TurtleKing62

[sosa @sosacrdbl]

people are being way too shortsighted about UE6. yes, it’ll probably arrive around 2028, but that’s missing the bigger picture entirely. the real impact is what this announcement does right now for rocket leagues future. It signals to players, orgs, investors, creators, etc that the game isn’t going anywhere. rocket league now has a confirmed long-term future, and that alone is going to drive more people to invest time, money, and effort into the ecosystem. honestly, the community just needed hope. this announcement proves epic still cares about the product, and that reassurance is massive for the health of the game. It gives players confidence that the passion they pursue everyday will still be around and thriving years from now, which makes pursuing content, esports, and other opportunities around the game feel far more sustainable. and that’s before even talking about what UE6 itself could bring feature-wise or the possibility of UE5 being used as a transition phase beforehand. for the future of rocket league, this was pretty much the best announcement we could’ve gotten. nothing else would’ve matched the hype or restored this much optimism around the game, it’s all a massive snowball effect.

[TurtleKing62 @TurtleKing62]

@IceBorgRevived @SheepRLE Goat! Appreciate it man

[TurtleKing62 @TurtleKing62]

@IceBorgRevived @SheepRLE I might be blind or dumb I cant find it 😭

[TurtleKing62 @TurtleKing62]

@SheepRLE I stg if they dont come anodized

[TurtleKing62 @TurtleKing62]

@JamaicanCocoRL @GenG Im winning fs

[TurtleKing62 @TurtleKing62]

@JamaicanCocoRL BROTHERRRRR

[TurtleKing62 @TurtleKing62]

@JamaicanCocoRL @RocketLeague SHEEESH CONGRATS!

[TurtleKing62 @TurtleKing62]

@eternalrll @JamaicanCocoRL Tell me this isnt the eternal I ran into last night...

[Wahvey @WahveyRL]

The entire level of competitive play has greatly decreased even with players trying their hardest to create ample solutions to grind (private 2s/6mans)

Players need a solution, especially with the effectiveness of anti cheat still being up for debate #RLNEEDCHANGES

[GGM1 Coconut @JamaicanCocoRL]

Streaming is unbearable unless I'm watch partying or committing myself to put in hours of free play, which isn't the most enjoyable for the average viewer.

At this point, it'd almost be more accurate to change this tag from "Multiplayer" to "Singleplayer"😭

#RLNEEDCHANGES

[v(?) @Vatira5]

Je pense qu’il est temps que les choses changent à propos de Rocket League et d’Epic Games. Je n’ai pas parlé depuis quelque temps, mais la situation du jeu est dramatique. Ce qui fait vivre Rocket League, c’est l’esport, de par son intensité, sa facilité de compréhension, mais avant tout le niveau individuel incroyable de tous les joueurs professionnels.

Vous savez où je veux en venir : bots et DDoS. Nous avons dû créer des serveurs Discord pour essayer de jouer de manière compétitive, mais ce n’est pas la solution miracle. C’est compliqué à gérer, pas facile d’accès, puis évidemment nous ne pouvons pas rassembler tous les joueurs du monde entier.

Le problème étant que le niveau global des joueurs régresse et que notre temps de jeu est divisé par deux ou par trois. Epic Games, faites quelque chose tout de suite.

À tous mes amis créateurs de contenu : ce n’est pas normal pour vous non plus d’avoir à subir ça. Les gens ne regardent plus Rocket League, les streamers perdent potentiellement leur communauté et peuvent perdre leur métier. Il est temps de réaliser que nous ne pouvons plus attendre, sinon Rocket League finira comme Rocket Racing.

Rassemblons la communauté et formons qu'un. #RLNEEDCHANGES

[TurtleKing62 @TurtleKing62]

@bog_xs @RocketLeague Welp. This didnt age well.

[TurtleKing62 @TurtleKing62]

@widoweverywhere @RocketLeague Dw im an unc too 🤣

[GGM1 Coconut @JamaicanCocoRL]

5 Years. 3,700+ Videos. 950 Streams. 1.5M+ Followers.

And today's the day I finally get recognition from Rocket League, with my own custom title in the game.

I'm excited to announce that I'll be one of the duos participating in the Rocket Rivalry event happening in Rocket League, right now.

If you want to support @GarrettG and me in our run to the Paris major, make sure to equip the "Cracked Captain" title in the item shop right now!

Thank you all for supporting me in this content journey. I truly have the best job in the world. Never in a million years did I think that this would be the result when I decided to start posting my clips to TikTok in January of 2021.

I love this game and esport more than words can describe, and I hope to keep being a great ambassador for years to come, entertaining people with my content.

Thank you all, again. Now let's go out and win this thing 😃 #EpicPartner

[AORUS North America @AORUS_NA]

you can only play one video game for the rest of your life, what game are you choosing and why?

[GGM1 Coconut @JamaicanCocoRL]

Rocket League is an insane game.

@GenG were this close to going down to the 1-1 Round of Swiss (Game 4 OT btw).

But instead of that, @MaJicBear pulled out this save (somehow) and they went on to win the series, and beat NRG in 4, for a 3-0 Swiss run.

Insanity 🤯

[TurtleKing62 @TurtleKing62]

@masonsnuhts @AlphaKep Its not even ranked games only. One night of 6 mans (i am not high rank but its fun) i had 3 lobbies full dc and we had to restart

[GGM1 Coconut @JamaicanCocoRL]

An Open Letter to @EpicGames, @RocketLeague, and @TimSweeneyEpic:

Not another hate post. Not personally calling out the developers of Rocket League unfairly. But a genuine plea for help, because the game I love is in an inexcusable state.

Up until recently, I thought that posting about cheating would only make it worse. I tried not to make content with DDoS and/or botting being the subject, as to not popularize it and introduce more people to it.

Unfortunately, when every single top content creator can't go 3 games in ANY ranked game mode without running into bots, that same philosophy just doesn't hold up.

Everybody knows how large of an issue this is now. The bots are everywhere, and there is NO hiding it. The root of the issue? People buying accounts that are boosted to SSL.

And it seems like there are several solutions to be implemented that would help curb this issue. To name a few:

- Prevent fresh accounts (less than 2000 lifetime wins) from achieving SSL rewards
- Hardware bans (EAC will make this possible afaik)
- Detect suspicious account activity (Unusual MMR gain, playing from different locations in the world)
- Remove split screen ranked
- Make accounts be 2FA enabled and linked to a phone number
- Disable third party injection into the game
- Reports for "Cheating" automatically upload replays to a replay data parser that can detect inhuman consistency in movements (such as https://t.co/6tSJ7ayBCh)
- MMR return system for players who lost MMR to cheaters (Accounts would need to be harder to make before this, to prevent extreme MMR inflation)
- Hiring 5-10 full-time employees to manually review reports from the game.

Obviously these solutions are not all simple. Many will require complex implementation and nuance in order to not harm the experience of a normal player. There needs to be a coordinated effort from Rocket League developers and Epic Games to tackle these cheaters, and eliminate the financial incentive that these cheaters have to mass boost accounts using bots and DDoS.

And the part that really hurts? It just seems like the Rocket League team is simply not staffed enough to make that coordinated and large scale effort.

Despite Epic Games making more revenue by:
- Taking away trading
- Increasing item shop costs
- Seeing a massive surge in player count due to streamers like @jynxzi getting into the game

It seems, from an external perspective, like all this extra revenue is not being reinvested into the game and developer team in a way that makes the experience better for the average player.

This game has survived and THRIVED for almost 11 years now. Everybody who gets into Rocket League gets hooked for the rest of their life. The game itself, of course, but also one of the most electric esports in the industry. It all hooks people in and makes them dedicated Rocket League fans for life.

Am I going to sit here and lie on the timeline and say that I'm going to quit the game? No. I have more passion for creating content, and even improving my competitive skill in this game, than I ever have had before. Not only that, but I'm lucky enough to call Rocket League content creation my full time job. That's not something I could so easily give up.

Rather, I love this game so much that I want to see it do well, and for the game to prosper in the way that this large community of Rocket League fans KNOWS it can, change needs to start from the top.

So Epic Games, Tim Sweeney, Rocket League. Although you might see increased player counts right now, due to the influence of some of the largest streamers in the world getting into Rocket League, understand that hype is short.

If you really want to hook these new players, and make them players for life, fix the issues currently plaguing your games. Make it so your creators and pros can actually play your game again. Show us that we are heard, so that we can wholeheartedly recommend Rocket League to our audiences as the game to play.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. I just hope that someone who cares was able to see this, and get the message where it needs to go.

With Concern,
Coconut ❤️