The Craziest Game Of Risk! - Fixed Friday

[@deanyona6246]

I never understood the point of censorship. If you want to make it more "KZbin friendly", curse less in the recording. It feels a little ridiculous when Pete is talking about taking drugs and you censor "shit".

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I hate silencing my own speech. I stand against it conceptually. I have always hoped that when I ask people to help me that they listen and respect my opinion since this show is my own creation. I remember in the past operating businesses that eventually felt like cages of my own creation. I would hope that this organization I'm building here does not eventually end up feeling as such. Long term that would be quite bad for the show. Much worse so than a few 'fucks'

[@legueu]

It's not censored on FreePete.

[@DriftSlav]

It;s not about being friendly but not loosing money

[@bostoredahl4665]

Had that thought while watching and wondered if you were censoring yourself 🤔. You’re getting undermined but they think they are doing you a favor. Too bad. It’s one of the main reasons I continue to watch, due to your genuine reactions and framing of your own opinions/emotions during a competition. It is both entertaining and refreshing given the bullshit that most people create. Fuck HR departments 😄 I hope you push back 👍🏻

[@proyqosalvador1355]

Hey man, your videos are great! The short segment at the beginning is a terrible spoiler though. It may works in movies, but in risk its fun to watch everyone build a position. Apart from that, keep up the good content!

[@roboticvenom1935]

It's to increase viewer retention. It's a fact that it works that's why many major channels do it. You just need to skip it and not look it's not hard at all. Why would you want Pete's videos to get less views and engagement.

[@spark_city9639]

@@roboticvenom1935 stop d riding dawg

[@tomhepburn1984]

Can I respectfully say as a long-time viewer and a man rapidly closing in on 40 that I find the new style of editing very tedious.

[@bradvidilini9326]

As a long time viewer in their 20s, I agree

[@jona3464230]

Agreed

[@jlb3737]

True, less is more in this case

[@CaseFreefall]

I also agree though Pete deserves all the success. The analytics will decide and I'm OK with that.

[@tsgcjcs]

Totally agree

[@kahunapat]

+1 for the less is more on the editing. Maybe this new style works better for the KZbin shorts, but for long form videos, very much prefer the stable stream style.

[@Repleh]

is this editing going to be for all videos in the future? i don’t mind it from time to time, but might have to switch over to just watching free pete if all the shows are going to be like this.

[@alexanderhowell2635]

Yes, just chiming in to agree with this. Don't want to be too negative, and I assume this is being done for engagement reasons, but I do find it grating outside of the odd game. Love you Pete but just agreeing this style isn't for me!

[@JD2jr.]

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[@sebastianserrato5358]

Pete entering his villain arc is an elegant masterpiece being created before us

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Oh no!

[@kyleguinness2062]

Pete I’m promoting your evil laugh to grandmaster. That intro was amazing

[@samuelmorris8519]

Just want to add that quote about our deepest fear is mentioned in Coach Carter, but it is originally a poem by Marianne Williamson.

[@maartenpeters1287]

Please upload unedited fixed friday on freepete 🙏

[@Alexand3ry]

Congrats on the win! It must have been so satisfying to say, "f*** that I'm going to throw the game to hit who I want" -- and then win anyway. You were palpably happy and relaxed all game, and as always it's a joy to share your company

[@Alexand3ry]

I wasn't really a fan of the frequent zooms, tight-zoom screen movements, and focus changes on this one. I'm normally supportive of editing because I *like* making a long game accessible by fast-forwarding through fluff... it helps me understand the game better in less time. On the other hand, when the focus zooms in tightly on Pete, or tightly on his charging troops (SO zoomed in! Hostile to people watching on TV/console/PC), it's jarring and makes it harder to tell what's going on. In the bits where you really want to zoom for drama, perhaps zooming a little less strongly, and just into a "theatre of war" where you can zoom in once, watch the attacks, and zoom out once would be better. For me, most of the most dramatic moments in this game were spoiled by editing that got in the way 😢

[@deanyona6246]

I must agree.

[@JD2jr.]

Yes.

[@ditto4061]

Hey Pete, I've been a fan for a while now and I've always loved your videos. As someone who reached Grandmaster by only playing Automatch I'd say I'm well versed in the psychology of 3 player classic fixed Risk. If you're unfamiliar, Automatch is for the most part a 4 player classic fixed game with similar settings to yours. However, given the starting positions, many people bot out, suicide or just straight up die at the very start of the game and it quickly becomes a 3 player game. In these scenarios the board generally stabilises into a stalemate as you see in all other games. I know you're familiar with the kingmaker and I have to say that is the key to 3 player Risk. Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe your psychology in Risk is heavily influenced by troop count, troop lead and position on the board. I think this comes from your years in playing progressive and it is absolutely essential to the strategies in Risk. However in the 3 player endgame of classic risked, something far more important than troops is the psychology of the players in the game. I've often heard you say that in certain situations, if the board state stays the same, each player will end in a certain position. For example if you're in a 3 player endgame with red, green and blue with you being blue. Red occupies Europe, Green occupies South America with an exterior in Asia and you occupy Africa and Australia you might say "In this situation, Red and I get first and second, Green gets third." While definitely true and a correct line of thinking, the reality of things is that most players aren't thinking about the game in this way. They're thinking about who antagonised them when, who was friendly to them and who got in their way. Also, an interesting thing to note is that going into a three person end game in very definitely 3rd place does not necessarily place you 3rd. Because of the psychology behind Risk, at a troop deficit you're no longer considered a risk and the likelihood that 1st hits 2nd hard enough for you to recover is quite high. I believe that it isn't so much about mastering the three player endgame as it is mastering each individual situation, knowing when to back down your troops, knowing when to make kills on antagonistic players, knowing when to give up bonuses, even giving up cards at times to avoid hitting 1s that could slowly potentially build resentment. It's an interesting game and I love it. Hope this helped. Thanks Pete.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Yep all true. The three player scenario is a weakpoint in my game I'm still looking to shore up

[@ditto4061]

@@TheKillPeteStrategy You're a very skilled Risk player and I love your attitude towards improving yourself in all aspects. I especially felt it when you mentioned that 1v1s seemed to have a level cap and that there isn't much a skilled player can do to breach that. I do have to say you definitely have the mindset of a Fixed player when you're playing Fixed which is actually flawed in a lot of cases. In this game you got broken multiple times and went for the double suicide which isn't necessarily incorrect. Had Pink not blocked you it was actually not a suicide but strategically taking out your only antagonistic player and going into the three player weak but friendly to the other two. On the other hand, you were strong enough that even without a bonus for a few turns you would've been fine to continue, if you'd stacked and reshored your borders you could've been in an equally advantageous position. That being said I think the "suicide" was actually fine, love your work and keep it up!

[@StankAssss]

Just started playing and your videos have been amazing in helping me improve at the game of Risk. Thank you for your amazing content!

[@thy_wreckoning143]

Been watching the channel for a while now and its crazy to see the quality getting better and better. Now I'm hooked and have a crazy itch waiting for each weeks fixed Friday haha. Great content bro!

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Cheers! Always trying to make the show a little better.

[@joshmccarty8800]

Pink blocked your bonus and leaves himself open to yellow break and tells you to attack yelllow😂

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

🤣

[@yuseifudo4517]

I love your videos pete, they’re truly entertaining and you’re an awesome person before being a very good risk player. I wanted to ask a thing: at minute 20:04, you decided to try to take both europe and africa because there were serious possibilities to keep them up to your next turn, gaining an huge advantage. Don’t you think instead it could have been better to just take a random territory and to stack everything in iceland? I’ll explain my line of thought: this is a 4 players game, you are the strongest on the board with 58 troops and a set of 10, the second sits in australia with 49 and 3 cards, the third and fourth are equal along the 20s, fighting each other for no reason. It’s safe to say your biggest enemy is purple, your goal is to keep your advantage or even increase it, your main threat is that they all unite against you. You maybe could have managed to keep 2 continents for some turns, but i suspect this would have inevitably been a good “casus belli” to make the other 3 decide to team up against you. If you just took a territory and put everything in iceland, you could have easily: - had enough troops to knock out the third and fourth next turn for a total of 6 cards (even tho yellow then decided not to attack), with yours you would have had 7 cards. - let’s say you would have lost something like 70% of their total troops, so 70% of 40 = 28 troops. 7 cards mean on average luck 2 sets of a total of 14 troops, so you globally would have lost 14 troops to knock out 2 opponents, and you would have remained with equal or in worst scenario a little less troops than purple, but differently from him, 4 continents, a ton of territories, and he couldn’t even attack them easily because his stack is stuck (lol) in siam. The only thing i am doubtful about is that putting everything in iceland clearly makes the others understand your plan, so even tho they can’t really damage you in any meaningful way it still can be annoying. The best scenario would have been stacking everything in ukraine/north africa to be more “shady”, but the first means that unless someone attacks you in asia (unlikely), you have to pass through india/china, and it would free the purple troops, while stacking on the second idk if it gives you enough firepower to knock them out entirely next turn, even tho now that i think about it maybe it could have been possible with europe defended and its bonus kept. I would be glad to know your opinion!

[@russelljones9207]

You can't win a six hour caps game, even if you come in first, you've still lost.

[@Marinefordtcg]

Hey Pete, love the content and don’t mean any offence by it but really not a fan of the new editing style. I hope it will bring you new viewers, and want to say thanks for still uploading unedited games on your second channel.

[@EvertfromNederland]

I do love me some good old Risk vengeance. And you took the W, that makes it even shweeterr

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I demand satisfaction!

[@ZytphenA]

Regarding 1v1; you can always get better. As you approach peak performance, gains will be smaller and smaller - in the end hockey players have to continue training their skating.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

And I feel this way about FFA. My skills are still improving even if those improvements are miniscule. I do not feel the same way about 1v1s. I notice no improvement to my ability.

[@ZytphenA]

@@TheKillPeteStrategy I get what you say. Im not say you should do FFA and 1v1 in equal measures, esp. when you’re at the level you’re at. But going back once in a blue moon to keep the edge. (Finished the 5h vid earlier. What a marathon slug that was)

[@davidholland4713]

I think your murderous attack on purple inspired yellow to get some revenge of his own. GG.

[@jordenker7592]

Without question, pete played salty against purple. 😂😂😂

[@Pickle88]

I think those criticising the “trash talk” could perhaps cut some slack. He displayed an authentic reaction like most gamers would. Personally I found it a breath of fresh air and frankly rather hilarious - adding to the satisfaction of killing purple. The authenticity is what makes this channel great vs just another (artificially) polished creator. Fun watch as always, Pete.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

😻

[@shawnlester8925]

That is a wild game, a lot of lessons in how not to keep breaking player who is not weeker then you. The poor pink player had more troops then the other 3 players combined, and still didn't know that he could win...

[@finley9688]

That has to be up there with the noobiest lobby I’ve ever seen😭😭

[@Alexand3ry]

They made Mr Cap-on-Oslo himself look like a grandmaster!

[@ironranger6602]

FIXED FRIDAY WITH THE PETEMAN!!!

[@legueu]

Fixed Friday, best Friday.

[@dumbtree3031]

LOL i love the opening, 'you can suck my f---' and my twitch comment 'always play with emotion' You can only poke the bear so long, ive done this so many times, screw you, we both go down. Always fun to catch you live pete!

[@onwardsupwards4483]

Great quote from coach carter I actually did a religious link to that quote very easy when talking about good and evil and our power as humans

[@cjmugs]

Don’t like to comment on videos with criticism so i mean it sincerely, I thought the vibes were too negative in this video Pete! Noobs are what they are, we want to see you point out ways to improve and maybe say 1 way how they played well!

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I think over time I'm in all sorts of different moods on the show. Particularly with daily shows

[@alancounter32]

I feel you man!!! I was so frustrated as well but fuck yeah you won!!! hahahah

[@JayS96Bruh]

Don’t understand why people saying Purple was playing well. The correct move for a purple would have been moving into the vacant Africa to also gain a +5 and then worked with Pete to snuff out Yellow and Magenta. Breaking both bonuses when Pete tried the greedy 4 point guard for Europe and Africa was fine. Not taking Africa when people moved into Europe was stupid.

[@buddhastl7120]

All I can say is wow. We all thought that blue was the only bot in the lobby and low and behold each other team besides green tried to one-up him.

[@Zack_lo]

Man I love ur videos I was playing this game on board long Time ago Keep up And Cont ur laugh which makes me laughing with you 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@edwardrahl5148]

"Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist.That is near insanity Kitai. Do not misunderstand me, danger is very real, but fear is a choice."

[@neckrys21]

Lmfao I love the way you questioned anyone who knows you. "Do we think you can improve at 1v1?" Not do we think u will compete in the tournament lol

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

What do you think?

[@ycleptubi8935]

Ain't no way you won from that position! 😂

[@MrJsevo29]

What in the cinnamon toast f*ck did i just watch 😂

[@TreeCamper]

Except Honey Badgers. They don't give a flup 🙃

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

indeed

[@dave493010]

Yeah man, the trash talk was too much imo. Call out the bad plays by all means, it's the educational aspect to this channel after all. But there's no need to go on about "playing like a bitch" and "sucking your dick" to an opponent in a casual any-rank game, he was literally a beginner trying his best. I know growing the game is very important to you - in fact, I only started playing the game because of your excellent content, and I'd say there's thousands of others in the same boat. If I ever came to your channel and heard you talk about me in that way, it would be a real punch in the gut. Sorry to rant, and I genuinely do love your work 99% of the time. I just don't want you inadvertently ruining a fans day when they might have been so excited to see themselves in a video, and it left a sour taste in my mouth overshadowing an awesome win.

[@rjk_designs]

Great point - I feel speaking about newer players in such a disrespectful way also breeds a toxicity among fans that I haven't seen on the other Risk channels I watch. There are clearly a bunch of comments in the stream and KZbin that defend and perpetuate this behaviour. It's jarring to see the dichotomy of someone saying each and all are welcome to his tournaments, from complete beginners to GMs and also tear down players that may have even gotten into Risk because of him when they attack him in the game or make a less-than-ideal move.

[@OliveXC]

Pete, I think you can improve at 1v1. I think it is just your own mind getting in the way sometimes. I am always willing to help out if you need it. I am signing up and playing in the tourney for sure!

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I just don't see what I'm missing and nobody has been able to show me. So I'm stuck in the same place with 1v1s

[@ericbee240]

Purple went from the weakest, to troop leader, to dead so fast. 🤣😂

[@plebmarv9668]

11:30 would be nice if you can point out the mistakes and draw arrows for yellow like a teacher

[@BarbaricYawp]

I don't mind the some of the zooms, cuts, and on screen text but the screen shaking is disorienting. Feels like motion sickness.

[@AndreasGalistel]

With the risk of getting downvotes: I have been watching for a long time now and I have to be honest, I am not a fan of the new editing. It feels overworked and forced. I am guessing the KZbin algorithm loves them, but I don't. These edits feel very out of character for Pete too. I am not watching Pete, or Risk for that matter, for the cool animations, the pan and zooms, I watch for the gameplay and the fun and interesting dialogue. The editing takes away from that, it does not add anything for me.

[@climate-moneymakingcampaig305]

Sweeciding into purple was definitely a mistake. I would keep my calm and dont get emotional and wouldnt guard europe with a "thread" ! That was so unneccessary and childish to be honest

[@lolzors93]

Love the content, man. Not of a fan of the intros, though. Don't want the game to be spoiled.

[@gamers_1]

Nice game pete as always 👍

[@ethanmakowicz5749]

I don’t understand the massive spoiler at the beginning.😢

[@TreeCamper]

U can just DO SHROOMS!!! Pete 2023.

[@ruthlesace]

Omg PETE, you HELD Asia

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Oh babyyyy

[@ZeroG_Bandit]

Pete don't listen to the haters. Love the new style and keep flexing the creative chops. Do what works to help grow your audience.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

We shall try

[@expo_600gaming4]

Was anyone else stressed out when Pete was on the opposite side at first?😂

[@CathyInBlue]

"Way more outgoing than usual." Is that what all the cool kids are calling it these days? My generation just called it "tripping balls."

[@SheKnowsWho]

ay i see the editing levelling up

[@mbash7887]

just started the video. I *LOVE* the editing on these videos for the past few weeks. The close ups and captions really emphasize the funny parts. It makes the videos super entertaining. Keep up the great work!

[@usmcwelch2146]

Love the video right up until I realized this was the steam I came in after that ridiculous caps game

[@Onix214]

Dude I always miss the streams

[@insomniac0095]

Yeah I think you were a little too hard on purple (with the trash talk). Seems like he was trying to keep you from winning the game. It was that or play for second. He eventually pushed too hard but he's just a beginner. They really need to let you see that ahead of time.

[@Itsdonk]

nah i think you got your hand caught in the cookie jar trying to take africa and europe he has no other play than to break you after that

[@Itsdonk]

then i watch the rest of the game and omg you win, playing with terrible players will make you worse in the long run, but fun and funny to watch!

[@joshuadavis1770]

After watching your videos for awhile now. I can see why 1V1 would not be your bag of tea.

[@TreeCamper]

opening edit is gold. Love it, Pete!

[@Hanafjedle2023]

Is it rewarding to win games mostly because your opponents don't know how to play Risk?

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Why do you think I have a daily show on YT teaching people how to play?

[@hiketheamericas4587]

Fear:: is the unknown .. you can be trapped by it and never learn .. or learn and experience the unknown which will let you grow as a spiritual soul .. you seem spiritual and dep but yet I question

[@igorbloemen4687]

Why do you put 31 in Ukraine but leave Spain undefended with 1 troop... I just dont get it

[@030992amagadi]

Please dont start the videos with spoilers as to where the game is going.

[@yermomLeslie]

jesus christ magenta is bad lol they literally have a game handed to them on a silver plate for several turns and oh well

[@itzblvckhighlander1576]

I think the 4 point guard on africa and europe after purple broke your africa was too much. yellow emoted and purple I think too, from there on he went full agonize pete mode.. in this position strengthening your europe hold and breaking pink would be the move, or even kill yellow and pink, for 2 cards each. as always loved the video, just wanted to share my thoughts, love the freepete content too! greetings from switzerland

[@itzblvckhighlander1576]

I just saw that you still won🤩😂 soooo nevermind😅

[@Birvenev]

Hello :)

[@Sofakingdom420]

What!? Don’t like cannabis!? Do they even make people like you anymore?

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Not against it, just never been my flavour. I don't need help going to bed.

[@michaelandersen-kk4fc]

I still don´t see the appeal of beating up noobs. A grand master going down in the kindergarten and bulling noobs. I really hate how he talk about them. if you don´t want to see noob mistakes and people boting the game. how about fighting people your own size. but i´m sure you had fun, bullies always have fun

[@Gingernuts69]

well u don't really know their ranks until after the game so there's not much he can do to avoid it

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I select open lobbies in ranked for a reason. Until there is skill based matchmaking in this game there is no way to know who your playing against which hopefully makes for interesting TV. An all Grandmaster game on these settings wouldn't fire because the population is too low.

[@michaelandersen-kk4fc]

@@TheKillPeteStrategy don´t mind you playing against noobs. but you can still talk about them with respect. you should hear your self. how do they feel when they watch your games and hear how you talk about them. seriously hear yourself. you sound like a school yard bully. come on, you are better then that

[@michaelandersen-kk4fc]

@@Gingernuts69 I not talking about their ranks, I´m talking about the way he talk about them, how do we get new players to like the game, when they hear how grandmasters talk about them. and they do watch the games they are involved with after the game.

[@alquinn8576]

@@michaelandersen-kk4fc most of these noobs don't even have the right number of chromosomes; i don't think it's possible to hurt their feelings

[@CTFlink]

In war you gotta be more cynical. All this cursing and anger towards specific players just make you do dumb things like suiciding

[@PioDoria]

I consider JESUS my Saviour and my God. I enjoy your videos, but do you have to use His Name like that? P.S. He loves you more than you can imagine.

[@trequor]

This editor needs to tone down on the xanax

[@DJJungleBob]

I liked and learned from your playing. Your language is to much thoiugh.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

🙀