Is it just me, or do lobbies feel WAY sweatier on Wednesdays? It's like that's when the smurfs come out to play. People are also even more toxic than usual. I usually just don't play on Wednesdays to avoid the bad vibes.

Nobody is really engaging here, so I figured I'd talk about my experience with Rocket League and see if any of you have similar or wildly different stories.

I started playing when it went F2P during COVID. I tried on Switch and my shitty old laptop, but moved to PS4 with my friends, and PS5 later when I got one.

I'm now in my mid to late 30s, mostly playing with friends over some drinks and catching up on how family or work or whatever is going. I watch some YouTube content here and there, and play solo sometimes too, but it's all for fun. I'd like to get a little better, but I'd be happy to hit champ. I've come close, but as I get better, the threshold gets higher. People are hitting flip resets and double taps and shit in diamond, but it wasn't that long ago that diamonds weren't even jumping for most stuff lol.

My buddy and I just won a diamond 2s tournament while slamming some beers, and that felt great. Probably the best individual and team play from us both, ever.

I'm loving the recent additions. I know people are butthurt about losing their mod, but it fixed the cheating problem for a much longer time than I was expecting, and they improved the experience for console peasants like me. I'm cautiously optimistic about the move to UE6.

This is the only competitive multiplayer game I play, and it's nearly the only game I play at all anymore. I was always all about story in games or couch co-op stuff, but Rocket League just feels so different. There's nothing like pulling something off just right. Now that I have such a demanding full time job, it's hard to justify spending any time on Ubisoft slop or whatever anymore. I'd rather hang out over drinks with my friends 200 miles away and play against the middle schoolers that are down here in diamond with us lol.

What about you guys? Console or PC? Casual or obsessed? Old or young? Solo or with friends?

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/games/p/2087125/rocket-league-will-get-updated-to-unreal-engine-6-with-new-teaser-shown

Epic Games developer Psyonix has published a sneak peek at an updated version of Rocket League running in Unreal Engine 6, revealing a first look at its new logo.

Challenge seems bugged. Challenges started about 28ish hours ago at time of posting. Yet only I've received credit for only 3 out of 8 wins so far. (the other 3 are below the portion captured in the screenshot, and I'm not going back and taking another for this)

I mean if it's counting at all I'll finish before the week is over, but I haven't seen it mess up counting before.