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My triumph in Rocket League and why you need to own it on Linux

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I've put a number of hours into Rocket League [Steam] now (23+ hours) and I want to share this video of a ranked 1v1 match I did and some thoughts.

In this game it went from what would have been a horrific loss and terrible driving by me, to a sudden and absolute triumph at extra time. I've watched this video back three or four times now in utter disbelief, I even sat the girlfriend down to watch it (sorry dear!) as I'm so hyped up about this game.

It was 0-4 to the other guy, with it hitting just under a minute left I scored my first goal, then another until it was 4-4 to push it into extra time. I wish replays captured the chat, as this person was rather upset at this.

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Check out my save at around 6:47, I'm not joking when I say it made me sweat.

Rocket League has quite literally everything I want in a game. It performs really damn well (when it's not crashing to the desktop), it looks gorgeous and the gameplay is just addictive as hell.

It's scenes like what's shown in this video that I have never experienced in a game before and I cannot wait to play more of it. The constant jumping between pure excitement at scoring, to the intense butt-clenching when an opposing player makes a shot is crazy.

The game is incredibly popular, as of right now it's sitting in the top 10 on Steam of games with the most people online. I am very thankful we have a game like this on Linux.

I was playing Rocket League last night until nearly 2AM without really realising it, I fear this game is going to be unhealthy for me.

I'm going to be honest, this is quite easily going to be my Game Of The Year on Linux. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Eike Oct 6, 2016
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Quoting: edoThis game is definitely very cool, but ping issues, even if it behaves better than on W10 (which is always downloading something and I have no idea what is it), still sucks

I get very good pings every time. I wonder if the problem is on your computer's side?
Raven Oct 6, 2016
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Quoting: RavenHow about trying to get a gamingonlinux flag added to the game? Would fly it proudly :)

+1 <3
https://twitter.com/gamingonlinux/status/783730258612813824

Beat me to it! Great minds :)
Al3s Oct 7, 2016
I would suggest you watch some competitive matches on youtube. I was playing more or less like you and just after watching one video I realized I did a lot of things wrong. Anyway, awesome save towards the end!!


Last edited by Al3s on 7 October 2016 at 4:45 pm UTC
Eike Oct 7, 2016
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Quoting: Al3sI would suggest you watch some competitive matches on youtube. I was playing more or less like you and just after watching one video I realized I did a lot of things wrong. Anyway, awesome save towards the end!!

Got a suggestion for an intersting video?
Al3s Oct 7, 2016
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: Al3sI would suggest you watch some competitive matches on youtube. I was playing more or less like you and just after watching one video I realized I did a lot of things wrong. Anyway, awesome save towards the end!!

Got a suggestion for an intersting video?

Well, I said "after watching one video" and that is what I did. The second one being the one in this article, lol.

Anyway, this is the one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgCB4UreHtM

Edit: I'm watching this one right now and it's pretty good too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K403EWpXCrE


Last edited by Al3s on 7 October 2016 at 5:40 pm UTC
Eike Oct 7, 2016
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Quoting: Al3sAnyway, this is the one:

Now I'm feeling like I'm just crawling around...

BTW, why is he doing the forward loops on the floor sometimes when there's no ball near?
Al3s Oct 7, 2016
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: Al3sAnyway, this is the one:

Now I'm feeling like I'm just crawling around...

BTW, why is he doing the forward loops on the floor sometimes when there's no ball near?

You go faster without spending booster. I'm getting the hang of it myself.
Eike Oct 7, 2016
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I really think watching the video made me play a little bit less bad. Which still is very bad, and yet...

PS: And the guy I've beaten was nice! :)


Last edited by Eike on 7 October 2016 at 7:24 pm UTC
GloW Oct 8, 2016
hey Liam, do you share your steam id ? i would very much like to play against fellow linux gamer on Rocket League !
paasisti Oct 9, 2016
Don't know if it was the latest Mesa or RL patch, but the AMD+Mesa loading issues seem to have been fixed! After a few test games I can say that when a new player joins a game, the loading freeze is now way less than a second, so it's finally playable on my setup
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