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Re:The Competitive Duality of Slay the Spire by epivosism on Saturday February 26, 2022 @11:05PM (#30485317)
The author is one of the best Slay the Spire players in the world. Here's an example of a fun run at ascension 20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgu-lMQnA74

He isn't the most talkative player.

Other interesting people to look up are https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEvDtGBqQFk .

Another good one is lifecoach1984 on twitch.

Re:The Competitive Duality of Slay the Spire by chillage on Sunday February 27, 2022 @12:22AM (#30485660)
I'll put in a plug as well for Baalorlord who is extremely friendly and explains his moves very well. I've watched tooons of his videos https://youtube.com/c/Baalorlord
Re:The Competitive Duality of Slay the Spire by idrios on Sunday February 27, 2022 @12:49AM (#30485755)
Baalor is great at sts and ridiculously friendly. His ladder challenge was immensely fun to watch
Re:The Competitive Duality of Slay the Spire by ridiculous_fish on Sunday February 27, 2022 @12:07AM (#30485599)
jorbs is great. His low-key sarcastic style hits just right.

Don't miss Searing Blow +16. Surely his most celebrated and infamous run. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY4fe-jQEyA

Re:The Competitive Duality of Slay the Spire by chillage on Sunday February 27, 2022 @11:21AM (#30489765)
Lol just watched it yeah that's definitely an entertaining run
Re:The Competitive Duality of Slay the Spire by kibibu on Sunday February 27, 2022 @01:44AM (#30485991)
I'm guessing you didn't read the whole article before dropping a link to lifecoach without annotation...
Re:The Competitive Duality of Slay the Spire by tomgp on Sunday February 27, 2022 @04:04AM (#30486580)
Lifecoach is an odd one, he's a fantastic deeply analytical player who just doesn't seem to understand why anyone would play a game in any other way, and as the article points out is just rude about people who don't conform to his ideas about the "right" way to enjoy things.
Re:The Competitive Duality of Slay the Spire by epivosism on Sunday February 27, 2022 @05:05PM (#30493124)
you're right, I missed that. I had hoped for more details on game design/tournament structure so skimmed the second half. But I thought possibly still worthwhile to share links to actually see people in the community.
Re:The Competitive Duality of Slay the Spire by jamjamjamjamjam on Monday February 28, 2022 @02:57AM (#30497463)
Jorbs in TFA comes across has having a really fragile ego. If he’s so interested in competitive STS, why is he willfully ignoring lifecoachs results who are unmatched?
Re:The Competitive Duality of Slay the Spire by epivosism on Monday February 28, 2022 @02:11PM (#30503679)
Yes, it is interesting how sensitive many of the elite players are. not just this one - many elite players in public are dismissive of each other's skills. Doesn't seem objectively rational.
Re:The Competitive Duality of Slay the Spire by jamjamjamjamjam on Monday February 28, 2022 @02:33PM (#30504016)
If you dont track win rate how can you be elite? I would say jorbs is just a good for-fun player. its much harder to dismiss someone when results are there