In a month packed with Rocket League history, we saw the first-ever player to claim back-to-back RLCS World Championships (that would be Turbopolsa, btw, congratulations to him!) and our official release on Nintendo Switch! While our last Community Spotlight[www.rocketleague.com] put Rocket League pro players center-stage, we're shifting gears this month to focus on giving new Rocket League players, particularly those playing on the Switch, a solid 'Custom Training' foundation for practice.

CUSTOM TRAINING

Just in time for the holiday season, Nintendo Switch owners got their hands on Rocket League for the first time earlier this month. While there will be some familiar faces playing on the Switch, we want to offer the true Rookies out there a top-tier list of community-sourced 'Custom Training' packs consisting of ground shots, wall shots, goalie packs and even aerial shots. New players can practice using this 'Custom Training' list to get a head-start against the Switch competition, while experienced players coming over from other platforms can use the new packs to hone their skills on the new hardware.

• Author, Pack Name, Difficulty, Code
  
• Wayprotein, Shooting Consistency, Platinum, 4912-A5C9-9A56-555D
  
• SPG | ProfessorShanks, LEVEL 002 - POWER HITS, Silver, DC62-FEEC-D575-1B6F
  
• Coach Ryuu, Ground shots v1, Gold, 7C94-D3A7-46A9-82DC
  
• Wayprotein, Air Roll Ground Shots, Gold, B4EB-C56A-BA9D-5300
  
• Wayprotein, Ceiling Bounces, Platinum, D68F-3BD8-6DFD-4A51
  
• jstn., TRAINING PACK, Gold, F8E9-1895-2313-D5E8
  
• Bush, Bush's Progressive Saves Pack, Bronze, 6AFE-E510-BAA3-CB43
  
• Carl Spangler, Carl's Aerial Training, Silver, 57AA-3994-71EC-7BCD
  
• Flax7 | Telekom ftw, UPSIDE DOWN AERIALS #2, Diamond, 3883-8507-B84A-34F5

If you want to catch the pro player-made 'Custom Training' packs list, then jump over to last month's Community Spotlight[www.rocketleague.com] for a glimpse at the RLCS training regimen!

Incoming: Adjustments to Competitive Matchmaking Bans

Posted: 20 Nov 2017 10:37 AM PST

Nothing beats the thrill of Competitive play in Rocket League! Whether you're putting in the time to hit your Rank goal, grinding out Season Reward Level wins[www.rocketleague.com], or jumping into high-level play for the first time[www.rocketleague.com], you always want a fair experience going into a Competitive match -- and so do we!

Starting today, we're making some changes to the competitive matchmaking ban system. The goal of these changes is to discourage players from disconnecting from Competitive Playlist matches early; nobody likes to lose, but it's always important to finish out a match if a forfeit vote fails, no matter what side of the score you're on.

Currently, players who leave Competitive matches early are subject to a 15-minute ban from Competitive Playlists. Our new system will have seven ban levels, starting with a new, shorter five-minute ban at Level 1. See below for the full breakdown.

• Level 1: 5 Minutes
• Level 2: 10 Minutes
• Level 3: 20 Minutes
• Level 4: 40 Minutes
• Level 5: 60 Minutes
• Level 6: 120 Minutes
• Level 7: 24 Hours

Once a ban expires you will stay at that ban level for 12 hours, but if you leave another Competitive Playlist match during the same window, you will go up one level. If you don't leave any Competitive matches early during the same 12-hour window, you will go down one level, eventually going back down to Level 0. You'll still see the same kind of notifications with the new system, so active bans will appear at the bottom of the Playlist window.

If you reach Level 7 (Wow!) and consistently leave Competitive matches before a match concludes, we may take additional actions against your account, including timed or permanent bans from all online matches.

We hope these changes will cut down on the number of players who duck out of Competitive matches early. Who knows, by sticking around until the timer hits 0:00 instead of making for the Main Menu, you might just get a few Reddit-worthy comeback wins under your belt.