🕹・game-discussion

[stark karma]

I fucked it up by discarding for burnt ToT

[gusty violet]

completionist

achievments

[gloomy vigil]

ah

[gusty violet]

I have C++ but not C+ 🗣️

[gloomy vigil]

I thought people were flexing that they knew c++ lmfao

[heavy heron]

easily

[heady narwhal]

much bigger flex than having balatro c++ i think. programming language c++ makes no sense to me

[cloud sinew]

I very clearly outlined multiple options for how they could synergise in that scenario

[ancient gyro]

mmm it's close but I'll say no

[gusty violet]

close enough

[safe moat]

Isn’t it like python

[heavy heron]

but you understand that the initial scenario of having a vagabond AND rebate is already highly specific

[gloomy vigil]

I should be a speedrunner then. C++ in 105 mnutes is crazy

[heady narwhal]

both from a design standpoint and from a "how the shit do i do things" standpoint

[heavy heron]

you get that, right?

[heady narwhal]

no??

[safe moat]

I’m tweaking

[heavy heron]

do you think rebate is better than vagabond or vise versa, curious

[cloud sinew]

right, and even then it's not specific enough to say that one specific thing is optimal because you havent taken into account draws

[ancient gyro]

rebate is practically the best joker in the game atm

so uh

[knotty bone]

Guys, name a powerful combo that's very underrated in Balatro.

[ancient gyro]

yeah

[heavy heron]

yes, i agree, hence why what you guys called unoptimal or optimal varies drastically on scenario

[vocal rose]

photochad

[heavy heron]

so it is playstyle, not "optimal" vs "unoptimal"

[lost vault]

to me its hard to say whther or not rebate is better than the vaga but thats mainly cuz im not very good at utilizing the ‘bate

[magic tree]

vampire midas

[ancient gyro]

i say practically and not objectively because of how the nature of the game works

[heady narwhal]

• c++ is compiled
• c++ is object-oriented
• c++ requires you to manage memory* (i think in new c++s you actually have to use the standard library memory management things but whatever)

[nova mantle]

vagabong credit card

[ancient gyro]

he said underrated

[heavy heron]

that's fair

also one is a common and one is a rare

another thing to consider

[magic tree]

idk then

[cloud sinew]

???
that isn't what it is at all. you're calling a generalisation not applying everywhere proof of there being a "playstyle" that doesnt affect your odds of winning or losing, when in a SPECIFIC RUN; if you showed me every piece of information available to you previously and currently then there would absolutely be an optimal line

[ancient gyro]

money translates to a lot of shop opportunities so having the most inflated number source under a trivial requirement while also not being specific to a value gen source is basically just "more versatile than"

[ancient gyro]

not considering rarity into thought. just when it appears in the moment

[knotty bone]

Besides being popular, it's also used by many people.

[heavy heron]

there is literally nobody on the planet that knows every piece of information available in a seed that hasn't been played yet; not only that but like bro it is playstyle? like if i manage to build towards an ancient joker with a level 30 flush vs someone else playing the same seed going blackboard hologram pairs and winning just as easily, who tf can say what play is more optimal or not optimal

[cloud sinew]

rarity doesnt matter for how often you take something when it appears

[heavy heron]

it's entirely a difference in choice

[ancient gyro]

rebate can be a rare and it would still not change whether I take the joker or not

[cloud sinew]

"there is literally nobody on the planet that knows every piece of information available in a seed" I specified "available to you previously and currently", i'm not expecting you to see the future.

if it was available to you in the past / is available to you now, that's information you can act on

[knotty bone]

"- - = +" ahh combo 🔥 🔥 🔥

[stark karma]

only 40 jokers left for C++ :D

[heavy heron]

well "available to you previously and currently" doesn't mean you can guarantee a right path in a seed

yes, win streaks exist, so if you mean optimally as in what's most consistent

there's an argument for that

[foggy yew]

1... Can't find it in like 6 runs...

[stable owl]

Is that the monkey from rhythm heaven

[cloud sinew]

that is generally what is meant. you should evaluate decisions based on the expected outcome as that's all you can do

[stark karma]

what are you missing?

[foggy yew]

Obelisk

[heavy heron]

well yeah, that we can agree on

[cloud sinew]

doing otherwise would give you a worse chance of winning on average

[latent egret]

??????????

how

[stark karma]

dawg thats like the first joker I stickered lmao

[safe moat]

Do you guys take double invest whenever you see it

[lost vault]

why do you have negative progress on challenges

[cloud sinew]

no

[heavy heron]

no just one

skip small play big

[cloud sinew]

i would rather skip the big than the small blind

[heavy heron]

the $4 for big blind helps

[heady narwhal]

i'd probably just take one investment in ante 1 since i wouldn't take investment while at the interest cap

[heavy heron]

to find smth in the first shop

[lost vault]

you will NEVER catch me skipping for a double tag

terrible tag

[heavy heron]

because it's easier to score 300 than 450 without any scoring? i guess so

[foggy yew]

How is 0% negative ?

[stark karma]

rarely

[ancient gyro]

also vagabond can technically kill you when youre short on scoring jokers and actually need direct value from money to see more jokers in shop to not make you die. rebate and econ jokers usually enable that. vaga can't do the same without some intentional variance as overlooked as it usually is

[heavy heron]

but i think the $4 from big blind matters a lot

even if it does take 1-2 extra hands

[forest birch]

Ante 1 investment tag 🤤🤤🤤

[lost vault]

i just mean the bar not the percent

[cloud sinew]

also it means you can change your mind after the small blind shop if you dont think you can survive against the boss with what you got from it

[ancient gyro]

you see the first shop

[heady narwhal]

you can also just die in the big blind

[ancient gyro]

yeah

[heady narwhal]

it's unlikely but it's happened to me multiple times

[heavy heron]

well you see the shop after big blind too

[foggy yew]

I have no idea, mby some mod is messing with bar rendering ?

[heavy heron]

that's true

[ancient gyro]

surviving is better than 4 dollars

[lost vault]

speaking of

[heavy heron]

isn't scoring 450 without jokers quite consistent?

[lost vault]

a nvm

better question for modding hep

[heady narwhal]

not really i don't think

[lost vault]

wawa

[heavy heron]

i don't think i've died to big blind without jokers

once

in months

[cloud sinew]

quite, but not 100%

[heavy heron]

mm

true

bad draws hard to foresee

[stark karma]

I have only one rare joker left to clear and it's the worst one

[heavy heron]

you can always play 3 hands and 2 discards and still flop a flush..

[cloud sinew]

if you have a 1% chance to lose, you will hit that 1% after enough opportunities

[foggy yew]

Usually it is, i usually skip 1st small for investment or cuopon tags

[cloud sinew]

it's a matter of when, not if.

[ancient gyro]

uh huh

[latent egret]

coupon ?

[ancient gyro]

not in streak runs

[stark karma]

is Trio arguably the worst rare?

wait no

[heady narwhal]

i think if you're bad at the game it might be better to skip the small blind because the chance of losing to the big blind is made up for by the better chance that you find something that you can work with

[latent egret]

nah

[heavy heron]

WELL BOOHOO

[latent egret]

baron

[stark karma]

trueeeee

baron is fun tho :(

[robust lance]

It’s baron every time

[heady narwhal]

if you're good enough to be winstreaking you probably want to skip big blind though

[foggy yew]

cuopon

[wicked sequoia]

Now this is real synergy

[gilded arch]

lmao

[forest birch]

Theres lucky cat

[cloud sinew]

"rare"

[heavy heron]

better manacle than the hook at least

i know you died but still

[heady narwhal]

what

[ancient gyro]

it takes like 2 months of doing 15 wins rotating for it to click in and see why big blind is a worse r1 than small blind

[forest birch]

Meow

[foggy yew]

Lucky cat is decent

[latent egret]

better dying than dying

[heavy heron]

wait wait wait

[floral mural]

i love cryptid but its throwing here i am aware

[ancient gyro]

they're both 5 card killers

[heavy heron]

BRO

YOURE ON BLACK DECK

[stark karma]

gee I can't wait to sticker these...

[heavy heron]

obv you can die on big blind

way more often

[heady narwhal]

it's baron then tribe then dna then maybe license

[heavy heron]

-1 hand is everything

[trim notch]

Negative joker sinergy

[ancient gyro]

yeah but this happens on other decks too

[floral mural]

oops and trio are fine jokers to use

[stark karma]

no license slander will be had

[heavy heron]

that's true but i'd make the argument you die to big blind way more often on black

than any other deck

i wouldn't

risk investment on small blind

on black deck

[stark karma]

oops never ever ever shows up ToT

[foggy yew]

Another useless win...

[heavy heron]

or maybe i woul dbut

ehh....

scary

[cloud sinew]

out of rebate and golden joker, golden joker is the worst. that doesn't make golden joker bad - as an example.

[heavy heron]

like i would but

[pale wolf]

hello

[stark karma]

that bih is rarer than blueprint

[heavy heron]

i'd know i will prob die

on big blind

or boss

because black deck

[ancient gyro]

just because I choose to play black for 3 months doesnt discredit the idea of losing a shop for a higher initial blind

[heady narwhal]

flowerpot isn't even that bad

[knotty bone]

Arguing about which Joker is the best in Balalton is the same as arguing about which Stand is the strongest in JoJo.

[heady narwhal]

what

[ancient gyro]

i wouldn't risk skipping 300 period for a specific goal in mind for a made up consistency achievement

[gloomy vigil]

how long does it take to unlock the majority of jokers

I got 105 mins btw

[stark karma]

I have all the basic bitches to sticker too

[ancient gyro]

because then you have the risk of no direction on the second ante

[cloud sinew]

you have no "hard" stickers thankfully

[heavy heron]

well like, you play small blind, open buffoon pack, possibly find nothing --> risk boss or just don't take investment and play big blind
vs
you skip small blind, you play big blind (risk dying, but much lower risk if not on black deck), enter shop with $8-11 and open buffoon pack AND buy a planet pack maybe, so you enter boss with 1 shot potential

i can see both sides

[stark karma]

Yeah I got rid of them early

[heavy heron]

but the latter, the $4 can mean an extra pack or shop item

that you can't get from small blind

to help you survive boss

[stark karma]

Invis, cola, michel, ice cream etc

it's easy to find those late in a run lol

[heavy heron]

like the thing is i'm pretty confident i can get 450 with 4 hands without any jokers

so i'd still do it my method

[heady narwhal]

i think having the option to not take investment based on the first shop is very good

[heavy heron]

yeah i can see that

[ancient gyro]

its just
something that makes more sense when you "force" a hard consistency achievement sort of like c++ no losses, 1 rotating streak, 93 blue ws or what have you

[heavy heron]

it's safer

[cloud sinew]

which is what matters for win streaks

[stark karma]

can't believed I havent goldened erosion (my fave joker prob)

[heady narwhal]

c++ no wins

[ancient gyro]

if you don't much care for win streaks but win rate than sure there's no real punishment for it

[heavy heron]

yea

[pale wolf]

A mobile C++ where you reset the entire C+ plus if you don't get the glitch steals your stickers from you

[ancient gyro]

yeah what he and I said

[pale wolf]

I'm

[ancient gyro]

blue

[gloomy vigil]

basic deck or blue deck

[lost vault]

blueth nuke

[cloud sinew]

blue deck, but what do you mean by "basic deck"?

[gloomy vigil]

default

[cloud sinew]

red deck

[gloomy vigil]

me and my little jonklrs

[gloomy vigil]

that

[wicked sequoia]

[lost vault]

just say red deck its shorter

[gloomy vigil]

I am not good with colors

[last geyser]

I shouldn’t take this right ?

[ancient gyro]

so tldr
u see 2 investment tags a1
safest play: play out r1 and make your next decision based on first shop
skipping is statistically more risky to the point of actually dying
hook/manacle ensures you have two rounds of shops to find jokers that lowers the risk of dying with zero support

[lost vault]

invisibate

bait

[last geyser]

Yeah

[cloud sinew]

i wouldnt take it

[mental tulip]

Hey if someone can photoshop these individually without the tags or keychain I’ll add them as gifs like the OG Jimbo

[last geyser]

Real localthunk 😧

[robust lance]

Yeah but it’s funnnn
Fifty bucks… think about it

[wicked sequoia]

I definitely don't have those skills sadly

[stark karma]

wait up

[ancient gyro]

@pale wolf

[last geyser]

I’m not skilled enough to make it work I think

[cloud sinew]

im opening up krita rn

[ancient gyro]

the conversation 20 minutes ago:

[stark karma]

RUN RUN

go go

[robust lance]

I wasn’t in chat 20 minutes ago

I was paying attention to class

[ancient gyro]

get back to work

[robust lance]

Reasonable

[gloomy vigil]

(playing balatro)

[robust lance]

I haven’t played the game in like a few weeks 💔

IM A FRAUD!!!

[ancient gyro]

haven't played for about a year

[robust lance]

Liar liar pants on fire!

Spare trousers are burned!!!

[gloomy vigil]

check your pants

do you notice anything ?

[robust lance]

There’s a blue stain on them

[gloomy vigil]

yeah thats called jeans

they tend to be blue

[robust lance]

No I’m wearing regular pants

Like regular gum from phineas and ferb

[pale wolf]

hmm

[stark karma]

I'm soooooo close thunk

[pale wolf]

what I usually do is I just go on to this free website that'll probably give me viruses and it does it for me because I only have my phone,

[ancient gyro]

what

is this creative sa

[mental tulip]

So close

[long galleon]

i had a blueprint, baron and mime build by ante 5 and i died to the club 💔

im such a chud

[wicked sequoia]

how many kings in deck

[pale wolf]

im home now

[ancient gyro]

figures

[gloomy vigil]

john balatro

[safe moat]

Your blessing has not hit yet

[wild gazelle]

me when triple ancient + photochad

[wicked sequoia]

I could never be him

[pale wolf]

oh i dont have nitro anymore

I can't even use my own emotes

[gloomy vigil]

pretty sure 4 kings in deck normally

[nova mantle]

c++ achievement finally popped up lol

[robust lance]

Speed it up in post processing

[safe moat]

Lowkey I might just be bad at the game

[long galleon]

12 but half were club, i still had a pretty big deck at 46 cards

[wicked sequoia]

I mean the baronmime fella

[robust lance]

Just like me frrrrr

[wicked sequoia]

That's p good for ante 5 nice

[robust lance]

We gotta make out like even Steven and odd Todd

[mental tulip]

Also the individual frames are jiggling left and right a lot

[long galleon]

cheers, just annoying tho coz im tryna beat orange stake gold deck and this was the run it coulda happened

[ancient gyro]

what no early game jokers does to the fazbear 💔

[robust lance]

They’re just giddy

They’re SHAKING with excitement!

[pale wolf]

later tonight if nobody actually did it well then I guess I'll make it

[wicked sequoia]

Ýou'll definitely get it

[pale wolf]

i hope lilo does it right tho

[ancient gyro]

yeah

[long galleon]

i hope so lol

[wicked sequoia]

🙏

[robust lance]

I remain neutral on lili’s potential in hopes I do not jinx it

[pale wolf]

bye thunk its terraria time

[ancient gyro]

just consider more versatile jokers

[robust lance]

I love it when the guide said “ITS TERRARING TIME!” and then got thrown into lava

[ancient gyro]

and not baromim slop

[robust lance]

What about mime with shoot the moon and baron

[last geyser]

What would be better here ?

[ancient gyro]

i might be on for like 30 min

[ancient gyro]

never had one out of my 1k+ hours

[wicked sequoia]

square maybe

hmm

[robust lance]

I had one

[last geyser]

Ok thanks

[lost vault]

im partial to rocket but the renral very stinky

[wicked sequoia]

wait black deck

[robust lance]

And coincidentally I won better when I ditched shoot the moon

[wicked sequoia]

oh gods

scaling square on black deck is ass

[mental tulip]

Whoever makes it I’ll give the joker role

[lost vault]

wooww

[safe moat]

Makes what?

[lost vault]

bribery

[ancient gyro]

instead I had well this

[lost vault]

smh

[robust lance]

That’s how mafia works

[safe moat]

Carried your entire run

[wicked sequoia]

person who makes steve n todd spin

[ancient gyro]

you're running out of time ⏰

[nova mantle]

early rentals kill runs, id go for square

[pale wolf]

welp

[long galleon]

just took an eternal bootstraps for my first joker

[pale wolf]

I really hope Lilo gets it then lol

[ancient gyro]

zebra

[safe moat]

What???

[wicked sequoia]

yeah

[ancient gyro]

now is your chance

[safe moat]

Like all the way around

[pale wolf]

i can be double blue

[safe moat]

In game

[ancient gyro]

lilo is locked in

[safe moat]

how do I do that

[pale wolf]

a foil blueprint

[ancient gyro]

like purple

[robust lance]

Dude got hit by papyrus twice

[last geyser]

Okk

[robust lance]

Now has double gravity

[safe moat]

Magic man tell me your needs

[robust lance]

(That’s the next soul gimmick in deltarune btw double gravity blue soul)

[mental tulip]

I’m at the mall with my mom rn so I’ll have to verify and add the gifs later but I will do it don’t worry

[pale wolf]

💯

[trail hemlock]

THUNK in the CHAT
ay bay bay

[robust lance]

Based

He’s based

[safe moat]

Does it have to be unseeded?

[robust lance]

Going with your mother to the store is the most based thing a person can do

[mental tulip]

I’m helping her get shoes!

[lost vault]

i thought it was pretty notmal

oh thats nice

[long galleon]

my eternal bootstraps is paying off, got 3 hermits in a row

[floral mural]

i just uses strength for cash from rebate and idk if thats smart or obvious

[wicked sequoia]

big brain

[floral mural]

the run was pretty standard pair spam so rank didnt matter much

[pale wolf]

thunk you should add a zebra joker

thanks ✌️

shoot your shot

[lost vault]

24 mult btw 🥀

[long galleon]

its only ante 3

[lost vault]

you gotta spend money though

[robust lance]

You then get shot and fr*cking die

[lost vault]

thunk should add skinky as a joker i think shes cool

[nova mantle]

thunk should add super lucky cat

[ancient gyro]

thunk you should buff stm

[pale wolf]

you dont die from getting shot

[ancient gyro]

sys

[nova mantle]

like regular lucky cat but super

[robust lance]

Sssshhhhhhh

[pale wolf]

you die from running out of hands

[long galleon]

ive been spending a little, tho judgements have given me my other jokers

[stark karma]

please let me know if there are any issuus Thunk and I will quickly fix them

[pale wolf]

1. jittery
2. not individual

[stark karma]

I'm so sorry I will fix this

[safe moat]

Seeded

[lost vault]

i think the 2nd and 3rd frames are a little off center

[pale wolf]

@cloud sinew hurry up

[mental tulip]

Also 2 separate gifs

[safe moat]

OH

[mental tulip]

And the same speed as Jimbo

[pale wolf]

yea

[safe moat]

wait isn’t that just

That’s just an animation no?

[pale wolf]

???

[mental tulip]

No

[stark karma]

will do

[mental tulip]

[lost vault]

its the real plush

[pale wolf]

its 4 pictures of the plishy

[safe moat]

Yeah animated

[mental tulip]

Finn r u ok

[wicked sequoia]

Thats what a gif is yeah

[safe moat]

yes I am fine

[pale wolf]

i dont understand the question

[glad sequoia]

Dang, so close to drawing my entire deck

[pale wolf]

what else would it be

[safe moat]

You put the frames in adobe animate

[stark karma]

could you please send this as a gif 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

[safe moat]

I’m not gonna get joker status

I thought bro meant in game

[mental tulip]

I’m at the mall rn I can’t I’m sorry

[wicked sequoia]

ah the gif is blocked by automod

[pale wolf]

lmfao

4:20!

[stark karma]

it's ok I will do it

[pale wolf]

:burntjoker:

lilo should be back any second

[lost vault]

meow

[pale wolf]

or she like, got distracted by cloverpit or something

idk

tbh lars should be blue

[lost vault]

neptune should be a lighter blue smh

[mental tulip]

I’m fixing that in 1.1

[safe moat]

Oh wow

[ancient gyro]

o

[mental tulip]

We Stan real science at Thunk Inc

[lost vault]

yaay

[wicked sequoia]

Does that mean pluto will be more red!!

[primal epoch]

dude it's john balatro himself!

love your game man!

[mental tulip]

What was there new data about Pluto recently?

[wicked sequoia]

new horizons mission

[mental tulip]

I thought I referenced this image

[primal epoch]

semi-addicted

[mental tulip]

When was this?

[tranquil steppe]

Now that’s a lot of cheddar

[wicked sequoia]

uhhh

2015 I think

[mental tulip]

Yeah I am pretty sure that was my reference image

[primal epoch]

anaglyph?

[wicked sequoia]

[tranquil steppe]

Yes. The most fun for skip shenanigans

[safe moat]

Think placed someone on an unstoppable side quest

[primal epoch]

ong

[wicked sequoia]

Oh yeah it definitely is the reference

[tranquil steppe]

Sadly no mega negative skip

[primal epoch]

I always take the negatives, it hasn't done me wrong

[wicked sequoia]

We love real science in the balala house

[safe moat]

Plutos red interesting I think it’s iron

[lost vault]

wait if balatro planets are scientific then whats planet x

[wicked sequoia]

I learned smt new today

The red areas, such as Tombaugh Regio, are caused by tholins—complex molecules formed when ultraviolet (UV) light from the Sun interacts with methane (CH₄) in Pluto’s thin atmosphere. These molecules then settle onto the surface, creating a reddish-brown tint over time.

[long galleon]

its where the spot is

coz x marks the spot

[safe moat]

It’s methane whattttt

[long galleon]

ill see myself out

[primal epoch]

wait that's actually cool 🤔

[pale wolf]

no no no

[stark karma]

Did I do good Thunk

[safe moat]

He wins

[wicked sequoia]

Spiiiiiiiiiin

[pale wolf]

fuck no

[lost vault]

hmmm

[pale wolf]

oh god this is the worst timeline

[wicked sequoia]

On top of that, pluto has an atmostphere??

[lost vault]

steven looks okay but todd feels off

[safe moat]

I’m still gonna try to make them spin in game

[primal epoch]

really???

[lost vault]

a very thin one

[wicked sequoia]

yeah but still

it's so tiny

[lost vault]

the moon has an atmosphere

[wicked sequoia]

wait it do

wth

[stark karma]

is it good now LocalThunk?

it has the same jitter

I hope they're cropped right

[nova mantle]

todd fells like its spinning at an inconsistent pace

[lost vault]

yes

[nova mantle]

maybe its js me idk

[stark karma]

they're the same frame rate

[lost vault]

ik

[pale wolf]

@cloud sinew ffs

[stark karma]

I guess Krita takes longer to open than Aseprite

[ancient gyro]

when there's no deadline to perfect quality

[nova mantle]

the wheel aint got 1 in 4 ive popped that thing like 10 times and it has only given me a foil chad 😭

[ancient gyro]

foil is practically the best hit

[lost vault]

me when probabilities arent always statistically perfectly 1 in 3

4

[ancient gyro]

on a good hit

[nova mantle]

3

[lost vault]

-_-

[tranquil steppe]

I’m just glad LocalThunk knows about Ceres, aka the OG dwarf planet

[latent egret]

but they are 1 in 4

they dont hit every 4 tries

[stark karma]

https://www.artstation.com/alphons6

btw I do pixelart mostly, please hire me for work, I do fast work and good job 👍 👍 👍

[lost vault]

i corrected myself

mf

[nova mantle]

3

[latent egret]

i responded to the corrected message

the probabilities are 1 in 4

[nova mantle]

does this mean planet x exists irl

[lost vault]

yes they are

[stark karma]

it exists in treasure planet

[lost vault]

did i say otherwise

[primal epoch]

these look nice!

[nova mantle]

what is he hiding

[latent egret]

arent statistically perfectly 1 in 4

[stark karma]

thanks!

[latent egret]

is what you said

which they are

[tranquil steppe]

The FBI or RCMP will be visiting shortly

[lost vault]

my point is that 1 in 4 does not mean it is going to perfectly hit 1 in every 4 tries unless you use it infinity times

[nova mantle]

hell naw

[solemn sorrel]

Can anyone teach me how to play

[obsidian lotus]

crazy seed

[lost vault]

the game has a tutorial

[primal epoch]

wheel...

[lost vault]

what

[solemn sorrel]

Jus can
Anyone get in the car with me and teach me

Call*

[tranquil steppe]

I can teach you how to dougie

[nova mantle]

do yall think thunk ever looks at the suggestions channel theres like a hundred threads there now

[pearl apex]

[nova mantle]

virtual kidnapping

[pale wolf]

no

[lost vault]

bro i know what it is

💀

[pale wolf]

0%

[lost vault]

im asking why you said it

[primal epoch]

wheel is 1/4

[tranquil steppe]

He doesn’t respond to emails so I doubt it

[lost vault]

it sure is

why are you saying this

[primal epoch]

I was trying to make a joke sorry 😭

[pale wolf]

there's probably people whose lives are more balatro than thunks

[primal epoch]

my apologies

[lost vault]

i dont get the joke qwq

[stark karma]

Thunk I have 50 jokers ideas and I do pixelart please hire me

[pale wolf]

if i were a dev i'd just treat it like my day job, esp if i could choose my hours 😭

[primal epoch]

roffle fs

[primal epoch]

you should make a mod

[stark karma]

Roffle is held captive by the Latro ToT

[stark karma]

I am!

[tranquil steppe]

I’ve got a buddy who’d probably do it for free lol. We all want to help him

[nova mantle]

balatro youtubers surely be playing the game more than the dev himself

[pale wolf]

roffle still plays hearthstone tho right

[primal epoch]

ooooh nice

is it out yet?

[stark karma]

In secret

[primal epoch]

would love to play it

[stark karma]

I’d love to play it too lol

Idk how to code but I will learn

[lost vault]

i should make a balatro mod too

[primal epoch]

well good luck

[pale wolf]

oh he really does just do balatro

now

[lost vault]

once i know how to program better

uwu

[stark karma]

Roffle cowers away to play hearthstone but Balatro drags him out like an angry wife

[ancient gyro]

for work

[pale wolf]

well yea but like he doesnt even upload hearthstone for fun

[ancient gyro]

hs in leisure time prob

[primal epoch]

balatro fans are always so awesome

[lost vault]

i wanna add micromind to balatro fs

sheet suggestion

[pale wolf]

this server can be a little abrasive tbh

[lost vault]

wut

sorry

[pale wolf]

i think server chat is friendlier but i dont go there

:P

[tranquil steppe]

Sure can. Unless LocalThunk is here and then magically people behave

[stark karma]

Yeah people in this channel suck man

Especially the rage baiters

hate them man

[lost vault]

i lowkey hate ragebait

[stark karma]

Me too!

[lost vault]

listen to ragebait ft. kasane teto

[pale wolf]

There's rage baiters, there's people that have objectively correct takes but the worst attitudes about it

[vocal rose]

@ancient gyro did you see the update

[lost vault]

i might be guilty of the latter sometimes

[ancient gyro]

its defaulted to be like the most active channel due to the quantitative nature of the game comtent

[pale wolf]

there's people that insist on the most insane takes with circular reasoning to back it up

[ancient gyro]

woah

[tranquil steppe]

And then there’s the group who thinks they know best and their way is the only “right” way to play

[pearl apex]

and then theres brody bluebears

[ancient gyro]

there's 5 of them now 🗣️

[pale wolf]

this is the designated "discussion" area so things get picked apart

[pearl apex]

T.W.K:

[lost vault]

basquiat

[stark karma]

Idol in ass cheeks 🥀

[safe moat]

Yall do I take a break or get more Ap chem homework done

[pale wolf]

no, this is a bad way of putting it because there are objectively correct ways of playing

[stark karma]

Idol is literally the strongest joker I’m the game bruh

Never understood the ante idol agenda

I just spelled anti as ante….

[ancient gyro]

im not into kpop idols tbh

[lost vault]

idol is borderline unusable

[stark karma]

The game is rotting my brain

[vocal rose]

yes

[stark karma]

It’s like a better photo

[pale wolf]

i almost went into a kpop idol take

smh balatro

[vocal rose]

5 what

[stark karma]

It’s like photo but it can be anything

[safe moat]

It’s the worst version

[tranquil steppe]

Go on

[ancient gyro]

interesting to see hack still higher over sock

[ancient gyro]

losers

[stark karma]

Are you rage baiting

[vocal rose]

yes

[safe moat]

Hack isn’t better?

[lost vault]

photo but it hits one (1) card instead of 12

[vocal rose]

eh fib and wee push hack over the edge for me

[safe moat]

No we all are

[ancient gyro]

technically hack is better but

[pale wolf]

there'd need to be more context for whatever you're specifically talking about, but pairs

[stark karma]

But it can be any card

[vocal rose]

sock is more so value gen

[stark karma]

I new it

[lost vault]

yes thats worse
it is less conistent

[vocal rose]

ill put them in the same tier

[stark karma]

Consistent Shmonsistent

[pale wolf]

hack has fib

[ancient gyro]

sock has a more frequent value gen crutch that also doesn't need to rely on card drawing to score unlike hack cards

[lost vault]

now we just baiting

[pearl apex]

you probably think bloodstone, seance, and baron are op

[ancient gyro]

so it's like

i can see both sides

silly and insane

[safe moat]

I like seance though

[stark karma]

Photo gives x2 once, idol can give x2 like 5 times

I saw roffle do it

[pale wolf]

you could argue that 1/15th of the decks, sock is MUCH less useful than hack as well

[lost vault]

seance is so op !!!!! i love ectoplasm!!

[pale wolf]

-# don make fun of me

[lost vault]

oh yea i forgot roffle did it
definitely a good joker then

[ancient gyro]

don

[stark karma]

It’s in all the thumbnails it must be OP

[ancient gyro]

may >

[vocal rose]

what are your thoughts on the micro changes

[heady narwhal]

s&b sucks because all of the face card synergies that don't suck are held in hand / discarded

[stark karma]

Also the artwork kicks ass

Feels epic

[ancient gyro]

i haven't looked at a lot yet

[vocal rose]

i see

[lost vault]

idols artwork would be awesome if idol was a good joker

[stark karma]

I never take red card and green joker cuz they lowk look boring 😕

[pale wolf]

idols art is good

[lost vault]

yes

[tranquil steppe]

So you think pairs is the best way to play because xyz?

[ancient gyro]

i need to see both entries to see the changes better

[heady narwhal]

discard retrigger joker when

[safe moat]

I can see why people would think idols art is good but why is it good?

[stark karma]

Cuz it looks epic sauce

[pearl apex]

idol is not good

[stark karma]

It’s so good

[ancient gyro]

objectively yes. subjectively it depends on the gamer

[vocal rose]

i cant find it

[pale wolf]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1436005704069808190/1446201203011620997/Untitled414_20251203135111.jpg?ex=69692cd3&is=6967db53&hm=270c041c10cca499e12d243b57581ab745ed4b2230eee4ecd37c5c40198864b7&=&format=webp

[safe moat]

Art is good?

[ancient gyro]

I got it

[safe moat]

Is there something I’m missing

[pale wolf]

what

[ancient gyro]

old : new

[safe moat]

I don’t think idols amazing

Like the art

[pale wolf]

what do you mean missing

[safe moat]

I just think it’s an idol

[ancient gyro]

canio campfire switch sorta makes sense maybe

[shadow shore]

I just won with a deck that made 0 sense

[vocal rose]

moved order into family tier

[stark karma]

Okay jokes aside, Erosion is my favorite joker

[ancient gyro]

prob prefer canio below campfire

[vocal rose]

fortune moved up higher in b-

[ancient gyro]

o

[tranquil steppe]

Chicot as S+? Dafuq?

[stark karma]

Art, Ability, everything

[safe moat]

It made 6

[shadow shore]

I had golden ticket till last round

[vocal rose]

yes

it deserves that spot

[stark karma]

It’s busted

[pearl apex]

photo and rough gem being so low saddens me, and i dont think blackboard deserves to be that high either. seeing double is also another rather questionable choice

[vocal rose]

BY ME NOT @ancient gyro DONT SHIT ON THEM

[ancient gyro]

I don't think you're qualified to understand this conversation topic yet

[shadow shore]

Trivializes the game why not

[pale wolf]

<@&1133519078540185692>

[safe moat]

Seeing double is so good

[tranquil steppe]

Why not

[craggy hearth]

He’s outta here

[pearl apex]

i fucking hate clankers

[shadow shore]

@palantir yes this one here

[pale wolf]

uh robots cant make accounts, theres a captcha when you send the email

[safe moat]

What qualitifies you then?

[tranquil steppe]

Walkie as B- is insanity

[vocal rose]

seeing double is NEARLY an unconditional 2x which is very good, photo by ITSELF is very wack, rough gem could be a tiny bit higher tbf

[tranquil steppe]

Boom roasted

[vocal rose]

blackboard is BASICALLY unconditional 3x mult

[pale wolf]

<@&1133519078540185692>

:^(

[shadow shore]

[vocal rose]

which is a HIGH amount

[slow iris]

rest in pieces

[safe moat]

No

[craggy hearth]

Bruh

[nova mantle]

holy

[craggy hearth]

What a bum

[slow iris]

[safe moat]

Like am I qualified for the convo

[vocal rose]

ya

[safe moat]

Most unserious mod

[ancient gyro]

gs a8 ws
gold stake ante 8 win streaks

[vocal rose]

I think they were joking since the person was making bad takes as a bit

[shadow shore]

This is the highest amount of money ive gotten

[trail hemlock]

What did he say

[tranquil steppe]

Only the chosen are

[craggy hearth]

Is that good or bad 💔

[slow iris]

modding mod

[pale wolf]

identical scam 2 minutes apart

[craggy hearth]

It was just a scam lol

[shadow shore]

Elon musk giving out free $$$

[ancient gyro]

something something free parking

[safe moat]

Good

It’s funny

[trail hemlock]

...and you guys said no??

[tranquil steppe]

Is a 3 gold streak win “good”?

[thorny axle]

glass joker in S?

please explain

[pale wolf]

no :(

[vocal rose]

ill post it again for more interactions, gold stake ante 8 tierlist please give me attention

[craggy hearth]

I would KILL for free parking

[tranquil steppe]

lol fair

[ancient gyro]

we wanted to give to the mods

[thorny axle]

ive never really used it but im willing to listen

[slow iris]

the mods only banned that person so they could claim the money for themselves

greedy fucks

[ancient gyro]

no

[pale wolf]

yea i get a cut

thats why i ping

[tranquil steppe]

Someone said the record for blue deck was like 30+ on gold?

[pale wolf]

no

[vocal rose]

no

[pale wolf]

its 93?

[ancient gyro]

we have like 15 rotating and for a few decks

[vocal rose]

ha you failed

[pale wolf]

lemme check

[ancient gyro]

3 is like

[tranquil steppe]

Oh dang my b

[vocal rose]

replying to it was an interaction

[shadow shore]

Blueprint is s+ but brainstorm is s ?

[ancient gyro]

decent

[safe moat]

Mb that’s not what I meant

[nova mantle]

cant believe they dont let us see elon musk irl

[thorny axle]

blueprint is more versitiale

[ancient gyro]

o

[vocal rose]

yes

[ancient gyro]

ok

[safe moat]

Brainstorm

[shadow shore]

Obelisk is s ? 😭

[pale wolf]

yea 93 streak is the highest i know of by sui

[ancient gyro]

any win streak is good

[pale wolf]

obelisk is flat out S

[tranquil steppe]

Crazy

[ancient gyro]

criteria is a8 gs ws

[vocal rose]

s+

[safe moat]

I need to get better at win streaking I probably could after shit ass c++

[pale wolf]

blue deck is the best deck for this

vayn had a 43 streak on checkered

[shadow shore]

Early game obelisk is death sentence

[ancient gyro]

ahh why'd you send me the list when I'm about to leave

[shadow shore]

Full forks plz

Forms

[pale wolf]

obv doc had a 60-something mixed deck streak

[vocal rose]

ummmm

[tranquil steppe]

My best so far is 3 gold streak wins on painted. Haven’t attempted any other streaks on other decks tbh

[vocal rose]

not really

[safe moat]

Bros a maniac

[vocal rose]

how is it an instant death sentence early game

[shadow shore]

How are you going to stack multipliers if you dont have any hand as most played

[ancient gyro]

i made an a3 obby licks work in the middle of my streak. these welding gloves can't be used by anybody

[safe moat]

Make one?

Then pivot

[vocal rose]

you can spam hands and then pivot off of that

early game obelisk is actually VERY beneficial because

low and behold its a scaling joker

and those are more valuable to find the EARLIER you get them

[safe moat]

It’s not gonna have perishable

Correct?

[pale wolf]

you usually do

and will

[shadow shore]

But then you'd need to keep constantly keep looking if the pivoted hand is almost as big as most played

[safe moat]

So keep looking?

[pale wolf]

you don't immediately score with obelisk all the time

[vocal rose]

you can play EVERY other hand

and you also dont need the immediate scoring

[pale wolf]

yea you dont need to switch to a specific hand type, just not the one that's stacked

[safe moat]

I mean pair in to 3oak or 4oak is good

[buoyant bison]

I'm not gonna lie brainstorm does not even feel that strong on gold stake 😭

[ancient gyro]

had no issues really

[vocal rose]

its not as strong as its counterpart

like a fat tier apart

[nova mantle]

early obelisk if LIFE sentence dawg 😭

[vocal rose]

but

[pale wolf]

brainstorm has bad vibes

[vocal rose]

its still amazing

[buoyant bison]

like it's not even a 2x most of the time, tho it's nice if you have copyable econ

[nova mantle]

i cant remember a single time ive lost with obby licks

[ancient gyro]

I thought you said your gs streak was 7

[pale wolf]

my gold stake streak is Five

WOO!

[cold siren]

Isn't that kinda the point?
Brainstorm is objectively worse than blueprint
But where else are you gonna get a copy effect

[ancient gyro]

yay

[vocal rose]

yeah

[ancient gyro]

need something else to differentiate it

[vocal rose]

which is why its a tier apart

but still VERY good

[thorny axle]

i cant win FIVE purple stake runs

[buoyant bison]

your fortune teller looks a lil diffrent

[pale wolf]

whats your name then

[vocal rose]

its fortune teller

[safe moat]

Do we like ghost deck?

[vocal rose]

you'll live

[nova mantle]

the hells that texture pacl

[thorny axle]

holy cool ass sprite

[cloud sinew]

im gonna kms /j

[tranquil steppe]

Nope. I swept all of painted and got 8 wins in a row but that was not all gold obviously

[vocal rose]

also round 1 5 dollars?

[ancient gyro]

o 💔

[cloud sinew]

i hate krita so much (its just new to me)

[thorny axle]

yeah i beat gold stake once

[safe moat]

Bro what happened 😭

[cold siren]

Dreadful
Eat them, boil them in oil

[thorny axle]

i probably could not do it again

[pale wolf]

wtf lilo 😭

[slow iris]

I LOVE KRITA

[cloud sinew]

everything is different

[thorny axle]

i was carried like crazy by ghost deck

[ancient gyro]

are they ok

[tranquil steppe]

I’m sure if I kept trying I could get higher than 3 gold streak on painted

[cloud sinew]

yaoispin

[safe moat]

Beat it again

[slow iris]

paint.net on linux would be so fire though

someone should make

[tranquil steppe]

But for now, working on C++ and anaglyph is just more fun

[pale wolf]

'

[ancient gyro]

yeah

[safe moat]

It looks like they spin on a pivot

[pale wolf]

where the frame of odd todd looking left, or does he not

[ancient gyro]

they say I've gone insane

[cloud sinew]

[cold siren]

Anaglyph lets me play like an idiot and I find that very funny until I die because I'm playing like an idiot

[cloud sinew]

he does not

[safe moat]

THEIR SMALL 😭

[cloud sinew]

they are so smal

[pale wolf]

you might need to mirror some frames

[cloud sinew]

im just gonna do them individually istg

[pale wolf]

and shove them in between to make it smooth even if the colors are technically wrong

[safe moat]

aren’t they supposed to be seperate

[shadow shore]

You should try plasma deck cuz if you have one decent chip joker youve won

[pale wolf]

also yea 2 gifs

[cold siren]

And I have

[pale wolf]

you can prob just crop it 2 ways at the end tho

[ancient gyro]

i think that was what he initially wanted

[tranquil steppe]

lol I skipped twice on accident earlier and that almost cost me

[pale wolf]

you gotta do it individually

[shadow shore]

Negative banana looks cool af

Ignore deck

[buoyant bison]

should I go into eternal debt

[slow iris]

eternal showman

[safe moat]

Which side of your mouth do you guys primarily chew with

[shadow shore]

Secret meta trust

[shadow shore]

Left

[tranquil steppe]

Negative ghost rider

[pale wolf]

the inside

[cloud sinew]

yeah todd is an issue

[pale wolf]

i think both are

match each frame from the jimbo

[cloud sinew]

i dont have enough frames dawg

[slow iris]

yuri1 yuri2

[shadow shore]

I once got jaw pain from eating only from one side so i switch up both sides since doc told

[stable owl]

[pale wolf]

MAKE THEM

it'll look fine if you mirror it

[safe moat]

How many do you have?

[pale wolf]

its too fast to matter

[worthy yarrow]

oh it's going to be one of those games.

[safe moat]

I see 4 frames minimum

[cloud sinew]

jimbo only has 4 frames too

[tranquil steppe]

This is something worth framing

[pale wolf]

idk about odd todd's wink tho

[cold siren]

Mystic summit thinks it's part of the team

[pale wolf]

uhhh

[stable owl]

[shadow shore]

U need another oops all 6s

[pale wolf]

hm

[safe moat]

Bro who invited him

[tranquil steppe]

I love me some lucky meow meow too

[shadow shore]

Like this oops all 6

[cloud sinew]

its because jimbo has one for each cardinal direction, while steven and todd arent rotating at 90 degree increments

[tranquil steppe]

Now you just need hologram for HoloCert

[cold siren]

One of my best runs started with a nat negative dice
Really fond of it since then

[buoyant ridge]

ancient joker or duo ? i have a flush lvl 4 btw but idk

[safe moat]

So how can you fix it

[shadow shore]

It gets tough to get the cards you want cuz deck gets so big

[cloud sinew]

erm

[shadow shore]

I love oops all 6s

Gotta be my fav

[tranquil steppe]

Ancient is more fun

[vocal rose]

yo

[shadow shore]

Joker

[tranquil steppe]

You can do it

[cold siren]

Get an xmult and you're cruising

[shadow shore]

Stunt man bad

🥀

[tranquil steppe]

One might say Cruiser-ing 🥁

[vocal rose]

thats why I took michel

[mental tulip]

How goes the giffing

[cold siren]

Oh hey it's the guy

[trail sierra]

Oh a rare thunk appearance

[ancient gyro]

rare

[mental tulip]

Don’t worry about it if it’s annoying I can noodle around and do it myself at some point

[tranquil steppe]

He’s back

[ancient gyro]

we got two applicants

[cloud sinew]

it's... odd...

[tranquil steppe]

Back again. Thunk is back, tell a friend

[cloud sinew]

steven is fine, todd is the problem

[ancient gyro]

@stark karma and @cloud sinew

[cloud sinew]

i have a fix for it though ill be 1 minute

[tranquil steppe]

John Balatro - missed opportunity not having a Long John Silver joker

[ancient gyro]

text wall warning
i promise this is genuine

[soft vapor]

wow

[cloud sinew]

WHY ARE THEY

FLIPPED

[buoyant ridge]

taking ancient joker was a big mistake

[cloud sinew]

also todd looks way too fast wtf

lightspeed

[cold siren]

Non-high contrast cards
I'm going to melt into paste

[mental tulip]

Bruh they’re jiggling back and forth so much

[tranquil steppe]

Awwww why

[mental tulip]

Jimbo is so centered through the whole rotation

[cloud sinew]

part of the problem is that theyre not rotated 90 degrees each time

yeah

[buoyant ridge]

now i realize why flushes or so bad on gold stake green deck

[mental tulip]

It seems like it’s possible to fix tho

[cloud sinew]

i won't be the one to fix it

[tranquil steppe]

Hmmm

[mental tulip]

🫡

[amber forge]

Just got here, what are we talking about?

[cloud sinew]

yaoi

[tranquil steppe]

Thunk and his love for Bulbasaur obvi

[mental tulip]

I’ll see if I can make the gifs at some point

[cold siren]

Flushes aren't great in general unless you have a plan or a good way to scale them
As a provisional hand in the early game they're my go to

[cold siren]

*toxic yaoi

[primal epoch]

just lost a beautiful Baron-Mime to the Plant

[cold siren]

Hey how's it going

[primal epoch]

YOU

[cold siren]

Lol

[stable owl]

Imagine not rerolling boss blind

[primal epoch]

...should be nicer to me :(

[primal epoch]

voucher refused to show up

[cold siren]

Don't worry I've lost plenty to the plant too
I picked my name way before Balatro was

The irony is not lost on me

[primal epoch]

it was prophesied

[tranquil steppe]

Hey LocalThunk, is every seed somehow winnable or are there truly unwinnable seeds

[primal epoch]

the plant before

[mental tulip]

I unno

[primal epoch]

Definitely not

[mental tulip]

Why you asking me I didn’t make all the seeds

[mental tulip]

Prove it

[stable owl]

Are there any seed Easter eggs

[slow iris]

i made all of the seeds though so you can ask me

[cloud sinew]

no, ive looked :(

a lot :(

[round shadow]

typa run is this

[primal epoch]

uhhhh

[cold siren]

There are probably some really nasty seeds out there
Like no good jokers on ante 1 and then a wall on ante 2 or something

Or a flint

[zinc willow]

I did so well guys

[tranquil steppe]

Blink twice if it was Heath Ledger

[stable owl]

Capitalism

[stark karma]

I hope these are ok

[round shadow]

actually though

[mental tulip]

Nobody has found an unwinnable seed yet right

Yooooooooooo

Those are PERFECT

[cloud sinew]

good job

[primal epoch]

they're probably mostly winnable but sometimes they hate you

[mental tulip]

You’re the newest Joker

Welcome to the holy fraternity of jesters

[cold siren]

Toddias still looks a bit off imo
Like it's moving back and forth instead of spinning

[ancient gyro]

fun

[primal epoch]

he's always been a bit odd..

[tranquil steppe]

Are we part of the Illuminati, free mason, knights Templar? What?

[tacit quail]

wow nice pull on two pair run

time to destroy faces

[stark karma]

wait what

[tacit quail]

• hiker i will take

[stark karma]

I'm blue now

[mental tulip]

You have joker role now

[foggy yew]

Another win, another no last gold sticker 🙁

[tranquil steppe]

Daba dee

[ancient gyro]

that's your prize

[stark karma]

why am I blue D:

[ancient gyro]

dabodee

[primal epoch]

+12 chips

[cloud sinew]

localthunk didnt let me into the fraternity because hes a trans ally /lh

[amber forge]

Do they have an odd/even amount of frames respectively?

[mental tulip]

I mean I can revoke if you hate it

[stark karma]

Noooo