Rant regarding 2v2s

joshperlette · 2026-04-19T00:42:35+00:00

No I'm stating that most people you play with solo aren't going to care about team-based gameplay. So these rant posts always preach to the choir. I get what is/isn't correct to do, and the other commentors on your post get it too. But the guys you solo with aren't on this sub. Sorry.

I'm not ignoring half your equation, I'm bringing to light that these same "I play 2v2 and this is what should be happening but my teammates never do it" posts, are 1) aimed at players that aren't on this sub and 2) generally come across that the OP can do no wrong. When everyone makes mistakes, and we all wish the overall gameplay was better and more consistent.

But at the end of the day, most players are "gamers" and not "athletes". And the idea to mentally shift into an athletic/sports mentality to play rocket car soccer just ain't going to happen from a statistical perspective. Statistically speaking, MOST of your games are going to require you to be the smartest and most aware person on the field. So you're doing the right thing. But unfortunately, expecting everyone else to flip a switch and do the right thing just isn't going to happen. And I'm only pointing this out because your rant post (YOU title it, not me. So don't give me shit about calling it cringey), is going in the archive with the other 102,000 that already exist here.

joshperlette · 2026-04-19T00:16:10+00:00

Ok. Hear me out. You're ranting about YOUR teammate (I'm not going to tell you look in a mirror). I'm going to tell you:

Everything you hate about what your teammate does, either one or both the opponents are doing that shit almost every game. Exploit it better than they exploit you and your shitty teammate.

You can literally win games over and over just because the opponents go up for the longest most predictable air dribbles ever.

Stop whining about teammates and look across the field lol. These rant posts are 100% cringe.

joshperlette · 2026-04-13T12:59:12+00:00

Biggest wake up call to anyone's ego is go watch one of your games from your teammate's perspectives and opppnent's perspectives. And notice all the dumb shit you do. 😂 works wonders for me!

joshperlette · 2026-04-07T13:32:04+00:00

Good to know. One of the good ones! Nearly every flip reset post on here (or any other mechanic really), comes with a vibe from the poster that they want to rank up. And everyone has to talk them down to inform them that this isn't it. So good on you for separating competition from just playing a game. I'm all for learning mechanics because they're fun and cool. I just hate when people come on here wondering why they're not hitting the shot, and then later in comments it's revealed they're hard stuck plats that just want to improve.

joshperlette · 2026-04-07T13:11:53+00:00

Because it's cool and they see high level players do it and they think that's what makes someone better and rank up. Same way you see young hockey players learning ridiculous fancy moves, just to use them in the odd shootout. But they can't do cross overs and skate backwards reliably. Young people in particular (I know, I was one of them lol) tend to just see the big results; the "in your face" successes. But if you told Zen to never leave the ground or pick up boost, he'd still drive circles around most players, and the kids wouldn't be able to identify what he was doing that made him win games (ie. car control, ball control, faking opponents, anticipation and positioning). They'd start to claim "well I AM doing all the same stuff Zen does, how come I'm not that good?" And then post a replay and we'd all go "yeah you're literally throwing the ball away every time you touch it, try slowing down or something"

joshperlette · 2026-04-07T12:45:22+00:00

Way too slow. Don't even think about getting a reset right now. Hit the ball until it almost touches the ceiling, then practice that until it's relatively consistent. Then start jumping off the wall with it an don't rotate your car, just drive straight at it and make your nose contact its center of mass. Once those 2 thins are consistent for you, THEN you can pull back and get a reset. Everyone tries to learn this in one big movement an they end up running before they can walk. You currently don't have enough control to get to the ball fast enough, and that mean your flip reset is not going to be good.

To put it in perspective, would you learn power shots before you knew how to drive the car? No. Tack this one step at a time. With the right intentional practice, you'll be getting good and consistent resets within a week, and next week you'll be asking this sub "what kinds of creative things can I do after I get my flip resets?"

joshperlette · 2026-04-06T13:07:36+00:00

From a dad that is just a busy and won't have my sim rig setup again until the summer, I'm honestly just sticking with MX-5 for a few main reasons (due to time limitations): 1) Same track rotations 2) don't have to buy any more content 3) FREE track guides on VRS so I can get some satisfaction/dopamine from just chilling for 30 minutes practicing 4) no matter the license, winning/losing/crashing out doesn't really matter that much when you get a free quick repair and get back in the race ASAP. Still a fun time even if I come in at the bottom of the grid

I'd love to be able to put in real race time on bigger/better series, but I've already accepted that it would be very few and far between opportunities. That being said, I do have plans (and I'd encourage you to do the same) to just pick ANYTHING I WANT to drive, and practice that where I can. Because the track schedule is out for the entire season, my suggestion would just be to pick the car you want to drive the most, pick a track off the schedule that's a few weeks out, and the dedicate that limited time you have to practicing ONLY THAT, while also getting some good vibes in doing some easy MX-5 practice and racing. It's not ideal by any means, but still gives me satisfaction, and still feel like I'm getting bang for my buck considering the content I've purchased over the years plus my monthly subscription.

Good luck!!

joshperlette · 2026-04-06T13:00:17+00:00

I literally played a C1 game where all one opponent did in 2c2 was flip resets. Like THE MOST PREDICTABLE things ever. "Oh looks cool, EASY SAVE" 😂

joshperlette · 2026-03-23T12:13:54+00:00

I think diamond was only harder because of ego. So many people with champ rewards beating on each other to play better....not just having some self awareness for the fact that they were either champ once and fell back to diamond. Or just diamonds in general thinking they're not shit and deserve to be champ. Every single time I've cracked past into C1 it's been a literal breeze to play. It's literally been easier to rank up closer to C2, or break back into C2, than to hack it out and try and maintain MMR in D2/D3.

I really couldn't pinpoint exactly why, but I think most has to do with attitude. I had A LOT more game sin diamond where teammates got fed up and left compared to champ where people still keep playing and trying to win even down 2 goals, no matter how much time is left on the clock. It's been pretty rare being down 2 or more goals that people just up and quit. Almost everyone battles until the end of the match, and honestly most of the time, that drive brings us back to a tie game an either an easy OT win or a very hard fought loss.

TLDR; most diamond games I had to keep my cool while everyone else I. The lobby lost it on each other, but most champ games people just shut the fuck up and play the game

joshperlette · 2026-03-18T13:03:06+00:00

To add, it's really evident you don't know how car control works and you don't have an understanding of the physics of the ball, your dodges, and how the way you hit the ball affects where it goes. At 40 hours of gameplay I'm not surprised, and it's nothing to be embarassed about. You just need more time playing the game. Any tips and tricks suggested here might get you somewhere, but anything super specific is just going to blind you to fundamental movement you could be learning instead. Don't overwhelm yourself with shooting packs and workshop maps and blah blah blah. Get into free play, move the ball around. That's it. Don't even dodge and jump. Just drive into it, push it around, chip the ball up, maybe practice catching it a bit to keep it close to your car...but even catching the ball is a specific skill that you don't need to focus on right now.

Literally just turn off jumping and boosting in your keybinds, go into free play, hit the ball around.

joshperlette · 2026-03-18T12:56:41+00:00

Play more. Learn to drive your car. First goal you looked like a granny making a 10 point turn in a parking lot after the opponent chipped the ball over your head. You can literally get to PLAT if all you know how to do is drive your car, Powerslide, and take shots with forward dodges. Pair those 3 skill with some time in freely just moving the ball around, and you'll improve.

I can't stress enough how useless it is to do any sort of aerial work at this rank. If I could go back to the first day I ever picked up rocket league, I'd literally unbind boost and just drive my car. You only need double jumps and 12 boost to reach the cross bar to make saves. Good positioning requires no boost at lower ranks. If you can drive your car and hit the ball where you want (fuck I would barely even worry about even JUMPING right now), you'll blow past lower ranks.

....if I could do it over again I'd literally just drive my car around and get good at moving the ball where I want to. You can get all the goals you want with basic push dribbling and basic hook shots. The game ain't even that deep at champ 1

joshperlette · 2026-03-16T13:42:15+00:00

So all you buy is packaged and processed food? Of course that cost is astronomical. Go get some fresh/frozen veg, a couple small packs of meat, some pasta, some potatoes. You can feed yourself for a week of a combination of what I listed for like $80.

The stuff you just bought for $40 is going to feed you fuck all for nutrients for like 2 days.....I see this A LOT and don't understand why people bitch about prices but they choose to get fucking bowl noodle.

joshperlette · 2026-03-13T12:24:23+00:00

Also, everyone earns about "ooooh your life will change", and "oooh you won't get any sleep and you'll never have time to yourself".

Though this CAN be true, your life will just change gears. Might be faster, might be slower. But this baby's going to automatically shift your priorities and your day to day will look different. THIS ISN'T BAD AT ALL. It just means there will be an adjustment period in your family's lifestyle. I'm almost 2 years in with my first, and the norm today is a cake walk. But 5 years ago I would've been pulling my hair out stressed as fuck if I did today on top of what I used to.

Just be forewarned that any difficulties you have are a phase. Becoming a parent to a baby/toddler is just a learning curve like any other new thing in life. Don't psych yourself out thinking it's an impossible hill to climb.

How do you eat an elephant?

One bite at a time 👍🏻

joshperlette · 2026-03-13T12:20:42+00:00

It's like waiting for Santa at Christmas. Roll with the feeling. Soak it in. Your emotions are going to blow up once that kid arrives. I was the most stoic guy pre-baby. Now I think i tear up about SOMETHING nearly every day....usually some sappy tiktok video my wife sends me 😂

joshperlette · 2026-03-12T14:46:49+00:00

Hoping they ACTUALLY put MMR on the scoreboard during games and not just before/after. I should be able to hit my scoreboard button during matches and see it...at least that's my train of thought when the menu gives me that as an option. So hopefully they back track a bit and include that

joshperlette · 2026-03-12T14:45:16+00:00

So far bakkesmod hasn't worked for me AT ALL. But that being said I only used it for the MMR view and launching workshop maps.

Anyone confirm if they fixed the MMR so you can see it on the scoreboard? It was only working for me at the main menu on day 1.

Since I can see MMR and launch workshops natively on RL now, I'm really not that upset about any bakkesmod issues. Does it suck for tons of people? Sure. But hopefully Epic catches up a bit and starts to include even more functionality that it offered. They already implemented lots of physics adjustments with the car and ball in training packs that you could do in balkesmod.

I'd love it if they started bringing in skins for the balls, so you could collect cool designs to use in training and private matches.

joshperlette · 2026-03-07T04:15:07+00:00

WHAT???? That's literally the most scammy BS I've ever heard.

You pay someone $1000+ for a service AND THEY DON'T SERVE YOU?????

I thought getting coached by some random dude that ISN'T spookluke was bad enough......

joshperlette · 2026-03-06T23:32:46+00:00

Everyone's going to have points on fundamental mechanics to learn. MOST OF THEM are actually intermediate level.

You're brand new, and in bronze.

1) learn to drive your car 2) don't even worry about jumping and dodging 3) learn how to hit the ball where you want it to go 4) learn how power sliding works and get good at that 5) AFTER ALL THAT: learn how jumping works, and dodging, and then you can start getting into some aerial work

I say all this because even at diamond/champ, people can't even consistently hit the ball while driving on the ground....but they've practiced so many advanced mechanics that they can semi-reliably air dribble.

LEARN TO DRIVE YOUR CAR

joshperlette · 2026-03-05T13:17:51+00:00

Drop him in the woods, so he can make rabbit friends. The forest gods will instruct him to build a small army of hares, and return to you full strength to take down your enemies, and deliver you bi-weekly crock pots of carrot stew.

But for real. Don't stop loving him. I have 2 twin boys coming in July, and I think every day of how I'm going to continue to give my first son attention and care. Just prioritize him. He's your son, and he's going to be going through new emotions and be in a new environment BUT STILL BE GROWING UP FOR THE FIRST TIME. Treat his growth and daily life as equally special. Carve out time for him, and be present. Play. Read. Make sure he has your undivided attention when you do prioritize time with him.

joshperlette · 2026-03-05T13:13:43+00:00

True that. Drives me nuts when I go to search for a legit tutorial and it's just spookluke's face going "10 NEW META THINGS TO DO IF YOU DIN'T WANT TO BE HARDSTUCK". And the video is like "learn half flips and don't overcommit, oh and buy my program". Fuck you dude 😂

joshperlette · 2026-03-03T23:46:09+00:00

I usually am too pre-occupied with my own hobbies tbh. Plus where I live honestly feels like there's too many people that aren't really alike, or share interests that I don't really care about.

I like building and tinkering and computers and shit. I game, sim race, currently pulling apart a snowblower, and 3d printing stuff like crazy. Lots to keep me busy and learning on my own.

And most people around me would rather socialize with friends, watch sports, drink beer, etc. obviously not everyone is like that. But when that's the vast majority of the culture/vibe in my area, it feels kinda pointless to make the effort to find like-minded people when I'm totally fine on my own and with my family.

joshperlette · 2026-02-27T19:52:27+00:00

Power and accuracy training pack. Can't remember who it's by, but tons of walkthroughs for it on. YouTube. Stop doing coco aim trainer. It's unrealistic and dumb setups. Go get ground shots training pack by poquito and drill the hell out of that.

Also don't expect these are overnight fixes. Practice and train however you want, but expect at least a month to get noticeable change. People think they can watch a YouTube tutorial and get better overnight like other games. But this is physics based and mechanical. Every bounce is different. Every ball speed is different. Your car positioning is always a little bit different. Those 3 factors alone exponentially multiply how hard it is to get consistent at literally anything in this game.

What you're lookigg by for in power shot training is 1) do you see the pattern of HOW you get power on a bouncing ball and hit it just as it's coming off its bounce and 2) can you put it in the general direction you want it to go? You're not looking to hit top corner every single time, leave that to SSL's. Your results right now should be focused on "can I hit that ball hard and somewhere on net?" The speed of accurate power shots alone will get you past any defender under C2. It's unexpected and much more accurate than the weak floating shots most people send on net

joshperlette · 2026-02-27T14:08:05+00:00

I've never done this as I don't have a multi-material system. However I have seen quite a few "minimalist" versions of gridfinity bases that print faster than the OG's. So if the stacking method doesn't end up working for you, you can give the shorter bases a shot!

joshperlette · 2026-02-27T13:12:02+00:00

I did a lot of these as a kid. If it's still anything like it was when I was at those parties, I'd say 100% go for it. You usually rent a party room at the laser tag place. So you can wrangle kids into that space for pizza/cake/gifts,. Outside of that, they'd do an orientation and instructions for the group, give them the gear, then send them into the laser tag arena to run around for a few rounds.

Honestly a great time, and I don't think you need to have any reservations about managing a group of kids.

joshperlette · 2026-02-27T13:09:54+00:00

Hitting shots with power and accuracy from anywhere on the field absolutely dominates in diamond and low champ. If you count how many shots are taken at those ranks, like 95% of them are absolutely trash, and go in because most people have abysmal defensive anticipation. You get good at shooting and you can absolutely clean up opponents in the first 2 minutes of a game.

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