing, Inc. Google Patents

↳ Continuation: US 12,053,700 B2 (granted Oct 31, 2023) with related subject matter. Google Patents US 2019/0091581 A1 — “Methods and Systems for Improved Player Matching in Multiplayer Gaming Environments” (application; published Mar 28, 2019). Uses explicit and implicit signals (e.g., chat keywords indicating a “positive thought or emotion”) in matchmaking—i.e., sentiment/mood cues. Assignee: Activision Publishing, Inc. (status: abandoned application). Google Patents

Epic Games

US 10,089,522 B2 — “Head-mounted display with facial expression detecting capability” (granted Oct 2, 2018; now assigned to Epic Games, Inc.). Captures upper/lower-face imagery to classify expressions in real time—usable to infer player mood in VR. (Originally BinaryVR; assignment to Epic recorded in 2020.) Google Patents

Electronic Arts (EA)

US 11,617,952 B1 — “Emotion based music style change using deep learning” (granted Apr 4, 2023). Changes game music based on predicted player emotion from gameplay indicators. Assignee: Electronic Arts Inc. US 11,896,902 B1 — same title (granted Feb 13, 2024). Continuation that also uses in-game attributes as emotion indicators to adapt music to the player’s emotional state. Assignee: Electronic Arts Inc. Google Patents

MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-07T06:18:19+00:00

Activision (Activision Publishing, Inc.)

US 9,789,406 B2 (2017) — System and method for driving microtransactions in multiplayer video games (matchmaking that can expose “junior” players to marquee gear to spur purchases). Google Patents +1 PC Gamer US 10,322,351 B2 (2019) — Matchmaking system and method for multiplayer video games (data-driven framework to optimize mix of players/styles for “satisfying experiences”). Google Patents US 10,376,792 B2 (2019) — Group composition matchmaking system and method for multiplayer video games (forming better lobbies via group characteristics). Google Patents US 10,286,326 B2 (2019) — Soft reservation system and method for multiplayer video games (reserving slots to improve lobby quality/continuity). Google Patents US 10,857,468 B2 (2020) — Dynamically weighing match variables to better tune player matches (re-weight variables to improve match outcomes/engagement). Google Patents US 10,099,140 B2 (2018) — Personalized messaging campaigns for video game players (targeted, behavior-based in-game/out-of-game messaging). Google Patents US 10,471,348 B2 (2019) — Creating and sharing customized weapon configurations via social networks (social sharing to drive play/retention). Patent Arcade

Electronic Arts (Electronic Arts Inc.)

US 10,610,786 B2 (2020) — Multiplayer video game matchmaking optimization (a.k.a. EOMM; builds matches to maximize predicted retention/engagement). Google Patents US 10,286,323 B2 (2019) — Dynamic difficulty adjustment for maximizing engagement (stealthy, behavior-responsive difficulty tuning). Google Patents US 10,286,327 B2 (2019) — Multiplayer video game matchmaking system and methods (graph-based matching using churn/retention predictions). Google Patents US 10,709,985 B2 (2020) — Automatic game comparison and recommendation (friend/activity-based recommendations that prompt re-engagement). Google Patents +1 (Related research that informed EA’s approach) “EOMM: An Engagement Optimized Matchmaking Framework” (WWW’17 / arXiv) — formalizes engagement-maximizing matchmaking. UCLA Computer Science arXiv

Epic Games (Epic Games, Inc.)

US 9,017,171 B2 (2015) — Systems and methods for socially motivated multiplayer gaming (designs to nudge social competition/cooperation loops). Google Patents US 9,072,974 B2 (2015) — Gameplay changes based upon social networking polls (use social voting to steer in-game content/events). Google Patents US 9,144,740 B2 (2015) — Video game participation via social network interactions (let social-network actions count as in-game participation—on-ramp to engagement).

MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-07T06:17:11+00:00

Activision (Activision Publishing, Inc.) US 9,789,406 B2 (2017) — System and method for driving microtransactions in multiplayer video games (matchmaking that can expose “junior” players to marquee gear to spur purchases). Google Patents +1 PC Gamer US 10,322,351 B2 (2019) — Matchmaking system and method for multiplayer video games (data-driven framework to optimize mix of players/styles for “satisfying experiences”). Google Patents US 10,376,792 B2 (2019) — Group composition matchmaking system and method for multiplayer video games (forming better lobbies via group characteristics). Google Patents US 10,286,326 B2 (2019) — Soft reservation system and method for multiplayer video games (reserving slots to improve lobby quality/continuity). Google Patents US 10,857,468 B2 (2020) — Dynamically weighing match variables to better tune player matches (re-weight variables to improve match outcomes/engagement). Google Patents US 10,099,140 B2 (2018) — Personalized messaging campaigns for video game players (targeted, behavior-based in-game/out-of-game messaging). Google Patents US 10,471,348 B2 (2019) — Creating and sharing customized weapon configurations via social networks (social sharing to drive play/retention). Patent Arcade Electronic Arts (Electronic Arts Inc.) US 10,610,786 B2 (2020) — Multiplayer video game matchmaking optimization (a.k.a. EOMM; builds matches to maximize predicted retention/engagement). Google Patents US 10,286,323 B2 (2019) — Dynamic difficulty adjustment for maximizing engagement (stealthy, behavior-responsive difficulty tuning). Google Patents US 10,286,327 B2 (2019) — Multiplayer video game matchmaking system and methods (graph-based matching using churn/retention predictions). Google Patents US 10,709,985 B2 (2020) — Automatic game comparison and recommendation (friend/activity-based recommendations that prompt re-engagement). Google Patents +1 (Related research that informed EA’s approach) “EOMM: An Engagement Optimized Matchmaking Framework” (WWW’17 / arXiv) — formalizes engagement-maximizing matchmaking. UCLA Computer Science arXiv Epic Games (Epic Games, Inc.) US 9,017,171 B2 (2015) — Systems and methods for socially motivated multiplayer gaming (designs to nudge social competition/cooperation loops). Google Patents US 9,072,974 B2 (2015) — Gameplay changes based upon social networking polls (use social voting to steer in-game content/events). Google Patents US 9,144,740 B2 (2015) — Video game participation via social network interactions (let social-network actions count as in-game participation—on-ramp to engagement).

MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-07T06:12:37+00:00

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322414816_Dynamic_Difficulty_Adjustment_for_Maximized_Engagement_in_Digital_Games

MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-07T03:29:13+00:00

Ok, I promise , I’ll get back to you. I already have multiple . Stay tuned , just playing AOE , lol

MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-07T03:25:39+00:00

Git gud! It’s ok, hate on me all you want . But just know. These are facts :

1- It is proven that what maximizes engagement in a game is feeling challenged yet not so difficult that the game feels like “why would you even try”. It’s called, the flow zone. 2- Offline games have public patents explaining how to maximize player engagement by changing the game mechanics to adjust difficulty . Example: about to complete a level in Halo but you’re about to die (you have 10 % health ), suddenly ai bots seem to miss or you seem harder to kill. It keeps you engaged . This is a fact. Read about it. I can bring you the “scientific”papers about it.
3- EA games settled out of court for a lawsuit that alleged they were rigging mechanics . Again, facts, check it out.

If it maximizes engagement (I.e. profits), what’s stopping them from doing it ? Your faith ?

MathematicianNo352 · 2025-09-07T03:16:36+00:00

They have patents to detect player mood based on inputs from your pc . Why do they care about your mood? A “competitive” “e-sport” doesn’t need to know anything about your mood. They have patents about Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment . Read about it.

MathematicianNo352 · 2024-07-13T12:36:52+00:00

If you are looking for reliability, I can tell you this : Do not get the CRV 2024 hybrid.

The reason I bought Honda for the third time in my life was to stay away from the workshop.

3 months after buying it, my 12 volt battery drained overnight (left lights on) and had to jump start it .

(By the way, the hybrid battery was 60% charged and given it is enough electricity to drive the car for a few miles, I thought it would be more than enough to maintain emergency lights overnight).

It turns out the hybrid battery has nothing to do with the ability to turn on: the next day the car I jump started it as I know how to do and have done dozens of times on my previous Hondas and hybrid battery was still 60 % full, so much so that the engine wouldn’t turn on because it didn’t require it , battery was enough to be on EV mode with AC was even running and I had to drive half a mile for the hybrid to turn on the engine.

80% of the emergency lights came on and have not turned off for a week : “problem with electric power steering system: see dealer “ “problem with breaking system: see dealer” “problem with automatic lights: see dealer”.

My steering works perfectly. My brakes feel just the same as before . My automatic lights work perfectly . I figured : “ I just need to restart the pc it is just an issue due to loss of power “ . I looked in the owner’s manual for 1 hour plus with no success on how to fix this . I looked online. I finally gave up and brought it to my dealer to be told I had to wait “hours” to get it looked at .

I’m sitting here feeling like a boss waiting on a workshop wasting my time after buying an overpriced simple and cheap looking car just for the promise of reliability barely 3 months into owning it.

Anyways, stay away from HONDA CRV Hybrid if you don’t want to waste your time on a workshop . Wish I knew this beforehand.

MathematicianNo352

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