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

[@queasyclipsrl]

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

[@Tidal_Plays]

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

[@Clips4tapperz]

Ewww

[@nwesterbeckmaster]

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

[@malintended]

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

[@MrBoomington]

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

[@malintended]

@@MrBoomington i was toxic since the very first day

[@Wtf123388]

@@malintendedthat’s why ur still in gold

[@nwesterbeckmaster]

​@@malintended 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. 😁

[@corazonnn10]

13:54 "good job mendezfamily2009" hahahahahah

[@Pekara121]

😂

[@RoseDRK0]

Bro said his full government name

[@leonardoaleman8851]

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

[@SynxyFifa]

😂😂😂

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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

[@xt23llx82]

"this is exactly what you look like" lmaooooooooooooooooooooo

[@the_micks]

that one line actually hit harder haha

[@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

[@MicahMorris-v2l]

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

[@brady21peterson]

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

[@drewdukkha]

Bro champ 2 be having some Demons for real

[@MikeBilliardsFun78]

it be funny if H2KGaming on his alt coaching

[@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

[@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

[@spunkyprep]

The fact that you're talking about your logic when doing things on the field dramatically helps me understand wtf I'm supposed to do so I can adequately berate myself when I completely disregard good play because I want to touch the ball

[@maxnovak9564]

10:22 “nothin crazy” gold immediately forfeits😭

[@goat8438]

Literally 😂

[@francisgallant1479]

How many times he says that while playing ridiculously perfect 😂

[@andrewthompson2474]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@Skyyeverlast]

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

[@Un-Named-Man]

I’m almost diamond again and I’m watching my replays and my opponents play just like the people shown. I’ve gotten so much better by just watching where you position yourself. Great video.

[@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.

[@josephfeleke5162]

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

[@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.

[@xXBigGravyXx]

These vids have helped tremendously with learning the game! Only downside is the competition is quite a bit harder now. Earlier ranks have more mechanics under their belts now. Though it remains true that silvers still dont understand how to play the game.

[@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.

[@natedostalik3538]

Squishy Psychoanalyzing gold toxicity is so funny

[@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.

[@smolboyi]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@jonathanerdman130]

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

[@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

[@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

[@Salamislammer]

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.

[@mikeiavelli]

16:02 Actually good for a gold! 🥇

[@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.

[@paulgiovanni1136]

love these videos squishy. lot of cool mechanis relevant to us lower ranked guys :D

[@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

[@isforshooting]

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

[@Cali510Livin]

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

[@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.

[@scuttt1752]

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

[@SomberScream]

A+ Series Squishy!

[@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

[@marv-ee2bh]

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

[@stopme2.045]

I should have been watching these it is very informative thank you for this

[@TheChrisd43]

the cut back at 15:30 is not what anyone can do in that rank

[@ashman2212]

Please continue this series. I love it!!

[@fernandodavila5459]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@2amjujukickster_45]

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

[@ashtonking3412]

This is lit. Keep doing these muffinsquishy.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@aidanmclaughlin9589]

i really love this series dude.

[@VenyxK]

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

[@DABOSS190]

Yo Squishy, congrats on joining Rule One

[@vulksi]

New series idea, carry Mendez to ssl

[@ci4xzz]

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

[@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"...

[@milkboom8640]

Love the series!

[@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

[@Richard-db4rk]

Great content as usual, keep up the good work!

[@justinmike0236]

the evolution is crazy

[@lturn89]

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

[@drthistleton]

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

[@Bernardoskau]

I'm a Gold 1 constantly floating between that and Silver 2. I do agree this is what the games look like but damn they didn't aerial once

[@JosephAnoya]

This should me I need to relax when I play in 3 v 3s stuck in gold but I myself played too angry and its costed me lol.

[@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!

[@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.

[@kduster5859]

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

[@cmcg6702]

Thx for the lesson sensei❤

[@Szkyren]

much love squish!!!

[@sagarkanhe2548]

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

[@RPT1DE]

I turned on notifications just so when you post the video going against plats.😂

[@Admistt]

squishy saying he's not a pro is actually hilarious

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@RVFFICA]

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

[@cauzerzfv]

I subbed thought it was really help ful for a gold 1

[@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.

[@PlemDon]

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

[@GiovannyRosario-cv9sz]

Champ 3 it’s something else man

[@Pekara121]

I cant wait to see you in high diamond/low champ which is currently where im at (solo que only).

[@YoBrand15]

Yup im low champ in 2s and 3s. I'm not mechanical though. I'm curious to see how squishy plays

[@Pekara121]

@@YoBrand15 that's funny you say that. I'm a kbm player and not to stroke my ego too much but I'd say I'm quite high in terms of mechanical skills for a kbm player. That's thanks to spending a lot of time in Freeplay and training packs. With that said I'll never be able to replicate the mechanical skills of a controller player cause it just isn't possible. The sheer speed advantage, how fast you can execute inputs is not manageable with kbm. Recently I started playing again after a 3 year break and now I play much more wisely and defensively. It's insane how much value I get from analyzing my teammates playstyle. Most of the time I just let them do their thing and it works. If they screw up I'm not scared to play defense. Learning shadow defense and 1v1 techniques is honestly one of the best things you can implement into 2s and 3s. Cause when your teammates are still recovering you have to be able to stall for time and potentially make a safe. I really recommend doing those training packs where you have to save the ball that's coming from behind you.

[@YoBrand15]

@Pekara121 I mean I'm decent mechanically. I'm very good defensively, bounce dribbles, shadow defense, etc. By not mechanical I mean I'm not good at air dribbling or flip resets, and I'm not consistent with dribbling and flicks. I mean I'm still champ, the way I am champ is by just being a good teammate and positioning/rotating. The worst teammates for me are ones that are very good mechanically but horrible at rotating or positioning. But I just dont have the time for practicing. I just get right into ranked. So its hard for me to improve mechanically. Kbm I'd argue is just as fast with input, but where it's a disadvantage is the micro movements. Much harder to air dribble. I've tried controller and I can actually air dribble better despite very little olay time lol. But it would take too much time to get the muscle memory down so it's not worth switching to me.

[@lijobeats]

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

[@Flamingo97]

Im curious to see your tips and tricks to get out of the champs

[@RaleighsKitchen]

Its like watching Bob Ross.

[@linkinkrap462]

Cant wait to watch plat and diamond cause I you dont know how much I NEED to get out of there

[@JamesElliott-d1k]

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

[@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

[@itsmarco1181]

Keep going, i think the higher ranked videos will get more clicks!