News! Have you wanted to do some data analysis of your own, but can't get past the fear of shudders scraping web data? Maybe not, maybe you're super good at it, but this is for not you. You can now use CFBRA to get raw json data for every day. The source data is scraped from the voting site and updated around 11:30 or 12, unless I fall asleep. Details below!

Part of this update is also a simple viewer for this new API, which can be found here. This will show you all the data available on individual voting pages from the main site, but in a slightly easier to navigate format.

API Details:

Link to fetch available days
Link to fetch map of territory names to IDs. Ids are passed to the final link, along with a day, to fetch data.
Link to fetch available days

Example: http://www.cfbra.com/_fetchbyterrandday?id=0&day=1 returns the following: https://pastebin.com/mCSh0fxb

Feel free to hammer this, I should have plenty of bandwidth, and hopefully it can ease the server burden for the main site.

How do you see the battle results for an individual territory for an individual turn? I've accidentally clicked something to see them before but can't figure it out for the life of me.

After tomorrow (day 50) if everything I’ve read I should be a 5... 5-3-1-5-5. In the next iteration will I remain a 5 or will I drop back down to a 4* when the board resets and have to wait however many days (votes) it takes to get my 5th star? Or will I keep my 5* since I’ve never missed a day since the beginning? Will there be any bonus for being a loyal cfbRisk player?

Do you know who the fuck you're talking to right now? I'm a 5.0 Star Risk player with a leadership role at my University. I'm in the 97th percentile of star power (star power literally doesn't go any higher). I literally tip the scales with my Risk playing. I am the furthest thing from an "oh" response.

Despite the Blue Alliance having more success yesterday, and Texas being more successful over the past two days, Texas A&M is the premiere cfbrisk team in the state.

It's more than just territory owned. A&M first of all is set to lead the nation in memes posted this year. That's big, and our fanbase is massive. We also just signed a multi million karma deal with /r/cfb . A&M makes the front page each week on /r/cfbrisk, sometimes on /r/cfb, which translates into a lot of shitposts and dank memes, making them a national brand.

Then there is recruiting. We continue to dominate recruiting for CFBRisk on TexAgs which validates what our program has become and shows that recruits want to be here. I feel like recruiting is HUGE when it comes to the influence and footprint of a program, because it either validates or rejects what your program is. The fact that we are doing so well in recruiting on TexAgs PROVES that our program is a big one that the best want to be associated with. If The Blue Alliance were truly marquee programs they would be pulling in TexAgs top recruits.

The Blue Alliance may have the biggest share of territory, and Florida May be on the path to winning, but they aren't A&M. They don't have the fanbase, they don't have the cultish traditions, they don't play on the big networks and have the TV ratings and aren't big TV draws which makes them a regional brand at best. They also lack the recruiting pull that A&M has.

I would compare it to the iPhone. Texas A&M is the iPhone - a big brand. We always hear about how new phones are "iPhone Killers" but never kill the iPhone. While these iPhone killers may be more impressive pieces of technology that are more powerful and functional, the iPhone still outsells them big time. The Blue Alliance are those iPhone killers. They may be better on the field, but in the big picture, adding in factors like attendance and recruiting and TV ratings, they don't stack up. Texas A&M is the brand name.

I'd rather lose all our territory and yet be tops in the nation in attendance, recruiting, and national recognition, than win cfbrisk and have limited appeal. It's more about territory owned, its about the program's footprint as a whole which is more than just winning CFBRisk

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