# Bet fake money on AI controlled fighting game matches: Salty Bet **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 16, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bet-fake-money-on-ai-controlled-fighting-game-matches-salty-bet/669017 "2013-09-16T23:51:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bet-fake-money-on-ai-controlled-fighting-game-matches-salty-bet/669017/1 "2013-09-16T23:51:16Z")
I recently got slightly into [Saltybet.com](http://www.saltybet.com/) during downtime. It’s a site that streams the game Mugen 24/7. Which is a fighting game that has a ridiculous amount of custom, fan-made characters for it. Ever want to see Spiderman fight Buttercup from the Powerpuff Girls? Well, it’ll probably come up eventually! The catch here is that all characters are controlled by the AI. So that super powerful character that always wins? Its AI may not be smart enough to know how to hit the really short character with a small hitbox. Or maybe that useless Dragonball Z character will do 1 damage to the opponent and then fly off the screen and win by time-out instead of getting beaten up like they usually do. When you register, you start with 400 Salty Bucks, a completely fake currency. You bet when you find out who the characters are. When betting is over, odds are calculated (it’s simply the ratio of dollars bet on one character vs dollars bet on the other), and if your character wins, you get returns. You have a minimum amount of money, to prevent you from being unable to play, this starts off at $10 and the minimum slowly goes up as you bet on more matches. Or you could pay a small fee and become a member of the Illuminati which has access to character stats and always has a minimum of $666 (or more). So, anybody want to bet on fake pixel mans controlled by schizophrenic robots with me? Yes, betting on robot gladiator matches, the future is here, folks. I’m sure this won’t be a reason we get killed when the robots rebel. Remember, always bet on DBZ! ---
**Author:** ![XanderCrews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ee59a6/32.png) [@XanderCrews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XanderCrews)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bet-fake-money-on-ai-controlled-fighting-game-matches-salty-bet/669017/2 "2013-09-17T00:43:23Z")
This is more fun than it should be. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bet-fake-money-on-ai-controlled-fighting-game-matches-salty-bet/669017/3 "2013-09-17T02:03:13Z")
ALWAYS BET WAIFU … I can’t believe somebody actually posted this on the SDMB. If I had to draw a venn diagram of “people on SaltyBet” and “people on SDMB”, I would have expected two circles with no overlap. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bet-fake-money-on-ai-controlled-fighting-game-matches-salty-bet/669017/4 "2013-09-17T04:16:23Z")
> [@Tabby\_Cat](#): > > ALWAYS BET WAIFU Top tier Saltybet strategy: [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/GmFPOiE.gif) > [@](#): > > … I can’t believe somebody actually posted this on the SDMB. If I had to draw a venn diagram of “people on SaltyBet” and “people on SDMB”, I would have expected two circles with no overlap. What are you talking about? Saltybet is the height of intelligent, reasoned entertainment! ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bet-fake-money-on-ai-controlled-fighting-game-matches-salty-bet/669017/5 "2013-09-17T05:55:20Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > Top tier Saltybet strategy: [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/GmFPOiE.gif) NO CAPS FAKE STREAM ALL IN ON HITBOXES > [@](#): > > What are you talking about? Saltybet is the height of intelligent, reasoned entertainment! I have wasted way, way too much time on this stream. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bet-fake-money-on-ai-controlled-fighting-game-matches-salty-bet/669017/6 "2013-09-17T05:56:17Z")
Darkstalkers are awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bet-fake-money-on-ai-controlled-fighting-game-matches-salty-bet/669017/7 "2013-09-17T05:58:24Z")
YOU HAVE MADE A BIG MISTAKE … shit I think my braincells are gone. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bet-fake-money-on-ai-controlled-fighting-game-matches-salty-bet/669017/8 "2013-09-17T06:00:30Z")
THE DREAM ALL IN ON DOG DogFace DogFace DogFace … shit, my brain’s gone too. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bet-fake-money-on-ai-controlled-fighting-game-matches-salty-bet/669017/9 "2013-09-17T13:03:54Z")
Thank you so much. I needed another distracting website. … on the other hand, this is a really good one… ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bet-fake-money-on-ai-controlled-fighting-game-matches-salty-bet/669017/10 "2013-09-17T14:12:04Z")
What’s wrong with you people? Never bet DBZ.