SubPar Poddy C

Not much has happened since our last episode except two thirds of RLCS, so we thought we'd come back for a quick recap, and Stumpy covers what really happened in Los Angeles.

The world's jaw DROPPED when we saw ScrubKilla was joining Joreuz and ApparentlyJack on the best 1v1 leaderboard roster in the world. Jack lets us know why Scrub is good again, and how his content on YouTube and Twitch have taken him to the next level.

Contrary to popular belief, football did *not* end up coming home... YET! We discuss what that song really means, why people should stop crying over it, and let you all know about our brand new TV show! 

10 months of the best ever Rocket League esports season has concluded, and we were part of it! We look back at our favourite bits, explain where we've been, and what comes in the future.

2021 will not see an RLCS LAN and we go through the alternative, online solution, and celebrate Guild winning the latest European regional! We also join forces to create the best RLCS X Tier List out of any tier list so far.The Poddy C is sponsored by RL Garage, the home of Rocket League trading. Organise trades at home or on the go, check the item shop, or browse the comprehensive item database. Download the app now at https://rocket-league.com/app​ or browse online at https://rocket-league.com/trading​

A brand new season of ranked brings highs and lows, but also a whole load of new quality of life updates! We also discuss whether RLCS should enable quick chat for all the viewers to see.The Poddy C is sponsored by RL Garage, the home of Rocket League trading. Organise trades at home or on the go, check the item shop, or browse the comprehensive item database. Download the app now at https://rocket-league.com/app or browse online at https://rocket-league.com/trading

Somehow, some way, BDS managed to not win their 8th RLCS X event and the RL Esports world was SHOOKETH. We explore why that may have been, and what Stumpy got up to in his uni days.The Poddy C is sponsored by RL Garage, the home of Rocket League trading. Organise trades at home or on the go, check the item shop, or browse the comprehensive item database. Download the app now at https://rocket-league.com/app or browse online at https://rocket-league.com/trading.

He's begged us a LOT in DMs to come on the Poddy C, but who wants to talk to anyone lower than a literal 4th place RLCS finisher? Now that Godsmilla is literally good, alongside Freakii & Acronik, we cover the new Tactical Timeouts and how Aztral dealt with tilt.

You did NOT misread the title - we're now literally best friends with the Yogscast after running a Rocket League tournament with them! Aside from that, we dive into all the RL tournaments on at the moment in our first ever video episode!

After she beat both Cole and Stumpy in Johnnyboi's 1v1 SMUG event, Cailee did us the honour of coming to chat through how those series went for her, how she's become one of the biggest Rocket League streamers, and why being a raging bitch sometimes works!

The RLCSX Winter Regional 3 was weirder than ever, with Top Blokes, Guild and other great teams falling at the first hurdle. This week we discuss the rise of the bubble teams (and Stumpy's new car that's apparently worse than a Ford Focus!)

There's been a teensy touch of Rocket League to bring in the New Year, but the main focus has to be on Cole's new puppy, right?! We talk about what we did over the Christmas break and who we'd like to swap bodies with for the day.

We're approaching 2021 and it's time to give thanks to what good has come of the year. For us, it's the fact we've been able to work on RLCS with an amazing team, and that it adapted and improved so much from the end of 2019. Beyond The Summit 2 is also upon us, and we're working on that!

Sound the "there's been a Rocket League update" alarm because there's been a Rocket League update! New items, new maps and new esports decals are fresh to the game and ready to go. We discuss the new update, RLCS EU, whether Vitality should make a roster move, and how bloody fun Overtime still is!

After a considerable amount of smack talk coming from Retals toward Europe this week, Spacestation Gaming bowed out of the RLCS X in 9-12th place. We take a look at some premature tweets, and also discuss Grid: Overtime and how bloody fun it is!

Eagle-eared listeners may have noticed we've been away for like...2 weeks? All will be revealed soon, but until then enjoy this here episode of the Poddy C; a much-needed lifeboat in a sad ocean of no SubPar content. We chat RL Esports, RL music, and even the best sort of RL: IRL. We'll be back for real when [project] is finally finished!

The final European Regional has wrapped up for RLCS X, and we now know our Major teams! North America takes place this week, so we look forward to the match ups.

Finally the stars have aligned and Athena is able to hop on to chat to us about the latest Rocket League update, how Free to Play will impact content creators and what it's been like to cast Rizzo for G2 in The Grid.

Controversy swept the RLCS this week as not only did BDS take a blinding victory from Vitality and Vodafone Giants, but Scrubkilla and the rest of the Guild Esports squad decided not to communicate during their series vs Liquid. Not all of them, however, decided to join Lawler's stream mid-match...

You've all been begging for a guest this week and so we thought we'd bring out the big guns. Scrubkilla of David Beckham's esports org "Guild" fame joins us to chat about their boot camp, how that's affected their RLCS performance, and how much he hates Stumpy's Twitter game.

In any open tournament, you get some teams who decide on the weirdest names, and somehow Stumpy gravitated toward the worst one for Cole to support. We take a trip to Australia for the latest instalment of "That's a Weird Place to Listen From".

You didn't misread the title - we're RLCS casters! This weekend was our first time on the RLCS and it was absolutely incredible. Our story and the story of the European RLCS X weekend are both covered.

This week there was a bit of Rocket League esports to discuss, but let's face it, Vitality were always gonna win it. We discuss the Rocket Baguette Summer Grand Prix, and also our memories of MSN Messenger. Episode 46 also sees the return of "that's a weird place to listen from", and it's our first place outside of the US.

There's been a few weeks without a podcast, but for good reason! You might've seen us hosting APL's "The Kickoff", or casting Johnnyboi's Salt Mine II, or in a moving van because Stumpy bought a house! We dive into the brand new RLCS format, as well as praising Psyonix YET AGAIN as they just keep doing things right.

We got real on the previous episode, and so it's time to focus on some of the positives in life right now. There have been some shocking tournament results across Lethamyr's Eurocup 10k & Dazerin's Codename: Covert, with 7 more tournaments on the way! We also want to hear about ANY positive thing that's happened to you over the last couple of months, so tweet @SubParButInHD on Twitter to let us share in your news!

Somehow 2020 keeps escalating and evolving into a whole new beast, but right now that evolution is for great reason. We show our support for the Black Lives Matter protests, towards everyone who has donated to causes if protest isn't possible, and to the incredible response by the gaming community including Psyonix staff. Fusion results are discussed, as well as the upcoming $300,000 in prize pool for community tournaments.

Our favourite Finnish legend Metsanauris joined us for this episode of the podcast where we dive into his drive to continue competing, and just how you manage to play around Virtuoso's psychopathic rage on the pitch. This is also the first episode where Stumpy challenges guests to beat Cole in a quiz by answering questions related to a weird town people have listened from. This week; Etibicoke, Ontario!

The EU Spring Series is upon us! So we discuss our thoughts on that, Singularity's Mognus pickup, why Lawler's Brawl was so goddamn fun, and the film Uncut Gems (as promised!) Btw if you've not seen it and wanna avoid spoilers, avoid 16:20 -> 29:50. Enjoy

The NA Spring Series is over! It was...something. And the Grand Finals were broadcast live on ESPN. Problem was, poor old Lief and Jamesbot spent their time babysitting USA soccer legend Landon Donovan instead of actually casting. Listen on to hear how we'd fix what was one of the weirdest Rocket League broadcasts of all time.

Gigantic news in gaming and the world this week, wherein TSM and R.C.D. Espanyol have dropped their RLCS rosters right before the promotion tournament. Certain players have been truly pathetic on Twitter and have earned their Player of the Weak award as NRG's Turbopolsa quips them into submission. This is also the first episode that won't be on our main YouTube channel, instead they'll be getting a shortened version so make sure you check that out if you don't get time!

Despite the fact there was no real RLCS on this weekend just gone (except OCE lol), that didn't stop the Drama Alarma from being sounded. Team Esper's players have been banned from the RLCS, but why?! That, and a big ol' tangent focused around Joe Exotic A.K.A. Netflix' Tiger King, are the topics today.

We did it Reddit, we finished Season 9 without major mishap! It's been a season of super subs, many mistakes and dirty dangles but we've all come out the other side relatively unscathed, with G2 & Dignitas paving the way as RLCS Regional Champions. Johnnyboi_i joins us to talk about The European Invitational and how silly Mousesports would be to not have Arju on their roster next season, as well as floating the idea of hosting a Grand Finals on his channel between Rizzo (& co) and Violentpanda (& co). If you want 10% off at http://shop.subpar.gg, then use code PODDYC on the item page and head to the checkout!

RLCS week 8 has completed, with Vitality reigning supreme over Yukeo and the boys on Dignitas. Our guest Ferra ended up ahead of Veloce and Barcelona and Scrub-less Mousesports and will be playing in playoffs next weekend. Oh, also we address the question of ARE CLOUD 9 BACK?!?!?!?!?

Every week of RLCS gets better and better, and week 7 was no exception. Fireburner subbed in for Torment on Cloud 9, his first game out of retirement to join Squishy & Gimmick, and not only did he score a goal to take them to overtime vs Soniqs, he scored the WINNER! Dignitas coach Virge joins us to go through why Week 7 was so special, and why he hates Vitality so much.

Coronavirus is ravaging its way through Rocket League esports (and every other game!), but the SubPar Poddy C lives on! Until StumpyGoblin dies. That'd be SO him. Join us as we chat Coronavirus, Cloud 9's glorious return to form v NRG, Psyonix's Coronavirus response, toilet roll shortages, and whether C O R O N A V I R U S is gonna somehow make JohnnyBoi cancel the European Invitational (pls no lol).

Ex-Vitality and current neutral coach Gregan blessed us with his presence as our first ever recurring Poddy C guest! He filled us in on his plans for the future and Cole had an uncharacteristic rant towards what he claims is the most boring Rocket League Team EVER.

Alongside the RLCS, SubPar has had a record setting few months as well! We grade the RLCS teams again, this time on entertainment factor, as well as fill you guys in on our successes with content recently!

As we missed last week's RLCS matches (because Cole was on dumb stupid holiday), we've done you guys a big bumper episode where we get into the nitty gritty of both starting weeks of RLCS. Alongside that, we graded every single RLCS team based on the opening 2 weeks, and certain teams *cough* Cloud 9 *cough* need a firm talking to.

The year is 2020. RLCS is in it's 9th Season and week 1 has just concl-- waaaait a second why is Liquipedia empty? We get into the lack of RLCS Week 1, and take a foray into our gym routines, ice cream and the brand new (and first ever) Poddy C sponsor; GamersRdy!

Shogun, formerly of RLCS fame, created his perfect Fantasy Team alongside ya boys, but with a twist: once a player was chosen, no one else could choose him. Did this lead to arguments? Yes. Did anyone try and steal anyone else's 2 time World Champion best mate off them? Maybe.

We've had a couple of weeks expressing our sheer disinterest in the Collegiate Rocket League scene, but now that our mate Dazerin is casting it we're open to discussion. He joins us to chat CRL and his work in the Skirmish Invitational.

With RLCS Season 9 just round the corner, we've taken it upon ourselves to discuss what is it Psyonix can do to improve as a company after reading the "Open Letter to Psyonix" on the /r/RocketLeagueEsports subreddit. There's also a brief tangent into why KEEMSTAR is a controversial character, but that shouldn't take long at all...

On the 12th January, Lawler's RLCS contract was unexpectedly and unfairly not renewed for Season 9. We spoke to him about that decision from Psyonix, and had the first ever uncensored interview from someone on the inside. We also read Axeltoss' first ever statement about his dismissal a couple of seasons ago.

2019 was a good year for Rocket League. The Dreamhack Pro Circuit happened, 2 RLCS' LANs and Epic Games bought Psyonix #PraiseFortnite. SunlessKhan, YouTuber extraordinaire, joined us to award the best moments in 2019 in Rocket League, as well as to talk us through his creative process and what makes his videos unique.

The only 8-time RLCS LAN competitior GarrettG has finally broken his curse and won Season 8 in Madrid! He joined us to discuss what that means to him, his family, and how often he joins Turbopolsa for a nice bowl of cereal in the morning.

As all the pros head off to Madrid for the RLCS Season 8 LAN finals, we run through the bracket to make our predictions. We also cover the drama of Aeon being kicked from RGB Esports and let the hate flow through us.

The season for G2 has been a turbulent one, but they managed to survive RLCS 8 relegation by beating RLRS' Charlotte Phoenix and NA's finest Cloud 9. Alongside the esports drama, a new update has replaced crates with blueprints and keys with credits, but is it too expensive or should you just max out your mum's credit card?

CJCJ, a.k.a. our Australian best mate, gives us insight into how the OCE RLCS is run differently compared to NA & EU. We also address the elephant in the room of Chiefs not making LAN in Madrid with Drippay & Express, and he lets us know his viewing party plans. Oh, also we can confirm he would NOT fight a kangaroo. A wallaby is fair game, however.

For EU guys like us, Pittsburgh Knights/The Peeps came seemingly out of nowhere. They quickly tore up the Rival Series and then moved on to winning Dreamhack Montreal, taking down Mousesports, Renault Vitality and G2 Esports along the way. After finishing 2nd at Regionals, Retals has joined us to explain his carefully crafted toxic persona and his "beef" with Turbopolsa.

Kronovi; the man, the myth, the mountain. He's been with Rocket League since before it was even created, way back in the bygone era of like 2010 or something mental. Rising to prominence after his montage went viral and dominating the early scene with Gibbs and SadJunior has formed one of the most iconic Rocket League players ever. Season 8 of RLCS has proven to be hard, but is finishing the season above Cloud 9 and G2 enough to satiate his competitive side?

The Upside-Down from Stranger Things has taken over RL Esports as Cloud 9 and G2 find themselves in danger of relegation. Will they be able to survive, or as SunlessKhan would say, are "ROSTER CHANGES" on the way? ViolentPanda from the RLCS World Championship winning team gives his thoughts on the season, his position vs Mousesports going into the playoffs and who exactly will make it to LAN in Madrid.