Rocket League's Getting A Limited-Time 'Boomer Ball' Mode

Sounds great, I love rocket league but haven’t played it much recently, this gives me an excuse to jump back in!

^ditto

That's all.

Clicked on the link expecting an article about a formal dance for attendees of ages 55 and older to get together.

Sorry, I must be thinking of a different Boomer Ball.

@Desrever I much expected the same. Disappointed, but also not since I still like RL. Gives me a reason to dive back into it with my son.

Fun Fact:
Boomer was a character in Donkey Kong Country 3.

Only seniors with bad takes on racism can play? That's a weird mode- oh, the ball physics are changed and you have unlimited boost. That makes more sense.

As fun as this mode sounds, did they really think calling it "Boomer Ball" was a good idea? That's just begging for people to poke fun at it.

Lol ok boomer

I'm surprised nobody here has made mention that "Boomer mode" has always been in the game.

It was popularised by youtubers. Basically you create a private match, set boost speed to 1.5, have unlimited boost and change ball speed to high.

Jon Sandman does it a lot with the likes of Lethymir, Mertzy, Musty, etc.

So it's very old, costs your kids money but is free for you and is racist?

I still think a proper "air hockey" mode would be fun... I know they had a "hockey" mode at one point, but it wasn't what it could be... The puck needs to glide around on the surface and carom off the walls.

I still play rocket league. The beach ball mode was ok. I'll try the boomer mode if beach ball mode has ended. When I've tried settings for boomer mode on my own, I haven't liked it like I expected. Not sure I like boomer, if that's the case.

I like how they keep innovating new game modes. It really keeps the game from going stale

Stoked to try this. I wish they'd bring back the online game search that was only the experimental arenas...those were so fun.

I kind of wish modes like this were added to the game permanently instead of just being available for a few days or weeks. It sounds like this one can be replicated using mutators anyway but still.

@nessisonett and the comedy award goes to...

Make sure you update your RL game ahead of time, if you havent logged in for a while, the updates can be hefty and time consuming.

It’s very vogue for people to throw out the word racist at random isn’t it?

It's nice of them to add stuff like this, but every time I try out one of these special modes, I can literally feel my skills and instincts for "real" rocket league suffering. It can be hard enough for a non-pro to judge a midair intercept even without the physics of the game being variable.