A couple who met each other during a match in Rocket League have officially tied the knot in what might be the most wholesome news of the century.
Sharing their story to Reddit, user slippymcslipster detailed exactly how the couple met, fell in love and ended up cutting a Rocket League-themed cake on their wedding day.
“Three and a half years ago (October 3rd, 2015, to be exact), I was having a miserable day on Rocket League…
“I end up getting matched against a player named onomatopoeia1337, who, after the first two minutes was clobbering me 4-0. With my morale at such a low point, I normally would’ve left the game…although, rather than playing normally, I decided to goof off by scoring on myself, chasing my opponent’s car rather than the ball, as well as ‘turtling’ around the field for fun.
“Soon enough, my opponent joined me in my ‘tactical’ game play and we spent the remainder of the match playing around with one another. Once the match ended, I got an in-game message from them saying: ‘I like you. Let’s team up!'”
The story takes a sad turn when the user explains about how a car crash led to a hiatus on the budding romance, but fast-forward to today and the happy couple are – in their own words – true “soul mates.”
“The fact that I managed to find my soulmate over a game of Rocket League is unbelievable.,” writes slippymcslipster. “Not only that, but if it weren’t for me goofing off in that Solo match rather than quit, or for her sending me that message to team up afterwards, or for that opponent to send us the angry voice chat invite which got us talking in the first place, we probably never would have spoken to each other.
“There were so many unlikely factors in play that we truly feel like the stars aligned to bring us together, and it’s all thanks to this game. Sara has turned what should’ve been some of the worst years of my life into the best.
“We can’t thank Pysonix enough for being a part in bringing the two of us together, and for helping us feel so close to each other from so far away.”
One of the game’s developers even responded to the love story, writing: “Greatest Rocket League story of all time. Congrats again, you two! <3”
Well you know what they say: the couple who play together, stay together.
Check out the full story over on Reddit.
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