OT - Reddit CFB Risk Update 5/10: ATTACK THE NORTHEAST 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

Submitted by ReegsShannon on

Thanks everyone for participating in the Reddit CFB Risk game over the past week or so. We had an amazing night last night and took an enormous chunk of the NorthEast, while also taking East Lansing and Ann Arbor. We had an enormous jump in power yesterday, and our participation has been skyrocketing because of you guys.

 

Based on the totals were we keeping in our Discord Chat, we were anticipating about 100 "stars" attacking Syracuse. And we ended up with 185!!!

We are encouraging any users on here that have been attacking anything in Michigan or Ohio to send your resources to the Northeast. You can directly help by defending any of our current territories in the NE (Buffalo, Cuse, PSU) or attacking any enemy territories bordering them. In particular, we want you guys to hit the territories "UMass" and "Army" HARD. We are so close to getting to Maine at which point we will have grabbed a corner of the map and having a completely safe foothold so we can expand back to Michigan.

 

Instructions to Join:

 

To join all you need to do is go to reddit.com/r/cfb and create an account if you don't already have one. Next, set your flair to Michigan. You can do this by clicking "Select Flair" on the right side of the cfb subreddit. Finally, you can join and play the game at https://vote.redditcfb.com/cfbrisk.php

 

If you want to discuss the game in deeper detail and strategize with us, you can join our discord server found here: https://discord.gg/TcZBTcj. We usually announce plans of what we want to attack/defend in the evenings, but we discuss strategy all day. Be warned though, there will be a vetting process to join the discord as we have had some mole issues from OSU. Even if you don’t pass the vetting process, we can still provide less-secret instructions in the general chat so that you can still help us towards our goals until we can fully 100% trust you.

 

Additionally, we have formed "The Blue Alliance" with Florida and Georgia Tech. If you would like to meme about this, go to: www.reddit.com/r/CFBRisk/

 

Go Blue!

 

Instructions as to how to play:

At the beginning of the game. Every team was assigned one single territory, and so every territory is now named after that team. When you go to select an action in the game, you'll see option such as: 

"Defend Buffalo", "Attack Penn State", "Attack Kent State".

This means that we border the location that was originally assigned to Penn State and Kent State. If you choose to attack Penn State, you will attempt to take that piece of land next round. Defend Buffalo, means that we currently own Buffalo's original homeland, and defending Buffalo means putting your stars towards keeping Buffalo from being taken.

After you submit what you're doing for the day, just sit back at wait! At Midnight EST all of the picks from all of the teams go in, and a random number generator selects a winner for each territory. Then it all happens again tomorrow. 

 

Full instructions/explanations are available HERE
 

Map as of 5/10:

 

Look how big that NE chunk is!

triguy616

May 10th, 2018 at 11:37 AM ^

We did well last night! RNG came out for us.

RIP Clemson. I can't imagine they make it out of that one territory alive.

How about Wisconsin blooming out of the ashes? They were under threat of extinction for a while, and now they have a chunk of the midwest.

MGoKalamazoo

May 10th, 2018 at 12:15 PM ^

Tried helping on iPhone. Furthest I could get entailed setting my flair. I don’t use the family computer. Wish I could help more as I love the board game Risk.

Chuck Norris

May 10th, 2018 at 12:53 PM ^

IF YOU CAN'T FIND WHERE TO GET FLAIR: For all the newbies to Reddit, it's possible you're getting the redesigned version (which isn't currently flair compatible). If you're having a hard time finding where to select flair on the right sidebar, see if there's a button waaay at the top left that says "opt out of the redesign". Clicking that should fix things, then follow the instructions above.

rposly

May 10th, 2018 at 12:58 PM ^

Just signed up, attacked UMass.  Took a while to figure out how to set my flair.  Keep the updates coming here; I follow orders well.

BoFan

May 10th, 2018 at 1:06 PM ^

I like these daily updates.

Since the other post got deleted i’ll post here. I don’t play any video games or go on reddit. But I understand the game of risk and i like the updates on strategy and seeing M increase their territory. I‘d like to see the map as an image I can zoom in on.

As far as the other thread, I don’t like whiner threads.

CursedWolverine

May 10th, 2018 at 1:30 PM ^

I don't see any change to my "Stars" profile after playing for a couple days. I would expect to have more than 1 star for links explored, I've played a few turns and days on r/cfb is in the 2000 range. Is anyone having that feature work for them currently or after clicking "Update rating"? 

My turn history also only displays a single star for each action since i started playing. 

ReegsShannon

May 10th, 2018 at 1:34 PM ^

Yeah, the game has had some weird issues with updating stars properly. Usually if you press the "update rating" button a couple times and then refresh the page a couple times, it'll properly set. Did you explore all the links? Clinking on all 21 should get you 5 stars in that category.

Dawggoblue

May 10th, 2018 at 2:06 PM ^

I realized today that none of my turns counted because they marked me as a bot.  Verify that your turns are counting, if not you need to message the moderators.

BlueSCar

May 10th, 2018 at 3:05 PM ^

Thank you for bring this up.  If your reddit handle is on the below list, then the game flagged you as a bot during your last turn.

akorn525
Benjamin2891
BigOch
carstonmclark
Cletus__Spuckler
cuddihpr
dawggoblue21
DetroitDealers
grmilton
haildan
hjacobson93
IntelligentMetal
MHNRI
Nmerrill454
PinnyKzoo
RedPandaCmmanda
ResolKrod
s1105615
sportSCenter360
Supp_Dood
swolf81
temptemptemp1112
TheMaverick1331
tlow2485
UM2k1
UMLSA2018
WAATY
wildbackdunesman

 

EastCoast Esq.

May 10th, 2018 at 2:17 PM ^

What do I need to do to get more power for Blue? I don't know Reddit at all, so I need detailed instructions.

Also, I love playing defense. OSU shall not take Buffalo!

jamesjosephharbaugh

May 10th, 2018 at 3:42 PM ^

1. Sign up for reddit if you don't have an account at reddit.com.  Verify it if you need to.  Sign in to reddit.  Most people make a junk username for reddit to stay anonymous.

2. Go to https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/ and look for the link on the right -hand side that says "select flair."  Go set your flair to Michigan.  Alternatively go https://flair.redditcfb.com/ to set it directly.

3. Go to https://vote.redditcfb.com/cfbrisk.php and go through the process of turning on the game.  Then when you see the page with the map, make sure your Team Info box has Michigan in it, then scroll down past the map and simply click the attack or defend button of your choice.  The logos next to the attack/defend buttons do not represent teams, but they represent the name of the territory.  So, if you attack UMass, that means you are casting your vote for Michigan to attack the Umass territory, even though it is currently occupied by virginia tech.

4. when you cast your vote, the left hand box at the top of the page that says "today's action" will update from a question mark to the logo of the territory you chose to attack/defend 

oriental andrew

May 10th, 2018 at 4:00 PM ^

Note that it takes the MEDIAN number of stars for your multiplier. I currently have 1 star for days on cfb subreddit;  karma (42 - getting there!), and awards (0 awards); 2 stars for turns played (3 so far); and 5 stars for links explored. 

My median is 1 star, but should hit 2 stars VERY soon if I keep posting to the cfb subreddit

  1. explore all the links. That will give you up to 5 stars
  2. play a turn (or two?) which gives you two stars
  3. Post a ton on the cfb sub-reddit. You need 50 karma on the subreddit to get to 2 stars. 

The others (90 days on CFB subreddit and awards) are, in my estimation, pretty far out of reach for a new redditor. 

jamesjosephharbaugh

May 10th, 2018 at 3:42 PM ^

1. Sign up for reddit if you don't have an account at reddit.com.  Verify it if you need to.  Sign in to reddit.  Most people make a junk username for reddit to stay anonymous.

2. Go to https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/ and look for the link on the right -hand side that says "select flair."  Go set your flair to Michigan.  Alternatively go https://flair.redditcfb.com/ to set it directly.

3. Go to https://vote.redditcfb.com/cfbrisk.php and go through the process of turning on the game.  Then when you see the page with the map, make sure your Team Info box has Michigan in it, then scroll down past the map and simply click the attack or defend button of your choice.  The logos next to the attack/defend buttons do not represent teams, but they represent the name of the territory.  So, if you attack UMass, that means you are casting your vote for Michigan to attack the Umass territory, even though it is currently occupied by virginia tech.

4. when you cast your vote, the left hand box at the top of the page that says "today's action" will update from a question mark to the logo of the territory you chose to attack/defend 

S.D. Jones

May 10th, 2018 at 5:02 PM ^

Electric Boogaloo is a subtiltle for the ages. I also would have upvoted Attack the Northeast 2: The Quickening, but there can be only one...

acnumber1

May 10th, 2018 at 7:10 PM ^

Most nights I log in for 30 seconds to make my play (following orders). A few nights I have perused the discord strategy board and tried to follow the discussion.

 

The work going on there is incredible. In terms of knowledge, man hours, skill, enthusiasm, dedication...really remarkable.

 

Once this thing is over, the core group could/should explore turning this combined skillset into something utilizing this power for either profit or altruism (or both)!

 

Kudos BlueSCar et al