r/slaythespire • u/A_Certain_Surprise • Oct 10 '24

META Xecnar attempts to continue his rotating A20H streak to 25 Spoiler

...and loses to Awakened One as The Silent!

What a phenomincal achievment. The current world record, which beat Baalorlord's previous world record by 4 runs (20%). Insane

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u/L_Gobetti Oct 10 '24

do we know whether Baalorlord will try and regain the world record now it's been beaten? I only watch his Youtube videos, which are usually a few days (or even weeks) behind the streams and I'm curious to know if he commented on it live on stream and if he's expressed any interest in taking this challenge again!

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u/bamfg Oct 10 '24

baalor is an incredible player but I don't think his style will regain him the record. he is an entertainer, he makes left field choices for content value - he won't be spending hours waiting for Nilry's to generate nightmare and alchemize until he has 2x ghost in a jar

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u/Avantir Oct 10 '24

Counterpoint: The record still really shouldn't be that hard to beat. I saw people here predicting Xecnar would double the record. Baalorlord probably couldn't do that, but he could probably lengthen it by 1 or 2. Although if Xecnar keeps going, Baalorlord probably won't get the chance anyways.

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u/BandicootGood5246 Oct 10 '24

Those who thought it could be doubled are using wishful thinking. To get a 40 streak with even 95% winrate is only a 12% chance and no one is winning at that high of a rate across the board except for Watcher. Given Xecnar is playing an attempt per day I really doubt he, or anyone is ever hitting a 40 streak unless they really find ways to optimize the lower winrate classes

Personally I'd be very surprised if anyone ever beats this Xecnar record, even with optimal gameplay the probabilities are just so low, and the time investment is intensive

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u/Ohrami9 Oct 11 '24

You'll be surprised if anyone ever beats it? That's a pretty sus prediction.

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u/BandicootGood5246 Oct 11 '24

Yeah, I mean given the time and effort it could take. Assuming even a 90% winrate average across all classes that's still only 8% chance to get to 24, that's like half a year of attempts and I don't think anyone's at 90%

I just think there's a chance people just move onto STS2 before anyone gets there

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u/Ohrami9 Oct 11 '24

I don't believe people will just move on to STS2. STS1 is good enough that STS2 won't be able to just replace it. I also think the odds aren't particularly low that the record is beaten before STS2 even comes out.