(S24) - PT 1 - Trivia Night

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I would like to regale you all with the tale of the first time that Tree Gelbman tried to play RISK. I’d say this is a cautionary tale, but this is more one of ignorance and being at a disadvantage right from the start. It was a normal day in the Kansas City Coyotes locker room; hanging out after the game, someone complaining about the sim (usually me), calling Chika Fujiwara a weeb, the usual stuff. This is when Chika decides to break out the game of RISK and have a team session of the game. Now I’m familiar with RISK, and how it works and how to play, so nothing is new here. The game proceeds fairly normal until about an hour and a half in where I attempt to attack a neutral territory in the game to take it, only to get invaded by Butters and eliminated very quickly. Now the reason I thought it was a neutral country is an interesting one; neutral territories are yellow, Butters was green, and I’m deuteranopia color blind. What I thought was a neutral country was actually my biggest rival, and I was genuinely unable to tell the difference because my eyes do not work properly. Needless to say I became a favorite target to laugh at in the locker room and I never played RISK again, but man was it an interesting night.