This is what GOLD looks like in 2024?! | Road to SSL (EP. 3) | Rocket League

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[@queasyclipsrl]

Can’t wait to watch you go through the champ ranks

[@Tidal_Play4183]

Same. Gonna be so satisfying watching the rank I lose to get whooped

[@Viuxp]

Onggg frr im waiting for the champ 3 vid 🤣

[@Mster_J]

I’m looking forward to when he can finally start popping off and destroy people

[@YoBrand15]

Champ is tough for me. But diamond is easy. Wish I had time to actually practice. Don't think I'll ever rank up without it now

[@georgeleach4514]

Ewww

[@nwesterbeckmaster]

5:38 something so innocent about a player saying Sorry when he's the only one left on his team lol

[@abdielradames]

He was trying to fast click forfeit and started spamming Down a few milliseconds before actually pressing pause. Happens to alot of people

[@MrBoomington]

​@@abdielradames might be but people in Gold are not toxic brats like in champ or plat for example. They genuinely play for fun

[@abdielradames]

@@MrBoomington i was toxic since the very first day

[@Wtf123388]

@@abdielradamesthat’s why ur still in gold

[@nwesterbeckmaster]

​@@abdielradames good catch. Would have to be on controller because i think "Sorry" is default down twice.

[@1amyoshix518]

5:17 "I am not a pro" - SquishyMuffinz That one got me 🤣

[@pirate6616]

😐

[@elijahprotzman1913]

soon he won’t be 😓

[@killaknight12]

Nah, he's just a content creator now... that plays like a pro. 😁

[@leonardoaleman8851]

My boi Mendez trying to get that cheat code by trying to party up with Squishy🤣🤣

[@SynxyFifa]

😂😂😂

[@ssj_danny]

13:54 "good job mendezfamily2009" hahahahahah

[@Pekara121]

😂

[@JWE_]

Bro said his full government name

[@roboticreaper2662]

squishy i think you over done the golds in the last game with those ankle breaking dribbles lol

[@Streakstarz]

Those are plats 2s

[@samthehoffman]

Real.

[@Jarl97]

They were plat

[@chuknukbubs6322]

@@Jarl97you still aint seein that shit in plat. they just aerial and miss 75% of the time nobody practices the fundamentals

[@bhxld]

@@chuknukbubs6322literally what i thought too lmao, people cant even hit the ball, yet alone control it or do anything beyond that

[@xt23llx82]

"this is exactly what you look like" lmaooooooooooooooooooooo

[@Leinzd]

5:19 “thinking that I’m gonna be a pro, I’m not a pro, well I am a pro but he doesn’t know that” 😂 i love it

[@InvisibleMag]

10:30 the breakdown of the gold rank mentality is spot on. all the ppl i know in that rank do have that ego issue 😅

[@tehClew]

Ego in gold is crazy

[@realspineRL]

⁠@@tehClewi always go for and air dribbles and clips and i literally miss the ball on the setup 😭

[@kieronpocock532]

​@@realspineRL I get the setup then completely miss the ball

[@guillermojperea6355]

I can't help but love your wholesome attitude, so chill, grounded and respectful. Do you even make thumbnails with YT clickbait surprised faces? No, you upload with a silly good-boy SMILE! LOVE IT!

[@q_pato_o]

agree. always hate these thumbnails with overly dramatic faces. so fake...

[@CarelessForce]

Always felt I understood this game better than most, good at positioning, decision making, etc. but I've been held back by my lack of mechanical skills. Watched so many videos about getting better, tried so many different training exercises that would supposedly help, but none of them did. Squishy's advice here to try to hit the ball just as it bounces in freeplay, after trying it for myself for a little while, is definitely the advice I've been needing. It really is a lot harder than it looks, and I'm confident I'll become a much better player if I can master it. Thanks :)

[@gx4177]

Hey. The problem might be the controllers settings or camera settings. Try to put the camera FOV the highest and make it covers the map. For control settings you want to change it so it suits you.

[@brady21peterson]

I wanna see Diamond 2 to Champ 2 That will be the most interesting.

[@drewtheboo2582]

Bro champ 2 be having some Demons for real

[@MikeBilliardsFun78]

it be funny if H2KGaming on his alt coaching

[@maxnovak9564]

10:22 “nothin crazy” gold immediately forfeits😭

[@goat8438]

Literally 😂

[@bhcamaro2002]

You think gold is toxic wait til you get to diamond 😂

[@james4163]

Im d3. Can’t get to champ cuz of ego Fs😂

[@bhcamaro2002]

@@james4163 I flip flop between d3 and champ 🤣

[@james4163]

@@bhcamaro2002 bruh I literally just got throwed because I made 1 bad pass while we were up 2☠️ I’m in D2 now

[@MikeBilliardsFun78]

give Mclando watch i like his reply

[@SkyenNovaA]

Dont worry about half flipping in plat, I was able to do that since silver. It's a very easy mechanic and anybody at any rank can do it, so you should encourage people to learn it as soon as possible

[@garrethlamond1979]

I do it once in a while but not too often

[@andrewthompson2474]

This is super helpful for me. I need to improve game sense and these videos hit right on it.

[@womanrespecter69]

I think what squishy likes most about this is the super fast queue times 😂

[@MicahMorris-v2l]

These tips help me even in champ. Just played two games and it looks like I was surfing. Thanks squishy.

[@cmzt1337]

no way i wanted and waited for an educational series/speedrun like this a few months ago, stopped playing, now returned and i see this, bro these tips are a gamechanger thanks a lot

[@ryancruz2459]

Yo squishy can you do more in depth mechanic training in each video like the one you did today for certain ranks and things they can practice

[@samborowicz742]

I agree. A video with some drill to do would be awesome

[@josephfeleke5162]

that laugh at 3:48 thought there was a donkey for a second

[@Greeny2007]

Been watching you since the very beginning of rocket league and you have a very good explanation of the ego in these ranks I was the same way years ago mainly because I was very young but I still play and I’ve gotten to gc2 from your vids over the years you would be a great couch for these lower ranks

[@nognog4474]

The subtle disrespect at 2:40 had me dying 😂

[@Gigabot3009]

It isn’t disrespectful if he’s entirely correct

[@Gigabot3009]

In this case, it’s helping you if you just accept it

[@nognog4474]

@@Gigabot3009 it’s not that deep, relax.

[@natedostalik3538]

Squishy Psychoanalyzing gold toxicity is so funny

[@smolboyi]

"well I am a pro.. he doesn't know that" "I'm not supposed to be" 😂

[@vulksi]

New series idea, carry Mendez to ssl

[@dannydeko331]

This is one of my favorite series yet. Quit years ago, but thinking about starting up again

[@Pekara121]

I had 700 hours kbm player. Didn't play for like 3-4 years. Came back and actually peaked champ 1 after doing my placements and playing only a couple weeks 😂 got my mechanical skill back pretty fast as well. I used to play mostly 2s, 1s here and there. But now I've grown to enjoy 3s much more. People have stopped using chat a lot man. Only a handful of ggs as well.

[@leogirolami9469]

When I see ppl arguing with their tm8 I just chip in too to make sure they really mentally check out🤣

[@Pekara121]

Dude fr that shit can win you games. I mostly stay silent and just have a grin on my face, knowing that my winning chance just skyrocketed 😂 Ive started playing overwatch last year and man the mental of these players is like -100. In team games the worst you can do is tilt your teammate.

[@Peksisarvinen]

In the first game, those wavedashes are just such an obvious sign that you're smurfing. Despite the fact that wavedashes are extremely simple, but it's like a physical tick of sorts.

[@Pekara121]

Half flip as well lol. No way to unlearn it that quickly. It's like breathing. You just do it. Although when I was plat I knew how to half flip since it was the newest tech back then. Like what chain dashing is now 😂

[@realspineRL]

i highly doubt they even know what a wave dash is or looks like

[@kieronpocock532]

Wave dashes are normal around gold 3 but might be that I've been stuck in there for 5 years

[@Skyyeverlast]

Really glad to see a recent road to SSL with tips with how drastic some of the rankings have changed. Excited to watch.

[@fernandodavila5459]

“ this is exactly , what you look like” got me dead 😂

[@marv-ee2bh]

“Hes not a professional “ is my favorite saying when I play RL now 😂😂

[@aerynaegi8367]

Bonus challenge for the bonus dribble drill if u can make it so u reach the speed u need before hitting the ball and stop boosting. There are a lot of times in-game where u end up want to hit the ball up like that when u have low-boost

[@mrgarlicbread9105]

im not gonna lie ive been stuck at gold 3 division 2 for the past few months, and about a year ago i used to only learn freestyle mechanics which got me 1 game away from diamond, which i was average around plat 2 before training, but now the gold 3s are hitting fast aerials air dribbles and double if not triple touches. also 90% of the games they are speed flipping, i know it wasnt like this a year ago so like umm i think people taking these guides way to serious now lmao... also the whole ego thing is soo accurate, ive had my teammates leave me for 1v2s more times then ive had teammates or just afk. but sick series you make some insane points that alot of people just forget or dont think about.

[@isforshooting]

Squish would love to see you party up with a random and carry him as far as you can!

[@cornkernel4029]

pretty sure people are leaving because they can tell a smurff really easily. anyone with your level of consistency isnt normal for lower ranks

[@chellebelle4738]

The early forfeits happen in plat also. I hate to forfeit because it’s the sure way to never get better, but I will if my teammates vote first and we’re more than 4 goals behind with no time to tie or if my teammates get so angry they turn on me and start scoring own goals in a very obvious manner.

[@BryBr0991]

I feel like watching you slow down the game and look for the space wouldve opened the mind of a plat. I'd love to see you focus on that more

[@DABOSS190]

Yo Squishy, congrats on joining Rule One

[@jonathanerdman130]

I ranked up so fast after watching these! Thank you!

[@SomberScream]

A+ Series Squishy!

[@Johnnycash753]

Squishy: „I can already tell gold players have big egos“ Also Squishy: scores three ridiculous goals for a gold player within 1 minute and is wondering why people ff against a Smurf 😂

[@MikeBilliardsFun78]

oh how about winning 4-0 and team mate start playing aggressive and loses 6-4

[@lafluth]

Yeah, quite funny. I made a similar comment saying people ff not because of egos but because they can see the guy hitting every ball perfectly with perfect positioning is an obvious champ+ smurf… somehow my comment was deleted. Wondering how long yours will stay up

[@Johnnycash753]

@@lafluth got deleted? That’s cringe af

[@tobiaslof1011]

@@lafluth remember he is not doing this series so he becomes a better player. It is meant for people in these ranks to see and learn that watching the play and just position yourself right is all you need to make a good play. What the golds and plats are doing is focusing on the ball and hit it hard(with a flip) everytime which clearly isnt the key to smart and concistent gameplay. Muffins is sitting in mid waiting for the ball to come to him instead of him rushing to the ball. Yes perfect touches every time but he is ralely at super sonic speed and never makes powerhits

[@lafluth]

@@Johnnycash753yeah 😂 I’ve looked for it in the entire comment section several times and it’s gone. Was not being insulting or anything, just saying I found it condescending the way muffins automatically assumes people are immature ego driven idiots when he might actually be the reason why these guys are forfeiting 😅

[@usm1le]

gonna be exciting when you get into champ ranks and higher. thats where your videos are gonna help me most

[@jdev_fr]

all ranks are very toxic. But, even if low ranks base mechanics are very bad, it's easy to spot you're smurfing, just by ow calm and precise you are. you realized that in gold over 50% of open nets are missed, so when they see you making no errors, some just give up hope. They could try to do their best, but you won't let them win anyways :))) you're being fair, don't mistake me, but don't think they can't spot your actual skills. the teaching value is great still for your viewers. Chill, respect your mate space, don't panic

[@wacojitsu]

when i am the ruler of earth. smurfing will be punishible by death.

[@eyeThink11]

Haha that's what I'm saying. Then he goes on about ppl having big egos as he dances around them and embarrasses them.

[@RockYourTeeth]

"there's actually no way they're gonna come back now, because of the toxicity"... And also the fact that they're playing against squishy muffinz.

[@Cali510Livin]

Yo this series is sooo good.. I’m legit interested and look forward to the next one coming out.

[@scuttt1752]

i hardly play RL anymore but its always a pleasure to watch your content, keep up the great work bro!

[@OrfeasSierras]

I'm really curious to see how this 'they are not professionals' mentality is gonna work in champ with people redirecting, doubletapping, flip reseting.

[@jaedon.15]

As a champ my self I can almost guarantee that he’ll still win with minimal mechanics his game sense and positioning are so good that the players won’t have a chance to pull off crazy mecs

[@thrpotatoasfgfejfidieiidkr7071]

As a champ as well i think the basics will beat any high level mechanics most of the time, especially in champ

[@yalmaoo5014]

As a GC, we grandchamps are still shit, you guys just overthink everything

[@tamman994]

Go watch Flakes, he did a road to SSL series using no mechanics of any kind except for a speed flip when he got to around GC. He made the nuttiest mechanical players look like idiots with insane fakes and cuts. Admittedly he’s probably the best in the game at those, but they definitely take less practice then say, a musty double reset or something crazy like that.

[@drthistleton]

You finally got a mic after years. God is good.

[@Skrizzys]

I'm so excited for squish to get to champ, been hard stuck since 2022 and excited to know what my imporvements can be

[@monkiller5877]

Yeah the golds you’re playing is definitely a misrepresentation of what higher end golds can do. I’m gold 1 and I already know how to do a proper speed flip kickoff. My aerials are also semi-consistent , I just struggle a lot when it comes to high aerials and aerials from awkward positions. But then again I spent a lot of time in free play/casual matches perfecting mechanics and I have a fast learning curve.

[@DurkDiggler]

you are gold because you are only talking about aerials, meaning you hyper focus on that, which is understandable, but not gonna benefit you very much

[@lijobeats]

Is it possible to add the Controller overlay back for this kind of videos?

[@CYN1C4L1]

Really enjoying this series, I’m high C3 low GC1 and I’m still finding stuff in these lower ranks to think about how I can use! Goes to show that even when you’re “higher” there’s still plenty to learn!

[@Admistt]

squishy saying he's not a pro is actually hilarious

[@Pupswolke1]

Hey Squishy, thanks for pointing out the ego problem! Here I am, a diamond 1 player. I make a small mistake in minute 4. Teammate chats "sorry, I can't carry you"...

[@kduster5859]

3:14 pi on the game clock and on the video simulation confirmed

[@raydurbin5795]

Thanks for being such a good role model. The toxicity from many players is such a turn off. I love the little tips and commentary, helps learn to think about the game. Keep up the great work.

[@sagarkanhe2548]

Yo Squishy can you make a series of mechanics or tips to learn for each Rank? would be really cool thanks.

[@hydrarl3869]

that plat ego/toxicity talk works at every rank

[@justinmike0236]

roasting the golds " this is exactly how u look " i died but i remember when i was gold i also used to think i better then i was, now chilling at C2 3 kinda stuck with how incosistent the skills are in that rank

[@thomaerys7088]

you're stuck because of how inconsistent YOUR skills are in that rank. Don't blame that on others lol

[@RaleighsKitchen]

Its like watching Bob Ross.

[@ashman2212]

Please continue this series. I love it!!

[@HyaghoMiranda]

2:39 OMG hahahahahaha

[@jdubs681]

Appreciate the training drills. More of those!

[@Adeus555]

Those are pretty old school training drills. If you watch some of Musty's early stuff those are all tried and true drills. I think the best piece of advice i took in was don't do drills for more than 20mins at a time.. you go numb to it, play a few games or something and then come back to it.

[@hollowss289]

No way this is how i look when i think im trying my ass off 😂

[@ashtonking3412]

This is lit. Keep doing these muffinsquishy.

[@MarioRoque17]

Hey squishy, I have a request for the series that I hope you're willing to do. I have always kinda used your style of play as a model of how I strive to play and have found all of your videos and commentary extremely helpful for me to push up in rank and improve on my skill. Anyways, I was hoping you could add the control camera again. That's something that I miss and I feel could really help me figure out what kind of movement mistakes I'm making. Thanks

[@didrikbakkland9280]

If anyones familiar with the Dunning-Kruger effect, the peak in rocket league is between P2-D1, thats means that these ranks are litterally scientifically the most toxic ranks, their teamates will always be the reason they lost.

[@A_Humxn]

For noobies, pick a training pack that you like and that is also challenging, you don't need to play online, focus on shots, fast paced shots, try to score the fastest you can, push yourself, do that for about 30 mins 1 hour, chilling and you'll get better and don't get frustrated you're not winning, just improve in your mechanics and the rest is a piece of cake. I improved the most just offline chilling and in training packs

[@aidanmclaughlin9589]

i really love this series dude.

[@kieronpocock532]

Even though squishy says this is what the golds actually look like I'm sure the golds i go up against aren't that bad because they can defend and airial better than that

[@boiling.behaviours]

Also your for your silver video, you're tactically still playing to strong. Take more time / stall before executing your reaction. Do take the panic shots, since it matches the descripted elo. And give the opponent some opportunity to take the score lead, feel positive during the game, or so they show their best to you. To be fair, you could just commentate on a real silver/gold match, with real silver or gold players.

[@kurtcervero]

I don't really agree with people who smurffing, it's very unfair to players who strive every day to improve and rise in rank. And it's really frustrating to play with high ranked players with other accounts. My humble opinion.

[@YoBrand15]

I agree. Although this is really for educational purposes lol. But I can't imagine doing it for "fun". Rocket league is great because of the challenge. Otherwise you might as well just free play

[@kurtcervero]

@@YoBrand15 Sure, but the rivals in this case don't know that it is for educational purposes. Ha ha. I like to watch the videos on this channel, in fact I study so to speak, to see what to improve. Obviously I will never reach this level. Jaja

[@Jujukickster45YT]

i like that tip if they are close to the ball dont go for it if they are far then go for it

[@R4MMU5]

14:40 '[...] by believing in their ability to do something useful, even if they're not a very “high rank“' I think you've hit the nail on the head with that one right there. Sometimes we can look down on our own teammates when we notice that they are lacking in some aspect compared to ourselves. But we need to realize that we don't see the whole picture yet, and should rather try to identify each other's strengths and work with them. That's how you rank up.

[@Iko_onthedl]

“Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is” - SquishyMuffinz, Johan Cruyff

[@milkboom8640]

Love the series!

[@Nomblies]

I felt bad for the player in the first game who got left alone and still apologized when he missed the save :(

[@lturn89]

yes, this is EXACTLLY what you look like!!! Shout out to the GOAT Squishy!!!

[@user-sb7cu7ub5s]

hey, in the future, can you talk about boost grabs/boost starving a bit? thanks!

[@kainieto8498]

W Messi Reference😂

[@UnluckyLevi]

yea those powerslide cuts are not happening in plat bro also your accuracy is way too high for this elo. maybe focus on no slide cuts and weaker power shots

[@Szkyren]

much love squish!!!

[@justinmike0236]

the evolution is crazy

[@LearningLazy]

Feel like smurfing won’t stop until road to ssl stops

[@texsion]

When content is as dry as this game makes it, a reliable series like this is something content creators have to fall back on

[@traveltrav1]

Oh yeah, the 5% of games you get against smurfs is holding us all back from getting to ssl.

[@yalmaoo5014]

Cry about it

[@thrpotatoasfgfejfidieiidkr7071]

Yeah the replies are stupid because they are just gaslighting themselves into thinking its still a good thing. Oh well i enjoy the series anyways

[@LearningLazy]

@@thrpotatoasfgfejfidieiidkr7071 yea I don’t really care about reply’s I just hope the creator rethinks his thesis on creating this series. It just promotes this behaviour and then all these other people go around creating alts to so call road to ssl in reality road to what ever rank they’re hard stuck like squishy probably trying to find ways to improve.

[@Plyometric]

3 games ago in gold 2 my opponent was speed flipping and air dribbling 💀

[@LucidUrchin05]

The thing with trying to match the rank is most of gold / plat is luck, Your a pro so you never miss the ball you never make mistakes so your never gonna be fully matching them

[@LucidUrchin05]

But no hate cause it's not like you can just play like a bot either or it wouldn't be entertaining

[@DurkDiggler]

there's nothing luck based in this game. once you get a solid foundation and transcend you mentality, playing gold/Plat will become simple and you will move on to diamond.

[@LucidUrchin05]

@@DurkDiggler ah yes cause the Plats I vs totally meant to side wall double tap, or pinch it top right, low ranks is all random flipping and aerials aka luck high rank is all skill though plat is not a high rank

[@shaunsters79]

I'm willing to say the Mendedezfamily was hoping you be his tm8 for the day. and you destroyed his hopes and dreams of a good tm8 for the next few games

[@osaedjan5442]

First ranked game on got air dribbled on 😂 he really is playing against some bag people

[@srujuan]

To be fair to the ppl leaving the games, you are blatantly smurfing by consistently hitting your shots accurately.

[@1111sharky]

LOL the plat 1 in the last match has the 2018 title... hes an og super sonic platinum

[@RVFFICA]

Maybe I can aerial now? ... *Wave dashes* 😂

[@TopDogRL]

Squashy Moofins giving bounce dribble tutorials?! What year is this? 2016??!!

[@GiovannyRosario-cv9sz]

Champ 3 it’s something else man

[@Richard-db4rk]

Great content as usual, keep up the good work!

[@skycoca4606]

I really think watchers are all diamonds already but these videos still shows good advices even for gcs

[@YoBrand15]

Even for diamonds though... hard stuck diamonds just chase the ball around. No perception of positioning or rotating.

[@BensMiniToons]

Let's GO! I half flip in plat 1. It just takes a few minutes to learn. Then play Heatseeker and do half flips while you wait for the ball to come back. you will get in down easy. I still can mess it up. lol PLat I am.

[@Wallabyinertia]

Gold 3 are definitely doing basic aerials. We just go for them too much and at the wrong time. I go up so many times hit the ball and while going back to the ground I think to myself “why did I even do that. Now they have possession “. We also miss the ball a lot because we do get in are emotional a lot

[@RumblingStarter]

yeah golds go for too many unnecessary aerials

[@outsidethebox310]

dude i dont even see dia 3 dribble like you do in gold xD