Critiquing Markiplier's Buckshot Roulette run

[@bellhop_phantom]

Honestly none of mark's ill decision making can compare to the dealer shooting himself 4 times until it was finally a live round. So determined to eat bullet

[@delightfulkissboy8926]

Dealer's got spunk, I'll give him that 😂

[@bruhmaster4207]

@@delightfulkissboy8926 he may not be smart, but he is certainly bold

[@eeveeblazelol]

he loves the taste of lead

[@elaineweaver6569]

does lead even have a taste? seriously, does lead have a taste?

[@eeveeblazelol]

@@elaineweaver6569 of course it does, it tastes like lead

[@Nickname863]

The hidden message of Buckshot Roulette: "Don't shoot yourself."

[@vatum20]

I really needed to hear that. Thank you. I was shooting myself for 7 years straight, but I never actually considered NOT shooting myself! That changed my world view. Again, Thank You. I couldn't be more grateful.

[@jd1800]

The hidden message is "shoot others".

[@HenriqueRJchiki]

Persona 3 fans in shambles

[@cksupreme]

​@@HenriqueRJchikiSo true. 😔 Dread is remaining unburnt this day.

[@monkeychife]

Delightful Kissboy: Do not shoot yourself Me: I know I know but I’m telling ya I can just feel this one’s a blank *BANG*

[@delightfulkissboy8926]

😂 I respect people who just send it tbh

[@jedibob12345]

This man was NOT afraid of statistics class in college

[@CnCDune]

That just means *we* should be afraid of him...

[@matthewmulherm6951]

I mean he understands the concepts his mental math was sometimes hesitant or inaccurate when it was negligible

[@ardynamberglow3124]

Only Markiplier can constantly misplay and make dumb decisions and still somehow win.

[@NobleKos]

nah, nogla has everyone beat.

[@slygamer136]

​@NobleKos fr dudes the dumbest but also yet on his own, strategic and lucky

[@ansonprydejr.1432]

As a wise man once said, "The AI will save you every time."

[@ninjaguyYT]

Other people can do it, too.

[@vampire_catgirl]

27:10 When the editor said "it was 2 lives and 1 blank" they were talking about the bullets already used, not the bullets still loaded. Mark thought that the dealer removed a blank instead of a live when it used its beer

[@delightfulkissboy8926]

Ahh, gotcha, makes sense. I'm so used to thinking about it in terms of the remaining shells lol

[@maxinehayes90]

I keep thinking you're going to say "welcome buck to backshot roulette" again. It's so funny!!

[@delightfulkissboy8926]

Gotta hold off so I can drop it again when people least expect it 😂

[@maxinehayes90]

@@delightfulkissboy8926 I see, gotta wait for the time to be just right. I'm looking forward to more yolks haha

[@Smooler]

​@@delightfulkissboy8926 smart man!

[@audiosurfarchive]

He has fully buckbroken you with backshot roulette

[@automatedminer7158]

"This guy is... Bold. He's bold. He's not smart, but he is certainly bold." 26:03

[@danielmiller3781]

Describes the dealer perfectly

[@miniraptor3211]

To add onto what you said near the end, I feel like a lot of people are greedy to hold onto their turns and it makes sense when you don't fully understand the game. It's the only time that you have control over what's happening and when the game tells you that shooting yourself with a blank lets you keep your turn, it's pretty attractive to take that risk with the thought of guaranteed damage in the next shell.

[@delightfulkissboy8926]

Very good point, I think you're onto something there

[@CYXXYC]

i like how most of mark's (probably half-logical intuition guesses) choices align with kissboy's calculated moves

[@Lh0000]

I feel like mark genuinely is very intelligent, and on some level is thinking somewhat similarly, he’s just held back by constantly having his attention on commentary and such so he can’t pay as much attention.

[@420mralucard]

@@Lh0000 Mark proves on many occasions that he is very smart at games when he tries. When he played Ultimate Chicken Horse with Bob, Wade, and Jack you can see when he focused he beat them all. He just likes to have fun and goof around when playing games.

[@grr194302727385]

@@Lh0000 right, he's an entertainer first and foremost. I feel people forget that, which is kinda odd

[@thatsmidnight]

i could listen to this guy read the phone book

[@delightfulkissboy8926]

Thanks for the stream idea 👌

[@Milkyway_Squid]

Kissboy: Do not shoot yourself This is excellent advice for real life too

[@ninjaguyYT]

I think he made that joke at one point. Something like "no matter what circumstances you find yourself in, it's always a good idea not to shoot yourself."

[@tmi1234567]

This is how proper reaction content should be done! It is using the video to offer critique and insight that the original video does not include. I do think it would be funny to see you watch someone who doesn't play as well as Mark does.

[@edstringer1227]

like jacksepticeye for example.

[@grr194302727385]

@@edstringer1227 jack's playthrough was so painful to watch lol

[@edstringer1227]

@@grr194302727385 but that's what makes it so funny. (for the sadistic)

[@MyUsersDark]

That "someone" being me

[@TalkingRacoon922]

As long as you believe that the dealer counts the rounds and pick the best option in its favor, you feel like you have to take a lot of risks. The moment you know he’s just a gambler addict, the game is much easier all of a sudden.

[@BucketBoatable]

You should check out Manlybadasshero's run, just for the ending, It's the final part, the wires are cut, dealer says, "check this out", the proceeds to chuck several beers, smoke several smokes, saws off, then shoots himself.

[@Blackgriffonphoenixg]

legendary moment

[@alentjanestetico3014]

My dude, I was thinking of your how the dealer works every time Mark was flabbergasted

[@TrulyAndasen]

As a statistics major, this game is a delight to watch

[@Coprinus_comatus1017]

Would honestly love to watch a deep dive video talking about the statistics of buckshot roulette

[@TheCompleteMental]

I didnt even think about it, but yeah. The dealer being dumb is more interesting. If the dealer was programmed to always make the statistically smartest choice, the game would get thrown all the way back to chance and youd have none of this interesting play.

[@ParkerShimoda]

some how mark just maintains very good rng, and it is a mystery how. he is definitively lucky (the dealer literally shot himself at least 75% of the time)

[@jargontrueseer]

The comparison between both their voices hot dayum 💀💦

[@gggghhhh1288]

???

[@playlistdj]

I love how you're so good at explaining everything in a way that everyone can understand. Had you just gone into this saying "he shouldn't have done that" or "never shoot yourself even if odds are in your favour" I'm sure you would've gotten a few raised eyebrows but instead you also provide context as to why, when and how doing x or y is good/bad and that's great! Keep up the good work!

[@sirspookyface1532]

Between yours and markiplier’s smooth buttery voices, I’m feeling all tingly only 5 minutes in

[@eugeito]

THE Delightful Kissboy gracing us with knowledge of the funny gambling game. What a great Saturday night

[@DVehemens]

This is a certified hood classic

[@deerlyqueery]

A video I wasn't expecting but am very excited to watch Pro-level analysis videos are some of my favorites, they're so interesting

[@SenisPucker]

How the Markiplier works (and why he's so lucky)

[@Full_Egoism]

"You almost never want to shoot yourself" Kissboy, 2024

[@lightingthelatenight9942]

Lmao this is hilarious out of context

[@nahometesfay1112]

I'm sure there are some situations where it's reasonable...

[@MoonieThat]

thanks for this commentary, honestly helped me reflect on a lot of the tough spots I've been encountering while playing

[@MiseryLovesCompany263]

I actually think handcuffs are the right call at 18:30 because if dealer has saw and uses it, he has the chance to one tap the player. Even if the odds of killing are low and you give up your free tempo, it’s worth going for to not die to chance

[@CallOfGamer2012]

I was about to go to sleep but this is delaying my sleep by 55 minutes

[@takula8912]

This was certainly one of the most games of Buckshot Roulette.

[@cobradavid777]

Its amazing how simple a game can be and yet be so many decisions and outcomes,love it

[@andro_king]

A little correction: Lixian wasn't wrong, he was just talking about the bullets ejected/shot while you were talking about the bullets remaining.

[@delightfulkissboy8926]

Gotcha, makes sense! Apologies to Lixian then 👌

[@laytonjr6601]

32:50 Even without the bug, since there's 2 live left the dealer doesn't know what it is and would have 50% chance to shoot himself, giving you the win. (using a beer instead of shooting himself is stupid for him since he goes back to 50% (if he goes glass, shoot himselff, beer it's the last round and he knows what it is) but for a human it would just waste the beer while still having the information)

[@SetariM]

You must be excellent at chess, Kissboy. You're constantly looking ahead to the end of the round and basically working backwards, each step you talk about is like 2 moves in advance basically lol. This was super enjoyable to watch, like the rest of your content ofc.

[@audiosurfarchive]

He's just focusing on what the winning conditions are: winning. Not so much "what's the next shell, as that's not the objective. Idk it seems natural to me

[@lampionmancz]

When I saw the video title I was thinking to myself, how can you criticise someone else's playthrough of a game, then I watched his playtrough, and kept doing it myself through it's entirety lmao.

[@nahometesfay1112]

You clearly never shared a console and single player games with siblings. "Your so bad!" "If *I* was playing I'd already beat the level" Heck, even in multiplayer games I got made fun of. Why yes, I am the youngest.

[@wr3nche5]

49:48 three and _what_ that caught me so off-guard xd

[@panofnoodlez1377]

Actual good reaction content

[@kipgriggs]

I love this masterclass on Buckshot Roulette lol

[@ahans6548]

I love your videos man! You’re a natural and I’m definitely excited to see what you do with the channel, glad to be here early in the journey ❤

[@StarxLolita]

these long videos breaking down s game like this with your voice are SO nice to fall asleep to. thank you for the easy sleepin

[@khheroxcn]

i assume when he said it shouldnt count it was in reference to the wasted cigs not knowing starting health is max saying if he knew he would have not wasted and used them after he failed his aim self instead of using the second not that the shot shouldnt count

[@wirelessbaguette8997]

I'm 10 days late, but the round that was going on around 20 minutes I think needs a mathematical deep dive into every possible permutation to see what the optimal strategy would be. With 3,4 loadout, 2 smokes, handcuffs, and a dealer handsaw at only 2 life, what ever has the optimal chance of surviving to the next loadout is the optimal strategy. I could see that possibly involving making use of the handcuffs and smokes to boost those odds, but without doing the permutations, I'm not sure.

[@tfd_ange8380]

I'm really curious, wouldn't the best option for 3:30 be to not shoot the dealer, if it's a live, you have a better chance to survive the dealer's turn and if it's a blank you give yourself better odds to win. What do you think?

[@delightfulkissboy8926]

Good question. I believe it's best to use handsaw there and shoot dealer. You have a 50% chance of winning, and a 50% chance of missing. If you miss, dealer has a 50/50 shot of shooting you vs. self. If he shoots you, he has a 4/7 chance of hitting. You'd have to run the calculations to the end of the round, but bc Dealer shoots randomly, I still think you have somewhat favorable odds of winning even if you miss. Would have to calc it out, but am not home rn :^) If you turn gun on self, I think you're most likely going to end up in the same predicament again and you're giving the dealer a turn and potential later to kill you if he misses on the coming turn. If he misses, you're basically back at square 1.

[@bonk9000]

i swear i was watching marks vid and thought "kissboy should see this" and THEN THIS GETS POSTED HAHA

[@BinaryBolias]

I agree that having a stupid dealer makes the game more fun. If I were to improve the game, I might add more complexity to the base game mechanics, but keep any dealer AI quirks that can make the game more interesting to play and to statistically analyze.

[@satorukuroshiro]

Technically this would count as a react video, but you talk over pretty much every section where you aren't paused, getting past the issues people actually have with reacttubers as far as negative stigma. Hopefully this video gets around to Markiplier and he makes another video while taking your advice here.

[@AbelShields]

Yeah, this is better than any other reaction video Perhaps a different genre - a critique video?

[@miniraptor3211]

Maybe analysis video

[@gositachi8438]

The dealer shoots himself after racking because he’s too drunk to remember the shell count

[@nahometesfay1112]

Funny enough the dealer never knows the shell count except for the last shell or if it uses the magnify glass.

[@melikesmuffins6676]

Thanks for helping me get the last of my senior year work done.

[@ChickenTeller]

I've never played this game, but I feel like an expert after watching all of your videos

[@doopydarp1027]

Yo I fw you putting marks audio low and talking over tho, that’s how you do reaction content i gotta watch his vid for the actual experience

[@essayenjoyer]

Its so wild to see a game thats just statistics playing out be SO entertaining to break down. Love the content!

[@soda989]

0:02 'Peee-turrrrrr...'

[@jakedanielsen4512]

I like how your singular of "lives" is "a live"

[@Roach_Dogg_JR]

I’d love to see the math for multiplayer, because all this math relies on the player going first.

[@MarkiplierFan1557]

0:00 Look What You Paused On That's Markiplier's Fish Face

[@MarkiplierFan1557]

No Reply Back

[@Something_Kyle]

Oh it's a bit late for the adblocker now, KZbin just detects it and tells you to turn it off (like most every other site that uses advertisements)

[@davidvasile4058]

I use uBlock Origin for several years now, upgraded to win11 last month and still don't get any kind of ads. It just works 🤷🏻‍♂️ (YTB doesn't tell me to remove it or anything)

[@boxerhummer]

14:00 ok this absolutely changed in an update right? Because i swear to god, there was a game were i got 10 points. Not 10k or 1k. 10... 2 digits...

[@PlayerZeroStart]

For future reference, if you decide to do more videos like this, I'd recommend editing it more, leaving in only the important parts instead of just showing the whole video, that way there's reason for viewers to watch both videos instead of just yours.

[@delightfulkissboy8926]

Fair point! Probably won't be doing more vids like this tbh, just thought it would be fun to look at Mark's play because he's such a well-known creator :^)

[@d00mhound]

I can already tell that you're gonna have a fun time critiquing Sean's playthrough of the game

[@light.bringer]

Wait, I thought *you* were Markiplier! Was the channel trailer a lie? Can't believe you'd do your audience so dirty, you'll be hearing from my lawyers!

[@delightfulkissboy8926]

🤫 (it was no lie, it's all part of the plan 🤭)

[@light.bringer]

@@delightfulkissboy8926 On a more serious note, I've been wondering how far someone would be able to go without using any items (probably not very much, honestly), any chance you'll try something like that?

[@delightfulkissboy8926]

@@light.bringer That'd be interesting to look into! Probably won't do it myself manually, but may find a way to automate it and show the results (hint, hint)

[@IKiller007]

Hey, thx for describing how to the ai works and telling a possible plays in the loadout. Maybe later developer will add a specific difficulty for us and AI will not use booze after using magnifying glass and casually shoot himself😂

[@audiosurfarchive]

Any sort of Expected Value analysis of items now that there's more and MP is out? Both for the Dealer and other players?

[@Mike-kl5yc]

Could you do a review on the wr endless run of 34 mil?

[@Dontneedonek]

He sounds exactly like markiplier I love it

[@blazedabizarre1876]

Such an interesting content

[@enafunnyperson]

Thank you for telling me why i shouldnt shoot myself, its life changing

[@danielplocica8766]

This game (potentionally) becoming competetive is insanely stupid but also insanely funny at the same time

[@RandomTrainfan]

Market Fire

[@GenDrag1]

When you pass Statistics with a 69%😎

[@y4nqui]

i'm curious about the math you did for beer increasing your odds in a 50/50 situation. i did some math myself and i calculated that beer only increases your odds of hitting the dealer if there are more live than blank bullets loaded.

[@delightfulkissboy8926]

Yeah, so I actually went back and looked at the spreadsheet I made and it's pretty negligible for most cases with the dealer AI. The times I'm seeing where it's at all beneficial in descending order of benefit are 2 live 0 blank, 4:0, 1:1, 3:1, 2:2, 4:2, and then the rest are pretty negligible. Was misremembering my calculations from when I didn't know how the dealer worked and was assuming a dealer that always shoots you. 1:1 and 2:2 it's still good to use beer, but 3:3 and 4:4 there's a tiny advantage that's almost negligible. Love the PFP btw, Godspeed is one of my fave bands.

[@y4nqui]

@@delightfulkissboy8926 appreciate the reply! and hell yeah, godspeed kicks ass. not too many people recognize the pfp

[@piprod01]

There isn't that many possibilities in this game, shouldn't it be possible to make a program that can objectively determine the best move and confirm it concurs with your decision-making?

[@delightfulkissboy8926]

I don't think it's possible to make a bot that's objectively correct in every scenario, but you can certainly make one that's almost optimal. The reason I say that is because theoretically a round can go on forever lol. It's extremely unlikely to go very long, but if you think about the scenario where you keep getting 1 live 1 blank and both players get cigarettes every round, that can go on indefinitely in theory. Incredibly unlikely scenario, but technically possible, so a bot that doesn't take that into account wouldn't be fully optimal. And since the space of possible rounds is infinite, computers can't take all of them into account. But practically speaking, you can make one that's good enough lol.

[@delightfulkissboy8926]

Actually thinking about this more, you might still be able to play objectively optimally, the math just gets harder than I'm willing to figure out lol. You'd need to figure out how your odds mathematically change as loadouts approach infinity. If you can do that, you might be able to figure it out objectively. Example: imagine a simple game where you flip a coin over and over and try to get as many heads in a row as possible, then your opponent tries to beat that. If you flip tails, you automatically lose, but you can choose to stop flipping whenever you want. You can technically flip infinite heads, but you can mathematically determine when you should stop based on probability because we know what the probability converges to as the number of flips approaches infinity. So you can play this game optimally even though the game space is infinite.

[@scpAmir]

I have a question. You and the dealer are 1hp. You have handcuffs and you cuff the dealer. There is 2 blanks 1 live currently in the chamber and the previous shot was live. Do you shoot yourself and hope the 66% is in your favor then shoot the dealer twice or shoot him twice and hope the last bullet in the chamber isn’t live? I made the decision of shooting myself and lost my hour run 😭

[@Aagames_]

if you use handcuffs and there's 2 blanks 1 live, shooting the dealer twice gives you a 2/3 chance of winning if you shoot yourself once, there's a 1/3 chance of dying and a 2/3 chance of winning, so it didn't matter what you did.

[@shaggysunshine7441]

What's weird... KZbin recommended Markiplier within the hour he posted this (not even subbed) I thought about "what if kissboy was helping him?" Well not what this is buy kinda close I think?

[@gemstone7818]

i wanna hear about the beer math

[@imepic4430]

reccomendation: react to joel's gameplay. his thought process is genuinely arcane

[@delightfulkissboy8926]

Lol I love Joel, I can imagine him having the most batshit logic imaginable and it still working out somehow

[@GGshep]

3:54 Would shooting yourself here work? 50/50 of hitting a blank or a live round. If you hit a blank, then you shoot the dealer with handsaw with a 3/5 chance of winning. If you hit a live round, you will take 1 damage, but since the dealer has handsaw, that doesn’t matter that much, and the dealer will only have a 2/5 chance of hitting you.

[@ZUnknownFox]

only 14:54 in I think 1 you should watch what does happen and critique after so that you're not calling them out on something they didn't do, and 2. I think you should critique Jacksepticeyes playthrough because it's crazy.

[@nahometesfay1112]

This video is more about teaching you how to think about/play the game rather than evaluate Markiplier's skill. Delightful Kissboy has made several videos about the probabilities and strategies of this game and this video summarizes most of it with practical examples.

[@Zoltatapeta]

I really love your content and your username is very fitting

[@riley-dv8eu]

Wow, i've never seen anyone do an analogy like this, and this is my first time watching your channel Impressive man, have you ever played a game frim this man as well

[@jdr293]

This reminds me of my graphic design prof if he sounded like technoblade

[@torbeexspider2134]

sarket plyer

[@TheRealJeff2]

You should react to poofesure's $1mil double or nothing playthrough. I think it'd be interesting to go over his strategy, or lack thereof

[@peanutsveryepicchannel8699]

NO STOP WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHAT. ARE. YOU. DOING. with your life

[@Lh0000]

I’m pretty sure mark was punished for shooting himself almost every time he did it… you’d think he’d have learned it’s a bad idea by now.

[@The_Diminished]

haha, I am afraid

[@cheetos_myers9071]

good job on 5k subs

[@rarinrecruit3150]

This sort of talk and thought processing is kinda what I feel like I do when playing XCOM-like games such as XCOM and Phoenix Point. You should try considering doing those games for some extra content should it be up your alley

[@Fungalbiomass]

Famous kissboy gets views fast

[@elleyshark6180]

SeanieDew did a video where he played this and didnt get hit once, that would be amazing to see you analyze.

[@Sushigh0st]

Wait so when do you drink beer?? I’m so confused because at 5:40 you’re saying it’s technically better odds to drink beer on even number 50/50s and then at 30:24 you’re saying “don’t do it because it could make your odds worse” I don’t get your logic here and would like to understand

[@Aagames_]

the main difference in those scenarios is that in the first one there’s a lot less items, and in the 2nd one you have a 50% chance of insta winning, which isn’t changed by using beer

[@AbdulAhad0128]

I would love to see you critiquing Jacksepticeye's buckshot roulette video

[@troucy]

I’d recommend checking out astrilSpiffs buckshot runs! He’s intelligent abt his plays but is really good a the gamble aswell! Would be interesting to compare your thinking against his

[@K9_3080]

What throws me off about this game is there's 0 reason to shoot urself unless u know the bullet because it's not like the Russian roulette I know where if u shoot the other player u must shoot urself before handing over the gun which makes u actually think and can decrease or increase ur odds I wish it was like that

[@bluemars5305]

4 and 4 is half of 16 come on everybody do the lean a lean

[@horrormanCZ]

What grades did you get for math in school?

[@adalon378]

I'm curious: did you see Nogla's 14million run too? It's a long one of course, but he got it and i wonder if you would like to break that down too, or give your general thoughts on it. Edit: typos

[@axelbenedict3301]

you missed the totally perfect thumbnail "How the Markipler Works (and why hes so dumb" trope, to make it a trilogy

[@lostyawolfer]

cool! please do a commentary on some of VitecPlay's runs, really would like to watch! he's a russian youtuber tho, however i dont think thats a big deal

[@gemhunter498]

You gotta do this with JackSepticeye’s run, it’s an interesting one