The Non-Scumbag Bot Out Strat on Fixed Friday

For today's episode of Fixed Friday I accidentally fire a five player game instead of six and shenanigans ensue.
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I share some strategic thoughts for the game of Risk: Global Domination.
Settings are:
Map: Classic
Mode: World Domination
Setup: Auto
Cards: Fixed
AI Difficulty: Expert
Turn Timer: 60s
Fog: Off
Blizzards: Off
Alliances: On
Dice: Balanced Blitz
Players are:
1st: peporongo - Argentina - Beginner
2nd: TigerSkwall - France - Expert
3rd: Vincent Koca - France - Beginner
4th: Pip Tornado 31 - UK - Expert
5th: Myself - Top Grandmaster
I am so grateful for your time, attention, support and kindness!
-Pete
#Risk #RiskStrategy #RiskGlobalDomination #boardgames

[@bmla88]

I’ve watched a few of your videos and I’m already a better player. Thanks!

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I'm so glad I'm able to add value to your game. Thank you for the support! It's much appreciated.

[@niclash]

@@TheKillPeteStrategy Love your show. About "botting out"; League of Legends punishes players very severely if leaving game before it is over. If it works there....

[@dangeroustangerine]

I also really liked one commenter's suggestion that stats should show how you placed in games too, not just wins but also if you placed second or third.

[@ThatJourney]

Such a satisfying flip on blue, made me laugh. 8:50

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Yep!

[@Kaazzaam88]

Keep the series alive, still love to watch this every week, enjoy your weekend Sir :)

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

For sure. I enjoy classic fixed so I'll definitely keep going at it.

[@josephdahdouh2725]

Wow, you really did fix the audio. Haha, I got jump scared at the start of the vid with my volume being up 💮

[@unstableatbest]

8:53 for the SECOND best Pete reaction to date!!

[@dangeroustangerine]

I don't like that the bots will be passive now. Manoeuvring bots into harassing your enemies is a great option to have when a player ragequits. Maybe players who bot out should forfeit their ability to gain rank points from that game if they don't rejoin within a certain timeframe, like by the next turn or within 5 minutes or something.

[@mosienko1983]

I agree. Things will be different - I don't think I like the neutral bot idea at all.

[@samvanderstoop179]

Will you still be able to rejoin, you know?

[@weirdchamp4601]

Yo Pete! I recently watched your video on how to not let being comfortable take over your life, and I thought that the advice in that video was really solid, if a little unorthodox. The idea that if you aren’t suffering you aren’t progressing is something I found immediately applicable into taking the right steps to improve my life

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Orthodoxy is tantamount to stagnation. I'm excited to walk this path.

[@brianross2959]

Another great video, Another great day! Gotta watch the vids I missed gonna see a few more of me today Pete lol 😂

[@nomadicivories]

Just signed in to see I’ve made it to Master. Tightened my game up watching these videos for sure

[@brodycollins1314]

Love you Pete! Saw your channel like a week ago and now am a premium player and also got the irl game cause of you😊 Keep it up man!❤

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Amazing!

[@dracula3811]

That was a fun war to watch! You didn't know who was going to win until the very end. I loved what you did to the blue guy too!

[@mikeallison5549]

Very fun one indeed.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Oh yeah he had it coming!

[@PaulSmith-dy5wi]

hadn't played Risk in years Pete got me hooked again

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

🪝

[@diasimanav7145]

Welll done Pete, level head prevailed and you got a close 2nd. that was an epic battle

[@PrinceCollinXXX]

Super Exciting Game. Strategic decisions were needed for the entire game. Rare that happens in your fixed fridays. I guess that’s the value of the bots, they add a fun randomness that’s great for entertainment.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I agree. I like working hard. Win or lose.

[@plazmafield]

This why I absolutely hate that player bots benefit from rank after a period of time.

[@mjb.o]

the manual roll into blue was so satisfying to watch

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Random declaration of war... hahaha

[@OpenYourMind88.]

Keep it up we love you!

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I love you too!

[@1WheelLifestyle]

Great job

[@nuu3085]

Nothing more satisfying than a comeback win! One of my favs! I just did it on Europe Advanced, down to 11 troops because of a bad neighbor noob We could have easily gone for 1+2 but he "chose" to get 5th in the end ;-) I almost went for the suicide strat with set on 3 (Turn 4), but he was just too strong (had rolled 4 on 3 twice without a loss) So I went on the other side of the board - good choice

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Yes Sir!

[@brudergustavo7845]

Faced somene doing the bot-out Strat yesterday it really sucks. At that point we were 3Players. He was already at odds with the other one (one sidedly messed with the other players, was in a really bad position, played honestly pretty bad, like going for SA and NA after taking Australia in Round 2 while continuesly messing with everyone not even befriending someone, breaking bonuses of other players when he has no lead in troops and just a 7 guard defence on australia) Meanwhile me and the other surviving player were both allies, so he had the least chance. So he botted out when he realised he was loosing. So obviously as a player you have to contain the other player to some degree and don't care about few left sparks of the bot. My ally didn't realise that he came back and started to one sidedly push me out because I betrayed him... The Bot Out strat guy came back and build up again (while switching his play style to resemble a bit to a bot at first until he gained upper hand...) I'll just play progressive from now on it feels less satisfying since you can't snowball through the game by stratigizing who you ally with who you attack where you block and were to interfere etc. But when you bot out you're at least dead...

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Fixed is definitely a lot more susceptible to teaming.

[@ryburks2758]

Good shit, Sir.

[@osareafallire]

Red cut their own throat and yellow was out-played by their own bot.

[@robinh7961]

Dont mind me vibin and getting my daily fix

[@neilduguid4396]

Pretty sure my 1st game was against 2 accounts collaborating. Didnt attack or defend borders against each other all game. 1 of them just suddenly stacked up and went straight for me when the 4th player got weak. I managed to win the game, barely, and it turned out 1 of these accounts was GM and the other was novice. Felt fantastic to beat them, but man something needs to be done about collaborating. I've learned a LOT about this game by watching your videos

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Nice!

[@sports94freak]

Wow, red doesn’t kill you for free at 21:06. Even if I have alliances, if a kill is guaranteed, especially if it’s worth 4 cards, I die, always. Alliance broken, always.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Yeah I don't know why he didn't

[@jawohl6391]

Since a week of 2 you went in my recommandations and i directly downloaded the game. My Son (5) and i love to watch you and play the game now. Thanks for your effort! Is There a discord to join?

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Yeah man. My discord link is posted in the show notes.

[@BoyPadForDan]

Omg my first Fixed Friday as a follower :) how special

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

🎉

[@hustler3of4culture3]

Pip Tornado was good. Stubborn, but good

[@EvieWillNotDie]

That "bye!" When you killed blue reminded me of the Sam Hyde Ted Talk when he screamed "bye-bye, byyyye byyye!". I doubt you or anyone reading this gets the reference but I got a good chuckle out of being reminded of it.

[@Bozzy93]

Peanut Pete! sending ya good vibes from down under

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

All the way!

[@Pentix51]

56:25 what is the reason for hitting red? that's what made the bot win.

[@unbornpants9334]

Hey Pete, huge fan and have been watching your videos for weeks now including the older stuff. Not sure if anyone has said it yet but seems like the last few uploads you’ve done have had an issue in frame rate drop on your camera? The game itself looks fine, but definitely something wrong with the camera on you. Keep up the great content!

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I'm in the works figuring out how to fix it.

[@CapDanAddams]

Just wanted to say Pete, that I really dig your "new sub" animation with the hoverboard. Im super into retro/synth wave music and the animation is so very similar to the visuals that go along with that genre's go to music video animation. P.S. very nice revenge kill on blue bud. He got what he had coming. Blessings sir

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

🙏🙏

[@littlewolf9662]

I havn't played much Risk Global Domination, but it would make sense to me that if you quit out of a game you no longer get any points for how well your bot does. Even if you rejoin, you probably shouldn't get much if anything.

[@Da_padilla]

I love it when situations work out, like when blue was being a punk. One time I rolled a 52 into a 56 because the enemy was stopping me from my bonus. I rolled on him and whipped his stack and eliminated him 🤣.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Oh yeah man. Some people have it coming!

[@LewisCampbellTech]

15:18 Pete for Product Manager

[@rammllompart4271]

I'm from ARG and laughed hard with the name of the mate "peporongo" xDDD

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

What does it mean?

[@Smkay_]

Holy shit idk how i didn’t notice you go from like 2k subs to 54k wow congratulations

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

🙏 thanks! I'm so glad people are enjoying my show

[@unstableatbest]

From 8:53 to 34:27, Pete is a fighter!

[@ewallt]

It’s strange to see people give games to people who bot out. I wish there was a communication option to shout “Yellow is a bot!!!”.

[@joseloro]

How satisfying was killing that blue asshole at the beginning of the game! I cheered loudly here! 👊🏼

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

It was very satisfying

[@TheWolfLucifersAngel]

Nice game, at last red was trading with yellow but you never trade that hard on yellow so, red expext pete to trade more with yellow and got punished

[@willthethrill365]

Oh my god I’m just now seeing this video LMAOOO SMFD I’m dead

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

🤣

[@rickydavis9936]

Hey pete,, just wanted to say the idea of locking out abilities for 2 accounts to play each other ranked for a certain period of time would definitely help reduce amount of collaborative play.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I'm surprised this isn't being implemented.

[@riskyfil8955]

Rough bot out. Well played though

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

What would you do in this scenario? Does it make sense to wait and see if your remaining human opponent will work with you?

[@riskyfil8955]

@@TheKillPeteStrategy To be honest I thought you were crazy. I kill my opponent as quick as possible. If I am losing to the bot in the end I flag the game. Here is why. If no human players remain the game does not count. My account is ranked high enough second brings me down. OK for killing my opponent. I have tried to get them to work with me before or had them try. It ends up being a 1v1 with a bot anyway or someone gets killed at the right time and then a 1v1 with a bot. Like what you did. So maybe if you are losing try to help them for a possible second and outside shot at first. But if you think you can win the 1v1 with bot you have to try.

[@jasont2993]

Attacker 11 vs 14 = 28.5% Over 1 in 4 chance seems worth it in that situation

[@arandomcommenter7051]

You slow roll a 11v14 a few times, play the 3 dice vs 2 dice advantage, then blitz after improving odds.

[@angrytoenails]

Have some more chicken, Have some more pie

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

It doesn't matter if it's boiled or fried just eat it.

[@CapDanAddams]

I'm at 32:45 and I don't even care if you finish 3rd Pete, you came back in such an amazing way. I have so much respect for you man.

[@mark1981]

I'm watching at 20 minutes in, and so far this seems to be the most pete game ever.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Haha Pete at his Petest!

[@EricSmith-zo2cj]

Something similar happened to me today. mstigeress stacked like 10 troops across from mine then got pressed when i hit it then knocked her out. oops

[@mrmcmuffin5375]

Hi Pete, I was just wondering, how did you guys change the shape of the bit in each territory that shows troop number. Mine is always circle and I want a cooler shape like you guys

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Colourblind mode.

[@mrmcmuffin5375]

@@TheKillPeteStrategy Thanks :)

[@GirlsLoveMi]

I notice that you talking about collaboration, tbh when I start playing I tried that after 3 games they alert you from playing with same players and switch to friend I think if you continue they ban you not 100% sure bcz I stopped doing it for rank and I'm having more fun in prog solo , just mentioned that maybe you are not aware of it

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

What needs to happen is two accounts need to be prevented from playing together more than once within a period of time. Simple solution. Effective solution.

[@GirlsLoveMi]

@@TheKillPeteStrategy they can do that if its not already implemented we don't know, but leme tell you how easy to abuse the system, emulator multiple accounts on android can be created simply by clearing cash, it always people who actually ruin the game, but I'm happy that it's rare and there is no market for ranked accounts which makes it little bit less desirable

[@lucasr648]

I really like this game and enjoy the skill/experience required to win games (primarily in fixed). But games like this where players bot out and win anyways are really demoralizing for me. It’s one of the main reasons I don’t play very often anymore.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

They've updated the game. Now there is an option for an inactive AI. This is a great change for fixed games.

[@lucasr648]

@@TheKillPeteStrategy I saw that a few days ago but haven’t played around with it. I’m not sure how I like that dynamic either. On the one hand it does fix the problem with players botting out and allowing the AI to win for them. But it also changes the dynamic when they leave. So if you’re in a 3 player match as the weakest player and somebody leaves then you can automatically be killed off because the 3rd player doesn’t have to worry about the AI eating them. I guess we just have to pick our poison.

[@daveetter4573]

There’s always this talk about how players are playing fixed in progressive. Sometimes people have a real problem playing progressive in fixed. The balance of the game is very important. Keeping your “enemy” alive is super important to not give the game away to the other opponent.

[@thomasscott7937]

I beat my first grandmaster yesterday! He pulled the scumbag bot out strat and I won the game. Felt pretty great.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Nice!

[@josephdahdouh2725]

This was close. I definitely think there were a few better moves than what you did at some points during the game. But, maybe they wouldn't have really helped since red was very much following the Kill Pete Strategy rather than not allow Asia to be held by the bot. This game of yours was very similar to another one that you encountered I think a month ago. It was almost the same situation, and I have confirmed from this that you don't really know what to do at that point when you are cornered by the bot in Australia. But, you definitely improved since last time you basically allowed the bot to block your Australia's exist which allowed the bot to keep the bonus and stack against Australia which the bot followed by demolishing you, and that took only 1 to 2 turns for the bot to obtain his dominance. Here, in fact, you were dominant and did not allow the bot to hold Asia, which made you survive longer and earn 2nd place. I would have however risked 3rd place and rolled my last big stack against the bot to break his continents rather than kill red, and hope that red would keep attacking yellow, that way you would have rebalanced yellow and probably fought for a better chance at the win.

[@guidodenbroeder935]

Never abandon Siam.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I have to see this scenario more to figure out the 'correct' thing to do in most cases.

[@peterstewart7332]

@@TheKillPeteStrategy Very fun game to watch, and it's much easier to comment having seen how it all plays out, but my thought on it... Two turns of interest - the first starting at 56:21. Red has just shown good-will and equalized the bot, rolling a bot 41 stack to let you back into the game (admittedly, after dicking around for a while). You turn around and drive a knife in his back on your turn by breaking South America. Ultimately that bonus is irrelevant to your long term game, and you breaking provokes him into dropping everything into you. I don't think you got enough value out of breaking him, vice stabilizing your Aus position against the bot. It may be possible to recover from this position though, as you both (Red and you) retain relatively equal material to the bot at that point. Your following turn is the tipping point (I think). The turn starting at 57:56 is a very decisive turn. You are all at around equal positions, but the bot has 3 cards and is poised to pick up both Asia and Africa. You choose to roll Red's 20 (which he stupidly blocks you into attacking with the F you move back after you broke him--plenty of shared blame here). I think the play here is to go out north through the 9 and position in Alaska to preserve the Asia break. Instead you hit his 20 and leave him with no material of note while simultaneously conceding Africa and Asia to the bot (which it will hold no matter what). By the end of the bot's next turn (58:41) it has 51 troops and strong enough guards that you cannot take Asia from it (and neither can Red), along with 4 cards. What little you have is totally out of position. The following turn you don't have the strength to hit the bot or break any bonuses and it jumps to 80 troops, takes Europe, and breaks your Aus (ending the turn with you on 26 and Red on 19). At that point your only choice was to try to roll red for 2nd place--but you very easily could have ended up with 3rd if the bot had chosen to roll you in Australia with the 18). I understand the decision making (Red not a reliable actor in the ways you'd hoped against the bot), but I think the the 56:21 turn, and even more certainly the 57:56 turn are you making moves to play for 2nd place, instead of play for a potential win. Almost seemed like you were just trying to race / force an end game that you couldn't win from. Was there a time crunch on this because the game had already run relatively long? Just trying to understand your reasoning.

[@timm5998]

Second time watching you where is your snack stand and drinking fountain so you don't have to get up big fan and destroy those bots and good luck

[@Zxzzy-]

I try to scout players in game to see their skill level but I can't click on their profile, any suggestions?

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

You can no longer see stats in ranked games. Only unranked. And play with friends.

[@Zxzzy-]

@@TheKillPeteStrategy thank you

[@sports94freak]

Why not move your pink off Greenland for red, turn 1?

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I don't think giving red an easier Europe would be wise. They already had an amazing start for it.

[@LostOnceLefthanded]

I think your mistake was taking the australia when yellow botted out. You coulda just blocked yellow from moving his troops to australia. By having three continent you made red panic and almost died. Red could have cleared you off from the rest of the map with ease, but was too slow.

[@Luke_Freeman]

It's cute when you "play slow" 🤣🤣 Still 3x faster than the average player.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I should chill out more

[@davids8345]

Lol @ SMFD... Too right.. stupid blue.. I thought they might duck over into South America, but breaking the alliance was pretty self explanatory... Oh well ...

[@admin666thegoat8]

Hello Pete! 😂 👋

[@0Luna_]

Where did "the kill pete strategy" originate? I'd love to hear that story

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

From playing risk with my buddies.

[@willsteps7162]

Long Live the Skum 🤣

[@alexander824]

why did you angery blue xD

[@shawnandrews3651]

Why would yellow just keep an 18 stack hidden behind two other decent stacks? Why not just split the 18 into the two 11s? Not done with the video and new to risk so genuinely confused

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

No reason. It's just an objectively bad move

[@drich7520]

kinda curious why doesn’t pete get punished for killing blue and overextending late game too? I kinda feel like he shouldve died earlier but also i am a newbie so idk 😂

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I should have. I don't know why they didn't kill me

[@drich7520]

@@TheKillPeteStrategy okay i’m not crazy! love the content just started watching a couple weeks ago:)

[@charleslesueur8130]

What is the "Deadliest Trap"?

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

It's in a three player endgame when one player takes the Americas and the other player takes EU and Africa and they lock out the Australia player from cards.

[@charleslesueur8130]

@@TheKillPeteStrategy thanks for that!

[@wildfox125]

I’m gonna try the strat

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I bet you can get to master players classic fixed and botting out. Maybe gm.

[@wildfox125]

Less work lol

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

@@wildfox125 Haha, if you only want to rank up and not improve your game just play 1v1s. Way easier.

[@wildfox125]

I don’t play it for the rank, I just don’t like when people don’t play me bc my account is beginner

[@thesolarfutureenthusiast1102]

Red did the big role on the bot. Why not take Europe and see what red does?

[@ColeInTheRough]

Probably unpopular opinion, red could've been manipulated to win the game, at the very least second to red instead of second to the bot, same thing

[@Abhijitkashyep1990]

What.. is.. up.. kill pete strategy...... 😛

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

🙏

[@Scotty9911]

Think you could have had a smoother game. You notice yellow is a bot so you hit 40 bot troops in hopes red finishes him off? What incentive does red have to kill 70 troops for 2 cards? Just feels like you were more lucky than good this game

[@f4na7ic2]

Yeah, it was too aggressive of a move for someone who was pretty obviously not showing any signs of “helping” to begin with. Why there was card trading in NA when yellow had singles available… and after taking Afghanistan, was still stacking in Southern Europe.. Was a bad play, but the game was exciting afterward.. So it was great content nonetheless. 😁

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I'm always more lucky than good

[@benleister]

You do realise that you really messed up when red hit the bot! Should have taken a card and helped to take out yellow as equal

[@jeffreykidwell3335]

if i was red there is no way i dont take north america for a second territory

[@izack5596]

You made the same mistake as you did a few weeks ago.. You didn't stop bot from getting big when you could've several times, and you went straight to Australia..

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Yeah man.

[@16m49x3]

red was just playing pro red. Attacking yellow would have given you the win.

[@koashjames]

So, Yellow got the win "stat" for that game on their account..? That's pretty annoying!

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

It is

[@godkingcthulhu138]

🐙

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

🙀

[@joseflorez7761]

Nunca había sido el primero :3

[@simonstanton5299]

Felicidades!

[@joseandresortizgomez3495]

Y hablando español

[@randolphpresnell32]

There's a lot of cheaters on game.

[@spinnirack3645]

Early for once

[@9cvp9]

In general are progressive games much shorter than fixed? Thx in advance

[@eruben2]

YES

[@TheCalebbratton]

yes. by the 3-4 time you set in progressive, the bonuses are so big that chaining kills will let you sweep the board.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I play progressive WD games ranked. They last about 20-25 mins.

[@Robbsart]

the game calls it pink not magenta?

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Haha

[@micheldab5561]

BEST 2nd place I ever saw

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Thanks!