there is no RNG, everyhting is predetermined to ♥♥♥♥ you

[>//The_FALCON]

i literally only need to draw ONE suit card for a flush, how come it NEVER comes even though i'm literally discarding 8 entire cards and using 8 cards to get my winning flush hand on ante 1...

[CMDR Shven]

Originally posted by >//The_FALCON:

Originally posted by CMDR Shven:

I've played the game more and I'm telling you you're wrong. You can either consider that possibility and change and improve or continue to yell and piss all over yourself, your choice. Money is the most important thing in the game. An extra $2 can bump you to a higher interest tier and the consequences cascade from there.

it will not if 4+2=6 and a joker is at least 4 bucks
might as well just skip the first blind

Ok fine keep skipping the first blind and losing and whining about it. Good players don't skip blinds.

[Goblin]

Originally posted by >//The_FALCON:

Originally posted by CMDR Shven:

Well there's your first problem. Skipping blinds is terrible especially on higher stakes. You're missing a whole shop to find jokers and earn money and forcing yourself to have to hit higher scores without jokers. You're complaining because you're artificially making the game harder for yourself.

ITS TWO ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ DOLLARS. RELAX. I'M LITERALLY MISSING OUT ON NOTHING

You increased the score you need to get without any joker assistance by 50%, and lost out of two joker rolls plus a guaranteed buffoon pack you can buy if neither are what you want/can afford. One of those four jokers is almost guaranteed to give you a big leg up on beating every round of the ante in one hand, even if it's suboptimal.
Screaming at people for telling you the truth isn't going to make you better at the game.

[>//The_FALCON]

Originally posted by Goblin:

Originally posted by >//The_FALCON:

ITS TWO ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ DOLLARS. RELAX. I'M LITERALLY MISSING OUT ON NOTHING

You increased the score you need to get without any joker assistance by 50%, and lost out of two joker rolls plus a guaranteed buffoon pack you can buy if neither are what you want/can afford. One of those four jokers is almost guaranteed to give you a big leg up on beating every round of the ante in one hand, even if it's suboptimal.
Screaming at people for telling you the truth isn't going to make you better at the game.

UP TO two joker rolls and a buffon pack, only one of which i can afford at most because of stupid red stake

[CMDR Shven]

Originally posted by >//The_FALCON:

Originally posted by Goblin:

You increased the score you need to get without any joker assistance by 50%, and lost out of two joker rolls plus a guaranteed buffoon pack you can buy if neither are what you want/can afford. One of those four jokers is almost guaranteed to give you a big leg up on beating every round of the ante in one hand, even if it's suboptimal.
Screaming at people for telling you the truth isn't going to make you better at the game.

UP TO two joker rolls and a buffon pack, only one of which i can afford at most because of stupid red stake

Red stake is still baby mode. If you're struggling now wait until the blinds start scaling faster.

You came here upset about something you're perceiving as unfair. People who are better at the game gave you advice. How you proceed now is up to you. You can either reject the advice and continue to insist that you're right and that the world is conspiring against you or you can take the advice and improve. If it's easier on your ego you don't even have to ever come back and admit you were wrong. But yelling at us is not going to improve your odds.

[RazzberryMocha]

Originally posted by >//The_FALCON:

Originally posted by Goblin:

You increased the score you need to get without any joker assistance by 50%, and lost out of two joker rolls plus a guaranteed buffoon pack you can buy if neither are what you want/can afford. One of those four jokers is almost guaranteed to give you a big leg up on beating every round of the ante in one hand, even if it's suboptimal.
Screaming at people for telling you the truth isn't going to make you better at the game.

UP TO two joker rolls and a buffon pack, only one of which i can afford at most because of stupid red stake

Even on red stake the only skip reward that is ever viable in 99% of scenarios is free shop on ante 1 before orange/gold stake or $25 on ante 1. Otherwise literally no other skip reward in ante 1 is worth it over helping to establish the early econ plus seeing more jokers, thus giving you more opportunities to get good econ/point scoring/direction.
This is only made 10x worse outside of ante 1, where skipping will never be worth it unless you either absolutely need to reroll the boss, have multiple double tags from anaglyph deck/multiple diet colas, or are doing an absurd endless run and specifically are looking for antimatter.

[>//The_FALCON]

Originally posted by RazzberryMocha:

Originally posted by >//The_FALCON:

UP TO two joker rolls and a buffon pack, only one of which i can afford at most because of stupid red stake

Even on red stake the only skip reward that is ever viable in 99% of scenarios is free shop on ante 1 before orange/gold stake or $25 on ante 1. Otherwise literally no other skip reward in ante 1 is worth it over helping to establish the early econ plus seeing more jokers, thus giving you more opportunities to get good econ/point scoring/direction.
This is only made 10x worse outside of ante 1, where skipping will never be worth it unless you either absolutely need to reroll the boss, have multiple double tags from anaglyph deck/multiple diet colas, or are doing an absurd endless run and specifically are looking for antimatter.

wrong. charm has the potential to give you judgement and fool. rare joker can give free blueprint.

[CMDR Shven]

Originally posted by >//The_FALCON:

Originally posted by RazzberryMocha:

Even on red stake the only skip reward that is ever viable in 99% of scenarios is free shop on ante 1 before orange/gold stake or $25 on ante 1. Otherwise literally no other skip reward in ante 1 is worth it over helping to establish the early econ plus seeing more jokers, thus giving you more opportunities to get good econ/point scoring/direction.
This is only made 10x worse outside of ante 1, where skipping will never be worth it unless you either absolutely need to reroll the boss, have multiple double tags from anaglyph deck/multiple diet colas, or are doing an absurd endless run and specifically are looking for antimatter.

wrong. charm has the potential to give you judgement and fool. rare joker can give free blueprint.

A free blueprint on ante 2 with nothing to copy is the same as having no jokers. It's of no use to you if you don't survive to the next shop.

[>//The_FALCON]

Originally posted by CMDR Shven:

Originally posted by >//The_FALCON:

wrong. charm has the potential to give you judgement and fool. rare joker can give free blueprint.

A free blueprint on ante 2 with nothing to copy is the same as having no jokers. It's of no use to you if you don't survive to the next shop.

yeah but there are also buffoon packs and the second joker, so there is potential to get something copyable

stop crying about consistency, this is a gambling game. nobody is ever gonna have a 100% winrate on gold stake

[CMDR Shven]

Originally posted by >//The_FALCON:

stop crying about consistency

Says the person whining about not being able to reliably win and ignoring advice. Good luck man. We've tried to help. If you won't listen there's nothing we can do. And you're whining about red stake. Good players can, in fact, have a nearly 100% win rate on red. It's easy.

[>//The_FALCON]

Originally posted by CMDR Shven:

Originally posted by >//The_FALCON:

stop crying about consistency

Says the person whining about not being able to reliably win and ignoring advice. Good luck man. We've tried to help. If you won't listen there's nothing we can do.

i was complaining about the rng. which is true. rng can and will absolutely brick your run. and localthunk won't change a thing about that. so my complaint still stands and is still valid.

[HeraldOfOpera]

Originally posted by >//The_FALCON:

Originally posted by CMDR Shven:

A free blueprint on ante 2 with nothing to copy is the same as having no jokers. It's of no use to you if you don't survive to the next shop.

yeah but there are also buffoon packs and the second joker, so there is potential to get something copyable

stop crying about consistency, this is a gambling game. nobody is ever gonna have a 100% winrate on gold stake

The only thing other than consistency is fun, and you clearly aren't having fun. Just saying.

[RazzberryMocha]

Originally posted by >//The_FALCON:

Originally posted by RazzberryMocha:

Even on red stake the only skip reward that is ever viable in 99% of scenarios is free shop on ante 1 before orange/gold stake or $25 on ante 1. Otherwise literally no other skip reward in ante 1 is worth it over helping to establish the early econ plus seeing more jokers, thus giving you more opportunities to get good econ/point scoring/direction.
This is only made 10x worse outside of ante 1, where skipping will never be worth it unless you either absolutely need to reroll the boss, have multiple double tags from anaglyph deck/multiple diet colas, or are doing an absurd endless run and specifically are looking for antimatter.

wrong. charm has the potential to give you judgement and fool. rare joker can give free blueprint.

I could choose to fight the blind which will give me 1. the cash payout for beating said blind 2. interest for beating the blind 3. money from any econ jokers I have 4. scaling for jokers such as square, green, obelisk 5. a chance to get value from purple/blue/gold seals and gold cards 6. another shop visit(you know, the main way you get stronger in this game).

Taking the skip instead will give me 1. a random joker that has an incredibly low chance of affecting my score in any meaningful way. 2. the sudden realization of what "opportunity cost" is.

Why would I give up all the benefits of taking the blind for a tarot pack when I can very likely acquire the same exact pack and/or other options of greater value for a CHANCE of getting value. A rare joker tag has a 1/10 chance of a blueprint/brainstorm, which while that is nice is still a gamble and the vast majority of jokers, even the rare ones, will not synergise with your build or affect your point scoring enough to be worth it. This isn't even going into how blueprint is not a run saving joker and brainstorm is honestly the most overrated joker in the game in my opinion (still very good, just not as applicable as you'd like) which makes the rare tag even worse.

[>//The_FALCON]

Originally posted by HeraldOfOpera:

Originally posted by >//The_FALCON:

yeah but there are also buffoon packs and the second joker, so there is potential to get something copyable

stop crying about consistency, this is a gambling game. nobody is ever gonna have a 100% winrate on gold stake

The only thing other than consistency is fun, and you clearly aren't having fun. Just saying.

maybe, god shouldn't have put "fun" and "win" in the same ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bucket

[RazzberryMocha]

Originally posted by >//The_FALCON:

Originally posted by HeraldOfOpera:

The only thing other than consistency is fun, and you clearly aren't having fun. Just saying.

maybe, god shouldn't have put "fun" and "win" in the same ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bucket

I always ask myself why I lost a run of Balatro, and even on gold stake I am able to blame myself 90% of the time. Mindset is the biggest part about improving and being good at this game as if you assume every run, win or lose, is rng then you won't recognize the decisions that lead to a consistent win rate.

[CMDR Shven]

If I had a dollar for every person who comes into this forum whining about RNG and refusing to heed absolutely any advice and insisting that veteran players are wrong by citing terrible examples of bad gameplay I'd have my kid's college tuition totally covered.