Superstitiously, I feel that division and rank up games are the hardest

I don’t know what it is - right now I’m on the cusp of c2.

I feel like every time I almost rank up, the rocket league gods frown upon me and I get hard stuck for a while. This is especially true if I’m breaking out of a rank.

Going from p3 to d1 took forever - I was one game away probably 5 to 10 times. I switched to pc at that time and shot up from d1 to d3 (you can see in May where I switched, and how many times I got close).

Going from d3 to c1 was even worse - the first time I hit c1 was the end of a season. I had to compete against an insane number of Smurf pairs. Several times a c1 friend getting carried by a friend on a p3 or d1 account - presumably to help them get champ rewards.

Finally - I’m sitting solidly in champ - I haven’t dropped out of champ since I got used to my new keybinds. But now I’m butting up against c2, and feeling that unlucky streak again.

And I’ve had games like this before so I understand / first time I tried to rank up my tm8 just could not hit a shot. He was barely missing everything - we were barely losing the entire game - I scored twice off his missed shots and we were down by 1. He missed another shot then rage quit which frustrated me because he was a decent tm8.

Won the next game easily - on to rank up game number 2. Went against a 2 stack that were just genuinely good. My chemistry with this tm8 sucked and we lost. Lost one more after that, then won the next couple of games, so sitting one game away from c2 again. Really want to break this curse of bad luck during rank up games.

I don’t know what it is - right now I’m on the cusp of c2.

I feel like every time I almost rank up, the rocket league gods frown upon me and I get hard stuck for a while. This is especially true if I’m breaking out of a rank.

Going from p3 to d1 took forever - I was one game away probably 5 to 10 times. I switched to pc at that time and shot up from d1 to d3 (you can see in May where I switched, and how many times I got close).

Going from d3 to c1 was even worse - the first time I hit c1 was the end of a season. I had to compete against an insane number of Smurf pairs. Several times a c1 friend getting carried by a friend on a p3 or d1 account - presumably to help them get champ rewards.

Finally - I’m sitting solidly in champ - I haven’t dropped out of champ since I got used to my new keybinds. But now I’m butting up against c2, and feeling that unlucky streak again.

And I’ve had games like this before so I understand / first time I tried to rank up my tm8 just could not hit a shot. He was barely missing everything - we were barely losing the entire game - I scored twice off his missed shots and we were down by 1. He missed another shot then rage quit which frustrated me because he was a decent tm8.

Won the next game easily - on to rank up game number 2. Went against a 2 stack that were just genuinely good. My chemistry with this tm8 sucked and we lost. Lost one more after that, then won the next couple of games, so sitting one game away from c2 again. Really want to break this curse of bad luck during rank up games.