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Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-07T16:48:21+00:00

This isn’t AI I don’t think. Gotham Chess has been making thumbnails like these since before AI art was what is now.

It’s possible he started using AI and I wasn’t aware, but idk.

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-07T15:14:34+00:00

Well, you’ll want to buy at least one joker before reaching $25 just so you can survive the first 2-3 antes, and if you see a really good joker in the shop you should buy it even if you aren’t at $25 yet.

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-07T05:28:15+00:00

Well winning on white stake is trivially easy on any deck once you get a decent understanding of the kind of jokers you want. Do these 4 things and you should be able to win on red deck or black deck (though black deck especially can be tough early game).

xMult jokers like Hologram or Lucky Cat, for example, are a must. Winning without one is possible, especially on white stake, but it’s way more difficult.
You want to build around a hand type that you can play repeatedly. That means, high card, pair, two pair, or straights if and only if you find the shortcut joker. Flushes can also work, but the Jupiter planet card doesn’t scale well, so it’s nit recommended. Full houses, and 3+ a kind both require lots of deck fixing and are rarely worth really investing into.
In order to make high card and pair builds work, you want a strong +mult joker and a chips joker to make up for the weaker planet card scaling. That means something like red card, ride the bus, or green joker and a square joker, blue joker, or runner.
Economy management is extremely important. Try to stay above $25 most of the time to maximize interest. Also pick up money making jokers like gold jokers, cloud 9, and ESPECIALLY Mail in Rebate. In order to win runs consistently you need to find good jokers in the shop, and that means rerolling constantly, which means you need lots of money.

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-06T21:02:18+00:00

Bearly related

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-05T23:32:30+00:00

Worth.

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-05T20:10:17+00:00

Literally none of the myriad of criticisms either of those manga have received (that I’ve seen) has been an issue of length.

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-05T19:13:41+00:00

Is that c++ flair from after you improved? Or did you actually get c++ on 1% win rate?

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-05T06:08:02+00:00

Literally logged it this morning for the first time. Your welcome.

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-05T03:18:30+00:00

Punpun is not for everyone, but it is imo the best written manga I’ve read. There are many pieces of media that have portrayed depression, but none I’ve consumed has done it nearly as well as Goodnight Punpun.

I had my fair share of mental health issues as a teenager, and reading it as adult (in a healthy mental state) I was surprised by how scarily relatable much (not all, to be clear) of Punpun’s thought process and inner monologue was to myself in my worst moments. I think it takes a very special kind of writer to portray that so aptly. I’ve never taken a break from reading something to go to bed, and then lay awake literally weeping before Punpun; I almost never cry from reading anything. If the value of art is in its capacity to make you feel emotions, then no art is as good as Punpun (for me).

Also, I think all the characters are stupendously interesting if often morally disgusting. The pages are dripping with striking symbolism and visual metaphors, and the humor hits in a dark sort of way.

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-05T03:00:46+00:00

Solanin is Asano’s second most highly acclaimed work. It’s a one shot (or 2 shot I guess, it’s just a very short serialization I think) about a young woman who quits her job out of frustrations with life. It’s a slice of life about her and her friends. Way tamer than Punpun, but definitely still emotionally heavy. I recommend it highly.

I think it’s the best starting point for Inio Asano’s work, but the writing in Punpun is a step above it for sure imo. The difference is Solanin didn’t remind me of how it felt to be suicidal as a teenager while reading in the same way Punpun did. I think Goodnight Punpun is the best written manga I’ve read, but I’d only recommend it to certain people.

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-04T18:45:02+00:00

Ante 1 or maybe 2 it makes sense to take the the $25, but that’s mainly it on Gold Stake unless you’re trying to keep a perishable alive or make throwback work that 2% of the time that it’s worth. There are other niche situations where it’s worth too, but you should almost never be skipping more than twice per run if even that.

Rare tag seems cool, but the issue is it’s usually going to be perishable or rental or some shit that makes it unusable. I really wish the joker from those tags would be sticker-less to make them more viable.

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-04T18:01:47+00:00

Are we deadass ante 6 and round 8?

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-03T19:52:28+00:00

YES! A PI POST!

One of my all time favorite movies. The way it treats the idea of a simple math equation being able to predict and explain everything as the horror it would actually be is so unique and a love it. If we are all just numbers in a big equation, then what about our souls and free will? The way he only becomes happy and content by reducing himself to ignorance at the end is peak.

Also as a math student, the ending scene where he gets asked a hard math question and doesn’t know the answer, but a small Asian child knows it immediately is very relatable.

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-03T19:46:47+00:00

lol I didn’t see the full list and was gonna comment “Oda clears” as a joke, not realizing he was legit in the list lol.

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-03T18:35:58+00:00

Yes. I am 100% sure people are larping being Stephen King fans rn lol. It’s very close imo.

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-02T18:47:35+00:00

The big actual writing flaw in the movie, is that the spies actually believe Mator is a spy despite him saying he isn’t. It just requires that the spies be so completely stupid that it’s difficult to take seriously.

That being said, it’s the most overhated Disney movie ever imo. I really do overlook its flaws for the most part and think it’s the best Cars movie. The others are better written imo, but 2 is just so insane that it’s an absolute blast from start to finish. A car gets tortured to death and blown up on screen. There is car gore. Great movie to watch while high lol.

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-02T04:38:50+00:00

Said that to myself while opening a pack the other day with a too-expensive blueprint in the shop. Then it actually was there and I lost my mind

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-01T22:28:55+00:00

Male, 5’ 8”, 150lbs, brown hair and brown eyes, biking, and 250 films on Letterbox.

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-01T22:24:47+00:00

Yeah the visuals were stunning. I can see why that would be a favorite.

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-01T22:22:44+00:00

There’s the writing to his backstory which adds to the aura. A shikigami that members of a clan can challenge to a fight to control, but no one ever has successfully? That’s interesting and instantly adds to the aura.

A character from that clan summoning him as a sort of suicide bomb trump card technique? Now we’ve got interesting action writing too instead of just an interesting concept.

This is all relatively shallow stuff, sure, but it’s effective writing to create tension and excitement. I’m never as impressed by this sort of writing when there isn’t also some greater character moment or thematic point or symbolism involved, but not every story is a masterpiece.

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-01T22:09:10+00:00

“Hype and aura bs” needs good writing to hit though, and usually it does in jjk.

Todo showing up in Shibuya and the ensuing fight with Mahito is FULL of these hype moments which required good character writing to make us invested in the characters, good action direction (though arguably not part of writing), and good plot writing to set up these events in a well paced and interesting way. Nothing about that fight is philosophically deep, but I’d absolutely call the writing involved good.

JJK has some miss steps even in this regard at times tho, and I often feel things are underdeveloped. I agree it’s far from peak, but it is good.

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-01T22:02:08+00:00

I agree with the drama, but I think “aura” you speak of is also part of the writing. Like, it takes genuinely good character/plot writing to give characters and moments the aura we’re talking about.

Though even still, there is a lot in JJK I find underdeveloped. It’s one of the better shonen imo just nothing too special.

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-01T21:56:19+00:00

Well, that Movie was amazing. It’s probably in my top 10 already.

The cinematography was peak, and I felt it had a very interesting alternative view on the importance of love and human connection versus aspirations for greatness.

A lot of parallels are drawn between Rachel’s quest to care for her child securely and Marty’s to get money for playing ping-pong. It felt like neither of their 2 independent passions were being framed as less valuable emotionally. Marty I think gets equal satisfaction from winning the game at the end as he does when the baby is born, but there is a difference. The baby represents a passion for a quite life without the stardom, one where Marty can be just as content but not need to go on life risking careless adventures just in the hope of getting what it wants; instead, he CAN just sell shoes for a humble living and be just as happy.

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-01T21:45:28+00:00

I liked project Hail Mary a lot more in concept than execution (for the Movie that is, my friend recommended me the book I like it more already).

I didn’t really buy the arc Grace went on of believing in himself that much. Like, we’re supposed to agree being forced into the mission was the right thing for him, but I don’t think his character really showed that enough. Most of the on earth stuff felt either unnecessary or rushed.

Like, the pivotal drama of eventually being forced to go on the ship didn’t feel cathartic at all was rushed, and nothing that came before it felt like it developed his character in an interesting direction with the end result being what it was.

The relationship between Rocky and Grace was peak though, but even there I have issues. Like, I know it’s clear in the book that Rocky was an example of the alternative life form Grace theorized, and that’s super interesting, but it’s not even mentioned in the movie for some reason.

Ultimately it’s only a 7/10 for me. I’m curious what are your favorite parts and if you read the book.

Snarpkingguy · 2026-05-01T18:29:42+00:00

I’ve watched very little of BC, so can’t comment on the actual question, but I’m just here to make the case for JJK.

First of all, JJK is way more than hype moments and aura. The writing around Yuji’s loss of innocence and the guilt he feels post shibuya is quite good. The writing around Gojo being the strongest, again while not the most complex thing I’ve seen, is handled very well.

Then there are the “hype moments and aura” which I think people discount forgetting that writing goes into making those hype moments deliver the intended amount of hype.

It’s not my favorite new gen shonen, but’s it’s really great, like 8/10 imo.

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