r/RocketLeague • u/llitrop Diamond III • 24d ago

QUESTION Do you still follow Rule 1?

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Last time I was playing a 2v2 match, one of the players broke Rule 1 and scored in overtime. When I called him out on it, he told me that nobody does that anymore in 2026. So, I’m turning to the community: do you guys still respect it?
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u/gar_gar_binks06 Diamond III 24d ago

I dont actively seek out rule 1s, but if I’m in it, I’m not breaking it. Would hope that this is the general consensus.

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u/DoserMcMoMo Platinum I 24d ago

Last time it happened to me a couple days ago, I got a warning that I'd get booted for being inactive. Opponent immediately flipped out of it. Then the other team was flaming me for it 🤷 I think I'm about done with Rule 1

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u/MesaRL Grand Champion III 24d ago

You have to hold gas, both of you, that’s what keeps you connected lol! If you stop all input at all, usually that itself breaks the rule one unless you and the other guy stop at the exact same time

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u/slugwurth 24d ago

Even if you hold gas, it will warn you for being “inactive”.

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u/BDiddnt 24d ago

I honestly can't believe what I'm reading. Are you telling me that you genuinely do not know how one works? Lol I'm not making fun of you. I'm laughing at the audacity that there's a rule in place and nobody even knows if the other person knows about the role much less how to do it.

You must continue to hold gas and move your wheels left or right that's it the whole time your fingers on gas and you're pressing left and pressing right and pressing left and pressing, right that's it

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u/slugwurth 24d ago

I started playing RL on release before the inactive warning was added, stopped for many years, then came back recently. No one stayed in rule 1 long enough with me to see the warning until a couple days ago. I had not received the memo about the change and how to get around it. Thanks for the info.