#saltybet

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LITTLE SISTER REVERSE SWEEP!!!

[violetreminder]

I miss SaltyBet so much

[tj99er]

Fuck it. Imaginary Gambling time!

Live watching some SaltyBet

[eatenbyfaeries]

Have you ever heard of Salty Bet?

how about a fighting game where the entire roster is fundamentally undefeatable comedy protagonists. bugs bunny. popeye with his spinach. saitama.

[tribow]

Thinkin about how bad powerscaling discourse is again lmao.

Y'all really be using real life physics and math for fictional worlds and characters.

You cannot just apply real world physics to fiction unless the author establishes their fictional worlds abides by real life physics. Otherwise, the author has free reign to do anything they want physics be damned.

I do not care if a character needs whatever metric tons of force to pull off a certain feat. It doesn't matter how strong something needs to be to break a boulder of a certain size. If the author didn't give the numbers themselves then you're projecting reality on a character that doesn't exist in it.

As an example, lets take Makoto from Blazblue. She can do an uppercut so hard that it sends her opponent into the moon, plants a giant imprint of her fist on said moon, and shatters the moon completely.

For powerscaling, this would mean Makoto can at any time, blow up the planet by punching really hard. However, in the context of Blazblue Makoto can only do this by getting enough meter to use her Astral Finish. The move is super reactable, Makoto can just whiff or just get blocked. She has to confirm a specific hit that she dumps all her energy into just to do it. Otherwise, Makoto is mostly throwing very strong, but not moon destroying punches. She can't start a fight with that punch nor can she just simply land it.

Are you now telling me anyone who can theoretically out-perform Makoto in hand-to-hand combat enough to not get hit by her Astral Finish is a planatary level threat? That's dumb. Every Blazblue character is capable of withstanding a moon obliterating attack because they can block? That's even more dumb!

Also that word: "perform". That's important in any battle. You can't apply numbers to a performance, that's a skill. Real life MMA fighters don't win their battles because of their powerscaling numbers. It's just raw skill expression of battle. Not to mention the numerous other factors that go into a fight. How's their mental health, physical health, the environment, weather, focus, knowledge of who they're fighting, and what are their wants and needs?

If you ask me, any character can win any fight all thanks to our lord and saviour:

Context

That's what makes a fight fun.

[ballternia]

do you slam a tray of brownies before doing some hardcore alternian salty betting? or does that require sharp senses and clarity for you?

TRANSLATION UNDER THE CUT

BN: if im settling in for an evening of saltybet then its like BN: yeah we got edibles and snacks and drinks and what have you its a chill time at the hive BN: but honestly those things are like BN: betting isnt a skill BN: its a feeling BN: no amount of bein good at math or knowin probability or anything is gonna make you top the charts BN: what you gotta do BN: is believe BN: believe that just for once BN: just FOR ONCE BN: wolverine can get thru that tiny assed touhou hitbox BN: believe that this time BN: FOR SURE BN: evil ryus fundamentals can beat ronald mcdonald before he gets too much meter and burgers start flyin everywhere BN: its that trust that exists between you and your gut BN: you have to let your gut say the dumbest fucking thing youve ever heard BN: and then BN: you close your eyes and you say BN: okay gut BN: i believe you BN: and if you do that? BN: one. billion. saltybucks.

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coffee and the morning saltybet

[steeltempura]

That's just mugen tbh

The next Smash Bros. game should cut the entire fighter roster and replace it with all the assist trophies from Ultimate like this would legitimately be a banger lineup

[demilypyro]

Have you ever messed around on saltybet?

I don't know what that is

[911boofer]

the modern tranny yearns for saltybet

[256gb]

you’re all invited to come over to my apartment and watch saltybet with me

[galactica-phantom]

my nephew got pretty good at smash and asks to watch saltybet every time i go over there

i am...some kind of influence

[cubewaano]

they should make a saltybet type thing but for fake pokémon cards

[bvannn]

me watching saltybet while I'm at work and can't touch my phone because I have gloves on

[pretend-wizard]

The discourse happening in the Saltybet chat this morning

[lunatic-harness]

i'd like to thank saltybet for introducing me to my one of my favorite dnb songs ever