🕹・game-discussion

[wintry ice]

should i do unlock all on painted++

[ancient gyro]

meh

[ivory portal]

I see I see

[ancient gyro]

if you really like painted

[quaint stag]

not sure

[wintry ice]

"it has potential to rival pairs reminds me" of someone who used to immensely glaze the hand

[gentle notch]

localthunk

[wintry ice]

like i like two pair a lot but it ain't all that

[quaint stag]

afaik soul cards aren't random with their legendaries

[ivory portal]

LOL

[wintry ice]

it's very similar to high card in a way

but it's better with on-scoring

[potent tree]

we thinking free egg sticker? boss is CB

[ivory portal]

i used to play two pairs only for a week straight when I started

[unreal topaz]

yeah it has its uses but like cmon

[wintry ice]

pairless++ more like two pair only++

[ancient gyro]

guess what my most utilized hand is atm

[unreal topaz]

2 pair is reasonable if you're committed to smth like todd

[quaint stag]

"yeah i like twopair"

translating 🔁

"yeah i love spare trousers"

[frank grove]

if you havent gold stickered them all in a gs run it will be the one you havent gold stickered

[wintry ice]

straight flush

[wary zodiac]

surely the next run is naneinf

[quaint stag]

wait really?

[frank grove]

yeah

[exotic pike]

real 😭

[quaint stag]

huh. neat

[quaint stag]

in all fairness trousers is probably the best + mult scaling aside from redcard

so like

[exotic pike]

this was an accident but i found it really funny

[wintry ice]

i'm probably going to use straights for most of my runs here

[unreal topaz]

2 pair is quite reasonable on painted or plasma

[wintry ice]

well this is great

[exotic pike]

true but idk if its really worth it unless you get it early or ur playing a deck that has lots of pairs naturally

[potent tree]

yeah i like 2pair
yeah i love spare trousers (+84)

[serene forge]

noob

[unreal topaz]

i'd say red card is usually worse than trousers, but they're close

depends a lot on the timing

[exotic pike]

shut

[wintry ice]

i greeded too hard for parking

[exotic pike]

JUST BECAUSE IM NOT A C++ DOESNT MEAN I SUCK

[twin lantern]

I love you Base Jimbo

[ancient gyro]

oh

[exotic pike]

ok

[cyan turret]

the only reason why i don't like spare trousers is because u need to have it since the very start of the run or it won't scale at all

[wintry ice]

if you have no long term +mult and you're below ante 5 it's an immediate take

[quaint stag]

i really hope thunk adds one or two new options for scaling +/x mult in the next update

[serene forge]

tell me your opinion of obelisk again

[exotic pike]

yeah thats why i said its good early

[potent tree]

tbf less than 1 percent of all players on steam have c++

[unreal topaz]

every deck has lots of pairs naturally

[frank grove]

i mean yeah all scaling mult is better early there are some that are decent in like ante 4/5 though

[shell dagger]

ive taken trousers in ante 4 and gotten it to +60 or so

[serene forge]

me when the scaling joker is best when it has time to scale:

[shell dagger]

what you said goes for every nonretroactive +mult except flash card

[cyan turret]

depends a lot on the run too as always though

[wintry ice]

ante 4 is already midgame

[exotic pike]

obelisk is incredibly situational imo - it works well in very niche situations and its returns arent worth it in comparison to, say, steel joker

[twin lantern]

Go fuck yourself Base Jimbo

[cyan turret]

fair enough

[wintry ice]

but then again that applies to most scaling jokers

so it's not really a stance

[twin lantern]

Situational in what world?

[serene forge]

it really isn't that niche

[cyan turret]

depends a lot on how you play and the other jokers you have

[twin lantern]

If you get it early you can warp your round about it

[exotic pike]

isnt it better late?

[frank grove]

it doesnt takke all that much to make obelisk work

[unreal topaz]

maybe, it could make the game more consistent but also doesn't exactly break up the pair meta

[twin lantern]

And if you get it around A4-5, you can use it as is

I would maybe not pick it in like

[wintry ice]

playstyle isn't as much of a factor on how good something is

[cyan turret]

is anyone here on mewgenics? its a really good game

[twin lantern]

A7 where I know I cannot use it as much

[wintry ice]

anyways early madness

[frank grove]

you can get it early and you just dont start scaling it until you need it

[exotic pike]

oh hm

good point

[wet jackal]

Trousers are also usually more fun to use so I prioritize them over red card most of the time anyways

[serene forge]

you can definitely get an obelisk up in a7

[frank grove]

yeah

[serene forge]

it's not optimal but that thing scales fast you know

[frank grove]

yeah getting it whenever is fine

[shell dagger]

a7 obelisk still hits 3x easily

[frank grove]

im almost never passing obelisk when it shows up

[wintry ice]

i've picked obelisk up on ante 6 and got it to 5x

[unreal topaz]

it works in, like, a lot of situations, usually if i dont use it it's just bc leaning into blue seals is often stronger

[wintry ice]

no other xmult joker can do that

[vernal breach]

This obelisk propaganda sickens me

[unreal topaz]

not like blue seals aren't still strong with obelisk

[quaint stag]

how would you play ob

just rotate between pairs and high card or what

[rotund igloo]

Obelisk will be my most hated joker. I failed too many times trying to make it work

[frank grove]

plus i like taking chips jokers even if i have blue seals because why not

[ancient gyro]

the complete opposite in practice under unconditional scoring sources

[exotic pike]

true,

[wintry ice]

play a bunch of pairs then play a bunch of harder to draw hands

[exotic pike]

idk i just dont rly like playing with it

[unreal topaz]

can't rotate, you stack up pairs to maybe like 15 and then play literally every other hand

[exotic pike]

i dont think its objectively bad i just dont like it

[quaint stag]

oh okay that makes sense

[wintry ice]

you either need most of your scoring to be unconditional or to have it on like 4oak or something

[serene forge]

your run has to look like this for you to write off obelisk

[wary zodiac]

my stats are disgusting man, i need to do more ante 8 runs and cleanse this shit

[rotund igloo]

It was my last joker for c++ and I was playing straights for Runner and had red card which allowed me to pivot to other hands

[twin lantern]

That's fair. I feel people should be more willing to say that

Recognize an Obelisk is good, but that it's not to their taste

[unreal topaz]

yeah those are like the perfect obelisk enablers

[twin lantern]

It's true Obelisk warps runs around itself, and it can be samey

[exotic pike]

it's a good scaling joker its just really risky for me. maybe if i had another source of xmult id consider it

[ancient gyro]

you're about to see how high this guy will get in "suboptimal scenarios"

[unreal topaz]

not different from a lot of other rare jokers

[twin lantern]

It's not really risky

[lime pawn]

why my c++ still locked?

[twin lantern]

I feel 90% of the Obelisk hate comes from people unwilling to use it

I get why, it sounds counterintuitive

[rotund igloo]

Win a round of white stake

[frank grove]

sometimes you have to win an extra run to get it to register you can do it on white stake if you want

[serene forge]

win 1 more game

[unreal topaz]

also people undervaluing chip jokers

[serene forge]

it can be white stake

[exotic pike]

ive tried it and i just genuinely dont rly like it. maybe ill play it in white stake a bit more (im pretty sure i have at least one sticker in obelisk)

[lime pawn]

ah gotcha

[unreal topaz]

and hand agnostic scoring

[gentle basalt]

Its pretty easy to use imo...

[lime pawn]

i been finishing my challenges

just jokerless left

[wary zodiac]

its a little annoying to use

[exotic pike]

oh wow no sticker

[twin lantern]

Like, what's the risk for you?

[exotic pike]

ill do an obelisk run later on tonight then

[twin lantern]

We can tell you how to circumvent it

[exotic pike]

i think i just dont like having something i build reset all of a sudden. im not rly a fan of jokers that punish you if you accidentally screw up

[lime pawn]

obelisk is op all you need is a chip joker

tbh

[ancient gyro]

I have a lot of obbylicks seeds saved if you want to run any of them for practice

[rotund igloo]

Liking planet cards too much

[twin lantern]

If you're playing on PC, I'll give it to you straight

Savescum

[rotund igloo]

Thats one of my weaknesses

[wary zodiac]

if you plan for it, free take, free win

if you don't, paperweight at worst, slightly annoying at best

[twin lantern]

Nothing wrong with undoing an accident

[bleak escarp]

good synergy i guess

[exotic pike]

i play vanilla on android

and i dont like savescumming

[twin lantern]

I'm not sure if you can savescum on Android

[wintry ice]

bruh

[wary zodiac]

you can if you're fast enough

[lime pawn]

on iphone you just force close app quickly

[ancient gyro]

well playing obbylicks normally doesn't really warrant any accidents

[twin lantern]

Well, either way without any of those things... I think also the best way to learn how to not screw up

Is by screwing up :P

I've reset some Obelisks

[wintry ice]

i spent myself into a corner because i forgot i had lvl 2 straight

[ancient gyro]

mobile is just exiting to menu

[wet jackal]

My stats are a lot more to be expected, although somehow brainstorm isn't in the top 10

[twin lantern]

After a while you don't really do it anymore

[unreal topaz]

you def can on mobile, it's not that difficult

esp with 2 thumbs

[ancient gyro]

o 🥀

[twin lantern]

Photochad...

[wary zodiac]

besides photochad these are good stats, hell yeah

[exotic pike]

i rly want to alter my stats bc my stats are super noobish rn

[wintry ice]

well it's not bad

[unreal topaz]

yeah

[tranquil steppe]

I have obelisk in the shop now. Might pass on him. Might pick him up hmmmm

[exotic pike]

i used to constantly play flushes

nowadays i stick to pairs or high card (mainly the latter)

i won a checkered deck gold stake run without relying on flushes, which i think is super funny

[wintry ice]

gg

[ancient gyro]

not hc

[wet jackal]

Chad is taken a ton because it works with a crap ton of jokers + card enhancements + editions

Photo is taken a ton because of chad

Trust me, a majority of my runs don't have photochad lmao

[exotic pike]

i LOVE hc i think its funny

[wary zodiac]

now to find some econ

[unreal topaz]

why high card over pairs?

[unreal topaz]

oh fairs

[exotic pike]

i just kinda prefer it tbh

[ancient gyro]

pair is usually the cap, the other poker hands are normally the dance around

[unreal topaz]

pairs are a good bit stronger

[exotic pike]

pairs are fun but ive become a lot more comfortable playing high card runs especially with a burnt joker

[ancient gyro]

as you're going to be forced to play a hc at one point

[exotic pike]

i dont like ride the bus for similar reasons as obelisk but i managed to get a gold sticker on it. i also had baron at the same time, which i think is a little cursed

[unreal topaz]

i mean with burnt pairs scale 50% faster

[ancient gyro]

:/

[wintry ice]

prefering the underdog is fine

[tropic mulch]

Yo does anyone know if Matador works on the hook

[unreal topaz]

so with burnt 3 high cards is worth 2 pairs

[exotic pike]

FWIW I DO THINK RIDE THE BUS IS A REALLY GOOD SCALING MULT JOKER

[wintry ice]

apparently not

[frank grove]

it doesnt

[tropic mulch]

Thx

[wary zodiac]

same opinion as you honestly

[tropic mulch]

Appreciate it

[exotic pike]

i think its best on decks that have little to no face cards such as abandoned deck or some variants of erratic deck

[wintry ice]

do i take saturn or mercury

i'm leaning towards saturn because of the deck

[exotic pike]

unless u just do hanged man constantly like i do LOL

[unreal topaz]

ride the bus is def best on blue deck

[wet jackal]

Anyhow, everything goes downhill once you look at my consumable stats

Pairslop is truly one of the things of all time

[exotic pike]

im making my way through blue deck, im on purple stake rn

[unreal topaz]

it just scales faster there

[wary zodiac]

take pluto and pivot to baron mime in the next shop

[ancient gyro]

for a 7ish% chance of not drawing it, without playing any hands/discards I'll take the 50% scoring benefit for how much chips contribute

[exotic pike]

god my stats suck ass 😭 theyre all flush jokers

[wintry ice]

actually i could take both saturn and mercury

[vapid orchid]

Guys any tips to get black stake

[wintry ice]

but i'm likely gonna do two pair instead

[exotic pike]

photograph then hanging chad then supernova then fortune teller then smiley face

[vapid orchid]

Why supernova

[wintry ice]

focus on getting consistent scoring if you just want to win

[wary zodiac]

black stake is my favorite stake

[wintry ice]

it's consistent

[exotic pike]

luckily my consumables are a little better - i have pluto on 663 uses (but jupiter is nearly double of that for some reason)

i play balatro a lot more casually than everyone here though

[unreal topaz]

not to mention joker synergies, and the fact that it's easier to enable pairs than high card

[ancient gyro]

face cards are not that hard to discard or pseudo discard with pairs and 2 discards with the standard 12 face card deck

[vapid orchid]

İ dont understand what supernova works

[exotic pike]

i rly like supernova

[granite heron]

god dammit dude now i have to fucking calculate whether i survive more often off discarding four cards going all in on a flush or discarding three to leave a straight open

[wet jackal]

Anyhow, completely unrelated, constellation is the most fun joker in the game

[ancient gyro]

le duo/c2

[wary zodiac]

sometimes it outright buffs you, like with being able to take ankhs more often, or making madness more usable

[wintry ice]

takes the amount of times you've played a hand and adds it to mult

[exotic pike]

you know despite being an elite obelisk hater, i have drawn a lot of fanart of it

[brave goblet]

interesting way to spell obelisk

[wary zodiac]

also lets you place dagger to the left

[unreal topaz]

also sly, jolly, todd, etc

[wintry ice]

so it's a steady source of +mult for pairs

[night bridge]

well

[vapid orchid]

Its quite good

[exotic pike]

i did a dagger run yesterday and i put my egg next to it

[wary zodiac]

stuntman

[wintry ice]

yea

[exotic pike]

it was so satisfying

[unreal topaz]

not as strong but they show up often

[exotic pike]

+58 mult right off the bat

[brave goblet]

sell some stuntmen lol

[potent tree]

at least you didn't have 4 stuntmen!

[exotic pike]

rough estimate

[wary zodiac]

do we think we can win with two stuntmen sold

[wintry ice]

well this is peak

[granite heron]

so discarding four cards here is apparently better but its a difference of 65% to 67.3%

[ancient gyro]

i think obbylicks more fun

[night bridge]

we dont but it was a fun run while it lasted

[wary zodiac]

ggwp

[brave goblet]

pog baron pog

[wintry ice]

i think htr is my favorite

[granite heron]

FML, would've drawn the straight

[wary zodiac]

who invited baron

[ancient gyro]

o

[wary zodiac]

devil AND deja vu

amazing

[ancient gyro]

trance*

[brave goblet]

skip for red card

[wintry ice]

i took trance

blue seals are broken

[wary zodiac]

yeah

[brave goblet]

parking and blue seal on painted ong

[unreal topaz]

blue seal gold is better than red seal gold

bc thats a fantastic death target

[brave goblet]

but what if he finds pog baron pog?

[wintry ice]

i'm not very worried about econ rn

[granite heron]

losing last run was a good thing actually

[wintry ice]

so i'm just taking every pack i see

[wary zodiac]

500 tarots

[brave goblet]

vagabond on nebula ong

cursed

[wary zodiac]

should've skipped for red card

[wintry ice]

true...

[unreal topaz]

you could do straights long term

with a blue seal

technically

[wary zodiac]

saturn is my favorite planet

[unreal topaz]

i was about to do a straights run on painted earlier but then ancient joker showed up

along with some friends

[wintry ice]

i already went for two pair

it's better for parking aswell

[brave goblet]

may you run into a suit boss and forget to skip for it

[unreal topaz]

very reasonable

with red card

[wintry ice]

do i sell egg for faceless

[ancient gyro]

yeah

[wintry ice]

club into spade on the goad or something

[unreal topaz]

i had directors cut, verdant leaf prob wouldn't have killed me ngl but it was funny that it was the worst boss and i rerolled it

[olive stirrup]

chat am i cooking?

[rancid gull]

it's just the discard joker with a chance to die

[unreal topaz]

permanent? no

[rancid gull]

oh wait

[brave goblet]

except the wording sounds like it keeps adding perma discards

lmao

busted

[olive stirrup]

im bad at wording

[unreal topaz]

it takes vouchers to get permanent extra discards

[wintry ice]

wtf

[twin lantern]

What's it gonna be

[wintry ice]

holo red seal or purple

i'm guessing purple but still

[brave goblet]

purple

[unreal topaz]

chicot would be the best hit

[brave goblet]

you'll make more purple with purple

[unreal topaz]

prob

[rancid gull]

what if it was like invisible joker but it gives you an extra discard

[twin lantern]

For the first time ever

[olive stirrup]

it gives more discards but it stays when u sell it

[twin lantern]

I want Triboulet

[ancient gyro]

um

[twin lantern]

Cuz I want the 100M score unlock

[ancient gyro]

oh

[brave goblet]

canio

[ancient gyro]

you're still unlocking stuff

[narrow fulcrum]

Balatro

[ancient gyro]

you're gonna unlock that naturally in gs

[twin lantern]

Well I mean

[rapid fern]

Balatro

[twin lantern]

Could be much worse

[brave goblet]

oh well

[unreal topaz]

purple seal makes blue seals and gold cards better

[twin lantern]

This run is won anyway

[unreal topaz]

makes 2 pair easier

[brave goblet]

sell him for bloodstone 🧠

[twin lantern]

I'm just trying to go fast

[olive stirrup]

its stuntman right?

i dont remember

[ancient gyro]

haven't seen the last two antes yet

[cosmic sun]

It should give you +2 temporary discards every other round but have a chance to die

[potent tree]

do i sell gem for trousers? (i run 4oaks but the foil would be a nice boost. boss is needle)

[ancient gyro]

so a food joker

[unreal topaz]

also the red seal isnt gonna be that impactful without something like a purple seal to help enhance it and copy it

[cosmic sun]

Since recycling bins aren't taken out every week

[twin lantern]

Yeah

[frank notch]

why is loyalty here

[rancid gull]

yeah but then it'd be outclassed by merry andy

[unreal topaz]

with 2 chads you can prob just make a hand with 5 glass cards to get it

[potent tree]

baseball boost. also it is active so it should save me against needle

[olive stirrup]

i had everything already unlocked, i dont wanna grind it 1000 hours just to get completionist

[cosmic sun]

Oh I guess it's rare

[potent tree]

honestly i could roll 3oak or 5oak and live too

[ancient gyro]

it doesn't take that long

[dark cairn]

god forbid i try to do anything fun in this game man

[unreal topaz]

one glass face up front is like 1000x

already

[ivory portal]

Wait

[rapid fern]

so like idk waht to do

[olive stirrup]

if it was uncommon it would be OP as hell

[potent tree]

immolate in spectral pack trust

[ivory portal]

Bro

[rancid gull]

remove a chad

[ivory portal]

I trust

[cosmic sun]

"Gives +1 perma discard after defeating every other boss blind"

[rapid fern]

mmk

[ivory portal]

LETS FUCKING GO LOLLL

[rancid gull]

two dice with 100% probability is better

[rancid gull]

potentially 3 dice

[ivory portal]

@potent tree

[rancid gull]

if you get a good invis hit

[frank grove]

😭

[ivory portal]

U goat

[olive stirrup]

anaglyph but with discards

[potent tree]

told ya.

[olive stirrup]

holy GAMBLING

[rancid gull]

actually, i like that

maybe every boss blind though

[ivory portal]

Is this THE best jokers to ever coome from a pack on abandoned deck 😍😍😍

[rancid gull]

just find a pareidolia

ez

[cosmic sun]

I didn't see the rare tag before so that was pretty much on common/uncommon level

[cosmic sun]

id deadass start making faces for midas

[heady rampart]

playing ts in school ✌️

[frank notch]

whys bro playing the tro

[potent tree]

why not? scholar is the only good school related thing in balatro

[nova matrix]

Guys I finally did it

[ancient gyro]

we make do

[nova matrix]

First ever 2 pair run

[frank notch]

blackboard?

[ivory portal]

UR ALWAYS FLEXING UR ABANDONED

[potent tree]

anyone think it's worth tho?

[ivory portal]

I'm trynna get like u

[ancient gyro]

I am?

[potent tree]

we use whiteboards these days unfortunately.

[ivory portal]

HOLY SHIT

[ancient gyro]

its usually black deck for the past few months

[ivory portal]

BEST JOKER EVER

and blueprint

Ig

[olive stirrup]

im on fire 🔥 🔥

[rancid gull]

bro is hating on blueprint

[ivory portal]

I'm not hating on blueprint

[olive stirrup]

bro is this ragebait?

[ivory portal]

Rebate just outshines every other joker

To ever exist and will ever exist

[rancid gull]

is this an on trigger?

[ancient gyro]

we know what's best

[frank notch]

kinda overbuilt lwk

[olive stirrup]

yes

[ivory portal]

REBATEEEE

rebate is best

[carmine spoke]

Absolute cinema

[frank notch]

too many parts

[rancid gull]

a scaling on trigger mult is insane

xmult

[potent tree]

@serene forge mm double bloodstone.

[rancid gull]

Not even the legendary on triggre xmult scales

[rapid fern]

is there a way to like change the invis jokers copy or

[wintry ice]

do i sell photo for space joker

[olive stirrup]

like when u play 1 card it has 1/4 chance to gain x 0.5 mult

[potent tree]

space doesn't do shit unless you get multiple. not worth honestly

[olive stirrup]

thats lined up with the suit

[frank notch]

Street Artist Joker: Wild cards give x1.5 Mult when scored and are unaffected by boss blinds

[potent tree]

at that point just name him banksy and make him legendary

[olive stirrup]

holy buffed

[ancient gyro]

selling the initial copy or sometimes buying other jokers when the roster isn't full. otherwise it doesn't change

[olive stirrup]

ancient joker revives

[rapid fern]

dang

[rancid gull]

it'll be hard to get value

[frank notch]

rare or uncommon

[olive stirrup]

no one do runs on ancient besides mulitplayer

[rancid gull]

photo is at least guaranteed value

[ancient gyro]

what

[rancid gull]

but if you need chips

[sage bough]

Everyone out here sayin The Plant is a run ender, I don't see the issue

[rancid gull]

then yeah, you gotta do what you gotta do

[olive stirrup]

lowkey im lazy asf to make pixelarts

[ivory portal]

Sickkk

[wintry ice]

i guess faceless is enough to pay the fee

[ancient gyro]

eek

[rancid gull]

if you don't take rocket...

on ante 1

[sage bough]

I could make my own custom Jokers I'm just ass at making mechanics

[rancid gull]

if it wasn't perishable

[tropic mulch]

“Some people die of thirst while others drown”

[rancid gull]

then yeah

[tall jetty]

good idea bro

[ancient gyro]

?

[frank notch]

Dorceless Joker: When a consumable is used on a numbered card, turn it into a random Face Card

[cyan turret]

i haven't had a legendary in 160 runs already bro

[rancid gull]

space man was rental perishable

[ember turtle]

interesting concept, is it yours

[ancient gyro]

yeah I'll still take it

[frank notch]

Yes

[frank grove]

worth still

[ember turtle]

that's cool, do you wanna make a mod outta it

[frank notch]

i wish but idk how to code

[ember turtle]

me neither lol

[cyan turret]

go to modding channel, if someone likes your idea they're going to code it probably

[ember turtle]

but i heard with some free time you can get started pretty easily

[ancient gyro]

similar ev

[ember turtle]

just learn lua, see how other jokers are coded and use them as reference or use joker forge

that's what i have gathered personally

anyways

i don't very love space man!

[olive stirrup]

strenght in a 10 is useless now

ohh i misread

[frank notch]

Buffed Loyalty Card: If 3 blinds are won in a row, spawn a random Spectral card (Resets upon activation)

could be 2?

[ember turtle]

hm

that's a whole rework

not a buff actually

[rapid fern]

ive found a photo card lmao

[ember turtle]

btw what does 3 blinds won in a row mean

if you don't win a blind you lose

[ancient gyro]

that's not very loyalty card

[frank notch]

as in dont skip

[ember turtle]

hm

[potent tree]

ditch card sharp for satellite? i only have enough queens for 1 4oak anyways

(yes that trousers is eternal...)

[ancient gyro]

for stickering? idk your scoring situation

[potent tree]

i needed it to beat needle

4oak is currently level 14 but with 2 steel triggers and without lucky triggers i get less than 400k a hand, boss is CB

oh wait i could just get lucky with loyalty card

[twin lantern]

@ancient gyro Mission accomplished

[ancient gyro]

ideally you don't take anything

o

[potent tree]

loyalty card activates in 3 hands

so if my final hand against CB is a 4oak i should win

[olive stirrup]

any feedback?

[potent tree]

should make it x0.33 fr

[olive stirrup]

broski wtf 😭

[tropic mulch]

I have a very tough decision

[potent tree]

noob must learn the hard way

[olive stirrup]

it would lower your score

[ancient gyro]

if you don't need 2 hands to win then sure ig. you're going to miss 1.5x scoring

[olive stirrup]

it depends

[potent tree]

eh, risk is something i happen to manage rather decently

you only live once after all.

[olive stirrup]

if u have gold or steel the def go for mime

[tropic mulch]

I’m scoring well;

Tough

[wintry ice]

do i swap parking out for chaos

[dark cairn]

how come every single fucking time i try to use ceremonial dagger

chips become completely non existant until its way too fucking late

i can have infinite money

[wintry ice]

managing it alongside faceless and playing straights all at the same time is a bit rough

[ancient gyro]

do you need scoring jokers soon

[dark cairn]

but suddenly it just removes every single chip joker and every single planet card that isnt completely fucking worthless

entirely from the game

[wintry ice]

my straights are 1 shotting with 1 steel

[dark cairn]

how am i supposed to get a gold sticker on a joker

[wintry ice]

and i have 2 blue seals

• a glass for emergencies

[dark cairn]

when every time you pick it up is a guaranteed death sentence

it might as well just throw up the game over screen as soon as you buy it

[tropic mulch]

Oh frick guess who decided to show up

[ancient gyro]

ill pass

[dark cairn]

at least it wouldnt waste my time then

[olive stirrup]

who plays on laptop?

but def just take it

[frank notch]

Torn Joker: The first and second halves of your hand are scored individually (the cards, like if i play 444 kk itll score 444 then kk)

[potent tree]

phew. that was close. but i think we're good

[ancient gyro]

omg clean your laptop

[potent tree]

i do lmao

[olive stirrup]

thats exactly the same bro

[olive stirrup]

good

[frank notch]

no its like 3 of a kind then pair and itll score both

[wintry ice]

why are you surprised about someone playing a casual game with barely any hardware requirements on a portable pc

[olive stirrup]

ohhh like separate hands?

[vernal breach]

I moan when I get pants early

[frank notch]

yes but itll take up 1

[olive stirrup]

pants are GOATEDDDDD

[wintry ice]

gonna sell faceless

[potent tree]

yay free idol/satellite stickers

time to never use idol again!

[glass creek]

True!

[potent tree]

just kidding. when i go for c++ times 3 i'll need it

[glass creek]

Oh. ☹️

[cosmic sun]

A humble Obelisk

[dark cairn]

Finally this wiseguy showed up on gold stake

Lets see how the game plans to screw me over now

[glass creek]

Chigoat

[dark cairn]

My guess is: 0 forms of scaling

[wary zodiac]

do i pivot to baron

[wintry ice]

you have a scuffed cavendish and chicot idt there's much of a way to lose

[potent tree]

you probably know this but. if you have not gold stickered all legendary jokers, opening a soul in a gold stake run can only give you a legendary joker you have not gold stickered

[serene forge]

what

[wary zodiac]

i love playing straights in both ways

[potent tree]

wym what, chances usually go against you

[twin lantern]

There we go

[vernal breach]

Naneinf potential right there

[serene forge]

i disagree

[frank grove]

you can play multiple hands every round, the chances give you a level every round on avg

[potent tree]

then why do you hate bloodstone

[serene forge]

because i don't die when space joker does choose not to hit

[wintry ice]

this is so funny

[frank grove]

because bloodstone is direct to your score whilst space is just a means to get some more chips

[serene forge]

space joker is passive scaling

[wary zodiac]

naneinf potential

[serene forge]

that's like saying lucky cat isn't worth it because you could get astronomically unlucky

when that's not important at all because lucky cat is scaling

[twin lantern]

What else do I have to unlock

[wintry ice]

the motivation is that space joker on painted is funny

though i didn't take it because i wouldn't be able to survive

the rental

[dark cairn]

Guess I was wrong. There's no way this loses, right?

[wintry ice]

oh ok i can just win

[dark cairn]

Ramen is at 1.98x (thanks, mr Hook)

[wintry ice]

yea

[serene forge]

gg

[wintry ice]

like it's just a fast track to ante 8

[twin lantern]

Easiest win I've ever seen

Base Jimbo is kind of bleh but I mean

It's got Foil on it so you're good

[wintry ice]

OH

do i even sell chad for this

[dark cairn]

i sold him for interest lol

[wintry ice]

it's massive for burnt but i have 3 blue seals

[ancient gyro]

do you even have that much trouble drawing-

o

[dark cairn]

god it feels so good not having to worry about bosses

its like the uh

[twin lantern]

Well, I got all my unlocks except the Legendaries and Blank

[dark cairn]

the meme of the guy breaking out of chains

[twin lantern]

Meaning I can play the game as normal now

:D

[wintry ice]

it's also good for needle but i'm not worried about missing straights there

[woven spire]

that’s why we say chigoat

[wintry ice]

i'm incredibly biased though

because shortcut is on my 5 favorites

[dark cairn]

ok and i died because ramen suddenly decided not to work

i put it on the left to farm square joker value

put it on the right

score didnt change

and i died

ok

sure

like i said

finding new ways to screw me over

[frank notch]

uh oh

[wintry ice]

what

[cloud sinew]

biblical greed

[dark cairn]

literally rewriting the game code to steal my wins

[wintry ice]

did you press play before moving ramen

[dark cairn]

i didnt even see the xmult thing pop up

of fucking course not

[wintry ice]

weird

[dark cairn]

i moved it while the PREVIOUS hand was playing

[woven spire]

is it bad if i say that in my 162 wins i’ve never done a straight build

like ever

[cloud sinew]

probably

[dark cairn]

like jesus fucking christ

[wintry ice]

it's not very common

[dark cairn]

is my copy of this shitty fucking game personalized

[cloud sinew]

i think you should take a break

[woven spire]

it’s not my thing

[olive stirrup]

holy high card

[cloud sinew]

it's not healthy to be getting this mad at a game like balatro

[dark cairn]

i think localthunk should take a break from making games if this is what he views as good game design

[woven spire]

true

[dark cairn]

fuck

[willow frost]

yes, try one

[cloud sinew]

relax

[willow frost]

its really fun when it works

[cloud sinew]

go somewhere else for a while

[woven spire]

chill dawg

[twin lantern]

Listen to Lilo

[dark cairn]

i am

this fucking game isnt worth my time anymore after that

fucking unbelievable

thats an hour and a half of my life ill never fucking get back

thanks thunk

[rancid gull]

bro is mad at rng

[cloud sinew]

i'm gonna say this despite knowing it'll get you mad

[frank grove]

its a game bro

[cloud sinew]

just because i feel like putting it out there, not intending to get you mad

but it is a skill issue

[twin lantern]

Every hour and a half is an hour and a half you won't get back

[rancid gull]

don't play any game that ever has rng in it

[woven spire]

lol

[olive stirrup]

bro dont ever watch gd reactions 💀

[woven spire]

mb

[twin lantern]

If you are mad at it, then don't play games

[dark cairn]

yeah its my fault that ramen just didnt work

[twin lantern]

Go back to work

[olive stirrup]

ggs

[willow frost]

just watched npesta die at 98 on poocubed, nowhere near his loudest but damn that was a reaction lol

[olive stirrup]

do u know 98 bloodlust

its a meme now

[willow frost]

of course

[dark cairn]

i wouldnt fucking care so much if it didnt literally just rewrite how the fucking game works just for the sake of stealing my gold sticker on chicot

[rancid gull]

bloodlust like dead by daylight

[woven spire]

chat opinion on eternal clown for gs?

[frank grove]

what are you even saying?

[dark cairn]

this fucking game wants me to have to restart for 300 hours straight to get a chance at gold stickering chicot and perkeo SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO fucking badly

[willow frost]

maybe not eternal ngl

[woven spire]

Yeah, the game is designed for that.

[void lintel]

nobody's forcing you to get C++

[dark cairn]

ramen didnt activate for 0 reason

[rancid gull]

how did it not activate

[dark cairn]

wasnt disabled

[dark cairn]

good fucking question

[woven spire]

#1200105253559873707 😉

[dark cairn]

but the xmult didnt even pop up

[cloud sinew]

are you playing vanilla

as in no smods

[dark cairn]

not much i can do when i alt f4'd right after it happened out of sheer rage

[twin lantern]

Uh, but it isn't though. If you're playing Gold Stake and all your other Legendaries are stickered, you are guaranteed to get them the next time you get a Soul Stone. You get Soul Stones often, so I wouldn't worry about them

[dark cairn]

yes

[twin lantern]

They made this so C++ won't take forever

[dark cairn]

i havent gotten one in the last 50 hours of playtime

except that last one

[thorn gate]

Anybody know why I can't unlock the "Reduce hand size to 5" voucher? I have smod active but all the mods disabled and achievements set to Bypass Restrictions.

[dark cairn]

i've gotten perkeo on gold stake 3 times

[frank grove]

you arent opening enough tarot packs probably

[dark cairn]

every time i died to something stupid

[woven spire]

I JUST GOT CANIO ON ABANDONED

rahhh

[void lintel]

rip

[frank grove]

oh no i got goat on goat what will i do!!

[void lintel]

time to get face cards

[rancid gull]

you're gonna have to FACE the reality.. haha get it

[twin lantern]

I get Soul Stones every day

[dark cairn]

i open them when it makes sense to open them

[twin lantern]

lol

[frank grove]

which should be almost all the time??

[twin lantern]

So always?

[dark cairn]

Ok Dream

[woven spire]

This shit actually made me laugh.

[twin lantern]

If you're above interest

You should always open them

[dark cairn]

If i dont have money and i need jokers why the fuck would i open a tarot pack

[dark cairn]

obviously

[frank grove]

why are you lacking econ so much

[woven spire]

skill

issue

[cloud sinew]

now it does feel like chat is ragebaiting you @dark cairn

[dark cairn]

yeah m yfault i dont have 25 dollars in ante 2

[twin lantern]

For one because Tarots often can provide tools to make money. Second, because Tarots can give you resources to score independent of jokers

[dark cairn]

which you cant rely on with 52 cards in the deck (for the scoring part)

[twin lantern]

I'm not trying to ragebait, I'm sincerely saying that getting soul stones isn't that unlikely. That it isn't a reason for concern

[thorn gate]

Um...did anybody see my question?

[twin lantern]

Even if you got unlucky you could get them like, in a week? That seems alright

[dark cairn]

then why was that the first soul card ive seen in a fucking month

do you play balatro 8 hours a day or something

[frank grove]

if you open most arcana packs every run you should see souls more often than like one in 50 hours

[cloud sinew]

1 in 7 runs have a soul card*
-# thats if you open every arcana

[twin lantern]

I play 2-3 runs per day and nothing more

[dark cairn]

well ive done hundreds since my last one

[twin lantern]

And I open basically ever Arcana Pack I see

[dark cairn]

and its not like i just fucking ignore arcana packs

i open them quite often even when im not quite at interest cap because gambling for hermit/temperance

[wintry ice]

statistical anomaly

[brave goblet]

Just right scoring

[dark cairn]

Man

[brave goblet]

I saw a soul card this morning

It was me

I stole all your soul cards

[thorn gate]

Can anyone see my messages?

[cloud sinew]

that sucks

[cloud sinew]

hi

[thorn gate]

Oh

[cloud sinew]

have a look in #1200105253559873707 for similar issues

[twin lantern]

At the end of the day, skill issue or not, losses come to us all

It sucks right, and we could have a talk whether or not you deserved to lost. You probably didn't deserve to lose

But the nature of Roguelikes is that sometimes you'll do your best and get assblasted

[rancid gull]

take your time, you'll get those legendaries gold stickered soon enough

[dark cairn]

im at 136/150

thats the main reason why i mworried about it

if i was at 36/150 instead i would've just shrugged it off

[void lintel]

You also don't have to if you feel like it's not worth your time

nobody's really forcing you to

[rancid gull]

I was able to get the legendaries gold stickered by just playing the game

keep grinding

it'll happen

[dark cairn]

and then it'll mock me for the rest of my playtime

[rancid gull]

perkeo was my last 20

[brave goblet]

grinding but make sure you're "winning" too

further into a run means more likely for souls

[dark cairn]

there is nothing that infuriates me more than when i know i can do a difficult achievement but the game just says no

over

and over

and over

[brave goblet]

unless you're doing that already in which case bad luck

[dark cairn]

like i know its just a fundamental part of the game genre

but when it keeps happening

i lose my shit

brb

[brave goblet]

You're not on a deadline for C++

[finite heron]

Equal likelihood

[serene forge]

legitimately take a break

[finite heron]

Just more chances to get one

[serene forge]

a game like balatro should not be making you this mad

[finite heron]

But not a higher chance

[void lintel]

you probably should take a break every so often just so you're not getting heated at the game

[slow grail]

Scoring joker perished, bought blueprint and wraith hoping for a scoring joker, brainstorm shows up

[finite heron]

It should

[brave goblet]

the chance to see at least one is higher 🧠

[finite heron]

Nuh uh?

[brave goblet]

yuh huh

[oak cloak]

no roll for 14 ante

[finite heron]

Nuh uh

[serene forge]

drop seed when you die

[rancid gull]

I think it's okay to be upset, but to take it out on the game dev is not good lol

[brave goblet]

Have you ever seen the meme of like two warring subreddits and it's just posts and reposts of guys screenshotting the other's posts with "nuh uh" and "yuh huh" as titles lol

[slow grail]

8G1DNFZE

[finite heron]

Quite bamboozling.

[rancid gull]

we're redditors

[brave goblet]

Forgetting to take the voucher skips + rolling for colas moment (early on)

rookie mistake

[slow grail]

I need stone joker to show up gahhhhh

[dark cairn]

i guess maybe ill just keep playing and then itll just show up whenever

[serene forge]

you missed a half joker in ante 2

[brave goblet]

yeah just play and win for fun, the souls will show up on their own

[dark cairn]

itll probably be easier to find them when im not worrying about gold stickers

i took a wily joker on ante 1 once trying to get its gold sticker lmao

that run didnt last long

[dark cairn]

and i was like "wow that was dumb"

[frank notch]

raised fist expired at the worst time

[robust lance]

938

[dark cairn]

also im gonna be honest

[brave goblet]

bro has $2^0 dollars

[frank grove]

bbc probably not worth it here right?

[dark cairn]

i had one of the most miserable days of work in my life yesterday so i probably just needed something to get my negative emotions out

[frank notch]

938

[serene forge]

nah

[robust lance]

Logical

[frank grove]

yeah thought so

[frank notch]

i have a mod that shows what happens to your stats when you play the hand

[dark cairn]

I hate that baseball card gets shortened to bbc

[brave goblet]

no money monet

[olive stirrup]

no way

[dark cairn]

why cant we just call it bc

[olive stirrup]

10 chips

[brave goblet]

base card

ball card

[harsh relic]

blue ball circles

[cosmic sun]

Posting this before I hit Amber Acorn with the 2.5 miller

[dim thicket]

My god

I wanna take both so bad but I know it can’t,,

Think it’s just hologram into pack here

[glossy forge]

Do I take the burger now? I'm pushing for Ante 39 rather than Naneinf. From here onwards, it's just serpent farming right?

[dark cairn]

yeah taking a short break helped

off to an excellent start

not gonna feed the constellation yet though cause i need m o n e y

wait no i have parking

[frank grove]

HAHHA

[brave goblet]

don't lose now

[dark cairn]

😭

[frank grove]

im skipping it because i dont need it

[brave goblet]

Oh lmao

W

[frank grove]

yeah i would have to sell my bp for it so

[dark cairn]

best invis joker roll possible

[safe moat]

Do any of you guys fw inscryption?

[dark cairn]

never played it or even seen gameplay footage

[safe moat]

😧

[brave goblet]

The middle game where you explore the four different realms is the worst one

[safe moat]

Debatable

[vernal breach]

Its cool

[dim thicket]

Ran into the water and didn’t draw a single pair for the first two hands ._.

[safe moat]

I like it a lot

[stark charm]

Why is mail in rebate blue

[brave goblet]

blueprint mod

[frank grove]

mod for bp

[stark charm]

Oh it is blueprint?

I usually use yuri one

[glossy mortar]

As per-usual. Pairs are undefeated best hand in the game. Like my goodness this seed was cracked. If you wanted to you could have done photochad too, i skipped it though because by the time i saw it, all but 2 of my face cards were destroyed by the massive quantity of hung men i met.

[pulsar rune]

Winning jokers for C+ on gold/black, it only took me 2 days surprisingly

[twin lantern]

Amphy you never wrote back to me, I'm sad

[stark charm]

I prefer highcard but pair scale better

[glossy mortar]

Where? I tried looking for a message but i never saw one.

[frank grove]

gg

[stark charm]

Me when brainlessly spamming card and win

[twin lantern]

I sent you a friend request, your DMs are closed

[glossy mortar]

My dms are closed? What? They shouldent be. I let anyone message me. Even the numerous scammers who i troll with.

[twin lantern]

Well yesterday I sent you a message and it said I didn't have permission

It's okay it doesn't matter, you texted me now and that's alright

[tepid zealot]

WAITED ALL THOSE LAGGY MINUTES JUST FOR THIS

[tepid zealot]

I literally just joined the server just to post this

[stark karma]

?

[frank notch]

the run is over if i dont get a flush

[frank grove]

i checked with a seed analyzer this was yorick btw

[tepid zealot]

doomed flint

[stark karma]

Why are you going crazy

Why is doomed flint?

[frank notch]

uh oh

[stark karma]

Use a cryptid

[tepid zealot]

yeah I know, but playing on mobile just makes me LAG a lot

I waited like idk, over 5 minutes just for that

and I barely missed the win

thank god I still have more hands, and an unholy amount of cryptids

jokes aside, I have 5 blueprints and a brainstorm, I gave 2 blueprints(+ brainstorm) to baron and 3 blueprints to mime. Are my jokers optimized? Like uhh... the order?

[night bridge]

egg

[pulsar rune]

I just finished all the decks on gold stake but the steam achievement hasn’t loaded yet

[vernal breach]

egg

[pulsar rune]

I swear if it doesn’t load until I get C++

[ancient gyro]

man I shouldve done an a8 glass record 🥀

[tepid zealot]

dear lord.

[stark karma]

It’s a beautiful thing

[frank grove]

glass joker!!!!

[ancient gyro]

could've easily been at double the xmult if I wasn't like

at the gym

🥀

[twin lantern]

Just to be sure

Glass Joker isn't retroactive, right?

[ancient gyro]

nope

therefore not perishable

[frank grove]

god if glass joker was retroactive it would be a little busted

[tepid zealot]

getting canio in an abandoned deck or being stuck under a bench bar

[twin lantern]

Glass Joker is another one of those Jokers I never gave a fair shot

[frank grove]

glass joker is peak

[ancient gyro]

hm

[wintry igloo]

:thinking_cat_emoji:

[ancient gyro]

also canio isn't that hard to get online on abandoned

[frank grove]

canio on abandoned is fine its not like face cards cant show up

[ancient gyro]

its essentially a makeshift canio

[frank grove]

yeah

[heady narwhal]

i guess canio on abandoned would be pretty similar to glass joker on a regular deck

[terse vale]

mewgenics

[heady narwhal]

and glass joker is pretty good

[frank grove]

also standard packs exist

[ancient gyro]

makes use of similar tarots, glass has slightly lower scaling to make up for its glass attributes and it working on any card

[manic zealot]

I love blue seals

[errant bolt]

Getting close to gold stake on checkered deck :o

[frank notch]

the flint is coming

[nova ibex]

What's the correct blueprint placement here?

[frank grove]

what cat at?

[vocal rose]

photograph

[heady narwhal]

faceless joker

you have 2 discards left

[nova ibex]

x2 atm

[frank grove]

photo

[frank notch]

the rightmost position

[nova ibex]

Lmao

[manic zealot]

photo

[covert steeple]

Got my first legendary Joker today

[manic zealot]

which one

[brave goblet]

Red card gaming

[heady narwhal]

you probably score enough points no matter where bp is so i'd put it on chad when playing hands for the next while

[covert steeple]

Triboulet

Unfortunately lost that run to the Ante 7 Boss Blind

[twin lantern]

WOOO HERE IS TO TURNING MY BRAIN OFF

PAIR LOBOTOMY BABYYYYY

[dark cairn]

hiker + chad is kind of an underrated combo ngl

[ancient gyro]

oh

[nova ibex]

Thanks fam

[errant bolt]

Hiker + any retrigger joker is great

[dark cairn]

especially if you have some form of tarot card generation cause then you can supercharge one card in particular and make a billion copies of it

[ancient gyro]

2oak lobotomy if it had a couple more questionable boss blind threats

[ancient gyro]

oh

well that makes three boss blinds lol

[fringe nebula]

sometimes banner run just dies to the water

[heady narwhal]

Seeing Double my beloved

[nova ibex]

Sock & buskin in the shop, do I buy or keep going with my run

[heady narwhal]

probably better than the cat

significantly less fun than the cat though

[nova ibex]

cat's only at x2.25 right now so prolly sock is bettur

[covert steeple]

Hiker, Hanging Chad, Photograph, and Vagabond

[twin lantern]

What's The Water

Doesn't exist

[nova ibex]

0 discards

[fringe nebula]

0 discard boss blind

[twin lantern]

Never heard of it

[ancient gyro]

don't forget to drink some

[heady narwhal]

seems unviable on gold stake imo

[ancient gyro]

yeah I'll just stick with stone

[covert steeple]

The Water is easy to beat if you have Blackboard or Polychrome Jokers imo

[heady narwhal]

i had a run where i got an optimal setup for hiker but it got completely overshadowed by mars scaling

[covert steeple]

Which is why I enjoy finding it in the mid game

[frank grove]

i had a stone run once with hiker and that was neat

[heady narwhal]

hiker needs to give +5 chips +1 mult

[ancient gyro]

mult would be

a bit overtuned

[nova ibex]

Sold the chad and bought sock
I am now seeing I have made a grave-error

[sage bough]

Eternal Banner

[serene forge]

I hate Bloodstone

[twin lantern]

See

[covert steeple]

WHY WOULD YOU SELL CHAD?

[twin lantern]

I'm not sure what The Water is, never heard of that boss

[ancient gyro]

o

[frank grove]

you sold chad for sock??

[twin lantern]

But even it did exist

Which it doesn't

I could just say no

[nova ibex]

Yes ;-;

[ancient gyro]

well there's two more

[fringe nebula]

good, carry it for 5 antes straight just to kill violet vessel

[heady narwhal]

i mean they've buffed hiker's chips like 3 times and it still sucks

[covert steeple]

I'd disable either Violet Vessel or Verdant Leaf

[twin lantern]

What's a Violet Vessel

[atomic trout]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck this Challenge

[heady narwhal]

it only pays off with a handtype that gives a lot of chips already

[heady narwhal]

(and flush but not enough to make me play flush)

[nova ibex]

6x boss blind number

[frank grove]

making it mult would just make chad even better which is kinda fun so im down

[ancient gyro]

flower

[atomic trout]

What I just murdered

[ancient gyro]

allegedly

[atomic trout]

That's a big ass Blind!

[covert steeple]

Should work depending on the Bus mult

[atomic trout]

1.2 million?

[ancient gyro]

gee I wonder

[nova ibex]

NEGATIVE SLY JOKER, WE ARE SO BAVK

[heady narwhal]

i hate hearts so much. they always kill me in ante 8

[ancient gyro]

who said this again
keep asking every time

[fringe nebula]

hey, that's kinda similar to a setup i got yesterday

[ancient gyro]

oh joy

two suits too

[covert steeple]

Combining decks, I see. Properties of Checkered and Abandoned deck on Yellow deck

[nova ibex]

Showman is here

[gaunt sedge]

bro this run looks like its gonna be insane all i need is a chips joker

[covert steeple]

Hoping for a negative Chad

[gaunt sedge]

what chip jokers should i get

[covert steeple]

Either that or a negative Banner

[gaunt sedge]

yup fr

[covert steeple]

How many discards you at?

[gaunt sedge]

sadly 3

[nova ibex]

Negative gluttonous joker, we're saved🙏

Chad's back

[covert steeple]

Eh, still could be 60 or 90 chips on a good hand

[gaunt sedge]

but got this which makes the shop dirt cheap

[covert steeple]

Oh, nice

Actually, negative Scary Face would be good, no?

Or an Odd Todd

[sage bough]

I didn't know but uhh apparently Clearance Sale and Liquidation lower sell value as well

[covert steeple]

@gaunt sedge You could also go for Space Joker as well

[gaunt sedge]

alr i will try

[wintry ice]

okay

[nova ibex]

Good game

[wintry ice]

oh

great nat negative

[vagrant sentinel]

tough decision here, what's the right play?

just rip the ecto?

[random ice]

WHY GOD DO YOU FORESAKE ME

Nat negative trading card I cannot afford

I know I know

Credit Card in the buffoon