🕹・game-discussion

[serene forge]

kami a baby

go to bed

nobody is voting triboulet tha'ts good

[faint linden]

Literally the poll I was about to make

[acoustic kettle]

No one is tribouleting

Amazing

[lunar zealot]

Ok chat

omw to make the most divisive poll ever

[frank grove]

i believe

[hybrid tendon]

top or bottom

[wintry ice]

fork didn't say bottom

[wintry ice]

i'm surprised

[serene forge]

I hate Carp Sharp

[frank grove]

ok they locked in

[faint linden]

Easy

[potent tree]

"candevish"

[serene forge]

no i was answering the question for kami

you already know what my own answer would be

[tidal valley]

autocorrect

trust

[serene forge]

candevilish

[tidal valley]

not me

[shrewd hollow]

I love my candevish

[wintry ice]

caved-in fish

[acoustic kettle]

I guess it is closer this time

But cavendish

[serene forge]

i want a cavendish really badly

[weak shale]

cavendish sandevistan

[faint linden]

+3 mult. Temu Cavendish

[serene forge]

girl you said a divisive poll

this isn't divisive at alll

[crystal wind]

bro my runs gonna get ruined by the plant 😔

[wintry ice]

speaking of fish we sould start up some fishing stuff in the terraria server next session

[serene forge]

true

[shrewd hollow]

Why did someone put blackboard

[lunar zealot]

The most divisive poll so far lol

[serene forge]

ok maybe it is divisive actually

[hybrid tendon]

true true

[acoustic kettle]

Actual good poll

[frank grove]

yeah, but its kinda just between two

[faint linden]

Except it allows multiple answers

[serene forge]

blackboard is fast and good scoring

const and holo are great but take time to heat up

[shrewd hollow]

But flush

[frank grove]

fast scaling x mult or seance hmmm

what do i take ?

[serene forge]

flushes are garbage

[acoustic kettle]

Oh damn

[serene forge]

i mean i don't really like rebate

[shrewd hollow]

How dare you

[lunar zealot]

i popped my ult

[faint linden]

I won on Purple Stake by spamming flushes

[shrewd hollow]

I always do flush builds

[serene forge]

i won on gold stake with The Idol

[lunar zealot]

@fervent wolf bro you good

[lunar zealot]

0 rebate votes is sending me

[acoustic kettle]

There's 2

[faint linden]

Canio, glass face cards, Vagabond, and Card Sharp

[acoustic kettle]

Pair build

[serene forge]

you just listed the most pair ass build ever

[shrewd hollow]

Level 20 flush

[frank grove]

you were running flushes with that?

[serene forge]

why would you play flush with that

flushes with carp sharp

geez

[acoustic kettle]

Flush with card sharp is a choice

[frank grove]

prob on checkered

[acoustic kettle]

Not a good one

[acoustic kettle]

But a choice

[lunar zealot]

rocket vs vagabond vs obelisk is a nasty poll

[faint linden]

Didn't know any better, plus it was Checkered. It ended up working

[shrewd hollow]

OBELISK IS WINNING?!

[serene forge]

ban whoever voted baron

[frank grove]

i think we gotta get rid of the x mults in these polls they kinda just take over

[wintry ice]

and then there'a baron

[acoustic kettle]

Obelisk is too good

[shrewd hollow]

Huh?!

[acoustic kettle]

4 bombs vs 1 coughing baby

[frank grove]

😭

[serene forge]

yeah i expected to hear that from the guy who voted baron

[frank grove]

LMAO

[placid ridge]

Ante 1 first shop. I'm not taking it since I'm trying to get gold stickers. But would you take it or leave it?

[shrewd hollow]

You do not understand I despise obelisk

[acoustic kettle]

Leave

[serene forge]

no what the fuck

[frank grove]

leave it ???

[serene forge]

double rental round 1

[wintry ice]

that's expected from a baron fan

[serene forge]

lmfao

are you serious

[faint linden]

Take. Not sure what the $ sticker is

[placid ridge]

yeah, I was thinking it probably wasn't wise to take in that case

[shrewd hollow]

I don't even use baron in the first place

[shrewd hollow]

I use flushes

[acoustic kettle]

Oh damn

[serene forge]

i'm not surprised at all hearing that either

[acoustic kettle]

If you use flushes then why are you using baron?

[faint linden]

x128 mult if first card is face

[acoustic kettle]

[placid ridge]

when I finish the run, does anyone want the seed to try the double rental hanging chad? lol

[lunar zealot]

Midas

[faint linden]

Yes

[placid ridge]

alright, I'll try to remember.

[acoustic kettle]

I mean i will skip it

6 dollars a round

[serene forge]

ban whoever voted photograph

[placid ridge]

my point is to take it just to see how long you can survive

[shrewd hollow]

I dont

[minor turtle]

[placid ridge]

I'm skipping it though

[serene forge]

you're not gonna last long

[serene forge]

you're not getting shit for planets with -$6 a round

[frank grove]

is that the chips flush joker as second most used??

[acoustic kettle]

Photo 60 more rounds than chad is crazy

[serene forge]

supernova so high is genuinely shocking

[acoustic kettle]

Crafty and droll that high up

[serene forge]

ew

ew

ew

ew

[serene forge]

burn it with fire

[acoustic kettle]

100% poll

[serene forge]

sorry kami

[lunar zealot]

NOOOOOOOOOO

[acoustic kettle]

Baron is just sitting there😭

[slow iris]

[frank grove]

this is nastyyy

[lunar zealot]

splash unironically

[serene forge]

blowman

[wintry ice]

the only poll a throwback is winning

[placid ridge]

Y'all like Ride the Bus?

[serene forge]

ban whoever voted fortune teller

yes

[frank grove]

yes

[minor turtle]

[placid ridge]

So, I should get good?

[serene forge]

sorry buddy

[shrewd hollow]

There is an entire deck surrounding that for a reason

[lost vault]

the shit smear league

[serene forge]

nah

[placid ridge]

on that deck, yeah, I like it.

[minor turtle]

considering how often I get it in early shops it's not near my top used

[serene forge]

bus cracked on every deck

[frank grove]

thats not why abandoned exists?

[wintry ice]

we have:
one of the slowest +mult jokers in the game
3 respectable value generators
the slowest chip joker in the game

[serene forge]

except like a hugely unlucky erratic deck maybe

[karmic garnet]

Is this a sick joke or something

[simple sigil]

OOOOOH

[lunar zealot]

CHAT

YOU KNOW WHAT TO VOTE

[simple sigil]

NOW I KNOW WHAT CARD Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT

[placid ridge]

classic ante 1

[acoustic kettle]

Trading card

[serene forge]

blue joker easy

[wintry ice]

genuinely surprised people are voting bbc over trading card

[serene forge]

its for the meme

i think

[acoustic kettle]

67%

😭

[minor turtle]

I hate blue joker

[lunar zealot]

:3

[frank grove]

trading card would be the vote if kami wasnt here (sorry kami)

[karmic garnet]

Blueprint shows itself whenever I can't afford it or when it's needed

[lunar zealot]

whatever could you mean

[minor turtle]

oh wow

[placid ridge]

Is it necessary to abbreviate it that way?

[karmic garnet]

Ngl chips go crazy

[wintry ice]

idk

[acoustic kettle]

Yes

[serene forge]

how is it needed here

[acoustic kettle]

It is more mult

[lunar zealot]

I am bbc's strongest soldier

[frank grove]

what does bbc mean something different to you?

[lunar zealot]

i love bbc

[placid ridge]

The UK government would like a word

[lunar zealot]

Bbc is the best thing in the world

[karmic garnet]

You know what I mean

[potent tree]

the british broadcasting corporation

[acoustic kettle]

British broadcasting company or something

[serene forge]

@lunar zealot don't look up how much damage the heart in slay the spire does with its big attack while you are vulnerable

[frank grove]

😭

[karmic garnet]

Huh

[lunar zealot]

I accept 0 criticism

baseball is such a good joker

[serene forge]

no my girlfriend is

[wary zodiac]

thanks riff raff, and buffoon pack that contained blueprint

also the shop that contained sock

all around a great team effort

[serene forge]

I hate Photograph

[placid ridge]

When using Ride the Bus, should I be trying to destroy all my face cards?

[lunar zealot]

Pants

[lunar zealot]

If possible

[minor turtle]

Kill ramen

[acoustic kettle]

Not really needed but yes

[frank grove]

you dont have to, but you can if you want to make it easier to do stuff

[lunar zealot]

Fork.

[serene forge]

how's it going

[shrewd hollow]

I might have a problem

[frank grove]

.....

[serene forge]

yes

you do

how is hermit your 4th tarot

what the fuck

[frank grove]

emperor as your top?? tarot??

who are you?

[serene forge]

HOW IS SUN THAT HIGH

😭

[karmic garnet]

Flush building

[minor turtle]

twin

[lunar zealot]

Sun above judgement i know what you are

[placid ridge]

the king of "no, not that one"

[shrewd hollow]

It's very goood

[frank grove]

😭

[serene forge]

chat do we

do we have a sinner on our hands

[lunar zealot]

Horse him.

[karmic garnet]

Pairs go crazy

[placid ridge]

trying to set up every deck for bloodstone maybe? lol

[serene forge]

silksong reference

[lunar zealot]

wait i need to say a horseable opinion

Photochad dies to Plant without any counterplay whatsoever

[shrewd hollow]

I find lusty joker way too much

Then I build around it

[minor turtle]

I love hearts

[frank grove]

so you lean into +3 mult on hearts?

[lunar zealot]

@serene forge you need to horse this asap or else people will believe me

[placid ridge]

I am far too braindead for ride the bus

[shrewd hollow]

Yes

Plus other stuff

[frank grove]

how is stencil that high?

[shrewd hollow]

My boy stencil

[faint linden]

Am I the only one who wants to find a seed to test out Ride The Canio?

[placid ridge]

spent a couple hands gaining mult, then played a flush with a king in it as my final hand. Ended up being a bit more final than intended.

[placid ridge]

the thought was occurring to me.

[shrewd hollow]

Good Ole 178 swashbucklers

[acoustic kettle]

See you don't play flushes

[placid ridge]

...fair point.

[faint linden]

I actually look up to you in this game. How crazy would Ride The Canio be?

[minor turtle]

Play straight flushes

[placid ridge]

but it was round 4 with no mult on Ride the Bus yet, and my other joker was swash for 3 mult.

[shrewd hollow]

Your mult isn't strong enough if plant kills you

[serene forge]

strong flat mult strong xmult

easy win

[minor turtle]

Correct answer is probably idol

[frank grove]

yeah

[minor turtle]

But

[serene forge]

ban everyone who voted bloodstone

[placid ridge]

9KTYZZ7X first shop. Take the rentals and let me know how it goes. @faint linden and anyone else who wants to try.

[minor turtle]

[serene forge]

ban anyone who didn't vote campfire

[frank grove]

walkie talkie over campfire 😭

[shrewd hollow]

That is everyone here

[minor turtle]

I like walkie

[serene forge]

nah

its probably splash or parei

realisitcally

[faint linden]

They won't be rental on me because I don't have Gold on any deck

[minor turtle]

voted bloodstone either way

[placid ridge]

I was playing anaglyph deck, but do whatever.

[minor turtle]

I love my oops bloodstone flushes

[faint linden]

If a joker needs another joker to do its job, it's probably shit

[serene forge]

ban everyone that voted swishbonkler

[shrewd hollow]

Haven't even looked at my switch stats

[minor turtle]

fair enough

[placid ridge]

if you do erratic deck, there are only 8 face cards.

[faint linden]

I voted Bones for a safety net

[frank grove]

or bones wth?

[minor turtle]

bro wants me outta here

[frank grove]

what??

[serene forge]

bones isn't bad tbf

[minor turtle]

eternal egg swash my beloved

[frank grove]

yeah but like, it only works once, and you take it if a blind could kill you

[serene forge]

swegg sucks

[minor turtle]

It does

[shrewd hollow]

Indeed

[lost vault]

tuff

[serene forge]

trans people get blue seals while cis people self immolate

[lunar zealot]

🏳️‍⚧️

[serene forge]

[faint linden]

I'm a cis man, but I like my seals

[minor turtle]

run a suit poll

[hybrid tendon]

clubs

[frank grove]

yeah its clubs

[serene forge]

@lunar zealot take a look

[minor turtle]

Chad 😛

[wary zodiac]

john balatro i didn't need all this 😭

[serene forge]

sell photograph

[placid ridge]

Now open a poll with 52 options so we can find out everyone's favorite card.

[wary zodiac]

highkey wish i took the negative skip tag 💀

or actually

[frank grove]

????

[wary zodiac]

does negative skip replace your bext shop joker?

shush

[frank grove]

it makes the next shop joker negative yes

[faint linden]

10

[placid ridge]

negative tag directly before this would give you negative brainstorm, you are correct.

[wary zodiac]

goddamnit..,,

[minor turtle]

BLOOD 😛😛😛

[serene forge]

ban whoever voted bloodstone

[faint linden]

Who tf voted Bloodst*ne?

[minor turtle]

I love my hearts

[serene forge]

i dunno if i wanna vote onyx or glass

probably onyx

[placid ridge]

the chances of a good hit for the negative tag were low. You win this, as long as you don't get destroyed by .

[scarlet oyster]

Is DNA and sixth sense technically infinite spectral cards

[lost vault]

yall are silly clearly best is glass

[lost vault]

❌

you dont have infinity hands

[wary zodiac]

is photo the best brainstorm copy or should i be copying sock

idk

[lost vault]

or rounds

[faint linden]

gives you 2 eternal oops

[lost vault]

guntastrophe goes crazy

[lost vault]

can be a little laggy tho

[placid ridge]

but it is a fun synergy

[hybrid tendon]

5s

[placid ridge]

what is flowerpot doing here lmao

[lost vault]

hydrogen bomb vs coughing orphanage

[scarlet oyster]

yall sleeping on wee

[delicate tide]

showman lowk better

[delicate tide]

idk what ur talking abt

[lunar zealot]

see2

[lost vault]

L deckfixes

[delicate tide]

showman is like an a tier joker 👓

[minor turtle]

Thoughts on smeared

[lost vault]

okay i got one more ror2 poll im gen curious

[delicate tide]

seeing double over htr is intersting

valid tho

idk i havent used seeing double in a bit

[minor turtle]

I can't vote they'll ban me again

[acoustic kettle]

Tribe

[minor turtle]

yeah...

[delicate tide]

erm

[frank grove]

i dont understand the flush and photo enjoyers also enjoying the tribe?

[minor turtle]

yeah?

[lost vault]

chat could tribe be 3x and still balanced

[acoustic kettle]

Tribe is just a direct duo downgrade

[terse vale]

?? who voted tribe

[vocal rose]

2.5

[frank grove]

yeah 2x is just nothing to flushes

[minor turtle]

if it has to do with flushes or hearts I'm using it

[acoustic kettle]

A grand total of 2x mult

[lost vault]

bloodrot

[minor turtle]

but imagine a poly tribe

[acoustic kettle]

3x mult

[white trellis]

how do you people know if a run is worth doing? is there a point where it's just better to reset for a better start?

[acoustic kettle]

Every run is winnable

[frank grove]

i never reset so im the wrong person to ask

[minor turtle]

Astro for the meme

[white trellis]

really? I assumed there'd be a lot of people who reset until you get a good tag, or something else

[acoustic kettle]

No

[tidal valley]

yall ready for the last poll of round 1

[minor turtle]

Even on black deck gold stake?

[acoustic kettle]

Yes

[frank grove]

not unless you're speedrunning or looking for souls in arcana skips i dont see the point in resetting

[minor turtle]

must be a skill issue on my part

[lost vault]

my tarotrotted ass wouldve picked carto qwq

[minor turtle]

Not even trying with flushes it's just infuriating

[white trellis]

it just feels like without early synergies the run is just dead inevitably

[acoustic kettle]

I mean doc did jokerless black deck gold stake

But he's doc

[minor turtle]

yeahhh

[frank grove]

yeah i mean, he is the goat

[minor turtle]

poor chicot

[acoustic kettle]

Kill the tribouleter

[minor turtle]

MAN

[frank grove]

i understand yorik lovers, but canio is just more fun and less "oh yeah i got to rememebr to discard" but i am pairslopped so

[lost vault]

lfg the goat won

[white trellis]

runs don't go on long enough for me to find a good synergy to run with, and every time I try to pick a synergy to go with, I get nothing to support it

[tidal valley]

round 1 done

[acoustic kettle]

Well the rick is guaranteed while canio is not

[tidal valley]

all winners will now be put in polls again

[acoustic kettle]

[white trellis]

Is there something i'm doing wrong? A deck I should be playing? Strategies I should be using?

[acoustic kettle]

The synergy you're going for is scaling +mult and xmult

Also chips

[acoustic kettle]

Sly💔

[white trellis]

Well yeah, that makes sense, but my only succesful runs have been when I manage to get early planet cards

[frank grove]

yeah true, i just find it less fun thats all really

[lost vault]

83 looks like a variation of :3

[white trellis]

like 2pair level ups back to back, I ran with that to win, but it was still hard, how am I supposed to find wins elsewhere?

[turbid shell]

Gros Michel is my goat

[frank grove]

try to get further along without resetting, you can beat first boss without needing a joker however it is risky

[frank grove]

michel won over blackboard?

[lost vault]

yall stupid

[minor turtle]

saw the green flicker

[lost vault]

:3

[minor turtle]

[lost vault]

crazy underdog victory

[tidal valley]

wild seing blueprint defeated

[lost vault]

see2 over the 'rick is wild

[tidal valley]

its tied we need a 5th vote

not for brainstorm...

[lost vault]

my poll been ignored guess yall dont play cryptid

burnt over yorick is insane what are we doing

[tidal valley]

i really only player paperback

[lost vault]

fair

[lost vault]

we ARE NOT DEADASS RN

this poll series has veen invalidated 😭

anything but yorick inswear

[minor portal]

that's hilarious

[lost vault]

gros michel over cavendish okay yeah now we're just baiting

or you're being a contrarian

[amber forge]

Gros, cause then you can get cavendish

[lost vault]

thats not the point

[lost vault]

if we go by that logic theres no reason to vote blueprint or brainstorm cuz the do nothing alone

[minor portal]

lowkey should have voted for mime

[lost vault]

eh

cav is better

mime is funner

[lost vault]

seeing double is not better than rebate stop trying to bw different

[minor portal]

hmm

[lost vault]

oh they changed

qwwq

[lost vault]

istg

[minor portal]

and that's why seeing double is the goat

[lost vault]

i see

[minor portal]

Honestly don't like the joker.

[lost vault]

so seeing double is the best joker in the game now

gotcha

[lost vault]

you just baiting me

[lost vault]

man im crine

[lost vault]

bob is such a contrarian

[minor portal]

rest in peace the joke

[acoustic kettle]

Cavendish is best joker in the game confirmed

[amber forge]

Seeing got so close

[fervent wolf]

Hot tub run! They all seem to be good

[blissful scroll]

Yo bro you should probably change your tag

[lost vault]

candevish*

[lost vault]

why

[tidal valley]

THE ALLTIME BEST JOKER AS VOTED BY THE OFFICIAL BALATRO DISCORD IS CAVENDISH

[blissful scroll]

Can I Dm?

[tidal valley]

YAYYYYYY

[fervent wolf]

No I am

[lost vault]

sure??

[slow iris]

ngl yeah that server is weird as hell

owner is a massive weirdo

[lost vault]

i see

thats a shame

[slow iris]

ik you don't mean any harm but you're basically advertising it by using the tag

[lost vault]

this is true

to be honest i am just ignorant

[fervent wolf]

What've they done?

[minor portal]

that bad huh

[lost vault]

i talk there in passing and the people are alright

BIG ASTERISK

mostly

[slow iris]

stuff that would break the rules of this server by mentioning it

[frank grove]

yeahh

[fervent wolf]

Can you dm me it or nah

[lost vault]

ive heard enough tbh

[blissful scroll]

I can

[minor portal]

Oh so it's really bad

[lost vault]

might leave the server .^.

[fervent wolf]

Ok ty

[slow iris]

yeah have them do it i don't even feel comfortable finding the screenshots 😭

[fervent wolf]

Wow that must be crazy bad then

Holy

I feel bad for server members already

[acoustic kettle]

Crazyy

😭

[fervent wolf]

This server is better

[minor portal]

maybe the book should have been judged by its cover

[lost vault]

this servers great

might be where im the most active

[acoustic kettle]

I spend more time here than in balatro

[fervent wolf]

I send messages once in a blue moon in other servers

I'm active here

[lost vault]

same

[slow iris]

unironically true

[blissful scroll]

Anyway

[night bridge]

Missed a 4th copy joker Sadge

[blissful scroll]

Favorite joker?

[fervent wolf]

Well

I hate that server owner

Not Thunk Thunk is cool

[blissful scroll]

Personally I like hologram

[acoustic kettle]

This is my first game of 2026

[night bridge]

Maybe not favorite but i really like hit the road

The design and the joker itself

[minor portal]

stencil doing some heavy lifting

[acoustic kettle]

It is 3x mult

[minor portal]

you're so real for that

[blissful scroll]

W black deck

[ivory portal]

is that good

[acoustic kettle]

Sell baron

[minor portal]

no

not good

[acoustic kettle]

Burnt is good

[ivory portal]

I skipped first blind which was double tag

[minor portal]

Burnt joker is cool

[ivory portal]

And second blind

Rare joker

[blissful scroll]

Get seven negative blueprints and it might be

[fervent wolf]

12:41 AM and I'm just now getting out of a hot tub 😭

[ivory portal]

I sell baron ?

[fervent wolf]

I think I stayed in too long

[lost vault]

bwah

[ivory portal]

I'll sell baron

[tidal valley]

A few tarot card ideas
-Balance
—select up to 3 cards, change the ranks of each to the average of each rounded up (if average is a face card, it will pick kings)
-Shrine
—+1$ for every card missing in deck below 52
-slate
—choose up to 3 enhanced cards to remove the enhancement off of, give 4$ each

[frank grove]

slate seems kinda fun

[compact gazelle]

shrine cap increase to maybe 30
it’s a lot easier to have one dollar than to remove a card

actually just no cap on it and make it like erosion

[frank grove]

or make it 2 dollars per cardmissing in deck below [base deck amount]

keeping cap of 20

[compact gazelle]

could work too

[frank grove]

for balance if you selected like a 5, 2 and queen what do they change to?

[compact gazelle]

and it should probably include the same caveat as erosion on abandoned

[frank grove]

yeah

[tidal valley]

5 + 2 + 10 is 17, all become 7s

[tidal valley]

Yeah probably

[frank grove]

ohh

[compact gazelle]

2/5/12 -> 6.3 round up 7

[tidal valley]

Yeah i did my math wrong originally

[frank grove]

6.3 doesnt round to 7

[compact gazelle]

wait is it rank or chips

[tidal valley]

Round up always

[compact gazelle]

they said rounded up

ceiling

[frank grove]

so if you selected all of the same rank nothing would happen?

[tidal valley]

Face cards are 10, aces are 11

So i guess its chips

A few more tarot card ideas
-Sledge
—Pick 1 card to destroy and make 2 copies of with half the rank rounded up (ex: 8 > 4 & 4)
-Carve
—select 1 card to decrease the rank of by 2
-Static
—Select 3 cards to become the same random enhancement suit, and rank

[lost vault]

not mathematically but computers are weird or somethinh

i didnt read any context

[tidal valley]

Dead chat holy

[cyan sparrow]

what is your favorite joker?!

[lost vault]

mmmm

dagger

:3

[tidal valley]

Holo or constellation

[cyan sparrow]

[slow iris]

mass murder

[potent tree]

how beefy

did you destroy any throwbacks

[tepid skiff]

SIXTH SENSE NOOOOO

[white trellis]

damn, props to the game for saving the exact hand you're on, even if you alt f4

[lost vault]

well yeah

alt f4ing is just closing the game

[white trellis]

yeah, but usually it would just default to the blind select or something, or that's what i'd expect it to do

[potent tree]

well you won't get more than 1 spectral card from destroying a 6 so...

[tepid skiff]

but what if I hit ecto 😭

[lost vault]

then you die

no scoring

[tepid skiff]

you dont have to use it immediately

[lost vault]

no i mean u'd have to sell scary to get braintorm

i think

idk

[tepid skiff]

well yeah but I could just hold it until I have jokers id be ok with it hitting because I wont always be using scary face

anyways I did sell the sixth sense for the blueprint lol

[cyan sparrow]

I had a cool idea for a joker, Communist Joker, he regulates the price of everything in the market, but you must pay him a tax to support the glorious CJP (Communist Joker Party)

[potent tree]

raised fist:

[potent tree]

then good luck. you'll be fine with scary copied twice for now

[cyan sparrow]

yeah the art would be easy

[white trellis]

i legit cannot tell if i like this game or not, because i am both compelled to play, but spend so much of my play time resetting to find good starts

[atomic trout]

I feel the same way

I always play on anything below Black Stakes just to have fun. Blue and above it's really not fun.

[white trellis]

it's like, the highs are great, but they're so few and far between

[vocal rose]

I think you'll enjoy the game ALOT more if you just

learn the game

[atomic trout]

No.

[vocal rose]

instead of resetting

and not trying out new strategies

[atomic trout]

new Strategies

[white trellis]

what strategies do I try on a blank slate? I have no idea what to put money into in early parts of the game

and then I end up scraping by until like boss 6 and get murked, wasting all that time

[atomic trout]

I always feel like anything above Blue Stakes is just luck on the Jokers that it provides. I won five games straight on White Stakes because it's the easiest. I always lose above Blue Stakes. I don't find losing fun because of bad draws and bad Joker draws

That's just me.

[lunar zealot]

well

play pairs

[frank grove]

yeah

[atomic trout]

I tried Gold Stakes so often and lost too many times that it really tarnished my fun

Green Deck no less

[lunar zealot]

Oh believe me it's hell sometimes

[frank grove]

Yeah

[lunar zealot]

i lost a gold stake painted deck run with 3 copies of ancient joker

[frank grove]

woof

[white trellis]

my one succesful run was a 2 pair deck, but it's very weird, because beyond jokers and planets, how do I build the deck?

[atomic trout]

Completionist++ is for the masohist

[lunar zealot]

and got so mad i learned how to play pairs and beat c+ within a week

LMAO

[atomic trout]

It's truly a waste of time

[potent tree]

hold up. which would be worse between golden needle and a "challenge" of black deck, eternal troubadour and hieroglyph starting contents

[frank grove]

i mean ive done it 2 times now

[atomic trout]

For an achievment that you will only know and no one will recognize

[frank grove]

and i could do it again and i think it could be fun again

[atomic trout]

I just play White Stakes.

[lunar zealot]

I really don't care about how you feel about it

[pearl moss]

crazy run

[potent tree]

guess i'm one then

[pearl moss]

easiest gold stake ever

[atomic trout]

[lunar zealot]

we're all going to die and nobody will remember us

[pearl moss]

also free 5 gold sticker

[lunar zealot]

Life is short and we are insignificant

[atomic trout]

No no, not like that

[lunar zealot]

Nothing we do will ever matter

[potent tree]

i'm in the middle of erratic orange stake so almost time to start c++ again

[frank grove]

niceee

[lunar zealot]

You will be forgotten in the next 100 years and nobody will say your name

[atomic trout]

The hours spent on Completionist++ is insane LOL

[frank grove]

it only takes around 100 once you actually know what you're doing

[lunar zealot]

And everything we amount to will never change anything

[atomic trout]

I can try for Completionist+

[lunar zealot]

C++ is fun!

[frank grove]

and some people can do it far FAR faster

[lunar zealot]

i liked doin it

[atomic trout]

Damn, I thought I was a cynic

[lunar zealot]

playing jokers i wouldn't normally use

like fucking loyalty card LMAO

[atomic trout]

I just like reaching the highest score and sharing on here 😄

Naneif? I wish

[potent tree]

damn. loyalty card has feelings too

[frank grove]

yeah i wouldnt have ever thought raised fist could be a good joker if i didnt do c++

[atomic trout]

I didn't meant to sour the game. But all I am saying is that I still play Balatro for the fun. I just wanted to say that Blue Stakes and higher isn't fun for me

[potent tree]

i get the feeling people are more likely to find stone joker on plasma

[atomic trout]

Damn, you all got sour on me.

And I have no idea how in the hell Completionist ++ is achieved

[potent tree]

ghost deck spam

[atomic trout]

I heard Anal Deck works too

[frank grove]

i did blue deck for almost all of my c++ runs

[atomic trout]

Blue Deck? How?

[frank grove]

blue deck is very consistant

[atomic trout]

Anal Graph Deck with the Negative Tags

[frank grove]

the extra hand really helps with pair runs and building a lot of +mult scalers

[atomic trout]

Ante 8 and beyond

[potent tree]

anaglyph.

[atomic trout]

Ironically I like the Alaglyph Deck

[frank grove]

like having an extra hand to build square and grimbo helps a ton

[lost vault]

the best deck for c++ is the deck you like to play

[mellow cypress]

Red deck also goated for rebate etc

[atomic trout]

I just wish Blue Stakes would change

It really, really ruins the run

[acoustic kettle]

With both the hand bouchers loyalty card is jut acrobat

[frank grove]

true

[mellow cypress]

No that's the best for you, not the objective best most consistent deck

[atomic trout]

Like?

[mellow cypress]

Red or blue

Or even yellow

[atomic trout]

Red vs Blue

[cyan sparrow]

you have lots of good jokers

[mellow cypress]

Red yellow and blue are incredibly consistent

[acoustic kettle]

The deck you like really

[atomic trout]

If the Game allows you to have them good jokers

[cyan sparrow]

yar

[acoustic kettle]

What use is consistent if you hate every game you play

[mellow cypress]

Nah I don't even like it, it's just super consistent

[acoustic kettle]

Balatro is a game

Have fun

[frank grove]

yeah

[pearl moss]

and this was on gold stake as well, this was the easiest 5 new gold sticker joker ever

[atomic trout]

I call luck on this run

[mellow cypress]

Of course, have fun, that's not the point, talking theoretical, objective best deck

[atomic trout]

I never reached this Ante.

[mellow cypress]

I'm not saying you need to, or have to, I'm talking hypothetical

[frank grove]

i really like blue, zodiac and abandoned those are my like top 3

[mellow cypress]

<3

[atomic trout]

I like Yellow, Ghost, and Anal Decks

[frank grove]

also its going to be so weird in 1.1 having a different blue stake

[mellow cypress]

Abandoned is so great, straight runs are stupidly nice

[lost vault]

hot take but the theoretical objective best is a silly concept for this context

[frank grove]

im so used to -1 discard that its goign to feel so weird to have it back

[lost vault]

the achievement is always gonna take long

[atomic trout]

Does anyone think LocalThunk is reading our chats?

[lost vault]

might as well have fun

[lost vault]

sometimes he does

[mellow cypress]

But that's what you mean, if you say "the best", it's objective

[atomic trout]

I can't sleep at nights at times

[frank grove]

i love straight runs so much

[atomic trout]

Gross

I like High Card

[mellow cypress]

What deck is the most consistent between all players of all skill levels

[lost vault]

objectively the deck you enjoy most is the best for enjoying the process

[mellow cypress]

My guess would be blue

[atomic trout]

Ghost

[lost vault]

i could see using a meta deck being draining and making the provess take longer anyway

[mellow cypress]

Again, that's not the point<3

It's all hypothetical

[atomic trout]

I won five games with Ghost Deck on

[lost vault]

okay broah

silly hypothetical

[atomic trout]

White Stakes is balanced

[lost vault]

but i wont shit on your parede any longer

[mellow cypress]

The best for you =/= the best, and that's okay

[errant brook]

Has anyone ever migrated Game Pass data to Steam?

[mellow cypress]

But it doesn't stop the best being the best

[atomic trout]

No

[pearl moss]

i am also done with the gros michel gold sticker

i am free from the banana plague

[frank grove]

i really hope 1.1 has more decks

[pearl moss]

Gros Michel can no longer haunt me

[atomic trout]

Gross Michael

[potent tree]

grow michelle

[frank grove]

green needle

[atomic trout]

Hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Goin back to

Blue sucks lol

How the hell do people win in Black Deck, Gold Stakes?

And this wasn't Black Deck either.

[frozen cove]

Black deck is not hard I'll die on that hill, not easy nor fun either it was one of the easiest decks i got gold steak win in tbh

[atomic trout]

Bull

I call that bluff

[frank grove]

the early game is tough

[pearl moss]

I can believe it

[atomic trout]

Which is intersting, the debuffs should be called "Bluffs"

[frank grove]

but once you've got past the first two antes you've probably already done it

[atomic trout]

I don't believe it.

[atomic trout]

That I believe.

[frank grove]

like the only difficult part is beating first boss and round 4 past there it can be kinda simple

[frozen cove]

Yeah lacking 1 dollar is tough tbf, i think you just don't have to be greedy at all like zero non

[atomic trout]

I gotten as far as Blue Stakes, Black Deck

I feel like you need an early Eco

And a scaling Joker and fast

[pearl moss]

As long you get a mult joker you will be goated

[atomic trout]

But Green Stakes laughs at you and spanks you

[frozen cove]

Early burglar is what you always need

[white trellis]

does it matter what deck I start with? i'm up to Ghost, what's the best one available?

[atomic trout]

Purple Stakes? HOW? On Black Deck

[lost vault]

get good

LOL

sorry

[atomic trout]

That's funny

Git good is overated

[lost vault]

i cannot tell if ur being genuine

fies

dies

[atomic trout]

I am being genuine

[pearl moss]

I did it with

[lost vault]

yaya

[atomic trout]

I feel sick.

[pearl moss]

High card still goated

[atomic trout]

DAMN RIGHT

[frozen cove]

It depends on you and no to the first one.
People seem to enjoy ghost deck more,

[pearl moss]

Fast and simple

[atomic trout]

I won 5 ghost deck in a row

[lost vault]

yes maybe pairs are just a little better

[white trellis]

ghost I see the potential for, i had success with yellow and green too

[lost vault]

pairs edge high card

a littl bit

[atomic trout]

Ghost Deck gives you Spirit cards that are overpowered

Emulate them cards!

[acoustic kettle]

It is white stake

[lost vault]

spirit cards 📿

[serene forge]

this new balatro update looks crazy

[atomic trout]

So? I like the whites

[pearl moss]

Ghost and yellow are my consistent win

[atomic trout]

White Stakes is balanced as hell

[pearl moss]

yellow early money is goof

[lost vault]

gang im gonna be so real ive been using 📿 recently and have no idea what it means when i say it

[atomic trout]

Gold Stakes is a punch to your face

[serene forge]

Rosary

its a silksong reference

[atomic trout]

Over and over and over and over

[frozen cove]

Nice

[lost vault]

jimbo is lowkirkenuinely the most broken character in the game

[atomic trout]

Nah

[serene forge]

im using sigma

[lost vault]

its a ror2 reference cuz prayer beads is an item in that game

[atomic trout]

I grew tired of losing on 🔵 Stakes

[lost vault]

fair

[frozen cove]

That's why you go pair build if you're going C+

[serene forge]

royal flush is comically busted

[lost vault]

yes

firing 5 other weapons 😭

[lost vault]

the post game screen damage numbers dont do it justice

[atomic trout]

High Card.

High Card is God

[lost vault]

i use high card the most so obviously its goood!!

sorry

in such a chud elitist

[atomic trout]

It is GOOOOD

When the right Jokers arrive

On Jokerless? HA!

Fail. After Fail. High Card is weak.

[primal eagle]

why would u play high cards on jokerless

[atomic trout]

Because I'm an idiot?

High Cards work when I have good Jokers on hand. I get that.

[grave carbon]

sup chat

[errant brook]

Well I have an unusual situation right now

[manic minnow]

why is it always photochad in my runs

[grave carbon]

this is my best run so far how do i improve from this

[errant brook]

Ever seen this before? lol

[rocky tiger]

what.

25331 high cards?

thats crazy

[errant brook]

How lol

That's not the weird part

[rocky tiger]

collection 27%

lol

[errant brook]

I'm attempting to transfer my Game Pass save to Steam and successfully did everything except the collection

Which I have no idea what file that actually is on Steam

[frank grove]

and also the highest ante and the high score being .. well not compatable

[errant brook]

That's because the game forgets naneinf

at least on Game Pass it does. Sometimes if you hit naneif says your high score is 0

[frank grove]

but getting to ante 32 you surely score higher than e72 at some point once

[errant brook]

Correct

My high score is naneinf

[rocky tiger]

probably his high score since nane inf

because it reset to 0 when he achieved it

[errant brook]

Correct my highest score since my last naneinf was at round 24

[frank grove]

ahh that makes sense

[rocky tiger]

also nice C++

although i guess its just ++ lol since u dont have collection

[errant brook]

I have no idea what to do about this lol besides unlocking everything again

Which I'd rather not do

[rocky tiger]

i mean that only takes a couple hours

[errant brook]

Granted I have access to all the decks already, it's just the jokers

Also that's not entirely true because the vouchers are annoying

[rocky tiger]

steammodded can let you turn on discoveries, you could very quickly code a mod in like 5 minutes to give you a card pack or something that gives you every joker when you open it

[manic minnow]

how many stencils do you need for naneinf

[errant brook]

Does that impact achievements?

[urban sun]

you can do that?

[rocky tiger]

no, steammodded has discoveries and achievmenets off by default because most ppl dont want to cheat with mods but you can turn it on

[errant brook]

Sorta but it's annoying

[rocky tiger]

well i mean you can do it with pretty much any game if the file formatting is the same

you just need to know which files to switch out

[urban sun]

well

i might get balatro on steam then

[errant brook]

I was about to say I'm just gonna get all the achievements then do unlock all

forgetting that completing the collection is an achievement lol

[urban sun]

I mean

that's like one of the easiest achivements

[errant brook]

But it's just a waste of time for no reason

finding all the vouchers too

[urban sun]

ig

but c++ is also a huge waste of time

[errant brook]

So Steam actually unlocked those for me at least

There's only one achievement I'm nervous it won't unlock

which is complete all 20 challenges because I already have that

[polar trellis]

is it normal for naneinf to crash every time on mobile

it wont let me reopen the run

[acoustic kettle]

It always does that iirc

[polar trellis]

ah okay

[acoustic kettle]

On all devices

[polar trellis]

really?

it just crashed after 31

after i hit cash out

i dont know if ive seen that before

[robust oasis]

I have a diff error on mobile multiple antes after i got the naneinf 🥲

if i restart the run will it save my stats? Rip my unseeded naneinf if not 🥲

[fallow fog]

what did u do tho

naneinf usually doesnt crash the game

even tho the error is saying js that…

[jolly relic]

8 trillion cryptids

[robust oasis]

Lol i got naneinf ante 14… and now it keeps crashing on ante 37 sighhhh

[lunar zealot]

It does if you back out and go back in

read the error message

it's trying to compare nil with number

and is failing

[potent tree]

this is why you should save your naneinf until ante 39 serpent

[wary zodiac]

straight build, except i got an ankh and plasma deck is boring asf

[plain briar]

do i blueprint abstract or arrowhead

[patent sail]

My new recorddd yayy

[patent sail]

Lowk abstract

[plain briar]

thanks

[shell dagger]

Depends on your hand and hand level

[vale shale]

stickers aren't allowed ?

dang

[nova elk]

I dupe photo here right?

I got +30 mult on trousers

[pearl moss]

3 new gold stickers

i am now at 89%

[plain briar]

do i take photograph

currently playing 2 pair

2 pair at lvl 3

[pearl moss]

ehh

i am somewhat hesitant

i would have recommend if the lvl of the planet was higher

[frozen tendon]

i'm tempted to restart this run

idk how crazy that is

[prisma jay]

This is definitely the banana after cavendish breaks

[latent egret]

looks like plantain

[plain briar]

do U think it can replace square?

[pearl moss]

they are different

face only occur when before the pant could give any

really chad is great when you have a high scale planet with foil and mult cards

[normal sable]

Whar to sell? 🤔

[acoustic kettle]

Cart

[normal sable]

yorick

[plain briar]

do i replace square with michel

and do i consider getting face

[acoustic kettle]

Replace bootstraps

[plain briar]

should i replace square with face?

[terse gyro]

8 ball deniers when

[twilit storm]

what is the best order of jokers with these 4 on checkered deck

[silk tapir]

for consistent scoring copy photo if you have face, but if you have enough scoring get some lucky cards/gold seals and copy chad

[twilit storm]

so photo,chad,bloodstone,brainstorm?

but why copy photo and not chad every time?

and isnt coping the bloodstone not the best?

[patent sail]

Lets give negative skip tag another round of applause

[patent sail]

4×4×4 > 2×2×2×2×2 i think

[acoustic kettle]

Free white sticker

[patent sail]

I lowk dont even go for stickers on my phone, i play random white stake runs for fun

Im doing completionist stuff on pc

[twilit storm]

but why dont copy bloodstone?

[patent sail]

Unreliable

Photo is guaranteed to hit

[twilit storm]

so what is the best loadout? photo,chad,bloodstone,brainstorm?

[twilit storm]

even if i always have heart flushes cause of checkered deck?

[latent egret]

brainstorm needs to copy photo

the order does not matter as long as photo is at the far left

[patent sail]

With dice it would be better