**Fightin' Texas Aggie SITREP, Day 18**Howdy ARMY!!! Welcome to the top.The posts above this one show the state of the map and the player numbers.
How about that?! We've taken the lead in total territories, and what's more, we ain't finished yet! Let's get into the details, but first....
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How to play, in case you've just come across this thread post today.
If we hit
500 players by tomorrow night's roll, I'll
let my roommate give me a mohawk haircut. We currently stand at 408, plus about 40 mercenaries -- we're not far from it!Here's a picture of the map around us. If you're new, just defend a territory today and request access to r/AggieCFBRisk or our discord (
http://tx.ag/AggieDiscord) and we'll get you linked in for moves/squads/platoons/strategies.
If you are new and you've only found this game recently, here's how to play in short order:
Step 1. Go to collegefootballrisk.com
Step 2. Link your reddit account (or create one -- it's a 30 second process and doing so allows you more time to enjoy the access to the great memes on r/CollegeFootballRisk)
Step 3. Defend any maroon territory you'd like today by clicking on it and clicking "Defend."
Step 4. (Optional) Ask for access to r/AggieCFBRisk or come to the A&M Discord (
http://tx.ag/AggieDiscord) if you want to be part of the Army strategy or lead some of your fellow Ags in arms
Step 5. (Optional) Hang out, make memes, and get ready for the next turn to take place at 9:30 CST tonight!!!
Step 6. (Optional) If you want to learn more about the finer details of playing and how to help lead beyond just clicking a button, some cool guy wrote a nice guide with links to specific sections here:
College Football Risk-----
And now for the recap.
1. Our leadership this year has continued superb diplomatic movement in the previous turns to give us the best chance possible to expand, consolidate, and defend. How have they been able to do this?
2. Unlike other teams in this game, the
FIGHTIN' TEXAS AGGIE College Football Risk army has discipline. What does this mean? Well, diplomacy works only so far as other teams can trust you to keep promises you make. Because we have 90+% of our players listen to their squad leaders (and this is why the subreddit and discord matter!), we can be a lot more precise with how we spread our players out and optimize our power.
3. A gigantic swath of the south of the map is now that lovely shade of Aggie Maroon. However, if we want to expand further, the question becomes tricky. It's probably best not to aim to kill too many teams, as if we do this, those teams may well choose to enter the transfer portal and play as mercenaries against us.
4. So what are we to do? We've got near 50 territories. That means by default, it's a LOT of defense we are going to have to play. We're a frontrunner now. People are going to target us more because a #1 ranked A&M team in any sport isn't something that comes often, and as such the normal #1s may find our place here quite hard to stomach. I know defense isn't as interesting as attacking other teams, but perhaps it's time to take inspiration from
THE WRECKING CREW to show would-be attackers who's boss.
5. RNG has blessed us the past few turns. We're playing very well and punching above our weight right now, and the region bonuses we have are key to that. We have three right now, and may well be able to lock down a fourth if we can retake Springfield, MO.
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Other happenings in the game: As was previously speculated, Wisconsin has begun fighting with Michigan. This poses an interesting quandary for us. It's clear that Wisconsin's choice has hurt them on a strategic level, but it's strongly benefitted us in the sense that Michigan has to spread their (admittedly far larger) player base on a lot more territories with far more teams looking to fight them. This is a triumph of A&M diplomacy. We've managed to not pick a massive fight with either Michigan, Wisconsin, or Ohio State overtly, while playing nice with the Vols and Crimson Tide to shore up flanks in the southeast. Conflicts with the teams we are fighting remain on the periphery of our territories, which is the ideal strategic situation to find oneself in. It would take any other team 4 turns minimum to reach College Station.
Michigan is by far and away the strongest team by player count, but it appears they have had diplomatic issues this year centered around their large army not being quite as organized as other teams, and Wolverine players attacking allies, either unaware of or in defiance of the UM leads' orders. It is currently estimated that perhaps up to
40% of the Wolverine Horde is currently "rogue". This means if we continue to play a stout defense, we should be able to parry any UM attacks that come our way because we are more organized. And it is the proof in the pudding that being an organized Army as is befitting A&M is a great advantage to the team. Thank you all for listening to and following move orders when you get them.
Ohio State is steadily creeping up the rankings. While their position is currently mostly away from us, it is going to be wise to keep an eye on the Caribbean and make sure the Buckeyes don't sneak through into Mexico. Make no mistake: Ohio State and Michigan are, like any of the biggest teams, in it to win it. They are worthy competitors and strong warriors. And we're now the #1 team on the boards, so it may well be we see more campaigns onto maroon soil.
Georgia Tech has made some headway into achieving their publicly stated goal: to control the GA/FL region. They appear to have the Gators on the ropes, but the VOID beckons... Team Chaos can strike any team at any time. Eventually, it'll strike us too, and we ought to remain diligent against it. Defense is the key now.
Again, we remain relatively friendly with Alabama and Tennessee, as it was necessary to work with them to secure our region in Arkansas and Louisiana.
IT IS STRONGLY ADVISED NOT TO ATTACK THE CRIMSON TIDE OR VOLUNTEER OWNED TERRITORIES. Your power is best utilized elsewhere.
Sadly, Stanford has been eliminated on extremely low odds. RIP Meme Trees, you will be missed.
Meme of the day:
Big Iron but it's College Football Risk, turn 17 : CollegeFootballRisk (reddit.com) (For those of you that played in the previous season of College Football Risk, you probably recall the legendary trench wars fought over land in the state of Arizona. Yesterday, we had a minor reprise of that on the map.
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Again... where to go from here?? Well, if we can recruit and grow just to 500 players, with our current strategic and region bonus advantages, we could become truly unstoppable. But that requires the
12th man to step up, as it has time and again. For information on how, refer to my post above. If you have further questions, just hit that reply button and fire away.
WHO WILL JOIN ME??Thanks and Gig 'em,
TxAg70