🕹・game-discussion

[cedar shell]

if i drop rebate im just praying for antimatter so i can continue to play the game

[plucky agate]

Rebate

[grave magnet]

most played hand is a flush but pair is on lvl 2 and most of my score is coming from abstract and smiley face.

[cedar shell]

if this invis hits idol im gonna take it out back

[grave magnet]

i was mostly asking because the joker is polychhrome

[river compass]

I stil dont know what this deck do

[plucky agate]

Just gives you an easy sell for dusk/sock/hack

[cedar shell]

i guess

[grim thunder]

Couldn't see it, I was in a hurry, sorry

[robust lance]

(ignore the modded deck) this is the smallest deck size ive ever had

[cedar shell]

shitty ass fucking joker

fuck invis

[plucky agate]

Polychrome makes very little difference in the grand scheme of things. The most important thing is getting a good source of chips, flat mult and multiplicative mult. It can help in certain scenarios but typically makes little difference. You have card sharp and another polychrome already

[grave magnet]

true

[river compass]

Cool Beans 👍🏼

[plucky agate]

Like I said, just gives you an easy sell for dusk/sock/hack

It's unfortunate but not run ending

[cedar shell]

sock nowhere to be found btw

and i have no money

[potent tree]

chat if i sell a disabled joker during CH will a new one be selected for disabling

[grave magnet]

1 re-roll later? Scary face.

[plucky agate]

The mythical $1100

[cedar shell]

ok listen

bc how do you expect me to spend it when i have no money generation

i already spent like 100 looking for ticket/rebate

[plucky agate]

Btw you want the abstract joker to be to the left of card sharp

[grave magnet]

ty

[hazy agate]

theres nothing scary about that face

[potent tree]

anyone know?

[hazy agate]

yes

?

[river compass]

This will be fun

[hazy agate]

why wouldnt it pick another one after playing a hand

[potent tree]

if i haven't played a hand yet and i sell the disabld one

[plucky agate]

By spending it? How hard you roll depends on how far ahead of the score requirements you are, whether you have overstock, and/or seed money & money tree

[hazy agate]

if you play one a new one will

[potent tree]

HOLY CLUTCH BARON STICKER

[plucky agate]

After you play a hand yes

[potent tree]

free baron sticker, i was asking before because i could sell a disabled chad and potentially get another rare stickered

[neat haven]

should i sell the baseball card?

[hazy agate]

sell it for what

[neat haven]

no clue

[plucky agate]

For the joker stencil value?

[hazy agate]

cool

[neat haven]

idk maybe i see smth different

but selling feels like a viable option

[hazy agate]

uh yeah for the stencil thats better scoring

[neat haven]

yeah

but 1.5(2) = 3

[plucky agate]

Do the maths. Is x3x3 bigger than x2x2x1.5x1.5

[grave magnet]

AND WE GOT WRAITH COMIN IN WITH THE FUCKIN

W'S

[hazy agate]

6.5 compared to 9

[neat haven]

okok

so sell?

[cedar shell]

am i desparate enough to take planet voucher with no overstock

[hazy agate]

yeah

[serene forge]

I hate Bloodstone

[hazy agate]

i love bloodstone

[neat haven]

never had it

[robust lance]

actually microscopic deck

[plucky agate]

It's literally the same so it doesn't matter

[robust lance]

ignore the modded deck style

[serene forge]

heart suit if it was good:

[hazy agate]

sell it 4 money

[plucky agate]

I'd say keep it in case you get another uncommon

[plucky agate]

??

[red thistle]

Hearts if they were TERRIBLE.

[hazy agate]

money

[robust lance]

if this was the heart suit i would NOT be playing balatro

[hazy agate]

i second that

[plucky agate]

Yes but what you're saying makes no sense

[serene forge]

you use bloodstone you have no taste

[hazy agate]

same scoring, maybe hes looking for more interest how does that make no sense

[plucky agate]

You're not really selling jokers for money unless your in very early antes. You get more value from keeping it for temperance value

[hazy agate]

you hate bloodstone you have no taste

[plucky agate]

If they're below the interest cap that's a whole different issue

[neat haven]

can someone email me blueprint please

[robust lance]

also if you are wondering its just free deck fixing (I should prob be in modding chat)

[cedar shell]

having an opinion on bloodstone is like using bloodstone, sometimes you

[serene forge]

i have exquisite taste

[hazy agate]

sometimes you dont

[hazy agate]

you literally play silksong that is false

[cedar shell]

women are like strawberries, sometimes they be at the grocery store

[serene forge]

shut up greenleaf

[hazy agate]

is that a slur

[serene forge]

no

[hazy agate]

sounds like one

[plucky agate]

Okay you have to be ragebaiting because no one could unconciously be such a low value member of a community without being incredibly stupid

[hazy agate]

are you a humorless alien that plays balatro

youre not a real person

[cedar shell]

anthony is like balatro, sometimes you just gotta ship it

[hazy agate]

i literally have silksong installed on my pc

[cedar shell]

blueprint is like brainstorm, sometiems they be making out with a certain copy joker

[red thistle]

Anthony DIES at the end of balatro.

[cedar shell]

my brother in balala we are not pc checking you how in the world would we know

[plucky agate]

Not only are you giving your unsolicited opinion on an acclaimed game, you're giving terrible advice and also having terrible maths

[rough prairie]

You know, I kinda wish more jokers were retroactive like Fortune Teller

[serene forge]

I hate Baron

[cedar shell]

i hate baron

but only because i only ever play endless for baron

also why i hate idol

[hazy agate]

you miscalculated that same fucking number at first too what the fuck is your problem

[plucky agate]

???

[cedar shell]

"i am spam fuck i am big cool and big owned you"

insert jimbo spinning i have no nitro

[serene forge]

bounceline

[white zodiac]

your attitude hasn’t changed from the few times i’ve got on here

[hazy agate]

oh wait shit i misread that

[cedar shell]

ruh roh

[plucky agate]

Example? Because the only one I can think of would be constellation, and that would be a huge buff to an already top tier joker

[cedar shell]

maybe jj is a stretch

[hazy agate]

idk man, i said silksong is bad as a joke and the humorless guy is mad at me

[cedar shell]

we cant hear your tone btw

[plucky agate]

How was I meant to know that was a joke?? Literally no indication

[hazy agate]

thats a you problem

[cedar shell]

thats quite literally a you problem

[red thistle]

Only course of action that was good there was to admit it was ragebait.

[cedar shell]

it is a problem for you by you

[hazy agate]

that is in fact what it was?

[cosmic sun]

batro

[white zodiac]

problem with making certain jokers retroactive is now they’re susceptible to being perishable

[cedar shell]

admit pretend

[tiny harbor]

[plucky agate]

Fragile is quite easy in my opinion

[red thistle]

Glass joker gaming.

[plucky agate]

Just get a few retriggers and good base mult on like pair or high card and you're golden

[tiny harbor]

one more dead run because no eco

it was starting well

[stark karma]

negative hack came in too late

[serene forge]

jokes are supposed to be funny

[potent tree]

14 to go

[serene forge]

or at least they try to be funny

you did neither

[hazy agate]

yall dense

[woven spire]

i need a mod that makes ante 8 boss to sound like this ASAP

https://youtu.be/XCBC8oz8dfE?si=O74OreoJItVuK1sB

[woven spire]

crazy btw

[red thistle]

Got double reaction imaged.

[hazy agate]

white people moment

[cedar shell]

my entire family lineage is from cameroon

do you even know where that is

[hazy agate]

what a comeback

yall really dont know what a joke is

[woven spire]

why are we talking abt races here lol

[hazy agate]

we racist

[red thistle]

Says the white people moment guy. 😭

[plucky agate]

Guy: says something negative about a widely acclaimed game someone in chat really likes
Other Guy: Dude that's rude you shouldn't say that shit unsolicited
Guy: gets defensive about it being a joke and calls the other guy humourless when there was no indication it was a joke
Guy: That's a you problem for not understanding

[woven spire]

gtfo brochacho

[red thistle]

Who's we man.

[cedar shell]

<@&1133519078540185692>

wrap it up everyone lets go home

[cosmic sun]

thank god tbh

[potent tree]

whomst has awakened the ancient one

[hazy agate]

damn

[woven spire]

we are NOT racist

[woven spire]

fym damn

[hazy agate]

album by kendrick lamar

[red thistle]

Shit unfolded like a shrek movie.

[tiny harbor]

too bad it's a dead run lol

[cedar shell]

bro youre racist dont step to ANYONE about hiphop 😭

[potent tree]

chat we are attempting golden needle for the first time...how mentally scarred will i get?

[rustic oak]

Should I pick up runner or leave it?

[serene forge]

anthony saw traitor lord being racist and took it as a challenge

[woven spire]

it’s a dead run because of bloodstone

[cedar shell]

ive been looking for this for fucking AGES

[hazy agate]

yall think im serious on that too?

youve got to be trollinf

[tiny harbor]

no, because i have no eco since 10 rounds and i can't get jokers

[serene forge]

yes

[white zodiac]

ante 6 is not an ante to be picking up a scaling joker, chips nonetheless

[heady tiger]

Too late for it to matter

[serene forge]

because you picked up bloodstone

[rustic oak]

That’s what I was thinking

[heady tiger]

Dig deeper for a more instantenous joker

[tiny harbor]

i picked it lately lol, it was already doomed

[woven spire]

ik it isn’t cuz of bloodstone im just spreading the hate of bloodstone

[rustic oak]

I was kicking myself for taking swashbuckler over runner earlier but I think it worked out

[tiny harbor]

[potent tree]

first shop grimbo...the temptation is almost irresistible...

[red thistle]

Example?

[rustic oak]

This is the farthest I’ve gotten on gold stake so far

[tiny harbor]

use voucher skips

[cedar shell]

i have been

well i wouldve

[plucky agate]

The free win is calling to you

[potent tree]

in golden needle

[cedar shell]

most lethal heart by the way

[white zodiac]

swegg is a very huge space inconvenience for mediocre scaling tbf

[plucky agate]

I repeat, the free win is calling to you

[robust lance]

WE BANANA SLAMMAING WITH THIS ONE

[plucky agate]

Jk

Yes

[red thistle]

Life expectancy of 1 round.

[plucky agate]

Spam high card

Or pair

[robust lance]

i actually had 2 last game and they both lasted more than 5 rounds

[hazy agate]

banana either last 2 rounds or the entire run no inbetween

[cosmic sun]

I guess its saving grace is that egg is retroactive for two jokers

[hazy agate]

i think ive finished two whole games with banana in my hand from ante 1 or 2

[tiny harbor]

dead

[plucky agate]

Does anyone have tips for jonklerless? Does doc have a vid on it

The illustrious hanging chad

[hazy agate]

https://youtu.be/oIrrCu9WcS4?si=1nlRAeHZMPaYxhh2

[vale jetty]

Make shift full house build worked lol

[potent tree]

i did mine on flushes, get as many glass cards as you can

[hazy agate]

docs vid

[plucky agate]

First useful contribution of this chatter. Thanks

[white zodiac]

well

[hazy agate]

what other game do you like. tell me so i can call it bad so you can start seething about that too

[white zodiac]

balatro

[plucky agate]

Balatro

[hazy agate]

balatro sucks dick

[strange canyon]

what is better here

[plucky agate]

Solitaire

Poker

Blackjack

[hazy agate]

solitaire?

[plucky agate]

Uno

[white zodiac]

sudoku

[plucky agate]

Go fish

[vale jetty]

Ortalab I heard sucked

[plucky agate]

Solitaire.

[hazy agate]

solitaire

[white zodiac]

hearts

[smoky merlin]

You’re free to leave

[plucky agate]

Spoons

[robust lance]

eh sure, wanna live a little

[hazy agate]

welcome to ashs club

[smoky merlin]

Take a week. Think about it

[white zodiac]

i used to play spoons in the lunch table in high school

[plucky agate]

Thank u

He was being so annoying

[white zodiac]

we did nothing productive

vonnegut ily

[plucky agate]

It's lunchtime productivity is out the window

[vale jetty]

I played clash Royale or a card game called Egyptian rats

[smoky merlin]

You developed mutual collaboration and competition in a fast paced and highly chaotic environment

Put it on your resume

[plucky agate]

Employment maxing

[jagged valve]

🫩

[white zodiac]

indeed isn’t going to hire me for spoon maxing

[jagged valve]

Negative hitting Michel pmo so does Poly

Michel should hit holo at best

[robust lance]

its survived 10 rounds

[jagged valve]

Also am I the only one who kinda dislikes black hole for its rarity

[robust lance]

(lets go)

[plucky agate]

What if ur a spoon salesman

[cloud sinew]

balatro

[plucky agate]

Balatro

[smoky merlin]

balatro

[white zodiac]

"Yeah man forensic science will be fun"

[robust lance]

never punished

i hate this so much

RELEASE ME FROM THIS SIMULATION

[white zodiac]

i don’t get it

[robust lance]

its not plant

[plucky agate]

Your first mistake was listening to other people's opinions

Also hate to be that guy but this is game discussion

[jagged valve]

Higher education rarely 100% fun

[plucky agate]

#🃏・off-topic or #🎙・server-chat

[jagged valve]

Specially if u not rlly into whatever ur doing

Math in a lot of cases

[cedar shell]

is this balatro

[white zodiac]

i told myself this

oh oops

[plucky agate]

No, this is Patrick

[jagged valve]

No

[white zodiac]

egg on my face

for breaking rule 10

[jagged valve]

Almost jokerless type beat

[robust lance]

yo should i red sticker obelisk lmao

[jagged valve]

If it wasnt for poly

[tiny harbor]

you're gonna lose your sanity

[jagged valve]

Also dice on GLASS??

[plucky agate]

Competency based higher education rather than grade based is much better imo

[robust lance]

its ante 8 and im scoring like avigintillion

not actually but im obliterating the bessel

[jagged valve]

Totally

[white zodiac]

I actually really fuck with the data analysis part of this, just not entering a bunch of shit into excel spreadsheets

[white zodiac]

u should gold sticker it

[potent tree]

honestly golden needle isn't starting so badly

i've made it to ante 3 and 4 on my first 2 attempts

[tiny harbor]

better than gold staking every joker

[white zodiac]

ive grown numb to it

[robust lance]

not on gold im on red because im playing modded decks

i got bored (board??)

[plucky agate]

So valid

[jagged valve]

For C++ guys what did yall do to achieve it quicker

If there's anyone here

[robust lance]

also my banana has lasted 16 rounds

[white zodiac]

almost finishing my 5th c++ i think im 5 jokers away im just too lazy rn

[robust lance]

its gonna self destruct right before or after the vessel i bet

[jagged valve]

🥹

Sanity?

[barren wigeon]

ok but

what do you do after that

[white zodiac]

i just forget about it and do some silly side quest as i’m doing them

[robust lance]

smallest deck ive ever had (ignore the sleeve)

[plucky agate]

Life? /J

[potent tree]

hold up is burnt good for needle??

[tiny harbor]

can i see my achievements ingame

[white zodiac]

make a 6th profile lmao

[barren wigeon]

uhh

its as good as it is against any other boss?

[potent tree]

sorry golden needle

[barren wigeon]

except for the water

[barren wigeon]

what the hell is golden needle

[manic talon]

Challenge

[plucky agate]

Challenge deck

[potent tree]

the challenge that makes everyone go crazy

[barren wigeon]

ah

im not tapped in apparently

[jagged valve]

Burnt requires good strategy/planning to use properly or a good fixed deck I THINK

[robust lance]

rate the deck guys rate it

[tiny harbor]

make a new profile and don't unlock bad jokers (like the club x2 thing)

[manic talon]

No you just play pairs

[barren wigeon]

are you calling seeing double BAD???

[pliant jewel]

that's like the opposite of what pairs require

[tiny harbor]

[plucky agate]

No suit fixing 0/10

[barren wigeon]

soooo you're in copper

[white zodiac]

well my 6th one is going to be interesting because all of these stickers are going to be done on black deck exclusively without any other deck wins. maybe ballot and photograph as my last two stickers

[robust lance]

man i told you it would self destruct on the vessel

[tiny harbor]

it's good?

[barren wigeon]

oh, so you hate yourself

[tiny harbor]

how

[jagged valve]

If you don't get it early I mean and already have a fixed hand non pair

[barren wigeon]

yeah?

[white zodiac]

what

[manic talon]

Seeing double is just duo

[barren wigeon]

its 2x mult for almost free

how is that bad

[pliant jewel]

the requirement is really easy to fulfill for 2x mult

[robust lance]

what if one day you woke up and nebula was replaced with this

[pliant jewel]

buff

[barren wigeon]

the real me

[manic talon]

If you play a good hand youd rather play the hand than discard it and draw another

[tiny harbor]

more chance to not get it in shop lmao

[robust lance]

i won this challenge by simply ignoring obelisk

[plucky agate]

Bro might think blackboard is a bad joker

[white zodiac]

if i hated myself i would’ve been playing plassma or nubbyla deck

[robust lance]

(i got lucky)

[barren wigeon]

actually no I wouldn't notice because nobody plays nebula deck

[jagged valve]

I just throw takes around and wait to be corrected this is how i learn things here atp

[robust lance]

not even scrolling past?

[barren wigeon]

ok... but its good

[barren wigeon]

doubt id notice

[tiny harbor]

i used it once

[white zodiac]

black is cool in that there’s a big power creep feeling when i switch back to my gs streak profile

[barren wigeon]

how can you call something bad if you've only used it once

[jagged valve]

I'm geeked

[barren wigeon]

congrats

[jagged valve]

[white zodiac]

what

[rustic oak]

I was so fucking close man

[white zodiac]

bloodstone is the only joker i have locked rn

[rustic oak]

I’ll get it one of these days

[jagged valve]

Is the Pareidolia smile hearty or mischievious what do u think

[grave magnet]

GET FUCKED THE FLINT!

[tiny harbor]

not unlock jokers you don't want to see in shops

[white zodiac]

and c2 is decent support x mult

[manic talon]

There is no smile, youre making it up

[white zodiac]

but that’s hella boring

[tiny harbor]

nvm it's good

[pliant jewel]

they're cards what are you talking about

[tiny harbor]

what about this tho

[jagged valve]

No uh there's a smile I swear!!

[manic talon]

Its free money

[rustic oak]

While true I also didn’t really have any better options

[tiny harbor]

for a joker slot

[pliant jewel]

not the greatest in terms of economy jokers
It's still an economy joker so

[rustic oak]

That was the only scaling mult I was able to find that round

[grave magnet]

give up wrathful for paredolia?

[plucky agate]

^ he can be good for early Econ generation

[grave magnet]

if i buy it, i'll have the holy trifecta

[manic talon]

So is golden joker

[plucky agate]

The only problem is his pretty high cost

[tiny harbor]

so bad for early

[white zodiac]

what about it

[manic talon]

One pack turns astronomer 4 dollars or less

[jagged valve]

First majoritary tasteful community i've been in

[tiny harbor]

not unlocking = not in shops

[pliant jewel]

why are you trying to meta game the game already

[white zodiac]

again, boring as hell gameplay

[plucky agate]

That's also fair

[tiny harbor]

and these

[white zodiac]

most of the joker unlocks are good

[tiny harbor]

there's no way they're good

[white zodiac]

bloodstone is the one exception

[jagged valve]

What's the most awaited 1.1 change

[plucky agate]

Glass is great

[white zodiac]

one of them is top 15 lmao

[tiny harbor]

whoa

[white zodiac]

yes i put glimbo that high

[pliant jewel]

if you don't have enough experience with jokers shouldn't you be... idk actually play with them instead of just avoiding them???

[jagged valve]

The.. the update 😱

[tiny harbor]

you're right

[plucky agate]

Blue stake rework

[jagged valve]

It's ASSSS

Ok im so tired rn

[barren wigeon]

ew

blue stake abandoned deck

[plucky agate]

Rare moment of self awareness on discord.gov. good job chatter!!

[barren wigeon]

and my first 2 jokers are flower pot and oops

Oops I guess

[white zodiac]

a little tip from someone who’s 4 significant figures worth of hours sunk into the game: consider playing out your games with all of the jokers to a moderate extent before throwing a word salad that doesn’t actually stick with the joker you describe it to be

[plucky agate]

In your opinion what's the hardest joker to get gold sticker on

[tiny harbor]

are y'all trashing me because i bought a bloodstone lol

[plucky agate]

?? No?

I was being genuine

[barren wigeon]

hmm

eternal cloud 9 is eternal money

yeah ill take it

[white zodiac]

idk it varies each run, it’s usually some rare or uncommon that i don’t see in that specific profile. currently i haven’t stickered baron or hack. most of the harder to sticker jokers on paper i already got done with so other than those id just say a random uncommon or rare

[plucky agate]

That's so fair

[lavish gazelle]

Bloodstone did not deserve this slander

[white zodiac]

i didn’t even know you did that. i’ve taken bloodstone before whether ive liked that decision or not

[lavish gazelle]

Blood for the bloodstone

[plucky agate]

Hit the road

[tiny harbor]

btw look at this cloud 9 run

[plucky agate]

One billion monies

[barren wigeon]

okay eternal riff raff

[pliant jewel]

has to be anaglyph deck

[barren wigeon]

kinda testing me

im gonna take it but still

[potent tree]

okay. i see what people mean when they say the golden needle triggers them

[tiny harbor]

wrong it's erratic and i took ||negative skips||

[pliant jewel]

you took 8 negative skips...?

[tiny harbor]

one with 2 colas iirc

[serene forge]

I hate Bloodstone

[serene forge]

yeah so

[white zodiac]

theoretical hardest are enhancement jokers that are locked under a requirement. stone being the weakest viable one.

food joker uncommons/commons are a runner up. banana or bean could be one.

selling jokers prob but i find those slightly easier to sticker from my bias of all the hard ones i can think of. invis, luchador

[serene forge]

yknow how people say hieroglyph is free in this challenge because you can't get to 0 hands

this is the reason why it's not free, at all

[potent tree]

agreed

[serene forge]

1 more ante for water to potentially screw you

[plucky agate]

Thank you for your thoughts very interesting

[white zodiac]

you’re right

it’s 10 bucks

[plucky agate]

I think the water is banned ? Maybe

[potent tree]

i just encountered the water in golden needle

[white zodiac]

there’s also like

seance, idol, showman

[pliant jewel]

me when i dont scroll up several messages

[plucky agate]

Seance 💀💀

[half flint]

lmao

[barren wigeon]

pov: that one guy from fast n furious

[plucky agate]

Vin diesel pov

[fervent wolf]

Do I start skipping to save Cryptids?

[fading cobalt]

Groker on pairs > rtb on pairs

[half flint]

WTF LOL

[fervent wolf]

Burglar and groker on pairs>both of those options

[white zodiac]

agree to disagree

[serene forge]

I hate The Tribe

[barren wigeon]

groker vs groker

[serene forge]

gronkler

[fading cobalt]

Jonkler

[plucky agate]

Groker on groker violence

[fading cobalt]

What makes you disagree?

[white zodiac]

pairs having a non zero probability of missing a draw

[fading cobalt]

Playing pairs is easy, you're not forced out of face card builds, if you NEED to discard for a pair then you lose 1 mult but if you NEED to play a face card on bus then you lose however much you had

[white zodiac]

and card digging for seals early

[fading cobalt]

Digging for seals makes sense I guess

[white zodiac]

you have to try really hard to accidentally crash your bus

[barren wigeon]

no im just stupid

[fading cobalt]

I've had runs where I had 6 face cards, no discards and 2 numbers which weren't a pair so if I played high card I would die

Its either groker and bus are equal or groker > bus

[cosmic sun]

I crashed bus to sticker pareidoila once

[white zodiac]

this would only make sense if pairs weren’t meta

[cosmic sun]

lesson is, blue seals carry

[fading cobalt]

Bus downside is harder to happen but the moment is done the run is fucked. Whereas grokers downside can be circumvented after you play one hand

[white zodiac]

the cost matches its strength

[fading cobalt]

I don't see how that makes any sense

At all

[hasty harness]

i mean all u gotta do is play a pair and get rid of the face cards at the same time

[white zodiac]

2 pairs is in my eyes second to pairs in terms of versatility so apply this logic to the three common hand mult scalers, then i would say green is better. unfortunately pairs are currently meta and ive yet to be in a scenario where i had to inevitably crash my bus

on 5 profiles

[oblique matrix]

Spare trousers fans finna stone you to death

[fervent wolf]

Name a better lineup, I'll wait 🥱

[oblique matrix]

(AKA me)

[white zodiac]

unless i got neuralized

[potent tree]

[cosmic sun]

bro is agent k

[hasty harness]

ive had it happen to me one time when i was playing stuntman and pairs + taking an ecto when doing c++ (which was my fault for taking ecto) so its like REALLY hard to actually crash a bus lol

[hasty harness]

this is anti synergy 🤑

[white zodiac]

stuntman and pairs i can sorta understand

[hasty harness]

even then i could have made it work if i just pivoted to high card levels instead lol

idk what i was thinking

[white zodiac]

o

[hasty harness]

got too greedy for the stickers

[fervent wolf]

Nah that's synergy

[karmic jetty]

First shop on abandoned deck and I get a ride the bus

Good sign

[pliant jewel]

no pivot to straight flush

[cosmic sun]

you got double what peopel usually have so yes

[acoustic kettle]

You built jt too much

So absolutely yes

[lavish gazelle]

Planet levels moment

[fading cobalt]

Why is photochad so loved 💔

I hate it so much

[white zodiac]

i’ve yet to sticker them :)

[fading cobalt]

The sad thing is I've actually stickered them

[lavish gazelle]

Looks inside

[fading cobalt]

I don't mind chad being stickered cuz I love him

[white zodiac]

i’ll prob make them my last two stickers

[fading cobalt]

But photograph disgusts me

[hasty harness]

im just gonna say it bro photochad hate is diabolical 💀

i go along with it for jokes but just because its easy and strong for new players doesnt mean we need to absolutely hate photochad

[fading cobalt]

It deserves all the hate I give it

[white zodiac]

i kinda get it

[lavish gazelle]

Photochad ain't that good

[potent tree]

bruh again???

[fading cobalt]

Whats the problem?

[lavish gazelle]

I get it very controversial option

[fading cobalt]

Your money or your hands?

[white zodiac]

it incentivizes linear gameplay which isn’t healthy so i just don’t really play it

[potent tree]

water, golden needle

a lot

[fading cobalt]

How the fuck do you have 1 hand

[potent tree]

golden needle the challenge

[pliant jewel]

au needle

[fervent wolf]

Golden needle

[hasty harness]

i mean for new players its a strong strat yk?

[fading cobalt]

Oh shit

[potent tree]

last one i need for rule breaker lol

[hasty harness]

it only becomes an issue once u get new players that ONLY play runs where they get photochad

[fading cobalt]

Thats gonna be really hard

[hasty harness]

i know this one person who literally would reset their run if they didnt have photochad by ante 3

💔

[crystal field]

Yura Lee on Walton tonight i was stunned

anywa gold sticker hunting time

[fading cobalt]

Thats the main issue with it but other than that I just genuinely don't like photochad. Its the most boring way to play this game and it feels like a forced pick up. If you grabbed chad, skipped photograph and used the next build you find then you would still win

[fervent wolf]

Agreed, I play photochad still when It's the first thing I get, but I've done every build a lot

[fading cobalt]

If I have photochad before anything else then I'll take it but I feel its extremely easy to sell out of photograph for any other chad synergy

[lavish gazelle]

I know people who only played flushes and still got like c+

[fading cobalt]

And the moment you do it feels more fun

[fading cobalt]

Playing flushes isn't bad tho

Like

At all

I don't get flush hate

[white zodiac]

oh boy

[fading cobalt]

Its only issue is its a inconsistent draw

And I guess it lacks joker synergy

But you can deckfix towards flushes fairly easy

And it scales with more mult than pairs

[fervent wolf]

I like straight flushes

[serene forge]

I hate Bloodstone

[fervent wolf]

A lot

[crystal field]

chudstone

[serene forge]

that's a really, really big issue

[fading cobalt]

game discussion
Looks inside
Someone says they hate bloodstone for the 10th time today

[serene forge]

and it's not the only issue

the other issue is that the scaling is dogshit

[fading cobalt]

But pairs is fine?

[white zodiac]

suit/card draw boss blinds
abysmal planet scaling
one decent flush joker
card variance
existing stepping stones to stronger flush alternatives
not hand/joker agnostic

[serene forge]

and that it tends to be bad against a lot of boss blinds

[serene forge]

jupiter scaling is dogshit because flushes are a 5 card hand

mercury is excellent because it's only 2 cards

[acoustic kettle]

Honestly it's because the draw is not hard

[serene forge]

compare to saturn for straights which are literally 2x as strong as a jupiter

[fading cobalt]

But straights are harder to draw

[acoustic kettle]

You can easily draw 2 to 3 flushes a round

[serene forge]

they are

[white zodiac]

pairs is fine because it’s significantly easier to draw a pair and hold a blue seal without gutting your artificial hand size

[fading cobalt]

Monolith?

[serene forge]

flushes strike the weird middle ground of being easy for a 5 card hand but still being inconsistent because... its a 5 card hand

[fading cobalt]

Challenge?

[white zodiac]

mhm

[fading cobalt]

Flushes biggest weakness is suit bosses I understand that

[white zodiac]

no it’s not lol

[fading cobalt]

Isn't it??

I would think so

[serene forge]

a lot of good jokers are also relatively hand agnostic and are quite annoying to use with a flush (green joker, bus, etc)

[fading cobalt]

Like you can start to control how consistently you draw flushes after ante 3

[white zodiac]

no, most runs don’t really care about it. and aj

[white zodiac]

card draw/hand restricted bosses are what kill flushes

[serene forge]

you don't need to do that when you can just play pairs for a similar scoring output, and still being far more flexible in what you do

[fading cobalt]

Like serpent and the eye?

[pale wolf]

hey hey

[fading cobalt]

Why are you blue

[white zodiac]

mouth, eye, hook, serpent, needle, manacle

[fading cobalt]

How are you blue

[pale wolf]

cuz I ain't got nobody to listen to

[white zodiac]

dabodeedaboodye

[fervent wolf]

What happened to you? Why are you BLUE!?

[fading cobalt]

How is mouth problematic for flushes?

[serene forge]

mouth kills you if you don't draw your flush immediately
mouth does not kill you if you're playing pairs because it's very very unlikely to not be able to draw a singular pair

[white zodiac]

not drawing one right away

[fading cobalt]

[white zodiac]

have you ever whiffed a one shot r1 draw

[serene forge]

"just one shot these bosses with flushes" and there is the problem

flushes scale like shit so that's an improbability

[fading cobalt]

Balatro community is the first community I've been in where people actually make valid arguments

[white zodiac]

as long as it’s not reddit

[fading cobalt]

Correct

[serene forge]

I hate Reddit

[rustic aspen]

[lavish gazelle]

Absolute foolery

[white zodiac]

straights while also having some similar issues in terms of what boss blinds theyre against has the potency to one shot a lot of the blinds given their raw number scaling

[lavish gazelle]

They also have good jokers built around straights

[white zodiac]

and has adequate resources to benefit via hung man, death, shortcut, fingers, trading card, immolate, etc

[potent tree]

what's being sacked for photo

it can't be credit

has to be abstract i guess

[proven gulch]

chad

[lavish gazelle]

Isn't it just not good here

[potent tree]

i mean if i'm fishing for flushes photochad+aj gives me 27x mult on the first card

[proven gulch]

sell chad

[potent tree]

and since it's needle

[lavish gazelle]

What's your flush level

[potent tree]

3, but i score almost 100k a hand

[proven gulch]

could be sell summit + cc

[potent tree]

temp value

[proven gulch]

your mom

[lavish gazelle]

You should be fine it's white stake

Do what you want

[potent tree]

it's a challenge i have 1 singular hand

[proven gulch]

you'll survive

[potent tree]

abstract going to the bin.

[proven gulch]

no my goat abimbo

[potent tree]

discards don't matter anymore

[sweet raven]

C++ ACHIEVED LET'S FUCKING GOOOO

[potent tree]

ggwp, do victory lap

[proven gulch]

cavendish last crazy

do it again

[potent tree]

damn wheel hit chad for holo

[proven gulch]

doesnt matter

foil is good

[languid pecan]

lfg

how the heck did you not get cavendish til the end lol

you have to intentionally never take michelle or smth thats crazy

[oblique matrix]

Bananas

[potent tree]

VV FINAL BOSS

[brave fox]

Game blesses me with a foiled yorick and invisible joker after forever 😬 what should be the play here

[potent tree]

i think this is it chat...!!!

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOO

[brave fox]

That's what I'm talkin bout

[potent tree]

photochad aj meant debt didn't matter anymore

i just needed my flushes!

and face cards of course.

i only had 1 king of spades, no other face cards so that was my one main concern, but i ended up with clubs on aj for this one

now, 14 jokers left till 100%

[cedar shell]

23 dollars in debt in wite stake

genuinely im impressed

[potent tree]

all challenges are white stake

[cedar shell]

oh its a challenge i wasnt paying attention

[serene forge]

I hate Photograph

[lavish gazelle]

Photochad is washed

[cedar shell]

i was thinking this is so bad it has to be intentional and so kudos

reasons to not hate on photochad:

[potent tree]

nice work, how many you got left

you got this! also ignore my seed in that screenshot, challenges need to be completed unseeded anyway

omelette and xray are pretty easy

double or nothing actually turned out fine as well, you just gotta build planets

five card draw was also a piece of cake. inflation took a bit, but honestly i struggled more with jokerless than with golden needle

[proven gulch]

jokerless you just need to be good at deck fixing + game sense and it's consistent

needle is just rng

[waxen fable]

Needle is the hardest challenge in the game

U can basically beat jokerless if u beat tons of gold stake before

[potent tree]

oh i just realized i rolled into window with aj on diamonds, lmao

still, that's rulebreaker done and dusted

[tranquil cargo]

I'd consider jokerless a lot harder than golden needle

golden needle you need to avoid the water, jokerless has multiple run killers due to how planet-dependent a jokerless run is: the arm, the flint, the water

bosses that are normally harmless are suddenly quite threatening

[potent tree]

flint and arm are usually harmful anyways i'd say

especially arm

flint if early can be brute forced

[proven gulch]

you can winstreak jokerless relatively easily, it is not harder

[waxen fable]

Forgot what the flint does

[tranquil cargo]

halves your base chips and mult

[waxen fable]

Oh my god i fucking hate that boss

And ppl pick the hate on plant instead

Y'all highkey stupid

[proven gulch]

in jokerless you'll have plenty of empress+hierophant for scoring anyway

[potent tree]

or glass.

[tranquil cargo]

this community seems to pick what to hate by spinning a wheel

[proper flame]

flint is sneaky deadly

[potent tree]

[tranquil cargo]

one day it's blue stake, the next day it's the arm, then the plant

[waxen fable]

This game is Lowkey about spinning wheels anyway metaphorically

[proper flame]

arm is like a minor inconvinience

im bad at the game and ive never lost to it

[tranquil cargo]

tomorrow it could be black stake is suddenly the worst thing ever, or amber acorn

[waxen fable]

But there's strategy that comes to it

Though

Reddit noobs refuse to strategize

[proven gulch]

blue stake is just bad though, that's why it's getting reworked

[lunar zealot]

game REALLY wants me to play diamonds huh

shop 1 and i have a poly greedy from wheel

rough gem

and immolate

LOLLLL

[tranquil cargo]

for localthunk to rework blue stake he'd have to nerf so many jokers

so I doubt that's happening

[waxen fable]

Diamond run would be funny

Until diamond boss

[pale wolf]

?

[tranquil cargo]

the discard jokers

[waxen fable]

It's not even many

[acoustic kettle]

Well

[waxen fable]

Rebate will get the biggest hit

[acoustic kettle]

Rebate nerfs are surely coming

[pale wolf]

That's one of the few things we know for almost certain will be changed in the update, blue stake

[proven gulch]

???

[waxen fable]

At least hit the jack is getting buffed and is finally reliable on gold stake

[acoustic kettle]

Discard jokers aren't that game breaking with 3 discards

And more discards means more variety in builds

[proven gulch]

they are, but they are with 2 so idk what he's on abt

[waxen fable]

Yall are gonna hate me for saying this but blue seals should be nerfed

[pale wolf]

which ones besides rebate are broken

[waxen fable]

Game too easy just for finding 1 trance

[tranquil cargo]

they were garbage before, no way he's nerfing blue seals back to that state

[acoustic kettle]

Yorick i guess?

Eveb then he's a legendary

[waxen fable]

A chance nerf would be solid lowkey

[pale wolf]

Castle is decent as is, getting a 1.5x boost might be overtuned without adjustment

[sweet raven]

I had horrible banana luck. cavendish only showed up a total of 4 times out of my many gold sticker runs

[waxen fable]

Yorick has always been broken

[pale wolf]

not true

first iteration of yorick sucked

[waxen fable]

Ever since the new and latest update* then

[pale wolf]

5X for 23 discards is the same scaling rate yet so so much worse

funny how that works

[tranquil cargo]

old yorick was good, just not as good as the current one

[pale wolf]

from what I heard he was unusable

[tranquil cargo]

it "sucked" in the same way that chicot "sucked", people complain about any legendary that isn't negative perkeo

[acoustic kettle]

Perkeo sucks

He is hiding from me

Where is he

[proven gulch]

23/3=7 rounds you need to carry around deadweight; that counts as sucking

[acoustic kettle]

Got automodded

[waxen fable]

Have some respect on chigoat

[acoustic kettle]

[lunar zealot]

is it too late to bus

[tranquil cargo]

you misunderstand me, I'm not saying chicot sucks

[lunar zealot]

i need SOMETHING is the thing

[tranquil cargo]

I'm saying other people said it sucks and word of mouth isn't reliable in this community

[proven gulch]

you're just trying to be a contrarian here

[crude flame]

ok

[waxen fable]

Yes

Theres. No way u are gonna stack alot 4 antes in

[lunar zealot]

i gotta at least try man

[proven gulch]

maybe you can throw away one of your 90 econ jokers

[minor heath]

only mod i had was sleeves, -nan WTF

[lunar zealot]

my only +mult is coming from my mercuries

OH FUCK IT'S THE FLNIT

IM SO DEAD

[tranquil cargo]

steamodded changes some mechanics by itself

[proven gulch]

evil naninf

[waxen fable]

Yeah gg

[waxen fable]

#⚙・modding-general ://////////////

[minor heath]

LOL

[opal delta]

hi everyone

[pale wolf]

I mean I guess you could try by replacing rough gem

[opal delta]

hope youre having a good day

[pale wolf]

hi

[pale wolf]

thats steammodded

[minor heath]

yeah

[proven gulch]

what if there was an enhancement that multiplied mult by -3

[minor heath]

i only had sleeves mod

[acoustic kettle]

-naninf

[pale wolf]

no I'm saying that's what happens with steammodded

-nan

[proven gulch]

thats kind of cooked

[opal delta]

huh

congrats on the joker

[lunar zealot]

luckiest wheel hit of all time

[pale wolf]

good judgement hit

[tranquil cargo]

oddly enough, if you have talisman then naneinf doesn't win but -naneinf does

[acoustic kettle]

Ride the bsuinkg

[languid pecan]

id prefer foil tbh

[pale wolf]

beautiful

[pale wolf]

is the +10 on holographic or the bus itself??

[lunar zealot]

RTTSSFDKSKSKSKSKKKSDGSFG

[pale wolf]

rip

[lunar zealot]

i should hjave gotten

like

a glass card

FUCK

that was super winnable

next ante though idfk

[languid pecan]

if only it was foil

and not holo

[pale wolf]

lmfao photochadding that deck

[languid pecan]

foil supremacy

[crude flame]

i mean if it works 🤷

[pale wolf]

yea white stake be like

[languid pecan]

just prepare a couple 10s with glass or something

do you guys ever yeah

[crude flame]

huh

[pale wolf]

i still havent beaten jokerless

[languid pecan]

yeah

[pale wolf]

i yea mostly

never yeah

[languid pecan]

yeah

nay

[pale wolf]

🦓

[acoustic kettle]

Ye

[languid pecan]

do zebras go nay

[pale wolf]

they brat

[pale wolf]

bray

cant even get the words right on keyboard

[languid pecan]

braille

[pale wolf]

zebras make donkey sounds

mostly

[proven gulch]

i love this challenge shortcut can legit solo white stake

[tranquil cargo]

anyone who's seen madagascar knows zebras speak normal english

[proven gulch]

i never get it in actual runs tho

[crude flame]

so real

[languid pecan]

that faceless looking JUICY

[pale wolf]

oh boy foil with the potential to make its money back instantly

[languid pecan]

do i see level 4 pairs

[proven gulch]

photochad gamblign

[proven gulch]

i see level 4 saturn

[languid pecan]

i see not doing that without a util joker

[tranquil cargo]

level 4 pairs? sounds great to me for ante 2 with jimbo and a foil

[proven gulch]

just deckfix 😋

[languid pecan]

no

[proven gulch]

yeah, it does

[languid pecan]

especially not when trying to do faceless lmao

[proven gulch]

it's very good actually

but saturns are 200 chips 🥺

[languid pecan]

ok listen i COULD take vampire and PROBABLY win but i dont feel like it

[proven gulch]

i hate vampire

[pale wolf]

rental feels too bad

[tranquil cargo]

I doubt you have enhancements to feed doctor acula

[languid pecan]

hmmm synergy???

[pale wolf]

You can use vampire as a slowly scaling as you get the enhancements but not with rental

[proven gulch]

where

[languid pecan]

synergy!!!

[pale wolf]

lol

[tranquil cargo]

I recommend taking that voucher before it restocks

[pale wolf]

never thought of it like that

[proven gulch]

true

[languid pecan]

true

wtf

why didnt i take the damn voucher

im so stupid

[proven gulch]

lmao

[languid pecan]

my brain just doesnt register it for some reason

[proven gulch]

red voucher = buy

[crude flame]

holy shit i just got 3 wheel procs in a row???

[pale wolf]

i dont think I would have taken it

[proven gulch]

the 1/4096 chance

[tranquil cargo]

isn't it just 1/64?

[pale wolf]

yes lol

[crude flame]

wheel is not 1/4!!!

[languid pecan]

maybe you just dont know how to wheel

[tranquil cargo]

if it's not then not only is the game text lying to me, the source code is too

localthunk must be some kind of evil genius to pull that off

[languid pecan]

i found a non rental hit the road

[proven gulch]

wtf 😭

[pale wolf]

dope

[tranquil cargo]

sweet, now to deckfix toward jacks

[pale wolf]

now you just need... the rest of a build

[proven gulch]

if only blueprints worked like that

[pale wolf]

/s

[languid pecan]

yeah i forgot i need mult

if im being honest

[proven gulch]

the evil and intimidating jimbo:

[pale wolf]

wdym

[proven gulch]

which challenge is this

is it the one where money = lower hand

[languid pecan]

ok...

[tranquil cargo]

looks like 5 card poker

[proven gulch]

right

[proven gulch]

should have taken vampire!

[serene forge]

I hate Bloodstone

[pale wolf]

the rat is plagued with rental fees

[tranquil cargo]

dang, it's that time already?

[languid pecan]

welp this is what i get now

[tranquil cargo]

standard pack and hieroglyph, nice

[pale wolf]

i hate it

[proven gulch]

purple jack in the green pack

[languid pecan]

me too for the record

[acoustic kettle]

Stay strapped in for bootstraps

[languid pecan]

bootstraps died

i got the better bootstraps

that still sucks

[tranquil cargo]

deathed a jack?

wait a minute, you have the best joker in the game

you have the almighty jolly joker

[languid pecan]

yes

alright alright alright

now we cooking

ish

OK OK

[unreal island]

hello my balatbros and balatsis's

[languid pecan]

HOLY

[unreal island]

reroll voucher ❤️

[tranquil cargo]

hologram loves to see spectral packs

[oblique matrix]

Game done telling me to pivot bruh 😭

[heavy heron]

would you guys believe me if i said this was once a straight build and a 40 card deck

[barren wigeon]

could've said balabros but ok

[heavy heron]

until i could no longer find straights.. because hologram things

[unreal island]

that sounds weird

[languid pecan]

WTF i just played a pair of lucky cards and got 40 dolalrs and no mult lol wtf

no dice

builds cooking HARD btw

[barren wigeon]

balabros sounds weird and balatbros doesn't

[unreal island]

deck inflation

[heavy heron]

it certainly got inflated

[unreal island]

yeah

[languid pecan]

holy

[barren wigeon]

are you like

nevermind

[unreal island]

no im agar not nevermind

🥹

[heavy heron]

hello agar not nevermind

[unreal island]

🥹

[barren wigeon]

Is your stupidity on purpose?

[unreal island]

i dont own a stupidity

[barren wigeon]

why are you dumb

[unreal island]

im not dumb im agar

[barren wigeon]

im gonna call you a mean word

[unreal island]

(this bit got stale 30 seconds ago)

[tranquil cargo]

I think I've seen this episode of 3 stooges

[barren wigeon]

youre built like a stooge

[heavy heron]

but their name is not a mean word, it’s agar

what’s so hard to understand

[unreal island]

trueeee

[barren wigeon]

poopnose

buttface

fart boy

[heavy heron]

so.. when is the mean word going to come

[languid pecan]

nooo my pair didnt one shot

now i have to either get 3 plutos or 1 mercury

[unreal island]

ur pair didnt what...?

[languid pecan]

this is a tragedy

[languid pecan]

?

[unreal island]

🐱 💡 🥞

insane

[proven gulch]

raff riff gambling??

[unreal island]

i mean its staying whether you like it or not

might as well polychrome it

[tranquil cargo]

talisman isn't bad

[proven gulch]

shush

[languid pecan]

correct

[tranquil cargo]

it's like the 2nd best spectral card named after a mod

[proven gulch]

boring

[unreal island]

best is trance btw

(i dont own balatro on pc)

[proven gulch]

found hermit in a pack, now i have a build

[languid pecan]

guys is this the run i finally do the bean bug

no

its not

[unreal island]

nah

[pale wolf]

the odds are low

[unreal island]

too late to get bean

[tranquil cargo]

not unless you can do the 1 frame trick where you sell splash and quickly buy bean before losing a joker slot

which probably doesn't work considering I just made it up

[unreal island]

aren't u supposed to be pink

[pale wolf]

then i died

[tranquil cargo]

since when are zebras pink?

[pale wolf]

i guess I'm blue now

[languid pecan]

full power time

easy run

basically handed me the victory

[pale wolf]

which joker

holo?

[languid pecan]

the game joker

[unreal island]

that's my special attack

[languid pecan]

it was over ever since the first mercury card

[unreal island]

[languid pecan]

holo did carry a lot tho

[pale wolf]

i see

[languid pecan]

hit the road saved my life when i forgot i needed mult

alas hit the road hit the road and went away

[proven gulch]

what do i drop help

[languid pecan]

whats your level

[languid pecan]

yikers

[pale wolf]

it is time to bid adieux

[proven gulch]

i think burnt is more scaling

[languid pecan]

i might just drop supernova here

[tranquil cargo]

yeah you can greed for burnt and ditch supernova

you have 9x mult with 2x level scaling

[ebon zephyr]

well uh

the more you know??? LMAO

[sly bolt]

balarto

[languid pecan]

pair levels > flat mult scaling imo

[pale wolf]

id nix tcard

[sly bolt]

the scribbly

sup zeb...?

woahg

[proven gulch]

need to do hc

tc

[pale wolf]

oh wait, supernova is fine too

[languid pecan]

?

[sly bolt]

that's strange