odd, I didn't see any mention of any other AR games in your list. What are other AR Games doing ?
I don't think Niantic has a physical presence in Russia, so no offices to close.
Sanctions are to make it hard so that Putin will eventually decide to pull out of Ukraine. Unless of course someone else takes care of the man before then.
There is no real productive reason to pull Niantic POI's out of Russia.
Look, I think just about everyone here is on the side of the Ukrainian people against the evil tyrant Putin, his war crimes, and his minion dictator in Belarus (and anyone who is in favor of what Putin is doing is morally repugnant and/or brainwashed by propaganda IMO). I think we'd all like to see SOMETHING from Niantic on this besides silence. But you're really not doing yourself any favors with the name-calling and saying "Russian warship, go eff yourself" to anyone who doesn't agree with indiscriminately banning everything to do with Russia when the fallout of that will just result in ki1ling the game off in Russia while having no affect on Putin. You are subject to the community guidelines like everyone else. With that said, I hope you and all of our agents in Ukraine stay safe and I hope this will all end ASAP.
There are no words to express or ease what Agents in the impacted areas might be going through. Please know that the Ingress Team, all of Niantic, and I are wishing for everyone’s safety.
I have taken the request for a Beacon to the team for consideration and at this time, we are unable to make a custom beacon happen on a timeline that would make sense. In an effort to bring symbols of light and peace to Agents around the World, we have opted to re-release the Via Lux Beacon for free (0 CMU) for now.
Is it possible to have ENL links and fields changed to Yellow so the whole world can stand in solidarity with Ukraine?
💙💛
Much grander show of support in my opinion than beacons which can't be seen from afar or to the same scale on intel map. Not to mention all the opportunities for field art for the cause
Good and appropriate response IMHO (for now), after we saw many posts written by specific players (potentially suffering from the war) with strong language. Much better than those unreasonable and unacceptable "making ordinary Russian players suffer" and "ban russian areas" actions as requested by some players but not and never us general players. While as individuals we all deeply sympathize with what people are going through and wish nothing but peace and safety for people in Ukraine, we do not want Niantic as a company to become a vehicle for political messages and content of hatred by participating into the "sanctions carnival". Glad to see that you think in the same way and if possible please kindly revise some extreme comments obviously crossing the lines in this thread as well, thank you.
Why tricky? Are you implying that "as he/she is a RES agent, it's tricky to request for a color change from green to yellow, not from blue to yellow, which is unfair for ENL players"?
But...you know the color of the flag of that nation, right?
I have no comments on such requests but just found some interesting things here in your comments...
Thanks Thia, glad to see this being done! Out of curiosity, are these limited to 5 total, 5 per day / some other amount of time, or something else? I was trying to place a bunch and can't seem to get any more after "buying" 5 of them.
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odd, I didn't see any mention of any other AR games in your list. What are other AR Games doing ?
I don't think Niantic has a physical presence in Russia, so no offices to close.
Sanctions are to make it hard so that Putin will eventually decide to pull out of Ukraine. Unless of course someone else takes care of the man before then.
There is no real productive reason to pull Niantic POI's out of Russia.
Look, I think just about everyone here is on the side of the Ukrainian people against the evil tyrant Putin, his war crimes, and his minion dictator in Belarus (and anyone who is in favor of what Putin is doing is morally repugnant and/or brainwashed by propaganda IMO). I think we'd all like to see SOMETHING from Niantic on this besides silence. But you're really not doing yourself any favors with the name-calling and saying "Russian warship, go eff yourself" to anyone who doesn't agree with indiscriminately banning everything to do with Russia when the fallout of that will just result in ki1ling the game off in Russia while having no affect on Putin. You are subject to the community guidelines like everyone else. With that said, I hope you and all of our agents in Ukraine stay safe and I hope this will all end ASAP.
But can anyone explain to me the reasons for such reluctance to organize events in Ukraine?
russia had 3 anomalies:
21-Jun-2014 St. Petersburg - Interitus
28-Mar-2015 Yekaterinburg - Shōnin
25-Jun-2016 Moscow - Aegis Nova
additionally, the Lexicon Hexathlon was held in Moscow on April 25-2020
and before that 14-Sep-2019 Field Test Hexathlon in 3 cities (Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Voronezh)
Ukraine did not get any anomaly or hexatlon
From other curiosities, Niantic wanted to promote the anomaly in Moscow with communist symbols.
Therefore, I can suspect that Niantic is a russian-owned or russian-funded company
Hi everyone -
There are no words to express or ease what Agents in the impacted areas might be going through. Please know that the Ingress Team, all of Niantic, and I are wishing for everyone’s safety.
I have taken the request for a Beacon to the team for consideration and at this time, we are unable to make a custom beacon happen on a timeline that would make sense. In an effort to bring symbols of light and peace to Agents around the World, we have opted to re-release the Via Lux Beacon for free (0 CMU) for now.
Thank you very much for the Lux Beacon.
Thank you for the beacon!
💚💙🇺🇦💙💚
thanks for the intention, and for the compensation. ✌️
How long does it take to make a beacon?
Only one?! Just make a beacon, yellow and blue, give us a hundred each and we will put on a hell of demonstration.
Stand your ground ukraine resist
Offer a paid version and send all the money you collect for it to help Ukraine. And the Russian warship can go and f…
Wow just one? Why not Better a pack of 10.
Job half done in 15 mins.
So, Via Lux Beacon are come back? Why, thank you!!😘 Because Russian Warship must be STOP!!! And end this war for good!!
Thanks for the Lux beacon.
But it seems to be limited. Are there only five a day or something?
While I'd prefer a beacon saying no to Putin or a Blue and Yellow one this Peace one will be sufficient.
So far Niantic have decided Pokemon and Pikmin should not have anything related to this.
Sygnał z tekstem "STOP WAR". Może on pomoże przebić się do świadomości graczy z rosji.
Is it possible to have ENL links and fields changed to Yellow so the whole world can stand in solidarity with Ukraine?
💙💛
Much grander show of support in my opinion than beacons which can't be seen from afar or to the same scale on intel map. Not to mention all the opportunities for field art for the cause
Tricky
Good and appropriate response IMHO (for now), after we saw many posts written by specific players (potentially suffering from the war) with strong language. Much better than those unreasonable and unacceptable "making ordinary Russian players suffer" and "ban russian areas" actions as requested by some players but not and never us general players. While as individuals we all deeply sympathize with what people are going through and wish nothing but peace and safety for people in Ukraine, we do not want Niantic as a company to become a vehicle for political messages and content of hatred by participating into the "sanctions carnival". Glad to see that you think in the same way and if possible please kindly revise some extreme comments obviously crossing the lines in this thread as well, thank you.
Let there be light in Ukraine
Хай буде світло в Україні
🇺🇦
well handled.
That sounds interesting just for the idea of different color links.
🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺Ukraina libera dal nazifascismo subito🇺🇦
Why tricky? Are you implying that "as he/she is a RES agent, it's tricky to request for a color change from green to yellow, not from blue to yellow, which is unfair for ENL players"?
But...you know the color of the flag of that nation, right?
I have no comments on such requests but just found some interesting things here in your comments...
Thanks Thia, glad to see this being done! Out of curiosity, are these limited to 5 total, 5 per day / some other amount of time, or something else? I was trying to place a bunch and can't seem to get any more after "buying" 5 of them.
Being able to purchase more after the initial 5 free, would sure be nice @NianticThia