OT - Reddit CFB Risk Update 5/10: ATTACK THE NORTHEAST 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO
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!
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.
You know, there is something poetic about Clemson clemsoning in Risk.They may have gotten football straightened out after all that time, but the tendency is alive and well at Clemson.
Discord
RedWingedWolverine
Looks like VT and Clemson might have the same idea.
I'm here for all your Boogalooing needs.
..even if it was below your usual scoring output.
http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/23462446/russian-president-vladimir-…
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.
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.
You need a reddit account to view the full detailed map here:https://vote.redditcfb.com/cfbrisk.php
Here's the direct imgur link to the image I posted above (it's a lot bigger): https://i.imgur.com/RUhbtqR.png
In the future, you can right click the image in the post and then press "Open image in new tab"
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.
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.
Once I spammed the update rating button enough it took. I was doing it once or twice previously and it probably took 6 or 7 times to actually work for anyone else with the same issue. Ended up with 5 stars on the days and links so it was worth checking.
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.
Yeah, we've generally tried to PM users on reddit if their turns aren't counting.
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.
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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!
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
This is very helpful, but I already did this. I'm wondering how to INCREASE my power to help Michigan more.
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
- explore all the links. That will give you up to 5 stars
- play a turn (or two?) which gives you two stars
- 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.
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
Discord joemajesty.
Let's turn the map all blue!
Just signed up and attacked UMass. Looking forward to further instructions.
And should we subtly start a reddit posbang thread for any Michigan posters?
Also started downvoting people with flairs of the teams around us. Maybe that's below the belt but hey - in a way it's doubling your vote?
Joined and attacked umass.
Will be back tomorrow for further instructions.
Commenting as instructed. Here to join the fight, sir.
This seems complicated.
reddit: Point_Blanke
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...
It's me I swear! Let's take this map
Concept is great. Signed up and ready to steamroll the northeast.
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
This is BlueSCar here. Thank you very much! Our discord team have all been working really hard around the clock to keep this thing moving. The acknowledgment is certainly appreciated!
Discord: JWG Wolverine
Excited to join and help win this thing for the Maize and Blue!
Just attacked UMass!
Hope my small help meant something. Go Blue!
Discord: oldmanjoe
I need orders!