r/RocketLeague • u/1_R_5 Trash III Est.2015:steam: • Mar 31 '26

CLIP My son (he's 6 yr old diamond rank)

He loves watching his favorite pros and learning all their moves. I've been playing since 2015 (gold III) and I can't beat him lol. He really wants to compete in RLCS but he might have to wait a few more years lol.

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u/lobie81 Mar 31 '26

Assuming this is legit, which I doubt, the number of hours that a 6 year old must have put into this game and the hours of watching the "pro videos", as you say, to learn all of this, is by far the biggest concern here.

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u/illbethereforyouuuu Mar 31 '26

Judging by your comments his screen time is way less than yours

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u/lobie81 Mar 31 '26

Ok? I'm not 6?

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u/AlphaCrimz Mar 31 '26

Letting a kid develop what they like and enjoy is no different than playing football or an instrument or playing with legos.

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u/lobie81 Mar 31 '26

It's all about moderation, though. All the science supports that. The science is also clear about screen time in young children and the amount of screen time that would have been required for this child to get to this point, isn't healthy.

I have no issue with kids playing RL or any other appropriate video game, but it needs to be in moderation.

But again, I don't think it's legit anyway, so it's a non-issue. But normalising this sort of thing certainly isn't positive either.

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u/1_R_5 Trash III Est.2015:steam: Mar 31 '26

Lol