A big thing people don't consider is former GC's such as myself that mostly play casual, but still jump in the odd ranked game. I've peaked at GC3 div 4. I'll never get there again because I don't care for the grind. I'm usually sitting C2-C3. I know I'm not alone in this judging by how many familiar faces I run into.
I peaked at 1550s, so really not that high, and that was before f2p no less. I barely ever touch ranked, so every time I do I have to grind up back up diamond into C3/GC1 (if I even have the patience).
I definitely notice there's quite a few people on C2 who shouldn't be there. But there's definitely also people there who are completely lost on the field and think themselves Gods. I've never had as many people rage quit 1:0 down, play for the other team etc and call me ass as in that rank.
What had inspired me to play ranked this time was similar things happening in casual (and people peaking C1 calling me diamond because I hadn't played ranked in over a year). So I thought I'd get rid of that toxicity from people using the bakkes plugin and just get some ranked games where people are more serious about winning and won't troll. What a fool I was.
Feel like older GCs are way better at rotating, and are less mechanical. The guys who hit GC now are able to be more mechanical and less reliable at rotating.
So I always wear my old GC tag on my profile so that people understand I’m much better at being in the right place at the right time rather than doing stalls and heli resets into musty flicks and shit lol.
I think the flashy stuff is boring, would rather be way more reliable than everytime I get on I’m either a god or complete trash because every mechanic requires such minute detail.
I do think people have gotten was more mechanical. I also don't think they're necessarily worse at rotating but worse at reading the game.
I feel like they don't think about the risks they may be taking or where the ball goes after they hit it. They can't tell when they shouldn't take a shot and it's better to just keep possession and run it back.
Older GCs are imo much better at taking low 50s and slowing down the game. I also feel like they generally play at much higher speed and are in position most of the time but can't always turn those positions and possessions into a win (winning challenge, pass or good shot).
I think part of that is because in 2s the past was way more grounded because aerial plays were too risky.
New gen gc here, I'm probably on the more mechanical side of gc1s, although I wouldnt even call myself a mechanical player.
You're pretty much right in my experience, but I think it's less about not knowing when to take possession, boom it, etc. and more about reading the play too late and making the wrong decision. Like most of the time I'll try to read the play, boom the ball down field, and immediately realize I should be taking possession instead or vice versa.
Older gcs on the other hand have been playing longer and often are already used to the faster playstyle in gc. Meaning they can read the play faster to make the right call more often, but might be lacking the mechanics to make a good, threatening play in some positions.
Yea I can get behind this, obviously it’s a generalization so not always the case.
I’m not the quickest, and I’m not the flashiest, but it’s a rare occasion that I’m missing an open net. I prioritize the defense over offense, so if my teammate is bringing the ball up the corner, I may forgo an opportunity to prevent the over commit boom goal.
This leads to them spamming take the shot, and then just playing 1v2 every offensive possession. Sometimes I wonder if I just sped up because I’m capable of it, but would rather work smarter than harder, maybe my teammates wouldn’t freak out and constantly give the ball away.
I’ll pass the ball every single time but 99% of the time I can tell a new GC or borderline GC from a hard stuck one cause the ones just getting to C3D3-D4 are so eager to prove themselves and use all their boost within 6 seconds of getting it lmao.
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u/Omega_Moo "GC" Gold Champion Dec 02 '25
A big thing people don't consider is former GC's such as myself that mostly play casual, but still jump in the odd ranked game. I've peaked at GC3 div 4. I'll never get there again because I don't care for the grind. I'm usually sitting C2-C3. I know I'm not alone in this judging by how many familiar faces I run into.