Clown emojis all around

  • @Cypher
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    -91 month ago

    I haven’t played or watched Balataro but from the description on steam

    You’re going to need every edge you can get in order to reach the boss blind, beat the final ante and secure victory.

    Unless ante here is referring to something else it seems it does have them?

    • ObjectivityIncarnate
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      1 month ago

      “Antes” are what Balatro calls its levels. Each level consists of 3 stages, which the game calls “blinds” (small/big/boss).

      In poker, you don’t “beat” an ante, it’s part of what you bet. You also don’t “reach” blinds, nor is there such a thing as a “boss blind” in poker. And the word “bet” or any synonym should be pretty conspicuous by its absence in Balatro’s description. There is no gambling without betting/wagering, after all.

      So yes, if you’re familiar with poker, that description should make it obvious that the words have different meanings in the game than they do in poker.

      The only actual ‘mechanic’ that’s actually the same in Balatro as in poker is what comprises the different hands, and their relative value. And even then, there are also hands in Balatro that don’t exist in poker at all (five of a kind, flush house, etc.).

      • @Cypher
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        -111 month ago

        Firstly you could read user names before going off, I was simply asking a question that Im unwilling to buy the game to answer.

        • ObjectivityIncarnate
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          71 month ago

          Going off? Yeah, you asked a question, and I answered it. What are you talking about?

          • @Cypher
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            -141 month ago

            Between your immediate downvotes and the tone of your message your response is unnecessarily long and rude

            • ObjectivityIncarnate
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              It’s exactly as long as it needed to be to explain everything it explained, and it is a completely dry comment with no real tone at all, the “rudeness” is of your own invention.

              Ironically, “Firstly you could read user names before going off” is far ruder than anything I wrote. Also, you’re assuming I’m the one who downvoted you–have you considered that maybe your tone earned that from someone else, maybe?

            • Ech
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              91 month ago

              Unnecessarily long

              Lol. “How dare you give me a comprehensive explanation of specifically what I asked about! Rude!” What is rude is being so shitty to someone that went out of their way to try and help you understand something, acting like it was a personal insult. How selfish and demanding of you.