I’ve been playing a lot of Rocket League. (Who hasn’t, amirite?)
Yesterday two seasons started: The 2015 NFL season and Rocket League Ranked Season 1.
I’m a New England Patriots fan, so I was looking forward to their season opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers. I watched the first half in the living room. At halftime it seemed like Pittsburgh was not going to make it interesting, so I went to the basement where my game PC is.
I started playing Rocket League. I’d look over my shoulder at the TV when anything interesting happened.
Now I’ll put the story on hold there. I’ve got a pet peeve in Rocket League. That’s when a teammate of mine kicks the ball toward our net. I suppose they’re trying to maintain possession, but kicking the ball toward our net is what our opponents would do if we weren’t there. So don’t do that.
If it’s bad I’ll even call it out in the in-game chat.
Well, last night at one point I got blown up by an opponent. When this happens, you respawn near your own net. Since I was a little out of the action and my team wasn’t in imminent danger of giving up a goal, I looked over my shoulder at the game.
My eyes may have lingered on the TV.
When I turned back to Rocket League I caught up with the action. After a few moments I caught a breakaway, and starting running the ball toward the net. As I was about to shoot it in, a car came and knocked the ball into the corner. I could have sworn it was one of my teammates.
Talk about pet peeves.
A short time later it happened again! And this time I’m sure it was one of my teammates! Let’s see. I’m blue. He’s blue. I’m shooting at the blue net …
Wait a minute.
I was shooting at the wrong net.
Then the orange team scored. Then we lost. By one goal.
When the match was over, I quit out of Rocket League for the night.