I changed the semantics of the i18n fallback to not hit 'text' for other properties, so updated a test.

server/routes/mail.coffee

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ sendwithus = require '../sendwithus'
 module.exports.setup = (app) ->
   app.all config.mail.mailchimpWebhook, handleMailchimpWebHook
   app.get '/mail/cron/ladder-update', handleLadderUpdate
-  
+
 getAllLadderScores = (next) ->
   query = Level.find({type: 'ladder'})
     .select('levelID')
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ getAllLadderScores = (next) ->
     for level in levels
       for team in ['humans', 'ogres']
         'I ... am not doing this.'
+        # Query to get sessions to make histogram
+        # db.level.sessions.find({"submitted":true,"levelID":"brawlwood",team:"ogres"},{"_id":0,"totalScore":1})
 
 isRequestFromDesignatedCronHandler = (req, res) ->
   if req.ip isnt config.mail.cronHandlerPublicIP and req.ip isnt config.mail.cronHandlerPrivateIP
@@ -36,13 +38,13 @@ isRequestFromDesignatedCronHandler = (req, res) ->
     res.end()
     return false
   return true
-  
-    
+
+
 handleLadderUpdate = (req, res) ->
   log.info("Going to see about sending ladder update emails.")
   requestIsFromDesignatedCronHandler = isRequestFromDesignatedCronHandler req, res
   unless requestIsFromDesignatedCronHandler then return
-    
+
   res.send('Great work, Captain Cron! I can take it from here.')
   res.end()
   # TODO: somehow fetch the histograms

test/app/lib/utils.spec.coffee

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ describe 'utils library', ->
     expect(util.i18n(this.fixture1, 'text', 'en')).toEqual(this.fixture1.text)
     expect(util.i18n(this.fixture1, 'blurb', 'en')).toEqual(this.fixture1.blurb)
     delete this.fixture1.blurb
-    expect(util.i18n(this.fixture1, 'blurb', 'en')).toEqual(this.fixture1.text)
+    expect(util.i18n(this.fixture1, 'blurb', 'en')).toEqual(null)
 
   it 'i18n can fall forward if a general language is not found', ->
     expect(util.i18n(this.fixture1, 'text', 'pt')).toEqual(this.fixture1.i18n['pt-BR'].text)