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Rocket League celebrates Chinese New Year with a new map next weekNew year new rims
New year new rims
Videogames are always willing to pounce on excuses to sell you hats, so naturallyRocket Leagueis celebrating the Chinese New Year. The event kicks off on Monday. There will be new rims and such, available to buy on the recently reworked andnow slightly cheaperstore. I’m more interested in the new Forbidden Temple Arena, which looks like a colourful escape from this dreary January.
Here’sthe event page, and here’s the Forbidden Temple map.
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Rocket Leaguedoes more novel maps sometimes, changing the size and layout of the pitch. The appeal of this one just lies in the scenery, but it’s pretty, innit.
I visited Beijing’s Forbidden City once, which you are totally allowed into, apart from the actually forbidden bits. It’s wild. There are 12 individual palaces with names like “Palace of Eternal Longevity” and “Palace of Accumulated Purity”. The halls of the outer courts are organised in groups of three that reflect the Quian trigram, representing heaven, while the living areas in the inner courts are arranged in groups of six, representing the Earth. Which is interesting, because that’s where the Emperor and his family lived, and my western brain makes me assume they’d be set up in the heavenly bit.
There was a paucity of rocket-propelled cars.
Rocket League’s new year nonsense starts on Monday, if you’ve forgotten.
