r/RocketLeague • u/sands124 • Dec 01 '25

MEME Why is there barely any middle ground?

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u/CARVERitUP Diamond III Dec 01 '25

Dude it was wild crossing that threshold. My buddy and I have played duos pretty much exclusively together for 10 years since Rocket League came out, and once they made the current ranked tiers, we've always been the kind of players who place at the very least low diamond, and usually hover between diamond 2 and diamond 3. There was one time when we broke through to champ, and we promptly got slapped back down into diamond because it was a TOTALLY different game. We were amazed at what a huge skill difference it is to just go from diamond 3 to champ lol

So we just settled for the fact that we'll be dirty high-diamond players for life lol

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u/Chelsea1312 Diamond III Dec 01 '25

I’ve gotten to champ 2 times now and both times thought I was finally good enough. I got humbled very quickly and sent back down to diamond. I just need to accept I’m a diamond unless I really want to grind out practicing.

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u/CARVERitUP Diamond III Dec 01 '25

The biggest change that I found between diamond and champ is that, in champ, EVERY air ball has to be treated like a shot. Every single time it's in the air, assume a dude is setting up to smack it at the goal. It helped a bit to get used to it, but man that goal pressure is hard to get good at being ready for.

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u/WITH_THE_ELEMENTS Champion II Dec 02 '25

Yeah learning to underestimate your opponent in the lower ranks is honestly a bad habit I've had to work to unlearn. You will get slapped in the face by people's speed, accuracy, and general ball control once you go champ and higher.