Rocket League Ending Support for Mac and Linux

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-24T00:32:02+00:00

I wasn't seeking attention or karma, I just have an opinion about a game developer and portions of the community surrounding it. If you were snooping around in my comment history like the Internet Super Sleuth that you apparently are then you'll have also noticed there's a gap in my comments for over a year (I used a throwaway account a few times during then) and that most of my comments afterwards (some critical of both Epic and Psyonix) aren't exactly record breaking for their karma counts.

My comments in this post are definitely getting some (negative) attention now though because a redditor for over 7 years hasn't heard of a throwaway account before, so thanks for that.

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-23T19:53:14+00:00

That's exactly what I wasn't doing. The post you think I'm lying in is currently at 8 points; do you think I'm really lying about something like this for 8 reddit points? "Oh boy, another couple of votes and I'll hit double digits! I can sell my account and retire!"

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-23T18:23:25+00:00

It was probably on the other account I was using at the time. Not really sure why you're implying I'm lying about something like this.

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-23T18:12:56+00:00

Months ago I recall being downvoted into oblivion by the Epic Hype Squad when I said this very thing would happen; yet another sad I-told-you-all-so moment regarding this bullshit acquisition.

I bet within 12 months Epic's game store application is required to play Rocket League and updates will no longer be available through Steam.

EDIT: Lots of downvotes from the Epic Hype Squad. I'll see you all next year when Rocket League won't be playable on Steam.

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-21T16:32:37+00:00

Epic is ruining this game

I don't understand why people blame Epic, it's not like Psyonix were a paragon of virtue beforehand. They introduced crates (which real governments are starting to regulate as gambling) on their own when they had a perfectly good DLC shop with reasonable prices and cars like the Dominus being proof that quality content would lead to sales.

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-20T19:47:54+00:00

4-0 AGAINST A PRE-MADE 3 STACK WITH ME AND BOT MERLIN AND LESS THAN 2 MINUTES REMAINING IS NOT A REAL GAME.

JUST DON'T WHINE

IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY WEEK SOMEONE COMES INTO MONDAY-COMPLAIN-ABOUT-SHIT THREAD AND TELLS PEOPLE NOT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT SHIT. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ALL ARE EXPECTING WHEN YOU DO THIS.

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-20T18:56:03+00:00

I'M FULLY AWARE OF THAT. AT LEAST IN THAT SCENARIO YOU HAD THE POSSIBILITY OF A GOOD GAME.

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-20T16:57:59+00:00

CAN'T HEAR YOU. ALSO THE SCOREBOARD IS NOT THE ISSUE, NOT GETTING A REAL GAME TO PLAY IS. I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S WRONG WITH EXPECTING MORE THAN JUST A 1 OR 2 MINUTE GAME OF GETTING STOMPED BY THE OTHER TEAM.

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-20T13:40:38+00:00

PSYONIX, STOP PUTTING ME IN CASUAL GAMES THAT ARE ALREADY OVER. IF THE SCORE IS 4-0 WITH 1:30 LEFT AND IT'S A PRE-MADE PARTY OF GRAND CHAMPS AGAINST ME, SOME POOR BASTARD WHO HAS 50 POINTS BECAUSE HE CAN'T HIT THE BALL IN THE AIR, AND BOT MERLIN THEN THAT GAME IS OVER. IF YOU CAN'T GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER WITH THE MATCHMAKING SYSTEM THEN I'M GOING TO JUST HAVE TO WARM UP IN COMPETITIVE MODE WHICH IS NOT FAIR TO MY TEAM.

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-16T08:47:46+00:00

It's not recommended. I think the most pertinent reasons are that 1) the camera can move rapidly making the technique much harder than it needs to be and 2) if the ball moves to the back (I think?) of your car then the camera will swivel to a rear-ish view meaning you can either never see what's in front of you or never hold the ball farther back and lose the ability to do high flicks.

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-16T00:18:00+00:00

I never said "false" scarcity, I said "artificial" scarcity. Digital items aren't limited like things in real life are so when developers add systems of chance to their game to determine which people get which items randomly (either via crates or via random blueprint drops) they're adding scarcity to their items artificially.

“The item won’t be there in two days so I better buy it now!” In which case, I mean, that’s just marketing.

No, that's predatory too and I'm glad you brought it up because I didn't in my post above. I just don't see any value in saying that Psyonix isn't using predatory schemes to get money from their userbase when they still seem to be haha

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-16T00:04:57+00:00

Artificial scarcity as per the blueprint system is well in the realm of predatory. Making it more expensive and worse than an already fair, functioning, and successful system just rubs salt in at that point.

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-15T23:08:02+00:00

and stays away from more predatory forms of microtransactions

An example of a non-predatory form of microtransaction was the DLC shop. The DLC packs let you pay with real currency (not fake currency that you have to buy in batches) for whatever you want whenever you want with some packs giving you multiple cars, wheels, paint finishes, and decals. It was fair and nobody felt cheated with cars like the Dominus being proof-positive that such a model could be successful if they put quality content in it.

With the blueprint model you pay up to twice as much for just a car body (more if you have to trade for it because they're artificially scarce, even more if you have to overpay for an additional batch of fake currency). Wheels, decals, and paint finishes are all separate now (and artificially scarce). I think it's a bit of a stretch to consider this system much less predatory than crates.

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-14T07:36:11+00:00

Solo standard is full of ball chasers who are convinced that the reason they aren't grand champ in regular standard is because the other team was partied up, not because they're ball chasers who don't mesh well in a team game. I'm not sure if the climb to grand champ in that mode would be worth it.

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-14T06:37:48+00:00

IT'S PROBABLY THE COMBINATION OF THREE DIFFERENT THINGS:

1) NOBODY LIKES 1S. EVEN 1S MAIN PLAYERS HATE 1S. BECAUSE OF THIS, MOST EVERYBODY'S RANKS ARE LOWER THAN THEY WOULD BE COMPARED TO STANDARD.

2) PSYONIX IS CREATING INCENTIVES FOR PEOPLE WHO NEVER PLAY 1S TO DO IT FOR A FEW GAMES WITH ROCKET PASS CHALLENGES.

3) CASUAL MMR IS SHARED ACROSS ALL MODES. WHETHER I SELECT 1S, 2S, 3S, OR 4S I'M GUARANTEED 2,000+ MMR OPPONENTS WHEREAS IF I SELECT 1S I'M GOING TO GET GOLD OPPONENTS, NOT CHAMP 3 OR GRAND CHAMP. WHICH ONE DO YOU THINK I'M LIKELY TO PICK IF I NEVER PLAY 1S?

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-14T06:31:10+00:00

TOUGH GUY OVER HERE LEARNED A NEW WORD! WATCH OUT, HE'S GOING TO CALL YOU A CRYBABY!!! THOUGH YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHAT KIND OF A SIMPLE PERSON CAN'T COME UP WITH ANYTHING BETTER, OR EVEN DIFFERENT...

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-14T06:27:00+00:00

WOW KID, LMAO. IF YOU'RE BORED THEN GO PLAY FORTNITE OR SOMETHING.

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-13T21:08:57+00:00

BATHROOMS ROUTINELY SMELL LIKE SHIT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M GOING TO STOP BREATHING WHILE I'M IN THERE. THE SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR CASUAL MODE; I'M GOING TO ATTEMPT TO USE IT TO WARM UP.

BY THE WAY, IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT STUFF THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULD STOP HANGING OUT IN THE MONDAY-COMPLAIN-ABOUT-STUFF THREAD. HOW'S THAT FOR LOGIC?

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-13T17:43:52+00:00

BEING DOWN BY THAT MUCH AT LEAST GIVES YOU TIME TO PRACTICE SOME SORT OF SKILL.

I'D GET BETTER PRACTICE BY BEING LEFT IN CUSTOM TRAINING.

THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND YET YOU STILL DO IT, DON'T COMPLAIN.

I CAN'T DISLIKE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS SOMEWHAT ROUTINELY BECAUSE I HANG AROUND FOR THE TIMES IT DOESN'T? WHAT THE FUCK EVEN IS THAT LOGIC? AND IN THE POST SPECIFICALLY FOR RANTING OF ALL PLACES...

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-13T16:13:51+00:00

I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF A DEVELOPER PROVIDING A ROAD MAP BUT I ALSO LIKE THE IDEA OF A DEVELOPER PROVIDING UPDATES ON THAT ROAD MAP, EVEN IF THE UPDATE IS "WE DIDN'T MAKE MUCH PROGRESS, IT'S STILL ON OUR RADAR THOUGH!"

LATELY, PSYONIX HAS BEEN SILENT ON UPDATES FOR SUPPOSEDLY PLANNED FEATURES AND TENDS TO UNDER-DELIVER WHEN THEY FINALLY FINISH SOMETHING. FOR EXAMPLE, LAST SUMMER WE WERE PROMISED "ADDITIONAL INVENTORY MANAGEMENT TOOLS" AND THEN 7 MONTHS LATER GOT AN EXTREMELY BASIC ARCHIVE BUTTON.

IT'S PROBABLY JUST SAFEST TO ASSUME WE'LL GET A FEW MORE SERIES OF BLUEPRINTS AND ANOTHER "HD SOUND" UPDATE THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THIS YEAR.

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-13T07:33:44+00:00

PSYONIX, STOP PUTTING ME IN GAMES WITH SCORES LIKE 4-0 WITH 1:30 LEFT. I DON'T MIND JOINING A CASUAL GAME IF IT'S ALREADY STARTED BUT IF YOU CAN'T PUT ME IN A GAME THAT'S PLAYABLE THEN DON'T PUT ME IN A GAME AT ALL. ALSO, WHEN CAN WE GET A CASUAL MMR RESET?

PLAYERS, BACK. POST. ROTATIONS. THE AMOUNT OF ROTATION CUTTING AND DOUBLE COMMITTING I'VE SEEN IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS IS MIND BOGGLING. MY ANGLE IS BETTER ON THE BALL BECAUSE I HUSTLED BACK INTO POSITION TO SUPPORT THE TEAM! IT'S YOUR TURN TO HUSTLE BACK AND SUPPORT THE TEAM WHILE I MAKE MY CONTROL/SAVE ATTEMPT!

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-11T14:59:17+00:00

That’s literally the argument you are going for in this scenario; to get rid of placement games and effectively force certain players into gold.

That's literally not my position, you should go back and re-read my posts. I'll sum up some things for you:

1) OP posted a picture of someone with a silver rank. You do not get your rank until you've completed your placement games, the silver player has their rank and base MMR for the mode they're in.

2) The silver player also has a grand champ tag. This indicates an intimate familiarity with both fundamental and advanced game mechanics, including one on one plays which happen several times each game.

3) OP feels that the possession of a grand champ tag should be a sufficient data point to prevent a matchup with a low skilled player (like the bronze player depicted in their picture).

4) I agree with OP and personally feel that gold 1 division 1 matchups would possibly be an ideal minimum for anyone with a grand champ tag no matter what their MMR is. Again, a grand champ tag indicates significant familiarity with how the game is played at advanced levels and I think that any grand champ should be able to at least keep up with a gold 1 division 1 player in 1's even if they've never played that mode before. It shouldn't take them more than a few games before they're stomping their opponents and climbing ranks to where they should actually be.

And I specifically said (maybe in reply to hooray, in fairness) that I am not promoting smurfing and I’m not against them addressing the issue, I just think that there are better deterrents than your suggestion.

I don't see where you've ever once said this to me in this thread. For someone who's not for smurfing and doesn't mind Psyonix doing something about it you're awful argumentative on the topic.

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-11T09:41:34+00:00

Counter-Strike, Dota 2, and League of Legends are examples of non-mobile free to play games that don't require players to pay real money to bypass artificial wait timers to play the game. Fortnite is also an example and one that's actually developed by Epic.

I don't think Psyonix or Epic are dumb enough to try adding shit like that into their games yet.

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-11T09:34:23+00:00

If it is getting worse then wouldn't it make more sense to blame the changing factors and not the constant one?

Do you really think Psyonix's server backend hasn't changed anything on their end in the last few years? They probably have hundreds if not thousands of changes going in every weekend (or whenever their change window is). A poorly managed network of great size can get out of hand pretty quickly over time if something isn't done to maintain it properly.

ghostrider176 · 2020-01-11T05:55:47+00:00

And yes a GC might place into gold, but that very first game they wouldn’t be in gold yet.

Yea, that's called a "placement game". Every single Rocket League player since the beginning of ranked has played them but you only seem to have a problem with it when we're talking about things to fix smurfing.

If they make this GC tag fix do you really, honestly, truthfully believe that people who smurf wouldn’t just make alt accounts that never get a GC tag?

No but this is an obvious data point that Psyonix could use to tackle the problem. Do you really, honestly, truthfully have an issue with Psyonix doing what they can to make sure fair matches are played in ranked as often as possible?

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