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[calm kestrel]

Diminishing returns

[glad oriole]

when are you making 75 dollars per round gang

[clear tulip]

Yes because it allows you to roll more which means you have a higher chance of finding jokers.

[calm kestrel]

Never said that

But ight

[fringe fox]

ur strategy is based on the luck of the store, once u get a build is not a about luck but every new run is

[glad oriole]

its inplied

[candid kernel]

it's statistically better to spread your money usage over multiple rounds because of how rerolls grow in price

[calm kestrel]

It's not

[glad oriole]

if uou even need to spend 75 dollars all at once you sre implying that uou make it back in a round

[candid kernel]

why would the hypothetical matter otherwise?

[clear tulip]

No such thing as diminishing returns if the money provides the same use in the beginning game versus the end game

Which is rerolls

[glad oriole]

yeah

[clear tulip]

for better jokets and tarot cards

[glad oriole]

type sho

shi

[calm kestrel]

Hence making having a stupid amount of money

Still have diminishing returns

Cause if you make solid econ anyways

It doesn't really matter

[candid kernel]

does having to use a scenario that almost never happens as an example make your point seem less cresible?

[glad oriole]

if havig a stupid amount of money isnt all that good why is rebate the best joker ever

[clear tulip]

The money is just used towards different things in the early game versus the end game. Diminishing returns is just a buzzword here

Dw I've been lurking for the last 10 mins as well

[calm kestrel]

It's not it's true I don't need a lot of money I only need decent enough money

[glad oriole]

this reminds me of people who say baron is good lmao

[glad oriole]

you dont need jokers to win the game too

but you ise them

why do you use jokers

[clear tulip]

I need a shit ton of money late game because I've spent $5k rolling for 1 joker

[candid kernel]

reminder that it took like 3 hours for them to properly read a quiz about chips vs mult

[unreal stag]

BRo

TF

I JUST GOT THE BEST NEGATIVE CARD

[calm kestrel]

It was a hypothetical posed to make the point obvious

[unreal stag]

JOKER I MEAN

TFFFFFFFFFFFFF

[candid kernel]

why not make a realistic scenario then?

[glad oriole]

baron is obviously good because you can fix your deck to have all kings

just a hypothetical though

[unreal stag]

HOOOOOOOOOOOLYYYYYYYYY

[calm kestrel]

Baron is good just not in the span of 8 antes

[glad oriole]

so its not good

[unreal stag]

holy luck my dudes

[glad oriole]

ectoplasm?

you might need a smeared joker gang

[clear tulip]

Because it won't fit their narrative

[unreal stag]

smeel

[calm kestrel]

It

Is good

Just for a different part of the game

[glad oriole]

ancient dont pick from you deck

[unreal stag]

whats that

[unreal stag]

ik

[glad oriole]

a part of the game i do not like to discuss because the meta is boring

[unreal stag]

if it procs it really procs

isaac_dance

[glad oriole]

1 joker gets negative
-1 handsize

[calm kestrel]

It still exists

[unreal stag]

no no

[glad oriole]

was it from a wraith

[glad oriole]

sure does

its hust not the main game

[calm kestrel]

It

Is

[unreal stag]

i did the get 1 rare joker set cash to 0

[glad oriole]

theres 1 achievement tied to endless

[calm kestrel]

You get there without any mods

It's in the main game

[candid kernel]

if a joker is good if you already won the game, is it?

[glad oriole]

and you only have to get to ante 12

[unreal stag]

@glad oriole

[glad oriole]

wraith

gotchu

cook

[unreal stag]

that is why i was so hype

[calm kestrel]

Achievements really don't matter

[glad oriole]

yes they do, they unlock stuff

[unreal stag]

real

[calm kestrel]

They're just incentives

[glad oriole]

the ante 12 achievement unlocks petroglyph

[calm kestrel]

Unlock all is a present option

[candid kernel]

how much use does a joker really serve if you need to have already won a run to actually utilise it

[glad oriole]

it is

[calm kestrel]

If it wasn't an option than sure

[glad oriole]

but thats lame

[calm kestrel]

It would be more relevant

[glad oriole]

did you kije

like

use unlock all at the start of the game

[calm kestrel]

Very good use just not in the first antes

[glad oriole]

instead of just playing

[candid kernel]

so it's not useful in the antes that mstter for winning

[glad oriole]

the first 8 antes maybe

[calm kestrel]

Yeah.

It's

Not an RPG

I didn't feel like wasting my time

[tribal knoll]

is that even a thing?

[glad oriole]

is it a waste if you're having fun

[tribal knoll]

didnt know that

[glad oriole]

because i know i have fun getting those little steam notifs

[calm kestrel]

I didn't have fun trying to use a forced progression system

[glad oriole]

its on the profiles screen

it disables achievements

[calm kestrel]

That really didn't fit for this genre of game

[candid kernel]

forced progression system

it's something that most roguelikes in 2026 have

[tribal knoll]

ah i mustve missed it

[glad oriole]

progression is literally one of the cornerstones of roguelites

[unreal stag]

har har harrrrrrrrrrrr

[candid kernel]

insane logic

[tribal knoll]

but still i had a lot of fun unlocking everything

[wintry knot]

who is balaing up they tro

[calm kestrel]

That's

Why I don't play a majority of rouge likes

[glad oriole]

roguelites

ermm

nerd emoji

[calm kestrel]

Forced progression in a genre that it doesn't fit for

It only works in certain cases not when it locks basically everything in the game

[glad oriole]

anyway i think progressing through roguelites is really fun

i oove how hades' story interacts with the progression

[glad oriole]

its not forced though
roguelites and roguelikes are different things

if you dont want progression play roguelikes

though there arent very many of those

[calm kestrel]

It's forced when it's both not an option and locks most of the game for no reason when the whole point is to have fun with rng giving you random stuff

[candid kernel]

forced progression that makes you properly interact with every part of the game and learn it

[glad oriole]

theres usually a reason

[candid kernel]

i think we discovered why they pressed unlock all

[calm kestrel]

If it wasn't for the unlock all button I would have quit playing Balatro

[glad oriole]

wow no way

[calm kestrel]

Before I even got here

[glad oriole]

well thats how you play

most people dont do that

[calm kestrel]

Probably would have refunded it

[unreal stag]

i lost the run

TBOI

to...

[candid kernel]

what happened

[unreal stag]

the flint....

[candid kernel]

moment

[calm kestrel]

I don't want to be handheld I want to learn myself not because the game forced it upon me

Because I wanted to

[glad oriole]

my point with the achievements was more like
if endless was meant to be a big part of the game it would certainly have more achievements tied to it

[unreal stag]

LACrying

[glad oriole]

balatro doesnt hold your hand gang

[grave kestrel]

What did you play? Flushes?

[unreal stag]

me? ya

[glad oriole]

it gives you a tutorial and then throws you straight into the fire

[calm kestrel]

It does when it

Tells you exactly what to do to unlock things

[unreal stag]

checkered deck

[calm kestrel]

That's handholding

[grave kestrel]

What was your hand level?

[calm kestrel]

It forces you to do specific things

[unreal stag]

3

[candid kernel]

jokers like ancient need a lot of planet levels

[calm kestrel]

I don't like that

[glad oriole]

would you rather not know and just do random shit hoping u get a new unlock

sounds so fun

[calm kestrel]

So I just pressed unlock all

[grave kestrel]

Oh, that's why. RIP

[unreal stag]

bhallaJhalaSkyforgedShrug

[grave kestrel]

Well sometimes it just doesn't happen. Keep going

[calm kestrel]

I would rather no unlocks because it doesn't fit here imo

So

I pressed

Unlock all

There's nothing wrong with that

[glad oriole]

okay

yeah there isnt

[unreal stag]

my gambling addiction wont be watered down bru
dw ill go to new vegas and gamble all my caps there

[calm kestrel]

I like Deck and Stake unlocks just not joker unlocks

And planet unlocks and whatever else

[glad oriole]

you dont unlock any planets they're all available from the start

[candid kernel]

chat are sidequests telling you what to get for an npc handholding

[calm kestrel]

Mb I thought some weren't

Was it sone spectrals that had to he unlocked?

[glad oriole]

eris, ceres, and planet x only show up in a given run if you've played the hand before in that run, but they're only considered "not discovered" by the collection

[candid kernel]

no consumables need unlocking

[glad oriole]

i dont think any consumables have to be unlocked

[candid kernel]

i think you're mixing them up with the tier 2 vouchers

[calm kestrel]

Maybe

[grave kestrel]

Well, for them to be shown in your collection, they have to be.

[glad oriole]

i mean it makes sense that you dont know

[grave kestrel]

They have to be consumed.

[glad oriole]

yes

they have to be discovered to show in the collection

[calm kestrel]

Still I'm not completely against progression I'm just not fond of how the progression was handled in this case

[glad oriole]

but they're always unlocked

[glad oriole]

wokay

you're wrong and thats oki <3 /silly

[calm kestrel]

I can't be wrong it's an opinion

[candid kernel]

the progression system is the least of what i'd criticise about balatro

[calm kestrel]

Subjectivity can't be objective

[glad oriole]

notice the /silly

[grave kestrel]

Well, the "unlock" is kind of same to me. There are some jokers unlocked the same way. Like Seeing Double. You have to play a certain hand to unlock it, and the same goes for undiscovered planet cards. So sometimes (not all the time), they make no difference.

[calm kestrel]

It's the biggest thing for me if it weren't for the presence of unlock all

Because it's what would have made me quit

Without that

[glad oriole]

for me the biggest problem with balatro is blue stake
which is gonna be fixed

[calm kestrel]

I like blue stake

[candid kernel]

i prefer thunk keeping the progression system than not changing blue stake

because blue stake just restricts you into using strategies that are already optimal to begin with

[glad oriole]

and yet you think 2 pair is better than pair

[calm kestrel]

It only poses an issue on black deck but that's fair

[glad oriole]

curious

i wont push it though

[calm kestrel]

Black deck has the largest upside in the game

[glad oriole]

i dint care enough

[calm kestrel]

Or at least one of

[candid kernel]

i'd say +1 hand and +10 starting cash are larger upsides for high stakes

[calm kestrel]

It makes sense it punishes you so hard

[glad oriole]

yeah

extra joker slot is good though

but you cant take advantage of it for a while

whats the point if you just die before getting the 6th jerker

i guess stencil gets 6x mult

yay

[candid kernel]

either way it just neuters 5 card hand strategies even more while smaller hands are still just enough to get you through 8 antes

[grave kestrel]

It's ok, just restart till you find the Drunkard in the first shop. 🤣

[calm kestrel]

Actually want more jokers that care about more niche things like how many or how few jokers there are ngl

[glad oriole]

okay so now instead of -1 discard blue stake is -1 joker slot

[glad oriole]

fair nuff
we only have 2 rn technically

[calm kestrel]

That's fair

[candid kernel]

it basically just serves to restrict suboptimal strategies and that's just bad design

[glad oriole]

maybe 3 (bbc)

[calm kestrel]

I mean that's fair enough criticism I just personally enjoy the downside

Blue offers

[grave kestrel]

Honestly, 6 joker slots never made too much of a big difference to me. But it's fair, it can make a huge difference in certain conditions and for some players. 1 extra joker slot can mean a lot.

[candid kernel]

while all of the other effects test fundamentals

[glad oriole]

i think theres more enjoyavle downsides than -1 discard

[candid kernel]

like red and gold testinf your economy

[dusk tartan]

does plasma deck count?

[calm kestrel]

Plasma doesn't translate that well into high stakes

[candid kernel]

orange and i guess black testing your resourcefulness

[glad oriole]

you'd love old gold stake

it was literally -1 handsize

so fun

[candid kernel]

it's upside is overpowered

[dusk tartan]

yeah but we're talking about upsides and not downsides right

[candid kernel]

2x blind size is just a crippling downside

[calm kestrel]

That just seems unnecessary

[glad oriole]

real

[glad oriole]

it was which is why it was changed

[calm kestrel]

It's not really a good enough upside to be good for high stakes specifically tho

It's not bad but not crazy either

On low stakes it is pretty broken tho

[candid kernel]

i genuinely wonder how people played when every blind was the manacle

[dusk tartan]

plasma deck gold stake fucking stinks for sure

[calm kestrel]

Manacle -2 hand size

[glad oriole]

it was like the current meta but a little more atrocious

[calm kestrel]

Pairs just become mandatory

[glad oriole]

most of my wins were just high card iirc

actually no

[candid kernel]

i guess rentals and perishables didn't exist yet but you're basically forced to get an easy scoring joker or die

[glad oriole]

i onlu won like 1 time on old gold

it was a checekered deck bloodstone build

[calm kestrel]

Yeah it basically

Makes everything that isn't pair or high card

Completely obsolete

That's not fun

[glad oriole]

and old orange didnt gelp the issue

packs became

really expensive

[candid kernel]

basically the same reason why every gold stake player hates blue

[calm kestrel]

Orange?

That's a multiplayer deck

[hallow helm]

How is the use of the Soul spectral card good or bad?

[glad oriole]

packs get 1 dollar more expensive per ante

[candid kernel]

booster pack prices used to scale on orange

[glad oriole]

no orange stake you troglodyte

[candid kernel]

which limited your options even more

[calm kestrel]

Oh

[glad oriole]

im sorry that was mean

[calm kestrel]

W h a t

Who hurt them

[glad oriole]

yeah qwq

[calm kestrel]

As a child

[candid kernel]

what

[glad oriole]

8 dollar buffoon pack by ante 4

[calm kestrel]

Who hurt this man as a child

Is he okay?

[glad oriole]

yeah he fixed orange

:3

[calm kestrel]

Someone check on him

[glad oriole]

current orange is annoying but more fair

[dusk tartan]

pretty ok but less than immolate is crazy

[calm kestrel]

I don't even know what it is

[tribal knoll]

jesus

[glad oriole]

perishables can appear

[calm kestrel]

Oh that's literally nothing

[candid kernel]

and you argued with us about pairs vs two pair in gold stake

[glad oriole]

perishable blueprint upon ye

[calm kestrel]

When you only play gold you tend not to know what the other stakes do just know what they do in combination

[dusk tartan]

I like forcing straight flush builds so I die 97% of my games Clueless

[glad oriole]

duuuude so real

[candid kernel]

i mean i unlocked everything manually

so

[calm kestrel]

I played all the stakes a while ago

[glad oriole]

i got early seance in checkered like 3 runs in a row and tried to force strushes each time
guess how that went

[calm kestrel]

Now it's

Only gold

So I only know what they do in combination now

[glad oriole]

unlock all user moment

[dusk tartan]

this is why you play checkered deck and checkered deck only

maximum seance value

[hallow helm]

Does anyone know why the gold pit in the abandoned deck is so difficult? It took me two months to beat it.

[calm kestrel]

I literally played every stake around when the game came out and now it's just only gold

[glad oriole]

it shouldnt be tbh

[calm kestrel]

Like yeah I unlocked all

[glad oriole]

abandoned is really really good

[candid kernel]

abandoned deck is one of the easier ones

[dusk tartan]

no face cards but you have face card brainrot like I do

[glad oriole]

yeah

[calm kestrel]

But I still played all difficulties

[dusk tartan]

abandoned pretty good tho

[glad oriole]

i said that as a joke tbh i meant no harm

[candid kernel]

face card builds aren't common enough for not having any of them to be a deal breaker

[calm kestrel]

I personally don't like abandoned that much

[glad oriole]

weird

[calm kestrel]

It's good just boring imo imo

Too vanilla feeling

[glad oriole]

oh fair

[candid kernel]

getting ridiculous deckfixing for doing literally nothing is funny

[dusk tartan]

they are for me. I like my binding of isaac and stardew valley cards ok

[calm kestrel]

I normally don't play blue, red, and yellow for similar reasons

[glad oriole]

i like abandoned cuz when i get my beautiful precious beloved purple seals i can draw them more consistently

[calm kestrel]

Feels vanilla

Which is nice sometimes of course

[candid kernel]

at the start you rely on them a lot but then you learn that unconditional jokers are more practical

[dusk tartan]

I love friends of jimbo

[glad oriole]

do you like modded balatro

i know i do

[dusk tartan]

I know abandoned deck is good

[calm kestrel]

Not really

Most mods that I know of completely break the game

I don't like that

[candid kernel]

is there a good vanilla-ish balatro content mod besides extra credit

[glad oriole]

theres a handful of vanilla mods

like uhhhh paperback

i dunno how trily vanilla it is

[calm kestrel]

I forgot about extra credit I should consider

[glad oriole]

i onlu play the broken mods

[candid kernel]

extra credit is pretty tame outside of pocket aces and maybe joka lisa

[calm kestrel]

It seems like a good mod

[glad oriole]

i pkayed cryptid for more hours rhan i should

i probably got worse at the game because of it

[calm kestrel]

I mean base game has some rare broken exceptions too

[dusk tartan]

I just don't use it cause I love seeing my favorite little characters on the face cards

[candid kernel]

that's common

[calm kestrel]

So 2 jokers is fine

[glad oriole]

hot potato was also a load of fun but it was a bit of an information overload

[candid kernel]

pocket aces is so overtuned it's funny

[calm kestrel]

Do they still update the mod?

[glad oriole]

i ended up breaking the game by using the umamusume mechanics on econ jokers

[candid kernel]

gains +2$ every time an ace is scored

resets after boss blind

[candid kernel]

not sure

[glad oriole]

thats insane what

[calm kestrel]

Muhknee

[candid kernel]

it's rebate level shit with the echo deck

[sacred hatch]

B-b-but muh knee 🥺

[calm kestrel]

Take (blank) for the.. muh knee?

[candid kernel]

and joka lisa gains 0.1x mult for every unique enhancement in played hand

which is yorick type stuff

[calm kestrel]

Is it a legend or some?

[candid kernel]

rare

[calm kestrel]

Oh

Eeeh

For a rare it's like okay I suppose I expected legend

[glad oriole]

welcome to slop live

[calm kestrel]

Probably a bit over tuned for a rare but it's okay

[candid kernel]

it's the type of joker that trivially gets to obelisk type xmult with yorick levels of effort

[glad oriole]

thats crazy

[tribal knoll]

my fav joker in cryptid is the one that retriggers all jokers to the left for each joker on the right

forgot the name

[candid kernel]

well not yorick level because you still need to get the enhancements

so like

[calm kestrel]

Honestly should be legendary to be fair

[candid kernel]

constellation levels i guess

[calm kestrel]

Bit rare ain't too bad

[candid kernel]

super strong xmults are common in the rare rarity anyways

[glad oriole]

something funny about cryptid is there's an exotic joker that gains 1x mult every time anything happens and its probably one of the worst exotics

[calm kestrel]

If you told me this was an uncommon or lower I would have freaked out

[tribal knoll]

and then there's exponentia

[glad oriole]

other exotics include ^mult jokers and just crazy op value generators like speculo

[calm kestrel]

Rare I don't feel too bad about tho

That obviously can be strong but it does require you to work for it

[candid kernel]

well it's more like the 2 strongest scaling xmult jokers that aren't yorick or canio are rare jokers

but yea

[glad oriole]

speculo is like perkeo but instead of consumables it copies jokers

[calm kestrel]

Me when rick says yo

[candid kernel]

i forgot about the legendaries despite mentioning one of them

🥀

[calm kestrel]

Ggs chat

[glad oriole]

campfire!!!!

[calm kestrel]

I don't like campfire

I know it's good

I just

[glad oriole]

alrighty :3

[calm kestrel]

Don't enjoy it

[glad oriole]

what jokers do u enjoy

[calm kestrel]

It feels bad

[candid kernel]

campfire just trivialises the last few rounds for you

[calm kestrel]

It does

[candid kernel]

like you take it and violet vessel dissapears and you win the game

[calm kestrel]

I just feel bad sacrificing stuff like that

[candid kernel]

i already take random consumables to filter stuff so

[calm kestrel]

I'm going to sound like a hypocrite but I like dagger

[glad oriole]

Yeah (ignore the stake)

[calm kestrel]

It's permanent. That's why I like dagger

[glad oriole]

me too

[calm kestrel]

And it makes a satisfying noise

[glad oriole]

true..

hnn dagger my beloved

[calm kestrel]

I like madness for similar reasons

It's permanent

[glad oriole]

madness is cool

[calm kestrel]

Can be tricky to play around

However

[glad oriole]

its really good

[calm kestrel]

Which is fair

[glad oriole]

ifbu get it

early

[calm kestrel]

It scales really well

[glad oriole]

and get some decent eternals

[calm kestrel]

I like Stencil

[glad oriole]

oorrr blue seals

[calm kestrel]

Stencil is funny to me

Idk why

[candid kernel]

dagger is my favorite scaling +mult joker

it's just different than the rest

stencil is equivalent to duo in most cases

[glad oriole]

i remember one of my earliest wins.... it was loterally just 3 stencils

[calm kestrel]

I really like Perkeo Perkeo makes me feel good

[glad oriole]

perkeo is awesome vro

im a big deckfixes fan

i like all tarot gen

yes even superpos

[calm kestrel]

My first ever gold stake was 4x polychrome stencil on magic

THE NOISE PERKEO MAKES

[glad oriole]

woaw

[calm kestrel]

It's just so nice

[glad oriole]

the negative sound effect is sweeet

[candid kernel]

my first black deck win was stencil blueprint

[calm kestrel]

..... I have sensory processing disorder that's probably why I focus on audio so much

If it makes good noise idc how good it is

It is suddenly good

[glad oriole]

balatro's sound design is addicting

i also really love video game soundtracks

[calm kestrel]

So a list

I like

Stencil

Steal Man

Baseball

Burglar (it's both money and scoring)

Dagger

Madness

Baron (I know it's not good for actually winning I just like seeing big numbers later)

Retriggers (I like to load up with enhancements)

[glad oriole]

retriggers are cool i love mime

:3

[calm kestrel]

Mime enables some crazy shit by itself

Doesn't even need the baron

To be good

[glad oriole]

mime makes ONE blue seal become like level 40 hand

its crazy

yeah

mime is a strong independent girl she dont meed no king

[calm kestrel]

It also enables crazy scoring by itself with steal

[glad oriole]

i headcanon mime as a boy but that was a bar

[glad oriole]

mhm

making steels glass-level strong isbawesome

[calm kestrel]

I'm usually pretty aggressive with deck fixing if I have the choice anyways

So why not

[glad oriole]

same same

[calm kestrel]

If only mime triggered purples

Again

[glad oriole]

i love purple seals so much i sometimes spend too much money on standard packs because of it

[glad oriole]

yeah that would be cool

[calm kestrel]

Purples get broken when you have a lot of them

[glad oriole]

mhm

they are self sufficient

the more you have the more you can get

[calm kestrel]

The best use case is getting infinite wheels

Of course

[glad oriole]

they do have a ceiling

true trie

[limpid tree]

it's incredible i'm having a harder time orange staking nebula deck than black deck

[glad oriole]

i once got a gay mime thanks to purple seals and the wheel

[candid kernel]

purple seals scale almost exponentially

[calm kestrel]

Oh I like Lucky Cat too

But I never get it

[glad oriole]

consumable slots and discard amounts limit that luckily

lucky cat is awesome when it works

[kindred lodge]

kbity

[glad oriole]

its just rare

[glad oriole]

mreow

[calm kestrel]

You only want extra discards for more purple seal value

[glad oriole]

wxactly

[calm kestrel]

That's why you hate blue stake

That's it

[glad oriole]

indeed

[kindred lodge]

lucky cat is one of my favorites

i have kbity brain

[candid kernel]

cat is fun

[calm kestrel]

I want a joker for 7s

[glad oriole]

thubk randomly said 7 in game discission so sirely thats a sigb

sign

copium

[calm kestrel]

"do X when hand contains 3 7s"

[glad oriole]

if hand has 3 or more 7s make them all luck

lucky

idk

midas mask but 7s

[calm kestrel]

I like that

Lucky cat synergy

[glad oriole]

maybe it should make all cards lucky instead of just 7s

cuz there arent many 7s in the deck

[calm kestrel]

We're rolling our dice with this one

[glad oriole]

so like u play fullhouse 7's and 5's they all become lucky

hmmmm

[calm kestrel]

You fool

I'm playing erratic Deck

[glad oriole]

foiled again

erratic deck is funny

[young ice]

I hate blue stake

[calm kestrel]

Honestly? Full house synergy is kinda needed full house is sad rn

[glad oriole]

yes yes

fullhouse majorly outclassed by 3oak

or 4oak

[calm kestrel]

5 oak is just better with similar deck fixing requirements to make consistent

3, 4, and 5 all build into eachother

Which makes full house even more useless

[tiny jacinth]

what would happen if i put my cat thomas in a jar of bone melting vinegar, would he get xray vision?

[young ice]

No, he'd be able to see through walls

[calm kestrel]

Two pair is just about the only thing that scales into house and two pair is just better to stick to usually

[tiny jacinth]

relavance?

[glad oriole]

imo 4oak > 5oak but im not resdy fir that discussion

[calm kestrel]

You're going to make me pull a Roffle

[candid kernel]

#🎙・server-chat message

[glad oriole]

still recovering from pairs vs 2pairs

[glad oriole]

this is true yes

[calm kestrel]

Depends what you're doing

[candid kernel]

35 chips over 30 isn't really meaningful

the only reason why i would play 5oak is if i had wee

[glad oriole]

the biggest difference is the amount of cards ur playing

[candid kernel]

and there's like

[calm kestrel]

Would saaay usually yeah

[young ice]

Guys how do u get erratic deck?

[glad oriole]

so 5 glass vs 4 glass but either way u just win

[candid kernel]

1 suit changer of difference between it and flush 5

[candid kernel]

beat orange stake

[fluid dragon]

tempting

[calm kestrel]

Weeeell if we wanna bring flush 5 in yeah usually it's better to just wait

Almost always actually

[young ice]

Oh okay

[candid kernel]

baron mime abandoned deck

[calm kestrel]

Stg I wanted to pull a Roffle and criticize their ability to read

[fluid dragon]

my deck is almost all 2s

[calm kestrel]

That's so cursed

[fluid dragon]

ill just get strength<3

[fluid dragon]

baron mine pivot with yorick and wee?

yeah

ofc

totally

[calm kestrel]

How big is your wee?

[fluid dragon]

2100 <3

each

[calm kestrel]

Damn that's massive

[fluid dragon]

double massive wee <3

it won't survive much longer, a dice would be worth it for a wee

lucky red seal 2s

[calm kestrel]

Local reacting to all the accidental innuendos he put in the game

[fluid dragon]

ok, ima roll past the baron mine now <3

ooooh, bloodstone

that might be worth

down to single massive wee

[calm kestrel]

One hung man has left the party

[placid lodge]

@finite river You was right, jokerless doesn't hard at all, lol. 4oak build too

[fluid dragon]

oh God

what do i do </3

yorick at 27x, 3k chips on wee

i know i should pick it up but i don't know for what

[stray vault]

Sell bloodstone

Bloodstone doest do much

[fluid dragon]

i don't believe you <3 that instakills me

i will not survive<3

[winter maple]

It’s 1.5x up to like 10 times max but it’s closer to 5 even if you’re using hack

Compared to 27 squared

[fluid dragon]

red seal <3

[winter maple]

27 x 1.5^7.5 or 27^2

I think 27^2 beats it

[glad oriole]

7.5?

[winter maple]

15 divided by bloodstones 1 in 2

[glad oriole]

ah

well if by some miracle bloodstone always hits its significantlu better

[winter maple]

But it won’t unless you get yourself a oops

[amber ivy]

Negi oops all 6s will apear trust

[glad oriole]

think of it as 1.25^15 not 1.5^7.5

[amber ivy]

Keep gambling! /s

[fluid dragon]

hmmmm

[glad oriole]

the real EV

[fluid dragon]

i could also copy yorick with brainstorm

[glad oriole]

how many chips do u have and what is wee at

[fluid dragon]

3k on wee joker

[glad oriole]

hiw many chips is ur base hand

[fluid dragon]

1k

4k total roughly

mmm, i see

you think cutting my chips into a quarter would work?

yk what, balatro score calculator

[glad oriole]

well yes

its on avera

ge

worse than bloodstain

[finite river]

Lmao, well done 🙏

[limpid tree]

FINALLY

hate nebula deck man

admittedly having supernova with nebula deck is kinda funny though

[calm kestrel]

Isn't that the one that floods the shop with garbage

[limpid tree]

nah that's zodiac

nebula is start with telescope and -1 consumable slot

[calm kestrel]

O h

Pair mode deck

[limpid tree]

honestly certificate is such a carry joker

[calm kestrel]

I usually don't like it because ew deck bloat

But I mean is good

[limpid tree]

with how little deckfixing i've been getting deckbloat hasn't been an issue tbh lol

like this run was a highcard build

[calm kestrel]

Sometimes that happens

[limpid tree]

but yeah certificate the goat

can't believe it took me this long to even try it out

[calm kestrel]

But is it better than 4 giftcards and swash

[limpid tree]

hrmmmmmm

[calm kestrel]

With an eternal rental negative egg

(Maximum funny build)

[limpid tree]

i mean 16 mult every round versus infinite seals is pretty hard to say

that setup uses all joker slots tho

or near all joker slots anyways

normally

[calm kestrel]

All unless black

But one has to consider how funny it is

[proper merlin]

i rlly want this voucher, what should i sell?

[calm kestrel]

Your soul

[proper merlin]

dawww man

[limpid tree]

to be honest, you probably don't want to switch out of your joker setup

[calm kestrel]

Yeah it's the best build possible

Tbh

[limpid tree]

gettibg those jokers ante 3 means big scaling

[calm kestrel]

You should just focus on finding your wee to fit chips in

[proper merlin]

true..

[spark atlas]

How does 1 get 18 hacks on ante 2💔

10*

[proper merlin]

skill bro

trust

:troll_face:

[spark atlas]

Give me your seed

[proper merlin]

ou..

[calm kestrel]

P a u s e

Take this man out to dinner first

[proper merlin]

i take that back

that was kinda dumb

can we getg much higher

[tribal knoll]

very funny

no cc in both packs

[tame mango]

Please share

[proper merlin]

I think this run mightve been cheated

[tame mango]

Huh, that thought never crossed my mind in the slightest

[dim fox]

how tf did this happen first draw

[white mortar]

yo guys

should i unlock more decks before modding or no

[obtuse canyon]

The one piece images

[bold cypress]

Hello! I was wondering, is there a channel i could post a cosplay of Jimbo im working on? If not, where would it be more ideal to do so

[glad oriole]

shoulda just taken summit

[tribal knoll]

yeah i was just trolling

ended up winning tho

jut not that run

[glad oriole]

sick

[tribal knoll]

cba continuing a run w 0 cash on round 1

[desert wadi]

Joker poker balala

[tribal knoll]

youve heard of photochad but what about lucky chat

[fossil jackal]

gg

[desert wadi]

I had a run like that yesterday

[tribal knoll]

i did find a photo

by the time all my jkers were eternal

[desert wadi]

Idol instead of photo wouldve made this run go absolutely insane

[tribal knoll]

or trib

[desert wadi]

Truth

[glad oriole]

need glass

nuth truke!

[icy lotus]

do i pivot

[halcyon wolf]

goobaogga

[halcyon wolf]

how do you even get this far 💔

[desert wadi]

LeBaron James

[icy lotus]

hi ryo

[halcyon wolf]

anyway, this is my current run.

this game wants me dead

[icy lotus]

small world

[desert wadi]

X67 lucky cat, yes it was unfortunately exactly on that number for my last hand

[desert wadi]

Hello nijika

[halcyon wolf]

i dont even have it, i think

[calm kestrel]

Istg I got

Pair jokers

On erratic deck

[halcyon wolf]

yeah i dont got it 💔

[calm kestrel]

Get away from me pair

Erratic deck is supposed to be fun

[icy lotus]

tfw 9 kings in erratic

[desert wadi]

Id probably try unlocking most jokers then

[halcyon wolf]

ok

[desert wadi]

Most jokers you unlock help a bit (besides obelisk)

Actually i dont remember if you start with obelisk or not

Chat, is Obelisk worse than epstein?

[calm kestrel]

Obelisk isn't a bad joker

[icy lotus]

ob*lisk

[tribal knoll]

obelisk is pretty cracked sometimes

it can easily be a ton of x mult

but it do be kinda tricky to play around with

[calm kestrel]

This seed told me I'm jacking it

(8 jacks)

[icy lotus]

jacking it so gud

[desert wadi]

Okay, hit the road

[calm kestrel]

Nvm seed wasn't too crazy

But

This one

11 aces

Seee

Simply find scholar

Rental rif raf..

It could be scholar

Two jokers for 1 dollar sell

[wintry halo]

idkwym

[tribal knoll]

scholar and chad in 1 pull trust fr

[calm kestrel]

Radio Egg

[wintry halo]

i heard they make great music

[calm kestrel]

Rental Foil Half Jonkler

Hmmm

I'll think about it

Supernova Zainy next pull... I could probably get three of a kind going or something

[wintry halo]

if only

[calm kestrel]

Reroll voucher..

I'ma save for interest that's expensive rn

But good to have

[wintry halo]

mostly for a8 vv

[calm kestrel]

Well rn I'm just grabbing the gold steak

New profile

Sorta have to play responsibly so can't skip it unfortunately

I don't think I even want planet levels rn

Don't wanna overscore

Found scholar

Easy run

Ante 4 constellation

Perhaps

[desert wadi]

Eternal egg

[gusty crane]

Balatro is awesome

[tribal knoll]

tell me something i don't already know

[calm kestrel]

I'd really like a seed with a lot of twos and wee

[tribal knoll]

<@&1133519078540185692>

[calm kestrel]

Seed with 2 2s

Ironic

1 2?

The horror

6 2s 9 Jacks

Maybe

Eternal egggg

The funny

Why can I never find a wee seed

[tribal knoll]

temperance value >>

[calm kestrel]

I'll switch to plasma surely the chip jokers will appear then right

Nat Negative shoot the moon

What

Shop 1 nat neg

I'm too poor bro

Hiker was the other option tho, unfortunately perishable

Blueprint shop 2?

What

[tribal knoll]

which 1

ah

shoot the moon

yeah no way to afford that

[calm kestrel]

Shoulda been on gold stake

Yellow deck

Bruh

My brain

Hiker but no wee is tragic tho

And I don't even get to keep the hiker

Space joker...

Hmmm

Sure

Hiker gone

... Soul

Canio

[tribal knoll]

not too bad

[calm kestrel]

I shouldn't have used hiker on so many faces shii

Polychrome wee

Hmmm

Expensive

But funny

I did upgrade all of my twos

Would like some retriggers now

[desert wadi]

Wee

Those who wee

[calm kestrel]

Now I can't find any arcanas to destroy any faces

Nice

[desert wadi]

Immolate

[calm kestrel]

Can't find spectrals either

[desert wadi]

[calm kestrel]

Just lost unfortunately

[desert wadi]

Thats tragic

[calm kestrel]

Seemed promising couldn't find anything

[desert wadi]

Next game will be goated

[calm kestrel]

Investment tag

[desert wadi]

Yummers

[calm kestrel]

Perishable Carto in pack is finee

Death off the bat

Make 2

Blackboard you say

Okay

[hardy breach]

hi guys

👋 👋 👋

[calm kestrel]

I should unironically spam reset until shop 1 wee

Or something

[hardy breach]

im new to balatro

do you guys have tips

[calm kestrel]

Pair two pair gold stake

:3

[hardy breach]

what

[calm kestrel]

Best hands for gold stake

[hardy breach]

i know two pairs

[calm kestrel]

Pair two pair and straight

[hardy breach]

what the hell is gold stake

[calm kestrel]

Really

[calm kestrel]

Highest difficulty

[hardy breach]

why would i play it

im new to balatro dumbass

[calm kestrel]

Cause

It's hard

I always play games at their hardest to start fr

[hardy breach]

i cant even change the difficulty

you suck at tips

[deft sun]

Hi, does anyone speak Spanish?

[calm kestrel]

Skill issue didn't press unlock all

[calm kestrel]

While I can this is an English server

And that's against the rules

[deft sun]

Either way, I've got nothing to lose by trying, besides, it's hard to find Balatro servers in Spanish.

[calm kestrel]

Unfortunately English is required here for moderation purposes

[tribal knoll]

i do but just don't speak spanish in here

[tribal knoll]

theyre a lil difficult to find yes but you're bound to get something eventually

just dont break the rules in here and we're g

[real sparrow]

This insult is completely deserved

[hardy breach]

no joke

[calm kestrel]

Best tip is unlock all immediately saves a ton of time

[hardy breach]

how do i?

[calm kestrel]

Go into your profile

And press unlock all

Easy easy

Turns off achievements though

But it's okay you can have a different profile if you still want achievements

Unlocks all stakes, decks, and jokers

[real sparrow]

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdNGt-ihEAcEx0WnRNCrRH6Ur7jPHYWeZ

[hardy breach]

ehhh

btw

how do i use mimes

[calm kestrel]

It's the most garunteed way to have fun immediately

[hardy breach]

i heard they are broken

[real sparrow]

Don’t tell a new player to hit the button that removes the intended progression

[real sparrow]

They’re really powerful in one specific build

[desert wadi]

chat which deck should I play

[real sparrow]

You probably won’t get it

[calm kestrel]

I was that new player that hit it after 2 hours and enjoyed the game infinitely more

[hardy breach]

what is it

[tribal knoll]

green

[calm kestrel]

Black

[desert wadi]

what if i play both at the same time

nah ill play green and then black

[hardy breach]

wait

[calm kestrel]

Mime is good by itself jus saying

[real sparrow]

Baron (kings held in hand give x1.5 mult)
Mime (retriggers effects for cards held in hand)

[calm kestrel]

Baron isn't good for actually winning don't suggest that

[hardy breach]

i heard there are hung chads

[calm kestrel]

They need to win

[desert wadi]

hanging chud

billions must retrigger

[calm kestrel]

There's hung chads

[hardy breach]

how do I get a baron

[calm kestrel]

Hung men

And wees

You can even sock your buskin

[hardy breach]

so if i unlock everything

i can use the most broken build?

i remember this one build

it was like

skip 2 bosses

[calm kestrel]

But only if you can set it up

[hardy breach]

and then the boss

[calm kestrel]

Still it's not good for actually winning

[hardy breach]

then like complete it in a specific way

and yiu get a paper

a rainbow paper

a gay ass paper

[calm kestrel]

Baron Mime unlocks infinity but it's bad at winning 8 ante

[real sparrow]

You can use seeded runs to play with certain jokers

#1156061354076155944

[calm kestrel]

Baron is usually bait

Mime is almost always good

Retrigger gold

Retrigger steal

Retrigger blue seal

It does the money

It does the scoring

And it does the scaling

Mime is great

[hardy breach]

i got the gay joker

[calm kestrel]

Polychrome

[hardy breach]

the gay ass paper has been collected

lets go

[calm kestrel]

BRAINSTORM

[hardy breach]

now i can hex it

[calm kestrel]

you can't it's polychrome

Sell hex

[hardy breach]

awww

[calm kestrel]

If you use it again it'll destroy it

You don't want to lose that

And maybe give me that seed after you're done

[hardy breach]

god fucking damn it

i did it wrong

theres also a blueprint i can hexagon

[calm kestrel]

Don't use hex

Hex will destroy your brainstorm

[hardy breach]

y

no

blueprint

[calm kestrel]

Hex destroys all jokers

After landing poly on one

[hardy breach]

you cant ectoplasm

[calm kestrel]

Hexing the blueprint will destroy the brainstorm

[hardy breach]

hold on

let me factcheck

[cloud rain]

open buffoon pack first

[calm kestrel]

He got

Polychrome brainstorm

And blueprint

Rn

I need this seed bruh

[hardy breach]

hes right dont do it

its FJR4PMTU

your welcome

now you owe me one

[cloud rain]

seed is ACTUALLY 67676767

hahaha. :(

[hardy breach]

mid

[cinder wharf]

My friend whos new to the game thinks card sharp sucks 😞

Yoops

Wrong reply

[desert wadi]

cant get mult

if only i got vamp

[calm kestrel]

Brotha

What

[tribal knoll]

i mean he's new at the game

[calm kestrel]

X3 mult so bad

[hardy breach]

guys

[calm kestrel]

One of the best jokers in the game still

Crazy

[hardy breach]

is showman good

[tribal knoll]

not really

dont really take showman on casual runs

[hardy breach]

is hanging chsd good

[tribal knoll]

very good

[hardy breach]

i got both of them

on a shop

[tribal knoll]

but not on its own

you need something to retrigger the cchad

[hardy breach]

thats how broken it is????

[calm kestrel]

It can be but you don't need showman rn

You need scoring

[hardy breach]

blueprint and gay ass paper

[tribal knoll]

by paper you mean rebate?

[calm kestrel]

Brainstorm

[tribal knoll]

thats pretty insane

[hardy breach]

wait lemme take a ss

[tribal knoll]

ah

[hardy breach]

the it

[calm kestrel]

Hollyyy

[hardy breach]

yes

[calm kestrel]

IDK why you don't copy abstract tho cause x2

[hardy breach]

where

[calm kestrel]

Polychrome 1.5x

Polychrome 1.5x

2x mult

Popcorn last

[hardy breach]

ace just retriggered like 5 times

thats shattered

⛓️‍💥 ⛓️‍💥 ⛓️‍💥 ⛓️‍💥

[calm kestrel]

Glask

[hardy breach]

NAHHWHWHWHHHFNG i got sock and buskin

[calm kestrel]

You're socking your buskin rn?

You can't do that in public

[hardy breach]

no

i got the joker

sock and buskin

dis and deez

...

[calm kestrel]

Well all know

[hardy breach]

nuts

[calm kestrel]

You're socking your buskin rn

You can't hide it

[hardy breach]

no

my pants are up

with emkay in the background

[calm kestrel]

It's okay there's no shame in it I sock my buskin from time to time

[desert wadi]

my deck is so erratic rn

[hardy breach]

lemme see

op

[desert wadi]

0 kings erratic deck 🥀

ride the bus synergy

[acoustic geode]

Kings are bad anyway

[calm kestrel]

Face cards have the most synergy out of every rank and have higher chip value

[fallen edge]

Any tips on beating gold stake?

[calm kestrel]

Pair two pair straight

[acoustic geode]

Nah

[calm kestrel]

Numerically correct

In both departments

But alright

[desert wadi]

i found an 11 9s erratic deck

cloud nine synergy

[calm kestrel]

Cloud 9 value

[grave kestrel]

Find good econ jokers early, your econ is everything. Prefer scaling jokers instead of the ones with fixated values.

[desert wadi]

i got it from the first buffoon pack 😭

ts fries me

[zealous tendon]

don't be afraid to restart early if ante 1 wasn't good, especially if you're struggling with econ

[calm kestrel]

11 dollars every round??

[calm kestrel]

Insane value

[desert wadi]

hell yeah

[calm kestrel]

Ante 1 reroll voucher sad to see

[desert wadi]

flush 5 ante 1 big blind is stupid

[calm kestrel]

Niceeee

[lilac pond]

woahhh