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Re: Show HN: Hacker League – Open-Source Rocket League on Linux

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This... is a Rocket League clone, yeah, in the loosest sense of the word. I don't think the author's deeply involved in political wheelings and dealings around Epic's past actions and trying to whitewash something they did. People make side projects all the time that port "missing" software to new platforms, regardless of the reason that software is missing from that platform. There's a good chance OP didn't even kno…

Don't engage, this is clearly some sort of ragebaiting, trying to get people outraged about Epic in a completely unrelated thread

Re: Show HN: Hacker League – Open-Source Rocket League on Linux

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I've been playing different styles and genres of video games ever since Wolfenstein 3D and I consider myself pretty adept at playing them. However, Rocket League is one game that I just can't master. I've tried, really really tried, but I just can't play it with any amount of skill. It's a shame, as it looks really fun and I hear my son and his mates having a ball when they play.

I heard Comm, a pro, once say that he wished he had his 14 year old fingers back...think he was 17 at a time. To me, a 40 year old playing with KBM, I feel like I just can't bend my brain around all of the 3d possibilities. I just don't have any intuition for rolling my car while it accelerates towards the front...and then you add in the complexity of the camera and, yeah, I suck.

Re: Show HN: Hacker League – Open-Source Rocket League on Linux

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I seriously, seriously think that in the future (possibly far future) various eSports will all be derived from a few open-source base games. The ability of game developers to leverage licensing, contracts with orgs, etc. to lock down a competitive ecosystem with exclusivity results in inability for a "free market" to develop around running events and broadcasts. Rocket League and League of Legends come to mind here,…

when esports mostly exists as a loss leader to sell video games I don't quite see this vision anytime soon.

Re: Show HN: Hacker League – Open-Source Rocket League on Linux

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I've been playing different styles and genres of video games ever since Wolfenstein 3D and I consider myself pretty adept at playing them. However, Rocket League is one game that I just can't master. I've tried, really really tried, but I just can't play it with any amount of skill. It's a shame, as it looks really fun and I hear my son and his mates having a ball when they play.

I basically suck at Rocket League (can't get beyond Plat.III in any mode), but I still enjoy playing it daily. Turn off ALL chat except tactical team quick chats, otherwise it's a toxic quagmire.

What a save! What a save! What a save! What a save!

Re: Show HN: Hacker League – Open-Source Rocket League on Linux

#26

I've been playing different styles and genres of video games ever since Wolfenstein 3D and I consider myself pretty adept at playing them. However, Rocket League is one game that I just can't master. I've tried, really really tried, but I just can't play it with any amount of skill. It's a shame, as it looks really fun and I hear my son and his mates having a ball when they play.

I basically suck at Rocket League (can't get beyond Plat.III in any mode), but I still enjoy playing it daily. Turn off ALL chat except tactical team quick chats, otherwise it's a toxic quagmire.

It's very weird seeing RL discussed on HN - worlds are colliding! But, yes, this is good advice. Also consider playing 1v1. I'm Diamond I-II there. It's a lot of fun, and probably the only mode where turning off the chat doesn't put you at a disadvantage.

Re: Show HN: Hacker League – Open-Source Rocket League on Linux

#27

I've been playing different styles and genres of video games ever since Wolfenstein 3D and I consider myself pretty adept at playing them. However, Rocket League is one game that I just can't master. I've tried, really really tried, but I just can't play it with any amount of skill. It's a shame, as it looks really fun and I hear my son and his mates having a ball when they play.

I heard Comm, a pro, once say that he wished he had his 14 year old fingers back...think he was 17 at a time. To me, a 40 year old playing with KBM, I feel like I just can't bend my brain around all of the 3d possibilities. I just don't have any intuition for rolling my car while it accelerates towards the front...and then you add in the complexity of the camera and, yeah, I suck.

I've only just started trying to do aerials, really, and I find myself getting vertigo from it haha. I'm also 40. It's so disorienting. None of the camera settings feel "right".

Re: Show HN: Hacker League – Open-Source Rocket League on Linux

#28

I seriously, seriously think that in the future (possibly far future) various eSports will all be derived from a few open-source base games. The ability of game developers to leverage licensing, contracts with orgs, etc. to lock down a competitive ecosystem with exclusivity results in inability for a "free market" to develop around running events and broadcasts. Rocket League and League of Legends come to mind here,…

when esports mostly exists as a loss leader to sell video games I don't quite see this vision anytime soon.

I get your point, but I'm not sure loss leader is quite the way to describe it. I think of it as a marketing/promo expense like any other. Are user conferences loss leaders?

Also, RL is free-to-play nowadays. They're banking on in-app purchases, not sales of video games.

Re: Show HN: Hacker League – Open-Source Rocket League on Linux

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I basically suck at Rocket League (can't get beyond Plat.III in any mode), but I still enjoy playing it daily. Turn off ALL chat except tactical team quick chats, otherwise it's a toxic quagmire.

What a save! What a save! What a save! What a save!

Calculated.

Re: Show HN: Hacker League – Open-Source Rocket League on Linux

#30

I seriously, seriously think that in the future (possibly far future) various eSports will all be derived from a few open-source base games. The ability of game developers to leverage licensing, contracts with orgs, etc. to lock down a competitive ecosystem with exclusivity results in inability for a "free market" to develop around running events and broadcasts. Rocket League and League of Legends come to mind here,…

> The game developers don't have the money to develop exhaustive anti-abuse mechanisms, or to pay a large support staff to sift through reports, so lots of times the best you get is a simple heuristic. And these companies are not financially incentivized to ban bad actors. In fact, they're incentivized to ban _as few as possible_ without damaging the player base.

I can promise you this is not true. Major publishers absolutely try to curb toxic behavior and are heavily invested in doing so.

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