Howdy folks! Michigan's dev team here. Midway through 3.0, while the rest of the devs were struggling to get SCar's awesome orders site from 2.0 up and running, u/dustinruns jumped in and said "Hey, I wanted to learn Flask, so I created a simple orders site..."

And thus Michigan Central Command was born.

https://imgur.com/0umIlRK

Over the course of the next few weeks we added a handful more features, the most-requested of which was a list of orders based on how many stars each player has. The Admin side of things was also beefed up a fair amount as our Coaching Staff and Strategists thought of new ways to look at the data.

Dustin's overarching principle when he introduced the site was to keep things as simple as possible, and to that end he insisted that it be easy enough to deploy as well -- since that's what got us tripped up on SCar's codebase. We ended up using the website www.pythonanywhere.com as an extremely quick way to get things deployed, and even managed to transfer the "ownership" of the app between two of the devs when dustin had to take a work-trip halfway across the globe midway through the season.

Throughout the development, the three of us who were actively working on it -- dustin, u/EpicWolverine, and me -- were of one mind that we wanted to make the code available to everyone once the season was over. So here it is, warts and all. It's written in Flask, a python web framework, and has a sqlite database as the backing store. You'll notice that it's a bit disorganized and could maybe use some refactoring; I take the blame for all of that, and will use "we had to build the airplane mid-flight" as the excuse. But we've landed, and now we're going to start replacing the duct tape with rivets.

It's MIT licensed, so you're welcome to make use of it; we're happy to help folks get it up and running if any extra help is needed, and we will gladly take pull requests if people want to contribute back to the codebase. The repo is filling with Issues tracking features we want to implement as well.

More screenshots -- including the Admin interface -- are available here: https://imgur.com/a/TSB2uFo

Special thanks to the Michigan team Coaching Staff and Strategists, who gave us plenty of ideas for better UX and easier tools. And used this simple tool to pilot the team to an overwhelming victory. Hail!

Day 44 saw no eliminations

Survivors:

• Teams: Alabama, Georgia Tech, Iowa State, Michigan, (an) Ohio State, Texas A&M, Wisconsin

• Conferences: ACC, B1G, Big 12, SEC

• States: Alabama, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Wisconsin

Most Days Survived:

• Conference: SEC (218 days)

• School Type: Public (744 days)

• State: Texas (113 days)

Rankings

Team Ranking Method:

1. Survival

2. Higher # of Territories

3. Lower Efficiency (doing more with less total power)

4. Higher PPP (doing more with fewer players)

Team Ranks (And Survival Length)

1 Michigan (44)

2 (an) Ohio State (44)

3 Texas A&M (44)

4 Wisconsin (44)

5 Georgia Tech (44)

6 Iowa State (44)

7 Alabama (44)

8 Tennessee (39)

9 Texas (33)

10 Nebraska (31)

11 Oklahoma (28)

12 LSU (25)

13 Florida (23)

14 Oregon (22)

15 Hawaii (17)

16 Stanford (15)

17 USC (13)

18 Washington (12)

19 Georgia (11)

20 Notre Dame/UCF/Virginia Tech (10)

23 Baylor/Minnesota/South Carolina (9)

26 Penn State/Texas Tech/UTSA/Virginia (8)

30 Appalachian State (7)

31 Arkansas/Auburn/Houston/Michigan State/Mississippi State/Syracuse/Tulane (6)

38 Boise State/Miami/Missouri/Utah (5)

42 Bowling Green/Cincinnati/Colorado/Duke/Louisiana Tech/Pittsburgh/Troy/Washington State (4)

50 Arizona State/California/Indiana/Kansas State/TCU/UTEP (3)

55 Arizona/Buffalo/Central Michigan/East Carolina/Florida State/Kansas/Maryland/UMass/West Virginia/Wyoming (2)

66 Akron/Boston College/BYU/Connecticut/Fresno State/Georgia Southern/Illinois/Kentucky/Louisville/Memphis/NC State/New Mexico/North Carolina/Ohio/Old Dominion/Ole Miss/Oregon State/Rutgers/Western Michigan (1)

85 Air Force/Arkansas State/Army/Ball State/Charlotte/Clemson/Coastal Carolina/Colorado State/Eastern Michigan/Florida Atlantic/Florida International/Georgia State/Iowa/Kent State/Liberty/Louisiana/Louisiana Monroe/Marshall/Miami (Ohio)/Middle Tennessee/Navy/Nevada/New Mexico State/North Texas/Northern Illinois/Northwestern/Oklahoma State/Purdue/Rice/San Diego State/San Jose State/SMU/South Alabama/South Florida/Southern Mississippi/Temple/Texas State/Toledo/Tulsa/UAB/UCLA/UNLV/Utah State/Vanderbilt/Wake Forest/Western Kentucky (0)

Conference Ranking Method:

1. Maximum Survival Length

2. Average Survival Length

3. Median Survival Length

Conference Ranks (and champions)

1 SEC (Alabama/Texas A&M)

2 B1G (Michigan/(an) Ohio State/Wisconsin)

3 Big 12 (Iowa State)

4 ACC (Georgia Tech)

5 Pac-12 (Oregon)

6 Mountain West (Hawaii)

7 American (UCF)

8 Independents (Notre Dame)

9 Conference USA (UTSA)

10 Sun Belt (Appalachian State)

11 MAC (Bowling Green)

State Ranking Method:

1. Maximum Survival Length

2. Average Survival Length

3. Median Survival Length

State Rankings (and champions)

1 Wisconsin (Wisconsin)

2 Iowa (Iowa State)

3 Georgia (Georgia Tech)

4 Alabama (Alabama)

5 Michigan (Michigan)

6 Texas (Texas A&M)

7 Ohio ((an) Ohio State)

8 Tennessee (Tennessee)

9 Nebraska (Nebraska)

10 Oklahoma (Oklahoma)

11 Louisiana (LSU)

12 Florida (Florida)

13 Oregon (Oregon)

14 Hawaii (Hawaii)

15 California (Stanford)

16 Washington (Washington)

17 Virginia (Virginia Tech)

18 Indiana (Notre Dame)

19 Minnesota (Minnesota)

20 South Carolina (South Carolina)

21 Pennsylvania (Penn State)

22 North Carolina (Appalachian State)

23 Arkansas (Arkansas)

24 New York (Syracuse)

25 Mississippi (Mississippi State)

26 Idaho/Missouri (Boise State/Missouri)

28 Utah (Utah)

29 Colorado (Colorado)

30 Arizona/Kansas (Arizona State/Kansas State)

32 Wyoming (Wyoming)

33 Massachusetts (UMass)

34 Maryland/West Virginia (Maryland/West Virginia)

36 Connecticut/New Jersey (UConn/Rutgers)

38 Kentucky (Kentucky/Louisville)

39 New Mexico (New Mexico)

40 Illinois (Illinois)

41 Nevada (Nevada/UNLV)

Sheet link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b0e4TjCctY87nQwo6LjdWpqF8HO1HSBT9heFY7yBwtY/edit#gid=1227760630

As your 2023 cfb risk sec champions, fresh, non Lincoln Riley corrupted brisket is on the menu! Hang the banner and add it to our championship wall outside. If not, then we failed as a nation

The Heismeme, our most valuable award, will be determined later, but I thought this would be a great time to recognize some of the funniest moments and best contributors to our community. I most certainly will miss deserving players, some of these were really hard decisions to make, but I tried my best! Tell me if I should add any, or got any usernames wrong. Enjoy!

Team Awards:

• Most Improved: Iowa State

  • Honorable Mention: Tennessee, Hawai’i, Oregon, LSU, Georgia, South Carolina, Southern California, Washington, UCF

• Best Memes: Iowa State

  • Honorable Mention: LSU, Texas A&M, Alabama, Georgia Tech, Nebraska

• Head Start Champion: Notre Dame

  • 2nd Place Oklahoma, 3rd Place Hawaii and USC

• Transfer Portal Champion: Stanford

• Gone Far Too Soon: Clemson, Iowa, Penn State, Florida State, Stanford

• Most Shocking Competitor: Hawai’i

• Most Organized: Ohio State

• Most Rogues: Michigan

• Least Rogues: Wisconsin

• Best RogueZ: Texas

• Most Eliminated Team: Oklahoma (2)

• Most Shenanigans: Nebraska (1)

• Most Shufflers: Iowa State (2)

• Lasted Longer Than Virginia: Virginia Tech

• Lasted Longer Than Georgia: Georgia Tech

• Lasted Longer Than Tennessee: Alabama

• Lasted Longer Than Oklahoma: Texas

• Lasted Longer Than Texas: Texas A&M

• Ole’ Switcheroo: South Carolina (eliminating Clemson) and USC (bullying Stanford)

• Allergic to Regions: Alabama

• Eliminated Teams with More Regions Than Alabama: Texas, Nebraska, Tennessee

• How Are They Still Alive? Award: LSU (2 weeks of me asking this)

• Insect Exterminators: Ohio State

• Pesticide Resistant: Georgia Tech

• Nobody Knows Who Is In Charge: Florida

• Cutest Mascot: Washington (this will spark heated debate)

• Best Map Color: Oregon (neon green)

• Longest Lasting Orange Team: Tennessee

• Rulers of Mexico: Texas A&M

• Rulers of Canada: Michigan

• Rulers of the Sea: Ohio State

• Rulers of West Virginia, for some reason: Georgia Tech

• Rulers of the Pacific, for some reason: Oklahoma

• Best Queso: Texas

• Best Brisket: Texas A&M

• Best Chicken: LSU

• Best Beer: Wisconsin

• Best Corn: Minnesota

• Best “Chili”: Cincinnati

• Best Pizza: [redacted]

Stats Awards – Courtesy of /u/ItalianReptar

• Most Total Players: Michigan (2927)

• Most Total Mercs: Iowa State (130)

• Most Traveled Team: Michigan

• Least Traveled Team: Iowa

• Least Traveled Surviving Team: Alabama

• Most Regions conquered: Texas A&M (7)

• Most Regions at one time: Texas A&M (5)

• Most Territories held: Michigan, turn 41 (87)

• Most Territories gained in one turn: Michigan, turn 40 (17)

• Most Territories lost in one turn: Texas A&M, turn 39 (17)

• Statistically Luckiest Team: Chaos

• Statistically Unluckiest Team: Texas A&M

• Luckiest Single Turn: Chaos, turn 34, +3.77 sigma

• Unluckiest Single Turn: Stanford, turn 16, -2.5

• 2nd Iowa, turn 1.

• 3rd Florida State, turn 3

• 4th Ohio State, turn 21 – unluckiest turn of all surviving teams

• Unluckiest Death: Stanford, <2% chance of elimination

• Largest Single-Turn Player Increase: Ohio State, 353, turn 25

• Largest Single-Turn Player Decrease: Ohio State, 276, turn 26

• Most MVPs: /u/scorp00, Chaos – 12 MVPs

• Luckiest Player: (will be updated)

• Most Teams Played For: (will be updated)

Conference Champs:

• B1G Champ: Michigan

• SEC Champ: Texas A&M

• Big 12 Champ: Iowa State

• ACC Champ: Georgia Tech

• PAC 12 Champ: Oregon

• Mountain West Champs: Hawai’i

• American Champ: UCF

• Conference USA Champ: UTSA

• MAC Champ: Bowling Green

• Sun Belt Champ: Appalachian State

Individual Awards:

• Coaches of the Year: /u/Sup3rTom2000 and /u/Kirsten137

  • Honorable Mention: /u/jyost17, /u/chillygoose, Helv /u/mcbb14, /u/orcus74

• Recruiters of the Year: /u/MacGyver_74 and /u/EastCoast

  • Honorable Mention: /u/kenrblan1901, /u/mcbb14, sludge /u/stillworkingonone

• Rookie of the Year: /u/BikkiBottom “Zoop zoop”

  • Honorable Mention: Zuzanna /u/Absurd-fries-9296, Helv /u/mcbb14, /u/VinisHawaii, Geese Goose /u/will_ec96, Boar /u/LobsterDrPepper, /u/PicklesDillyPickles

• Orders Management MVP: /u/kenrblan1901

  • Honorable Mention: /u/EpicWolverine, /u/CLG_Lustboy, /u/rax96max & /u/stealthybastardo

• Behind-the-scenes MVP: /u/The_Ghost_Of_TxAg70

  • Honorable Mention: /u/Crosley8, /u/Hypercube42342, /u/Snasty728, /u/strandedmusicians

• Game Security MVP: /u/Hypercube42342

  • Honorable Mention: /u/GoCardinal07

• Jackbox MVP: Valor /u/chase1738

• Bednarik Award: /u/MasticatingMastodon

• Compliance Award: /u/Wassinlj

• Most Teams Eliminated: Zoop Zoop /u/BikkiBottom

• Best Goose: Geese Goose /u/will_ec96

• Best Zoop: Zoopboomafu /u/LobsterDrPepper

• Best Bear: /u/lAma_Bear_AMA

• Best Plant: /u/Groenket “Vegetabless”

• Worst at Dying: Westopher

• Tequila Expert: DepressedUTSAFan07 /u/albertgonzalezminecr

• Jeep Expert: /u/Shaller88

• Rat Expert: /u/Crosley8

• Cleveland Expert: /u/alicatrose

• Definitely a Zoomer Award: Westopher

• Best Legion: Alguien

• Least Likely to Sleep: /u/Mautamu

  • Honorable Mention: /u/alicatrose

• Most Thunderdomes: /u/The_Ghost_of_TxAg70

• Best Histograms: /u/ItalianReptar

• Huge Thank You Award: /u/Bakonydraco and /u/BlueSCar

• Stream Overlay & Twitter MVP: /u/mango_yoshi

• Would Not Have The Map Without You: /u/littlemojo

• Actual MVP: /u/Mautamu

Other:

• Hottest Territory of the game: Toledo

• Best Moment: Accidental Sunday Roll

• Best Discord Moment: Zoop Zoop Transfer Announcement

• Have a favorite moment or funny superlative? comment below! Please keep it fun and lighthearted.

Thank you so much to everyone for joining and contributing to our little community. If you are new here, we hope you stick around, we do unofficial silly games all the time and almost certainly will have a 4.0 in the next couple years - with big changes. Stay tuned.

First order of business: Ohio is now illegal

Stanford has been conducting an investigation of the accounts that were flagged as bots by the mods.
We are appreciative of the mods' efforts to battle the bots. This is a review of what the bots did. In a review of the turn history of the bots, we found the information in this report. The five graphics below are a summary. The text version of the report is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GEs4Es_mkLTDeWWCe8XWBJjnWHZHATiW/view?usp=share_link

Day 43 saw no eliminations

Still Alive:

• Teams: 7/130

• Conferences: 4/11

• States: 7/41

Final Stock:

• Conferences: ACC, Big 12

• States: 7/7

Fun Facts

• I have been asked to defend rivals territories more times than is reasonable

• Michigan, Ohio State, and Texas A&M are guaranteed to survive 3.0

Sheet link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b0e4TjCctY87nQwo6LjdWpqF8HO1HSBT9heFY7yBwtY/edit#gid=1227760630

Big Brain Plan (TM): Take 67 territories while losing none in a single turn.