The definitively Biggest Wee (Part 1/3)

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We go for the Biggest Wee (Joker). At the time of recording, the World Record is 25,712, currently held by ‪@ZainoTVLive‬ . In Part 1 (of 3), we assemble the basic technology: Hack and Red Seals to retrigger our 2's and Blueprint to copy our Hack. A little extra spice at the end, just before Endless mode.
Seed: U52VNVCJ
(Version 1.0.1f)

[@Jarrod0067]

you speak way too much without saying anything

[@peterdevlin3295]

What do you mean? He's literally going through his thought process, giving valuable insight and game knowledge

[@uso9375]

PIN OF SHAAAAAMEEEEE

[@thepurestvessel9249]

so true king

[@maximushameluck8834]

lmao

[@parakeet5]

u hear too much without listening BRO

[@awkwardturtle7973]

Two KZbinrs in a feirce Wee measuring contest when in the end it's all about how you use the Wee

[@Mjowjss]

So deep, so deep😢😢😢

[@martinhanono4384]

It reminds me of the famous potato war

[@mauvemus5810]

The size of chips is nice and all but the mult is how you go the distance

[@davidaugustofc2574]

That and Zaino ain't even here to defend himself :(

[@peternordhaus5590]

AND THERE'S PERKEO WITH THE STEEL CHAIR

[@drspectred]

Criminally underrated comment.

[@notloopers1110]

Perkeo with a additional, negative steel chair

[@liam3734]

For those wondering first spectral pack had deja vu and talisman (red and gold seal)

[@jkeat8597]

Was there a 2 in the hand drawn with it?

[@drspectred]

Deja Vu????

[@murilosotti3401]

​@@jkeat8597no there was not a 2, but there are some kings. Maybe it was worth it to had open the spectral pack, transforming the king into a two is not that hard.

[@sammoon7897]

Damn he f*cked up 😢 I usually prefer taking spectral when I've only got one joker since cards like ankh and hex are actually usable, but professor probably made the right call on probability 🤷

[@kulatoid]

"if it doesn't, we delete the footage" LMFAO

[@badams52]

This shows us how many hours he must spend trying to beat the wee record that we will never see. And he's also describing every move in each on of those too.

[@anintelligenttalkingcowtha131]

Not me home alone watching big wee videos

[@DoingBreezy]

His wee is pulsating

[@reamu67]

in the last wee try video i wrote i dont like seeing how high he gets and now we dont get the spoiler. Thank you very much.

[@mitchell5204]

Our non-toxic GOAT knows how to accept constructive criticism

[@drspectred]

Fer real. Thanks for your previous comment! Not all criticism is valid, but I still read it all. One thing kind of tough, you want to show enough to attract people who aren't already subscribed (wow, look at how big the number can go! wow, look at which Jokers were used!), but you don't want to show too much that it spoils the surprises. With this last one, I hope I found the right balance. (Won't always be as easy to thread this needle in the future, though.)

[@sapiendounitas797]

Our professor is da best :D

[@MangaCrash]

@@drspectred I watch Marvel Snap videos and their thumbnails often show two or three main cards of their deck. Could be similar here, like showing just the Wee, hack and blueprint and saying "World Record!" or something. I fully understand the pain of trying to balance a thumbnail tho, it's hard as fuck :')

[@peterdevlin3295]

19:58 The way you just deadpanned that line sent me 😂

[@dontuserachelslurs]

I love when professor sees Uranus he always says something funny

[@jeremytitus9519]

1:18:30 “can I interest you in this nice hung man, mmmmmmm”

[@SonorianBnS]

"I know it's the wee because it's red" this humor is why i stick around

[@marklund117]

my intrusive thoughts late at night: 1:39:39

[@kylewatson2226]

I just have to say this was one of your most fascinating videos. I always love how you deel dive into your explanations of how you are thinking. Its so helpful. One of the the best balatro players tbh

[@StarSpangledChristian]

Biggest wee joker was my nickname in high school

[@richvo7573]

Yay he hid the final numbers in the thumbnail!

[@Hevyk3vy]

When Perkeo shows up, I picture you turned into Mr. Burns for a moment. "Excellent.."

[@isocle]

Skipping the first spectral pack was correct, talisman and deja vu with no twos in the hand.

[@felipekiritschenko]

I got my first gold stake run today with ghost deck, it wouldn't be possible without the knowlegde that your videos bring

[@theokurpierz]

I'm so hyped for this!

[@oil_moon]

1:30:35 massive grin appeared on my face when Perkeo showed up :D I knew it was meant to be from that moment

[@thegnugod2108]

Perkolation is objectively the best word ever

[@notabandicoot5227]

Lmao, “if it doesn’t, I delete the footage” Love the honesty

[@MondSemmel]

In an endless run, is it not worth it to add random cards with purple seals to the deck? You saw ~4 of those by round ~21 and skipped them all, based on the argument that you already had a purple 2. Wouldn't picking up those extra purple seals pay off quickly in the form of better deck manipulation? E.g. adding a random purple card technically dilutes your deck, but immediately improves it once it generates a Death or Hanged Man card, or pays off in other ways via Fool or Hermit or Temperance or Strength.

[@astridgallagher6941]

love wee content

[@rahminoodels]

21:18 “northernlion here for money” is absurd 😭😭😭

[@austinglander1337]

Hacking our wee? Call it homebrew

[@evanuel23]

"I have a throbbing headache" Proceeds to start a world record haha

[@martinhanono4384]

Nice thumbnail!

[@hdman511]

Damn what a seed. It seems he's gonna get away with it once again.

[@parakeet5]

20:24 me when I see that a planet will be dipping below the horizon soon

[@Paint4songs]

a new weecord

[@CLBellamey]

Omg I had no idea Idol picks from your available cards! I've been trying the Wee strategy lately but ignoring Idol and using Heart Stone + Dice instead 😭

[@Knight_Ferris]

I hope all parts of this get released before I get sent out to basic!

[@Permafrost1]

Holy hell, what a legendary run

[@aminazinum]

Egg reference gets me every time

[@FrankJHarrison]

Selling Hack and immediately getting another. Never punished.

[@benro6564]

The fact he got Perkeo without even looking for it is absolutely absurd

[@hdk-gamer2829]

I didn’t know Leonardo decaprio played balatro

[@schwarzrin]

The Wee *cough* f a c t o r y *cough* excuse me- must grow!

[@nathanmacdougall4316]

Fun fact: For a lucky card to hit both +20 mult AND +$20 is a 1 in 100 (unless influenced by oops all 6s)

[@g1t2r36]

52:22 LMAO

[@CocoTheTortie]

Suggestion: program the little PNG dude to have dollar sign eyes whenever you say muuhneee

[@aintheidot9111]

I think spinning the wheel when going long and when you have a good build is more detrimental than good, since it prevents you from using ectoplasm, and even polychrome isn't that good.

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic563]

Once again proving he can, in fact, keep getting away with it.

[@AlmogGoll]

question for the prof.: why go for spades when hearts has bloodstone potential?

[@mr_b3am]

How can I stop my crippling arcana pack addiction? (I could get hermit or temperance)

[@qcom1008]

"A big Wee is useless in a small ante" -idk

[@charles-492]

Ofc he got perkeo

[@CielMC]

50:40 Oh you shouldve used that one hand to play the extra 2

[@drspectred]

I'm in shambles

[@CielMC]

@@drspectredGonna get your phd in balatring revoked for that one smh

[@thepurestvessel9249]

Why wasn’t reroll voucher used for the Pillar? or did you mention that

[@drspectred]

Wasn't needed! But would've been totally worth it; I just forgot about it. We could have gotten more value by rerolling into a boss which didn't debuff our cards (in exchange for the nominal $10 up-front cost).

[@badams52]

I wonder if taking on the Pillar early carries benefits down the line. Probably not when he has the reroll voucher, but sometimes in the earlier antes I like to take on and defeat a devastating boss so that he won't show up again later in the run. Like defeating the plant early when I've got steal kings going.

[@c-man8566]

i reckon spectral packs are better the earlier u get them because of stuff like ankh, wraith, sigil, hex, etc.

[@isocle]

Yeah, the great outcomes are anhk, immolate, wraith, hex, ectoplasm. The seal cards are also good, so really only 4 of the results aren't good. Wonder what was in the pack for this seed. Edit: It was talisman and deja vu, coulda put a red seal on king of hearts. not the hugest loss

[@ausmiku]

Thanks for being honest. We know restarts are part of this game. Other posters don't mention them or the seeds they use. They just show off. LOL.

[@greensleevez]

Let the priapism commence!

[@greensleevez]

1:30:23 The moment of truth.

[@greensleevez]

1:43:13 The other moment of truth.

[@notbread5207]

Yes please 19:58

[@21mustard]

i used to watch other youtubers…

[@Dr.Kananga]

How does this game play? Is it just poker or what?

[@RobinClower]

The base scoring is built around poker hands, but ultimately it's much more about getting fancy jokers that'll give you a big score and tarot cards to help shape your deck

[@javierchamorro8988]

Based around poker. Each played hand gives chips and mult. Chips x Mult = Score. Harder to play hands (i.e. straight flush) give more chips and mult than easier hands (i.e. pairs). You win each round by scoring over the target. You have a number of hands and discards to reach the score. Unused hands turn into money. You use money to buy jokers, vouchers, tarot cards, celestial cards and/or buster packs. All of which help you to either score higher, make it easier to get a particular hand or get more money.

[@MondSemmel]

7:30 You've made this skip tag argument before, claiming that skipping an early round costs you a later one, and even after reading your reddit post I still don't agree with it. The point here is that you get extra resources from skipping, resources you can use to buy more stuff from the shops you do see! Or what about the following framing? You're trading off seeing six shops in antes 2 and 3 but having less money to buy stuff in them, vs. seeing five shops in antes 2 and 3 but having more money to buy stuff in them. I think a stronger argument against skipping here is that you really want the Overstock voucher, and also some scoring help for the ante 2 boss, and skipping the Small Blind would make it very hard to fulfill both criteria in the one remaining shop before the boss.

[@drspectred]

If you Skip, Riff-Raff likely (not guaranteed) means you have enough money to afford the Overstock and enough points to beat the Boss without too much trouble. Every shop gives you more material to make more money (or otherwise generate value). When you Skip, your build takes one round longer to come online, so you generate less value in all future Rounds. Whatever value generators you end up with, you get to keep them for one Round fewer because the scoring requirements will catch up to you one Round sooner. For example, in the distant future, your Rebate is earning you hundreds of dollars per round, but you have to sell it to buy Idol one Round sooner. Your Lucky Cards are generating (small amounts of) money every Round, but you have to turn them into Glass one Round sooner. The rare exception is when a Skip immediately gives you the ability to earn more from the current Round (such as a Mega Buffoon Pack giving you a Faceless Joker or a Golden Joker). A more common exception is in long Endless runs, some Voucher Tags can be worth it, given how impactful certain Vouchers are. I explain it better here: www.reddit.com/r/balatro/comments/1ctwv83/youre_still_wrong_about_skipping/

[@MondSemmel]

@@drspectred I read that reddit thread and argued against this point there, too. Or take your hypothetical here: why does the non-skipper get Rebate or Riff-Raff, not the skipper? Why would skipping make our build take one round longer to come online? The only reason why we even *considered* skipping (for the $25 tag) was that we might get *more* resources than we would've gotten without skipping. Which would allow us to spend more in the shop, incl. rerolling more and thus seeing more jokers. The argument against skipping must be that we're actually *not* getting enough economic value out of that $25 tag to make up for losing that shop in the first round of ante 2, not that we're somehow losing one super-valuable shop in round 50 or something. And this becomes more obvious in cases when even you've argued in favor of skipping, like taking the $25 tag in ante 1. Similarly, if the $25 tag was buffed to give $100 instead, you'd have presumably picked it in ante 2, too, even though you can earn >>$100 per round in endless.

[@kingmidas430]

How is this a random seed if he knows its going to be a wee joker run?

[@drspectred]

Faith, mostly. With enough money and time, you'll get whatever Jokers you want. You always get Blueprint. You always get Brainstorm. Eventually. In a failed attempt, I ended up getting +18k on a Wee which I didn't pick up until Ante 10.

[@kingmidas430]

@@drspectred In the video you’re talking about the Wee joker before you get it…. Statistically that seems pretty tough. You’d have to make lots of full videos with full commentary for jokers that never show. Is there not a trick to getting one to show that you were using? It was just fully luck?

[@danielj.8876]

​​​@@kingmidas430He sets out to do a Wee run and then he did restart a lot, like a lot lot, for either Brainstorm, Blueprint, Wee or possibly Hack aswell. Once he has one of them he records the videos and if the run fails he deletes the footage and starts over again. That's a metric fuckton of work offscreen we don't get to see that it takes to get a run like this. Edit: So it's not really luck, it's commitment.

[@kingmidas430]

@@danielj.8876 thanks :) I’d imagine you’d have to film 10 or more attempts just hoping to eventually find a specific rare joker.

[@danielj.8876]

​@@kingmidas430As you can see in this video he doesn't start recording before he finds one of those jokers I've mentioned in ante 1. If there's nothing in ante 1 he just restarts the game, no point in continuing from there she and hoping to get lucky in later antes.

[@paweloczek3241]

I'd rather use blueprint on wee than on hack You'll get 1 more wee upgrade

[@drspectred]

Common misconception! Using Blueprint (or Brainstorm) does not cause it to grow faster. Blueprint copies the resulting +Chips but does not grow itself. The same is true with Dagger. Blueprint will copy the +Mult but won't delete an extra Joker (the Dagger itself).

[@paweloczek3241]

Does every upgrade joker works that way? Thanks

[@praticle]

​@@paweloczek3241 yes

[@NorthernlionLP]

@@paweloczek3241 yes. runner and square work the same way

[@Cruxin]

​@paweloczek3241 i think so yes