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Re: Concerning future of First Saturdays & Second Sundays.
Its nice, if your community has it. We had an in person one, with a decent turnout but just barely enough for credit, next month an ENL POC couldn't do it, so we didn't have one. I fear the next one they will end up having not enough agents for the credit, then it will be doomed from there on. Guess time will tell.
Re: Concerning future of First Saturdays & Second Sundays.
Community Day bounties would be a cool idea.
Re: Concerning future of First Saturdays & Second Sundays.
I doubt making the day less predictable (and thus harder to plan for) is going to increase attendance.
PoGo players show up for community days because they get rare Pokemon and stuff. Ingress just doesn't have that.
Re: Concerning future of First Saturdays & Second Sundays.
Between this and having the onyx medal finished, I'm pretty good on not spending any time or fuel on medal ticks that add up to nothing but a couple hours of double AP in close proximity to agents I more or less avoid entirely. Such a hard pass...
Re: Extra key capsules
Both factions will benefit. So I am not trying to preach for my ENL choir here. It's just lame we dont have duplication, and we cant hold more keys. 2 arguments to have more keylockers.
Re: What are your suggestions for the Campfire map in Ingress?
Why can't the Campfire team come here and ask us? Hmm? Probably run by one person who also has 3 other jobs at Niantic.
As to your Zoo image, you say you never open Ingress or Pogo when you are at the Zoo? That seems odd. I guess your loss. I know what's in my Zoo locally in Ingress, as that's what I play. I go sometimes to enjoy the Zoo, or sometimes to enjoy the portals or even sometimes to enjoy both. Then again my Zoo is 100% free to enter. Free to park if you don't mind walking a few blocks over to the Zoo.
Re: What are your suggestions for the Campfire map in Ingress?
I would add one more thing: If Ingress eliminates Intel Maps and switches to Campfire, one of the major attractions of Ingress, the massive operation to create a huge CF, will not be feasible, and the world's largest group sports competition where hundreds or thousands of people attack each other in an organized manner Anomaly battles will degenerate in competitiveness to stone age fights.
This would greatly diminish the appeal of Ingress, and the Ingress team would not be happy about it.
Also, this is not a problem for Ingress and is one reason for many ghost accounts, but when they switch to Campfire for Intel maps, PGO and Wayfarer will be in more trouble than Ingress agents.
I think PGO and Wayfarer should each create their own, but they rely heavily on the Ingress Intel Maps infrastructure.
Because the information that PGO trainers are placing PINs on their maps is based on Intel Maps information.
The original information that Wayfinder uses to count the number of blank S2-Cells and Pokéstops is Intel Maps.
And while you may conveniently change your position to say that you are an Ingress agent and therefore have no problem using it, you, as Wayfinder, are also heavily dependent on the Intel Maps infrastructure.
I don't believe you created this thread with these things in mind in depth, nor do you have any responsibility as OP.
So we will not need to discuss this topic in the Ingress forum.
Re: What are your suggestions for the Campfire map in Ingress?
I'm sure you understand, but at this point Campfire is "only available on smartphones." "There is no search function by person or word." "There is no translation on the application." Therefore, it is not useful for Ingress.
And it has not been used much in PGO, which was expected to be the main.
It could be used to announce First Saturday, Mission Day, NL1331, and other informal meetups.
But the reality is that since no one sees Campfire, its effectiveness is far less than X (Twitter), and COMM is much more effective.
Operation En-Crypt-In
Exotic Matter has started raining chaos again. This time we face the anomaly under a fresh new name: Cryptic Memories.
14th of February, Valentine’s Day. Agents across the globe are enjoying precious moments with their loved ones when their mobile devices chime with the notification: Niantic has announced the fresh crop of cells for the acclaimed Cell Battle.
All eyes across India fixate on one name. AS14-FOXTROT-06 - New Delhi, India. The cell where the bloodiest of battles have been fought in the history of Enlightened India.
It’s time to move.
Within 24 hours, the team was assembled. Within 3 days, the plans are chalked up. Within 5 days, the agents are assigned their tasks, and on the 7th day, in an almost prophetic manner, the cell is marred with layers upon layers of green.
Needless to say, the cell was won 15:0 in favour.
That’s the TL;DR version, and here are the quick stats for the one in rush.
- MU captured: ~13 billion MU. (~91 billion raw MU at the end of septicycle)
- Layers formed: 140
- Agents involved: 14
Blocker Clearing: @Banwave1 @CommandoRana @iAsclepius @Ritikpandey @Inderjeet18 @AmitInAgra
Links & Fields: @AmitInAgra @IIAYUSHII @Banwave1 @CommandoRana @Daishinka @dvndr @hulkdestroyer2 @iAsclepius @Kali1996 @nukul286 @Ritikpandey @SSJGodKioken
Intel: @gopir1594
Planning: @CommandoRana
Detailed
But a TL;DR doesn’t cover it, right ? As the writer of this sitrep always says, “The Devil, the God of Ingress, is in the details after all.”
We received information that AS14-FOXTROT-06 - New Delhi, India has been chosen just 7 days shy of the start of Septicycle. To receive the anomaly badge, the minimum requirement was set at being within the top 50 of the faction. The better alternative to win would have been to build a couple of last-minute fields and declare victory. But taking long, almost nonsensical, borderline insane strides has become second nature to Enlightened India by this point.
After a long sleepless night of caffeinated eyes stuck at the Intel screen, our planner-in-chief, @CommandoRana and multi-year experienced operator @gopir1594 declared their lunacy on the group by envisioning not just creating fields but keeping them alive for all the 35 checkpoints of the Septicycle in a cell where more than 40 Resistance agents remain active.
The Blockers
As any agent involved in OPs for a considerable amount of time would know, the most painful part of execution starts with clearing blockers in the most stealthy manner possible.
The major links extending over hundreds of kilometers from the Resistance strongholds of Gurugram, Jaipur, and Jodhpur were taken down by @ritikpandey, @banwave1, and @nukul286 respectively. Blockers in Mathura and Govardhan were taken down by @IIAYUSHII, and some small ones in Agra were taken down by @AmitInAgra and @iAsclepius.
While Machina has proven to be a valuable source of inventory for players, especially in rural settings, it has also emerged as a pestilence for OPs. Thus, a massive-scale clearing of Machina was undertaken in Chandigarh by @CommandoRana and in Agra by @AmitInAgra, @iAsclepius, and @7H3M0NK. Hanumangarh was cleared by @dvdnr, and Nagaur was cleared by @ritikpandey.
@CommandoRana also tried to take down Fatehgarh Sahib portals but couldn't because of the internet ban in that area due to the ongoing Farmers Protest, thus rendering his lengthy travels futile. This was a limiting factor for the entire operation.
The Fields
The date of execution was fixed for us by Niantic, February 22, 2024, since this was the start of the new Septicycle. This also meant that Resistance agents were also very aware of our movement across the cities. Fortunately, our agents, having participated in multiple OPs by now, have grown accustomed to maintaining stealth while travelling.
The OP was divided into six phases for smooth execution. To coordinate the agents, the services of operator @gopir1594 were called in, who brought his years of experience to the table.
The very first phase demanded that our agents reach their destined portals at 5:45 AM. The fields had to be laid at 6 a.m. sharp. Any stray link at this stage could potentially ruin the whole OP. With utmost precision, @banwave1 and @Kali1996 laid the first fields from Jaipur between Jaipur-Agra-Chandigarh, capturing 49,022,664 MU each.
This was followed by fields by agents @dvndr and @nukul286 between Hanumangarh-Agra-Chandigarh, each capturing 77,424,048 MU and 77,424,048 MU, respectively. To conclude phase one, Agent @Daishinka then created 13 layers, capturing 395,782,458 MU between Bidasar-Agra-Chandigarh.
Phase 2 starting at 6:30 AM saw 7 layers being added between Nagaur-Agra-Chandigarh by agent, @ritikpandey capturing a whopping 232,817,564 MU.
Phase 3 started at 10 a.m. Three agents, @AmitInAgra, @IIAYUSHII, @iAsclepius and @7H3M0NK created a total of 22 layers, with each field measuring ~62 million MU between Agra-Chandigarh-Sur(Oman) thus colouring this OP an international flavour. Each of them captured 123 Mill MU,1,293,853,096 MU, 182,869,873 MU and 185,190,192 MU respectively. The MU count for @AmitInAgra could not be determined due to the agent's involvement in another OP leading to overlapping numbers.
Phase 4 had to be halted because agent @hulkdestroyer2 had to take a rainy day, but he did manage to add 1 layer measuring 39,895,411 MU between Aligarh-Prayagraj-Chandigarh.
Phase 5 saw 12 layers being added by @IIAYUSHII between Agra-Prayagraj-Chandigarh capturing 1,293,853,096 MU.
Agents @CommandoRana and @SSJGodKioken kicked in the last leg of the plan, tying this symphony of MU gain together with a whooping 81 layers between Prayagraj-Chandigarh-Sur(Oman). @CommandoRana made 77 fields, adding a massive 11.282 billion MU to the Enlightened score. @SSJGodKioken, with the last 4 layers, added another 567,999,882 MU.
But capturing MU wasn’t enough. To win the cell battle 15:0, the score of the opposing faction also needed to go down. This is where agent @Indrajeet18 took on the task of clearing all major Resistance fields within Delhi, driving all day long from the city’s one end to the other.
After a tiring day stretching over 12.5 hours, our agents celebrated their hard work. A total of 140 fields had been created, capturing 13 billion MU, which translated to 94,290,076,544 of raw MU across 35 CPs, while the raw MU of resistance stood at 25,962,126 MU.
But the task wasn’t over. The septicycle had just begun. To win the Cell Battle the fields needed to cross the end of the septicycle, 175 hours away. Our agents kept a close eye on Intel for a week to make sure no pesky Resistance act went unnoticed. An innumerable amount of Hypercubes have been gobbled up to keep the fields standing during the entire length of the septicycle.
On February 29th, at 12:30 PM IST, the cell battle was won 15:0 in favour of Enlightened.
The Aftermath
Operation En-Crypt-In successfully ‘enclosed’ the designated cell AS14-FOXTROT-06 - New Delhi, India, in a 140-layer blanket of green.
At the time of writing this SitRep, 121 of the initial 140 fields commanding 2.7 billion MU in the designated cell still stand strong as a symbol of Enlightened India’s commitment to the global Enlightened community. Unfortunately, we lost some fields for CP 30 due to Niantic’s removal of an anchor portal in Prayagraj.
No Resistance activity to knock down the fields has been spotted and as of writing this SitRep we are into the 18th checkpoint of the next Septicycle and the fields keep scoring for us.
We wish the community all the very best in the current and upcoming anomalies.
Till next time. Cheers!
Re: What are your suggestions for the Campfire map in Ingress?
I think you misunderstand how I use Wayfarer @tp235
And while you may conveniently change your position to say that you are an Ingress agent and therefore have no problem using it, you, as Wayfinder, are also heavily dependent on the Intel Maps infrastructure.
I do not care for cells, or distance etc. when nominating. I just nominate something eligible and interesting. If it goes in to one of the games, cool, but I’m not a person who will nominate something where it isn’t just to get a Portal or PokéStop.
I also don’t think Intel Map would go even if some things got added to Campfire.
Campfire is accessible via the Ingress app, so it makes sense to discuss it here to me.
I just don’t get your whole vendetta thing overall, but whatever makes you happy I guess?
