🕹・game-discussion

[gentle lintel]

Your supernova will grow faster, and you'll rarely miss a hand

[sullen oar]

i mean i already have 20 on flushes

[slow iris]

prob a bit late to play pairs now

[sullen oar]

i've tried pairs and can try it but i have a. ery strong feeling i will die

considering i am already unable to keep up

[slow iris]

unless planet levels ig

[sullen oar]

because i can't get jupiters

[gentle lintel]

Yeah, it's too late now. But in general

Boot is a trap

[slow iris]

a chips joker would be good here

kinda difficult to find with boot here though yeah

[gentle lintel]

Because it stops you looking for better jokers

[slow iris]

how much are you scoring per hand currently

[sullen oar]

10k

[gentle lintel]

Misprint is going to betray you too

[random terrace]

What seed should I play

[wintry ice]

you can use riffraff to reroll your common mult jokers

(not supernova)

[sullen oar]

oh i didn't take it

[final garden]

what should i sell?

[sullen oar]

yea i mean i lost

[slow iris]

baseball

[humble gulch]

Honestly Perkeo

[final garden]

you sure i should sell perkeo?

im getting 23 dollars every round

[humble gulch]

I think with interest cap is enough since you only have one (or maybe two) open slots

[slow iris]

i mean you prob don't really need perkeo but if you wanna keep it, you should be fine with selling baseball

[shell dagger]

depends on hand levels

[viral raft]

Hi guys

[median needle]

Hi

Please add Crafty Joker Jr. to the game as a card...

[urban oxide]

What rank do face cards count as?

[slow iris]

crafty joker will die slowly and painfully

[slow iris]

face cards

[urban oxide]

I meant like in terms of raised fist

[slow iris]

+20 mult

[dense locust]

i didn't look at the boss

[slow iris]

ehhhh

maybe could still win

depends

[dense locust]

i lost

stop giving me this fucking joker i don't like it bro

[unreal topaz]

in ante 4?

nah

can still get plenty of value from perkeo

[slow iris]

the goat

[dense locust]

i just sold a run where i instantly got madness and it's my first time on black stake so i can actually use it now and i'm really sad now

[slow iris]

i wish i got more obelisk runs

[dry dune]

Man its been a long time since i played this game

[dense locust]

is obelisk even any good if you get it super early

[slow iris]

yeah

you don't have to use it immediately

[dense locust]

i mean i figured but i would struggle to survive otherwise

[slow iris]

wdym late game

[crimson carbon]

like later in run

[slow iris]

obelisk's good for all 8 antes

[crimson carbon]

idk that much since i don't use obelisk that much i don't like that joker

[fringe nebula]

????????

reminder that obelisk is ante 8 run specialist

calling it bad at lategame is just plain stupid

[charred sierra]

i just tried grinding out a nothing run and ended up with a trib only to face the plant ante 4 (anaglyph and petro) and die horribly because there was so scoring anywhere

it had a blueprint and brainstorm like what

[atomic trout]

What's the point of the Run-Discussion when nobody is there? lol

[slow iris]

surely it's not that dead

[tranquil oasis]

just got a soul card for it to be perkeo

I’m very happy

[flat tiger]

got a 3 win streak on orange stake high card and paris slop are so much easier to play

[indigo reef]

are there any mods that track played seeds?

[flat tiger]

theres a reason I prefer high card over pairs now

[serene forge]

why

pairs are better

[flat tiger]

pair is boring, well when I get bored by high card maybe I default pair again

[solar meteor]

they saw too many of my recent runs

[serene forge]

how is pair boring but high card isn't lmao

[flat tiger]

because I cant die to random rounds because game refuse to draw me pairs

[serene forge]

unironically skill issue

[indigo reef]

high card is much harder for winning consistently on gold stake

[solar meteor]

oh no not a 7% failure rate (per card)

[flat tiger]

93% is not exactly guarantee and when it low rolls you randomly die

[indigo reef]

you just keep track of what you discarded lol

there is no way you dont get a pair

[serene forge]

this you?

[solar meteor]

what are you talking about

[humble gulch]

Me when don't discard unless you didn't get a pair or you're sure you're going to win

[flat tiger]

yeah, i dont like either that much really, chance being chance

[terse vale]

you can discard too

[serene forge]

this you?

[bronze pollen]

The web browser version is objectively worse

[flat tiger]

doesnt mean I never win with it?

[terse vale]

and pick up cards in hands

[flat tiger]

just like most pair runs still wins

[humble gulch]

I need to improve my early game, man

[solar meteor]

what 2oak has over hc:

• marginally worse draw odds, 100% Vs ~93%
• way better joker synergy (i.e duo, seeing double)
• pluto Vs mercury, mercury gets 50% more chips per planet and has a higher base so you need to offset 1 pluto just to get to base pair scoring
• able to do throwaway hands much better, pair + any non-scoring cards means they can't affect the played hand but they're effectively discarded

[bronze pollen]

To think of it balatro is a very educational game I learned what Fibonacci was

[humble gulch]

I knew what fibonacci was before Balatro.
Thanks to Balatro I learned that gambling = bad

[serene forge]

I remember learning about constellations when I was like 3 because I played katamari

[bronze pollen]

Peak game

[serene forge]

indeed

[fringe nebula]

are eggs getting more expensive

[humble gulch]

Yes

Well, not here

I guess

[fringe nebula]

they end up being cheaper here somehow

[bronze pollen]

Uh sadly yes

[flat tiger]

in balatro universe letting the egg rot increase value

[humble gulch]

Japan eats a lot of egg tho

[crimson carbon]

aww what a cute kitty

[serene forge]

I could fuck up a fried egg rn

[fringe nebula]

how do you fuck up a fried egg

🗿

[bronze pollen]

If we’re talking America this country is treating buying an egg like taking out a student loan

[serene forge]

not like that

[random terrace]

The ante 12 score jump need to be studied

[serene forge]

what's ante 12

don't make up things that don't exist smh my head

[humble gulch]

It literally adds three zeros from ante 14 to 20 or something

[bronze pollen]

Air doesn’t exist in our heads…

[random terrace]

Bro I was scoring 1-2 hand blinds and then it just multiplied

[sullen oar]

so blue deck is considered easiest right

[humble gulch]

Yeah

[fringe nebula]

yes

[humble gulch]

I like yellow more tho

[random terrace]

Yes

[random terrace]

Money

[fringe nebula]

also, out
I'm currently at 100/150 without any sticker on legendaries

am I cooked

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/694849009411555379.png?v=1&size=48&quality=lossless

[humble gulch]

Yeah...

I got two at the same time

[sullen oar]

i still can't win on blue deck damn

[humble gulch]

Try yellow, +1 hand is more of a passive advantage

Is the best one tho

But having money gives you a more direct strat

[sullen oar]

i can try ig but i tried yellow in the past too

[bronze pollen]

I’m tired of my collection getting real good then my phone frickin dies and it gets reset thank god im getting either on steam deck or mobile

[random terrace]

I want like a early mime baron/photochad seed if yall have one

[bronze pollen]

And don’t tell me piracy is illegally because Toby fox pirated because look were he is now

[random terrace]

0 correlation

[bronze pollen]

Yeah

[gentle lintel]

I'd recommend watching about 20 minutes of Balatro university videos. No matter what video you'll watch you'll get better. I've completed gold stake on every deck and I still know about 1% of what that guy knows.

[sullen oar]

i've seen people recommend them but i just really don't wanna watch people compared to playing it myself

[bronze pollen]

Anyways there should be an achievement if you got 100 dollars from one round you would unlock a joker

[serene forge]

einstein failed in school but that doesn't make failing school ok

[bronze pollen]

Ok

[rugged belfry]

good run

[bronze pollen]

I’m getting real Balatro maybe if I ask my mother

She’s getting paid tonight so she said maybe

[gentle lintel]

Ok. He does videos explaining how to play, you don't just watch him. But if you don't want to do that, then here's what I would say:

• Don't undervalue chips. Remember, 50x100 is a lot more than 5x200.
• Try to get a mult joker quickly, and then focus on building up your economy while the mult joker carries you.
• Be prepared to pivot your builds. The joker you start with shouldn't dictate your game plan.
• Blue seals are completely busted.

[atomic trout]

Yay

[serene forge]

I could fuck up an avocado rn

[fringe nebula]

good lord

[bronze pollen]

Yeah like cutting your finger off

[humble gulch]

I like to eat kiwis with skin

[sullen oar]

idk the issue i face with balatro guides is it's either just going over how the game fundementally works or it's just stuff like "always get your $5 of interest" that i already know so it's like, i have no clue what i'm missing

[proper bronze]

🏴‍☠️

[serene forge]

you're scary

[humble gulch]

Actually edible btw

Pure fiber

[humble gulch]

Free win

[proper bronze]

i eat mangoes with skin idk why people don't do that

[humble gulch]

Because it's not edible

[bronze pollen]

I hope you eat enough cherry pits get cyanide poisoning

[humble gulch]

Kiwi skin tastes good 😭

(Tastes like nothing)

I like the texture

[bronze pollen]

On another fact do you pour the cereal after milk

[sullen oar]

i try to get a mult joker round 1 or 2 and save up to $25, i think i struggle with pivoting between hands and i can hardly ever use blue seals cuz i use flushes usually

[humble gulch]

No

[proper bronze]

type hate people get for saying "i love bloodstone"

[sullen oar]

^ meant fir that to be a reply

[visual wigeon]

Hey y'all, currently on a run (white stake, not doing competitively), in which i currently have a negative showman. A 2nd showman popped up in the shop, would the 2nd one do anything?

[humble gulch]

No

[proper bronze]

no

[gentle lintel]

I promise you Balatro university will completely change how you view the game.

There's nothing wrong with watching a good player. The game in infinitely deep. There will always be more to learn, you will only every scratch the surface.

But I get wanting to work it out by yourself.

If that's your thing, then, remember, what you're doing right now isn't working. So try doing something completely different and see what happens. Try not to buy jokers unless you absolutely have to. Or, go heavy on chips jokers. Or, fuck money and spend every dollar you have. Or something.

You'll learn a lot from your experiments

[bronze pollen]

You seem like a person who’d do that type of thing

[humble gulch]

Balatro university taught me to assasinate legendaries with a dagger

[visual wigeon]

alr, thank you!!

[humble gulch]

I'm actually normal, thank you very much

[proper bronze]

why the hate😭

[cloud minnow]

Which one is better to copy?

[proper bronze]

what did they do bro

[proper bronze]

get better jokers

[bronze pollen]

They eat kiwis ALIVE

[sullen oar]

idk it's kinda just discouraging cuz i feel like i shouldn't be struggling for over 30 hours to get a single win on the base difficulty

[proper bronze]

and what

[bronze pollen]

With the skin and everything

[proper bronze]

is that like equal to killing people in your head

you are the weird one then

[bronze pollen]

I mean I can’t talk I eat the whole strawberry

[humble gulch]

That's actually vile

What

😭

[bronze pollen]

It’s like the skin

Full of fiber

[humble gulch]

With leaves and everything?

[bronze pollen]

Yep

[humble gulch]

WE CAN'T ABSORB ANYTHING FROM THOSE LEAVES ❤️‍🩹

[proper bronze]

they're not even tasty

[bronze pollen]

Saves the pain of taking them off

[proper bronze]

absolutely worth it to take them off

[humble gulch]

There's people that eat the whole apple

The whole apple

[proper bronze]

yeah that's me

[bronze pollen]

What!?!?

[humble gulch]

Uhm

[humble gulch]

I'd like to eat a whole lemon

Not even that sour

[bronze pollen]

We’re all weird

[gentle lintel]

Yep. I'm banging my head against the tutorial level wall in another game right now. I just had to acknowledge, something about this game, I don't have the skills for right now. I need help to learn them.

You're saying nothing works. You need to hear someone's thought process who is good at the game.

Also, if you're getting stuck on flushes, make pivoting away from flushes quickly your goal. Just focus on that for a bit. Look at every decision through that lens.

[bronze pollen]

Has anyone won the game with Jimbo

[proper bronze]

gold sticker

[bronze pollen]

Damn

What does ghost deck do?

[gentle lintel]

Sometimes it's the best/only mult you can get to stay alive

[humble gulch]

Start with a hex, spectral cards can appear in the shop

[bronze pollen]

Ok

Today I found a chair the survived the French Revolution

At a pawn shop didn’t buy it but it was cool

[flat tiger]

me after learning the power of Nova and Campfire

[fringe nebula]

high card gaming

question

buffoon or jumbo

[humble gulch]

Jumbo

[fringe nebula]

agree

[humble gulch]

Worst of the cases you don't buy the voucher

[fringe nebula]

easiest ante 1 ever

[humble gulch]

Real

[fringe nebula]

ok what

[humble gulch]

Easiest start of all time

[fringe nebula]

even better

[humble gulch]

Easiest six antes of all time

[humble gulch]

This HAS to be ragebait

[fringe nebula]

to do list on pair 😭

wtf is this start

[humble gulch]

Yeah, free win

[flat tiger]

I love riff raff, it doesnt even need to give me good cards, its still sell value

[humble gulch]

You give me that kind of start and I can do crazy things on gold stake

[humble gulch]

Like

[sullen oar]

is ankh ever even worth using unless it's like the start of a run

[flat tiger]

the malnutrition Vampire is sadge

[unreal topaz]

typically no, although there are cases where you have high hand levels and one joker doing all your scoring heavy lifting

later on

[flat tiger]

mid late run you need extrememely strong joker to copy or you need a roster of eternal jokers

[unreal topaz]

you've got a good established build already so def not there, scaling mult and scaling chips w dagger and castle

[flat tiger]

like if you have enough kings and find a baron

[unreal topaz]

or you got 2 blue seals ante 3

[humble gulch]

It depends, a lot

[unreal topaz]

and have like

constellation

it's mainly that you need to rely on only one joker

for scoring

usually you need multiple to score

[flat tiger]

well you dont survive with just 2 blueprint tough lol, its either a throwing move or you find something to go crazy

[unreal topaz]

wellllllll idk

sometimes i have 4oak levels and glass cards

[flat tiger]

at ante 3? well I mean if you have those that early

[unreal topaz]

no im saying later

mb

like taking ankh not in the first couple antes

[flat tiger]

i think i only did late ankh once when I had a bunch of eternal

[random terrace]

Holy shit

[flat tiger]

nice shape deck

[humble gulch]

I like diamonds

You have a healthy deck

[idle kernel]

perkeo

[random terrace]

Perkeo hermit engine

[flat tiger]

i dont know why but my stencil had unusually high win rate ... it just loves to show up early

[sullen oar]

is this an okay build for once

[slate holly]

real quick, if i use invisible joker on gift card, does anything happen. do i gain $2 per round

[flat tiger]

dont eat the campfire

[sullen oar]

ik i was just gonna move it around

and move it back

[devout roost]

give me liberty
give me fire
give me one more fucking discard
or i retire

[echo sphinx]

good

[flat tiger]

if you have decent stack on castle and dagger this is a winning build, especailly when you have decent money, keep track on your score and dont over feed campfire, save cards to sell next ante

keep money and cards to sell next ante if thats enough to beat this one

[devout roost]

whoops 3 hours ago

[flat tiger]

rocket should give you enough to feed campfire

[echo sphinx]

honest to god if this doesn't win i need an explanation

[echo sphinx]

wowzers neg camp and blueprint

[flat tiger]

eternal hit the road is a bold move

[fringe nebula]

I think I can still get a gold sticker on blueprint later?

[echo sphinx]

what thr heil

[heavy heron]

well guys.. you’ll never guess what my jokers are

[fringe nebula]

about that

[echo sphinx]

u can but at the end of the day its still a Rare

hmm

but mystic harder to sticker.

yeah ill sticker the mystic over blue

[flat tiger]

just the sock trio and hit the road is enough scores?

well i guess you can get a lot of X from hit the road with that deck

[flat tiger]

blueprint sticker should never be a concern

[humble gulch]

Hit the road is actually really nice

[sullen oar]

is it even worth getting obelisk

[fringe nebula]

yes

[humble gulch]

Yes

[fringe nebula]

5 gold stickers in a single run

[humble gulch]

I guess I need to hop on Balatro now

[fringe nebula]

It's fine

you will win the c++ race

considering that I still have no sticker on legendaries

[humble gulch]

Bruh

[fringe nebula]

play pair for supernova

[humble gulch]

Anyways

[flat tiger]

I love how copied jokers just has a different background

[fringe nebula]

pair for supernova.....

[fringe nebula]

ok

[heavy heron]

it is pretty funny

[sullen oar]

i ceremonial daggered the campfire by accident

[fringe nebula]

congrats

[humble gulch]

HUH

[heavy heron]

sell bus for burger AND to do list

hot take

ultra money

$$$$$$$

[sullen oar]

idk if i've ever fumbled so badly ever in my life

[fringe nebula]

burglar is lowkey a bait because you might get forced to play face card

[humble gulch]

This is nice

[heavy heron]

if you sell bus

who cares

it’s 7 pairs

[fringe nebula]

true

[heavy heron]

that’s $28

[humble gulch]

Fire

[heavy heron]

UGH! PAIRS!

COVER MY EYES

[humble gulch]

Yeah, buddy

[sullen oar]

ok obelisk might be pretty good

[fringe nebula]

yesss

obelisk is a atrong joker

[flat tiger]

I love the Bus Pair Deck

[fringe nebula]

talisman

[sullen oar]

i thought it was harder to use but my build didn't really lean into any particular hand so that might be why it was easy

[flat tiger]

i cannot resist the double busing

[humble gulch]

That's a shop

[sullen oar]

I DAGGERED THE OBELISK I'M GONNA KMS

[flat tiger]

i tried sixth sense a few times and cant draw 6s, meanwhile somehow, I got a run when I triggered seance a few times

[humble gulch]

Too late

[flat tiger]

EMBRACE DOUBLE RAINBOW BUS

[sullen oar]

i'm never taking this card again dude

[flat tiger]

I mean its okay, its a good dagger food still

just feed campfire

[humble gulch]

Big money

[sullen oar]

I DAGGERED TGE CAMPFIRE LMAO

[flat tiger]

well...

[humble gulch]

Even bigger money

[flat tiger]

did you dagger both obelisk and campfire?

[sullen oar]

yes i'm a moron apparently. i forgot to move it

i can't even blame the game i'm genuinely just idiotic

i had to get up and wasn't paying attention the second time and just forgot the first

[humble gulch]

Well

[sullen oar]

cuz it was going so well

[humble gulch]

Hi there

[flat tiger]

its still possible you find a Xmult or if you have enough castle/dagger

[sullen oar]

is it even like, really possible to use madness here or no

ok no it's over i daggered the ramen

fml

[humble gulch]

Free win

[random terrace]

Places talks bet,100M+ or lower

[flat tiger]

no too late and it kills your jokers

[humble gulch]

Severe memory issues ❤️‍🩹

[sullen oar]

3rd time is not the charm dude

[sullen oar]

i'm not even that mad it was kinda funny

[bronze pollen]

I FINALLY WON

[random terrace]

W

[bronze pollen]

Thx

[flat tiger]

but 3 times make you remember next time

[slow grail]

Aura farming

[sullen oar]

i am avoiding this joker like the plague in the future

[flat tiger]

i like dagger more then most scaling jokers lol

its gets meaningful mult faster usually

[devout roost]

good plays get good rewards

[proper bronze]

wsg

[devout roost]

fuck

[clear kettle]

i was trying to make egg swashbuckler to be viable, but this mf showed up🥀

[proper bronze]

bro how

[devout roost]

chud ass draws

[flat tiger]

by only getting 2 pairs, happens

[proper bronze]

you go for straights and flushes when you don't have shit

[sullen oar]

i'm not that mad anymore that is one of the stupidest ways i could have thrown

[flat tiger]

yeah, you go for "the highest chance 5 card hand" but it can still fail sometimes

[humble gulch]

I couldn't find a third joker without sticker

[proper bronze]

im literally a fool, what's your excuse?

[fringe nebula]

what the

why

[devout roost]

bored

just been restarting looking for fun shit to do

maybe i should do this on yellow

hmmm

holdup

[sullen oar]

that guy pisses me off dude

[proper bronze]

play cryptid

[humble gulch]

Hehe

[fringe nebula]

sigil ouija familiar grim

[flat tiger]

hard to be dumber then me taking the bait

[humble gulch]

I KNOW THIS DOESN'T WORK, BUT...

[proper bronze]

you don't need that

[flat tiger]

thats why its bait and dumb for me to take it

[fringe nebula]

tf

[flat tiger]

barely won but it could go way further with more money and mult

[slow iris]

you mean to kill it with the dagger?

[flat tiger]

wait would dagger kill madness or madness kill someone first

[slow iris]

if so then yeah dagger will slice madness before it gets a chance to do anything

[flat tiger]

damn thats a tech

[unreal topaz]

not really on lower stakes, and you should probably reroll a bit more for more xmult ngl

[proper bronze]

dagger cause from left to right

[unreal topaz]

spreading out that money over multiple shops saves a lot bc of increasing reroll costs

unless you just got like 3 hermits or smth

[sullen oar]

i tried i rerolled a bunch but as i left the shop i daggered the ramen by accident so it was over

[unreal topaz]

they trigger from left to right

so it depends

[flat tiger]

can you do stuff like midas vamp midas

[humble gulch]

Yes

That's dumb tho

[slow iris]

try to remember to put dagger to the far right

and then move it back when you enter a blind

[sullen oar]

i was

i just kept forgetting somehow

[humble gulch]

You can just do vampire midas instead of midas vampire and the gold will stay intact

Dope

BRO

[flat tiger]

I have had dagger eat brainstorm intentionally because thats a lot of mult and i dont have good things to copy yet

[proper bronze]

baron

[rigid mesa]

Worth?

[humble gulch]

Maybe

[proper bronze]

depends

[rigid mesa]

Ante 3 btw

[humble gulch]

Bruh

[echo sphinx]

owo

OWO

[proper bronze]

moon

[flat tiger]

if you dont have scale jokers, yes

or if you have a shit load of cash I guess then dont

[sullen oar]

i'm truly incredible

[rigid mesa]

Stencil was a mistake

I shouldntve bought it

[sullen oar]

i got green joker so i thought i could just play pairs

[echo sphinx]

lol

[proper bronze]

sell blue for stencil

[flat tiger]

stencil is never a mistake, you jsut have to play around it

x mult is not always the easiest to come by

[humble gulch]

You actually can, but high pairs

[rigid mesa]

Its plasma

[echo sphinx]

this sh ridiculous

[proper bronze]

ig

oh

[flat tiger]

I love stencil

[bronze pollen]

Yo

[rigid mesa]

Help

[flat tiger]

both

[bronze pollen]

Am I cooked

Yes

[rigid mesa]

Om black?

[candid niche]

pleasedon'tbecanioortribouletpleasedon'tbecanioortriboulet

...nuts.

[echo sphinx]

NO YOU'RE NOT

[rigid mesa]

I think i will play John pairslop

[compact gazelle]

you can probably win still if you discard well play good hands and don’t brick on misprint

[flat tiger]

i almost died with canio once when the hangman refused to appear for multiple rounds

[echo sphinx]

HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[candid niche]

look at my deck

[candid niche]

uncle chicot has blessed your run

[echo sphinx]

I CANT LOSE

[flat tiger]

time to buy some face cards

[worthy tinsel]

Should have sell the mid xmult tho

[echo sphinx]

fuck u

but ye ill find better

[compact gazelle]

even hypothetically if you had an extra slot
what is stencil multiplying here

[echo sphinx]

that things at 1.5

[flat tiger]

did i hear someone shit talk throw back

[worthy tinsel]

sorrybut trowback slander is very common around here

[compact gazelle]

wow how incredibly useful
you dropped two shops for that astounding 1.5x

[flat tiger]

i mean throwback is shit but how dare you

[proper bronze]

it's 0$

[bronze pollen]

The issue is that I have pareiodilia and I don’t want to lose it and all of my cards are debuffed

[worthy tinsel]

I would rather flowerpot than midback

[sullen oar]

should i just use tarots that change suits randomly if i don't have any jokers that really care about them

[compact gazelle]

the routes are either sell pareidolia if you need the chips from card scoring
or keep it for the polychrome and move it right if you have planets

[flat tiger]

i have not made use of flower pot yet, you kinda need big hands with a bunch of wild or something

[candid niche]

please have a Hermit please have a Hermit

[proper bronze]

idk for quick flushes maybe

[candid niche]

NOOOO

[compact gazelle]

not star
hold star and sun for tarot blocking but feel free to convert light suits into dark suits speculatively since blackboard is just that good

[humble gulch]

Brainstorm ante 1 = dead

[proper bronze]

CCIBP

CCIBP

[flat tiger]

i rather use seeing double for 2x then the 10 tims harder to do flower pot 3x

[candid niche]

its fine, we have an investment tag

[sullen oar]

but don't i wanna use it for fortune teller

[compact gazelle]

I would rather either of those than throwback

[proper bronze]

solution: sell pareidolia

[rigid mesa]

W run?

[flat tiger]

debuff may not even be an issue in a lot of builds

[compact gazelle]

not worth it
yes $1 for +1 is a good rate (that’s why bus and co. work) but fortune teller is rarely worth picking up and so the speculative +1 isn’t worth as much as just selling

[candid niche]

the nefarious Eternal sticker:

[proper bronze]

if it would've been ante 2 yes

[compact gazelle]

$0

[fringe nebula]

space joker hitting 4 times in a row holy

[compact gazelle]

im crine

[rigid mesa]

0$ with no jokers btw

[flat tiger]

how do you ahve nothing in Ante 4 with $0

[rigid mesa]

Pair would be higher but the arm got me

[compact gazelle]

it isn’t purple stake so burnt just keeps up I guess

[rigid mesa]

What do I buy

[humble gulch]

Blueprint

[cursive panther]

I do 3 naneinfs in 1 game hahaha

[wide ravine]

What should I get

[rigid mesa]

Inshallah Space joker will save me

[cursive panther]

I think ancient joker

[slow iris]

you're playing high card/pair right

[keen night]

Photochad gameplay

[sullen oar]

is hieroglyph any good i usually don't get it

[slow iris]

not always

[proper bronze]

you don't have money

[wide ravine]

No full house

[slow iris]

it does give you more time to scale and get stronger though

[median grove]

any help here? im wondering if i should commit to straights, 3oak, or pair

but im not sure

i feel like i have to decide now

but maybe not?

[proper bronze]

pair

[median grove]

why do you say?

[humble gulch]

Pairs

[median grove]

but i feel like pair + business card is not so good

[compact gazelle]

generally no
hiero is mostly reserved for when you have a powerhouse with volatile scaling that isn’t online yet and you need the additional ante of breathing room for a chance to live

e.g canio cat and glass

[median grove]

because you want more cards played

[median grove]

but why not isnt 3oak just better pair

[rigid mesa]

Yhe game is throwing me a bone do I take it

[humble gulch]

You don't have to commit to bussiness card, you know

[proper bronze]

it isn't

[median grove]

its true but still

[rigid mesa]

Is this bait

[compact gazelle]

pair
burnt won’t proc reliably on the others until later game

[worthy tinsel]

Ancient

[compact gazelle]

.out will not stand for 3oak slander
:3c

[humble gulch]

I mean, it's not better than pair...

Second best hand

[noble mango]

How far can i go by playing only 3 oaks

[compact gazelle]

it’s not :3

[rigid mesa]

Guys yes or no

[proper bronze]

you can win with good enough jokers

[compact gazelle]

what kind of question is this
3oaks with planets but no jokers? with only deck manipulation? with jokers?

[humble gulch]

How are you alive ❤️‍🩹

[proper bronze]

fuck no

[worthy tinsel]

It is but is harder to get 3oak
And hurts more to discard it
Pairs are the way
Or high card if you want, needs a chip joker tho

[knotty zodiac]

not very if you mean you wont play hands as discards

[rigid mesa]

John pairslop

[proper bronze]

skips are not worth 90% of the time

[noble mango]

Endless

Since many endless runs use flush five or pairslop or high card thing

[rigid mesa]

Ok but I have no jokers

[proper bronze]

well your fault

[patent sail]

I loev balatro

[humble gulch]

I loev Balatro too

[noble mango]

Ye im only allowed to play 3 oak
And absolutely no highcard or pair

[proper bronze]

i loev balala

[median grove]

okay ty

[patent sail]

Mmmmmjonrkler

[compact gazelle]

i loev balala

[knotty zodiac]

maybe on some meme erratic seed

[median grove]

do you think hologram or certificate is better than for pairs?

[rigid mesa]

Anyone wanna try this

The seed

Does anyone want my seed

[median grove]

i know both is the best

[patent sail]

Try that but only full houses

[proper bronze]

hell nah

[noble mango]

No

[rigid mesa]

◕⩊◕

[compact gazelle]

“She”

[noble mango]

I mean someone did only royal flushes

[patent sail]

Nah twin

[humble gulch]

You can't really compare synergies...

[noble mango]

On youtube

[slow iris]

banana

[rigid mesa]

What about it

[patent sail]

I think they did one for every hand

[median grove]

no im just asking

which i should take

[noble mango]

Oh wait really

I gotta check

[patent sail]

Potassium build

[compact gazelle]

sure you can
photograph or hanging chad
easy

[humble gulch]

I mean

Shut up

[worthy tinsel]

Both are good for pairs yes
Depends tbh, you want xmult or seals

[compact gazelle]

#🕹・game-discussion message

[rigid mesa]

Mhm?

[compact gazelle]

how rude :<

[median grove]

i have neither

[patent sail]

What if thwre was a horse jonkler

[humble gulch]

She could be trans tho

[median grove]

what do you think/

[rigid mesa]

🏳️‍⚧️

[random terrace]

Don’t be greedy with ectoplasm

[rigid mesa]

Play a pair

[patent sail]

Take that xmult

[humble gulch]

Holo

[rigid mesa]

[compact gazelle]

doesn’t that usually entail also relinquishing said “privileges”

[median grove]

really? why

[random terrace]

I Alr lost

[rigid mesa]

Nope

[subtle drum]

what do i do here? not my run, asking for a friend

[compact gazelle]

huh
i see :3

[rigid mesa]

Sometimes youre born looking very very womanly and you dint have to relinquish those things to look the way you feel

[worthy tinsel]

Holo

[proper bronze]

that's literally me

[compact gazelle]

8x vs more than 8x

[subtle drum]

?

[rigid mesa]

(˵ ¬ᴗ¬˵)

(≖⩊≖)

[slow iris]

like an angel from the sky

[compact gazelle]

an angel in the sky with a subscription charge

[slow iris]

worth

[proper bronze]

holodna yuri

[compact gazelle]

indeed worth

[compact gazelle]

correct me if im wrong but i think everyone is born looking neither womanly nor manly
:3 forgive me im feeling silly today

[rigid mesa]

I well i mean yeah youre born looking like a baby but

[humble gulch]

Why are we six shoting the boss

[compact gazelle]

woke up this morning and chose stupid

[rigid mesa]

I developed looking like a girl

[proper bronze]

one thing im sure about is everyone is born at their birthday

[rigid mesa]

So

[wintry ice]

selling photo for blueprint and copyign aj doubles your score

[fringe nebula]

why not?

as long as i can have 3 stickers at once

c++ is basically score-edging

[subtle drum]

ok guess i’m not taking the bp

[humble gulch]

I didn't have a birthday when I was born

[worthy tinsel]

Bye photo
Hello 3 AJ s

[humble gulch]

There wasn't any cake

[compact gazelle]

people are such sheep

[humble gulch]

Real

[fringe nebula]

wow

[humble gulch]

Free win

[subtle drum]

r u sure

[knotty zodiac]

yall are smashing ghost++ so quickly

[humble gulch]

All babies look the same

We are all born ugly and wet

[rigid mesa]

No

[compact gazelle]

all of em look like “ew why would I want this thing”

[rigid mesa]

I was born cute

Like teruhashi

My head wasnt all soppy and misshapen like most newborns

[humble gulch]

I do want to have kids

[proper bronze]

i was always cute since i was born

[compact gazelle]

a baby is something to be dropped head first into a tile floor

#🕹・game-discussion message

#🕹・game-discussion message

im sensing a pattern

[rigid mesa]

FUUUCK FYCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUUUUCK

NINE HUNDRED CHIPS OFF

[humble gulch]

Why does nobody want to have children these days?

[subtle drum]

this is why they call it evilatro instead of balatro

[rigid mesa]

Expensive

[proper bronze]

i will maybe

[humble gulch]

Well, I mean

[compact gazelle]

im all for that actually
less humans on this world is better for everything else

[rigid mesa]

It coats 1 million dollars to raise a child over its lifetime

[knotty zodiac]

balatro doesnt cry at 3am

[proper bronze]

you don't pay once tho

[humble gulch]

Well, too bad, I'll be having children

[proper bronze]

it's like the span of 18 years

[compact gazelle]

how unfortunate for you

[rigid mesa]

Loss if free time also

[median grove]

is 4oak the best hand with sok and buskin?

[rigid mesa]

Literslly 1984

Mods got me

[compact gazelle]

some people find meaning in raising their kids

[knotty zodiac]

will you name the firstborn jimbo

[rigid mesa]

#warned

[proper bronze]

people use their free time on tiktok and reels so at least a good use of it

[rigid mesa]

Yes t he people who want kids

[worthy tinsel]

Yes

[humble gulch]

I need to name my girl Iris

[subtle drum]

speak for yourself, it calls for me at 3am

[subtle drum]

ok thanks

[compact gazelle]

personally i think people should stop having kids and let the human race die out

[hasty tendon]

tryna do c++ be like

[proper bronze]

i will name my son something like bloodbath or like cataclysm

[compact gazelle]

what for

[rigid mesa]

But then we wouldnt have balatro

[median grove]

is 4oak the best hand with sok and buskin?

[humble gulch]

You can't be THAT suicidal

[subtle drum]

no

[compact gazelle]

I said nothing of the sort

[humble gulch]

Why not?

[proper bronze]

i mean humans are growing too fast yeah

[compact gazelle]

im just curious if there’s a particular iris in your life you wanna name your kid after

[proper bronze]

overpopulation and shit

[humble gulch]

Not that I know of

[compact gazelle]

[worthy tinsel]

Full house/5oak/flushfive
Gets more value of sock
But 4oak is still good
Unless you want to scale something like cat with luckies

[subtle drum]

population is beginning to plateau in developed countries actually… the problem is people are having less kids

[subtle drum]

very funny

[humble gulch]

1900 "Oh no, 5 billion people?, we're gonna die!
2026 "8 billion"

[compact gazelle]

“this generation something something”

[compact gazelle]

also 2026: environment screwed beyond belief

[proper bronze]

back on track is such a tuff name

[subtle drum]

geometry dash mentioned

[proper bronze]

kill 7,9 billion pepl

[compact gazelle]

“would you mind introducing yourself to the class”
“hi im Time Machine”

[humble gulch]

I'll call my kid me when bee crusher

[subtle drum]

it’s not too late gng

[compact gazelle]

the worst part is probably that none of the geometry dash levels would be even close to the worst names kids have been burdened with

[proper bronze]

hi my name is ice carbon diablo x

[humble gulch]

Hungry Humphrey

[compact gazelle]

it’s like yeah your idiot parent named you and your sibling XStep and Electroman Adventures but at least you aren’t named a racial slur follower by hitler

[humble gulch]

My name is Thinking Space II

[compact gazelle]

im sure that once you move on to the levels made by players you can find much worse potential names :3

[knotty zodiac]

rip to all the kids named "khaleesi"

(GoT spoilers)

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemcneal/what-moms-of-babies-named-khaleesi-think

[dense locust]

this game is pretty addicting now that i can actually win runs lol

[subtle drum]

xstep would be so tuff ngl

[noble mango]

Helo

[proper bronze]

hello jello

[compact gazelle]

tfw your name is “anime girl”

[humble gulch]

My name is through the decay 🔥

[compact gazelle]

my name is pagoda

[proper bronze]

hi im the golden

[compact gazelle]

xanadu is a good name i think

[dense locust]

how hard is gold stake compared to like green or black anyways cuz rn i'm on black

[noble mango]

Justin thyme . . .

[subtle drum]

some people call me bloodbath

[humble gulch]

Are you in your period?

[proper bronze]

hi my name is sonic wave infinity

[subtle drum]

could be

[knotty zodiac]

fair bit

more pivots more scoring less money

[echo sphinx]

decently harder esp with purple stake

[compact gazelle]

tidal wave it’s nice to meet you im B

[noble mango]

I still can't forget the line

Hey there my name's Markiplier

[humble gulch]

Hi im Rg 111

[noble mango]

Numbers on names is wild

[humble gulch]

I'm unnamed 666

[compact gazelle]

“hi im WANNACRY and I hate my parents”

[proper bronze]

hi im killbot

[knotty zodiac]

nice to meet you, i'm jimbo "the plant" hook

[humble gulch]

Hi, I'm Generation Retro

[compact gazelle]

[noble mango]

Does anybody actually have the name hungry

[proper bronze]

hi my name is femboy circles

[subtle drum]

almost certainly

[humble gulch]

Charlie Kirkles

[subtle drum]

would

[compact gazelle]

gunshot wound to the left jump ring

[humble gulch]

My name is Fernanfloo 3

[noble mango]

Robin banks

[proper bronze]

my name is crazy 3

[compact gazelle]

charlie cork
cause of death: gunshot to the bottleneck

[humble gulch]

I hate you

😭

[proper bronze]

we are charlieee kiiiirkk

[noble mango]

Fernanfloo 3?
That's it?

[compact gazelle]

it’s an infinite well of humor what can i say

[humble gulch]

It's not well, it's bad

[compact gazelle]

we carry the flame
ai slop continues

[subtle drum]

we fight for the gospel

[compact gazelle]

mr crazy hands would not make for a good name

restraining order faster than you can say hi

[humble gulch]

Hí, I'm abcdefghijklmnopq

[fringe nebula]

perishable blackboard

[compact gazelle]

what about the levels that are basically softcore
any of them have a good name or no

[humble gulch]

I want to beat Axinie

That sounds bad

[compact gazelle]

i want to beat An Orphan again

[humble gulch]

A what now?

[subtle drum]

“again”?

😟

[proper bronze]

hi my name is kjdf8314jlfssf

[subtle drum]

hi my name is flushglazer

[compact gazelle]

idk why i capitalized it

[fringe nebula]

hi my name is Varvraka

[subtle drum]

capitalising stuff is funny

[proper bronze]

hi my name is BPATA MPAKA

[subtle drum]

change my mind

[humble gulch]

Is it Var-vra or Varv-ra?

[compact gazelle]

those
are the same?

[proper bronze]

The,

[compact gazelle]

the two syllables connect identically either way

[fringe nebula]

up to reader's interpretation

[compact gazelle]

don’t they?

[humble gulch]

Not really

[subtle drum]

i’m so Confused rn not Gonna Lie

[compact gazelle]

only if you insert pauses yourself

[fringe nebula]

my Indonesian friends has different way to pronounce varv

[humble gulch]

The first one is easier

[compact gazelle]

i believe phonetically they’re the same

its just barbara but the bs are vs

:3

[humble gulch]

One is like saying brass and the other one is with the hard R

[subtle drum]

u can’t expect us to take u seriously with the :3 right after

[fringe nebula]

they pronounce the r in varv very clearly, as in they vibrate their tongue

while most people overseas i know pronounce it as vaav

or something

[humble gulch]

I speak spanish so I can pronounce things like that

[compact gazelle]

?
“varv” with the v taken off is pronounced identically to “var”
and same for the rest
unless you’re pronouncing the “ra” like the sun god

[proper bronze]

hi my actual name is valentine but it would be better if it was like slaughterhouse

[humble gulch]

I don't know, I try to pronounce all the letters...

[compact gazelle]

idk phonetic spelling the way dictionaries do it so it’s hard to explain but
varvra is just that no matter how you slice it

[humble gulch]

My name is The Human Limit

Trash level btw

[fringe nebula]

my name is unbreakable skill cap

[compact gazelle]

im not trying to be taken seriously that never ends well

[fringe nebula]

because I never improve 🥁

[proper bronze]

my name is ton 618

[humble gulch]

Everything ends

[compact gazelle]

my name is aegleseeker

[humble gulch]

My name is Ashley Wave Trials

[proper bronze]

my name is limbo but uwu ig idk

[fringe nebula]

arcaea?

[compact gazelle]

oh yeah
art & visual levels are objectively the superior part of gd

[compact gazelle]

yea
and then it became a geometry dash level

[humble gulch]

This is taste vs texture all over again

[knotty zodiac]

love the neon aesthetic

[fringe nebula]

texture >>>>>> taste anytime

for me

[compact gazelle]

❌ it is Objective Truth (TM) :3

[humble gulch]

Not really

[humble gulch]

Taste >>>>

[compact gazelle]

yes :3

[knotty zodiac]

objective truth: celeste > gd

[humble gulch]

Just do both

[proper bronze]

since when we started talking about fruits

[humble gulch]

Maybe, if you mean difficulty you're absolutely wrong

[compact gazelle]

of course
but the art and animation part is better than the gameplay part

[subtle drum]

that’s so valid haha i can relate

[knotty zodiac]

by fun ofc

[fringe nebula]

objective truth : runs past ante 8 don't exist

[humble gulch]

Yeah

[subtle drum]

past like ante 12 more like but yeah

[humble gulch]

Geometry Dash is just another way of making art at this point

[compact gazelle]

but people don’t make anime opening sequences and music videos in celeste :<

gd is an art engine
the art is the game

[humble gulch]

Creating levels is more fun than beating levels

[compact gazelle]

you don’t have fun playing the levels you have fun watching other people play the levels

[compact gazelle]

and that

[subtle drum]

i mean yeah there’s art in everything creative

[proper bronze]

yeah 1millX scaling every ante

[humble gulch]

I like doing both

[compact gazelle]

hello i am Deep Endless Mode how much would you like me to multiply the number after the e by each ante

[proper bronze]

1e103X please

[compact gazelle]

creating and watching pretty levels is the peak of gd

[subtle drum]

realest shit i ever heard in my life

y’all get it

endless sucks

[compact gazelle]

if the level isn’t visually stunning im not interested :3

[humble gulch]

If the level is not fun I'm not interested

[compact gazelle]

exponentiation of blind requirements coming right up!

[proper bronze]

bro im robot carried and shardscapes is hard demon difficulty for me

[compact gazelle]

beauty in levels is fun :3

[knotty zodiac]

naming my kid: exponentiation

lil ex

[humble gulch]

I'm so good at ball it's just funny

[compact gazelle]

who cares about the gameplay just
show me something gorgeous and I’ll like it

[compact gazelle]

can i say elite ball knowledge here

[knotty zodiac]

interactive mechanics are where games shine compared to all other media

[humble gulch]

Please don't

[proper bronze]

i only care about gameplay

[humble gulch]

Me too

[compact gazelle]

mhm
but the cool mechanics are boring if I don’t wanna look at the game

[proper bronze]

if my fps don't drop from the decoration it's fine

[humble gulch]

There's some beauty in ugly levels too

Or simple levels

[compact gazelle]

only in well designed satire

and simple can still be pretty

it’s all art

[knotty zodiac]

sure i dont want a game to be ugly, and a good looking game gets bonus points. but mechanics are still #1

[subtle drum]

agreed

at least when it comes to geometry dash

[compact gazelle]

nah :3
im an artist before im a gamer

the mechanics can be terrible and I’ll sit still do nothing and appreciate the art
the gameplay can be the best ever and i won’t care if the visuals look like ms paint drawings by a toddler having a seizure

[frozen swan]

FINALLY

[subtle drum]

u love to see it

savour it because it doesn’t come often

[frozen swan]

AND ALSO THE LAST JOKER I HAD TO DISCOVER CAME IN JUDGEMENT

https://giphy.com/gifs/instagram-viral-nazoom-BKw04PbLlfOl2tzrwO

[knotty zodiac]

now it's descoberto 🔥

[frozen swan]

sim🔥

(yes🔥)

my friend questioned me about playing balatro in portuguese instead of english

[tropic mauve]

helloo, should i buy the chad here? My constellation is x 2.3 and my throwback is 2.25, those are my 2 uncommons for the baseball

[frozen swan]

and I commented how I thought it was funny that brainstorm is "Boa Ideia"

[frozen swan]

which the literal translation is "Good Idea"

[flat tiger]

still the only joker i have not unlock, I should just start farming in endless and stop spending

[frozen swan]

I've been playing white stake just for discovering those two (last joker and last voucher)

[flat tiger]

the seeing double just took one ouija hitting 7 and a moon card

[knotty zodiac]

doesnt seem better than your noneternals

[short anchor]

guys i ve discarded a royal flush, but when i lose the game and went to the main menu the game sent me the achievements but then i ve looked at my jokers and the one i ve unlocked was locked. can anyone tell me why? the same happened when i won with the black deck. i went to ante 11 and then lost and when i ve went back to the main menu the game told me i ve unlocked the checked deck i looked to the deck section and that one was locked

[frozen swan]

it just feels so good

[tropic mauve]

I was betting on that extra chips and the chad hitting my holo red seal king, but i guess is too risky

[flat tiger]

you still need to buy it

its just added it into the pool

[frozen swan]

right before this dude

[short anchor]

but i dont even see the joker

[knotty zodiac]

even with the holo red seal, it's +20 mult, i dont think thats better than your xmult unless your flush level is really low

[flat tiger]

you can run into it in runs now

you buy it it wil lshow up in the collection

[short anchor]

oh ok thanks

[eager summit]

why is the half joker on the right side of the poly

[flat tiger]

it will tell you its "undiscovered" or somethign instead of telling you the requirement

[frozen swan]

i'm not even using it

it's a full house run

[knotty zodiac]

that said do the math, maybe +20mult +60chip is better than baseball

[frozen swan]

idk why I haven't selled it yet

[eager summit]

why are you doing full house with shoot the moon

[tropic mauve]

I won, with baseball, but got very lucky with the boss blind

[humble gulch]

Those exist?

[knotty zodiac]

we now know of at least 1 xD

i wish fh/3oak/strush were better, would love to play them more

[humble gulch]

Three of a kind is fine

[knotty zodiac]

way worse than 2pair

[humble gulch]

I hate two pair

[frozen swan]

this is looking tasty

mimic with those steel blue seal cards are cool 👍

[compact gazelle]

make seance overpowered
i will give you my very heart and soul thunk

[random terrace]

OMG I HIT MY FIRST e

[compact gazelle]

full house runs are just 3oak runs with a napoleon complex

[knotty zodiac]

what if seance had 1 in 8 chance of getting a soul?

[fringe nebula]

holy fucking shit lmfaoaoaoaoao

[knotty zodiac]

maybe too good

[compact gazelle]

seance should have an unalterable 50% chance of instawinning the round

[knotty zodiac]

here win

[humble gulch]

Blessed

[compact gazelle]

I love mad world cause it lets me force straight flushes but I dislike mad world for forcing pareidolia on me

[flat tiger]

full house more fun then 2 pairs tough

[humble gulch]

I love bram power

[humble gulch]

Best challenge ever

[compact gazelle]

bram poker handed me midas mask ante 1 and then like the next round I said “pareidolia would would be really funny here” or something of the sort
and that was the happiest I’ve ever been to see the green face pop up

[frozen swan]

of couse i'm unlucky with the draws

[compact gazelle]

what are you happiest to see from the emperor on bram

[humble gulch]

Judgement and fool

To fool the emperor

Not the judgement

[compact gazelle]

so so valid

i checked general on a whim and saw a discussion about a 14 year old dating an 18 year old what on earth

[humble gulch]

Bruh

I know

[compact gazelle]

😔

[frozen swan]

it was not the last voucher...

[humble gulch]

When Varv disappears when something good happens you know he's cooking

[frozen swan]

there's 2 left

[flat tiger]

hmm, turns out vampire still work decently well without midas

[compact gazelle]

varv must be locked in unimaginably hard rn

[knotty zodiac]

grinding out that 10x holo

[solid salmon]

Wait the seed " " (nothing) is semi good for plasma deck?

[compact gazelle]

read 10k and ruled out 10000x and the next thing to come to mind was “this guy has almost 10k rounds with hologram???”

[frozen swan]

i'm going to sleep, good night everyone

[humble gulch]

Varv special: perfect start for pairs

[knotty zodiac]

it did say 10k. im bad at typing

[compact gazelle]

no I noticed the edit
i mean I saw when it said 10k and did a double take

[knotty zodiac]

fair

[compact gazelle]

the method pioneered by John Balatro himself

[knotty zodiac]

Jimbo "localpair" Balatro

[humble gulch]

My special is getting nat negative flower pots and a lot of constellations

Like

Look at this

[compact gazelle]

my special is summoning straight gay builds

and also straight flushes but im honing that currently

[solemn sonnet]

straight builds are good but god they suck after blue stake

[severe narwhal]

what is this

[knotty zodiac]

wow

[severe narwhal]

what is this multiplayer spectral card I meant to say

[solemn sonnet]

nat negative constellation is a dream on any run

[knotty zodiac]

i think i still take rebate here xD

even eternal rental rebate

[foggy berry]

poly runner's gr8 too

[knotty zodiac]

i wonder which is better here

[foggy berry]

there's no wrong answer

[knotty zodiac]

ya both s tier

[foggy berry]

i would feel comfortable w the chips cuz there's always a chance u don't come across it

[knotty zodiac]

fair