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i’ve always wanted to see the progression of a professional at any sport from average to the best. this video is way more valuable than u imagine cbell. thank you so much
@@Sheik-Isma1ltru but most gcs from 2018 are still gcs to regular ssl now. pro level makes GCs look like bronze 1 in comparison so the progression is still wild considering he didn’t even progress the first few seasons in the video.
@@GettnHandzie oh wow he used to be plat and became the best player in the world? yea not interesting at all. 🙄 just because u don't like analyzing gameplay or understand the entertainment or role it plays doesn't mean others cant appreciate it or want more of it lol
I think it's pretty cool that you shouted at Wilton's video on being the best RL video ever made. His content is insanely well put together. I've always thought your content is up there with him and sunless and them. Really quality stuff man. I enjoyed this video alot, along with alot of your others. Thanks for the entertainment/ knowledge
@@real_Schrooten I have ~7k games (if I remember correctly) at gc2 I haven’t played consistently since before free to play. If I did play the entire time I’d be SSL. Peak 1650 season 13, Peak 1644 season 5. Other than that I’ve stopped playing almost completely especially since epic is stopping trading I have no reason to support the game Work sucks man I don’t got time for jack
Great video man. You really helped put into perspective how much time and effort is put to become a talented player, and you showcase the same thing as a content creator. There is no substitution to hard work, and just you wait, ill join you. Proud of you man.
Those 2 seasons where he played 3k plus games is where he completely transformed, went from a casual/everyday player like us to grinding with purpose and it’s not like he got the mechanics out of nowhere as well he still wasn’t up there mechanically until he started getting top 100, shows that simply playing the game consistently and ranking up Is the quickest way to improve no matter what level, everything else will eventually fall into place
press X to doubt, current GC is basically the same as GC back then except for people being more mechanical. 2018 GC is still way more coordinated and players get more power on their hits than Diamond players. It's probably mid Champ as the other guy said, but with less than average aerial mechs for the rank. @@hypar2
i agree with the other people saying they want this to become a series, i would consistently watch every one of them. do "relevant" pros first like vatira or joyo or arsenal or retals, etc
@@CBellRL thx bro your content is amazing and I really needed that because my last birthday I had a high fever. Thank you again and I will watch your content for as long as you post
5:17 he says that’s zen playing in 2019 but on the map you can see the light mcqueen advancement. i didn’t know lighting mc queen came out in 2019??? 🤨
wait im curious, whats so bad about wavedash kickoff? or is the straight jump without angling thats the sad part? i only play competitive casually and generally am mid c1 in 3's so kickoffs can get pretty scuffed, but my wavedash kickoff pretty much always beat any opponent. as well as being able to direct it the way i want like >60% of the time, although i think that probably has less to do with wavedash than car control.. just curious what the shade on wavedash was, or if it was because the way he wavedashed
was gonna say I'm C3 and always do the wavedash kickoff. stared as a way to practice wavedashing but I've done it ever since. I don't see how its better or worse than your normal kickoffs, aside from speedflipping obviously
Nobody has said this but I think it’s funny that pretty much every time he looks at h0w many games he’s played all of the modes says Lost streak of 1 or 3 or 2
I was a bubble player in europe from 2015 to 2019, and most of us in the EU bubble/pro scene was well aware of him in 2018... and let me tell you.. booooy was he toxic 😂
I feel so bad playing this game nowaday because im getting called washed bcause i dropped from gc2 to c2 cuz i didnt play for 3 Seasons now im back on the grind and wish to get back to gc and maybe play in the rlcs it is my dream
Waa in the season of peaking, zen was playing with @Gaspow wich is a famous french freestyler and youtuber now ( 10:31 + 10:44 ). CBell, such a good video
Yo wtf I was just randomly watching this video and I found out we have the same birthday too, 😭 and also Kurt Cobain my fav artist and Rihanna also have this birthday!
I‘m 20, got to gc within my first 500 hours (meanwhile around 1k), and have currently a lot of freetime. Getting to pro level will take me atleast 2 years. Do y‘all think I‘m too late for it? Does age matter..? Would appreciate to get a serious reply
Age does matter. The older your brain is the slower and less receptive it becomes to new things. This has nothing to do with beeing or becoming stupid it has to do with the synapses within your brain. You see the brain of a 11 year old kid starting something new will create new synapses dedicated to this new experince and the more he repeats this new experince those synapses will grow and remain for the sole reason of this experince. When you are older your brain will not create theses synapses as fast as most experinces are not new therfore it will use synapses with similar experinces and build on them. Making the learning progress slower and the experince will never be as deep as if you started at 11....Thats the scientific side of it. The other side is that if you could make it to pro level playing RLCS you would be like 23 or 24 years old that is the age of a seasoned pro meaning he has years of experince in the league. This experince keeps them alive because to some extend experince equalizes the missing skill pool newer players are bringing into the league. Imagine pros of 3 levels moving from left to right. In the beginning they are just the first pros at level 1 until new players come and take their spot at level 1 and the first pros become level 2 (experinced or seasoned pros). At some point new players will come taking level 1 putting the last players on level 2 and ultimately the seasoned (first pros) to level 3 which means you are done your experience will no longer equalize the missing skill level and your skill pool is outdated. You would start at late level 2 coming into rlcs but missing the experince the others have. Now the last part of this winded comment, Talent. You and 99% of the community can grind and grind and grind but every human has their own personal limit to how far a grind can get anyone and that is where the "out of this world" talent kicks in. You could grind 3 times as much as Zen and still never meet his skill this is true for the majority of players as we are all just humans and if we are average then the grind will reach its peak way earlier than to chosen few who have this natural talent that we just don´t have and this talent cannot be learned you either got it or you don´t. I hope I wrote this somewhat understandable but anyone will say IT IS NEVER TOO LATE while it is true that its not impossible it still is highly unlikely.
how do u get those records of ppls ranks from that long ago? cus when i use it, nothing is saved and there is 0 progress and only my current season rank
I've been stuck in high Plat/low Diamond for a while now and i always had a suspicion that I wasn't progressing because I was holding back too much playing too conservative and after seeing this video I'm even more convinced! Time to free the beast!! My apologies to all my future teammates
6:26 mechanics are not really a requirement, I reached champ in 2021 when my peak mechanical skill was half back flip (back then it was a "requirement" for golds). I rather focused on consistency, game reading, ground dribbles, precision, shadow defence, aim, power shots, boost economy, avoiding double commits. I barely can do multiple aerial touches.
Remember to like the video if you like Zen or think he’s goated. Let me know if you want me to do this with some other pros. Also don’t forget to check out the E Swap Pro S controller on sale now for Black Friday at bit.ly/EswapCbell
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Nice video cbell!!
Awesome vid
Haha i was born February 20th too does that mean im basically your sister?
Crazy how he improved backwards from 2019 to 2011 xP (6:50)
Great video though, much love ♥
I thought the same thing
Wait I forgot to add in the part about how he time traveled that season?
Ah makes so much more sense now!
I was thinking the same thing.
2011 totally, not 2021 or anything
As a baguette myself, we're so proud to have guys like Zen. Esport is going wild in France and that's amazing !
Thats not zen in 2019 bruh lightning mcqueen is not in 2019
“As a baguette myself” mdr😭
As a bauette myself, i agree with u
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The glazing is crazy
How
Tbf everyone glazes zen
Chraaaayeyyy
Yes but he is the best player in the world
Bro stfu. You cannot watch Rocket League and not like Zen.
He is "The Ceiling"
i’ve always wanted to see the progression of a professional at any sport from average to the best. this video is way more valuable than u imagine cbell. thank you so much
He still wasn't average at the start lmao, he was GC even back in 2018😭
@@Sheik-Isma1ltru but most gcs from 2018 are still gcs to regular ssl now. pro level makes GCs look like bronze 1 in comparison so the progression is still wild considering he didn’t even progress the first few seasons in the video.
Rocket league is a sport?
@@BillyOrBobbyOrSomethingdo you happen to know of the term e"sports"
@@Sheik-Isma1l no but I know ur mom haaaa goteeeem
Its wild to see how 2018s defintion of grand champ is todays diamond 3 maybe C1 lobby.
Fr watch todays ssl is probably gonna look like C2 C3 in like 6 years
I'm gold and can air roll 😂
@@guiwaldnobody cares
@@iterum829 Nobody cares, but you, who took the time to reply to my comment. Thanks buddy. I'm sure you will get friends one day to spend time with.
@@guiwaldmy bronze friend can air roll too all you have to do is hold 1 button
Dude was GC at 11 years old. Bruh
yeah fr. 16 and still barely c3
@@battlemachine9031bro 14 and I got trolled out of 1700 😭 And this guy was GC at 11 😭
But gc in 2018 was easier than now
Why is there lightning McQueen posters in 2019? And his name is flunikZ
I was in plat at 11 years old BRUV;(
Yo cbell make this a series it would be so cool seeing pros past
Lol not really. So he used to be a plat huh? Wow
@@GettnHandzie 12 yrs old, firstkiller was beating pros
@@GettnHandzie oh wow he used to be plat and became the best player in the world? yea not interesting at all. 🙄 just because u don't like analyzing gameplay or understand the entertainment or role it plays doesn't mean others cant appreciate it or want more of it lol
@@GettnHandziepipe down lil bro
@@GettnHandzie Jelly much? Bet you are still plat.
At this age the improvement out of this amount of matches seems normal just his peak now is unmatchable.
I think it's pretty cool that you shouted at Wilton's video on being the best RL video ever made.
His content is insanely well put together.
I've always thought your content is up there with him and sunless and them. Really quality stuff man. I enjoyed this video alot, along with alot of your others.
Thanks for the entertainment/ knowledge
6:50 "we are now in 2011" oh man I wish
Nice catch lol. Whoops 😬
The amount of grind he put in is crazy. 4k games in a season that’s legit half my playtime at gc2
shouldn't you be gc3 by then? I dont know the stats about ranking up higher than c3
@@real_Schrooten I have ~7k games (if I remember correctly) at gc2 I haven’t played consistently since before free to play. If I did play the entire time I’d be SSL. Peak 1650 season 13, Peak 1644 season 5. Other than that I’ve stopped playing almost completely especially since epic is stopping trading I have no reason to support the game
Work sucks man I don’t got time for jack
That’s more than my total playtime at c3 lmao he’s crazy
bro acting like he was supposed to play like a ssl at 11 💀
exactlyy
Make this into a series with other pros !
Fr
I love the vids cbell but omg the glazing at 11:37
Great video man. You really helped put into perspective how much time and effort is put to become a talented player, and you showcase the same thing as a content creator. There is no substitution to hard work, and just you wait, ill join you. Proud of you man.
i love you bob
soo at 4:25 we can see the maqueen thing which was released this year so idk man... if thats zen or not ...
There’s no lighting maqueen?
He’s actually glazing so hard rn.
the goosebumps I experienced watching that edit at the end...
Wayton is just that good
Those 2 seasons where he played 3k plus games is where he completely transformed, went from a casual/everyday player like us to grinding with purpose and it’s not like he got the mechanics out of nowhere as well he still wasn’t up there mechanically until he started getting top 100, shows that simply playing the game consistently and ranking up Is the quickest way to improve no matter what level, everything else will eventually fall into place
considering he was already GC at 11, at a time when that was the highest rank, it's more that he had inborn talent
@@Schattenfaust2he’s just lucky
Crazy how 2018 Gc gameplay is similar to 2023 Diamond gameplay
Edit: you should do one for Rw9
Diamond is significantly worse than these old gc replays. I would say it’s more comparable to the mid champ range
@@LukeRig high diamond is definitely like those gc lobbies
press X to doubt, current GC is basically the same as GC back then except for people being more mechanical. 2018 GC is still way more coordinated and players get more power on their hits than Diamond players. It's probably mid Champ as the other guy said, but with less than average aerial mechs for the rank. @@hypar2
i was a gc back in 2018, and after coming back to the game recently im diamond now, so i guess its my teamates@@thosko98
@@thosko98 no chance bro he couldn't even air roll
watching this gave me motivation to play and grind again and I went from c3 1306 to gc 1 1460 in less than one day
I think it's important for us to all know we have a final form in rocket league just like what zen has. This inspired me to play more, thank you cbell
Not even in his final form yet
fax@@stevenrichard2196
6:51 Zen is so goated he played the game before it was a thing 🐐
shocking discovery from CBell: not everyone starts out insane at the game 😱
Nah mate, I thought Zen was SSL when he started playing, glad this video cleared this up for me
/s
this is sarcasm right@@cytro
@@Hackツthat’s what the “/s” means
3:45 How is the second clip from 2018, there are Lightning McQueen bundle advertisements in the pitch, which was dropped in November 2023
Because when u replay something there is the ads from the time ur seeing replay not the time replay is playing
Everyone sucks when they first start playing rocket league
“That can buy all the girls lunch at school” 😂
6:22 was he possibly testing out new controls?
Is Loane! His duo? We saw them in the first replay then way later when he’s 14, is this person a pro or?
Are u himr
i agree with the other people saying they want this to become a series, i would consistently watch every one of them. do "relevant" pros first like vatira or joyo or arsenal or retals, etc
I don't think that lightning mcqueen car body was in the item shop in 2019, if the body was can you let me know?
ikr
we are now in 2011?? lol 6:51
Why is there mcqueen billboards? If this was before the McQueen bundle?
Thing to note is that GC was the highest rank back then
love the videos man keep it up.
1:53 MY BIRTHDAY IS FEBURARY 20TH
ME TOOO
TWIN LMAO
ME TOO BRUH
Mines the 19th 😭 bruh
Same here lol
You are sent from the heavens for being a controller player
MY B DAY IS FEB 20TH TOO! LOL WE ALL BROTHERS
Mine is feb 19 lol
Welcome brother. Happy early birthday
Worst day to have a birthday tbh
@@CBellRL thx bro your content is amazing and I really needed that because my last birthday I had a high fever. Thank you again and I will watch your content for as long as you post
5:17 he says that’s zen playing in 2019 but on the map you can see the light mcqueen advancement. i didn’t know lighting mc queen came out in 2019??? 🤨
Loved the video and the edit at the end 👌. This is definitely the Age of Zen
wait im curious, whats so bad about wavedash kickoff? or is the straight jump without angling thats the sad part?
i only play competitive casually and generally am mid c1 in 3's so kickoffs can get pretty scuffed, but my wavedash kickoff pretty much always beat any opponent. as well as being able to direct it the way i want like >60% of the time, although i think that probably has less to do with wavedash than car control..
just curious what the shade on wavedash was, or if it was because the way he wavedashed
Just not optimal
was gonna say I'm C3 and always do the wavedash kickoff. stared as a way to practice wavedashing but I've done it ever since. I don't see how its better or worse than your normal kickoffs, aside from speedflipping obviously
Take a drink every time he says zen impossible edition.
that would kill the average person
Man this gives me some inspiration to train 6 hours in sequence to be a monster 💥🔥
It's not that crazy, that's how everyone starts when they play Rocket League
Exactly.
yeah lmao
true but did you start gc
He has over 2000 matches in only ONE season!!!
Ye but he’s made $$$$$ now and is the best, and he was just like an average GC so I wanted to see where that change occurred
this video might have the most amount of glazing i've ever seen
Within an hour
👇
Me
Let’s go gang.
Wooo
Bro this is the progression of the goat
Be like zen, go for things. My teammates 'OK'
LOL
Nobody has said this but I think it’s funny that pretty much every time he looks at h0w many games he’s played all of the modes says
Lost streak of 1 or 3 or 2
thats a bug, it doesnt show winstreaks on any trackers besides the current season
I was a bubble player in europe from 2015 to 2019, and most of us in the EU bubble/pro scene was well aware of him in 2018... and let me tell you.. booooy was he toxic 😂
Idk why but i read the the thumbnail as
" zen was _bald_ "
Cbell do you believe me that IM THE MOST MECHANICAL PLAT EVER?!?🔥🔥
Bros trying wayyy too hard😂😂
Nah not really
Guys trying to get In a vid
so ur saying u can triple reset, I looked at ur clip and it was a ceiling musty 😂
No i got a clip where i flip reset musty double tap
i dont think people realize how long those videos take to make, really nice video! Keep going!
damn thats crazy bc im on this path rn im getting really close to rlcs level
Yoo kronos wsg
Get it bro
@@CBellRL yessirr
im not old enough yet @@CBellRL
dude didn't hold back on the only chance he gets to flame zen 😂😂😂
No but he glazing too much😭😭
What!? Legend has it he did a quadruple flip reset into a pogo his first game
Big W for big MAN
wait hold up wwhy is the name changed to zen flunikz and in 2019 was lightning mcqueen addded
Fr tho
The amount of games is not very relevant because most hours go into freeplay.
I like how I just watched a video of a 20+ year old was respectfully mocking at an 11 year-old kid. Keep up the good work!
6:51 2011? Huh 🤔
I just came across your channel again cbell i quit rl but i remember u wer at 5k subs and watched you congrats mam
Zen is just the goat 🐐 🔥💯🙏
Bro Zen 2018 was GRAND CHAMP!? nkw im looking at myself and asking how im getting triple resets and im still silver three😂
Everyone need to start somewhere!❤️🔥 Follow your dreams because the king was one time a normal human😊
5:20 "check this out check this out.... when zen was 12 YEARS OLD he was actually bad at rocket league. like bro had 12 years to prepare"
Hey Cbell Im confident that I excel in my rank, Silver 3 and I reckon that I could be Gold three or Plat one so can you set me up for the challenge?
6:51 "K guys we are now in 2011." Bro, I wish
"okay guys where in 2011." Me, "Yep that is 100% accurate XD."
Only 24 days of rocket league changed this kids life forever
Zen has played over 30k games at the highest level of rocket league. He’s been GC since about legacy season 6.
“Zen was bad” *Starts in Grand Champ*
5:43 lightning McQueen on the side?
9:25 "Be like Zen"
Best Advice Ever
This guy played more games than I did in my whole time playing while he was 14 and in school in one season.
1: see video
2:open rocket league
3: missing every shot
4:close rocket league
5:open youtube again
Is it just me or does it say that lighting McQueen was out
Fr tho
I feel so bad playing this game nowaday because im getting called washed bcause i dropped from gc2 to c2 cuz i didnt play for 3 Seasons now im back on the grind and wish to get back to gc and maybe play in the rlcs it is my dream
THATS MY BIRTHDAY
I FELT LIKE I WAS THE ONLY ONE
This video is the definition of glazing
gc at 11 is still insane
Waa in the season of peaking, zen was playing with @Gaspow wich is a famous french freestyler and youtuber now ( 10:31 + 10:44 ). CBell, such a good video
then we are triplets, I am 20th feb. too. but way older then both of you
Yo wtf I was just randomly watching this video and I found out we have the same birthday too, 😭 and also Kurt Cobain my fav artist and Rihanna also have this birthday!
11:57 he used a jump to get more height it wasnt a glitchy jump he did that intentionally
At 12:06 you can see it says that lightning McQueen is in the shop but it first came out on nov 7 2023
It’s because when u see a replay the ads in the current tiem ur watching not the time the replay
I‘m 20, got to gc within my first 500 hours (meanwhile around 1k), and have currently a lot of freetime. Getting to pro level will take me atleast 2 years. Do y‘all think I‘m too late for it? Does age matter..? Would appreciate to get a serious reply
Age does matter. The older your brain is the slower and less receptive it becomes to new things. This has nothing to do with beeing or becoming stupid it has to do with the synapses within your brain. You see the brain of a 11 year old kid starting something new will create new synapses dedicated to this new experince and the more he repeats this new experince those synapses will grow and remain for the sole reason of this experince. When you are older your brain will not create theses synapses as fast as most experinces are not new therfore it will use synapses with similar experinces and build on them. Making the learning progress slower and the experince will never be as deep as if you started at 11....Thats the scientific side of it.
The other side is that if you could make it to pro level playing RLCS you would be like 23 or 24 years old that is the age of a seasoned pro meaning he has years of experince in the league. This experince keeps them alive because to some extend experince equalizes the missing skill pool newer players are bringing into the league. Imagine pros of 3 levels moving from left to right. In the beginning they are just the first pros at level 1 until new players come and take their spot at level 1 and the first pros become level 2 (experinced or seasoned pros). At some point new players will come taking level 1 putting the last players on level 2 and ultimately the seasoned (first pros) to level 3 which means you are done your experience will no longer equalize the missing skill level and your skill pool is outdated. You would start at late level 2 coming into rlcs but missing the experince the others have.
Now the last part of this winded comment, Talent. You and 99% of the community can grind and grind and grind but every human has their own personal limit to how far a grind can get anyone and that is where the "out of this world" talent kicks in. You could grind 3 times as much as Zen and still never meet his skill this is true for the majority of players as we are all just humans and if we are average then the grind will reach its peak way earlier than to chosen few who have this natural talent that we just don´t have and this talent cannot be learned you either got it or you don´t.
I hope I wrote this somewhat understandable but anyone will say IT IS NEVER TOO LATE while it is true that its not impossible it still is highly unlikely.
Not real, no way you got to GC in 500 hrs. Im at D3 after 1700 lol
11:12 "272 days since first replay". So Zen went from 11 years old to 13 years old in 272 days? Dude really is the goat
how many players stopped the video at 9:20 loaded up rocket league and just went for every ball in the air lol
how do u get those records of ppls ranks from that long ago? cus when i use it, nothing is saved and there is 0 progress and only my current season rank
I've been stuck in high Plat/low Diamond for a while now and i always had a suspicion that I wasn't progressing because I was holding back too much playing too conservative and after seeing this video I'm even more convinced! Time to free the beast!! My apologies to all my future teammates
zen is so good that he has people talking about him like a Bleach character “he isn’t in his final form yet”😭😭
3:45 his name is flunikz??💀
Rumours has it ball chasing hit an all time high after the release of this video.
11:49 zen be like: "This isn't even my final form!"
😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱🍆🍑🍒
Damn it, I feel like playing Rl now -.-
6:26 mechanics are not really a requirement, I reached champ in 2021 when my peak mechanical skill was half back flip (back then it was a "requirement" for golds). I rather focused on consistency, game reading, ground dribbles, precision, shadow defence, aim, power shots, boost economy, avoiding double commits. I barely can do multiple aerial touches.
The glaze is crazy 😂