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My favorite MUGEN-related thing is Salty Bet: https://www.twitch.tv/saltybet

This is a continuous stream of CPU vs CPU matches from a massive collection of fan-made MUGEN characters, some of which are deeply weird (Col. Sanders, anyone?) You can pay them for some fake internet points to gamble on the outcome of the matches, but I've found that watching all the strangeness that folks came up with is entertaining enough on its own.

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I spent far too much time watching Saltybet matches back in the day.

My favorite match that I watched live (and glad that someone recorded) was this one. Matches can get crazy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNMdFtEwOc0

Last thing, Saltybet helped me discover a lot of random cool music.

There was a time where I bet everything I had against an anime character and ended up in the top 100 of richest players on the site. It's all fake, but the gambling rush I had once I had won that match felt real.

Col. Sanders is a lover, not a fighter.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1121910/I_Love_You_Colone...

Ty for curing my depression for a good while. This channel is pure gold.

While it’s not as action-packed as Salty Bet, Goblin Bet is a similar idea: pixel art fight betting game that pairs random D&D monsters.

https://goblin.bet/#/

This is both fun and clever case on internet. So is this thing controlled by one guy and made him money 100% passively? Amazing work done, I am wondering how he can achieve this and if we can do same thing?

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