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How to Play Online Rocket League Tournaments on start.gg
How to Play Online Rocket League Tournaments on start.gg
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Written by Alex Elmer Wallace
Updated over a week ago

Checking In

Once the tournament begins, you can check in for your match by:

  1. Navigating to the tournament's home page

  2. Clicking the View Match button next to the event, listed in the Your Events section

  3. From here, you can click the green Check-In button, then wait for your opponent to check in! 

Creating/Joining the Game

Once you and your opponent are both checked in, it's time to set up the lobby!

If you are the higher seeded player, you'll be prompted to create the lobby in Rocket League. You will be assigned a team color and provided with a Name and Password for the lobby.

You can create the lobby by:

  1. Booting up Rocket League

  2. Selecting Play from the main menu screen

  3. Selecting Private Match and selecting Create Private Match

  4. From here, you can set up the lobby to the rules of the event

  5. Once you've clicked Create Match, you'll be prompted to enter the Name and Password

You can now wait for your opponent to join the lobby. Make sure to wait for all players to join the lobby before joining a team!

If you are the lower seeded player, you'll be prompted to join the lobby. You will be assigned a team color and provided with a Name and Password for the lobby.

You can join the lobby by:

  1. Booting up Rocket League

  2. Selecting Play from the main menu screen

  3. Selecting Private Match and selecting Join Private Match

  4. From here, you can enter the provided Name and Password in order to join the lobby

Reporting Scores

When the match is finished, you can click Fetch Game Data to pull scores directly from the Rocket League API.

If you run into any issues, you can always click Report manually to manually enter the scores.

Your opponent will then be prompted to verify that the scores are correct. Clicking Confirm will verify the scores!

If there are any discrepancies, you can always switch to the Chat tab and Request a moderator if you believe your opponent is reporting scores incorrectly.

Verifying Match Results

After completing the set and reporting scores, you'll be asked to verify the match results. This is where you confirm that the reported score is accurate. Click Confirm to verify the results.

Joining Your Next Match

Once you've verified the results, you can click Back to bracket in the top-left corner to see where you currently are in the bracket.

When your next match is ready, click on it to check in and get started!

Repeat until you're knocked out or win the tournament!

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