For anyone who still doesn't know the lore, I first learned about Balatro from watching GLUK play it when it was still in closed beta and quite rough around the edges. If you want to see more "thinky games" in various stages of development from another thoughtful but relaxing perspective, check them out on GLUK's channel.
This guy is 100% better than everyone. I've learned a ton from his videos and streams. I can honestly say I went from a 5% win rate on Gold Stake to a 7% win rate.
As someone who recently obtained the Completionist+ achievement after starting the game in July, I can state that BU's videos were invaluable to learning the nuances of the game. He's the GOAT.
Im really new to this channel since I started playing Balatro about a couple weeks ago. This game is so much fun and I've been searching for people to watch that know the game really well and you are by far my favorite one. You speak about your strategies really clearly and I can understand your thought processes when you play. It's great! Just wanted to say thanks for making these videos. It's funny timing you made a trailer because there was more content you made that I wasn't aware of and now im gonna check out :)
I have a passion when it comes to mastering a game, and since I’m not the smartest person, I always rely on those who are better or have more time in-game than me. But you, sir, are an absurdly dedicated Balatro player. I’m fascinated by this preview of your content. When I 100% Balatro, rest assured that you’ll have carried me hard through it.
New Balatro player here. Watched a few Balatro Basics videos and they are invaluable to this epic game. Thank you! Looking forward to watching a lot more
Coming from a not rich country so I can only give this much. But thanks, your video is long but super helpful and informative. I wish you can have a 2$ tier (not expect any prize or return but better than yt donate cuz they take cut).
Thanks! I actually get good revenue from UA-cam's ads, so all of the channel traffic are already enough to pay the bills. Ko-fi uses Paypal, which also takes a cut, but it's the smallest cut of the different platforms. Ko-fi is the most efficient place to support, but you miss out of perks like Twitch emotes, which I think are kind of fun.
I think I found an interesting bug, I've been able to repeat it as well. If you sell Burglar during The Needle, somehow it negates the Boss Blind ability. Sorry if this is some gameplay mechanic that I missed, and just to be clear Mr. Bones was never purchased in this run, also no jokers or Vouchers that would some how disable the Boss Blind ability.
Thank you for all these videos! I've definitely learned a lot with them. One thing I would suggest is making an "unlock roadmap" video of sorts, not too in depth, but the best ways to focus on some of the more important joker unlocks and stuff like that. I've noticed that some good videos where you explain your thought process do have unlockable jokers in them, which makes those not possible for a fresh account. I'm currently trying to go for the tiny hands or nest egg unlocks while playing through red deck stakes but maybe there's a better way to go about this! Thanks again!
for reference, 800 hours in 4 months is 200/month ~50/week ~7/day 7/24 hours which is slightly less then a quarter of total time spent including sleep playing balatro for 4 months straight insane dedication!
New player here. Watching your stuff has been quite helpful, making it to black chip and unlocking a lot of stuff. You saying that hands can be used as a manner of discarding was really cool to me. The only thing I still feel is so wack from what you've said though is the negative joker skip being considered bad, since its now free and has always saved my run. But maybe thats cause of my luck.
Think about how many shops you see without buying any Jokers. Click through the Collection and look at all the Commons; make note of how many, if any, would be relevant to your current build. Every shop, make note of whether or not the leftmost Joker would have been a useful Negative. Not every Negative will be useful, but every Negative Tag cost a Skip. Skips are very expensive, typically costing you more than $40 worth of "value" (even if you're not literally earning $40 every Round).
@drspectred That makes a lot of sense. Though now Im realizing how lucky I've gotten with the negative foils. I've gotten consistently a blueprint or the jocker which multiplies based off of empty slots numerous times. Or jokers that help scale based on the amount of jokers I have in my game. Only a few times was it useless. But I understand how overall and percent wise, its not worth it.
Highly recommend BU's videos if you want to learn, improve, or even just have more fun with the game. My Completionist++ achievement is pretty much entirely thanks to what I've learned on this channel.
Yes! Eventually. Djynasty, who was working on the "Challenger" mod, took a break when school started up, but we're hoping to see more from them eventually, even if not soon.
Love your channel, was wondering if you had a video to how to install the Extra Credit mod. Do you think it will ever be included in the base game or added on Steam? It seems to fit in with the game quite well.
Can’t speak specifically to the doc’s reasoning but Patreon is incredibly expensive relative to Ko-fi for creators to host on. If I may be so bold: Patreon is a rip off.
Damn, Prof really said "I'm better than all of you" and he's 100% right
built different
As a recruiter for BU it was an honour bringing Dr S on board and to see their continued contribution to our wonderful curriculum
For anyone who still doesn't know the lore, I first learned about Balatro from watching GLUK play it when it was still in closed beta and quite rough around the edges. If you want to see more "thinky games" in various stages of development from another thoughtful but relaxing perspective, check them out on GLUK's channel.
Just hit a 10-game streak in gold stake thanks to your videos, thank you!
Woah, 10 in a row is craaaazy. That beats the PB of most of the more popular streamers.
@@drspectred Thanks! Although I must admit the streak was all on Yellow Deck. Now I have to practice Black so I can run the gauntlet...
This guy is 100% better than everyone. I've learned a ton from his videos and streams. I can honestly say I went from a 5% win rate on Gold Stake to a 7% win rate.
7%? That's 40% more than 5%!
@@drspectred That's the glass half full kinda thinking I love.
As someone who recently obtained the Completionist+ achievement after starting the game in July, I can state that BU's videos were invaluable to learning the nuances of the game. He's the GOAT.
Doc's finally back in the corner office, never thought i'd see the day
Im really new to this channel since I started playing Balatro about a couple weeks ago. This game is so much fun and I've been searching for people to watch that know the game really well and you are by far my favorite one. You speak about your strategies really clearly and I can understand your thought processes when you play. It's great! Just wanted to say thanks for making these videos. It's funny timing you made a trailer because there was more content you made that I wasn't aware of and now im gonna check out :)
I have a passion when it comes to mastering a game, and since I’m not the smartest person, I always rely on those who are better or have more time in-game than me.
But you, sir, are an absurdly dedicated Balatro player. I’m fascinated by this preview of your content. When I 100% Balatro, rest assured that you’ll have carried me hard through it.
You should make this the default / highlighted video on your channel's home page. Thanks for all of the incredible content!
I believe it's locked in but only plays for folks who aren't already subscribed.
I love your videos!!! your voice is so soothing
New Balatro player here. Watched a few Balatro Basics videos and they are invaluable to this epic game. Thank you! Looking forward to watching a lot more
Coming from a not rich country so I can only give this much. But thanks, your video is long but super helpful and informative.
I wish you can have a 2$ tier (not expect any prize or return but better than yt donate cuz they take cut).
Thanks! I actually get good revenue from UA-cam's ads, so all of the channel traffic are already enough to pay the bills.
Ko-fi uses Paypal, which also takes a cut, but it's the smallest cut of the different platforms. Ko-fi is the most efficient place to support, but you miss out of perks like Twitch emotes, which I think are kind of fun.
Think of how rich Prof would be if those were real dollars 😮
I’m a proud BU alum (Go Bulls!) and I graduated with a C++ thanks to the doctor’s Balatronomics bootcamp.
I think I found an interesting bug, I've been able to repeat it as well. If you sell Burglar during The Needle, somehow it negates the Boss Blind ability. Sorry if this is some gameplay mechanic that I missed, and just to be clear Mr. Bones was never purchased in this run, also no jokers or Vouchers that would some how disable the Boss Blind ability.
Slay, so happy to hear you are so accepting of people :) a true ally
Hey thanks for an insane collection of stuff. You are cool as hell!
800 h in 4 month holy shit
Great video thanks for all work you put in your channel
Thank you for all these videos! I've definitely learned a lot with them. One thing I would suggest is making an "unlock roadmap" video of sorts, not too in depth, but the best ways to focus on some of the more important joker unlocks and stuff like that. I've noticed that some good videos where you explain your thought process do have unlockable jokers in them, which makes those not possible for a fresh account. I'm currently trying to go for the tiny hands or nest egg unlocks while playing through red deck stakes but maybe there's a better way to go about this!
Thanks again!
for reference, 800 hours in 4 months is
200/month
~50/week
~7/day
7/24 hours which is slightly less then a quarter of total time spent including sleep playing balatro for 4 months straight
insane dedication!
You have really helped with my gameplay. Thank you.
New player here. Watching your stuff has been quite helpful, making it to black chip and unlocking a lot of stuff. You saying that hands can be used as a manner of discarding was really cool to me. The only thing I still feel is so wack from what you've said though is the negative joker skip being considered bad, since its now free and has always saved my run. But maybe thats cause of my luck.
Think about how many shops you see without buying any Jokers. Click through the Collection and look at all the Commons; make note of how many, if any, would be relevant to your current build. Every shop, make note of whether or not the leftmost Joker would have been a useful Negative.
Not every Negative will be useful, but every Negative Tag cost a Skip. Skips are very expensive, typically costing you more than $40 worth of "value" (even if you're not literally earning $40 every Round).
@drspectred That makes a lot of sense. Though now Im realizing how lucky I've gotten with the negative foils. I've gotten consistently a blueprint or the jocker which multiplies based off of empty slots numerous times. Or jokers that help scale based on the amount of jokers I have in my game. Only a few times was it useless. But I understand how overall and percent wise, its not worth it.
3 balatro videos and a stream all within 24 hours? We are getting spoiled today
Since watching your videos while playing Balatro I've started saying (out loud) 'Huuuuge', 'Smash', and pronouncing it 'Mon-eeeee'
0:30 no way marcille dungeon meshi
I love this channel and I have learned a lot about how to play the game. Also, you sound like you are in an empty room.
I used to have cardboard boxes, but my wife took them away. D:
@ damn, what a meanie!
you are awesome, me and my girlfriend love your videos, watch them everyday
Highly recommend BU's videos if you want to learn, improve, or even just have more fun with the game.
My Completionist++ achievement is pretty much entirely thanks to what I've learned on this channel.
You sir are a wizard!
Are there plans to bring back the gold stake challenges series?
Yes! Eventually. Djynasty, who was working on the "Challenger" mod, took a break when school started up, but we're hoping to see more from them eventually, even if not soon.
Will there be a curve?
So how long is a semester? And how many credits do I need to graduate?
4 months, 800 credit hours
We ❤️ the professor
Munn-nee
Love your channel, was wondering if you had a video to how to install the Extra Credit mod. Do you think it will ever be included in the base game or added on Steam? It seems to fit in with the game quite well.
1200 hours on balatro and a phd. jesus christ leave some laides for the rest of us
NEW FAN, LOVE UR VIDS
Please do more of these
Holisss profeeee :3
Hi professor! Nice to meet you! :D
GO BULLS
this man put 800 hours in over 4 months, for comparison i have 1500 hours in binding of isaac, that took me 3 years 👀
whats your math dissertation about?
Random Matrix Theory, from a Multilinear Algebra perspective.
Why Ko-Fi rather than Patreon? Are the rates better or something
Can’t speak specifically to the doc’s reasoning but Patreon is incredibly expensive relative to Ko-fi for creators to host on. If I may be so bold: Patreon is a rip off.
Patreon takes a bigger cut, yeah, while Ko-Fi can achieve the same results/features.
Damn bro you are ab fucking best
been binging your channel since the Game Awards. Been able to get to Ante 12 cause of you! great channel, very informative