Risk strategy

lackattack · Post by **lackattack** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:37 pm

Here's a good website with advice for beginners and on alliance making:
http://riskgame.8m.com

hernando cortez · Post by **hernando cortez** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:29 pm

can you explain the ranking scoring.
do you get points if you lose and play a game to completion?
do you lose point for surrendering?
what is the reward for winning?
what is the rewdr for secnd?
those type of things

thanks.

HERNANDO

egyptianmagician · Post by **egyptianmagician** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:36 pm

no alliancesssssss!!!!

lackattack · Post by **lackattack** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:48 pm

We all start off with a score of 1000. At the end of each game, the winner takes points away from each loser. The points to be awarded is calculated as (loser's score / winner's score ) * 20.

So second place, last place and people who surrender all lose points to the winner. It's all or nothing.

Mauddib28 · Post by **Mauddib28** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:16 pm

Then I have a question, cause I was playing in a 3 person game and I somehow got 44 points for winning. Is that just a glitch or is there some way to get more points than one should?

Risk_06 · Post by **Risk_06** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:19 pm

Nope, no glitch. You get the total amount of points that have been lost by each loser, and they are all added to your score. Wicked, eh? :wink:

Mauddib28 · Post by **Mauddib28** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:19 pm

oh wait..... nvmd stupid comment

joetalk · Post by **joetalk** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:44 pm

Ok it dosnt take alot at times but I'm still confused about the 44 point thing, I thought it was an even 20 point for each loss/win can someone go into detail about where the extra 4 points comes from ? plz

Risk_06 · Post by **Risk_06** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:05 pm

lackattack wrote:We all start off with a score of 1000. At the end of each game, the winner takes points away from each loser. The points to be awarded is calculated as (loser's score / winner's score ) * 20.

So second place, last place and people who surrender all lose points to the winner. It's all or nothing.

Quoted from lackattack four posts up there...to calculate it, just use the formula "(loser's score / winner's score ) * 20" for each opponent you successfully defeated, and then add them up. If you're the loser, than you just subtract it once from your own score, since you're giving it to the winner.

GrazingCattle · Post by **GrazingCattle** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:04 pm

man we have come SO Far.

Post by **Evil Semp** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:38 pm

joetalk wrote:Ok it dosnt take alot at times but I'm still confused about the 44 point thing, I thought it was an even 20 point for each loss/win can someone go into detail about where the extra 4 points comes from ? plz

It is losers score divided by the winners times 20.

detlef · Post by **detlef** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:49 pm

Evil Semp wrote:
joetalk wrote:Ok it dosnt take alot at times but I'm still confused about the 44 point thing, I thought it was an even 20 point for each loss/win can someone go into detail about where the extra 4 points comes from ? plz

It is losers score divided by the winners times 20.

Decent chance that joetalk has figured out the whole scoring thing in the 14 months since that question was asked.

GrazingCattle · Post by **GrazingCattle** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:59 pm

detlef wrote:
Evil Semp wrote:
joetalk wrote:Ok it dosnt take alot at times but I'm still confused about the 44 point thing, I thought it was an even 20 point for each loss/win can someone go into detail about where the extra 4 points comes from ? plz

It is losers score divided by the winners times 20.
Decent chance that joetalk has figured out the whole scoring thing in the 14 months since that question was asked.

LOL I was hoping that would happen!

Guidocks · Post by **Guidocks** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:01 pm

GrazingCattle wrote:
detlef wrote:
Evil Semp wrote:
joetalk wrote:Ok it dosnt take alot at times but I'm still confused about the 44 point thing, I thought it was an even 20 point for each loss/win can someone go into detail about where the extra 4 points comes from ? plz

It is losers score divided by the winners times 20.
Decent chance that joetalk has figured out the whole scoring thing in the 14 months since that question was asked.

LOL I was hoping that would happen!

well it did

RobinJ · Post by **RobinJ** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:12 am

Would have been Sun Tzu who wrote it!

misterweirdo · Post by **misterweirdo** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 2:26 pm

If we start out with 1000, how do we lose and gain the points?

tahitiwahini · Post by **tahitiwahini** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 2:38 pm

Read the rest of this thread for your answer.

misterweirdo · Post by **misterweirdo** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:28 pm

so if I have 1000 points, and i lose to someone with 1020 points. I would lose 20 points. But if I win to someone with 1020 points, I would gain 20 points. If i beat someone with 2000 points, i would gain 40 points. cool. I get it now

MeDeFe · Post by **MeDeFe** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:35 pm

That site needs a spelling and grammar check.

RobinJ · Post by **RobinJ** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 5:07 pm

misterweirdo wrote:so if I have 1000 points, and i lose to someone with 1020 points. I would lose 20 points. But if I win to someone with 1020 points, I would gain 20 points. If i beat someone with 2000 points, i would gain 40 points. cool. I get it now

More or less - just try it with a calculator and all will become clear...