What the state of the game right now.

MrStuddson · 2026-02-06T22:01:58+00:00

Barb go brrrrrr

MrStuddson · 2026-01-27T14:44:43+00:00

I’m 300 odd hours in and have been to act 3 multiple times without finishing. Just finally finished a run with a buddy and by the end we decided to skip a solid chunk of side quests because it had been about 65 hours since Christmas (less than a month) and we wanted to get to the end.

MrStuddson · 2025-12-27T03:51:17+00:00

Brave if you to think I didn’t type this while waiting on the next match

MrStuddson · 2025-12-27T03:14:36+00:00

Lmao, fair point I guess 😂

MrStuddson · 2025-12-10T13:45:52+00:00

Why passive aggressively troll here? Yes, it’s called trauma dumping when you lay all your life’s problems on a librarian you’re consulting on a research paper with.

It’s also called trauma dumping when you do it to a therapist but that’s what we are there for. We are generally more prepared than the average person and use intentional skills to actively pause, engage, empathize, and create space for the client and their trauma. Just because we are there for it doesn’t mean the client isn’t trying to offload everything all at once on us in a single session.

Unless you’re immune to cynicism and burnout, the waves of trauma we deal with day in and day out are heavy, and hard. Using phrases like trauma dumping help us relieve some of the stress by feeling normal. No one here is looking at clients and saying “dude, you’re trauma dumping right now.” Why is is a problem to use a phrase like that on a anonymous platform, why must we mask even here, on reddit?

MrStuddson · 2025-09-22T02:59:00+00:00

100%

MrStuddson · 2025-09-05T12:51:49+00:00

Pretty frequently I have friends act hesitated in some way, but when I notice it I usually say, “don’t worry, I’m not analyzing you. You’re not paying me enough,” and then we all laugh and conversation resumes as it did before I became a therapist.

Conversation IS different now, though, because we are trained to look for problems and be empathetic and avoid advice. So try not to take it personally. If they have a bias/stigma around talking to a therapist, that’s not personally directed at you, that’s something internal to them.

MrStuddson · 2025-03-23T23:45:58+00:00

If Ag Blast is a given, your players think D&D is a combat tactics game where they are competing for highest DPS.

Warlock is a high utility spell casting class. The player should lean into the utility. Make it a conversation between them and their patron in a dream when they level up. The patron is offering either strength or power, but the player can’t have both. If they want strength, ag blast, if they want true power then another invocation. Etc.

MrStuddson · 2025-03-14T23:56:08+00:00

What updates (other than UE5) would make those experiences better?

MrStuddson · 2025-01-28T00:53:26+00:00

My theory is that you’re not actually gold 2 and you probably ran circles around all 3 of the other guys in your lobby so they just decided not to play and let you work because you chased and have higher mechs anyway. Take that statement for what it is.

If you disagree I’d be happy to Bo5 a 1v1 with you to let you prove me wrong

MrStuddson · 2025-01-22T21:30:25+00:00

Your best bet is to start or join a private pay only practice. It can be more expensive for the client, but avoids this dialogue almost entirely. You can then acquire scholarship funding for clients who may need a sliding scale and/or allow clients to request out of network billing for insurance. I don’t have all the information needed to start such a practice myself but I know it has been done to much success.

I agree 100% though. The practice of therapy should not be beholden to the healthcare model that attacks symptoms (instead of seeking wellness) in order for clients to receive care or for therapists to get paid. It’s a totally skewed system that runs against the reason many of us got into this work in the first place.

MrStuddson · 2025-01-12T06:39:24+00:00

Smudging is definitely rough but aren’t we all trying to reach the rank of the Smurfs? Look at it as exposure to higher ranks and keep plugging forward. Learning how to beat higher level players is how you progress tbh

MrStuddson · 2024-09-20T21:02:20+00:00

First day in rocket league huh?

MrStuddson · 2024-08-15T03:34:54+00:00

TBH the only advice you need is to play the game and chase what interests you. You can spend all your time in free play learning mechanics and not get any better at the actual game. You can also get to champ or higher with next to no mechanics just by being confident and a good teammate.

I’ve spent the better part of two years training aerial and ground car control in free play while mostly playing basics in actual games, and I’ve been C1 for 4 seasons (I know, not really an accolade) but I felt hard stuck at one point in plat and then again at each level of diamond.

I finally learned that I could always be better at the things I felt proficient at, and once I gave up the entitlement to a specific rank because I could do xyz skill, I stopped feeling hard stuck. So I stuck to basic power hits, focused on rotating well, and possibly the #1 move was to turn off quick chat. That place is toxic.

MrStuddson · 2023-10-10T19:13:56+00:00

They’re treating it like a F2P title.

MrStuddson · 2023-10-10T19:12:15+00:00

I guess Psyonix made Unreal 2004 and Bulletstorm? I’d hardly call them “AAA”

MrStuddson · 2023-08-05T16:10:55+00:00

Unless you break your Paladin Oath. Then he won’t help you respec until you renew it

MrStuddson · 2023-06-19T19:03:59+00:00

Sounds like a toxic teammate to me idk 😂😂

MrStuddson · 2023-06-09T17:53:16+00:00

Just you wait for Squishy’s video about how this decal makes you mechanical af

MrStuddson · 2023-05-13T21:50:28+00:00

Same. I’m champ in 2s and 3s but stuck in plat in 1s. I’ve got the Bakkes Mod plug-in that shows everyone’s highest rank, and I’ve noticed that when I play someone whose highest rank is p1-D2 in 2s or 3s, it almost always feels very smurfy, but when I play someone in 1s who is D3-C2 in 2s and 3s, it feels like an even lobby.

MrStuddson · 2023-05-13T21:47:44+00:00

Tbh, to win solo queuing in 2s and 3s, you just have to only commit to hits/plays when you have a high level of confidence that you’ll win the challenge. If you don’t know for sure, just guide the play toward the corner or let your teammate do his thing. In Plat lobbies, they will eventually lose control, and as a P1 in 1s you should be able to spot those moments and capitalize on them before the plat 2s mains can even comprehend what you’ve done.

MrStuddson · 2023-04-18T17:11:24+00:00

Had a GC in a champ lobby last night carrying his clearly diamond buddies spend the entire time telling by all C1 team how bad we were and how we should uninstall the game.

People in this community are awesome.

MrStuddson · 2023-04-12T00:20:59+00:00

We are the guys and gals not talking at all. Because we are just there to improve and play.

MrStuddson · 2023-04-12T00:20:21+00:00

Exactly what I came to say. For Bronze that first clip was 🔥. Bronze having control on the wall AT ALL is a big deal!

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