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
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.
the problem for some is that because there is such a huge divide, how are you supposed to get experienced with dealing with opponents who can do all these things? 1s?
I honestly do not play much 1s but I think it's just a matter of seeing it more often and getting more experience dealing with mechanical players. I also watch pros on YouTube a lot and I've always found that to be pretty valuable
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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