This Week in Rocket League

10/31/17–11/06/17

Jasher

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The Arc

3 min readNov 26, 2017

RLCS Welcomes New Sponsors

HyperX and MGM Resorts have joined Mobil1, Old Spice, Brisk, and Nissin Cup Noodles in sponsoring RLCS, just in time for the Season 4 World Championship this weekend.

Nintendo Switch at World Championship

Rocket League will be released on the Nintendo Switch a week from tomorrow, November 14th. If you are on the fence about picking it up and would like to demo it, Psyonix will have playable units available at the World Championship.

Season 5 Rank Distribution

After a little over a month since the Autumn Update and Competitive Season 6 went live, Psyonix has released data on the distribution of ranks in the season. In addition, /u/Nerdword generated a cumulative look at the same data.

RLCS World Championship

Broadcast Talent

Alex “Axeltoss” Rodriguez: Desk Host
Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez: Stage Host
Callum “Shogun” Keir: Caster
Adam “Lawler” Thorton: Caster
Kevin “FindableCarpet” Brown: Caster
Caleb “WavePunk” Simmons: Caster
Michael “Quinn Lobdell” Behrouzi: Caster / Analyst
Randy “Gibbs” Gibbons: Analyst
James “Jamesbot” Villar: Analyst
David “yumi_cheeseman” Lane: Analyst
Jamie “Karma” Bickford: Analyst

Bracket

Teams

Gale Force Esports: European #1
Method: European #2
MockIt Esports: European #3
PSG eSports: European #4
Cloud9: North American #1
Ghost: North American #2
NRG: North American #3
G2 Esports: North American #4
Chiefs ESC: Oceanian #1
Pale Horse Esports: Oceanian #2

Recent Results

NARLI: International
PRL RIVAL WEEK 2: International
RLCS EU CHAMPIONSHIP: Europe
RLCS NA CHAMPIONSHIP: North America
SPL GAUNTLET EU: Europe
SPL GAUNTLET NA: North America
THROWDOWN CHAMPIONSHIP: Oceania

Collegiate Rocket League

League play for CRL concluded with Week 4 last Monday and Tuesday. Tune in for college carball regional playoffs tonight at 8 PM ET on twitch.tv/RLEsports!

For up-to-date standings and statistics on CRL, make sure to keep /u/PaTcHiZzEl7397 Stats Sheet bookmarked.

Player Efficiency Rating

Recently, DMRawlings and The Half Flip have provided statistical analysis for professional Rocket League. DMR’s article covered various metrics related to score, goals, assists, saves, etc. The Half Flip have introduced team ELO ratings.

Now, Dexzy has proposed the use of player efficiency rating (PER) to compare individual players. For a detailed description of the metric, read his article.

Training

WayProtein has compiled a list of training packs and accompanying tutorial videos. If you are looking to improve your Rocket League skills, make sure to check out Rocket League Training. In addition, he has also collected a large categorized list of training packs.

Hitbox Specification

As most are aware, the battle cars in Rocket League are differentiated by their hitboxes and turning radiuses. In the past, various people have released information on battle car hitboxes after updates. Now, /u/Trelgne has posted a detailed specification of the hitboxes for the battle cars after the Autumn Update.