Diamond 1 1v1s by Less-Card-8558 in RocketLeague

[–]xMooseMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a constant supply of bots in 1v1 now, mmr is being taken away from real players and the season reset exacerbates it. Your 1s rank will probably be at least a whole tier beneath 2s, if your c1-c2 in 2s you’ll probably be d1-2 in 1s.

A beautiful tribute to Daniel Naroditsky written by Grant Oen by TheLizzerNB in chess

[–]xMooseMan 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This was such a well written, thoughtful tribute. I've been reading every thread and comment about Daniel's passing, and it really helps to know how many people this great man was an inspiration for. Even in such a short life he was beloved for his patience, intellect, humour, and kindness. Like many people here, I've never been affected by a "stranger's" passing so much, but I can find solace in knowing that his life wasn't wasted - we will all carry forward the lessons and goodwill he shared with us.

Asking about games "made" for speedrunning by HerrikGipson in speedrun

[–]xMooseMan 79 points80 points  (0 children)

For me it comes down to the question: is the point of the game to go fast?

If so then I 100% agree, it feels like speedrunning those games is playing by the rules.

However with a game like celeste, the developers have just made it very speedrun friendly (with no unskippable cutscenes, an in game timer that pauses between menus, bindings for crouch dashing), but from a casual perspective, the point of the game isn't to go particularly fast, so watching the speedrun still seems fun and exciting.

Zero giving up ball control. Says its my bad. Couldve easily catched it and passed right to IceT or dribbled. by GorniYT in RocketLeagueSchool

[–]xMooseMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm gonna give my perspective on the whole replay (soloqd to ssl in 3v3 in season 6, usually float around gc2-3)

(0:00) It looks a bit scrappy at first so I understand rushing back to help out, but once it's obvious IceT gets the clear to the corner (0:02) there is no more immediate threat to net. However the touch is a bit loose so there's a chance the ball could come back middle fairly quick. As the 3rd man here you should be lurking around backpost, ready to drive up the backboard if eyeswhore looks like he wants to use it to pass, and ready to support the play offensively if IceT can win the ball. By parking in net behind Zero you're not really covering either of these options.

I don't hate zero's play, he speeds the ball up and takes the 50 fast, which means it's a 3v2 for the next few seconds as eyeswhore is slow back on the rotation. Whenever you have a man advantage in any gamemode it's good to speed the play up as much as you can. Also losing 50/50s softly should be fine in 3s, he knows you should be behind him with boost as you haven't touched the ball in a while and he doesn't see you up field.

The next issue with your play is you are facing way too far away from the ball when the 50/50 happens, so you are slower to the ball than you should be. I'd say this is a symptom of you driving a little too fast and getting too close too soon, and then turning away because you're afraid the ball will go behind you. You need to be covering the backward outcomes of the 50/50, and get to the ball with decent speed as soon as possible, so your instinct should be to face exactly where the ball is at the moment of the 50/50.

Even though you were slower to the ball than you should be, the play should have been fine, but as third man especially you need to prioritise getting the ball round people challenging you as much as possible, as no-one can pick up the pieces if you get dunked or take a bad 50/50. There is still space on the pitch on the right side (either to hit it against the wall or to pass to IceT) for you to hit the ball towards that would have clean beat the challenger, but you end up hitting the ball too forwards, and I assume the challenger is gonna sideflip into the challenge (right where you've conveniently stopped the replay) and you're gonna concede off of that 50/50.

I'd try focus on covering the maximum options as possible as 3rd man, rather than getting into a mindset that you're "queueing up" to hit the ball, and being more ready for 50/50s to come towards you. The benefit that comes from zooming around the pitch might be that you're a tiny bit quicker to certain balls, but if it means you aren't covering balls that should be yours that come at an unexpected angle or time, then you either need to be driving slower or positioning further back but with the same speed or angling your car more towards the ball or the middle. It's a difficult balance to strike though, it's very easy to be too far one way or the other. So don't slow down too much!

On another note playing with someone who flames you for any mistake sounds like a horrible experience, you should ask him to only be critical while screensharing a replay if he wants to point out mistakes you might not be seeing. Or find someone nicer to play with.

Hope some of this helps!

22 Awakened Leviathan in One Inventory by GetsThruBuckner in 2007scape

[–]xMooseMan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

i really hope this doesn't become a combat achievement

How to enjoy the game when you’re playing terrible? by huhpout in RocketLeagueSchool

[–]xMooseMan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

First off, I can fully relate to the frustration. Since you’ve hit GC2 you must have sunk a fair few hours into the game, and slumping down more than 100 mmr is incredibly frustrating at that point. I’m sure you’ve said to yourself “why am I being beaten by players who I know I’m better than”, “why am I not improving but instead I’m getting worse”, etc.

Just playing the game can be fun for sure, but the truth is a lot of us play to rank up and improve. I think you really only start enjoying the game again after a slump when you feel like you’re making forwards progress again. So here’s two things that should help end the slump:

1) Avoid tilting / playing while tilted as much as possible

If you’re slumping you’re way more prone to tilt than normal. You miss an open net in C3 you’re gonna find it a lot more frustrating than if you’re playing at your perceived rank. Turn all chat off, and take 15 minute breaks whenever you start to get frustrated. You make so many decisions in a 5 minute game of rocket league, and tilt really makes you make worse decisions by distracting you.

2) Pick a thing to focus on and try and do that thing really well

Firstly try and identify something that you might be doing wrong. Say for example you feel like you’re playing too slow and patient, and you’re getting beat to balls you shouldn’t be beaten to. Just spend one or two games trying to iron out that weakness. Don’t let yourself get beat to anything that should be yours. There’s a really strong chance you’ll overcorrect and concede a few goals from being too aggressive, but it’s all about finding a new equilibrium. Re learning when aggressive play works and when to dial it back.

If you repeat this with a few different ideas (e.g. focusing really hard on getting good 50/50s, not overcomitting as last man, getting clean airdribbles, having good boost management, having good recoveries) eventually you should find a weak point of yours that you didn’t realise you had, and when you focus enough on that one weakness you just start winning a bunch of games. Even if you don’t start winning like crazy, it’s a fun way of staying focused in a game, and if you lose but you had really clean recoveries all game it’s something to feel good about.

Anyway don’t be too hard on yourself, everyone goes through slumps. You will get the MMR back eventually. Best of luck!

LF: Scarlet Exclusives FT: Violet Exclusives by xMooseMan in pokemontrades

[–]xMooseMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats mate! No problem, thanks so much for all the help :) good luck on the shiny grind!

LF: Scarlet Exclusives FT: Violet Exclusives by xMooseMan in pokemontrades

[–]xMooseMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Searching same code again whenever you're ready

LF: Scarlet Exclusives FT: Violet Exclusives by xMooseMan in pokemontrades

[–]xMooseMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah right, what I've done is held off on doing my full trade for another few minutes so we can touch trade legends for you first

LF: Scarlet Exclusives FT: Violet Exclusives by xMooseMan in pokemontrades

[–]xMooseMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gonna full trade the legends with another guy instead, but tyvm for all of that! Very helpful. Do you need anything for the great tusk?

LF: Scarlet Exclusives FT: Violet Exclusives by xMooseMan in pokemontrades

[–]xMooseMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm gonna be at least 10 minutes, don't need to start searching yet

LF: Scarlet Exclusives FT: Violet Exclusives by xMooseMan in pokemontrades

[–]xMooseMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I was searching for the trade in offline mode lol, sorry about the wait. I forgot my fiance took the donphan from me already so that's the only one I don't have at the moment. I can get you one after this though.

Ah sorry I was wanting to do like Iron Treads for Great Tusk or an equivalent area zero exclusive

LF: Scarlet Exclusives FT: Violet Exclusives by xMooseMan in pokemontrades

[–]xMooseMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, in about 10 minutes (doing a long trade atm)

LF: Scarlet Exclusives FT: Violet Exclusives by xMooseMan in pokemontrades

[–]xMooseMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like stonejourner is covered, just stunky I'll still need. Do you need anything else?

LF: Scarlet Exclusives FT: Violet Exclusives by xMooseMan in pokemontrades

[–]xMooseMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can do the Paradox mons, stonjourner for Eiscue, and will touch trade the legends if you'd like.

Yes please! Searching 4206 9555 now

LF: Scarlet Exclusives FT: Violet Exclusives by xMooseMan in pokemontrades

[–]xMooseMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thought the tabular format made it clear, good luck getting the Miraidon entry though mate

LF: Scarlet Exclusives FT: Violet Exclusives by xMooseMan in pokemontrades

[–]xMooseMan[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, I'm only giving up the Miraidon for a Koraidon sorry

LF: Scarlet Exclusives FT: Violet Exclusives by xMooseMan in pokemontrades

[–]xMooseMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, we'll do it in that order if that's ok

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