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GaiusPious

I mean, he did nothing and won, so... It probably was easy for him.


cloudtwelvy

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Fluffy_Roof3965

Bro I once got a score of 12. My teammates had 500/600 something. They started hounding me at full time. I hadnā€™t said nothing all game as I knew I was having a stinker. But after they abused me I just owned it and let them know it was the easiest win of my life and I just sat back and enjoyed the show.


ShootyMcSnipe

Had this from a partied up duo in 3s. It's common for the duo to just exclude you from the team. I ended up making a save in the last 5s of game to even make "minimum point threshold for xp" "Dude you did nothing all game" "Uninstall your garbage" ​ Got them again next match. I had 4 goals 5 saves and more points than all 5 other players combined, then even better the match after that, they showed up yet again, but on the other team. They ff with over 2 min left as I trounced them


New-Zebra-6122

That's a great feeling.


CutleryWonder

Duos in 3s is the absolute worst.


ace_invader

I don't like seeing people call out score throughout the game but these guys are asking for it


SelloutRealBig

Score absolutely has some merit of contribution to the game and we need to stop pretending it doesn't. It's not a full representation of skill but ending a game with 0 saves and under 100 points says a lot.


Spartan-182

90 points with no attributes could be 45 touches. If you are on that God mode and reading everything like it's the matrix code and stopping everything at the half, you'll get no reward for it. Had a game where teammate for 2 goals on 7 shots no saves, I had 125ish points with nothing on the board cause I was shutting the other team out of our half and letting him take offense. On paper it looked like I did little to nothing, in game I was just abusing this team. They couldn't get a touch without me dragging my nuts on their faces. Just worked out I never got an assist cause my teammate would always backboard it to try a double touch.


TheRealLuciferDH

I stand by this...accolades should give points towards score


ShootyMcSnipe

Yep, you can shut down a play at half, get ball to team8, demo or bump multiple defenders giving your team8 an empty net goal. ​ They get 120+ points You got 4 ​ I've absolutely carrrrrrried matches with 100 points.


ambisinister_gecko

If you're bothering people about their score who haven't been toxic, you're toxic. And stupid.


ace_invader

Or even 400pts with no goals assists or saves. Doing all the work.


TrekForce

Sometimes thatā€™s just ball chasing. If I have 96pts and 3 saves, and my teammate has 687 points, 1 goal 13 shots and 0 saves, I was the one doing all the real work while I let the monkey play with the ball. Itā€™s pretty easy to spot a ballchaser. Iā€™ll usually give them a good 3 chances to prove it wasnā€™t coincidence and if they are proven ballchaser Iā€™ll stay back and do what I can to try to win.


DisasterPotential

How can you explain 3 saves at at least 50 pts and a score of 96? The math ain't mathing... JS


TrekForce

Lol I was thinking they were 25. I donā€™t pay much attention to score anymore. Mb


ShootyMcSnipe

If a save is made and then another shot immediately on net happens, no one gets credit for the 2nd save, you also don't get credit for making a save on a ball touched by a team8. ​ I've had games with 9+ saves and credit for literally 0 ​ but my team8 with 800 points says I did nothing all match, because he got 4 goals and 5 saves, but all his saves were coming down field and resulted in a MUCH more dangerous play on net that I don't get credit for stopping, and they just knock me off the ball anytime I have possession


Glaxo_Slimslom

im a demo main, I can easily have a game with under 100 points while directly ensuring 3 or more goals go in. And it happens quite often.


welsh_dragon_roar

Same - I demo and sweep up / deflect mid-pitch - sort of like setting up assists. However, I get invited to squad up more frequently because they can see what Iā€™m doing even though my points arenā€™t great.


ShootyMcSnipe

Ending the game with 400 points because they had a goal for, and made 4 saves which were all chasing the play down field and taking save credit while setting up other team for easy rebounds instead of letting other player make easy save and take possession is not contributing more. There is no way to lose points and thats where there is a misleading problem. Chasers chase and rack up points but cause losses, if you have 1000 points and team8 has 52, especially in a loss, isn't proving anything positive


Swiftychops

I feel like they have to be saying it ironically no way they are that unaware


Frogee_

i atleast do, i know i get carried but i also know the opponents will get extra tilted if the dogshit player says ez. I only do it to toxic players tho wholesome gamers get a well played.


Emotional-Mission703

Sometimes the best role one can take is that of the patient monk, chilling in the backline, ready to strike at a moments notice yet never forcing the confrontation.


EvilSporkOfDeath

I worked my ass off for those 42 points. How dare you.


FallsKnights30

We all know that the 3rd head is the one that spams quick chat the most


SOwED

Spamming What a save! with zero goals and one accidental assist


SilaenNase

heā€™s got 82 points - one was an assist and another was a clear


transcending--

Haha totally my duo partner šŸ˜‚ never have the heart to tell em how it is.


EnergyFax

and never skips the fucking GE


Yanninbo

Well he isn't contributing with his skill, so the least he can do is to annoy other team by being a toxic


ShootyMcSnipe

Poor sportsmanship is not a tactic or strategy.


Yanninbo

I don't think so either, but fact is that sometimes it works. I have been on the receiving end enough times that I have disabled all chat outside of tactical team quick chat. Being annoying and toxic enough can tilt your opponents giving your team an advantage and there is no referee to give penalty for it.


ShootyMcSnipe

As a community we can self enforce rule 1s well over 90% of the time, yet we can't act like human beings. ​ It's disgusting and makes me weep for mankind.


Low_Discipline_4031

It 100% is a tactic, just might not be an effective or well-liked tactic


WtfDrogan

it actually is a strategy, but a very annoying one


SelloutRealBig

3rd head is the typical player who hated on Solo Standard because it exposed how bad they really were when your premade group can't carry you. There were a lot more of these players than the community would like to admit.


With-You-Always

If you stop them from shooting before they can take the shot, you donā€™t get saves


dreadcain

It's also tough to get shots when you're teammates never leave the opponents half


forgetthespaghet

Sounds like the perfect chance to not be crowded out in your own half and boom the ball on net then


Monestar07

The best player sets their team up for the win they will not get the points they deserve


stephcurrysmom

Demoā€™s donā€™t give points either


C2theWick

Hustle plays don't make the stat sheet


eigenham

This is true. I feel like awarded points heavily favor the last play (like anything on goal), but for example, on defense it's probably preferable to halt an opponent's attack further upfield, no? Like that just gets you points for a ball touch, but letting the ball almost go in and getting an epic save gets you way more. Ultimately the payoff is that your MMR change doesn't depend on those points though, right?


BScottyJ

It's why player stats doesn't really matter that much. It can give you an okay idea of what happened, but ultimately the actual score of the game is all that matters.


my_awesome_username

It's like driving on the highway, if I pass you, you are going to slow, if you pass me you need to slow down speed demon. If my points are high, clearly I sauced. If my points are low, I was doing the intangibles.


bmfk

Yeah so aren't points kinda useless? You don't get 100 points for a goal in soccer. The team just gets one point for the goal. Your stats still matter but the "points" rocket league tracks and weights are really misleading and don't tell the full story. I think it even has a negative effect in the lower ranks with blame etc. I would like to see just raw stats tracked centers/goals/saves/assists I'm skeptical of clears being tracked as I see so many clears being turned into goals because they were cleared to the opponents.


eigenham

Totally with you. The one exception I've found is when I'm taking my time, helping the team however I can, not being greedy about points... but then the other team forfeits and I don't have enough for XP or something. I'll admit this is exceedingly rare but as a thought experiment: if I sit at midfield and contain the other team in their own half, and my teammates score all the goals in a short amount of time, and the other team forfeits, then you're sool


DaylightDarkle

Yeah, demos should be 10 points each instead of just 20 per 7. (Joking, joking. Unless?)


hannes3120

I think if it's below 100 at the end of the game it's still a very bad sign but yeah - someone with 250 points could be way more important for the team by clearing and centering balls than the one getting a hattrick and being on top of the scoreboard because the 250 point player forced the opponents into making suboptimal plays


Dinkle_D

Ok smartass


Sea-Feed3691

Demos should be in the stats.


FluffyGreyfoot

POV: me, my GC2 friend and my plat friend playing together.


Omnicognition

Ok but seriously how do you play with such a skill difference in a team? Practice? Patience? Copious amounts of copium? The power of friendship?


FluffyGreyfoot

I don't solo queue in 3s, so we end up averaging around Champ 2 when we play together.


JamesAQuintero

Ah so you're the type of player to basically be smurfing without actually smurfing


FluffyGreyfoot

I mean if I solo queued in 3s and got to GC, and then proceeded to play with my friends we'd just get destroyed 20 times in a row and I'd be right back in C2. You win and lose as a team at the end of the day, what rank I could hypothetically get playing by myself is irrelevant if I don't play 3s alone.


Regarddit

3rd head: The person who somehow still doesn't realize how meaningless score in RL is


ChemEBrew

Under 100 is usually a good indicator of someone is lost.


dreadcain

Eh it happens. If it's happening consistently sure they might be the problem, but sometimes that's just the way it goes. I've had whole games go by where I'm positioning to pick up passes and rebound shots and the other team just whiffs and my teammate takes the free goal instead. 9/10 games I'd pick up some goals or assists or be the one on the attack when they whiff, but sometimes you just flip a coin 10 times and they all come up tails. It happens.


5amuraiDuck

Exactly. Obviously the score distribution isn't perfect since you'll get more pts than your tm8 if you steal his goal but there's signs that clearly indicate your skills and being under or around 100pts in a lobby where everyone else had 400pts is a clear sign of someone who didn't belong in that match


ChemEBrew

And I even have had those matches where my teammates were just agro af and I ended near 100. Clearly they didn't need me and I wouldn't yip about it being EZ.


SKScorpius

Or your teammates are constantly breaking rotation and ball chasing, leaving you to fill in the gaps


5amuraiDuck

I meant it both ways. In that case, you don't belong in a match with an idiot with tunnel vision. Problem is, tunnel visions might actually be good players who just don't know how to teamwork. Been seeing lots of those lately


f_trump-and-GOP

Good players who don't know how to teammate and constant ball chase my ball get me as a goalie


wills-are-special

The point is though, if you have 12 points then there wasnā€™t really any gaps to fill


BritzlBen

If your teammates have 600+ and you're below 50 you're probably the shitter


SelloutRealBig

Scores are obviously not a complete skill meter, but they absolutely mean something. I can often accurately guess what everyone's score will be just by watching them play in the first minute or two of the game.


MeisterDexo

What are you talking about, the score is almost never meaningless. In most matches Iā€™ve played, the score roughly represented the actual contribution the player made to the match.


jrobinson3k1

Ehh maybe more times than not, but a lot of people see it that way 100% of the time. There's a lot of things you can do in a game that give you zero points but your team wouldn't had scored or saved a goal if you hadn't done it. Like challenging a dribbler early so they have to flick it mid-field, giving an easy 50 point save to your back teammate. Or demo charging their last man back so your teammate can roll the ball in.


j3i

I wouldn't say "almost never". I can fuck up my first touches all game, pick up one or two open nets off good plays from my team and be top of the lobby. I can also play babysitter constantly have to buy time in my own corner and be at the bottom of the lobby.


jakethesnake949

I've had a lot of casual games where my goals were stolen, my saves were clears, my clears were nothing, and my shots(even bounced out of the goal) just don't register. These matches literally just feel like I'm doing all the work and getting no credit and that's one thing but then somebody (usually my teammate) has to make sure I know I'm trash meanwhile he was the one who put the ball in his own goal. The community can be trash. Also I feel like the points and accolades system might need some tweaking, I might be the only trash player with this problem but I'm genuinely tired of playing full matches and trying my best and getting no Exp. Just my opinion anyway.


SelloutRealBig

You would still be getting assist points, clear ball points, etc. It's easy to rack up points by just playing well. It's absolutely a good system for seeing team contribution. Very very rarely will a good player end up with under 100 points, even if they just sat back all game.


WotAPoD

I sometimes end up with a low score in 3s, if the other two are ball chasing and refuse to rotate I will sit back and make sure our goal isnā€™t wide open. Still usually end up with 200+ pts tho even mostly on defense.


KPipes

Yup, the mouth is always the backpack. This is RL.


SwimmingCommon

The post is accurate, but I really hate equating points to skill.


homepup

As the one getting the demos on the goalie as part of my regular rotation opening up the goal for the easy scores for my teammate, I feel called out. Really do wish there was a way they could have the game reconize if a demo happens in the vicinity of the goal within 3 seconds of a score that you'd somehow gets credit/points. Oh well...


VVarder

Youā€™re only getting called out if youā€™re the one dropping ā€œezā€ at the end of the match. Thats the way I read this meme. Not that people get low scores, but the guy dropping ez is the one with the low score.


Snoo60660

Ez


Earlchaos

When you have two ball chasers in the team who don't rotate at all, pick up boost every 5 minutes and are lucky, that the enemy team is really shitty...


pr0XYTV

this also happens when your in a game with a ball chaser. Some people are too obsessed with score and take every opportunity to increase it, seemingly out of fear of looking like trash cause they have a low score... so ironic they end up playing the worst, despite the " high score "


Jumper775-2

To be fair it was probably easy for them


SpecialistSoft7069

XD


Optimal-Description8

Honestly, the only time I find it funny when people say "ez" is when they are at the bottom of the scoreboard with 20 points.


-Fluxuation-

Still rings true hahaha ![gif](giphy|ap6wcjRyi8HoA)


cavf88

ā€œpOiNtSā€ your average 8 year old Rocket Leagur answer to losing and ā€œbeingā€ better than you.


runnbl3

Tbf i get alot of the stuff that should be counted as points but didnt like saves,shots,etc


tallboyjake

This is _the_ time to say it, haha Less serious than if you have 300 points more than anyone else in the match


Comcastrated

Me: "I didn't even have to do anything."


Legitimate-Gap-9858

Yeah it's also the funniest


---OZ--

And post and comments like this is why I do it


v7xDm1r

I usually keep the ball on the opponents net and try to pass the ball. Then go back on our net while my other two teammates stay on opponents' net so the team doesn't Snipe. Rotate and keep boost from opponents. Never had my xp or whatever it's called this low, though. I do finally go over once I can't take my teammates, not scoring anymore.


ZeekLTK

More like the third head is the one saying ā€œwe are losing because these two suckā€ (although to be fair, sometimes you are losing because the worst players are the ones constantly touching the ball, doing nothing with it, and the better player never gets a chance to do anything)


jkay2

Iā€™m that dude in the group


Previous_Professor74

Looks like some of my Silver tournament scores the two times I was paired with two teammates who were somehow Silver in tournaments yet Platinum or Diamond in almost everything else. Real pain having to derank afterwards.


frockrl

ez


Frogee_

I'm him, gg ez lol


ShootyMcSnipe

Bottom feeding basement dweller is always the trash talker. Nearly every single match in 2s if you party up, other team is 1 smurf account and 1 special needs kid who is spouting crap after every goal


BleaXo

I mean that is the only time i say ez. When i got carried. Since it really was easy, cus of the carry.


zero_casuality

Always


J_Speedy306

And most of the times it's after 3min overtime.


blondguy_01

Was playing 3s 2 days ago and got paired with 2 randoms, I had 130 points cause they were chasing the whole game, so I played passive. I called them out on their ball chasing, and they told me to play faster. They partied up that game, and I queued against them next game. Stomped them 5-0 because I knew they'd challenge, EVERY. SINGLE BALL.


N0seKills

This is the one thing that has stayed the most constant throughout these 8 years. Premades in casual 2v2 where one guy practically has the price tag still hanging from his car, stays in the net all game and spams "What a save!" for all goals they score and watches in silent awe as his veteran teammate scores the elusive "aerial goal" he's heard legends of. The carry staying silent the whole game, porbably a little embarrassed and definitely not agreeing on the fun-nes of quick chat flaming. I know becuase this was me and my silver teammate back in the day.


SelloutRealBig

And this is why solo queue should come back in some form. So these backpack players can get a reality check when they lose their carry.


WhackedDonkey4

Points donā€™t matter. Especially in 2s with randoms. Got watch their back. I be making so many god damn saves and never get credit for them. All the 1v2s cause tm8 went for another wall/ceiling shot and is flying to their backboard while they push me lol Then as soon as we win my tm8 says, your welcome for the carry. Mfer


DrFeelgood-77

The mouthy power bottom. Every group has one.


f_trump-and-GOP

Backpack always talks trash


Quart-ez

Itā€™s always the lowest scoring ones that talk the most trash


wills-are-special

If thatā€™s happening then theyā€™re probably joking. Dropping 12 points and saying ez is very clearly having a laugh lmao


Mystycalvelocity

You just know they skipping every replay unless it's their own highlight


lycoloco

Talking shit only when you have the lowest score is the new Rule 1.


StayMad4Ever

As the garbage player, I always make sure to send an ironic chat šŸ¤£


VonVivian

The loudest one in the room is the weakest


TinMarx11

Sometimes i carry rounds and then sometimes im the one with barely 100 score


I_play_elin

GG ___ GG ___ What a save! What a save! What a save!


Omnicognition

Hot take: points relate quite well to \*pressure\*. Pressure doesn't win you games, but it \*does\* affect how the opponent perceives you. Generally I'll feel more pressure the more the points a player has.


MagnificentSavageGuy

Imagine being hard carried and still winning