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ROCKET LAUNCHING IS BACK, BOYS. It’s been 63 days since my last Rocket League column. I’m sorry about that. Who would have known that a full class load, a part time job and a greater role at my university’s newspaper would have left me so strapped for time? None of that matters now. Slap on…
After 45 minutes of in-studio analysis, 10 minutes of analyst filibustering and two five minute commercial breaks, Rocket League’s Season 9 kick off stream went offline, with 79,000 viewers watching. NA’s Week 1 of League Play has been postponed to a later date. Today’s RLCS matches have been postponed and will be moved to a…
Slater “Retals” Thomas raced down the stairs of his home with an urgent request for his parents. “I need your bank account information,” Retals asked. His parents, David and Elizabeth Jurgens, were confused by the sudden inquiry. “No,” David responded instinctively. He took a moment to process his 15-year-old son’s request and added a follow-up…
Sometimes the black and white nature of pieces like these can be off-putting. “You really mean to tell me that a pro player is a complete loser just because they didn’t win the World Championship?” Reader, I hear you loud and clear. There’s a broad spectrum of winning and losing at massive events like the…
This is what championship exhilaration looks like. Pure emotion.@NRGgg is overcome with joy after taking home their first-ever World Championship victory. There’s nothing else like this game. pic.twitter.com/GvsoOl96G6 — Rocket League Esports (@RLEsports) December 15, 2019 After eight long seasons, Garrett “GarrettG” Gordon is a Rocket League Championship Series World Champion. The celebration after Justin…
In the blink of an eye, the eighth season of the Rocket League Championship Series has all but wrapped up. Only one more day remains, and Rocket League always saves its best for last. The six teams destined for Day 3 have punched their tickets. NRG Esports, Dignitas, Spacestation Gaming, Renault Vitality, Pittsburgh Knights and…
Alexandre “Kaydop” Courant’s Rocket League greatness can be hard to fully comprehend at times. The Frenchman has won three of the last four World Championships. Of the seven World Championships in the game’s history he’s appeared in five Grand Finals. Since Season 3 he’s played in every single Grand Final at a World Championship. No…
Three of the four teams that will be representing North America at the Rocket League World Championship hadn’t even played in the Rival Series until two seasons ago. Slater “retals” Thomas, Nick “mist” Costello, Raul “Roll Dizz” Diaz and Colby “Hockser” James weren’t starters on RLRS rosters when Cloud9 won the Season 6 World Championship…
Rocket League Esports has a funny way of playing with the progression of time. Season 7’s World Championship feels like it was played eons ago, but Renault Vitality raised the cup less than six months ago. It feels strange because so much has changed. At the start of last season’s World Championship Tshaka “Arsenal” Taylor…
The Rocket League gods finally drew a line in the sand. As a humble worshipper, it’s hard for me to say what drew the gods to anger against Cloud9 and G2, but their wrath nearly obliterated two of the game’s most beloved organizations. What was the sin? Did they break Rule #1 in a ranked…
“Sorry to let you down.” Those harrowing words appeared as a somber antendum to Mariano “Squishy” Arruda’s Season 8 recap tweet. One more game win one less game loss today or the entire season and we would have been top 6 and been safe from having to play the promo/relegation tourney. Terrible feeling, but at…
I remember having a hard time knowing what to say. It was Thanksgiving, and my family surrounded the slick dining table with their eyes locked on the 8-year-old version of me. Their stares were not condescending, just eager to get my reply out of the way. My mom had asked us to name three things…
The Rival Series has expanded Rocket League’s talent pool immensely and has really freshened up the faces in the game’s competitive scene. With the regular season concluded in the first division, twelve teams have booked their ticket to the World Championship in Madrid, Spain. Four teams face dropping into the Rival Series from the Championship…
There will be nine debutants from NA alone at the Rocket League Championship Series Season 8 World Championship in Madrid next month. That’s more than any region in history and especially shocking given the Big Three’s presence in NA. Cloud9 and G2 missed LAN for the first time ever, but what’s more important is who…
There’s something so tantalizing about potential. Just the idea of the future and what a player can produce someday can feel pretty breathtaking. A few players come to mind. Kyle “Scrub Killa” Robertson. Thibault “Chausette45” Grzesiak. Justin “JSTN” Morales. Jason “firstkiller” Corral. So many players with an unreal talent that could be molded into something…
With the regular season in the books, it feels like everyone is still catching their breath after one of the strangest seasons in Rocket League’s history. Two perennial powers face the Promotion Playoff. A team that got handed an RLCS spot in a most unusual manner, then proved their worth by auto-qualifying for LAN. Rogue…
Nobody saw this coming, and really it’s the most ridiculous outcome ever, but maybe we should have forseen this: For as much s— as Cameron “Kronovi” Bills’ dad, Steve, has said on twitter: So @JKnaps , who needs to be “kicked” this time…”eh?”. @G2RocketLeague @RLEsports — Steven W Bills (@IPStevieB) November 2, 2019 He sure…
Since announcing his arrival on the scene at Rocket League Summit 1, Maello “AztraL” Ernst has shown that mechanical mastery is the coolest. Yeah, rotating is important and communication can mean everything for a team, but flip-resets and weird flicks are electrifying. AztraL electrified the pitch at RLS1, and no one has been able to…
What if a Rocket League team could trade players midseason? Maybe the trade deadline would be the start of Week 3, giving teams two weeks’ worth of time to figure out what was going wrong and respond to it. Promotion/relegation muddies this up, but there is a lot of depth to be explored in the…
Jack “Speed” Packwood-Clarke was a wide-eyed lad with uncanny excitement when he made his LAN debut at the World Showdown of Esports 4 back in January. It’s crazy to think that that was just this year, it feels so long ago. Speed was essentially getting his physical at Flipsid3 Tactics before the transfer became official.…
