f13.net

I couldn't really find an appropriate forum to post this, I guess this is the closest.

http://www.saltybet.com/

It's a website where you get 400 spacebucks and you use that when you start to bet on fighting game tournaments and stuff - no actual money, just for funsies.

The fun catch is, when a fighting tournament isn't happening, he has the fighting game engine MUGEN running 24/7 doing AI vs AI matches you can bet on, and it has something like 800+ characters, including DBZ fan characters and bad mspaint characters and everything inbetween.

It's fucking GREAT.

Holy fuck what an amazing way to have a permanent Twitch Channel of multiple thousand users. Goddamnit I wish I'd thought of this. Ugh.

Guile theme goes with everything.

Even the Invisible Woman fighting 4-bit Gohan.

This is better than EQ Next.

I am out of money because of 3-frame anime girl oh god warmachine you filthy asshole why did you betray me.

rslaev: BULLSHIT THAT FUCKER HITS LIKE A TRUCK

roofiedtiger: ALWAYS BET DBZ


I love this.

chainposting itt



dp989: Does anyone know if there is something like this for smashbros?


^^^^^^^^^^^^

THAT

moleman best man

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39720/games/saltybet/tyouunn-shiryu.png)

Ya'll missing out.

Aw, it crashed.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39720/games/saltybet/raptor.png)

its back

This fucking chat.

MvC2 theme + this:

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39720/games/saltybet/raptor2.png)

Raptors gonna take us for a riiiiide.

fact: anime shit cannot damage raptor

fact: best thing on twitch

The odds get a little thin.

They do. The odds are ridiculous. I'm so deep in the salt mines my skin is falling off.

I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS FOR THIRTEEN HOURS WHY CAN I NOT STOP.

Shit. Lost my stake on Fred Flintstone.

So, like, this whole thing is amazing. It has 1200+ people constantly. CONSTANTLY. The biggest Magic Streams have like, 500 people. At peak.

Wizards has been trying to improve viewership and quality of their streams.

I don't think "Make Goku fight a dinosaur" is going to solve things, but it's a start.

I'm also bummed out on Fred Flintstone. Should've put my money on Sadako. Always Sadako.

But I remembered Homero.

That was a mistake.

COMEON SHITTY CHIEF, PISTOL WHIP FUCKING GOKU

edit: hitboxes :(

edit: Goku SSJ3 is too goddamn rogue in every match. He can kill in one hit but most matches he does nothing but get crushed. :L(

The only truly safe Naruto bets are the ones with "Kun" in the name, by the way.

Nice tip.

Still would've bet on Fred Flintstone (though that had no relevance to Naruto, just like, saying. Fred for President.)

THESE FUCKING DBZ CHARACTERS GAWD

whoa snake eyes

Rimle's normally OP as fuck, but it's hard to beat Cless.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39720/games/saltybet/nenaikodareda.png)

Comments included:
"2spooky"
and
"RIP, or whatever, ghost dude"

Fucking Lavos Spawn is a case of Rich get Richer.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39720/games/saltybet/timmy_turner.png)

The stage is a constantly scrolling 2chan page. Jesus.

I never really looked into Mugen. Does it actually have a capable enough engine do to a fighting game that the fighting game spergs would like?

These characters are all awful. Good god.

Aww, website blocked by the State Department.   :cry:

holy fuck I clicked that link and looked down and it's two hours later.

Yeah, that's kind of what happens.

I threw the guy 4 bucks for the month of Illuminati or whatever, I've gotten my money's worth already.

also, all in on Silver Samurai after the ass whupping I just saw

This is endlessly entertaining.

I'm not a fighting-game aficionado but I just peeked in on this and saw Mrs. Incredible turn into a car and run over some spider-lady.  And the crowd went wild!

 :uhrr:  :drill:

You guys have all given up the right to make fun of me.  Ever.

No we haven't.

I should never have opened up this page  :ye_gods:

Oh jeez.  The future of Twitch TV is here.

Yup, and the future is Soul Gen.

soul gen is op as fuck

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39720/games/saltybet/fat_albert.png)

All-in on Albert.

Totally.

ALBERT TAKES IT

oh shit roll vs dinozord

Poor dinozord.

Oh shit that Diablo Tristam music.

Does the stream run like absolute shit for anybody else?  Half of the fight time is the screen freezing up before it suddenly jumps to the current point.   :cry:

Still very entertaining.

Naw, mines like full FPS @ max res for twitch.

....fuck.  Wonder whats wrong.  I mean, I know I'm in Poland, but I actually got a really fast internet connection.  Hrm.  Are there settings you can tweak for this?  Seriously never bothered using twitch before.

Edit:
Ditto x 10.

I am so unbelievably angry that I can't stream twitch at work.

Problem with Twitch is that they removed the option to manually adjust the stream quality, so it always tries to go at the max for you, and it leads to choppy streams.

Sigh.  Trying stuff I find on google, but almost all of these matches are unwatchable to me.  Over half of it is just the screen and audio freezing up.

Oh god the stage right now is amazing.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39720/games/saltybet/crashman.png)

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39720/games/saltybet/koopa_troopa.png)

I was just about to post that you fucker.

Haha, most hilarious match up I've seen so far.

The expression on his face totally sells it.

WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39720/games/saltybet/protoman.png)

always bet against mega man characters

except roll

she's real

Pretty similar to the video game wrestling thing, where wacky create-a-characters fight in a WWE game. Also oddly addictive.

I said doesn't sound too interesting, but I'll take a look. It's an hour later.

So Trunks is just a gimme to anyone, eh.  Saw him 3 times, I don't think he won a round, just spent most time trying to charge.

Ivy vs Evil Ryu is fantastic.

IVY TAKES IT

That Ivy v. Evil Ryu was amazing. She took a Raging Demon at the end and still pulled it off.

That goddamn match was nearly as good as any human match I've ever seen.

Fighting games don't need humans anymore.

Less neckbeard, more AI.

If MUGEN characters could get AI that can at least punish on a rudimentary level and something to reign in the excess charging they tend to do, Salty Bet could get pretty insane.

(http://i.imgur.com/58VAqT9.jpg)

And someone discovers Sakura from Cardcaptor.

Holy shit taht Orochi Iori vs Jin fight.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39720/games/saltybet/bebi.png)

From chat:
HOW IS BEBI FORMED?

just lost a bunch of money on roa :(

Was that a steamroller that just got dropped on someone's head???

Pikachu is probably about to send me to the salt mines.

Yup. :(

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39720/games/saltybet/binladen.png)

never forget

You could make a killing just following me and doing the opposite of whatever I do.

If Knuckles loses this I'ma just

I don't even

Goddammit

always bet on wings!

Won big on tails, lost big on Warmachine fake.  :why_so_serious:

I can't stop watching

This chat holy shit

Better not be letting me down with that Roll tipoff.

(http://i.imgur.com/BGOCA2i.png) (http://imgur.com/BGOCA2i)

Okay.  I'm going in but I can guarantee you that I won't like it.  I hardly ever like the same stuff you guys like.

This chat  :why_so_serious:

That made for a great evening.

Wow, just lost everything on God Ken Vs. Rayman fight.  27.5 odds to 1 of God Ken winning.  Rayman cheesed it and won in the 5th match.  All 3 of his match victories came from time out wins by a fraction of health. 

WRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYY!

Jojos tend to suck though.

And Signe, I tend to hate on a lot of shit, but this is worth it for the chat alone.

Fuck.  I lost all my $ first time.  Stupid little girl.  I hate you all.  At least they let you keep $10.  Shit.  Dammit.

To the salt mines with ye.

I'm cruising at about 2.5k at the moment, but I'll probably blow that when I get off work.

I only ever have $5.  What do they mean when they say "fake" and "real" whatever on the chat.  Also, I don't even know who most of these characters are!  I recognised Batman and the ninja turtle.  That's about it.

People will copy popular characters and make reskins of them and try to make them 'cool' but it just breaks them, hence 'FAKE KEN' would be a ken named 'ken and gang' or something. (don't bet on ken and gang)

Also, the stream just broke. Dragon Guy broke the stream.

IT'S BROKEN!!!!  NOW WHAT??!!??

My favorite so far:

(http://i1027.photobucket.com/albums/y339/Ruvaldt/OmegaTigerWoods-1.jpg)

Most of Tiger's attacks came from a weird claw hand that came down from the ceiling, similar to the claw crane games.  I haven't laughed so hard in months.

I can stop any time I want.

Having illuminati access to match history is great, but sometimes it's just a 1:1 matchup and you gotta roll the dice. Those are the best fights.

You're in a secret conspiracy theory organisation? 

If you have illuminati access you should never be betting on anything except The Sure Thing.

Sometimes it's hard to cull data on the sure thing, though, with all these reskins and characters with the same name. That's the fun of it!

Is there any way to know the relative strength of the fighters before the match? It would be nice to know when a fighter can kill their opponent in two hits.

Always bet Disgaea.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO THRUST YOUR HIPS IN A FIGHT MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A FUCKING PENIS GODDAMMIT.

I'm so angry.

Also, what is Illuminati access?  I can't find anything about that.

Kind of wish this was the Vinyl Fantasy version of this song.

Also, man, I just put my money on Magus. UPSET GO.

WRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Luigi 'gon get crushed. Still betting on him.

Fuck, Magus. Why! Use Dark Matter or something! My money...

I paid 4 bucks for a month of illuminati - you can't go below 666 cash and you get access to the stats page.

ALL IN FAT ALBERT

I want to see Lavos Spawn vs Master Hand. Winner fights Alien Queen.

Stupid SSJ5 Goku takes no damage.

Just remember folks, Albert is real, this particular Goku is just totally busted.

nightmare_paws_coach: BUY THE TICKET, TAKE THE SALT.

Fat Albert let me down.  I blame Schild.  Luigi let me down.  I don't know who to blame.  I'll either pay four bucks or take my ten dollars and buy some cheap drugs to forget.

 I don't pick characters in any reasonable manner. I've never had more than 1100 ducketts.

I always pick the shortest and girls although I'll never pick the Harlem Shake girl again what with her useless hip thrusting.  :(

Green trumps all though.  If a character is green, regardless of sex or religion, I chose green.

COMEON PIZZA. FUCK MR. KARATE IN THE FACE.

:(

HAHAHAHA YESSSSSSS CRUSH SAD CLAPS

I do not actually think humans could play this match.

That just happened.

Doobie Dummy vs Sad Claps.  

I cannot start to explain what was going on.  

Ash vs Lou is better than it has any right to be.

TWO SECOND UPSET LOU TAKES IT

Salty added 350 more characters today, so we're liable to see some upsets.

lol I went all in Samurai Jack.

WE HAVE A MATCH, FOLKS

nooooooo

Pooh bear why!?

Admittedly, Andore is a monster. But I did put my space bucks on pooh.

Ogre is the suicide black of mugen characters. Block, you asshole!

Welp, went in heavy on Apocawaifu and am now back over $1000.

Lets go Sailor Man.

Holy shit this Cless Alvein vs Popeye match.

Who knew America's most beloved sailor would put up a fight as good as Ivy vs Ryu.

HOLY SHIT BLUTO CRUSHER

OH SHIT POPEYE TAKES IT POPEYE TAKES IT

MOney.

Check out that windup on Popeye!

Characters like Guile will always be bet upon heavily. Universally I will pick against the popular character hoping for an upset.

Like that.

Oh bugger, it looks as if I've missed stuff.  I had to eat because I had taken pills on an empty stomach and unfortunately began to fall over and didn't want to get to the "and I can't get up" part.  I love Popeye!  Dammit.

This little ghost better make me a bunch of space bucks.

I usually bet on whoever is more fabulous (unfortunately, that nets me a lot of Jojo bets, which are bad). If there isn't anyone fabulous, I pick at random (and usually wrong!).


edit: Oh, I lied, I also always pick the magical girl.

WTF.

Thats the loudest I"ve laughed alone.

mspaint.exe hard crashed :(

Melty Blood is basically the safest of bets all the time.

Oh Fuck!

GOING ALL IN ON MEGA VEGETA COMEON UPSET 1HIT ULT KILLS

These odds are not as high as I'd like. :|

Alas, vegeta, you are not the real one. :(

Frog vs Melty Blood is a real match.

This match may or may not be real. There's like 50 Mr. Bisons.

I always pick tiny girls with magic, too!!   :heart:  It wouldn't take my bet this time.  Does that mean I'm flagged?  I didn't say fuck in chat or anything.

Sometimes the betting page just lags from all the people and bets don't go through.

She has a broom.  She has to be magic, right?

People must really love Cammy, because she was never in this match. This should not be 1:1.

Now that's what I call...

a clean sweep.  8-)

Have you guys seen jazz hands? You would know if you've seen him.....JAZZ HANDS GOD TIER

There's 3 dudes that you could classify as Jazz Hands. But they're all pretty much god tier. But not Lavos Spawn tier.

(the only good Saint Seiya character to bet on is Athena)

That's why you pick DBZ (sometimes, he'll probably still lose)

Every time I've seen Cammy fight she's wrecked whoever she was against. Like utterly.

Melty Blood is mostly better than Cammy. Almost universally. She's been up against a bunch of jabronies (compared to Melty Blood) recently.

Not that last time!  Broom + cactus > Cammy.

Alter Amiba is the only true jazz hands.

ALL IN THIERRY HENRY

Yeah, I didn't even bet on this one. Both of these are terrible.

This match is like watching pong.

For future reference, Modoi-San is about as bad as it gets. I just like bidding on characters that monologue.

THIERRY HENRY GOT THOSE DIVEKICKS

 :thumbs_up:

Super-8 is god tier - but can still lose. This'll be a match.

Go Rhino. I've been trying to bet on the underdog in case of an upset, otherwise the winnings are tiny. Hasn't worked so far.

Jesus. Rhino's HP. This is some kind of molestation in slow motion.

According to an Illuminati I know in an IRC channel, Rhino was 0-11 before the Super-8 fight. He's got a ton of HP but no attacks.

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Why didn't you say something before?!?!?

Because I didn't know until after the fight.

Doesn't matter who Super-8 is fighting, he stands a chance because he attacks sooooooo fast.

Death might be able to get out of reach and steal a win against him, but the list of people who could trash him is short.

Lavos Spawn could beat him.

Lol. Hel'Lauren just kicked over the zombie from Ash's ult.

According to an illuminati you KNOW?  What? 

It keeps telling me to change my chat size.  Huh? 

Also, just so you know... in real life, someone with a chainsaw will ALWAYS beat someone without a chainsaw. 

Also, GAF has an okay tier list to use as a loose guide:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=74883475&postcount=5267

Lavos Spawn should really be up top. Also, unlisted is Alien Queen - who I'm not even sure can be damaged.

Evil Homer got me $803.  Green Goblin got me another $286.  I should quit now and go buy some shoes.

Lavos Spawn isn't Omega Tiger Woods level or anything, he can actually be killed. One of the Kenshin characters fucking thrashes him.

I have to stop or two cats, one dog, a parrot and a Komodo Lobster will starve tonight.  Also - I wish I hadn't given these people 4 bucks.  It doesn't make any difference.  All my money, barring the 669 they give is gone again.  HRUMPH!

You're all on drugs.

How are you able to look up stats on matchups (once you get Illuminati)?

By clicking on Stats at the top on saltybet.com.

That seems to only bring up the stats for actual players, not character matchups...

I was under the impression Stats was for characters, Leaders for players.

ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ raise your salties ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ

Cammy just took me out of the mines  :heart:

444 dollah  :why_so_serious:

That bullshit brand new Cammy just lost me 40% of my money.

I should stop doing this.

Cammy and all her Capcom friends  :heart:

This stream is amazing.

This match is going to be REAL.

Or not. Ryu hits like a wet noodle.

Please explain the appeal of this? Seems pretty arbitrary.

Robocop beat Super-8 yesterday.

Christ, Rayman again!

MY SALTYBUCKS THROWN AWAY ON A 71113 NOOOOOOO

NEVER BET AGAINST JUGGERNAUT

Also:  What.  The.  Fuck?   :drillf: :drillf: :drillf: :drillf: :drillf:

Signe -> $666 (Σ$1252)

Signe -> $666 (Σ$672)

Are the odds always this insane?

Last Bet $10 on Rock volnutt
Odds 404.4:1 ($1)

...

 :awesome_for_real:

God, fuck off Rony. The odds are going to be bad enough as it is without your ass putting in over a million.

Tribe Called Salt.

Watched at work, came home, watching at home. I have a problem.

Shuddup.  I gave them four fucking dollars and all I ever have is $679.  $666 seems appropriate for every bet.  This thing is making me insane.  I NEVER WIN!!  Also, I don't know the difference between Naruto and that other thing.  WTF?!?

And you guys know, don't you, that there are other people in this universe named Signe!  Geez.

Yeah, but none of them matter.

ALL IN ON E-102R

ive made a terrible mistake

SIGH HITBOX ROBBED

I WON TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FUCKING TWO DOLLARS! HA!

Why do they keep calling for Dooby?  Who is Dooby?

A broken MSPaint-tier character (http://i.minus.com/iBPppkfhPdh2Q.gif).

oooh... I think I won with him.  He's adorable.  I'm back to losing  though.  My constant $666 is having the opposite effect that I expected.  I suppose I should pick a new number.

NEVER bet DBZ

Always bet foot dive.

The music he's using for this is great.

DBZ, Naruto, etc.  It's all the same to me.  Geez, there sure are a lot of racists in that chat!  And what is "foot dive"?

Doom's jumping foot dive is something he's fairly notorious for in Marvel vs. Capcom 2.

Oh.  You guys are so smart in your own way.  Big Chicken would have won if he had used his pecker like I told him to. 

If Blockhead did any damage, this would be a real match. :(

Blockhead's actually not terrible, but that Dee Jay is one of the not-shitty versions.

I would have so gotten knocked out by that BR v Psylocke match but I missed the bet so I'm still in it!

Arache de Tarantula is legit one of the better characters on the whole roster.

Why am I watching this?

Because Bullseye is legit.

Getting slightly tired of characters that I've seen wreck complete face one day suddenly turn into drooling idiots the next.

Rules so far.
-DC characters are quite powerful, esp Sentry and Flash.
-Chrono Trigger is terrible.
-Almost always bet on tiny hitboxes there are some exceptions.
-Marvel cast is mainly as powerful as they were in their games, with exceptions so far I've seen Blackheart be especially awesome.
-Don't always bet on swords, swords aren't special.
-Anime is very uneven, Melty is pretty powerful as a rule but so far I haven't figured out any other patterns.
-DBZ is across the board awful, except a couple of individual/real versions, GT of some characters.
-MSPaints are either god tier or shit tier, its rough picking those matchups.
-Naruto cast esp -kun versions are fairly average, they can win but not against strong opponents.
-JoJo cast is around Naruto-tier maybe a little bit higher, haven't seen enough of them.
-GG cast seems to be one of the stronger balanced sets.
-KoF?
-Capcom?

You forgot one:
-When you're in the salt mines, always take the long odds.

Edit: For example, I took Squall in the current fight.

This is going to sound retarded, but what are the salt mines? :o

black squall would have won that, fucker just needed to use his aa's and he had it.

Salt Mines are what you're in when you're low on cash, using the "I lost all my cash" money.

Also, all my dollars on Ginyu.

This is what I've been using - I think I win at least as often as I lose, though still not nearly enough to beat the odds and get me out of the mines:

S-tier: girls with wings, HUGE hitboxes
A-tier: other fliers; girls with swords; robots; black versions of established characters
B-tier: typical fighting-game looking dudes, ordered by art: actual fighting game sprites > spritesheets from other games > c/p from a cartoon or something
C-tier: small hitboxes; non-flying girls without martial weapons
fuck this shit tier: MSPaint and DBZ characters are universally shit but cheese their way to a win as often as not (a billion health, 1-hit ko laser)

holy shit ginyu versus terry

time for some mspaint to lose

(all in on mspaint)

(HARD IN THE PAINT)

hold my fart

FRANKO GOES HARD IN THE MUTHFUCKIN' PAINT

fuck you Franko.

ezrast, you are vastly underestimating how strong small hitboxes are.

I'm going with GG > JoJo here.

Meant to add a parenthetical that you only tier based on small hitbox if there are no other criteria available. Small hitbox robots still wreck faces. Basically it amplifies whatever's already there.

Like, shitty art girl with small hitbox -> extra-shit tier, all in on 98

the odds disagree with me here though

there are exceptions okay

ALWAYS BET ON NECO

Always bet on small hitbox is probably the best always this rule there is.

Fine, small hitbox acts as a +1.5 tier modifier but that's all I'm giving. I got burnt by Tails and Buttercup early on and I still haven't forgotten the sting.

Well speak of the devil.

edit: all-in on Blob obv

edit: Wait, what? I must have gotten a fake Buttercup last time.

wtf, his health bar's not even all the way down.

edit: I'm really not making my case well here

edit: wait yes I am, she's a flier so that makes her SS-tier, I just bet wrong

The Blob from Marvel has literally 1 HP. Everything one-shots him.

Never bet on 98. She's lost almost every match.

Blob hits like a fucking truck, but he's a one-hit wonder.

I've seen Hebiitigo beat people she had no business beating. I expect a lot of :salt: at the end of this.

or not stupid ai :(

:salty:

Finally made some money betting against DBZ, lost it all betting against Melty Blood. SIGH

Way the fuck too close for comfort.
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11780032/saltybet01.png)

Oh shit, Ivy vs Roll. People gonna get :salty:

Oh my god that Abui vs. Plastic Man fight.

I expected Death Black Shot and Shuma to be a bit more exciting. :salty:

Deer Lord just beat the SHIT out of Norimaro and his stupid purse.

Abui made me so much money.  :heart:

So I went to go try this thing and, two matches in, it broke.

Damn it all.

What people don't realize is this whole thing is three weeks old, so pretty impressive considering, even with downtime.

I always have $672 - I thought it was $679 but I was wrong.  I always bet $672 now and I still always have $672.  When I win, I get like $18 and then I lose and have $672.  :ye_gods:  It would have been the exact same think if I hadn't given them $4.  I'm an idiot.  This means I LIVE in a salt mine, right?  :( 

I saw you last night Surlyboi.  You have the only name I recognise.

What is MOTHERFUCKIN' PAINT? 

Broken for hours.

1200+ viewers.

Man the music selection is weird.

I can't recall what game the current music comes from. I heard Vol Opt's theme from PSO earlier.

WTF Zeroko?!!?

I made a ton of money and now I'm heading back to the salt box.  I hate this game.

I've managed to make decent sums betting against all the DBZ characters. And then losing it all betting against Homer Simpson.

Bloodsport for the 29th century. This shit rocks.

Edit: Fuck me. Just lost everything betting against a DBZ dude.

I know it's part of the charm but man they really should remove like the 200,000 bad DBZ characters. It's funny when they remember their One Hit KO supers but usually they boring as hell to watch.

Okay that was actually pretty hilarious.

Ash Vs. SSJGohan. Ash is actually good for once and kills Gohan from 50%->Dead with what I guess was his ultimate super (which was awesome to watch). Chat explodes since Ash usually chumps out really bad since his hitbox/attack areas don't match like half of the characters available and he never hits anyone. Gohan starts the next match with a one-hit ko super.

Hilarious how it turns out sometimes.

I guess I just don't get this. 

all the simpsons chars are real.

'Just one more fight' I think to myself. I should've known I don't possess that much self-restraint. Cue two hours passing.

x2

What's to get? Silly fake matches for Silly fake dollah's!

Part of my problem may be that I just do not find gambling at all interesting. 

The fake money is just there as incentive to root for who you pick.  The point is to watch the ridiculous matches and the ridiculous chat stream.

Fuck the chat stream goes constantly.  I can't keep up with that schizophrenic shit.  How could you even read it fast enough for it to be entertaining?

This.

(http://i.imgur.com/ugTqw1y.jpg)

 :drill:

You don't have to follow the chat stream all that closely because most of it is repetitive asshattery. Every now and then though, somebody posts a real winner.

Don't treat twitch chat like a conversation, treat it like a mob of people that it is.

It's like when in a full movie theater, everyone jumps at the same time when the monster jumps out of the closet or whatever. A Shared reaction. Maybe you hear something really funny from the dude 3 rows in front of you, maybe you don't.

Now that is funny. 

Is that Moleperson chomping on Vanilla Ice's scrotum?

Oh shit, Son!

(http://i.imgur.com/Kcjx0iw.png)

That's exactly what that is.

The thing that makes me laugh the hardest is when people see the odds and realize they've backed the wrong toon.

"I immediately regret my decision!"

-edit- Then MS Paint Bicycle man wins anyways and makes you like a 1000 bucks when you only had 20  :heart:

"I've made a terrible mistake."

That said, since it's for fun and I'm Fnord, I'm all in on almost every bet.

I laugh at the chat even though I mostly have no clue what they're talking about.  And the fights are fun and sometimes so bizarre I feel as if they're inside my head.  I have no idea why people shout "bet Jojo" or "fake Ino".  I recognise some of the stuff, like DBZ and Naruto but I have no idea who the characters actually are.  I paid thinking it would make it easier but found that trying to look up stats or who the fighters are just makes me more confused.  So I bet on small and cute, boobies, and if I can't make up my mind, I bet on red. 

I guess I'm the worm wot lives in a sand box.

Never bet Jojo unless it's Dio.

Why does Vanilla Ice have long hair?

M. Bison vs Skeletor fighting on Wily's spinning platform. What is there to get?

I bet on Skeletor before and he let me down... TWICE.  I have no respect for him.  He couldn't even beat that boy with the pixie hair before.

POPEYE!!!  I love Popeye!

If only there was more of that and less shitty Anime characters I don't know.

Edit: Also, I fully expect this to get shut down soon due to how much attention it's getting and the fact that the guy running it is essentially making money using a shit-ton of other companies intellectual properties.

Popeye all day erry day - BLUTO ASSIST!

Shit is craaaazy, and my connection is so shitty the betting doesn't work, so I just watch and laugh.

Harley Quinn vs. Donatello (TMNT)

Donatello Wins!

COWABUNGA BITCH!!!

Certain people getting inside info on incoming character nerfs and using that knowledge to pad their wallets is taking some of the fun out of this.

Hazard a guess that it is the Vanilla Ice character from the JoJo's Bizzare Adventures fighting game?

DAT SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI MUSIC

No doubt. This shit's totally got the kibosh coming its way from the characters to the music and everything in between. I'll enjoy the ride while it lasts.

Barney cleaned me out, kinda sad now.

Yeah, I don't think they have much defense if someone with a claim decides to take them down.  On the other hand, if someone shut down every Twitch channel making money by streaming video games they don't own, to a soundtrack they don't have the rights to, the place would be a ghost town.

It's clearly Parody!

I do get the feeling that donators being able to see match histories sort of spoils it. Every time I manage to call a fight correctly I win like $2 because everyone else already knows that one character doesn't stand a chance. It would be better if there were more variance, even if it were just through occasionally assigning poor AI to a random character. Better would be an Elo matchmaking system, or maybe giving partial payouts for taking 1-2 games of the set. Removing the legions of shit characters can only take you so far because the system is only really fun when there are thousands of potential crazy matchups and at that point balance is out the window anyway.

Yea, this makes little sense to me. I went from $300 to $140 by guessing wrong on four straight matches. Then I finally guess right! And win $4 on a $40 bet.
Without knowing the odds before betting, it seems very unlikely to ever get anywhere.

The 100:1 odds fights are kinda silly, sure, but if you have some knowledge of what to bet on/what to bet against, you can do decently if you spread your bets like in Blackjack. I managed to snap up $200 by putting $2-5 on the underdog in moderate-odds fights several times, while using the $2-profit big-odds fights to stem the losses.

Then I lost it all on a match I thought would be a blowout and ended up 1:1.

Still fun to keep in a second window when you're doing low-brainpower stuff, though.

I don't have Illuminati status, I was just generally looking at the quality of the characters as well as where they're from. Betting against the NES DBZ clones, against some of the anime ones, for Cardcaptors, for Melty Blood, and for Master Hand and the Simpsons.

Even if you don't know at all, just toss $1 on a side; there's a minimum payout of $1, and if you're on a long-odds fight that just happens to come through, you can make some nice change.

Here's what I have for a tier-list so far, feel free to contribute thoughts to it.


Neco

Melty

Special Versions (evil, holy, insane, shadow, dark)

Mexican Saints

Black Version of anyone

Small hitbox misc

DC / Capcom

Primal Rage / KI

71113

Marvel

Samurai Showdown / Naruto / Bleach / GG / Garou / KoF / Vsav

DBZ

OS-tans / sonic

Where's the Death guy with the killer scythe from?  Watched him absolutely destroy Joker a few days ago. 

The flash vs Geese was AWESOME.

Twitch Admins in chat is most certainly going to attract attention to this. Hmm.

The Ultimate Battle of Ultimate Destiny: EVIL DAN vs MR. INCREIBLE.

FAKE MEXICAN

I bet on Duke.   :facepalm:

Death13 is from Jojo.



[Sirbruce]


[/Sirbruce]

There's a tournament of god-tier characters going on right now.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39720/games/saltybet/hatoful.png)

Guess who won?

Hato always wins.

Don't fuck with that duck.

Cyborg Superman beat Hato.

Right now it's Sad Claps x 2 vs Uppercut x 2.

I can't even take a screenshot that encapsulates this madness.

Most of those fights were insane. The final fight and bronze round were let downs imo.

Yuri Di AAAAAA  vs. Yuri Di AAAAAA

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

I disagree. That final match was beautiful if only to see Silver Samurai just completely obliterate that asshole Cyborg Superman with his broke-ass health and ridiculous damage.

Also, this tourney was just the second pool of 8, and each pool's tourney will be held weekly. You can see the upcoming matchups here:

http://challonge.com/users/cherrywarrior

I am so happy he's doing these. Given the money they're making, they should do it every night.

I believe that this thread is a testament to the addictive nature of gambling.   :awesome_for_real:

I went to Atlantic City once because my mom wanted to go.  Some company gave everyone $50 in quarters for the slot machines (and a box of Salt Water Taffy).  I won $5 on the very first slot machine and went home with $55 in quarters and a box of Salt Water Taffy minus the mint ones.  I've blown hundreds of thousands of dollars with this game and I'm not even mad that I don't get taffy.

 :ye_gods:

Eh, I'm only there for the fights and crazy chat. My connection blows too much for the betting to work - heck, the fights are slideshows sometimes.

Ghost, did I just prove your point or unprove your point?  I'm not sure now.

lol Mike Tyson (old school) vs Super Sonic

Cyborg Superman fucking beats damn near everything - even Silver Sam had to take it to time scam apparently.

So is there an action fighter game that is currently very well liked for the ps3?

The only way I can keep my head above water is by betting $1 on every fight.  You never lose more than $1 if you lose, and if you win, you always win at least $1, and if the odds are even a bit in your favor (1.1:1) you get $2 or more.

At this rate I'll be able to afford a virtual yacht in about 4.3 million years.

I went on a tear (for me) and got to 2.6k. I've lost about 900 since then. There are occasionally "real" matches with close to 1:1 odds. The problem is you have to guess right or it's off to the mines.

So Salty's installed an "auto-balancer" that is supposed to give a small boost to characters who have extremely ridiculous odds against them. Nobody but Salty is entirely sure what exactly it does, but GAF is saying at least some of it is a boost to HP.

I imagine that against idiot AIs this won't make a big difference, but could possibly make matchups between one normally good character and one overpowering-but-not-badly-broken character more interesting.

Naturally, jimmies are hella rustled right now, especially in chat. It's kind of funny, them wanting all the dumbass sandbagging DBZ characters removed to make it "more legit", but anything else has them up in arms.

Isn't that part of the charm though?  That some of the fights are ridiculous one shot roflstomps?

Holy crap that was a close one. Cirno vs Marvin the Martian: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWtVVORJbfM

Emma Frost with the Porn KO

Atom with the atomic hitbox!  :drill:

Okay, Angus is amazing. Angry Scotsman that can summon a claymore.

I lost my bucks betting against Angus a few days ago.

Angus cheats.  He distracts them with his dangly bits and chops off their heads.  Chop!

Angus ain't so good against good Akumas, Ogre, Deer Lord, or Silver Samurai.

In fact, he's not very good at all.

The matchups have gotten really weird since Salty added all the new characters Cherrywarrior gave him. They're nearly all either from anime (a lot more Cardcaptors, oh boy) or Touhou characters, and most all of them are pretty ridiculous.

How can you tell the difference between fake Wonder Woman and the real one?

The fake one is shitty.

You mean before the match? NOPE.

You can, actually. The real one descends from the sky with winged shoes, and is a bit... well... "thicker" in design.

Anyone else not getting the chat to load?

Twitch chat can be fiddly sometimes, just gotta refresh or wait it out.

Also her magic lasso glows. In a similar vein, here's a tip for spotting fake Touhous: They don't have meters.

Giant Duck and Giant Fish, both legit.

God damn it, I lost betting on a touhou.
Admittedly it was against a total gimmick character (Perfect Storm X), but still....

Brainiac has no AI, irony. Three rounds and never threw a punch.

Is this still a thing? You guys need a new hobby.

Spoken like someone who's never put it all on the line and risked the mines.  :drill:

E: Oh hey, even more new characters.

ALL IN

Yes, I know the mines.

It was just all so last week.

I'm pretty much done with this, unfortunately.

It was fun while it was all Garfield vs. Dr. Doom and crazy matchups. Now most of the time it's these little anime girls I've never heard of. They usually end up winning, too. Apparently Cherrywarrior's contribution was over 300 of them.  :oh_i_see:

yeah anime waifu#657  vs dbz clone#1000 got old fast.

I still enjoy it, but yeah, they need to cull the heard a bit and get a better balance of pop culture.  Way to fucking many shitty clone versions of the same famous fighting game characters, as well as stupid anime shit.  If they got even slightly more selective it would help alot.

If they cull the roster it would devolve completely to whale bets from the illuminati, though.

I agree but the roster is just so heavy on nameless anime chars atm.

Dragon Claw is the prettiest original character.

Man do I hate DBZ.

Always bet on DBZ.
...unless DBZ sent you to the mines, then never bet on DBZ.