CFB Risk Day 17 – WISCONSIN ON THE RUN

Pre-Recap Announcements:

o        Team leaders are *still* asking players to join the Michigan Discord group (see link below).  Currently less than 50% of our team is coordinating their actions together while everyone else is just doing their own thing (a.k.a. going “rogue”).  We can do so much more damage when working together.

o       For any players wanting guidance on where to attack this turn (without having access to orders through the Discord site), feel free to hit any of these territories:

     --   Missouri (Missouri)

     --   Springfield (Missouri)

     --   Cote Nord (Canada)

     --   Sault Ste Marie (Canada)

     --   Nova Scotia (Canada)

 

 

“I can do this all day.” – some guy

Two turns ago Wisconsin publicly insulted Michigan and then tried to proverbially punch us in the face… it has not gone well for them since.  In that time, they have been knocked down from having 15 territories to only 6; from being in a position to control most of Canada and threaten us from multiple directions to now being surrounded and on the defensive.  If we continue this push, there is a real chance to knock Wisconsin out of the game.  Interesting.

Consolidation is happening now in Canada, which we mostly own at this point.  Wisconsin forces have been pushed south and east, but osu has started challenging us more aggressively.  Because of this we lost our region in eastern Canada, but osu also lost control overOhio.  While we squabble back and forth on the east coast, the Texas A&M DEATH STAR continues to strengthen in the south.

A quick explanation of “regions”, since we will be discussing them more and more going forward:

The game is moving into phases where teams will be competing to control entire “regions”, which are groupings of adjacent territories.  The map is divided into twenty regions, as shown below.  Just like in the classic Risk game, there are incentives to control whole regions – but in this game it is a mathematical bonus to *all* attack/defend odds in favor of teams holding regions (those bonuses are not limited to actions taken within held regions – they apply everywhere).

Controlling regions is good.  Preventing opponents from controlling regions is also good.

 

Michigan is *still* the most powerful team in the game and has done a reasonable job of maintaining that position, as you can see in these convenient plots:

 

That is a lot of players… and a lot of stars.  We can do even better.

We need to continue our growth to stay ahead in this game so if you haven't already - get involved!  If you already have, the get *someone else* involved!  Recruiting. Matters.

This would be a good time to have a high level view of the war: some way to visualize how things are progressing... like a map (now with added region boundaries and sea-routes, for your viewing pleasure).

The Great (White) Maize North.

Abbreviated front summaries:

o       All of Canada & Pacific Northwest: open season on Wisconsin.

o       US East coast: mostly us in the north & osu in the south with skirmishes for control in between.  Georgia Tech trying to reform a power base.

o       Greater Midwest: osu has only partial control of Ohio and Indiana, we have control most of the rest.  Tennessee (content to be an A&M sidekick) keeps pushing up from the south while the A&M is pushing up from the Plains.

o       US Southeast: osu, Georgia Tech and Tennessee battling for control. Alabama guarding A&M’s east flank.  Florida not long for this world.

o       US Rockies & West coast: small teams battling it out in the space between Michigan and A&M.  Stanford is dead.

o       US Southwest, Mexico, & Caribbean:  AGGIE DEATH STAR nearing completion – in a better position now than yesterday.  A&M likely to squeeze out small teams remaining in Mexico; more resistance in the Southwest.  Caribbean is A&M vs osu now, with osu gaining.

A final reminder: it is strongly recommended to join the Michigan Discord server and coordinate with our friendly team leaders for assignments/orders (see link below). This is how to *most effectively* use your attack & defend moves to get us closer to actually winning the game.  However… fighting for your school, your team and your home is always a good thing, even if you have your own ideas about how to do that.  In the end, it’s still a game and the purpose is to have fun.

CFB Risk Top 25 Team Standings

We are now down to 15 surviving teams in the game from the original 130, with some not likely to last much longer.  Final rankings are beginning to take shape.  Here is where they stand thus far (teams are ranked by # of territories first, followed by a mix of metrics examining how efficiently they used their players & stars:

1.    Michigan (48 territories)

2.    Texas A&M (42 territories)

3.    (an) Ohio State (32 territories)

4.    Alabama (10 territories)

5.    Georgia Tech (9 territories)

6.    Tennessee (8 territories)

7.    Wisconsin (6 territories)

8.    Texas (6 territories)

9.    Oklahoma (5 territories)

10.  Iowa State (4 territories)

11.  LSU (4 territories)

12.  Hawaii (3 territories)

13.  Nebraska (3 territories)

14.  Oregon (1 territories)

15.  Florida (1 territories)

16.  Stanford (killed Day 16)

17.  USC (killed Day 14)

18.  Washington (killed Day 13)

19.  Georgia (killed Day 12)

20.  Notre Dame (killed Day 11)

21.  Virginia Tech (killed Day 11)

22.  UCF (killed Day 11)

23.  Minnesota (killed Day 10)

24.  Baylor (killed Day 10)

25.  South Carolina (killed Day 10)

 

So remember to drink your Ovaltine, submit your move before 10:30pm tonight and have fun storming the castle!

 

Steps To Play Every Day

(1) Sign up for a reddit.com account if you don’t have one already

(2) Visit collegefootballrisk.com – Click Sign in with Reddit – Select Michigan as your team

(3) Join the Michigan Risk discord by going to https://discord.gg/DRQyjp56kP (this is now a permanent link, so there should not be problems accessing it)

(4) Go to the "vetting" channel and type in your MGoBlog username and Reddit username.

(5) Once vetted, get your orders from the "orders" channel.

(6) Return to collegefootballrisk.com – Click on the blinking "target" icon at the bottom of the page (3rd button from the right), and then click on the territory you're attacking or defending.

(7) Talk trash with your fellow Wolverines as we prepare for tonight's roll.

How Does the Game Work?

It is up to each team to recruit players and coordinate moves. You can choose to defend any territory that your team currently holds or attack any adjacent territory. A "roll" happens each evening to calculate which teams have won which territories that turn based on the moves that were made by individual players. The ultimate goal is to conquer as much of the map as possible for your team. There are a number of different ways to do this, such as through recruiting players in sheer numbers or forming alliances with other teams.

 

Previous Recaps

Day 0 intro: College Football Risk is BACK - Season 3 is now LIVE!

Day 1 recap: College Risk Again!!! Sign up.... 1st in the books!

Day2 recap: No update

Day 3 recap: No update

Day 4 recap: CFB Risk Day 4: IT BEGINS

Day 5 recap: CFB Risk Day 5 - And THIS is Why They Nerfed Us

Day 6 recap: CFB Risk Day 6 - This Feels a Lot Like Real Life (Sparty Gon' Die)

Day 7 recap: CFB Risk Day 7 - F*cking Sparty (They Still Gon' Die)

Day 8 recap: CFB Risk Day 8 - WE NEED YOU TO AVENGE THE ORANGE BOWL (also, sparty's dead)

Day 9 recap: CFB Risk Day 9 - We Kicked Georgia Out of the North -- Now We Go South

Day 10 recap: CFB Risk Day 10 – The King in the North! (also, sorry about that Penn State)

Day 11 recap: CFB Risk Day 11 – ANN ARBOR HAS BEEN TAKEN!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!

Day 12 recap: CFB Risk Day 12 – It’s Groundhog Day…again (also, Notre Dame is finally dead)

Day 13 recap: CFB Risk Day 13 – NOW I HAVE A MACHINE GUN HO-HO-HO

Day 14 recap: CFB Risk Day 14 – EPISODE XIV: THE AGGIE MENACE

Day 15 recap: CFB Risk Day 15 – You Come at the King, You Best Not Miss

Week 2 recap: CFB Risk Week 2 Recap - I'm Back....and I'm Annoyed

Day 16 recap: CFB Risk Day 16 – WELCOME TO THUNDERDOME, WISCONSIN