5 Times Rocket League Pros Shattered The Skill Ceiling
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Rocket League's skill ceiling has continued to rise as professional players push it further with new mechanics and new strategies. In this video, I cover a few times pros shocked everyone and raised that skill ceiling even higher.
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I've followed Rocket League Esports for years and I've witnessed a ton of moments where pros pulled off things far beyond what we thought was originally possible. Today, I share 5 of my favorite moments where Rocket League pros destroyed the skill ceiling. To best convey the feeling of astonishment RLCS fans experienced as they witnessed these moments in real time, I decided to show and tell them through a cinematic lens to fully immerse you into the intensity leading up to each moment. Rocket League Esports will forever been known as one of the most unique and incredible Esports of all time.
0:00 Intro
1:23 The Ceiling Shot
3:59 The Physical Game
6:21 The Flip Reset
8:38 Fake Aerials
10:34 20 Demos... One Game
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Hey Wayton can you make a video on how Squishy had is rise and downfall like the Kronovi video?
already did
Done and done
The fact that Squishy is here twice shows how good of a player he is
Was*
@@jaxjuarros2643 is*
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@TC aj. Yet he'd mop the floor with you LOL
@TC aj. not sure if he’s washed, but rather just doesn’t care anymore compared to before.
Squishy is such a pioneer of the game man. A true legend.
indeed man i didnt know why everyone has him as their favorite player or the best player but my god i get it now
dude's literally playing the game 5 years in the future. that ceiling shot got me goosebumps all over.... nuts
@@yurilopes420 And it's even crazier because he's stayed near/at the top of the game for at least 3 years now, which is crazy when you think about how metsanauris, al0t, Kaydop, kuxir, and all those pros are either gone or struggling to stay in the RLCS
@@apotato5919 true, shit's like skating nowadays, the closer you are to 12, 13 years old, the better you are and the og's fall off
but not squishy!
@@yurilopes420 I'm certain that Young adults would shit on 13 year olds in skate my dude.
@@yurilopes420 Squishy fell off in to a moaning old man. He cries about the demo meta, love it or hate it if you cant adapt it makes you weak and look where NRG are these days.
They cant even qualify, NRG moved squishy to NRG on the size of his profile and fanbase, hes actually... compared to the level of player these days, hes average.
He made his mark by hitting the big stuff in the early days but as the meta has evolved in to chasing and pure prediction of everything, that stuff doesnt have the same impact anymore.
Those things he hit in the early days were also only made possible by the Neo Tokyo update, if half this stuff was possible from day one Squishy wouldnt even be talked about because someone would have found this stuff before he did.
Squishy is the perfect example of calling someone "Washed"
Bro the chills when you hear the crowd, the commentators, the goal explosion. This game is beautiful.
I'm wondering about the Wayton Pilkin content skill ceiling. How much better can his videos even get? only the future knows...
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@@WaytonPilkin make a video about dark pogos in 1s
@@WaytonPilkin what about the speed flip?
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Wayton please do an in depth video on Fairy Peak's 1v1 streak. It's, to this day, the greatest and most dominant showing in all of esports history. 53-0 for over a year against every possible worthy challenger
I don't think it's very easy, especially for Wayton. Since Wayton is not one of the best 1s players and he doesn't coach 1s. Also, there is sooo much to cover in that. I would love to see ApparentlyJack or someone else make a video like that. Fairy Peak has a massive brain, when it comes to this. Bigger than ours, so I guess only he, himself can do that, or maybe he had already done that, I don't know, honestly.
@@radessthegoat Of course you can analyse what kind of playstyle had and what mechanics he used at that time which made him unbeatable. Would make a really interesting video imo
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@@radessthegoat I don’t understand the point of that argument. He’s barely good at 3s, yet everyone loves his videos like these.
@@ziadkhayat7299 the guy above wants an in-depth video, for that you need knowledge, and Wayton has some knowledge, when it comes to 3s.
Damn I remember seeing that Squishy ceiling shot live, cant believe it's been 5 years. Such an iconic moment!
You always tell these stories so well, you are one of the best. Keep going wayton ❤
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The Squishy ceiling shot still gives me goosebumps to this day
I JUST COMMENTED THAT MAN WTF WAS THATTTTTT
Kronovi?
Go touch grass
I don't know how it's possible but Wayton manages to make his videos better every time
I love videos about the competitive scenery of Rocket League. Amazing video like always, Thanks Wayton for your great work, keep growing
Its funny how other players get so mad, when they get demoed in the chat, while I dont, when its part of the game like bumping is also with strategy, so in profesional 4v4 game is good to have one demoer or bumper, if there is one striker, midfielder and goalkeeper. Toxic players in chat are more annoying, than demoer is, so what is useless in demoing, when through demoing you can score some goals and so its not toxcity, if it has strategic plan behind it.
Still to this day, I'm ssl and can hit the shot consistently, yet something about squishy's ceiling shot gets me so hyped. I saw it live and thought it was the best goal ever scored, and even though more mechanics have come to light and even doper shots have been scored in the rl comp scene, that ceiling shot remains the best pro play shot in my opinion. It was astonishing for its time and helped push rl into a new direction from were it was going at that time.
I love Wayton videos 🤤
5:50 is phenomenal. My favorite RL clip of all time.
Not gonna lie, when the physical game is used against me, I get frustrated. But then I remind myself they're just using a built in mechanic and this is, in fact, Rocket League. Then I embrace it. It's like they're just reminding me I can do it too.
Rinse, repeat.
Bumps and demos are OP. You can literally take a play from nothing to a guaranteed goal. If you aren't using them it's like not building in Fortnite.
I absolutely love your story telling videos. You do it so well, and at some point during the video, I'm bound to get chills watching it. Well done!
The way I see it: every player has a unique personality to themselves. As they become more comfortable with rocket league and eventually become fluent (like the pros) they eventually put their own spin on their game; similar to one’s own handwriting. Everyone has their own play style and at a professional level they become different types of super powers stemming from how creative someone is when playing at their best. Every player in this video is an example of someone who has mastered their personality in rocket league for a split second in time. Cool video!
Man, I remember spending hundreds of hours just practicing RL moves. I stopped playing a few years back but this video made me remember why I loved it so much back then. Awesome upload dude!
Honestly I don’t mind waiting a week or two for a video, because it’s always made to perfection👏🏻😊 keep it up
Your videos just keep getting better. I can see a clear difference between the ones you posted a few years ago when I started playing RL, and now. Keep up the amazing work WP, you're my favorite yt-rl creator
Great video Wayton 👍
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Great video! I saw the squishy ceiling fakeout live and knew it was incredible, but I didn't know it would spawn a revolution among the entire competitive scene. Thank you for documenting all of these milestones.
Thank you for highlighting the physical game. For someone that just enjoys the casual side of RL and struggling to master complex aerials, there is still enjoyment in just causing mayhem on the pitch
when i can't play the ball, i play the bumps and demos.
@@Patate7Frite this is _the_ mindset. if i can’t hit the ball, i’m hitting _you._
I love the way you format your videos, Wayton. Seriously they’re so well edited and it’s makes it a really easy watch. Thanks for making rocket league into something of a story almost👍👍👍
The quality of Wayton's videos is only going up.
Aside from the clean video editing and concise storytelling, the audio really really caught my attention as well; the music choice for moment introductions (and the way it cuts off into him talking), syncing music with video (like syncing beat-drops with goals, for example 08:26), the smooth usage of SFX (like slowmo sfx for emphasis 04:57), and a LOT of other details that might seem minor on their own, but definitely add up and make everything come together very nicely.
I think it deserves more spotlight. I'm feeling inspired. 10/10 video.
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Nahh prolly wirtuaL gonna fail everytime🤣🤣
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That was an incredibly well made, well narrated, beautiful vid. Makes me so hyped to keep seeing the game evolve.
Amazing work as always Wayton. The time and effort you put into these are evident by the final product. Man, soooo gooood.
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great stuff as always, it felt really cool being able to remember watching all of these moments live, thank you wayton
Bro, this is probably the most staisfiying video I have ever watched. Especially the "The Phyisical Game" moment, just gave me goose bumps!
I'm really liking these documentaries, from both Sunless and Wayton!! Huge props bro, these videos are absolutely top notch
Same!
rl documentaries hit different these days
The insane thing about Squishy's ceiling shot is that the 2 best goalies of that time were in net.
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Thanks for making these man, you keep my love for this game alive when I'm burnt out on it
As always an amazing piece of documentation, Wayton I love your work!
Not only is Squishy here twice, but both times it's him dunking on Metsanauris lmao
hahahaha
This video made me think, I remember when RL first came out and everyone used to just drive around like idiots waiting for the ball to come back to the ground before going for it, it's really crazy how far it's come as a sport
I remember those times
Back when the skill ceiling was the floor lol
dang bro i love these video styles. it takes me almost a few hours just to put a bunch of edits together. cant imagine how much work this takes
Amazing video. Love how u give the summary and context, then show the actual clip. Great production, editing, and writing
The irony of NRG being one of the first teams to implement the demo/bump strat but now being completely unable to adapt to it
because they arnt toxic
@@pantiesgonewild358 still crying about demos/bumps? damn youre probably a hardstuck diamond
@@pantiesgonewild358 You're an idiot if you think bumping is toxic.
@@pantiesgonewild358 demos are a part of the game
That was all fireburner. And then they replaced him with squishy who hates demos.... And now fireburner is the coach of V1. Where Comm plays lol.
season 6 cloud 9 was so hype to watch. Was the first NA RLCS title win since season 1 it was glorious and squishy actually hit not 1 but 2 crazy flip resets in that series if I remember well
He did indeed. They were sweet to watch. It's almost a shame everyone is as good as each other mechanically nowadays. It was cool to see people leading the way so obviously back then.
@@novocaine88 ye squishy was nuts but low key gimmick was best player in the world when they won that title and torment best 3rd man
@@zak14 Didn't Torment get MVP?
@@AwesomeNuke yeee he did and deserved it but still IMO gimmick > overall then
Love the format, these videos are really improving
This video gave me chills! Great job, Wayton
I loved when Virtuoso was a demo machine. He tilted so many teams, it was fun to watch. :D Sad how he stopped that playstyle because people said it took no skill, etc. It was very effective! The same thing happened with Alot and his playstyle. Because they began calling him cherrypicker, cause he was often at other teams backboard etc. Playing kind of a "free" third man, with the other two doing most of the normal gameplay, him doing crazy stuff. It worked. Then he changed and started playing normally, which isn't his forte.It's sad to see. Both players had special kinds of playstyle, ruined because of insecurities.
Is the Rise of The Pogo the 6th moment???
The pogo is only viable in 1's and very situationally in 2's. I don't see how it could be possible in 3's. Same reason why I feel the air dribble bump wasn't in here, it was a primarily 1's mechanic that took over the 1's meta.
@@Torpid6441Air dribble bump definitely could he’s used in 3s, maybe with a fake aerial too.
Love the content waytoney especially these documentaries!
Keep up the great work
yo-- CZcams just randomly recommended this to me, and I just wanted to say: I'm struck and impressed by how well-written and well-produced this video is. really good job-- you are very skilled at telling stories not only visually but auditorially (if that's a word) as well! keep it up and you'll achieve great things! :)
i especially love the way that you introduce & contextualize everything first-- showing all the angles, putting it in perspective, etc.-- and THEN show how big a deal it is, for which the crowd's reaction really is the best demonstration.
Im surprised he didnt mention the first double tap. It offers so many more opportunities on offense that i feel like it at least deserves an honorable mention.
As a demo enjoyer, i am in awe of the Comm match, truly an aspiration. Demos stop a player or kill they momentum, at low level it can even entirely change the flow of the match, making demos happen way more often.
I'm not even a Rocket League player and I was recommended this video. To be straightforward, I don't regret watching this video to the end. Despite my lack of knowledge with this game, this video provided a beautiful demonstration on the ever growing skill ceiling of Rocket League, and that's impressive to be able to convey that to someone who doesn't even play the game. Such a great video.
3:16 “The physical game becoming even more COMM-on”😂
I luv your vids.
I mean who doesn’t
Surprised you didn't mention rotations. Possibly the most important innovation in the history of the game. Early on, teams would have a dedicated goalie and two attackers. F3 came in with the rotation style of play that absolutely overwhelmed the opposition.
And then after that Envy came with backboard play that hadn't been seen
This is objectively false. I have been playing RL since release and at no point did good players ever use goalies in 3s. If you played goalie, you were a moron that was rightfully flamed for griefing your team. Even SARPBC didn't use goalies. It has never been good, the rotation has always been around. It was certainly not "innovated" in any RLCS match. There were Reddit posts about rotations before the RLCS was even a thing.
we got a historian here bois. In the face of video of Gibbs playing goalie very early in the game at a high level with Kronovi. It also never happened.
the production on this video is absolutely incredible.
I love how the opening clip to the 20 demons in 1 game was COMM getting demolished xD
The 6th time is ZEN lol
What a great video! I do however think you missed out on the "0ver zer0" or today known as the air dribble. Even though it might not be the most used, it was probably the pioneer/first of all these mechanics, if i don't remember wrong ^^
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since when is the air dribble not one of the most used mechanics i’m lost
@@xGrifo Well, in pro play and high rank in general, it is hard to get enough time or space to perform an airdribble. Yeah under GC it is still super good, and it is still utilized in the higher ranks and pro scene, but not the extend of something like the bump or fake plays mentioned in the video 🙂
@@BobsiTutorial it's just kinda weird to say there's no air dribbling when you need to do so in order to score* a lot of these other mechanics. i personally wouldn't consider bumping and faking mechanics in the same way dribbling is a mechanic but ig that's a whole other discussion on it's own
@@BobsiTutorial I think a ceiling shot, flip reset or an airdrag is just a more advanced version of the airdribble. It certainly deserves to be up there.
While I stopped playing the game a couple years ago, I always find top level play astonishing to watch. And I haven’t seen comp play in that time and had no idea someone took demos to that level in rlcs and it’s hilarious and I love it lol
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I've never understood when people get tilted about demos. It is literally built into the game mechanics. It sucks when it happens to you, but it's also part of the game.
True, I never get tilted about demo's in 2's or 3's. Although I will say demos tilt me in 1's. Actually, the other kind of demo's that tilt me are the more "Mindless" chasing ones. I don't mind strategical demo's but it annoys me when people are absolutely awful situationally with their demos.
"it sucks when it happens to you" thats why people get tilted.
@@shmondo9346Exactly, I’m not a demo hater, but I do understand why people can get tilted. Even if you know your opponents nit toxic it gets a bit tilting, doesn’t mean it should stop ofc.
Bro just demo back it’s not even hard, generally one player on a team is the demo guy, the other two are either defenders or playmakers, take one of them out and their team will be under chaos too. fight fire with fire lol
It's the exact same reason people get tilted about being combo'd in a fighting game. Once ur demo'd you lose any control you had over the game for the next 3s which can get really frustrating
I have gone from gold to Diamond in 2 weeks.. I’m not the greatest but the fact I’m climbing is so encouraging.
carry me lmao
Nice climbing, gotta get mechanics up but still gl on ur journey
@@altaudio555 gimme your tag lmao!
@@ad4lat it’s been rough but I have dedicated a lot of my spare time to just practicing mechanics and it’s helped so much.
@@sheldonhiebert49 hahahaha would love to but my air roll/powerslide button is broken on my controller so I'm pretty useless until christmas lol
Really great video. You just keep raising the bar with these.
Who’s here after Zen won worlds by shattering the skill ceiling yet again?
Then vitality get 4-0 by r1 lol
Great video Wayton!
While I love Comm, and I can appreciate how hard it is to get 20 demos in a single game without putting yourself out of play, my vote for #5 spot would go do Darks pogo-mechanics.
It hasn’t been fully realized and implemented in pro play as of yet and is likely to never be, as it’s a mechanic that is way too situation specific in 3v3 rather than where he uses it in 1v1 when there’s only one opponent.
@@jackmalcolm yea that sounds reasonable. I was first going to put a disclaimer that the pogo still hasnt been used effectively in rlcs but the text got so long.
My reasoning was that the title didnt mention rlcs or 3v3 specifically, but then you would also have to include freestylers which is another whole world of insane skills.
Dark isn't a pro though and, while interesting, pogos have not proven to push the skill ceiling.
@@phantomofthelpac its true that he isnt a pro, but I would argue that Darks use of the pogo has increased the skill ceiling. But as Jack replied above, I can agree that the pogo isnt very likely to make a big impact on the pro scene, unlike the potential it has in the 1v1.
@@emiljohansson3283Rlcs is just 3s. Different tournaments can include different gameodes, but rlcs doesn’t do that.
I get excited every time I see a new Wayton video
Dude i literally get goose bumps rewatching these shots. So insane at the time
im calling it, the next game changing mechanic will be the classic triple flip reset penta wave dash squishy save
I think backwards longjumping will be next to shake up the meta
I did a Comm thing 2 days ago and got 21 demos no OT. Nobody else was on console so I couldn't see potential trash talk lol.
if you actually arent lying and got 21 WITH NO OT... idek what to say, thats 4.2 demos per minute lmao
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@@galiRL Ain't lying lol. People weren't even doing anything to avoid it.
@@galiRL watch Woody he got 28 once in a Sunless Khan video
@@galiRL bro I got 56 with 2 min ot in c1 just cos they were mad i dbl flip resetted them and I retaliated
Videos like these always give me goosebumps
Good video, I like how well all the cinematics are done all the replays and everything
i love the summary style vids. anton is my go to for such a clean flow. BUT this is a nicely done vid!!!!
THIS is what I was always talking about. This gameplay of these pros nowadays is so insane yet we are probably not even halfway there to perfecting it, I'd say not even 25% there. It is insane what is possible in this game and these pros just lift the ceiling every time
Thank you for this video, soooo much memories. Stay save and stay in the air :-)
crazy summary, very well written video, love it
I really love these types of videos, you are really good at making them
That's a beautiful RL vid of I ever seen 1! Keep making the great vids & I'll keep watching them!
With every moment you showed. I forgot how much I loved this game I got chills everytime 😂
Great video can’t wait to see what gets pulled off in Lan Diego
wonderful execution on such a fun topic, great work once again :D
So good!! Squishy's face during Comms demo game says it all lmao
You make really high quality, entertaining and non repetetive videoes. Well done. 😊
i really like how well-made this video is, good job wayton :D
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Loved this man. Love rl
Great as always 🔥🔥
Great video, editing, and cadence with the conclusion? Love it.
Great video as always! I hope sometime soon wall dashes will add to this list
Love the video. Rocket league esports has been one of the most consistent, consistently-growing games possibly of all time. One mechanic or skill that I feel should’ve been on the list was the double hit. I remember watching season 2 when it really got popular and everyone in casual and ranked play with trying it.
ur videos r actually a W, best informative rocket league youtuber ever
First vid of yours ive seen and wow im amazed at the production value
Really enjoyed this! And thanks for giving some background story on every move. Really nice edit too :)
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I still can’t believe that I saw the squishy ceiling shot in person! I was losing my mind when squishy did that to tie the game. It definitely cemented him as the GOAT of RL in my eyes
This editing in is absolutely beautiful!
i can genuinely say this was a really cool video, thank you
Wayton these vids are AWESOME
Best documentation I've ever seen!
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Consistently amazing videos and very well explained and crafted. Amazing to watch!
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Wayton, you gotta write my essays cause as soon as your video started you got me hooked.
Great vid wayton
This video layout truly is amazing great vid man 👍I subbed
Bro, epic content tysm for uploading such cool stuff