Hey all, as I said I'm at the end of the video, I would love some feedback on how to communicate these concepts even better. Let me know!

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Why did this video take so long. I've been tearing my hair out trying to figure this out. So many tutorial videos out there and none of them explained this lol Thank you

Thanks for this video! This is a pretty major game mechanic that doesn't get nearly enough clarification or explanation in the actual game. It's unfortunately something that puts me off it as well. I'd go as far as to say I'm certainly competent enough at maths, but when it comes down to then having to solve longer and longer equations in my head whilst mid-game, it really just takes me out of the experience and any form of relaxation I'd have hoped to achieve from jumping into a session.

Good guide. Perhaps a slow x1speed example of a Baron + Mime + Red Seals in the future would really clarify. Xx

So I saw one comment that mentioned showing the math slowly so you can see each operation as it happens, and to add to it, maybe even slow it enough that you can show "this is the baron activating the king, then the reactivation of baron from the brainstorm, now the mime causes a new round on that king..." but more importantly when you have this much math happening, it's not intuitive what the right answer is and I think one way to really convince people you are right is to run both baron duped and mime duped and THEN break down the math so that instead of "trust me, the math, bro" you get them to wonder why baron duped works out. Run both cases so everyone sees, explain the math, break down how the triggering sequence matches the math for a given example. Because what you showed is one of the more complex cases but then you get even more complex when you add a blue print to that exact case. "Should I throw blueprint on the baron or the mime?" And the same thing happens when you have multiple retriggers in your hand(sock em busken + dusk, hanging chad, etc)

Kudos for being genuinely open to feedback. That isn’t easy, especially on the internet!

with how you went into the google docs really explained it well🙂, one small thing to improve is maybe some slower example footage but otherwise amazing tutorial🍗

Midas Mask + Vampire is so logic when you know it, but oof I never knew! Thank you!

Definitely one of the major concepts that stops newer players from pushing through the harder stakes. It's really confusing especially when there are differences with mult that trigger before things on the left because they are on play vs on score and etc..

Good vid Zaino, very clear explanation and the Google docs helped

This was very helpful, been following your vids since I started playing balatro and they’ve improved my playing, actually managed to win some runs haha!

I love the content and the fact that you're explaining complicated math stuff that the game doesn't go out of its way to explain to you. This is a simple enough game at its core concept but the permutations of the game with all the cards that grant additional effects and convoluted math rules do turn it into a complex game in the end result. Order of math operations trips up plenty of people who know full well how to do the math. I've even seen mathematicians argue over PEMDAS and it's their whole job to know math. It reminds me how most people struggled with the Monty Hall problem, it looks simple, but most people, even mathematicians, got it wrong. So even simple stuff can be prone to common errors from people, and any explanation that is correct really helps. I don't think this material could have been presented much better in terms of content, it is possible that the screen with all the parentheses makes the math look more complex than it really is. Maybe a flow chart could help to keep the logic clearer, which would be easy to present in a graphic drawn up in MS paint. Little square at the top, this is the first score trigger (I'm not even sure what the first trigger is, but it's probably got to do with the card's chip value or the jokers that turn cards into gold cards, stuff like that) arrow leading to the next square right below it, next trigger arrow leading to the next square containing the next trigger and so on. Probably don't even need a chart, just a list 1 through whichever number, and it lists all the orders of operations that way. If something at the end retriggers things, it could be helpful to say which parts of the list or flow chart it is going back and retriggering, or draw an arrow. That's all I can think of off the top of my head. It's the exact same information just presented in a manner that can appear less cluttered to the eye. Also will echo what someone else said about slowing down the animations of the card triggers just for illustrative purposes. It's a lot to convey and no matter what you do it's going to appear slightly complicated but yeah the presentation can help clear it up a bit. Overall I'd say you've got all the right information which is the most important and the presentation maybe could be 10 percent clearer in certain spots, but you're the one doing all this work and offering all your expertise for free. At a certain point it's really on the audience to take the steps and understand what you're saying. I'm only offering the above purely because you did ask specifically how to improve it. Had you not I'd have been this is excellent content, great video, etc. as per usual.

keep it up bro 🙏 these videos are awesome

This is seriously a game changer. Thanks for this video, wish this was explained in the game. If I had made this game I would have made sure the order didn't matter and to have the code give the most optimal total by calculating all possible orders and giving the best.

To be honest, I think talking about "timesing" is way more clear than "multiplying" in a game where Mult and xMult already have a specific meaning. It can get confusing pretty quickly.

I think for some of the math stuff in this game you have to teach it like you're giving a review of the stuff we all forgot from college algebra.

Good videos and very well explained. The “timesing” “plussing” and “minusing” is total nails on a chalkboard though.

Thanks. I really appreciate the content. I bought the game a few days ago and I am still trying to figure out what I'm doing. 😅

I'm new to deck building so i guess they just expected you to know all of this stuff because the game was built for people who already play deckbuilding games. I had no idea about any of this because the game does a poor job of explaining this . I had no idea you could even rearrange the jokers . I can't help but be bad at something if its never fully explained how to play it. In fighting games you understand all the rules before hand. Sure it took me years of experience to get good at them via experience but at least i understood the rules . I guess experience in other deck builders are needed.

I think they should add 1 Joker that allows to see how much the current hold cards will give once played, before playing it. It would take a joker slot and therefore not make it cheap to take. And it would allow us to have a better idea of what is happening when moving around cards and jokers.

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It took me a while to understand but it would be helpful to clear up that +10 mult is different then the Xmult cards. And basically put the Xmult last( right jokers)

Imagine a joker that gave you 3x mult but changed it to pemdas instead of left to right

"Pemdas" for life.

For the high score example, does anything change when you have two copies of brainstorm? Or is it still always better to copy baron?

If you have the joker that adds +mult for each queen you want to move those to the left of your steels?

I see those Vikings helmets. fellow Minnesotan?

I think purposely playing the game on a slower animation speed than 4x would help. It would make it easier for you to pause and explain things as well.

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Good tips m8 🫡👍