7 weird Rocket League features that make you ask WHY? 

Im already subbed 🤗. So ima like it instead 👍

Sledge raycons are really bad and are reskins of these Chinese earbuds

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 :(

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

Some do appear in the Rumble playlist though.

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

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

This fact is actually appearing in my next video!

@@Rocket_Sledge eyyyyy

lol that is good one!

Or that they added a woman on the farm map that screams “THAT KIDS GOT GUMPTION” every 5 seconds

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

Thank you!

Flags is the only cool things for the antennas wish they can add rocket league RU-vidr flags

I have the calculator antenna on at all times

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. 😏

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...

Good points. Weather is one thing I always leave on no matter what. Love the rain and snow effects.

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 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

William Hrivnak Yup!

ikr i hated playing on that map in ranked gamemodes i glad that they removed it from the normal ranked gamemodes

LoL. It wasn't in effect when I dropped the video but RU-vid 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

Good point. The only thing that's static is the programmed rules, we can still find new things to do within them.

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

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.

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.

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.

Almost every DLC has come back in some form. At at a higher cost too. I knew what I was talking about. ;)

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.

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.

Appreciate it

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.

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.

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

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

They are going Free to play during the summer sometime and that's when they are launching it on Epic Games I believe.

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.

Sameeeeee

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).

The math checks out on how divisions work. It's not broken, but the overlap between ranks can be a little confusing.

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$

Well your second example isn't what I was suggesting at all. I said "triple jump" as in we have a double-jump now, what if we added an extra one? I guess the direction Psyonix is trying to go (and that I mostly agree with) is that this is a *sport* and for most sports standardization is important. I honestly didn't put that much thought in to my examples but was more trying to compare drastic gameplay changes that other games make and how that might compare if Psyonix did the same thing to Rocket League. As for non-standard maps? I'm not sure we'll ever get to a position that Psyonix will think that's a good move for the game especially as the esport side of it continues to grow. Perhaps as a casual feature yes, but even now the divide is too great between players that want non-standard maps and those that dont. They went through these growing pains during the first 3 seasons of the game (I have a couple videos covering that history) I highly doubt they would want to do it all again. The only way I see such variety being brought back into the game again is by them making it easier to play custom maps made by the community.

@@Rocket_Sledge I must have misheard what you said about the tripple jump! I do remember when players were salty in the lobby because they did not like the map. I think people need to realize that it's not the map that makes them bad, it's them that need to work harder to play better in the map (if they really have issuses with how the ball bounces around). Non-standardized map in ranked is a controversial idea, but I think the main issue here is that people don't like specific maps because they think that playing these maps is correlated with defeate. This doesn't seem true to me, because when you lose, somebody else wins, and it has to average out somehow. I also think that people did not like non-standard maps like neotokyo because it was less likely to appear when we queued. I think that people would have seen it more as "standardized" if there were more textured versions of the same neotokyo map. I don't think I would be satisfied with non-standard maps in unranked (or another playlist). I would want to see pros fighting in a different arena than the actual standard maps at RLCS. I think it would add an interresting aspect to the stream. That being said, and like you explained, it doesn't matter what I think; if Psyonix is too scared to make such a move, and if this idea stays controversial, they just won't do it. I don't know how this paradigm could change now if it hasn't changed for 4 years.

Do y'all write full essays often? Holy Jesus

luster its a twitch prime decal

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. ;)

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