If you’ve never been Grand Champ…NOW is the time

If this video got a like for every birthday I've ever had it would have 28 likes. 29 likes in 3 days (Feb. 20th). that feels like too many likes..

What really helps to get GC is: 1. Quit your job/school 2. Take a bunch of Adderall and play 8 hours a day

the jedi joke in the same match with "i love sand" cant be a coincidence

Confidence is key!!! I feel like just imagining that ur opponents are half asleep even if they aren’t can give a huge mental advantage. A lot of players including myself sometimes don’t force certain challenges out of respect for the opponents possibly hitting a crazy shot. Not giving opponents time to set anything up and keeping offensive pressure is great advice cbell!!

Alternate title: A GC pretends that faking and playing slow is a revolutionary and sure fire strategy

Its worth noting, A lot of times when the game feels easy and like you've discovered some type of "hack" or successful way of playing. It tends to be during our peaks, which may not be mechanical peaks. We can have ups and downs with our game sense as well. For me, my ups are way up. and my downs are horrible. My volatility is insane depending on mood and anxiety levels. I've had many times over the last 5 years where I'm just confused on how I've been so bad (always when im peaking hardcore) And when I'm really bad, I can't break out of it. Its not just hesitation or missed challenge timings. It's something fundamentally changed in my brain, my way of thinking was altered by something else and suddenly im an inconsistent mess. This is rocket league.

3:39 that's a legendary edit

Good advice. It's one element of the Flakes 2v2 series which is still how I hit GC in 2s and 3s this season. Step one is don't over commit, step two is learn how to take advantage of the other team over committing, which they will do frequently. I don't know if it's an attention deficit as much as it is just not understanding the game but either way it works so.

Alright CBell. You convinced me. I’ll go ahead and get GC real quick

cbell casually gets a streak of 9 when he’s is rusty <3

So happy you posted this. What youre describing has been my playstyle for like a year now and im currently a champ 2 who can barely arial. Being able to force a flick or a challenge to give your teammate space is THE most underrated skill in this game.

3:36 this shit had me rolling. Perfect.

I also noticed that fewer players in high champ/GC seem to force shots. I used to go for GC in 3s, but since last season it feels tougher to me and part of it is that ppl rather try to out-mechanic than just force a simple shot, more ballside than backpost rotations and not rotating out at all leaving me puzzled in the back.

Just wanna say I'm really enjoying your videos. I knew of you before and have seen the odd video, but not much and then got bored with RL. Getting back into it now and really enjoying your content, there's something more chill about which was exactly what I was looking for without realising, something a bit different. Subscribed :)

I’m gc3 while playing like this, peaking at ssl for a few games. I noticed around a year ago that no matter what rank everyone is they always panic when they get the ball. If you force them to give it away it’s always a free ball for your teammate. Whenever I try to play ultra fast like these 14yo prodigies I sit at high 1500 low 1600.

happy early birthday we love you <3

A very nice and motivating video, ranked is so stupid nowadays. Thank you Cbell

I went from low gc1 to high gc2 in about 3 hours of play time just by basically ball chasing and forcing the opponent into awkward positions. Then I tried the same strategy on an alt that started at middle of c3 and I literally could not get out of champ. You basically just have to adapt to the opponent depending on how they play. Also, if you’re trying to get gc in 3s, it’s just not gonna happen.

Such an amazing video! Ty for the tips!!

I got out from the hospital after a surgery in January with half working left hand and fingers barely moving, not having played RL for 2 months. Went from C2 to GC1 in a streak doing exactly the same thing. Can confirm this is the meta :))