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

So last night was fun.... Y'all responded to the clarion call in a BIG way last night. On Monday night we had 277 players....last night we had 483! Now that's what I'm talking about!

For context, the next largest team (Ohio State), had just 279. #TheMichiganDifference.

So what did we do with this absurd enthusiasm advantage? We took every single territory we could of course! A perfect 5/5 while successfully defending Ann Arbor (including Toledo -- back where it belongs). What's more, none of these battles were remotely close. In the most heavily contested territory -- South Bend, home to the Irish -- we had nearly a 10-to-1 numbers advantage. Basically, it was less of a fight for our neighbor territories, and more of a stampede of Wolverines (could you imagine how scary that would be IRL?).

Speaking of South Bend, in a cool bit of instant karma, Seth -- who has been super supportive of our efforts -- actually WON South Bend last night. This is a completely random process, so I'd like to think the Reddit gods smiled upon Seth for his support of the game. Congrats Seth!

After we pat ourselves on the back for an excellent round, though, we need to get ready for real war. Ohio State also had a clean sweep of their neighbors, and Wisconsin has taken northern Michigan as well as Chicago. To put the situation differently, we're now next door neighbors with the 2nd and 4th largest armies in the game. And while we have by far the largest army in the game, the combined forces of the Badgers and Buckeyes are larger than our own.

And so, MGoHorde, we need to get even BIGGER! At one point last night a Discord moderator said their vetting system was overwhelmed and kindly asked us to stop. That means y'all are doing it right! I'm seeing more and more Wolverines sign up for the Discord every day, and I want the vetting line OUT THE DAMN DOOR AND AROUND THE BLOCK!

Go Blue and f*ck everybody in our way!

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/9xtrWhyR

(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 "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.

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