Balatro Server Tournament, Round 0

[versed stratus]

Rules: Submit a screenshot of your highest score to my dms, and dm me for the seed. After 2 hours of your dm, you are required to submit the score. Only 4 of you will move forward.
deadline is next thursday at midnight est
ante 8 ends the run, no pushing past.
Seed and Deck: Ghost Deck Black Stake, Dm for Seed
Good luck!

[versed stratus]

(Version 1.01)

[neat plinth]

Might join in, it’s kinda late rn

[versed stratus]

you have 24 hours

you're good

[neat plinth]

I will send it tomorrow

For now hop on the other forum

[versed stratus]

ok

[carmine whale]

First attempt or best attempt?

[versed stratus]

best

[dim vapor]

Fair warning ante 6 has a hearts disabler

[versed stratus]

im aware

[dim vapor]

@versed stratus is this ante 8 or endless high score?

[versed stratus]

i haven't decided yet

probably ante 8

[dim vapor]

Here's my first try, very beatable.

[versed stratus]

why not compete in my own tourney

[versed stratus]

:3c

waiting on new results ig

[carmine whale]

my first run was uhhhh... It won but the score is nothing to be excited about lol

[versed stratus]

well

you can still post so I have a leaderboatd

lol

[carmine whale]

I guess I will claim an insanely beatable 3rd place and improve it later

it was one of those runs with really good endless potential but it ramped up too slow to be impressive by ante 8 haha

[versed stratus]

i gotcha

average leaderboard ig

lol

[carmine whale]

ok a potentially odd question - do you have to also win the run?

because I just got a score that would bump me up to second but I'm still on Ante 5

so what happens if I now lose somehow?

[versed stratus]

you don't have to win

just highest score

[carmine whale]

ok thats good... I uh... I got mixed up on which round the anti heart boss was

[versed stratus]

I got a joker that allowed me to win

then sold it immediately after

you might want to invest in that

[carmine whale]

yeah that was my plan but then suddenly i was just in the boss fight, an ante before I thought i would be

in my defense, the comment above said it was Ante 6 but its actually 5

ok I died on Ante 5 boss but still

[versed stratus]

it's not ANTE 6 its BOSS 6

if you take a glyph it's still going to happen

[carmine whale]

I'm 99% sure I never took a glyph

[versed stratus]

hm

are you playing on a fully unlocked file

oh

it is definitely on 5

[versed stratus]

Depending on turnout, i might make this into a team bracket

if i somehow get 32 people by 3pm tomorrow, i will turn it into a seeded team tournament

[covert oar]

not a bad first try but imma try 1 more

[covert oar]

bit better

[covert oar]

bit better

but still fucked up a bit at the end

gotta retry

later

[south osprey]

is this first place?

i found a blueprint, but i haven't seen anybody else use it, am i the only one to have found that?

[covert oar]

how? temperance or a lot of rolling?

[south osprey]

Actually it's neither
But I don't want to spoil it

Scout the seed further

[covert oar]

i don't really have time you know

[south osprey]

But I'll give a hint, it's very early

[covert oar]

oh a rare skip

wich one is that

oh it's wrath

nah idk if that better than redseal

let's see i guess

[south osprey]

Bingo

[covert oar]

okay bp does wonders

i think this is bearly beatable

(i went 1 more round by acident but died so it didn't matter)

because i forgot to screan shot the win

[covert oar]

the only way is making more glass and getting flush house up

other than that it's perfect

[south osprey]

yeah i think thats the max potential of this seed pre-endless

well done

[versed stratus]

I found it too, it's howi got my e11

I thought e11 was good enough

[south osprey]

it probably is as not too many people are participating it seems

[versed stratus]

I might delay to get more people

[south osprey]

yeah that sounds like a good idea
i want to try to get FrostPrime to play if he streams balatro today

[versed stratus]

!!!

I'd love that

after this round, it's going to be run a bit differently

[south osprey]

also i would pin this for new participants

[versed stratus]

i cant pin

[silver night]

bro how tf you guys get such high scores my highest is like 4.5m 😭

[versed stratus]

😭

[silver night]

ill try more later today if you extend the time idk if i can do it by 3

[versed stratus]

let meedit it

[unreal loom]

very funny

[versed stratus]

you have until 3 tomorrow

[unreal loom]

interesting

[versed stratus]

dont tell them 😭

[silver night]

okok

[versed stratus]

this is a competition 😭

[unreal loom]

it's a secretttt

still

[silver night]

i know retriggers are the secret to cookin up the good stuff i just gotta get the right combo

[unreal loom]

it won't be free at all

[versed stratus]

well id love to see scores :3

[silver night]

ok ill probably do some more runs in a couple hours here

[versed stratus]

maybe murphy :3

[covert oar]

I can tell you the secret is in your heart

[versed stratus]

x3

[covert oar]

Heart cards i meant

[versed stratus]

COUGH COUGH

[south osprey]

try it

[south osprey]

frost isnt streaming today ;-;

[versed stratus]

:(

[south osprey]

Zaino is also live

[versed stratus]

!!!

should i

im a bit busy rn / cant donate

[unreal loom]

i tried

[covert oar]

unlucky

[unreal loom]

almost there

[covert oar]

what are you running

[unreal loom]

glass heart queen

[covert oar]

how did you even get that much without the secret formula card

[unreal loom]

3 glass red seal i think

[covert oar]

oh I guess you can get red seal instead of the secret formula joker

that's true

[unreal loom]

oh i see

[covert oar]

there is only 1 way to beat my score and it's retrigger jack

not retrigger queen

[unreal loom]

i see what you're talking

i still think retrigger queen is possible

lemme try again

oh no it's not

[versed stratus]

6 people so far !!!

[unreal loom]

almost there

found a hanging chad but not enough

[covert oar]

lmao

just so you know if you beat me i'm gonna get 1e16 real quick and go back to sleep

[unreal loom]

nope

it's 4.30am here

i gotta sleep

[covert oar]

it's midnight so i'm going to sleep to

gn

[unreal loom]

I don't think I can improve my score further

there's an Idol in ante 4 or sth but it's unlikely to hit anyways

[covert oar]

i didn't even bother to play around it

maybe it hits

[unreal loom]

I saw it hit right after I bought it

but sold it because hearts are debuffed

well gn

I really have to sleep rn

[covert oar]

gn

[steel token]

could have gone higher if I did't waste Death on the heart debuff boss

[south osprey]

Why jack?

[versed stratus]

tbh I'm ok with being 5th rn

[unreal loom]

do you guys use the secret rare joker

[placid mural]

yea

im curious to find out how everyone beat the head, i found a really funny route for it

[south osprey]

My hand just scored enough points without any help from jokers or scoring card lmao

[placid mural]

thats pretty sick

[south osprey]

Can you send the current placements?

[versed stratus]

yes

sorry axolotl

@south osprey

[south osprey]

Np

[unreal loom]

just four of a kind + cavendish is enough

I upgraded four of a kind a lot

[dim vapor]

i just found a straight flush if i remember right

[versed stratus]

i grabbed the diamond joker and used it

then immediately sold it

[south osprey]

Did a scouting run on my phone to check if by any chance there were any red seals in packs, got this high score

Btw there is a red seal 8 of clubs that I might try to make work if I have more time today

Also I would like to ask what level you got your scoring hand by the end of the game, mine was 34 iirc

[warped zealot]

can anyone join this?

[versed stratus]

yes!

[versed stratus]

read these

[south osprey]

Good luck!

[south osprey]

Yo star, any luck reaching streamers?

[amber yew]

lol no worries

hello your majesty

at your service

[warped zealot]

wait so it's already over then

or almost over

[south osprey]

Hello fine underling
How are you doing today

[south osprey]

You have 4 hours

[amber yew]

I am great thanks

[south osprey]

thats nice to hear
are you participating in the tournament?

[amber yew]

no

[versed stratus]

3pm today

3 hours

[covert oar]

ay someone beat me

gg

not pushing more tho, waiting for round 2

or 1 i guess

[south osprey]

sadge

[south osprey]

yeah i also managed a score thats a bit higher

[south osprey]

nice!

[winter comet]

Always too late 😭 rooting for conn tho

[south osprey]

Do a run, quick!

Get some score

You could probably get a score that's top 16, I'm not sure if there are even 16 participants

[placid mural]

there are 8

[winter comet]

wait so any score gets me in?

[south osprey]

Oh it was changed to top 8?

[winter comet]

you got it LMAO

[placid mural]

no there are 8 people whove submitted

[south osprey]

Really?

[winter comet]

why not then LMAO

[south osprey]

I'm sure there were more

[south osprey]

Go go go

I believe in you

[placid mural]

there were quite a few resubmissions

[winter comet]

oops Im on goldstake

[placid mural]

i mean it doesnt have to be particularly fast you could play four high cards ante 1 and die and submit that

[winter comet]

true

[south osprey]

Wow actually

[winter comet]

insane run

[south osprey]

There were only 8 submissions

[south osprey]

CRAZYYYYY

@versed stratus first place score right here

[winter comet]

we'll see if I get let in 😭

I wanna compete but I dont wanna route with like 30 mins left or something LMAO

[south osprey]

You have 8...

7*

[winter comet]

oh LMAO

yeah ok perfect check out my awesome score guys

[south osprey]

Congratsss

Insane high score right here

[placid mural]

yea im not sure i can beat that

ah gottem ggs

[winter comet]

wtf youre cracked

[quiet locust]

I'm trying to speedrun this but then forgot about the head

(heart build)

[south osprey]

Just get some score and send it here

There are 9 people out of 16

Just submit a score and you're in

@quiet locust

[placid mural]

most logical way to treat next round would just be to make it top 8 and still let anyone submit

i'd imagine

[winter comet]

yeah true

[south osprey]

Yeah probably

But still to a limit of first 16 I think

[winter comet]

9/10 people is just really awkward

[quiet locust]

not that good but whatever

[winter comet]

I mean. I submitted 340

[quiet locust]

I'll try optimizing this more anyway

while still speedrunning

ehh whatever, I don't feel like trying to grind for ante 5 win with my strat

[south osprey]

@versed stratus what's happening now?

[covert oar]

omg

[south osprey]

Yooooooo

Good luck with the sixth sense

Is it on the tourney seed?

[versed stratus]

Guys sorry was filing my taxes

Diana and Mathisfun are both good

I'll put your guyses score on the sheet then investigate

[south osprey]

Good job

[south osprey]

Let's go

[versed stratus]

Submissions are cancelled and I'll start a new round at 5pm est(in 2 hours).
Rules will be a bit different.

[quiet locust]

Nice

[covert oar]

oh shit wrong place

lol

[versed stratus]

final scores

alright before i post, going to create a poll

pick the deck that you want the next seed to be on

ignore my failure to change poll due date

[quiet locust]

Erratic with a filtered seed would be fun as well

[versed stratus]

i was thinking the same

haha

[quiet locust]

A random one that has, ex, 20 nines or something

[versed stratus]

ill explain rules soon

[winter comet]

painted could be fun too hmm

[versed stratus]

i think all of these have different reasons to use them

[south osprey]

ill be waiting

[versed stratus]

based on your performance, you will be given a specific seed.
since there are ten people, i will make two groups of 5.
Only the top 3 out of each group can get out and move into the next round.
in group 1 will be placements 1,3,5,7 and 9
in group 2 will be placements 2,4,6,8 and 10

@placid mural @south osprey @dim vapor @steel token @covert oar @unreal loom @carmine whale @quiet locust @winter comet

I will give the seeds in twenty minutes

[covert oar]

i'm gonna play it tomorow

can't today sadly

[quiet locust]

2-3 day window is probably a good balance for ppl

[unreal loom]

it's 3:42 am here so I'll see you guys later

[versed stratus]

Yeah thats the plan

was wondering how to make an in game time limit

(once you start you only have 1-2 hours)

so I may only give the seed once people are starting

unsure

[quiet locust]

my speedrun timer mod (Ankh) does track the time of the run; if you're allowing endless it doesn't show the correct time on the lose screen at the moment

so you'll have to have the timer always displayed on the left

also it will restart on a reset

[versed stratus]

or just submit a score after 2 hours of receiving the seed

if you want the seed, dm me.

[south osprey]

ok i dont get it

do we have 2 hours per run, or 2 hours for the whole round, and we decide when we start them?

also is it still until ante 8, or is it endless included

[versed stratus]

48 hour time limit to finish a run
runs are 2 hours but endless is included

you have to dm me to get the seed, and 2 hours from your dm is the deadline

[versed stratus]

to limit the possiblity of cheating for myself, i will screenrecord to an already completed member later

[dim vapor]

Recording and then resetting and following all the good decisions and none of the bad ones is usually really good for this kind of a thing, though since we're doing endless it's a bit less impactful

[carmine whale]

yeah I spent most of the first hour resetting, which gave me a really good start when I finally did get my real run going, but then I ran out of time before I hit the real cap of what my run was capable of

[winter comet]

@versed stratus how long is it open for? can I do it this Tuesday or just tomorrow?

[versed stratus]

closes at 5pm tuesday

[south osprey]

If we are in the middle of a run can we finish it?

[versed stratus]

you have to die on the round you're on

[covert oar]

Fucked it up so bad 😭

maybe i'll survive till next round

[versed stratus]

oh uh

you probably shouldn't post score

[covert oar]

oki

[versed stratus]

I'll post lb at a later time

[south osprey]

@versed stratus can you send seeds?

nonono

wait

not the seed of the run

but the seeding of the round

like who in which group

[carmine whale]

This is who is in each group

[versed stratus]

1-3-5-7-9 is one group
2-4-6-8-10 is the other

[south osprey]

we are playing on erratic, right?

[versed stratus]

yes

[versed stratus]

@winter comet @quiet locust @unreal loom @placid mural you guys have 7 hours.

(I do too)

[quiet locust]

Don’t think I’m going to have time to do this unfortunately

gl to all the competitors though

[versed stratus]

no worries <3

[placid mural]

same here

sunday thru tuesday is the busiest part of the week for me

so i dont think i had 2 hours to spare

but yea gl to everyone else

[versed stratus]

ah that sucks :(

[south osprey]

@versed stratus do the seedings change due to the change in players?

[versed stratus]

not really

dqs just act as a last place placement

[unreal loom]

are you free rn

[versed stratus]

you can dm me and I'll give you the seed

[unreal loom]

ok

just asking

[winter comet]

Why'd all the players not in my pool dq 😭😭 now I have to play well

[versed stratus]

<@&1133519078540185692> Would you be ok with pinning my next rules(in like 3/4 hours)

A competitor was unable to see them and I want to reduce confusion

[abstract jay]

I can pin a message for this thread, but please try to refrain from pinging the mods. It is ok to ping me directly if you see I am online. I can't promise this will be a priority or anything like that... is there something I can pin now?

[versed stratus]

I apologize, will refrain from doing in the future.

You can pin my first message in this thread, I will edit it as needed.

That seems much easier

[abstract jay]

sounds good

[versed stratus]

due to the other two people in my group dropping out

I will literally pull a Diana and submit 30 points or whatever

at this point it really doesn't matter haha

[south osprey]

same
thats why i asked about the seedings

[winter comet]

it was 340!

since my time is up I can reveal that I thought it was only 8 antes again LOL

so for like the first hour and a half I optimized for ante8 and that ended up being what I submitted 💀

[south osprey]

i wanna ask how much you got but i think star wants to keep the suspense

[winter comet]

has everyone submitted @versed stratus or are we still waiting on someone

[winter comet]

youre in my group so you know I missed out on some juicy stuff ante 9 LOL

[versed stratus]

were waiting on me

so

we can just call me a "1"

[winter comet]

well you have a bye anyway right

[versed stratus]

yeah basically

[winter comet]

sooo are scores getting revealed soon :3

[versed stratus]

soon aka rn

RIP Yami and Babber

[south osprey]

HOLY SHI*

[winter comet]

LMAO just barely survived

nice score @dim vapor!

what e is that

[versed stratus]

34

I added a 0 I think

it really didnt matter

[south osprey]

bro managed to get everything on point

[winter comet]

you get 2 mimes and 2 barons on that seed by ante 12 so makes sense

[south osprey]

thats close to my high score on random seed

[winter comet]

theres also an invis joker but I didnt use it

[south osprey]

yeah but still

[versed stratus]

they had sixes and bloodstone and sock

beyond this I don't know

[winter comet]

oh rly?

where was the bloodstone?

[versed stratus]

we will have to wait I don't know

[south osprey]

yeah i had two of them because of the ankh on the first shop spectral
but i used it to get 2 additional sock and buskin's

[versed stratus]

oh that's nice

their build was king flush fives

you can guess

[winter comet]

I used queen flush 5 actually :3

[south osprey]

that barely got me past ante 8, then i got baron and mime

and pivoted

[winter comet]

my ante 8 build was photo chad sock seltzer

[south osprey]

but only got e16 before dying

[winter comet]

which hit e12

damn... the plant

[versed stratus]

ante 18

oh they had bs too

[south osprey]

damn
another round goes to the bloodstone gods

[winter comet]

looks like they used the double invis

[south osprey]

yeah the seed had that and also bp im pretty sure

[versed stratus]

they must have had both

[winter comet]

crazy build

[versed stratus]

triple bloodstone, double sock

sixes, and something else

[winter comet]

its 3 bs 3 sock

[versed stratus]

really?

[winter comet]

bp and bs

yeah

[versed stratus]

oh youre right

that's absurd

[winter comet]

they got the antimatter

[versed stratus]

they could have kept going lmao

if they got a boss reroll

[winter comet]

I did not expect that in 2 hours

there was no directors cut right?

[south osprey]

i also got that

[versed stratus]

idk 🤷‍♀️

were there voucher tags?

[south osprey]

dont think so

[winter comet]

I didnt get it bc you know ante 8 😭

[versed stratus]

oops

[south osprey]

i recorded my 2 hours but it only got 2 frames ;-;
whyyyyy

[versed stratus]

😭

its ok!

[winter comet]

😭

[versed stratus]

from now on only one person will be eliminated

[winter comet]

ohhhh rly?

[versed stratus]

yes

[south osprey]

this is the death screen

didnt get bs apparently

guess i ddint get that far

[winter comet]

Im shooting for second

eluned is a beast

[versed stratus]

true

eluned got like

3rd last in the first round though I think

[winter comet]

I also think Im much better at ante 8 high score than I am at endless high score

[versed stratus]

I'll post rules soon

its going to be painted

:3

[winter comet]

:3

[south osprey]

yeah same
it is also more enjoyable imo

[versed stratus]

might do ante 8 moving forward

[winter comet]

I will say I will only have time to submit if its on friday

[versed stratus]

was mostly testing waters

[winter comet]

bc tomorrow thurs Ill be busy

[versed stratus]

I'll probably do a lot longer deadline

learning from my mistakes x3

[winter comet]

I think the 2 hour limit is very good tho

it puts a cap on how much you can grind to win

[versed stratus]

I think so too

[south osprey]

not me still waiting for the rules at 3am

[versed stratus]

im posting tmrw

or later tonight

i had something come up

@south osprey

check pinned message for rules

painted black stake

[south osprey]

Great!

What is the deadline?

[versed stratus]

check pins

[covert oar]

i messed this that round up so badly

I had perkeo + flush 5 going a bit too late

also i missed last round right?

keeping up with this is hard, I don't have that much free time

not on weekends

[versed stratus]

no you're good

you got first place in the second round

@covert oar

were onto the third

only 1 person will be eliminated

[covert oar]

is it happening rn?

[versed stratus]

you have a week

check pins

[covert oar]

oh bet

[versed stratus]

Reminder that so far nobody has dmed me yet, want to make sure you guys don't forget.

[versed stratus]

@covert oar @steel token @dim vapor @amber yew @winter comet

don't forget please

[winter comet]

What's the deadline? It's finals season LOL so it's hard to keep up

[versed stratus]

Tuesday midnight

just wanted to make sure you all saw is all

[covert oar]

I'll do it tomorow

[versed stratus]

ok!!!

[random gulch]

Will there be a second tournament?

[versed stratus]

yes

hopefully with more outreach

[amber yew]

@south osprey

[versed stratus]

I did it again

doggamnit

[south osprey]

same probably

[south osprey]

How many people have played their 2 hours yet?

[winter comet]

I still havent Im a busy dog

but Im playing mine today

[versed stratus]

everyone but diana and i

ill play mine if someone is willing to vc

[versed stratus]

new round will start tomorrow

[winter comet]

@dim vapor what did you find????

[dim vapor]

Baron+mime+dna

and like a brainstorm or two. (red seal steel kings)

(if i remember right brainstorm copied from invis joker)

[winter comet]

Hmmm I guess I rolled super shallow cuz I didn't see brainstorm or DNA or invis

But I saw the mime and 6th sense obv

Or maybe I did see the DNA? I forget

[covert oar]

did you reroll for serpent

bc i didn't think of that untill just now

[dim vapor]

Its been a while I can't remember too well, but I did not roll for serpent

Did we have the unlimited re-roll voucher?

[covert oar]

from what i remember yea

idk i think so

[dim vapor]

Well, then I missed out on even higher score lol. oops. Good shout out.

I was on a time-crunch because I did the baron/mime strategy after I failed a run at idol strat, so I was just racing to get the setup online.

[winter comet]

Is there a baron earlier than ante 8?

Bc if not you can't do serpent strat right

[dim vapor]

Ante 8? I'm pretty sure You get baron before ante 8.

But you can do serpent past ante 8, just not on ante 8.

(or 16, 24, 32)

[covert oar]

you cannot go past ante 8 tho

[dim vapor]

🤔

did i cheat

wtf

[covert oar]

"ante 8 ends the run, no pushing past."

you cheated lmao

[dim vapor]

lol then im disqualified

I thought we were doing endless like the previous round

Oops sorry guys 😿 I'll take the L here

[south osprey]

Diana what did you do?

Also @covert oar

I won a run with like 3 million but saw the baron and then did another run where I forced kings into the deck as much as possible

[covert oar]

I used baron

red seal kings at first but i messed up twice

and didn't get the red steal the second time

which was the final score

[versed stratus]

ah thats my bad

I didn't check the ss

(eluned you're ok you had a higher score than 55k before ante 8 I guarantee that)

[winter comet]

Mime is ante 6, baron ante 8

And yeah I made 3 red seals only, not too impressive

@dim vapor was your ante 8 score lower than e12

I just wanna know if I got the high score on the round >:3

[dim vapor]

defintely I did not come close to that score on either run.

I was farming gold during the baron/mime early game.

[winter comet]

Yeah makes sense if you're going high ante

[covert oar]

how did you guys get red seals?

because i only got it with an spectral in hand from 6 sence

but there is no way we all did the same thing

[winter comet]

Why is that so crazy

It's what I did too

You don't have to roll much to find the 6th sense

[south osprey]

I did not get red seal iirc
But I did make my kings steel and blue seal before duping with cryptid

Than duped as many as I can

[versed stratus]

alright new rules will be posted in pins soon

you'll have until Thursday at midnight

[versed stratus]

@south osprey @winter comet @covert oar @dim vapor

(Thursday as in the first of may)

[versed stratus]

nobody has played yet

[versed stratus]

@south osprey @winter comet @covert oar @dim vapor

!!!!!

[south osprey]

sorry im back to school so its harder to find time to play

[winter comet]

Don't worry I rmr :3

Will probably do it today later

[covert oar]

today's the last day or?

[winter comet]

Thursday is the last day

[versed stratus]

i have to cancel it actually

unfortunately i have to make a new account due to extenuating circumstances

i don't want people finding the new one

[dim vapor]

I'm sorry to hear that, Star. I wish you well in your future accounts/endeavors. Thanks for hosting the tournament!

[south osprey]

So we all won?

[quiet locust]

The real winner was the friends we made along the way