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[–] 9tr6gyp3 89 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Im a top 1% player in Rocket League after playing for 4500 hours. The skill gap between me and the best players in the game is the same gap as between me and a brand new player.

But i will still beat 99% of the game's population.

[–] Contramuffin 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Same for me, but with Tetris. I'm not the best, but I'm confident I can handedly beat the vast majority of the population. I spent most of my lockdown days just doing Tetris.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Similar on Splatoon. Before the recent rank reset I was S+6, it blows my mind that people go up to like S+20. But when the season ends, all the S+x ratings reset to S rank, and playing with normal S rank people recently reminded me of that.

[–] Cris_Color 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was literally just about so say same for splatoon, I just hit my highest elo ever and I'm really proud of myself 🥺

Do you play much x rank? I'm surprised to see someone refrencing their anarchy rank as opposed to x power

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I don't do too much X rank, I mostly stick to anarchy. Though I do jump into the occasional X game when I'm feeling masochistic.

My main goal really is to master as many kits as I can and to learn their roles, and X games are not the tier for experimentation. Anarchy is a bit more lenient.

[–] Cris_Color 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Gotcha, I can see why you'd be more into anarchy then. Congrats on S+6 ☺️

[–] SpaceNoodle 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Did you mean "handily?" Or "single-handedly," implying some sort of Teamtris?

[–] Contramuffin 4 points 2 months ago

Yup, thanks! I was trying to figure out which word I was thinking of. I must have malaphored myself

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Yeah same, but with like 2K hours. At some point I was Grand Champion 1 or something. I could probably win against 2 noobs without me using jump and boost, but in the few moments I played against pros I got equally clapped. It's insane to me how much better pro players are.

After Epic bought it the whole game slowly went to shit though. Psyonix once treated the game and its community as their baby, but it just became a soulless money printer without any decent innovation. So I barely play anymore, even though the core game is ultimately still fun.

[–] Suck_on_my_Presence 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

As an 800 hour player that has to put the game down because of competitiveness making me a curmudgeon -- Wow, gotta say. That's so much work.

Did you use the practice modes to get to be that level or did it just come to you during play?

[–] 9tr6gyp3 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
  • Tons of freeplay
  • Tons of mods/workshop map
  • Ive had some coaching
  • And I also play in an amateur league

As long as you always play to improve, watch videos to keep up on mechanics/metas, and just immerse yourself in the game, you'll always climb up. If you play at least 2 hours a day, you'll be insane before you know it.

But in the spirit of this post, you could spend your time doing something so much more productive than a video game lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Played 932h (around 900h actual playtime) and almost exclusively played ranked or rumble/dropshot but never casual.
Best rank was Diamond 2 or 1 not sure anymore.
Played it only on keyboard. No controller ever used. Gave it up as a sort of protest against the buyout and never went back.