3316 students had joined the game by the end.
An average of 2,765 visitors logged onto the site each day.
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Players placed their armies through an easy-to-use web interface built with PHP and powered by a MySQL database. The system was linked into Yale's authentification system for identity verification. Players communicated through public and private discussion forums, and had detailed statistics about army placement and game progress at their fingertips.
