The Challenge That Broke Him

[@bea3558]

type a andies will seethe but the appeal of NL for me is seeing how he'll manage to metaphorically drive a nail in with his forehead to win

[@bea3558]

look ma im on tv

[@wickedserf]

get it twisted, your actions impact nothing

[@gyegue6802]

i love how keeps discarding the visible cards and complains once he has created an all face down hand

[@XxZeldaxXXxLinkxX]

They card could be anything, it could even be the specific card we need. Never let this man on Let's Make a Deal

[@yusefabuissa6685]

There's definitely some balance with discarding cards that don't work with your hand. If I were smarter I might've figured out how to play but

[@karikora8279]

Its why we go to the movies

[@oliver1784]

@@XxZeldaxXXxLinkxXthe fucking point is you discard the ones you dont know to know what you want to take chances on. Do not assume you know anything jesus christ you are so dim

[@dylaann]

I feel like this should be taught as an example of survivorship bias of course your hand is filled with face down cards brother you never play them

[@crimsintv]

I feel like we haven't seen this much salt since the Isaac days, and I'm loving every minute of it Jerry

[@SuperRainbol]

the salt shaker is back

[@RahatAzim998]

I saw this salt when he bounced off Dredge.

[@Jgallstar1]

Hi Jerry

[@MrDani695]

Dry Baby PTSD

[@lukesanford9026]

IT'S NOT ONE IN FOUR!!!

[@golightly313]

When the 1-in-4 chance are in your favor "..." When the 1-in-4 chance aren't in your favor "AAAAAAAAAAAA! LOCALTHUNK!!! I HATE YOOOUUUU"

[@xToTaLBoReDoMx]

A face-up card's a known and visible card but a face-down card could be anything, even a face-up card

[@gungy_vt]

Complaining about the 1/4 chance of face downs then full discarding twice without getting a facedown then playing a 4 card "flush" is perfect comedy.

[@laszlovincze5095]

made me so furious man

[@VerbalLearning]

NL is the type of guy who'd rather do the same thing that doesn't work over and over again for hours untill he gets lucky than spend 5-10 minutes learning something that would help him overcome his current obstacle. Or in his words "just send it".

[@SerbianKnifeFight]

Man is allergic to adapting to new scenarios

[@dietslurm7886]

Watching him actively make this as hard as possible for himself while simultaneously blaming the code is hysterical though

[@N4rkoza]

egg gets angry the old fashioned way

[@Linden531]

This 97 year old egg still gets angry the old fashioned way!!!

[@SourSourSour]

10:43 - Brotherrr, brotherrrrrrrrrr

[@wickedserf]

7:40 you can tell this was pre hawk tuah because if NL said lua today everyone in chat would spam hawk lua

[@motyovszkimiklos7538]

also he'd spam the shit out of "going to bed yall"

[@Faegbeard]

me when I draw the exact cards I need for a royal flush: outskilled, easy game me when I hit three 25% face downs in a row: broken game

[@Elleander1]

3 minutes in my man's playing on full tilt. why do I even own a salt shaker

[@vmp916]

Marty McFly when his dad doesn’t stand up to Biff: 20:59

[@duncanw3861]

how do people come up with this lmao

[@oxnut9491]

Back To The Future Part +2

[@RoseAlaba]

infinite +2

[@MatiasMaldona3]

+2 to the future

[@obnoxiouspedant]

As someone whos never played the game, payed attention to him playing it or even watched this video yet, he.should have just drawn more cards

[@vinceb8123]

Nah he should've sold that joker

[@obnoxiouspedant]

@@B2Roland that's more cards than he probably drew

[@Wapfgaming]

Why didn't he just flip them? It's so easy they're right in front of you

[@obnoxiouspedant]

@@Wapfgaming man can't rotate a shape let alone flip it, let's be real

[@NJAR31298]

He should’ve gone fibonacci on that one

[@Ragnell123]

The supernova run where he refused to lock into 1 hand type might have driven me to madness

[@GEM4sta]

Yeah he RNGd into a free win where you literally don't have to think and said nah I'm good

[@plusonedex]

this is the challenge that converted me into type a chatter

[@leonox7313]

a chatter

[@ammytersau]

a chatter

[@Elleander1]

A chatter

[@josh-kf2rd]

a chatter

[@screamingmeowth1]

a chAtter

[@VerbalLearning]

Yugioh Atem Voice: I put 1 in 4 cards face down and end my turn. NL: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

[@VadAndensong]

I had this on in the background yesterday. I'd been dragging my heels on playing this challenge since it seems kinda annoying. But watching this, I was like "It can't be this hard." Just beat it in one try.

[@cyriiix]

Yeah I think I beat this one really quickly too

[@DaybreakShake]

Skipping over that holographic license like it was nothing... I don't know if I can even watch any further.

[@johncra8982]

9:18 him slowing down the game speed to see the cards was one of the funniest things I've seen in a minute 😂

[@Alo-is-io]

I can actually feel myself turning into a type A chatter. Why isn't he taking advantage of the fact that even without seeing the cards you can still switch between sorted by rank and sorted by suit to gain information on the flipped cards? Why is he buying jokers that only work on 5 card type hands when you can't be as consistent with those in this challenge? Like brother, why is he and chat calling the challenge badly designed when he's refusing to interface with the challenge in such a way that the drawbacks of the challenge are at least somewhat mitigated? It's like if I went into the family man challenge in Isaac, kept buying brimstone in basement 2 even though I can only deal damage through familiars, and when I keep dying on caves 1 I keep yapping "Edmund this challenge fucking blows, what the hell is wrong with you?" My washed GOAT, dipped innnnnn... X-Ray Vision's CHILLY OILLLLLLLLLLLL

[@ArchOwl]

don't forget the part where he discards 4 face up cards and is blown away when 2 of them come back face down

[@Greenlightning909]

As A Recovering Type A Chatter, The Best Advice I Can Give Is To Cross Your Eyes Slightly So You Can't See The Cards And Let The Banter Wash Over You.

[@Alo-is-io]

​@@Greenlightning909 I take issue when the banter is about how "unlucky" he keeps getting though. If he's just yapping about Doordash I'm happy. I just need to learn to channel my type B energy further, learn the way of the banter.

[@n00dle_king]

He's addicted to flushes and straights. There's no escaping it.

[@futhington]

There's a moment in every game that will rouse the most type B of type B chatters to become type A's strongest soldiers and you found yours. The key is to just embrace the rage, buy Balatro and do it properly so you can parasocially vindicate yourself against the egg.

[@TCO118]

12:16 i love when a pog moment happens and "bury me" just gets spammed in the chat it gets me everytime

[@ishiggydiggydowop]

12:08 ty Librarian, I do not know wtf Balatro is but adding the context on the joker is king shit

[@vcostello712]

4:08 I felt that "wtf bro" in my soul

[@FreyrFox]

17:34 should count their lucky stars, looked down the barrel of the gun and lived

[@octopodes7619]

mercy is power

[@saamv8139]

20:50 I'm sorry but I have to Type A so bad, I can't hold it anymore. Dude has 3 hidden cards, discards 5 face up cards. the discarded cards were most likely forming a straight with left most face down card with A,K,J,10,9( The worst discard possible?). The 5 discarded return Q, 4 and 3 face down with one known to be 2 and one more dupe 2,3 or 4. so NL could have created a straight with Q and first hand. Then he discards KQ + 3 face down. possibly had A K Q J in there... when there are 6 facedown cards? At least didn't ruin a potential straight again. Then he again discards Q9 + 3 face down( out of 6 facedown cards) potential straight again broken by the discard A,Q,J/10,9,8/7. Then he gambles on A instead of 6 or 7, revealing that he didn't have A in the first hand but 3 kings. Then he gambles on two face down cards 6/7 and 2/3 instead of a single 6/7 to hope for a J,10 ,8,7/6,5. Thanks for coming to my Type A Talk

[@Breadward_MacGluten]

That's more like Type A+ my friend

[@LCRich2001]

Dude he’s not ready for ‘Golden Needle’ ‘Cruelty’ or ‘Jokerless’. I genuinely lost my mind on those 3…

[@EarthwormEdSurf]

Honestly jokerless was not too bad compared to those other two, golden needle got me good

[@LCRich2001]

@@EarthwormEdSurf Honestly same. Golden needle drove me fucking insane.

[@breadbaskets2772]

He wont make it to those challenges if he keeps double skipping early blinds

[@doublehh1674]

Cruelty is pretty easy, joker less is very luck based and golden needle is just pain

[@thedew9452]

I didn't have too much trouble on any challenge until Jokerless. That shit had me raging

[@AbbeyRuins]

26:22 "I'VE BEEN ANOINTED!!!"

[@dawidbronowicki]

This turned me into Type B chatter, all I want to see is my man suffering his gameplay

[@Imperial_Squid]

18:15 "If we hold it's so makable your head's gonna spin ... .... .... Oh no we're fucked" absolutely sublime comedy, chefs kiss, no notes

[@dionyseez]

ALL IT TAKES IS ONE BAD CHALLENGE

[@MassiveScore]

Him not understanding the 1 in 4 chance feels the same as all the people on Tiktok that complain about Connections not being more straightforward.

[@MagiSwag]

+2

[@debruynvince]

The jump-cuts into a new run are funny every time

[@KittyTheKat441]

This challenge is kryptonite to people who only play flushes

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

and yet he cleared it by succumbing to flushes

[@Tub-Nub]

No this challenge is pretty easy with flushes. Diamonds are on the far right and spades are on the far left, so building flushes to either of those suits makes this challenge super easy because you know that anything to the left of a spade is going to be another spade

[@W4TH3JE5U5]

This challenge is actually kryptonite to people who refuse to use logic to track cards with rank/suit order

[@W4TH3JE5U5]

​@@TheLibraryofLetourneauSomething something monkey smashes typewriter for infinite time, voila Shakespeare

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

What are you talking about this challenge is very easy with flushes since you can sort by suit.

[@AmbiRue]

Saw this vid, decided to try the challenge while I watched, swear on my life beat it first try

[@JennThePenguin]

My favorite part was when he tossed the fours to fish for tens when he has a 10-4 joker

[@xann2681]

I am amazed how easy this challenge was, all i did was go for either spade or diamong flush, and discarding all the cards from the other side of the deck and it always worked lol

[@nnm711]

A cruel angel's thesis A clueless Ryan's blind hand

[@Sheamu5]

Great evidence for the human mind struggles to grasp the concept of randomness.

[@bradleysapp]

15:33 holy I needed this laugh today

[@fivetwoeighty7012]

“Have we ever drawn a quarter or less? I don’t think so” *immediately draws 2/8 twice*

[@PravusTheKid]

10:53 his reaction reminds me of that guy in the casino going "Scrape that shit- Johnny!"

[@gigitrix]

7:40 spittin

[@SirLordPanzer]

Salted egg, breakfast of champions

[@RandomAutist]

What if you get the boss blind where 1/7 cards are drawn face down? EDIT: just saw it on the video. Maybe God truly hates us all.

[@smackdownsoup]

Hold R

[@RandomAutist]

@@smackdownsoup yes im a retard but what do you want me to hold?

[@hbeau1900]

send it

[@n8mo]

> hold R > send it The duality of chatter, perfectly illustrated

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

​@@n8moIn the end they both do the same thing.

[@colemurphy934]

I was waiting for this one

[@MavrosStJohn]

22:40 - NL explains why people stay away from Seattle Drivers.

[@HarveyJackson1967]

Liberian

[@AngelJimenez-cs4yq]

The way he leans in to perceive the cards in slow motion sends me every time 💀

[@jamesslater9098]

I love watching him discard 4 cards get 3 face up and one face down while claiming that the odds are rigged. He's truly cooking.

[@blazinfear]

I found this challenge probably the hardest from the first 10 (haven’t tried the last 10) but watching egg play this made me feel so much better

[@mononaut]

What the F, that Shania Twain song has been stuck in my head for the last week out of nowhere, and then NL references it randomly? Feels crazy

[@00Krohnos]

Only a few of the challenges make you want to retire as president of the bank so I hope he's prepared

[@delimonky12]

NL getting mad as shit has me cracking up in the library (I am getting dirty looks)

[@Blackobluna]

Have I ever told you the definition of insanity 😂😂😂

[@sl5945]

mfw i discard 4 cards and 1 of them comes back face down NOWAYING

[@RalorPenwat]

Someday he will comprehend the nature of randomness. Copium

[@a2rhombus2]

Get this man a statistics lesson stat

[@LukeLockwood]

The first Balatro video I’ve enjoyed for the game play. We do live in a post girder society.

[@khanofsetta]

That movie take's so bad. 😂

[@Blackobluna]

Librarian is our Ken Burns

[@LessDevoid]

I don't get how he was making this challenge so hard. I've literally never played the game, but knowing you can sort by rank or suit gives you a lot of information. Also, why is he so tilted about the 1 in 4 facedown draws? That's just a 25% chance.

[@mauriaagria]

Isaac Salt Compilation flashbacks

[@jacobwumbo827]

It may have taken his sanity but he’s finally checking the tags on ante 1.

[@Blackobluna]

He's Ram 1500 posting, it's so over lol

[@gartblart3330]

being so down bad to play a level one high card with a stone on 0 jokers is hilarious

[@Flare3500]

"It's so doable it's done " "Alright good game"

[@badasson8825]

“If it was easy it would be called stardew valley” Zayum! Big +2

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

I played stardew valley it's fucking stressful the time goes down super fast. Like he wasn't lying when he said people trick themselves into thinking it was a relaxing game.

[@irm9519]

smugly rewatching after beating it first try with smeared joker

[@ThaFritz]

This is the funniest thing ive ever witnessed

[@SMA2343]

face down cards dipped in gambling oil

[@vader9133]

Put some respect on mama liz

[@Neotenico]

This is my exact behavior trying to get through black deck. He just like me frfr. Also an easy fix for LocalThunk would be to change the wording to "1 in X *chance* of card being face down" because small sample sizes and probabilities and yadda yadda yadda

[@Sylvia_Corvidev]

Yeah I always thought the wording was weird aswell, same for The Wheel boss. Back when I first got the game I would always get there and be confused as to how either more or less than one were face down in my starting hand of 8 cards.

[@Arthur-wd8hc]

I agree but I think an easier fix would be to change the wording to "X% chance of cards drawn face down this round". The problem is that most people don't see statistics like "1 in 4" as being 25% chance per attempt. It's why so many people can loathe space joker because they assume it HAS to hit at least once every four hands played, same with wheel. Now I think it would be more difficult to do that for every probability card and joker, but at least for blinds it is hard coded as yes or no (depending on if you have a joker that disables it) -- at least that's how I understand it.

[@donkeykong315]

The problem with changing the wording is that “Oops all sixes!” Depends on that wording to make its interactions make sense.

[@futhington]

Nah I don't think that would fix it, the human brain is just not built for probability so no matter what you word it as some people are just gonna go joker mode the second they get bad luck.

[@GEM4sta]

I think this challenge should just be the 4th card is facedown, I don't think the randomness adds fun in this case

[@rockstarrzz7171]

Can't wait for Jokerless challenge :)

[@poseidonm7]

Fuck, he got me with the sixth sense shit. Spoiled it for a full minute straight that’s crazy.

[@shinyt9003]

prohibition gave the mob its power in america, so it definitely shortened a lot of lifespans too

[@slavenin6496]

OriginAngel agreeing with NL about mercy being the true power is so poetic man

[@fuwe]

The Wonderful Story of Northern Lion (2024)

[@fuwe]

THIS IS A REFERENCE TO THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR (2023) BY WES ANDERSON WHERE THE MAIN CHARACTER CAN READ CARDS WITH HIS EYES CLOSED

[@4_stars_out_of_50]

Just beat this challenge today, I got really lucky with 2 pair focused jokers and rerolling nasty boss blinds. Truly one of the most annoying challenges in the game!

[@wowo805]

the draw that broke the NL's back

[@prawtism]

wow, the game speed play was nice :D

[@cyanthrope]

I played xray vision once and ragequit out in like ante 3 and haven't come back to it lol granted, I played it the minmaxy way; sort by suit and rank back and forth to deduce the suits and ranks of your cards. And I can tolerate that level of granularity on a specific boss, but it's painful every hand of the run

[@Zanaki113]

The ending goes so hard😂

[@spoofy1487]

Bro the 1 in 4 chance is just a lie he’s preaching to the damn choir

[@Amedinno]

THE SPOIL BIT GOT ME, MY SIDES

[@mertaliyigit3288]

"Top 10 moments northernlion told touch grass" would be great tho imo

[@lainedagon1669]

A beacon for Type-A Andies

[@tychoazrephet3794]

The Virgin failstreamer versus the Chad Localthunk

[@jamjon6616]

7:24 cat reveal

[@omegaexpo]

He's gonna become the joker if he ever makes it to Golden Needle

[@funx24X7]

Where were you the day the egg finally cracked

[@AtomicSlugg]

Oh No! Our Egg! It's Broken!

[@handoverthestromboli6715]

Challenge 20 is having 0 Joker slots btw. And its a 1 in 5 chance your 8th boss joker disables all cards until you sell a joker you cant have ICANT

[@Pedun42]

Not even negatives?

[@handoverthestromboli6715]

@Pedun42 jokers simply dont show up! Every way you get Jokers is restricted, no buffoon packs, judgement cards, appearing in the shop, even skip tags that relate to jokers

[@Pedun42]

@@handoverthestromboli6715 brilliant.

[@JustinHampton-l5j]

Pretty funny considering i won this one first try by just treating the flipped cards as automatic discards 97% of the time

[@jessem.4214]

I was holding off on watching this till I cleared it myself. In the end I just get extremely lucky and got Erosion after I’d already been using Trading Card. I got some other good stuff on top of that but that combo alone made it a joke.

[@vxcvxcvxcvxcvxc-bg5df]

The comments on NL's upload of this segment are going to bang.

[@carsonroach-howell6945]

As someone who has beaten all of the challenges... Never again.

[@frankjohnson123]

I'd love it if someone went through the VOD to check if it was 1/4 (not gonna be me though)

[@momslammer6990]

I have no clue how to play this game, but egg is straight scrambled, it’s slay the spire all over 😢

[@mattcroft]

I've never seen some more on tilt

[@MangroveLord]

I'm still type b guys holding strong enjoying the ride

[@rlzerocy]

This is me everytime I make the mistake of playing geometry dash