My 2nd Ever Run in Slay the Spire was AWESOME!

[@swbaseball021]

Forgive me but your 4 hour StS content has activated my dialogue: I have over 1400hrs in this game and have been watching Baalor videos nonstop for over a year now. It's crazy, almost scary how enjoyable StS content is for me. The fact that you are now playing it is both a blessing and a curse that I openly welcome

[@maxastro]

I like how Carl never once read Plated Armor and literally just hallucinated that he knew what it did with no evidence at all. XD

[@guitearist]

I was so hooked on episode 1 went to sleep super late. I could watch this all day.

[@anderxale1]

You are well trained at orating your inner thought and good at deck builders. Great to hear the inner argument when making decisions with this game. Super fun! Can't wait for you to try the next two characters!

[@ToyKeeper]

I've never played StS, but it's surprisingly engaging to watch. I like to pause whenever there's a choice to make, figure out what I'd do, and then either watch eagerly as it plays out, or groan when Carl makes a different choice than I would. Whether Carl's choice turns out to be better or worse, it's satisfying either way... but I particularly like when he proves me wrong.

[@tehchives]

Noita shoutout at the end of the video!! I am hyped for that - hope you enjoy it when you get to it. Just go in with an experimenter's mindset and don''t feel bad when you blow yourself up :) Great run on STS! You killed it

[@mememe628]

I haven't played it, but my vague impression is that Noita is the troll level of roguelikes.

[@tehchives]

@@mememe628 it definitely can be. I think Carl will love it - I recommend it to everyone - there is no game that makes you feel as helpless or lost while also promising to make you feel strong and knowledged.

[@curatedmemes9406]

@@tehchivescarl would *definitely* love noita, with the amount of sciencing/exploration he can do lol

[@saschb]

As others have said, and I on other games, it’s really fun to watch you experience these games that are favorites of so many of us for the first time! You’re also so good at narrating your train of thought, which just makes it so much better! The only annoying thing is the backseating, but it seems you and your mods are pretty good at dealing with that too.

[@quackerzdb]

Carl, you and Barb are the best games salesmen. This one did not look interesting to me at all, but here I am checking the Steam store.

[@Sinna_Nera_Sinna]

I've been waiting for this ever since you first mentioned Slay the Spire during one of your streams. I love the game and it makes me happy watchin you play it for the first time

[@JoeBuzzop]

2:53:00 Carl cooking with The Silent for the first time 6 minutes straight

[@MambaKiddo]

Should I give up on my dreams to see Carl fighting Ganon on ocarina?

[@Tmpp88]

I can't believe how fast these two videos went for me, just mesmerized by how much fun you're having with StS 😄 Many others have suggested future roguelite stuff, I'll throw in Against the Storm as well. If you were ever into Command & Conquer/Red Alert or other RTS games, Against the Storm scratches that base building and resource gathering itch without having any enemies to fight against (except nature itself)!

[@ThomasWinget]

Oh my...right at the end of the video I'm thinking "I cannot wait to see him play Defect", and then you mentioned Noita. I mean, I want to see both, I'm just now *more* excited. Man, despite the many misplays this was *worlds* better than my first *several* runs of this game. It's got a bit of a learning curve -- order of operations can be especially trolly -- but you're doing quite well!

[@PumpkinDog33]

staring at tactician while you decide which card to discard hurts so bad. Love how you always realize it the second after it's too late :D

[@TheTolnoc]

Noxious Fumes is great because it stops your poison from ticking down. Every stack you add is *permanent* while it's up.

[@blubbfisch98]

StS is one of those games I keep coming back to for a run or two. The different characters make the game insanely replayable.

[@SpaceLobster21]

yoooo how did I not know about your second channel until now this is awesome You've got a bunch of lets plays of games I like, Inscryption is one of my favourites so I'll probably be checking that out soon too lol

[@zerokombatant3310]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought plated armour worked like that 1:15:21

[@TheTolnoc]

Poison and Shiv builds are both super fun when they get going right.

[@GerBessa]

Carl be cooking on the bronze automaton. Soon he'll be a Grand Finale enjoyer...

[@KusaneHexaku]

two vids in and we already know he's hooked. can't wait for carl to become a full time sts content creator

[@j03man44]

So glad to be watching this in vod form. I would be losing it if I had to watch it live

[@ThePokemonChampionRe]

We love the Silent around here they're my favorite and I'm glad you had fun with them too

[@biggerlamp]

I had heard of this game but didn't know much about it, have been loving this vicarious experience!

[@rtross]

"I really should stop adding cards.. adds more cards.." This is the way, Welcome to STS! I love this game so much.

[@SiculusTheEpithet]

It's just one strength, Michael, what can it do? Ten damage?

[@maxastro]

Carl: Man, Enlightenment never works in this deck... Why did I have it? Oh yeah, Sneaky Strike. Also Carl the next fight: ~has both Enlightenment and Sneaky Strike in hand, doesn't cast Enlightenment even though it's literally free~ XD

[@charlessunkyst]

He got to Reptomancer and I instantly went to check and see how much of the video was left.

[@mememe628]

If you make 1000 STS videos, I will watch every single one. (The below is a joke, not actual backseating - the pre-edit cutoff cut off the punchline and made it look like actually serious backseating.) Also, you should've taken Burst+ so Larl could play everything twice, twice.

[@akiva6887]

Still so stoked to be seeing StS content!

[@DontMockMySmock]

this man is so allergic to blocking

[@smackedpickle]

Carl not realizing he could go past the energy cap was hard to watch :(

[@kafkasclown8128]

Carl/Jorbs crossover, when?

[@maxastro]

I can't believe Carl skipped Philosopher's Stone. XD Most of the time your instincts are so good, and then sometimes they are just... bad. XD

[@totheR0L]

Man I love StS so much :D closing in on almost 2k hrs since 2018 :D and I am still playing it. oh btw, the next 3 combats have 1 hp is the highest winrate start on the highest difficulty level. even if you cant snipe and elite combat with it. it turns out that getting 3 cards for free is just awesome

[@internetuser8922]

Saying "there are only 3 characters" is so unintentionally hilarious. It's a meme in the StS community to say that, despite there being 4 total.

[@charlessunkyst]

Old folks like us still see the Watcher as "that new character" There was no Watcher for much of the games development. The Defect either really, yet for some reason even though there was only about a year between them the Defect feels like they've been around forever.

[@Flamewarden_Honoushugoshin]

Relatively spoiler free heads up if you play Noita (which I think you would enjoy, it's a really science-y magical experience): Do not trust any assumptions you have about the game! It defies expectations, and does not hold itself back for the sake of the uninitiated. Also, there is no "correct" way to play, veterans might have a laugh or cringe at new players, but more than perhaps any game, you could spoil a hundred things in Noita and there would still be dozens if not hundreds of hours of secrets...the game is just asking to be broken open and even the more experienced mages probably don't know half that game's arcane mysteries...I'd almost recommend spoiling it for yourself after your first couple dozen hours, because even reading the wiki it's unlikely to master everything in a timely manner... though Carl does have that mad scientist brain, so maybe you'd just figure everything out easy = P

[@corybishop3084]

First relic egg is amazing.

[@Xyraphella]

Waiting for you to get to my favourite character which is a "watcher" I literally dealt 540 damage turn one with her xD

[@SharienGaming]

there is only one question: does the watcher have lethal? ... the answer of course is yes... always yes XD

[@arnoudbeuting8813]

anyone else who looks at the map beforehand, sees that if they do not get a fight on the 2 ? an elite fight would be the last 1 HP fight and take the gamble?

[@mememe628]

Don't feel bad, that Sneaky Strike is free (but not really) heuristic gets literally everyone at first. And often at last and in the middle as well. Sorry to triple comment, but hey, engagement!

[@TheTolnoc]

2:03:25 You took one actual damage that entire fight.

[@OtakuOblivion]

You're gonna have a biased view on average game quality if you just keep playing these bangers... But I'll keep watching them!

[@CatherineMaltais]

I want more -Carl Oh, we want more for sure! - Comment section

[@kyleread2956]

If like roguelike player, you have GOT to play FTL: Faster than Light. I'd suggest Darkest Dungeon as well, but that game can be punishingly hard. Like, the game boots up with a warning amounting to "Your characters will die. It's ok. That's by design." FTL, though, is really pretty friendly, and has lots and lots of content. Lots of "Learning" and experimentation to occur there!

[@whackareal]

Hell yeah

[@OurHeroXero]

The -Huntress- Silent has to be my favourite class to play. Love seeing you play/experiment with her ^.^ Edit: Brain had a hiccup and insisted The Silent was The Huntress

[@dawsontrolard9386]

Its the silent not the huntress

[@OurHeroXero]

@@dawsontrolard9386 You're right. My brain had a hiccup ^^;

[@Neterim69]

A fellow Risk of Rain player? 🙃

[@epicway2play85]

@carlplaying42 can you please play Roguebook? I know you'd absolutely love it and is one of my favorite roguelike deck builders.

[@alicetheaxolotl]

I've never killed the Transient, but I have gotten it down to like 200 in some decks😂

[@SharienGaming]

its cool to see carl pick up relatively quickly on concepts like the "prepared" card being effectively negative 1 draw and very funny on him still repeatedly missing his tactician XD

[@mememe628]

It's probably magic brain. Things like that are very common as part of analyzing cards in magic, with Brainstorm as a very famous card with a somewhat similar effect. (There are other cards much closer in effect to preparation, like Faithless Looting, but they're less iconic.)

[@MyNameIsJoseph3951]

What about OOT😢

[@CarlPlayin42]

I loved the game but didn't enjoy streaming/recording it because it ruined the run of exploring on my own (probably my own fault for reading YT comments). If I feel like it I'll finish it someday.

[@rainman6090]

​@@CarlPlayin42That's okay, Carl. I thoroughly enjoyed watching you play it and I was looking forward to watching you do the next dungeon, but it wouldn't be the same anyway if you weren't enjoying yourself. It's much better to watch Happy Larl play what he wants to play. If you thought there was a possibility of avoiding spoilers for Zelda games in the future, I would love to watch you play almost all of the Zelda games.

[@MyNameIsJoseph3951]

@@CarlPlayin42 Ok. You don’t have to do stuff you don’t want. I really enjoyed the series, the legends of MyDude. And I wish to see more of it

[@bdoeden64]

I hope you eventually realized that you don't need to deplete mana to make mana. In other words, you can have 20/3 for mana, you don't have to use a card that depletes mana to use a card that gives you mana.

[@willch1337]

Why is Carl stealing from Vagrants?

[@godlyvex5543]

Oh, funny. Last vod a mod was not letting people say QOL tips like "cards show updated values when hovering over an enemy", then in this vod the mod tells carl about a QOL option in the settings. That's really frustrating.

[@CarlPlayin42]

We discussed it -- they were just trying to help keep the experience backseat-free, but we weren't on the same page. We are now!

[@RADZIO895]

"carl, what's your favourite hentai?" 29:27

[@KaptnJolly]

i am telling your mum that you even know a name of a hentai

[@DracoGalboy]

Orb

[@KusaneHexaku]

Orb

[@ImperatorZed]

Slay the Spire > Noita. I don't think I'd enjoy a lot of blind Noitaing. Well maybe a video or two. But after that you really need to start looking stuff up. It's just too obscure and community driven. Even with guides it's still hard as nails.