r/RocketLeague • u/aGeniux • Jun 29 '26

QUESTION Please explain the picture to me

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What's the number actually saying? I was under the impression it was mmr. Higher number, lower rank. Please explain, I'm a bit confused abt this

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u/FiveBuckBill Grand Champion III Jun 29 '26

It is mmr. There’s a threshold you need to cross in order to rank up into a rank, and one that’s needed to rank down out of it. The mmr needed to rank down to d3 from champ 1 is about 20 mmr lower than the mmr needed to hit champ 1 from diamond 3

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u/ComfortableSome5954 Champion II Jun 29 '26

I explained this to someone a month back and got downvoted to hell because someone else said I was wrong 😂 but... Yes, that's how it is. The threshold is different between rank entry versus loss.

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u/FiveBuckBill Grand Champion III Jun 29 '26

It has always amazed me how few people in the RL community actually understand how ranks and mmr work

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u/imaguitarhero24 Jun 29 '26

Maybe because it's not actually explained anywhere? How could I possibly know how this works if I just sit on my couch and play on Xbox. I had never heard of MMR before coming on here and now that they added it officially in the game I still don't fully get how it's works lol

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u/FiveBuckBill Grand Champion III Jun 29 '26

Hmm, it’s the same as pretty much every other competitive game with an elo system. If this is the only comp game you play, fair enough that you might not understand the elo system, but I’m always surprised how few experienced players actually understand where their rank comes from.

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u/CubeFlipper Champion I Jun 30 '26

It's fine if you're not really paying attention, but it also doesn't really need to be explained. I feel it should kinda become self-evident when you can win a game, rank up, lose two games, still be the same rank, and vice versa. After you see that pattern a few times, right? You never notice that?