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Stories and technical notes on Unravel and Rocket League.

1. Did RLCS get better since 2024?

   2026-09-25

   • Rocket League
   • Tech

   Eleven RLCS and Esports World Cup events on one rating: 2024 first rated nine points under 2025, but a missing replay header did most of that. The real gap is about two points.

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2. How RLCS pros rate

   2026-09-23

   • Rocket League

   The 2026 World Championship through the Unravel rating: pros sit right on 100, Nwpo tops it at 120.5, and a team rated higher before a series wins about six in ten.

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3. Do kickoffs matter? Kickoff goals and wins by rank

   2026-09-21

   • Rocket League

   A quarter or more of all 1v1 goals come straight off a kickoff at every rank. In 3v3 it drops from 17% in Bronze to 13% at SSL.

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4. Stay behind the ball

   2026-09-19

   • Rocket League

   The team with less time in front of the ball wins about 7 in 10 games at every rank. Camping your own half does not.

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5. Boost management by rank: starve, hoard, spend

   2026-09-17

   • Rocket League

   Bronze runs out of boost, Silver to Diamond sit on it, Champion and up spend it. Average boost, time at zero and time at 100 for every rank.

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6. Why you're hardstuck: what separates the ranks

   2026-09-14

   • Rocket League

   Goals and saves barely change from Bronze to SSL. Discipline does, at every rank step, and speed separates ranks without deciding games.

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7. What actually wins Rocket League games at your rank

   2026-09-14

   • Rocket League

   Winners against losers in 35,626 recent ranked games from Bronze to SSL: staying behind the ball wins at every rank, while boost and whiffs fade as you climb.

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8. Rotating is losing, or is it?

   2026-09-11

   • Rocket League
   • Tech

   Checking every tracked stat against the result over 9,000 pro replays: saves are worth nothing, rotating more is losing, and speed flips predict nothing at all.

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9. The beginnings of Unravel

   2026-08-28

   • Tech

   From a first commit to version 0.1.12: boxcars, subtr-actor, Tauri, and a baseline cut from 120,000 replays down to 9,000.

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