What the BOTTOM 0.1% of Rocket League players looks like...

[@Rocket_Sledge]

Download the Rocket League Tracker App so you always know when it's time to start paying Epic for better teammates: link.overwolf.com/rltracker-rocketsledge 😉

[@girhen]

I feel like your pitch for the game store missed an opportunity to remind us of your creator code ;)

[@wyattensor8320]

youre awesome

[@ritri5443]

if you use dubble jump twice and lean forwards w\gas you can gof fast without boost

[@ritri5443]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@TheNefariousFox]

Install Overwolf on my PC??? Are you OUT OF YOUR MIND?!?! NEVER gonna happen!!!!!

[@Qwty163]

He may be bronze, but he's having more fun than us. So who's the real winner.

[@BlackKinghtKillers]

DUDE thats exactly what i was thinking lol

[@cdubbs2895]

Me i would beat his bum by 25

[@adrienteambsoir2348]

Fact

[@Tropal]

True

[@thatonemartialartsguy_2736]

Me when i get champ rewards

[@DibbsTV]

"Some people at this rank are animals" "you're not LION, that was a pun... not intended one" that was a big brain joke 10:40

[@Isack4]

I think a lot of people are gonna miss this one... very big brain indeed.

[@stianmantor9294]

Ngl that went right over my head 😂

[@JimmyHey]

OMG AM I STUPID wtf I thought he was just mumbling nonsense to break the silence and because playing and talking at the same time is hard, but it turns out I am the fool with negative 100 IQ

[@cazed1]

damn and here I was thinking he didnt make sense , sorry Spinach

[@tommysk8r94]

Dude I didn’t get the joke till I read this comment lol .. I’m dying

[@kevo31415]

He plays like a Bronze, but has a the mentality of a Diamond at least. What a nice kid. If everyone who played Rocket League was like him, what a wonderful community we would have.

[@elvpse]

No diamonds dont have a good reputation

[@teletek1776]

he does not have a diamond mentality lmfao and thats a good thing fuck diamonds

[@InkyGlowey]

my diamonds say the n word in chat cus they miss an open net 😥😭

[@real_xona]

The fact that the Bronze actually hold the Rule 1 is mindblowing, I never thoung that I would ever see that! Props to this guy!

[@supersuede91]

That's why its Rule 1 - they don't know any other rules

[@liveen]

It's always the kids in games that end up bringing internet people together with wholesome vibes and encouragement for them. Always the kids. I mean, some kids definitely do the opposite, but in terms of people in games who bring the viewers together, most of them are kids. They're honest, real and hold the right priorities where it counts for real. Thanks spinach, you're an inspiration to me, I feel like we can learn from you, and apply your attitude to not just games, but life in general as well.

[@aegisfate117]

I, for one, am going to try to talk to more and more children online!

[@paran0ia7]

Didn't know quite what to expect, but this was legitimately interesting and wholesome. It's easy to forget that some people treat RL like any other game and are just having fun figuring it all out. That said I'd gladly take Spinach over half the platinum teammates I've solo queued with any day, as he didn't bail the nanosecond you were down one goal.

[@Viranical]

the bailing when down a goal is actually so bad now, it's gotten to a point where I've had teammates vote ff on tied/winning games because they didn't like something I did, and then watched them turn the match into a 3v1, not even like they played bad, but full on joined the other team's rotation to attack our net

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

The frequency of how often that happens astounds me. It worries me a little too. I'm an old geezer of 57, a Gold III solo cue 3v3 player, so almost all my tm8's and opponents are kids by comparison. The level of "quit" in some of these kids scares me. Have they never fought for a comeback? Do they quit on things that matter in life as easily as they quit on a video game that doesn't matter? I hope not. As a kid I played a LOT of pickup football, hockey, baseball, basketball games. There were one or two kids in the neighborhood who would more or less quit when things got tough. To me that made the game interesting - now there was something to overcome. And if your opponent was the "quitter", you knew where to go with the next play...and you knew whom you never wanted on your team. And speaking from experience, the quitter attitude - that translates fully into real life issues later on. Want to know the secret to ranking up? Here it is. Make sure your team scores first. If you can go up 2-0, even though there is 4:30 remaining in the game, you can rest assured that at least one player wants to FF.

[@tedjovel1876]

@@moosewhizzerdave2066 I agree with you, for me it makes me even more up for it having to make a comeback. Being down 2-0 with 4 minutes left on the clock is not the time to panic, my mindset is that there’s plenty of time.

[@M374L4L1F3]

yeah it's too bad once you get into the higher ranks it's not as fun, plat is gross you make a mistake and they are on you like your some SSL player, i'm in plat without getting sweaty cause that's my skill level naturally and if they are too i'm sure they miss. it makes me a bit tilted.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

@@tedjovel1876 I played four games this afternoon. Game 1 - player bailed when we were down 2-0 with about 4 minutes left. Game 2 - player was DOA, never started, so it was a 2v3 the entire game. Game 3 - player bailed right off the bat, then returned, we won. I assume he returned because of a warning note he saw when he bailed, because his ping was fine. Game 4 - player was DOA, never started, he bailed immediately, another 2v3. I had enough at that point. I always have a season of 3v3 going with bots offline, so I played a game of that and turned off the X-Box. The bots stink, but they don't quit and they don't complain.....

[@Indomitus_X]

This was incredibly wholesome. Like it made me really happy :) nothing against chasing ranks-but pure fun is so important and so hard to come buy sometimes in competitive games

[@Maenadsattack]

This was the point when I had the most fun. Everyone was excited if either team got a goal or save.

[@Rocket_Sledge]

Exactly! These guys are having their best time!

[@Sinnicide]

@@Rocket_Sledge Definition of ignorance is bliss.

[@TacSav253]

2:15 "a bronze replay is hard to come by these days" *glances nervously at my replay folder*

[@meelmo7396]

Omg I almost got emotional when he started talking about how he found the game, after he talked about his friend count. So wholesome. I hope the internet/life doesn't beat him down too bad 😢

[@thomquiri9860]

ik he's a bronze, but 10:16 pained me so much, I'm c2 and yet these tragedies keep happening in my lobbies...

[@dylanbroxterman3297]

What a wholesome kid! He was actually lowkey breaking some ankles (or axles) at the beginning completely by accident.

[@memeturnip]

i love how he doesn’t flip forward, he just jumps and tilts his car

[@rpm9693]

Nice to see a positive exchange with an adult gamer and youth gamer. You were very encouraging!

[@waynestill9692]

This vid had me like the wolf on Wall Street "I ain't Fn leaving" and subbed

[@Rocket_Sledge]

Thank you!

[@MasterofPlaste]

Im bronze, when i play i have my baby in arm. She sleeps and somtimes shes moving around and mistakes happen. I have fun i say sorry and everyone says no problem and if the synergy good, you play one or two rounds more and every mistake is forgotten. I love it

[@moukmouk-vlogpingu2537]

imagine seeing him in the competitive scene in a few years. would be mind-blowing

[@dangerdude5284]

I started playing when season 5 first began. I was bronze when the season ended. Now with season 6 ending off soon, I'm a silver. It felt like I've grown and understand the game a bit more. Now with season 7, I'm hoping for gold or higher

[@Zel-Veraan]

Spend silver and gold learning the game. Just like Sledge said, new players get dumped in those ranks so you could get people with skills from plat who've deranked, or total noobs on your team. Just have fun, and learn for each game you play as you build muscle memory for what works and what doesn't.

[@diowolf456]

that's the mindset to have, man. i used to relate now im working on diamond. good luck!

[@supportsniper4626]

I started in season 2 and I was improving about your pace and now I am diamond 2, so just keep practicing and having fun and you'll get there!

[@skywayve7473]

No matter the rank, the growth mindset is the best thing to possess. Even in my currently GC2 2v2 games, my mindset is still growing my skills to equal that of SSLs. Reminding myself of this constantly helps my mental

[@quimystic]

Yeah, good luck, I'm gold and started playing properly in season 5, but mainly in lower ranks just enjoy playing the game :)

[@mn_mt0964]

Ive been told by a few gc players have fun while u can still have fun cause once u get up there its a constant pain to stay up there

[@spongechameleon6940]

Bronze is refreshing. Its the way the game was meant to be played. I was stuck at my cousins house for a few days and downloaded rocket league and just like sledge says, nobody quits or tries to forfeit. Nobody flames chat. It was liberating man. Just drive and hit ball, thats it. No constant anxiety weighing you down that someone will become toxic and quit or throw. It was awesome (and like sledge, i played like a bronze to keep it fair). Then I came back home and my first game back in gc1 the opponents score to draw it even at 1-1 and theres an instant vote to forfeit and a teammate who gave up and sat there throwing a fit in chat for the rest of the game. Just depressing man. They gotta do something about the forfeitting and quitting. Now it's the exception, not the norm, that my games finish in full time with all six players.

[@Survious]

I remember when I couldn't get out of bronze when I first started...but as long as you're having fun, that's all that matters.

[@RomanTorchic]

When he said “emotion AND motion” I felt that

[@JAYGMES]

Sounds like the most chill kid to play rocket league hope he can get better and work up the ranks

[@NoToxido]

As long as the heart is gold, you have a human better rank than any toxic player.

[@Viranical]

"what's your favourite thing about rocket league?" "when you get to customize your car" This kid might be bronze but he is already playing the true rocket league; car dress-up with a soccer mini-game

[@GRAYgauss]

When he was telling THE Rocket Sledge about exterminations, I just had to laugh. "Oh I know a bit about those." Also Rocket Sledge: Gained Respect++ for showing respect and being gracious. I don't really play anymore, but still loving your videos!

[@Rocket_Sledge]

Thank you sir!

[@megamagikarp8512]

This Spinach kid might one day become an RLCS Pro or even the greatest player the game has ever seen.

[@jelvasch]

There is still a large group of gamers not watching youtube videos/ being hyper aware about rank placement and skills in games, just enjoying the game for what it is. So ofcourse there are going to be some bronze dudes with many wins.

[@Baalzz302]

I just started playing about a month and a half ago, did the placement games within the first few hours of play. Ended up getting placed in plat? And immediately getting matched up against guys who could not only wall to air, but could pull off resets! I went down to gold real quick lol.

[@rangerbubblegum7509]

the bronze rank kind of has a mysterious vibe to it. almost like the deep web or something😂

[@Ukiyo.REAPER]

Lol not the dog barking when you say hello or spoke at all😭

[@LucasFenton]

10:55 ur not LION 😂😂

[@gamergod-vf9hx]

Moral of the story : don't main rocket league, keep yourself bad at it and you'll have a better time than 99.9% of players

[@Rocket_Sledge]

Probably true!

[@Highinhills]

6:24 bro I busted out laughin at this whole interaction 😂😂

[@JackboMack]

Ahh. All of the “Road To GC” accounts. Thank you Squishy for popularizing that.

[@Josef_1186]

I think any f2p competitive game will have that.

[@JackboMack]

@@Josef_1186 squishy was the grandfather of road to GC waaay before it was F2P

[@LoZTwilight]

I really feel like there should be added a leauge under bronze. Because at this point the inflation in gold to diamond is terrible. The biggest problem being gold and plat and low diamond. The skil gap is to big in these ranks in my opinion.. and thats is mostly because the skil in bronze and silver is incredibly low. Leauge of legends had the exact same problem in bronze and silver.. And added iron, since then the skill level in bronze and silver have improved and the distribution is more even between skil ranks.

[@vividbunny7194]

on reddit there is. trash I, II and III and it has quite cool logos

[@brackenhays5530]

I wonder how long it would take someone to rank up in Gold/Plat but playing nicely with tm8s and not cutting/chasing to win - because I think you're right here 100%

[@BrucifyMe]

Rocket League has always had this problem. Back in the original season 4-5 (2017), this exact inflation was still there, it just occurred lower on the ladder, mostly from Bronze 3-Gold 1. Those ranks, especially Silver 3, were hell for players to climb out of. I think they should just shift the MMR ranges around a bit and especially make Bronze a meaningful rank again. I've got friends and relatives who play in Bronze and with what I see from them, it genuinely seems like more smurfs exist at that rank (especially as it is either their destination, or first stop in placements) than actual Bronze players. With the exception of Bronze 3 since it seems to be a little better than 1-2, it's like Bronze might as well not exist at all - and currently, it already kinda doesn't, as Silver 1 has essentially taken its place. Psyonix need to justify and utilize the ranks they have now (with the exception of Champ and above as those playerbases will always - and should - be naturally small) before adding more, IMO.

[@brackenhays5530]

@@BrucifyMe You nailed it. I wonder if some sort of play-to-earn thing where maybe skilled players could earn real money - and tiered to earn more at higher ranks - would combat it. I think highly skilled players get more incentive out of potential video content than in-game items from psyonix.

[@Crushercorp]

Never played, but today I learned about rule 1. Its amazing what tradition are kept by players :D

[@prodigy1241]

this video was really sweet, his parents did a great job raising him

[@glxy3475]

It takes skill to be bronze

[@beatsbyzed]

I like that little jump Spinach has going for him

[@Jdwg72]

😂😂😂😂😂 You’re not LION!!!!!!! OMG the kid is more clever than he knows. 10:55

[@TheShaman572]

“You’re not lion…that was a pun…not intended one.” 😂 This 11 year old is smarter than me cuz I didn’t even pick up on the pun lmao

[@saucychicken502]

As a newbie bronze player myself, I feel good to be such a rare person to meet edit: not anymore. I'm plat 2

[@Andyisgodcky]

I'm shit at this game, and when my friends would want to play I would just try to wreck opponents.

[@nolanstone4723]

I was expecting a comment from Spinach somewhere at the top. I am sad.

[@xiao6557]

I could aerial in bronze 2019 so weird but started playing again now and directly got plat

[@Dewalt-mh1dz]

I Know someone in bronze 1. I won a coupele of matches on the persons account and was still bronze 1. The person was the worst player of my near 1000hours of play through the game. Having the person be just afk was better then having the person play with me.

[@raclettecheese1733]

My funniest moment with friend are in silver ♥️ Now with smurf and toxic player the fun is over

[@swysux6217]

You can still be good and go outside. I’m GC2 but still take daily runs, go to the gym, walk my dog etc.

[@flyingfajitas]

This was stupid levels of wholesome.

[@Nateru.]

Bronzes these days are actually crazy. I just made an alt account to observe Bronze, and they are actually good.

[@Unethical.Dodgson]

Haven't played Rocket League since Not-so-epic bought them but it's nice to see that bronze is still a thing :D

[@Rxxy-1]

This Little Man deserves everything

[@fanisgelis9980]

Yeah, we play a few hours a month and go outside the house once in a while

[@serkandurukan6588]

As a bronze player, i play the game for fun.

[@S.SA.Gaming]

I'm late but man idk why this vid got me shedding tears I love this 🎉 😅 keep being the person you are

[@ussxrequin]

Spinach seems so sweet. We love him!

[@inthefade]

"You're not *lion*" Yo this kid is a legend.

[@thomquiri9860]

how can you be in bronze with such a good mentality and control over your emotions? Anyway he's having fun and I wish he continued enjoying the game and didn't et corrupted by its toxicity

[@HassanKhan0987]

As a bronze this video has enlightened me. Now i know where to post all my replays lol.

[@Gamingwitwaz]

Him saying I impossible to find a brown me be like watching this 👁️👄👁️

[@spookyghost8952]

Spinach is such a sweetheart

[@JacobHandle]

Do a vid about a player stuck in diamond 3 on duos after 1000 hours. Just give me two more hours and we can start.

[@bakersmileyface]

Why would anyone smurf bronze players? Thats like a 20 year old participating in an over 80s race.

[@YunTaeGoO]

he is as good as many diamonds who got boosted .....and there are WAAAAAAAY too many of them

[@philliprockingham8565]

When me just realising I have bean beating like maybe bronze 3 or silver ranks and im unranked... but im decent..

[@humanbean3]

i love watching noobs play. in almost every game its always so cute to watch someone just run around and do weird movements, explore, have fun, etc. :)

[@slimpyman]

Haha that was cute. Cracking me up talking about 7 demos

[@OnedayOFFICIALYT]

I quit the game for a month and get downgraded to Bronze competitively lmao

[@Lenixionthegreat]

I myself recently came back to rocket league, ice introduced my other friends to it who saw me playing it and we are total noobs, yes we ran into some smurfs who even admitted to being smurfs so we just left the round, but yeah we love the casual game mode allot, some of us can't do anything areal but every time we play we have some tears of laughter.

[@MisiaczeXX]

the only way i see that you are in bronze is you have lower than 2 hours in game

[@pompousFurball]

he seems like such a nice kid lol, what a treasure

[@gageolesky]

Big daddy dove is the primordial bronze 🤣🤣

[@safaros38]

I just imagined in the end you would be like "well this kid is wholesome but he sucks this is how to avoid being him" Na fr this was very cute.

[@MotherPower7290]

I played on my ps4 and was a bronze, then switched to PC, used keyboad and mouse, and in 1 day got gold 1

[@laurenzblaesig4967]

10:40 like a national geographic documentary but not about animals but bronze players? lmao

[@brendan1708]

Spinach is the most intelligent child on this game

[@Samyais25]

I´m gonna add Spinach, i don´t mind pairing with him and losing every game, hes way better than the horrible toxic community i got every match in low champ or high diamond.

[@Skitsurna]

i think im gonna download rocket league and try to get into it now

[@Rocket_Sledge]

Make sure you do the tutorials!! And have fun!

[@jlo2o199]

I just started playing I love it I don’t want to get too good because it’s a game and that would take time and effort. But I enjoy playing it at my level

[@BeelzebubBeelzebub]

I remember being stuck in bronze for months 😂

[@xtlm]

My nintendo switch account is basically an account to try and get to B1D1 And boy let me tell you, even TOUCHING the ball in any type of positive way no matter how slight sometimes resulted in a goal lol That rank is nearly impossible to get. So yeah. The point is, even if a player may have a lot of games in bronze, they still may be a smurf.

[@greenwick]

The thing is no bronce players will play 2v2. Only 3v3

[@NathanHampton]

Spinach is awesome and made the whole video!

[@calvinheiser]

I hit diamond before I heard what rule 1 was

[@aminhaeri4411]

Why was this so wholesome?

[@QuinnL-mh1oj]

Bro I just now found this vid and I admit to being his brother

[@Rocket_Sledge]

Who's brother? Spinach?

[@James_A_Woods]

Someone, Give this man lessons! He deserves to be a SSL

[@OmniscientSloth]

Lol Sucio Dan and BigDaddy! I’ve made many many Smurf accounts to play with my 1300ish friends. I always get Sucio Dan and BigDaddy on my team in my first few games :) I don’t think I’m really ever in bronze though because you start at 600MMR and I only play casual and you gain like 30+MMR per game for the first 50ish games

[@BigDaddyWes]

What dude? If micro transactions have anything to do with the quality and fairness of the matchmaking, everyone should stop playing immediately and never look back. Where does this information come from?

[@Rocket_Sledge]

It was sarcasm...

[@ChaoticWrath]

"Am I playing with a dog?"

[@chrish7927]

This kid is better than me. I feel attacked.

[@P4cCo]

My man ist more educated than 90% of the champ and grand champ player we play against ! made my day!

[@vorebiz]

I'll never understand the appeal of smurfing. If you're good at something then why would you not want to continue fighting and trying to better yourself in your own lane rather than dunking on others? It's just as much a waste of your time as well as the other person's.

[@supercyberdigi]

*David Attenborough voice* "Here, we see the elusive, Bronze Player. They once were a thriving population but, with continual updates they have nearly gone extinct. Today we will glance at these magnificent creatures to reminisce of a simpler time and perhaps, learn a little more about ourselves."

[@macrocosm4442]

Nice

[@Dee-Eddy]

"Recent conservation efforts however, are starting to have an effect. As the player base moves on to greener fields, the untouched plains of the lowlands are beginning to rejuvenate"

[@11x_0]

Why does this sound like history and science or something but it's interesting

[@Clarkie08]

That’s so funny i’ve watched david attenborough at school 🤣

[@KDot-mj8jz]

I am a bronze

[@ClanDosCanalhas]

Guy found the most polite and chill eleven-year-old kid he could ever hope for

[@CoolSock123]

He's was so chill

[@NangDoofer]

and well spoken as well

[@CodeineAbdulJabbar]

@@NangDooferprobably autistic

[@DJ_Knuckles]

Spinach: "so there's this thing where you can destroy the other cars..." Sledge: "Yeah I'm slightly familiar with that"

[@erick4188]

Lmao one of many great quotes

[@AntoQc24]

Sledge: i think i know a thing or two about that

[@toxicyasuo2897]

Why? Why is sledge known for demos?

[@Rocket_Sledge]

@@toxicyasuo2897 way back in the day that's how this channel started. Demolition/Salty Chat montages and then tutorials. Currently I have almost 50k demolitions.

[@Overqualification]

@@Rocket_Sledge oh shit

[@marcuscowles3384]

That Spinach interview was the most wholesome unscripted content I've ever heard online. Spinach seems like a nice lad but what really struck me is how kind snd generous you were when talking to him. There are toxic players; its great to see some detox too!

[@NekousagiKorou]

He'll need a detox from spinach for sure

[@happypandaface710]

"I found it to be an enjoyable experience"

[@yipperdeyip]

Rocket League has a lot of nice players as well. Hate it when people online only focus on the toxic minority

[@christopherknowles]

he is currently at the state of caring about gaming more than pussy. soon he will have to make a choice, chase getting better at gaming or chase pussy.

[@darkhseid]

@@yipperdeyipnah, it isn’t the minority

[@groos3449]

We should start calling front flips without dodge "Spinach flip"

[@Loebane]

Lol that's great

[@maordvir9777]

yes please

[@usefaababw]

I'm going to start calling it that, lets make this kid famous :D

[@MartinDaMartian]

I second the motion

[@kitsuams]

I'm sometimes Spinach flipping on purpose... It looks so.... elegant in that slow motion :D

[@hectichive889]

Man holy shit, Spinach was so wholesome lmao. Had me smiling through the whole interview. Seems like he’s just having a lot of fun, not trying to take it too serious or being toxic

[@sh0dy]

still in his prime childhood years

[@xqzyu]

@@sh0dybro deadass u move like a child when ur gold and champ+ ur an adult car 😂