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The latest Rocket League [Steam] update is out, adding in a new tournaments feature so everyone can run their own.

You can now make and join user-created tournaments, each of them being able to customize the amount of people, the amount of games you have to play, the arenas you can play on, what platforms (cross-platform with consoles or not), rank requirements and so on.

In addition, there's also a new chat bans feature, so players who are a nuisance will be unable to talk. If you report someone and they get any kind of ban, you will also now be notified.

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Also, we're running our first official GamingOnLinux tournament. This will be 1v1 with cross-platform turned off, in the hopes that it will be mainly Linux gamers playing together. It's going to be a one match affair for the main games, with a best of three for the final match to find the winner.

It will start Friday, April 6th at 8PM BST/7PM UTC, hopefully I have the time right as it doesn't note the timezone so I believe it goes by my local time when creating it.

How do I join? All you need to do is make sure you search for "GamingOnLinux" in the tournaments menu and subscribe to it, then when it's about to begin it should let you join in (so be online!) with a maximum of 64 players. As this is our first one, it might be a little odd until we understand the system properly—so bear with us! We shall of course run plenty more.

See the full update notes here, there's plenty more to this release like connection quality indicators, new country flags have been added, item stacking to reduce clutter in your inventory and more.

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tuubi Apr 4, 2018
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I look forward to being the first one to lose 10-0.
Liam Dawe Apr 4, 2018
I look forward to being the first one to lose 10-0.
Not before I lose 20-0.
Xpander Apr 4, 2018
make it 30-0 for me.


dunno if i have time to participate though
nitroflow Apr 4, 2018
They still need to add profile picture to the report options because there are some pretty nasty people out there with some pretty nasty profile pictures. Happened to me once with a premade team of idiots with burner accounts and had to resort to hunting down the steam profiles for it to be properly reported.
MichaelTunnell Apr 4, 2018
I would like to play in this but I might not be able to due to scheduling conflicts. :(
Marc Di Luzio Apr 4, 2018
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They still need to add profile picture to the report options because there are some pretty nasty people out there with some pretty nasty profile pictures. Happened to me once with a premade team of idiots with burner accounts and had to resort to hunting down the steam profiles for it to be properly reported.

You should report these through steam directly - here.

Anyway, signed up and ready! :)


Last edited by Marc Di Luzio on 4 April 2018 at 12:47 pm UTC
flipper Apr 4, 2018
Joined the league.

Anybody else having issues with the steamcontroller in this game, for example in menu mouse (right pad) only works when I keep the steambutton pressed?
Nevermind, by disconnecting my wheel everything is fine again :)


Last edited by flipper on 5 April 2018 at 4:39 pm UTC
wazz4657 Apr 4, 2018
I signed up just in case I can make it...but 3 pm on a workday is pretty early for us in the US.
Liam Dawe Apr 4, 2018
Don't worry US folk, we will do another one likely on a weekend during the evening time for you, once we get to grips with how the system works. :)
nitroflow Apr 4, 2018
They still need to add profile picture to the report options because there are some pretty nasty people out there with some pretty nasty profile pictures. Happened to me once with a premade team of idiots with burner accounts and had to resort to hunting down the steam profiles for it to be properly reported.

You should report these through steam directly - here.

Anyway, signed up and ready! :)

And I did, but it's a nuisance hunting down random profiles, even more when they have generic names and there are thousands of results. Anyway, it should be possible to do it through the game since it's shoved in your face every time a user scores.
14 Apr 5, 2018
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I can't make this one, but I look forward to beating all of you that can't win.
Pinguino Apr 5, 2018
Dang, I'm kinda envious of you Rocket Leaguers now. I wish we had leagues/groups for other games as well (to play tournaments, campaigns or whatever). F1 2017 comes to mind.
tuubi Apr 5, 2018
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Dang, I'm kinda envious of you Rocket Leaguers now. I wish we had leagues/groups for other games as well (to play tournaments, campaigns or whatever). F1 2017 comes to mind.
There's no reason these tournaments have to be started or overseen by the GOL staff. Just head on to the Tournaments section of the forums and feel free to arrange your own. And I think there's a "players wanted" channel on the GOL discord if you're looking for less formal gaming company.
Pinguino Apr 5, 2018
There's no reason these tournaments have to be started or overseen by the GOL staff. Just head on to the Tournaments section of the forums and feel free to arrange your own. And I think there's a "players wanted" channel on the GOL discord if you're looking for less formal gaming company.

This is great, thank you for the tips!
prueba_hola Apr 5, 2018
Dang, I'm kinda envious of you Rocket Leaguers now. I wish we had leagues/groups for other games as well (to play tournaments, campaigns or whatever). F1 2017 comes to mind.

I don't have F1 2017 but...count with me for a tournament about Grid Autosport ;)
stretch611 Apr 6, 2018
Just tried for the last few minutes... could not find "gamingonlinux" in the tournaments.. :(

I think I was there a fw minutes before the official start time...
tuubi Apr 6, 2018
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I look forward to being the first one to lose 10-0.
Didn't manage to lose 10-0. But I guess 10-2 isn't far off. :P
Liam Dawe Apr 6, 2018
I lost 11-2 :D

Tournament number 2, with a little more notice this time: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/forum/topic/3259
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