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@@louisdardare5149 not the DLC I'm referring to in this video or people care about. Rocket League *branded* DLC like the Vulcan or Esper. The licensed DLC will never be given for free, but as I said in the video I'm pretty sure we'll see them in the shop eventually.
IIRC the original dev team started with cars, because that's what they thought were good at. First was car 'sumo' game, where you throw others off a platform to win. That apparently evolved into SARPBC, the predecessor of RL. So the concept alone is certainly whack, but it was a natural progression of devs' skills and hobbies.
One thing that annoys the hell out of me is that there is no setting for your Club car. When playing a game where it's Club vs Club, you get the wheels, boost, etc of orange or blue. Let us edit our Club color car separately from our orange and blue cars
I think the entire club system was a weird addition to begin with. The only actual value it adds is having clan tags everything else is never used and was a waste of time developing
Actually that's not a bad one for today. But I tried to keep away from things that had very obvious intentions for this list. Back in the early days when there was less modes solo standard actually was something you did when you didn't have a team for standard, I used to play a decent amount of it myself.
@@Rocket_Sledge Yeah, I used to play it a bunch too, to avoid the parties when my friends were offline. Since the number of people queuing it has dwindled to basically nothing, I've been of the mind that it should be replaced with a Pot-Luck playlist, randomly selecting from a bank of extra modes including unranked Rumble, Hoops and Dropshot along with Heatseeker, Spike Rush, that "Spooky" floating ball one from a couple of years back etc etc. I can't see the logic in keeping Solo Standard around any more.
I dont know why no one ques for solo standard. I barely ever play with friends and usually better without them. And I would want a challenge to play with randos But no ones queuing for it soooo
Yeah rocket labs maps were fun. Maybe they should never be in competitive because some people rage at them, but they were fun for a lot of people, should certainly have their own playlist at least.
I like the labs maps. Maybe there should be a casual non-standard map playlist! I know lots of creators make maps for multiplayer, but the state it's in is kinda difficult to actually use. It would be awesome to queue in community maps or have the labs maps finished.
I'm on board with all the early cars that nobody uses. Starting with the Merc and Scarab that everyone complains are joke cars but also the Backfire (plus its brother the Boneshaker), the Aftershock, the Triton, the Grog, there are so many other cars people should be using. They're interesting, they're ridiculous, they've got more personality than the dumb "meta" cars everyone uses. The recent trend of stylised sport/super/hypercars is quite boring because they are largely all minor variations of the same theme and I'm starting to struggle to tell them apart at a glance. I wish people would use more cars but they're all being cool people in the cool people club which means you can only drive a slightly goofy RC buggy, or more recently a kinda squarish hatchback thing that the pros begrudgingly started to move to, and nothing else. People who are too cool for the cool people club have always used the Dominus or the Batmobile and while I am sick of the sight of those cars it's for different reasons that I'm sure people already appreciate themselves.
It is part of that playlist and uses the same intro music as those videos, I just stopped using that title after 3 videos because it seemed like the joke was done.
Is there any reason why a party mode free play hasn't been implemented? Seems like an obvious one and a change that would be easy to implement? Nice video Sledge!
The reason is because free play is offline and if u wanna play with someone you you need to have a server and stuff like that... at that point it is literally the exact same as a private match
@@Sattelight897 yeah but usually only stays in that for about up to a minute unless you're like 5000 mmr and in oce servers. You also dont have unlimited boost and cant score at all
Personally, I think they should add the Rocket Labs back into Casual, but with a lower chance of occurring. Labs in competitive is a bad idea, but since there's no actual penalty for losing in Casual, I think it would be fun to play the Labs map with other players outside of rumble
another weird fact: Psyonix changed the boost amount at the kickoff from 34 boost to 33. The reason is because the game now rounds down instead of up, and you always start with a third of your boost meter (33.333 repeating infinitely.) just a cool little thing
The RL feature I miss most was non standard maps in ranked like old Tokyo, Arctagon, and Wastelands. People hated them so much that I could feed off their frustration and win a lot. Plus I just loved how Wasteland had funnels into the goals so it always made it really high scoring and exciting
I agree. I get that if they had to do a unique hit box for every car it'd take way longer to make them and there'd be significantly less cars, but if they're going to do it the way they are then i feel like there should be even more cars at this point.
The reason they did this is so the game isn’t pay to win. Buying new cars could give you an advantage if it hit slightly better or carried the ball cleaner. If the new cars are purely cosmetic, everyone is happy. It ain’t about the effort as that is very minimal at the rate they introduce new cars, especially with the 100+ people working at psyonix.
@@TheRealFlyingAnt the cars were a dollar each though, I don't see how that's entirely a problem, as someone would've brought out a video on all the cars specs as they have in the past to inform people before buying a dlc car. But even still the game is going free to play so I just hope they revert those changes
Plus. True, it’s only a dollar, but prices could change. Atleast it’s not like bo3 where you had to pay hundreds of dollars to have a chance of getting a new gun out of a loot crate. That was the scummiest shit ive ever seen
This has been a trip down memory lane. I remember instant leaving everytime rocket labs maps came 😅 I'm just glad they still count exterms even if they don't advertise them any more
Now I have the same problem with the anniversary map in rumble. I hate this map. But it is even worse, because rumble is now competitive and you can't leave. Longest 5 minutes of my life, every single time...
The DLC one does actually make sense to me. The only ones that haven't been added are ones that are licensed items like the batmobile, fast and furious stuff etc. so it's very likely that the licensing deal does not reflect the item shop model so the terms have to be renegotiated.
@@sandeep_draws I also think it's cause the item shop is so overpriced at some times, the DLC stuff sold for 2.00$ max, I don't think it wold flow well for Sigh-on-ix point of view to have the item shop have everything overpriced and have the DLC sell for 2.00$ , cause business wise the IP holder of those DLCS might get mad at Sigh-on-ix for short changing them , also I think it has to do with renewing the IP
I just watched this video (yes 8 months after it got released) on my other account and i got on this account just to comment this, i was suprised to see my clip at 0:55 lmao, when i was recording the video i couldnt be bothered to line them up and i used the first clips i got and thats why they arent lined up, yeah sorry for anyone that has ocd, i just want to say that i love your Rocket Sledge videos and keep up the good work
Rocket league voice chat brings back so much nostalgia of 2017 and 2018 hearing that one kid every few game that had what sounded like the whole kitchen falling over was so fun
I think camera shake as default makes sense for the game; it's an arcade-y style game that people play for fun (mostly) and camera shake is a feature which helps juice up the game and makes it feel more impactful. People only turn it off when they want to start taking the game more seriously. The game probably feels more alive/impactful with camera shake on, but given the opportunity people will optimise the fun out of a game, hence they turn off all features that give more life to the game but distract from optimal gameplay (goodbye shake, bloom, weather; hello performance graphics).
The simplicity of Rocket League is the reason I’ve stayed with it for so long. I played Fortnite for several years, both because of the game itself and because of my friends however at the same time I was playing Rocket League (not nearly as much as Fortnite though) and I even got my friends to play Rocket League with me. We gradually started playing more and there was a point when that’s all we played. But the simplicity of the game is what got my friends. They were so used to an always changing game that playing a game that stayed the same for years on end became boring and 1 by 1 they started going back to Fortnite, my final friend and I ended around gold 3 (we weren’t very good) and I still have a message from the last time I asked him to run some 2s. I had asked him a lot recently and he kept making up excuses so finally I said “do you not like the game anymore” which he replied “yes.” After that I solo qued for a few weeks maybe even a month until I found my new teammate and after 5 months we’re both diamond 2 in 2s. I know I kinda just said a lot of stuff most of which was pointless but I guess what I’m trying to say is that I think the simplicity of the game is what keeps so many players with the game like me but also pushes others away like my friends.
I definitely agree with that. I’m a busy person so there are times in my life where I don’t get to do a lot of gaming and it seems like other games with changing metas like Hearthstone, League of Legends, etc are overwhelming to get back into if you take large breaks or start late. Rocket League on the other hand, I have the comfort of still knowing the best strats if I have to take a break for a few weeks because of life. Edit: Plus I feel like its esports scene is the most welcoming to nonplayers too. When NBC Sports televised a tournament one time I had my dad and mom watching it and they were able to enjoy it because everyone knows the rules of soccer. Other games it seems like you have to play it a bit to even understand the slightest bit what professionals are doing
THIS is how a sponsor spot should look like. quick and somewhat catchy through humor, not this ever repeating 2 minute long bullshit you see in literally EVERY other video and that makes you immediately fast forward. props for that 👌
I think youve forgot about unique hitboxes.. i was sad when they standardized em.. had so much fun with different hitboxes each car truly felt different
Camera shake is pretty cool visually - it makes the ball feel like it has weight and forces you to feel it. It's terrible from a mechanical player standpoint, but the awe is real. It's the difference between immersion and total control.
The thing about rocket league "not changing" is that it is changed by the players. Look at early rlcs vs now, the amount of new mechanics players have learned and adopted as normal have completely changed how the game plays.
weirdest decision: quick play button feature that took too long: see through goal posts what we still need: better ways to organise the hundreds of cosmetic items they give us. Bugged/ resetting filters are still a thing
3:12 Prediction came through via haunted hollows 2021 where the DeLorean was for sale for a day while the boatmobiles where available throughout the whole event.
You mentioned Rocket Labs and putting those maps in casual for a short time, but not that Mutators had its own casual playmode for a very short time. It was really fun, but nothing cleared a server faster than that one with the random slow mo.
You're been subscribed for a year and you're word for word quoting my Rocket League Year 1 Documentary. Either you are remember that part or you didn't watch it and I am both disappointed but also happy to find someone who remembers the old days too.
People always seem to know or remember but there is no proof. Like I showed in the footage, there was no visual points given for individual demos. 7 has always given 20 though. I have since found old reddit comments during season 1 where people asked devs why demos didnt give points and the devs responded. So I think it's pretty clear that points per demo was never a thing. I have played since launch myself and always went for demos so I also have my personal experience to fall back on. One other test you could do (which I didnt bother) is go back to old replays and watch the scoreboard as people get demos. Anything that gave points (even if it has since been changed) will update the score board as it happens.
LoL. It wasn't in effect when I dropped the video but TH-cam had told us it was coming soon. In reality though this is a video that was conceived, written, edited and released in only 4 days. I dont think I could have made it longer than this. My channel had two bad releases in a row at the time and I was trying to bring it back to life. Fortunately this vid did help a lot.
I respect you tenfold now for not begging for a sub at the beginning of the video, but rather asking nicely at the end. You let me watch, and see if I actually enjoyed the content before subbing. Big ups g. That’s how it should be
Rocket Sledge it’s a personal thing I guess. This was the first video I watched, so it felt like a gentle reminder “hey, you’re still here this late in the vid, if you enjoy please drop a sub” feels better than hearing the usual tag lines 20 seconds in.
There have been changes to rocket league, in the past there were small uodates to ball physics, and then there was an update that made all the cars the same turn radious and then the one that made 3 car hitbix type "octane" "dominus" "merc" while other cars look different their hitboxes are equal to one of the 3 cars since that patch, when in the past all cars had different hitboxes. There have bee changes just nothing insane or really noticeable more to make the playing field more even and comp driven
Yea I wouldn't classify those under the "why" category though. Most made sense to the playerbase, even the hitbox one had a understandable purpose. The fact that people still just use the same cars makes it look like the change was pointless but I get what they were trying to do.
I'm thinking that when Epic Games bought Psyonix, they were preparing to move over the the Epic Games Store. I remember they mentioned something about moving it over once, and haven't heard anything since.
@@user-qz4bn2ui5t No. Years ago Psyonix did a hitbox standardization to try to combat that exact problem you are talking about. The cars are divided into 6 hitboxes. You can see the list here: support.rocketleague.com/hc/en-us/articles/360029832054-Rocket-League-Car-Hitboxes
I don't know if it would exactly be called a feature, but I feel like Psyonix making Rumble, Dropshot, Snowday, and Hoops ranked exclusive was a bit of a hit to the casual audience of the game, definitely a weird decision on their part, deciding to alter instead of add to the available modes shouldn't really be done to that extent. I have a couple of friends who play the game casually from time to time, the most fun they have is in private match rumble since doing it in ranked just isn't an atmosphere that they are interested in, especially if I'm partied up with them and they're forced to play with much higher ranked players. I think it's definitely a needed change to make them casual playlists alongside being available as ranked if they ever do decide to go free to play, possibly even doing this before that happens (if it does).
It was hard to get games in those modes before. Casual tends to be full of people who leave after the first goal. Making them ranked made them actually playable.
Gotta agree with hah there. Yes, some people might play those modes a tad more tryhard now, but at least they stay longer and you're not left with a bunch of bots. Also the general skill level in those modes has increased I feel, which I'd also count as a positive. I think to make them ranked was the right thing to do to keep them relevant.
I agree, and also maybe remove the throwback stadium map from the rotation? Myself and all my friends absolutely despise that map, to the point that we don’t even try to win, and it seems like we play it every other game sometimes.
I've always wondered why you can't just press a button in custom training to decide when the ball starts it's trajectory. This would help immensely for freestyle practice...
I used to get all my points from demo-ing in order to steal MVP back in 2015, it was 50 points per demo. I don't know what season that was, but it clearly was in the game back then.
As I showed in the video: Points for individual demos was never in the game (I have also played since launch). You may be thinking of 20 point exterminations (for 7 demos).
I can assure you that they do not. That chart I show at 6:03 is from the Rocket League wiki and is for stats that had their points removed from the game. It's true it will indicate that you got a bicycle kick but there is no points. You are also correct that some stats (that both do or don't give points) may not appear on screen if you don't have the settings turned on. Extermination is one of those stats actually.
I’d like to see Standard playlist numbers if they gave Consols access to workshops and creative maps. Or made an extra mode that was worth playing..... and then leave it in the game for more than two days.
i know for a fact the demolitions used to give points, two points to be exact. i was surprised one day to play and find out that my demos gave me nothing.
Which is why I put a lot of time into researching this. To me it was a myth that just keeps getting passed around while there seemed to exist no picture, video, or article to back it up. Instead everyone who mentions it just seems to remember a different point value. As I have played since 2015 and was big into demos from launch, I am pretty confident they have never given points but I am also able to back up that claim with evidence. First by watching the scoreboard in old replays (that go all the way back to launch) to show that no points are awarded for demolitions. Then by going through the additional alpha and beta footage (as shown in this video). Thus I would expect to see something more than a memory to counter what I said here. I am curious though during what season/year did you remember demolitions giving points?
@@Rocket_Sledge Well this was a while back when I first started playing, must've been around season one or two. Unfortunately, I cannot give any replay files or any recordings as I was on console back then. I now play on pc.
i kind kf want to see an open world like mode added to rl, i dont think it would fit the game style that much but i think going full speed down a runway with an octane would be fun
How does it feel to not have enough mechanical skill to perform a game mechanic invented by a gold? I've always wanted to ask you that, seeing as how you're a legend
Lol I'm lucky i got the Nissan skyline, butt they're making the game free this summer and if you bought it before they make it free you will get some of the dlc cars. Not alot of them though.
Tbh i hate people that use team chat for saying things like nice shot because then when i say thanks in normal chat the other team thinks im a psychopath
I think it's called luster. Sadly, from what i found out, it was a twitch drop - not obtainable now. You can always try out future shock or luster edge. It looks kinda similar.
The worst decision was actually when they removed the rocket labs from competitive, I was slapping noob checks the whole week when those maps were out. Not to mention they are just way cooler and more fun to play on.
Rocket Labs maps were never in competitive, just a week in the Casual playlist as I stated in the video. There were 3 non-standard maps in competitive (Wasteland, Neo Tokyo, Starbase) that were there for over a year though.
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Im already subbed 🤗. So ima like it instead 👍
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Yet what you didn't know then, DLC will be free!!!
@@louisdardare5149 not the DLC I'm referring to in this video or people care about. Rocket League *branded* DLC like the Vulcan or Esper. The licensed DLC will never be given for free, but as I said in the video I'm pretty sure we'll see them in the shop eventually.
Rocket Sledge ohhhh. Thanks! I thought be were gonna get the cars :(
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Rocket Sledge: "If your'e still here you might wanna think about hitting that sub button"
Me: "Sure", *proceeds to unsub*
I've made a huge mistake.
@@Rocket_Sledge and it was at this moment he knew he FU**ED UP.
@@Rocket_Sledge love the content my man keep going !!
xD
damn bro
As someone in twitch said: the weirdest feature of all is having cars playing soccer with a giant ball. Who came up with that? Great video! ❤️
IIRC the original dev team started with cars, because that's what they thought were good at. First was car 'sumo' game, where you throw others off a platform to win. That apparently evolved into SARPBC, the predecessor of RL.
So the concept alone is certainly whack, but it was a natural progression of devs' skills and hobbies.
Filip Kraus, true, I would like to to play some sumo maps like that but can’t cos I play console
One thing that annoys the hell out of me is that there is no setting for your Club car. When playing a game where it's Club vs Club, you get the wheels, boost, etc of orange or blue. Let us edit our Club color car separately from our orange and blue cars
Agreed. I dont use club color features for that exact reason.
I think the entire club system was a weird addition to begin with. The only actual value it adds is having clan tags everything else is never used and was a waste of time developing
Also let me actually view what my club is and what settings it as if I'm not the owner.
Why did they add clubs the clan tags were the only thing useful from it
@@killertigergaming6762 team morale/cohesion
Weirdest Rocket League feature: Solo Standard still exists.
Actually that's not a bad one for today. But I tried to keep away from things that had very obvious intentions for this list. Back in the early days when there was less modes solo standard actually was something you did when you didn't have a team for standard, I used to play a decent amount of it myself.
Rocket Sledge it was a joke you don’t have to write a paragraph lmao
@@Rocket_Sledge
Yeah, I used to play it a bunch too, to avoid the parties when my friends were offline.
Since the number of people queuing it has dwindled to basically nothing, I've been of the mind that it should be replaced with a Pot-Luck playlist, randomly selecting from a bank of extra modes including unranked Rumble, Hoops and Dropshot along with Heatseeker, Spike Rush, that "Spooky" floating ball one from a couple of years back etc etc. I can't see the logic in keeping Solo Standard around any more.
@@BunniMonster Switch regular standard to team only and solo standard comes back to life. Also no more miss-matched 2 player groups in 3s.
I dont know why no one ques for solo standard. I barely ever play with friends and usually better without them. And I would want a challenge to play with randos
But no ones queuing for it soooo
I miss the wackiness of the Rocket Labs maps. They need their own playlist again.
Yeah rocket labs maps were fun. Maybe they should never be in competitive because some people rage at them, but they were fun for a lot of people, should certainly have their own playlist at least.
labs r in rumble Playlist
sorry to tell you that so late
I like the labs maps. Maybe there should be a casual non-standard map playlist! I know lots of creators make maps for multiplayer, but the state it's in is kinda difficult to actually use. It would be awesome to queue in community maps or have the labs maps finished.
weird feature: half of the cars that are available
Weird items is a video I actually have planned for but I didn't think to include cars. Good idea!
@@Rocket_Sledge that idea would be nice, cause there sure are some wierd cars
Love ur vids btw
cough cough scarab
Connor Wallace Don’t diss lord Scarab
I'm on board with all the early cars that nobody uses. Starting with the Merc and Scarab that everyone complains are joke cars but also the Backfire (plus its brother the Boneshaker), the Aftershock, the Triton, the Grog, there are so many other cars people should be using. They're interesting, they're ridiculous, they've got more personality than the dumb "meta" cars everyone uses. The recent trend of stylised sport/super/hypercars is quite boring because they are largely all minor variations of the same theme and I'm starting to struggle to tell them apart at a glance.
I wish people would use more cars but they're all being cool people in the cool people club which means you can only drive a slightly goofy RC buggy, or more recently a kinda squarish hatchback thing that the pros begrudgingly started to move to, and nothing else. People who are too cool for the cool people club have always used the Dominus or the Batmobile and while I am sick of the sight of those cars it's for different reasons that I'm sure people already appreciate themselves.
I actually remember being confused out on why I couldn’t find the “experimental” maps in games anymore. Bummer.
Some do appear in the Rumble playlist though.
Videos FluuMP wishes he thought of first.
It is part of that playlist and uses the same intro music as those videos, I just stopped using that title after 3 videos because it seemed like the joke was done.
Weird Feature: The Featured Training Packs literally are all Powershots... There is no variety, why?
I don’t know exactly how it works, but they rotate the featured maps every so often, and they typically stick to a theme.
I feel u but that’s what browse is for, there is plenty of variety on the internet featuring codes to type in for good ones
Go check browse
Is there any reason why a party mode free play hasn't been implemented? Seems like an obvious one and a change that would be easy to implement?
Nice video Sledge!
Or you could do an infinite private match basic settings?
@@cloupzy3947 can queue for a public match in a private match?
The reason is because free play is offline and if u wanna play with someone you you need to have a server and stuff like that... at that point it is literally the exact same as a private match
@@oscarr0_794 isn't this essentially what happens in casual when there aren't enough players?
@@Sattelight897 yeah but usually only stays in that for about up to a minute unless you're like 5000 mmr and in oce servers. You also dont have unlimited boost and cant score at all
Personally, I think they should add the Rocket Labs back into Casual, but with a lower chance of occurring. Labs in competitive is a bad idea, but since there's no actual penalty for losing in Casual, I think it would be fun to play the Labs map with other players outside of rumble
another weird fact: Psyonix changed the boost amount at the kickoff from 34 boost to 33. The reason is because the game now rounds down instead of up, and you always start with a third of your boost meter (33.333 repeating infinitely.) just a cool little thing
This fact is actually appearing in my next video!
@@Rocket_Sledge eyyyyy
The RL feature I miss most was non standard maps in ranked like old Tokyo, Arctagon, and Wastelands. People hated them so much that I could feed off their frustration and win a lot. Plus I just loved how Wasteland had funnels into the goals so it always made it really high scoring and exciting
Weirdest feature in rocket league: Moaning crowds
lol that is good one!
Or that they added a woman on the farm map that screams “THAT KIDS GOT GUMPTION” every 5 seconds
Weirdest feature: deciding to standardize hitboxes so there are only 5 cars in the game
I agree. I get that if they had to do a unique hit box for every car it'd take way longer to make them and there'd be significantly less cars, but if they're going to do it the way they are then i feel like there should be even more cars at this point.
The reason they did this is so the game isn’t pay to win. Buying new cars could give you an advantage if it hit slightly better or carried the ball cleaner. If the new cars are purely cosmetic, everyone is happy. It ain’t about the effort as that is very minimal at the rate they introduce new cars, especially with the 100+ people working at psyonix.
@@TheRealFlyingAnt that's true, i think all cars should be free like it is on xbox. Only decals/tires should cost money imo
@@TheRealFlyingAnt the cars were a dollar each though, I don't see how that's entirely a problem, as someone would've brought out a video on all the cars specs as they have in the past to inform people before buying a dlc car. But even still the game is going free to play so I just hope they revert those changes
Plus. True, it’s only a dollar, but prices could change. Atleast it’s not like bo3 where you had to pay hundreds of dollars to have a chance of getting a new gun out of a loot crate. That was the scummiest shit ive ever seen
This has been a trip down memory lane.
I remember instant leaving everytime rocket labs maps came 😅
I'm just glad they still count exterms even if they don't advertise them any more
Turn on "all stats" and you can see them again.
@@Rocket_Sledge 🤯
@@RetTheEditor demo noob
@@Woodyyyy look at that name, you must be a sunless fan
Now I have the same problem with the anniversary map in rumble. I hate this map. But it is even worse, because rumble is now competitive and you can't leave. Longest 5 minutes of my life, every single time...
The DLC one does actually make sense to me. The only ones that haven't been added are ones that are licensed items like the batmobile, fast and furious stuff etc. so it's very likely that the licensing deal does not reflect the item shop model so the terms have to be renegotiated.
Yep, agreed.
I still want the skyline .....
lol, Meaning we can only get cars like scareb in item shop xD poor psyonix, why don't they just make a new tab "ITEM SHOP/ESPORTS/DLC" ez af
@@sandeep_draws I also think it's cause the item shop is so overpriced at some times, the DLC stuff sold for 2.00$ max, I don't think it wold flow well for Sigh-on-ix point of view to have the item shop have everything overpriced and have the DLC sell for 2.00$ , cause business wise the IP holder of those DLCS might get mad at Sigh-on-ix for short changing them , also I think it has to do with renewing the IP
@@SPIDEYMODS616 I see someone was paying attention to the video. 😏
I wish they would offer more color options to vehicles. They might as well stop adding antennas also, never see anyone use them
Flags is the only cool things for the antennas wish they can add rocket league TH-camr flags
I have the calculator antenna on at all times
I just watched this video (yes 8 months after it got released) on my other account and i got on this account just to comment this, i was suprised to see my clip at 0:55 lmao, when i was recording the video i couldnt be bothered to line them up and i used the first clips i got and thats why they arent lined up, yeah sorry for anyone that has ocd, i just want to say that i love your Rocket Sledge videos and keep up the good work
Thank you!
Rocket league voice chat brings back so much nostalgia of 2017 and 2018 hearing that one kid every few game that had what sounded like the whole kitchen falling over was so fun
2:43 sad thing is i lost my mclaren for some reason
I think camera shake as default makes sense for the game; it's an arcade-y style game that people play for fun (mostly) and camera shake is a feature which helps juice up the game and makes it feel more impactful. People only turn it off when they want to start taking the game more seriously. The game probably feels more alive/impactful with camera shake on, but given the opportunity people will optimise the fun out of a game, hence they turn off all features that give more life to the game but distract from optimal gameplay (goodbye shake, bloom, weather; hello performance graphics).
Good points. Weather is one thing I always leave on no matter what. Love the rain and snow effects.
The simplicity of Rocket League is the reason I’ve stayed with it for so long. I played Fortnite for several years, both because of the game itself and because of my friends however at the same time I was playing Rocket League (not nearly as much as Fortnite though) and I even got my friends to play Rocket League with me. We gradually started playing more and there was a point when that’s all we played. But the simplicity of the game is what got my friends. They were so used to an always changing game that playing a game that stayed the same for years on end became boring and 1 by 1 they started going back to Fortnite, my final friend and I ended around gold 3 (we weren’t very good) and I still have a message from the last time I asked him to run some 2s. I had asked him a lot recently and he kept making up excuses so finally I said “do you not like the game anymore” which he replied “yes.” After that I solo qued for a few weeks maybe even a month until I found my new teammate and after 5 months we’re both diamond 2 in 2s. I know I kinda just said a lot of stuff most of which was pointless but I guess what I’m trying to say is that I think the simplicity of the game is what keeps so many players with the game like me but also pushes others away like my friends.
I definitely agree with that. I’m a busy person so there are times in my life where I don’t get to do a lot of gaming and it seems like other games with changing metas like Hearthstone, League of Legends, etc are overwhelming to get back into if you take large breaks or start late. Rocket League on the other hand, I have the comfort of still knowing the best strats if I have to take a break for a few weeks because of life.
Edit: Plus I feel like its esports scene is the most welcoming to nonplayers too. When NBC Sports televised a tournament one time I had my dad and mom watching it and they were able to enjoy it because everyone knows the rules of soccer. Other games it seems like you have to play it a bit to even understand the slightest bit what professionals are doing
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THIS is how a sponsor spot should look like. quick and somewhat catchy through humor, not this ever repeating 2 minute long bullshit you see in literally EVERY other video and that makes you immediately fast forward. props for that 👌
you forgot to talk about wasteland 1rst iteration and octogone in ranked
as soon as I heard "This video is sponsored by Ra..." I was about to skip glad I didn't the raid dude with racon earbuds cracked me up
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i remember playing rocket labs back in 2016
I completely lost my batmobile when the update came out, psyonix just stole £2.59 (I think)from me
Might want to check your archived items or file a ticket with Rocket League help.
Really? I used to main Nintendo Switch and I still have all the Dlc cars that I bought. I bought almost all of them and they were all still there.
I think youve forgot about unique hitboxes.. i was sad when they standardized em.. had so much fun with different hitboxes each car truly felt different
Camera shake is pretty cool visually - it makes the ball feel like it has weight and forces you to feel it. It's terrible from a mechanical player standpoint, but the awe is real. It's the difference between immersion and total control.
The thing about rocket league "not changing" is that it is changed by the players. Look at early rlcs vs now, the amount of new mechanics players have learned and adopted as normal have completely changed how the game plays.
Good point. The only thing that's static is the programmed rules, we can still find new things to do within them.
weirdest decision: quick play button
feature that took too long: see through goal posts
what we still need: better ways to organise the hundreds of cosmetic items they give us. Bugged/ resetting filters are still a thing
Nobody gonna talk about when the old neo tokyo map was in RANKED? Been playing since 2015 and still think that is the dumbest thing they ever did
ikr i hated playing on that map in ranked gamemodes i glad that they removed it from the normal ranked gamemodes
The one that has urked me was the car hit box change where the went from individual unique car hit box's to preset categories
I actually liked the rocket labs. They should put them back in as an extra game mode
3:12 Prediction came through via haunted hollows 2021 where the DeLorean was for sale for a day while the boatmobiles where available throughout the whole event.
Almost every DLC has come back in some form. At at a higher cost too. I knew what I was talking about. ;)
You mentioned Rocket Labs and putting those maps in casual for a short time, but not that Mutators had its own casual playmode for a very short time. It was really fun, but nothing cleared a server faster than that one with the random slow mo.
You're been subscribed for a year and you're word for word quoting my Rocket League Year 1 Documentary. Either you are remember that part or you didn't watch it and I am both disappointed but also happy to find someone who remembers the old days too.
I love Raycon Shadow Legends
I KNOW that demo's gave points after the beta. In 2016 or 2017 demo's still gave points. And then an extra 50 or 20 for getting 7 in the same match
People always seem to know or remember but there is no proof. Like I showed in the footage, there was no visual points given for individual demos. 7 has always given 20 though.
I have since found old reddit comments during season 1 where people asked devs why demos didnt give points and the devs responded. So I think it's pretty clear that points per demo was never a thing. I have played since launch myself and always went for demos so I also have my personal experience to fall back on.
One other test you could do (which I didnt bother) is go back to old replays and watch the scoreboard as people get demos. Anything that gave points (even if it has since been changed) will update the score board as it happens.
He was making 8 min videos before the monitization was changed. Hes a visionary
LoL. It wasn't in effect when I dropped the video but TH-cam had told us it was coming soon. In reality though this is a video that was conceived, written, edited and released in only 4 days. I dont think I could have made it longer than this. My channel had two bad releases in a row at the time and I was trying to bring it back to life. Fortunately this vid did help a lot.
Lmao I didn't expect u to reply
I respect you tenfold now for not begging for a sub at the beginning of the video, but rather asking nicely at the end. You let me watch, and see if I actually enjoyed the content before subbing. Big ups g. That’s how it should be
The thing is, those early sub call-outs work so I don't think it's right to hate on those. Maybe I'd be more successful if I did it.
Rocket Sledge it’s a personal thing I guess. This was the first video I watched, so it felt like a gentle reminder “hey, you’re still here this late in the vid, if you enjoy please drop a sub” feels better than hearing the usual tag lines 20 seconds in.
There have been changes to rocket league, in the past there were small uodates to ball physics, and then there was an update that made all the cars the same turn radious and then the one that made 3 car hitbix type "octane" "dominus" "merc" while other cars look different their hitboxes are equal to one of the 3 cars since that patch, when in the past all cars had different hitboxes. There have bee changes just nothing insane or really noticeable more to make the playing field more even and comp driven
Yea I wouldn't classify those under the "why" category though. Most made sense to the playerbase, even the hitbox one had a understandable purpose. The fact that people still just use the same cars makes it look like the change was pointless but I get what they were trying to do.
8: Changing the player count number to bad great and amazing or something I don't even check it now
ngl i thought this actually was a fluump video when i first saw it lol. definitely one he'll wish he thought of first
Great video the amount of research put into your videos is amazing😊
Thank you so much!
Ya no problem I respect that amount of work that goes into each video. And also each video is amazing great job
Underrated TH-camr subbed
Would be interesting to get some of the Devs/psyonix team to speak about some of these and answer general player questions in a video.
I actually think the bad voice chat quality is quite funny to listen to sometimes it doesn’t happen often tho
I found rocket labs fun for awhile it would have been fine if they kept it just in the extra modes thing beside rumble
The peregrine tt and the Vulcan are my faves but they are still a bit weird...
I'm thinking that when Epic Games bought Psyonix, they were preparing to move over the the Epic Games Store. I remember they mentioned something about moving it over once, and haven't heard anything since.
It's coming, I believe it will be part of a free to play update which might be taking awhile to fully develope
Forgot to mention I'm talking about the DLC being pulled
Camera shake: *H E Y*
Hey I love ur style of view keep on the good work also nice take on the ‘shadow legends’ sponsor
I wish that every car had for example 1 of 4 possible hit boxes so there would a wider variety of vehicles instead of everyone using the octane.
Did you know there is currently 28 cars that have an octane hitbox? I think this "problem" of people using the octane isn't really fixable.
@@Rocket_Sledge Really? Are they all DLCs or something? I only knew about the Fennec and one other.
@@user-qz4bn2ui5t No. Years ago Psyonix did a hitbox standardization to try to combat that exact problem you are talking about. The cars are divided into 6 hitboxes. You can see the list here: support.rocketleague.com/hc/en-us/articles/360029832054-Rocket-League-Car-Hitboxes
@@Rocket_Sledge ok cool thanks
I don't know if it would exactly be called a feature, but I feel like Psyonix making Rumble, Dropshot, Snowday, and Hoops ranked exclusive was a bit of a hit to the casual audience of the game, definitely a weird decision on their part, deciding to alter instead of add to the available modes shouldn't really be done to that extent.
I have a couple of friends who play the game casually from time to time, the most fun they have is in private match rumble since doing it in ranked just isn't an atmosphere that they are interested in, especially if I'm partied up with them and they're forced to play with much higher ranked players. I think it's definitely a needed change to make them casual playlists alongside being available as ranked if they ever do decide to go free to play, possibly even doing this before that happens (if it does).
It was hard to get games in those modes before. Casual tends to be full of people who leave after the first goal. Making them ranked made them actually playable.
Gotta agree with hah there. Yes, some people might play those modes a tad more tryhard now, but at least they stay longer and you're not left with a bunch of bots. Also the general skill level in those modes has increased I feel, which I'd also count as a positive. I think to make them ranked was the right thing to do to keep them relevant.
I would rather have both
I agree, and also maybe remove the throwback stadium map from the rotation? Myself and all my friends absolutely despise that map, to the point that we don’t even try to win, and it seems like we play it every other game sometimes.
Never changing is what made Quake3 the most competitive FPS for a long time. Until they tried to change it.
I've always wondered why you can't just press a button in custom training to decide when the ball starts it's trajectory. This would help immensely for freestyle practice...
I used to get all my points from demo-ing in order to steal MVP back in 2015, it was 50 points per demo. I don't know what season that was, but it clearly was in the game back then.
As I showed in the video: Points for individual demos was never in the game (I have also played since launch). You may be thinking of 20 point exterminations (for 7 demos).
i kinda enjoyed Rocket Labs since it was a way to spice up gameplay and i wish they could make a playlist for it
What about that one featuere that lets you turn your replays into edited versions like black and white?
That feature is amazing for creators like me, and montage editors. I don't see how that would make the "why" list.
Oppoment: *barely taps me*
My car: 0:01
I'm fairly certain you still get points for bicycle hits and maybe even aerials, it just doesn't show up on screen unless you change the settings.
I can assure you that they do not. That chart I show at 6:03 is from the Rocket League wiki and is for stats that had their points removed from the game. It's true it will indicate that you got a bicycle kick but there is no points. You are also correct that some stats (that both do or don't give points) may not appear on screen if you don't have the settings turned on. Extermination is one of those stats actually.
@@Rocket_Sledge Ah, okay.
I miss so much the mode where the goal isn't in the wall in don't no the name of it anymore but is was way more fun.
Weird features that are missing. Anything in game to teach teamwork in a team based game and punishing teammates for not playing as a teammate
The Current tier feature...I win 3 games in a row and then current tier on all of them and and then i lose one i get demoted/division downed
The math checks out on how divisions work. It's not broken, but the overlap between ranks can be a little confusing.
fun fact: rocket labs maps are still in rumble (:
Heres 1 wierd youtube thing
How does sledge doesnt have more than 100k subs
I need a bigger youtuber to make a video about that. ;)
Haha XD
Tbh I don't really care about the prices of the DLC when they return I just want them to return! It's been ages since the showroom disappeared!
my biggest question is.. what happened to the epic launch late -19 ?
They are going Free to play during the summer sometime and that's when they are launching it on Epic Games I believe.
The way I see it, ramming a ball full speed should make your screen shake a bit, just to make it feel like you’re hitting the ball harder
No
I’d like to see Standard playlist numbers if they gave Consols access to workshops and creative maps. Or made an extra mode that was worth playing..... and then leave it in the game for more than two days.
Weird Rocket League feature: Octane hasn’t been nerfed yet
for limited time in casual playlists rl labs is on like galleon and corridor
i know for a fact the demolitions used to give points, two points to be exact. i was surprised one day to play and find out that my demos gave me nothing.
Which is why I put a lot of time into researching this. To me it was a myth that just keeps getting passed around while there seemed to exist no picture, video, or article to back it up. Instead everyone who mentions it just seems to remember a different point value.
As I have played since 2015 and was big into demos from launch, I am pretty confident they have never given points but I am also able to back up that claim with evidence. First by watching the scoreboard in old replays (that go all the way back to launch) to show that no points are awarded for demolitions. Then by going through the additional alpha and beta footage (as shown in this video). Thus I would expect to see something more than a memory to counter what I said here.
I am curious though during what season/year did you remember demolitions giving points?
@@Rocket_Sledge Well this was a while back when I first started playing, must've been around season one or two. Unfortunately, I cannot give any replay files or any recordings as I was on console back then. I now play on pc.
Great video and easy to consume. Underrated channel imo, deserve 500k+
Maybe one day! thanks man!
You under estimating how good this man's content is. I dont see how he is so far behind Musty and Sunless.
I remembered buying the batmobile and all the og hotwheels cars for a few dollars
i kind kf want to see an open world like mode added to rl, i dont think it would fit the game style that much but i think going full speed down a runway with an octane would be fun
It would be cool if you could make your own custom quick chat
You forgot about the weird feature that is epic games
How does it feel to not have enough mechanical skill to perform a game mechanic invented by a gold? I've always wanted to ask you that, seeing as how you're a legend
Honestly I think one of the worst decisions was getting rid of crates and keys and adding credits and blueprints
I can’t grapple why the dlc was removed. For scarabs sake I just want fast 4WD and Nissan.
Lol I'm lucky i got the Nissan skyline, butt they're making the game free this summer and if you bought it before they make it free you will get some of the dlc cars. Not alot of them though.
It was something to do with how cheap they would be compared to the cars that cost credits 2$ doesnt =7$
Tbh i hate people that use team chat for saying things like nice shot because then when i say thanks in normal chat the other team thinks im a psychopath
I think the labs maps appeared too frequently (at all :p)
I actually loved rocket labs. T gave a fun twist to the base game. But I wish the kept it as a special gamemode
Making extra modes ranked I've never understood that move
Does anyone know what the decal is at 6:19? I really really like it but I got no idea what it is called
I think it's called luster. Sadly, from what i found out, it was a twitch drop - not obtainable now. You can always try out future shock or luster edge. It looks kinda similar.
6:40 jstn keeps it alive
The worst decision was actually when they removed the rocket labs from competitive, I was slapping noob checks the whole week when those maps were out. Not to mention they are just way cooler and more fun to play on.
Rocket Labs maps were never in competitive, just a week in the Casual playlist as I stated in the video. There were 3 non-standard maps in competitive (Wasteland, Neo Tokyo, Starbase) that were there for over a year though.
Rocket Sledge that’s what I was supposed to say, my bad. Doesn’t change the fact that I’d love to play Utopia Retro on any online mode :(
Current RL Strange Feature: Normalized version of Starbase ARC is removed
The server status being changed from actual numbers to just “good” “great” and “poor”
Weirdest feature: rocket sledge loves to demo
What is the name of the decal at 6:07 I can't find it pls help:)
Sameeeeee
Mandella effect, demos used to give 50 points
I liked that they removed the dlc cars, it makes them cooler to be wanted
Is this what Sledge sounds at 1.5x playback speed?
I'm trying to work on having a little more energetic voice overs.
@@Rocket_Sledge Yeah, I remember you mentioned it in the video where you watched old clips. ;)
when I was knew I used voice chat for 5 months until I realised the other team could hear me and thats why we lost most our matches :/
Well said rocket sledge i agree with everything u said