Never Break My Alliance! Fixed Friday

Today's episode of Fixed Friday exemplifies a principle in Risk: The preemptive strike.
The green player ends his alliance with me in the late game and I am able to pick off my opponents one at a time.
24-23
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: Myself - Top Grandmaster
2nd: General Rogue 11600 - Canada - Beginner
3rd: General Iyengar 6725 - Turkey - Expert
4th: General Skulls 6174 - UK - Novice
5th: Selahattin - Turkey - Beginner
6th: General Kibe 10806 - Turkey - Beginner
If you would like to find me on Twitch check it out here:
/ thekillpetestrategy
If you would like to join the online Risk community, connect with other players and have the chance to play with some of the best in the world, come on down to the discord:
/ discord
And if you are a grandmaster looking to connect with other grandmasters in our own space DM me on the Discord and I'll send you the invite link.
I hope you enjoy!
- Pete
#Risk #RiskStrategy #RiskGlobalDomination #Risk4Ever #boardgames
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[@sm00thgames63]

I mean at least the guy had the decency of breaking the alliance before attacking you, he is a man of principles.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Hahaha... it gives away too much equity IMHO

[@487porkchop]

Green broke the alliance because he attacked purple instead of you as good faith, then asked you to attack purple in solidarity but you only attacked a single 1 stack. Should have taken 5-6 purple 1 stacks and then green likely continues to help eliminate purple instead of attacking you

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I like that.

[@ZeusCS2]

The three turkish kids played against you and you eliminated every single one of them. World class

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Bam bam bam

[@arnavkarrahe6782]

is it me or is pete's laugh wonderful

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Thank you ❤️

[@erikmac182]

Looking at your subscriber to view ratio you’re doing really well in the niche that you’ve found yourself in.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

That's good to hear. Tell me more about that? I get what 25-50% of my #of subs in views on an average video. I'm guessing this might just be a function of having a bunch of new people subscribe?

[@erikmac182]

@@TheKillPeteStrategy That 25-50% is leaning more to the 50% side not many people with the subscriber count that have can get the viewers that you get. This is even with some of your videos being an hour long. It must be with new people subscribing such as me watching your daily uploads. You're putting out great content and I'm even sure that I could beat my friends in risk from watching your videos

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

@@erikmac182 well that's the whole point. Watch out for the kill Erik strategy

[@Rimpelmans]

I've recently discovered your videos and with them also discovered that I much prefer watching you playing Risk than playing it myself, far less stressful! This is your easiest win I've seen so far, I was not surprissed that the others turned out to be newbies.

[@LewisCampbellTech]

I am (was?) a GM from playing classic fixed in public lobbies, and I'd break alliances all the time. My rationale is it signals displeasure, not that I might attack. But your thoughts on this is making me re-consider

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

🤣 well don't change your mind based on one opinion. And I agree completely that it signals displeasure. Part of what I'm saying is that signalling displeasure isn't useful. It's like sending a thumbs down for no reason. If you want to communicate your displeasure with me do it in context with a request so a simple man such as myself might understand how to work with you.

[@sm00thgames63]

Im always suspicious of allies in public lobbies so when they break alliances i prepare for the worst, depending on the situation that might encourage me to atrack them first before they do it to me, so yeah i guess think it twice before breaking an alliance haha.

[@aneurysm2479]

Gotta love the thumbs up emoji when defeating an idiot. GG's

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

🤣 I guess I was in a mood

[@LN-wu2db]

You killed every other player as well.... annihilation 😂👏👏

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Thanks! Feels good man😊

[@tylerrodriguez6034]

“Watch out for orange he sucks” !!! That got me so good I had to pause the video

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Oh man. I definitely said that didn't i

[@lonesenpai3390]

It does feel really good when it is basically you vs the entire lobby and you win. I have had 2 games like that both in progressive cards and they were some very aggravating yet very satisfying games to play once I won! You are the person that got me into RISK and taught me how to play the game. I do prefer progressive cards and am fond of zombies. Champion ever also teaches me a little bit more about the game than you do in any given video but as a whole your channel has got me to GM rank sub 5000 atm. Most of my games are 4-6 players progressive either world dom or zombies, I like the zombies because it evens the playing field a little bit with my abhorrent luck of almost never getting a set on 4! i am currently working my back from a terrible losing streak and have been winning 5-6 games for every game I lose and that is with the terrible luck that I have. I have actually had games go for several hours and each player match in at least 15 times yet I never got a set on 4 and all my opponents had set on 3 100% of the time. I recall 2 games like that just to paint a picture of the luck I am working with on my journey! I am enjoying this game so much and I thank you for introducing me to the inner workings of this game, this is something that I am really good at and might even compete in some tournaments in the future.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

You should definitely compete! I find it some of the most fun. Champ is really talented. He teaches me a lot too. Zombies does make FFA progressive a bit easier because at least you have one player in the game behaving perfectly predictably and consistently. I'm glad to hear about your progression in the game and that I was able to help! Cheers Senpai!

[@xekind]

I've watched a bunch of these videos, and I have to say this is the funniest intro yet.

[@MsCherryKiss]

21:17 "and now I lose to purple!" Should've, but nope, he was SO bad! It was actually painful to watch how bad he played. Bad enough for him that he couldn't move fast, but worse that he was also strategy deficient, and couldn't see the right plays to make

[@akki40000]

Yes but at least he dont pass himself for a novice pr beginner. We all did those kind og mistake when we started. He probably slow because he have animation on, it is crossplatform so the guy might be on his smartphone having fun or trying. No reason to mock him on a "teaching" chanel

[@AlexanderBeaton6]

This dude is an absolute menace at Risk lmfaoo

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Thanks Alex! I try Sir

[@NateM154]

I wish I could have 10% of Pete's Risk happiness in my life.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

You can have all of it my friend.

[@faizakhtar8886]

19:25 Damn. Evil Pete is scary.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Evil Pete / angry child. Come ci come ca

[@gzpz2088]

Playing my first multiplayer while watching this video.

[@varietypaul]

Hey pete, just letting you know I'm breaking our alliance and attacking you next turn

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

😯 Our alliance is OVER!

[@monkeymandoomteller]

I think by breaking the alliance when you moved a stack into europe, green might have been trying to communicate that he wanted Europe to do the "trap Australian player" strat. Still not a good way to communicate that but I think that's what he was going for. Could have just dropped you a thumbs down and moved a stack into europe instead

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I think you pay these people too much credit thinking they have long term strategies sometimes...

[@monkeymandoomteller]

@@TheKillPeteStrategy 😂 fair enough

[@SirGeeeO]

The best steak I ever had was a filet "Pittsburgh style." Super high temp causes a almost blackened exterior and rare interior.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Yum

[@riskyfil8955]

Loved re-watching so I could see the begging

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Nothing super unique to start, but this one worked almost like a prog game lol.

[@emanuel9534]

the best one yet Xd

[@matteohendricks9740]

When are you live on twitch because I always miss it and wanna know

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I don't have a schedule yet. Im trying to stream as many days as I can though

[@xbox_cheeto5338]

People often associate newbs with over aggression but what this game shows is that newbs are more (in general) obsessive about their 'core' territories rather than just pure aggression overall. This can make them do anything from being overly defensive, overly aggressive, place too much value on random 1 troop territories among all sorts of things. This seems to be the one principle which unites the newb mindset from all the games I've seen with them

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Newer players are volatile. They follow certain patterns. If you can accurately gauge what level of understanding they are at you can better predict the outcomes. We can dig deeper into what 'obsessive about their core territories' means. I think the root of this behaviour centers in short term thinking. They don't take a long view of the entire game and the steps necessary to win it but rather "I feel threatened therefore I take X action." This can result in the behaviours you mention: Overly defensive, overly aggressive, etc.

[@xbox_cheeto5338]

@@TheKillPeteStrategy ya that's fair. I notice among my friends the super new ones (like their first game or two) tend to attack with all their stacks from the get go interestingly

[@nZifnab]

@@xbox_cheeto5338 Yes there's been a number of in-person games of risk where there's two players fighting over africa or australia and they annihilate each other early... These videos are making me rethink how I've always thought about Risk XD

[@xbox_cheeto5338]

@@nZifnab The beauty of risk is it is simple, and this can make it a great showcase for basic psychology with regards to strategy ideas and such

[@staticage6]

Maybe purple wasn't passionate about winning 1st, gg Pete!

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I think they were just very new. Hopefully they learned a bit about the value of not leaving their stack trapped.

[@zrnov1934]

Welcome back!!!!

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Thank you!

[@CurzonEve]

I've been using the "break alliance" feature to signal displeasure when people break my continents. Do you advise against it? What's the point of having an alliance with a faithless player?

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

The risk here is that the player doesn't re engage The thumbs down expresses displeasure The break alliance expresses more. So it's a matter of degree.

[@arnaudthms]

Hi Pete, @ 13:25 you have a set but choose to not take the +2 card. Why ? I feel you do this all the time. thank for the vids, i bought the game after watching these.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Probably because I'm in a rush and the plus two doesn't matter.

[@tanzaniteplayz8176]

This stream looks crisp

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

🙏

[@davidskipp3220]

You just make it look so easy...

[@weloveyoufather]

what a community! come join us! whoever you are!

[@pellegebing9805]

impossible to find someone witha bigger ego than pete

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

🤣🤣🤣

[@matteohendricks9740]

Fixed Friday!!!!!!

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Yes Sir!

[@Samuel-tm4uw]

This channel is fucking amazing

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

❤️

[@trequor]

Why does Pete say "rAWther"?

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I think it's cause of how my mom says it

[@josephrobitaille469]

Purple played that terribly

[@jamessullivan4612]

Why do people push unbelievably hard for Australia? I had a match where I had three territories in Australia, so I made a move for it. Someone completely in Africa sprinted full speed at me, dooming us both.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Haha it's such a noob magnet. It's easy to see that it's good and the fact that it's good in a vacuum makes it bad in context. That's the simplest way I can describe it

[@jamessullivan4612]

@The Kill Pete Strategy right. I agree it's good, but to push into it and cause a three way war for it blows my mind. 😂 my personal favorite has to be North America. I love that continent.

[@TheDragonBloom]

They do that teaming and then suiciding stuff on me all the time. Frustrating.

[@martinprovo2389]

"Watch out for orange, he sucks." 💪🤣🤌💯💀 The dead pan of that and tone killed me

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Came out a bit meaner than I meant it.

[@rushyt2251]

That guys comment got me on my nerves,good game tho Pete

[@LN-wu2db]

Which one?

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I try to have as much empathy as I can in these sorts of situations and realize that not everyone knows everything I do and therefore can't always see the entirety of the system before making a judgment. Theres always a deeper level of understanding.

[@Melanrick]

Well, in chess, martial arts and etc, "we" go against way more skilled people than "us". It's how people learn the fastest, cause I'm every lost you can see what the other guy did better and you address that and become better yourself. It's how things works.

[@45mcolt]

Lol these opponents are definitely noobs

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Lol, what tipped you off hahaha

[@rayen1569]

Bruh u gettin +1k follower per day.. and many views . And if its the hours watched its me 99% of em😂

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

❤️

[@christianperez9442]

First

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

Cheers!

[@akki40000]

I think it was missing consideration in your attitude for this video. You are all about teaching, but this time you laughed at less experienved player than you which is not something you want to see from someome that say he want to help other. For smurfing in this perricular game is understandable. If you go in a random game with a GC rank you might be targeted specially if you have your pete account. I would say GC in disguise is not too bad since you should always expect your opponen to play the best possible. Where it make me feel like it is bad is it because it give GC acces to beginner or low rank reserved game. If you joing game that goes novice to GC then it is fine. If you join a game with novice and beginner only it is kind of ruining others fun.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I wish I was able to play all GM's The game wouldn't fire because the population is too low

[@akki40000]

@@TheKillPeteStrategy that is something i understand, my point is really if a GC on a smurf account you join game that limite to intermediaire and lower that where it is a bit bad. I mean if as a beginner i make a game intermediair and lower i expect to play low skilled player. If i join a a game with novie to GC i expect to play all kind of player at this moment having a smurf does not change anything. It is really just which kind of game you join once you are on an second account. If you join noob game to make fun of them and beat them very hard... that very asshole.

[@ravensirony8415]

not ur best content on this one yeah green breaking the alliance was funny but then u saying u want to see ppl get bttr but then laughing at purples turns the rest of the game only to find out hes a novice seems a bit hipocritical.

[@TheKillPeteStrategy]

I suck And I'm a shitty person

[@ravensirony8415]

@@TheKillPeteStrategy i wouldnt go that far im just saying, youre a GM at the game and ive noticed in other games u like to use ur knowledge to guess players ranks bc when u play enough to be a GM u can for the most part tell. even in this video purple made his first move in the 1v1 and u knew he wasnt experienced. So as a GM laughing the whole time ur finishing someone who u can tell is a novice seems...pointless idk. i get matchmaking is what it is not ur fault novices or even beginners can get matched against GMs.