"A HUNDRED AND FIFTY?!" My favourite bit of trivia is Thunk didn't intend that many Jokers but the publisher did a typo in their promotion... so he just made like 40 more
Shen, as a sign of reassurance: People have already scored *infinite* in this game. All of them eventually hit ante walls *they* couldn't clear. There's no true win condition beyond ante 8, only the distance you make before the "game over,". This is a game that wants you make the best of a bad hand, and use said hand to break the game. Don't feel bad about misplays, there's no judgement in failing to win, only in failing to learn.
well, they didnt score infinite, just the game cant compute numbers over 10^308, so the game "ends" at ante 39 because the scaling exceeds that, so no one literally scored infinity and they could have theoretically gone longer but after ante 39 it becomes impossible as the scoring requirement is just "nan"
@@tdoeswhatever_ its not a technicality, it is literally not infinite, the game just cant compute over 10^308 so it just says naneinf because it cant, infinitely far away from "scoring infinite"
I love the lore about Balatro, the fact the dev only made this game for the fun of developing, and was just going to use it as something to fill up his resume is so funny.. I love how genuine indie devs are.
Imagine making a game you thought would just be a resume padder, then a year later the theme for it is being belted out at The Game Awards as it's up for GOTY alongside goddang giants like Elden Ring and Wukong.
I was doing that earlier but not I need to rewatch cuz I didn't really pay attention while playing. Also it is 2:30 AM and I am not asleep, getting Balatro recently has ruined my sleep cycle.
watching shen play balatro for the first time is like watching someone play minecraft for the first time: it's a bit frustrating in the beginning, but then you slowly watch them get better, and every time they learn something new it's a great feeling
Seeing Shen pass up so many opportunities to unlock five of a kind on that Aces run hurt! Ah well, she's learning, once she's as hooked on Balatro as the rest of us, she'll learn the joy of unlocking the secret hands.
Might not have actually helped much since she was relying heavily on the Burglar 3x. Would have been an illuminating experience though, shame she didn't try.
After playing so long on 4x speed, seeing it played on regular speed really is an experience. This really takes me back though, love watching Shen experience the magic for the first time!
I was a bit shocked hearing some people say she should play on max speed... 2h into her first play experience :D I love watching her play on normal speed. I can follow her thought process and every victory lasts longer.
For me, it was the amount of times we had 9 in hand. Discarded it and few seconds later got our buff 9 in hand that could've been used for some hands if they had a friend
The real kicker is she also seems to be operating under the assumption that those additional cards still count for *something,* because she seems to insist on choosing the highest value cards she has to use as fillers, rather than just seeing it as a bit of mandatory discarding. And you would kinda think that making both of those assumptions *at the same time* would cause them to clash with each other, and force you to work out that at least one of them is wrong. But. NOPE.
Should feel real good getting that first win, thats a big step for new players, dont need to play perfect, just good enough to beat 8! Great job Also absolutely love putting your avi to sit on the deck, hilarious and adorable
Straights are among the hardest to play for, because the requirements are so specific. At least with a flush it can be ANY card of that suit and not just one of the four of that one number.
2:51:42 2:52:16 oh my god Shen you are the chosen one The wheel of fortune is notorious for being unlucky to where localthunk has had to say, YES, it's one in four. You got a hit on your first two tries 2:59:30 You had a straight here with the shortcut btw. King Jack 9 7 6 counts. Skipping the queen and 10. But with all that polychrome and mult it hardly mattered. The way you forced an Ace deck was stellar, and you pivoted off of certain jokers when they no longer served you where other novices would have just stuck with them. And don't worry about your mistakes being seen. If someone tells you "hey, you had the fortune teller card that gives you mult for each tarot card used before Card Sharp, which multiplies your multiplier" you just go "oh cool, I'll look out for that and make sure I'm moving those jokers around" Some people play multiple times before winning their first run, you did it in like 3, that's not bad. You took your time, but you're learning the mechanics and you don't know what you should be looking for. I think I took more than 7 attempts before winning ante 8. But yeah, turn the game speed up after you win a few runs, it's better to have it slow so you can see how your cards are cooking. Once you know your shit, you'll relax more. People should be patient, I see a lot of potential here.
anyone else losing their minds every time shen played a non scoring card on a hand when she could as well have held onto it for her next where she might need it? just me? raging at 1 in the morning tired af while waiting for my laundry so i can sleep and wake up in 6 hours at best, so it might just be me.
No Im right here with ya, internally screaming "SHEN YOU DONT HAVE TO PLAY ALL 5 CARDS IN A HAND YOU CAN JUST PLAY SCORING CARDS AND KEEP THE REST SHENNNNNN!"
see but you can also do that *specifically* so you get rid of an extra card for better chances at a hand you're aiming for, but im just gonna guess shen wasn't doing that
my anxiety can't take how she hovers over "play hand" for a second after selecting all of the face cards she wants to discard every time with ride the bus BE CAREFUL SHEN AAAAA-
Half the point of watching streamers play Balatro is having these moments. You know, like how when you watch a quiz show or a game show half the time you're just going "I KNEW THAT" or "I COULD'VE DONE THAT WAY BETTER"
Me, internally suffering: you can play hands with less than five cards.. please dont discard those high value enhanced ca... *takes physical damage* Edit: I jest Shen, play at your own pace, keep the game speed at what you're comfortable with, and if you can, laugh at our suffering as you miss potential score without knowing. The game is hella complicated at times, hardly ever your fault.
It needs to be slow to start with, so people can better process what's going on. Even then, they'll still miss stuff until they get more familiar with the game mechanics.
1:03:06 Actually, this is one of the LEAST stupid things she did this run. Opening packs and not even looking at them, having an empty joker slot on ante 5, and throwing away cards by putting them into a hand that doesn’t score are all SIGNIFICANTLY stupider actions. And all three of these were FREQUENTLY REPEATED stupid actions!
"A HUNDRED AND FIFTY?!" My favourite bit of trivia is Thunk didn't intend that many Jokers but the publisher did a typo in their promotion... so he just made like 40 more
My favorite bit of trivia is that not only is LocalThunk Canadian, he's from my home province of Saskatchewan!!
The developers Flex is amazing!
Shen, as a sign of reassurance:
People have already scored *infinite* in this game. All of them eventually hit ante walls *they* couldn't clear.
There's no true win condition beyond ante 8, only the distance you make before the "game over,".
This is a game that wants you make the best of a bad hand, and use said hand to break the game.
Don't feel bad about misplays, there's no judgement in failing to win, only in failing to learn.
well, they didnt score infinite, just the game cant compute numbers over 10^308, so the game "ends" at ante 39 because the scaling exceeds that, so no one literally scored infinity and they could have theoretically gone longer but after ante 39 it becomes impossible as the scoring requirement is just "nan"
wrong. if you play suboptimally at any point, Jimbo Balatro comes out to beat the shit out of you
@@thebonethief jokes on you, he wouldn't be the first, nor the last.
@@death0910 people have scored nan^inf, I don’t think you need to correct someone over technicalities
@@tdoeswhatever_ its not a technicality, it is literally not infinite, the game just cant compute over 10^308 so it just says naneinf because it cant, infinitely far away from "scoring infinite"
I love the lore about Balatro, the fact the dev only made this game for the fun of developing, and was just going to use it as something to fill up his resume is so funny.. I love how genuine indie devs are.
Imagine making a game you thought would just be a resume padder, then a year later the theme for it is being belted out at The Game Awards as it's up for GOTY alongside goddang giants like Elden Ring and Wukong.
@@Kimtroverted *Elden Ring DLC, for some reason
It's like casually adding solitare and pinball to windows.
Yup!
That is really cool!
in the balatro club. straight up "multing it". and by "it", haha, well. let's justr say. My chips
Playing Balatro while watching Shen play Balatro
Ultimate John Balatro behavior
I was doing that earlier but not I need to rewatch cuz I didn't really pay attention while playing. Also it is 2:30 AM and I am not asleep, getting Balatro recently has ruined my sleep cycle.
same, the addiction runs too far in our blood
Balatromaxxing
Same
watching shen play balatro for the first time is like watching someone play minecraft for the first time: it's a bit frustrating in the beginning, but then you slowly watch them get better, and every time they learn something new it's a great feeling
Seeing Shen pass up so many opportunities to unlock five of a kind on that Aces run hurt! Ah well, she's learning, once she's as hooked on Balatro as the rest of us, she'll learn the joy of unlocking the secret hands.
I see flush five once!
Might not have actually helped much since she was relying heavily on the Burglar 3x. Would have been an illuminating experience though, shame she didn't try.
After playing so long on 4x speed, seeing it played on regular speed really is an experience. This really takes me back though, love watching Shen experience the magic for the first time!
True
I was a bit shocked hearing some people say she should play on max speed... 2h into her first play experience :D
I love watching her play on normal speed. I can follow her thought process and every victory lasts longer.
I feel like im swimming through quicksand
lol is that more of a problem on us because we don't have the patience?
Wait, you play at 4x?
49:44
"Hello everybody, my name is Multiplier!"
How the hell did that make me laugh?
Hahahaha!
Seeing Shen throw away a sigil for a +3 mult made me primal.
The frustration was immense
Found the type A chatter
For me, it was the amount of times we had 9 in hand. Discarded it and few seconds later got our buff 9 in hand that could've been used for some hands if they had a friend
The Red Card is a terrible corrupting force on new players
SILENCE TYPE A
Gameplay start- 14:40
Not all heroes wear capes!
I really need to turn on my notifications.
I was playing Balatro and I missed my favorite streamer playing Balatro.
_The Humanity_
Oh no.
She's Jimbopilled.
Convert the left card into the right card
Calm down Drift Orange 😏
Yes
Watching Spenpai thinking she needs to play exactly 5 cards gives me anxiety, keep up the good work!
The real kicker is she also seems to be operating under the assumption that those additional cards still count for *something,* because she seems to insist on choosing the highest value cards she has to use as fillers, rather than just seeing it as a bit of mandatory discarding.
And you would kinda think that making both of those assumptions *at the same time* would cause them to clash with each other, and force you to work out that at least one of them is wrong. But. NOPE.
Shen’s been hanging out with RTGame a little too much
What’s great is that I ALSO just started playing Balatro for the first time a few hours ago. Love the great timing.
Sending good vibes, even if the seeds are shyeet, because they usually are.
Go SHEN 2025!
Should feel real good getting that first win, thats a big step for new players, dont need to play perfect, just good enough to beat 8! Great job
Also absolutely love putting your avi to sit on the deck, hilarious and adorable
5:07 She Speaks!
14:39 Gameplay
oh no... she´s addicted now
You can see the exact moments where she realizes how cooked she is
Jimbo yet claims another soul
*another Vtuber
So many Two Pairs were discarded during The Arm boss blind. She's so lucky she drew those Aces and Jacks.
Straights are among the hardest to play for, because the requirements are so specific. At least with a flush it can be ANY card of that suit and not just one of the four of that one number.
im surprised RT didnt forced you to play it sooner
Listening to balatro with shen suffering in the background is good sleeping white noise
This Balatro stream deserves more views and likes!
1:44:28 i know an RT viewer when i see one /pos
Hehehe!
02:11:12 shes starting to see
Oh damn she started playing pairs instead of her mega upgraded 3ok for no reason
Oh damn the next run tho
2:51:42 2:52:16 oh my god Shen you are the chosen one
The wheel of fortune is notorious for being unlucky to where localthunk has had to say, YES, it's one in four. You got a hit on your first two tries
2:59:30 You had a straight here with the shortcut btw. King Jack 9 7 6 counts. Skipping the queen and 10. But with all that polychrome and mult it hardly mattered. The way you forced an Ace deck was stellar, and you pivoted off of certain jokers when they no longer served you where other novices would have just stuck with them.
And don't worry about your mistakes being seen. If someone tells you "hey, you had the fortune teller card that gives you mult for each tarot card used before Card Sharp, which multiplies your multiplier" you just go "oh cool, I'll look out for that and make sure I'm moving those jokers around"
Some people play multiple times before winning their first run, you did it in like 3, that's not bad. You took your time, but you're learning the mechanics and you don't know what you should be looking for. I think I took more than 7 attempts before winning ante 8.
But yeah, turn the game speed up after you win a few runs, it's better to have it slow so you can see how your cards are cooking. Once you know your shit, you'll relax more. People should be patient, I see a lot of potential here.
Shen is starting to BELIEVE!
Welcome to the Balatro community!
i hope she gets to ante 39 at some point
The jonkler…. I’m the jonkler baby
anyone else losing their minds every time shen played a non scoring card on a hand when she could as well have held onto it for her next where she might need it? just me? raging at 1 in the morning tired af while waiting for my laundry so i can sleep and wake up in 6 hours at best, so it might just be me.
No Im right here with ya, internally screaming "SHEN YOU DONT HAVE TO PLAY ALL 5 CARDS IN A HAND YOU CAN JUST PLAY SCORING CARDS AND KEEP THE REST SHENNNNNN!"
see but you can also do that *specifically* so you get rid of an extra card for better chances at a hand you're aiming for, but im just gonna guess shen wasn't doing that
my anxiety can't take how she hovers over "play hand" for a second after selecting all of the face cards she wants to discard every time with ride the bus BE CAREFUL SHEN AAAAA-
Half the point of watching streamers play Balatro is having these moments. You know, like how when you watch a quiz show or a game show half the time you're just going "I KNEW THAT" or "I COULD'VE DONE THAT WAY BETTER"
Sad about orphaned Disco but OH MAN HERE WE GO THIS IS GREAT🎉
fingers crossed she's still playing it off stream, so sad a lot of streamers drop it before the tribunal or even before the western map opens up
@@aandromaliussI just hope she's having fun
Did they say something about no longer playing DE?
Balatro GOTY 2025!!
is it natural for an amateur to rage a a beginner for skipping valuable cards/letting cards collect dust/not playing to their jokers correctly
saw this and had to immediatly click on the vid
Using the art from the Uno thumbnail is really clever.
She(not shen) BAL on my A till i TRO
She mult on my jimbo till i flush
time to binge every one of these streams lets goooo
Its honestly a bit shocking that she was about as much quiet this stream as when she played ULTRAKILL.
Shenpais WHAAAAAT???
oh
oh no
balatro got her too
One more addicted to gambling. YEEEES!
Welcome to the clown show!
Me, internally suffering: you can play hands with less than five cards.. please dont discard those high value enhanced ca... *takes physical damage*
Edit: I jest Shen, play at your own pace, keep the game speed at what you're comfortable with, and if you can, laugh at our suffering as you miss potential score without knowing. The game is hella complicated at times, hardly ever your fault.
4 hours of Balatro??? hell yeah! let me open Balatro while i watch Shen playing Balatro! Maybe i could open on mobile too...
The Numbers Mason! What do they mean!?
3:49:11 Elon Musk over the past few years be like
You should turn the face cards into tens or fours so you have less of them with the jokers you had
The seed is VIRILE
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
Another for the cause.
Literally get a spectral booster pack and a negative joker 40 minutes in and skips it. Took me hours just to get one
Hey Shen did you know that there’s warframe cards
1:53:25 LMAO
We're going to lose her
You getting your first two tries on wheel to hit jokers feels unreal it is not a 1/4 despite what they tell you trust me
Why didn’t anyone tell her sooner that she doesn’t have to play 5 cards every time? Haha
Balatro is the best gamba game without real gamba. There's card packs, sure, but Pokemon and Magic aren't considered gambling. 🤷
lol this game just got its hooks in me on newyears
Watching you skip a spectral pack hurt my soul!!!
I only clicked for the "SHENPAI SEED?" Because I wouldn't mind some Shenpai seed right now.
There does seem to be a certain lack of basic reading comprehension.
Card: *says explicitly what it does*
Shen: What does this mean?!
i would say "streamer brain" but i think that might be the elusive bi brain
Sheesh the comment section is complainy today
ayo?
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease beat Alien: Isolation 🙏 🙏
i HATE how slow the speed is at default... WHY CAN'T PEOPLE JUST SPEED IT UPPPPP GRAAAAAHHHHHH
It’s in the options and isn’t mention so if you don’t look through the options you wouldn’t know you can
It needs to be slow to start with, so people can better process what's going on. Even then, they'll still miss stuff until they get more familiar with the game mechanics.
So people can process what the fuck is going on before they go turbo autism like us plebs lmao.
this game is clearly not for shenpai
1:03:06 Actually, this is one of the LEAST stupid things she did this run. Opening packs and not even looking at them, having an empty joker slot on ante 5, and throwing away cards by putting them into a hand that doesn’t score are all SIGNIFICANTLY stupider actions. And all three of these were FREQUENTLY REPEATED stupid actions!
Oh no I missed a balatro stream!? 🥲