NIAGamemaster question
Mirthmaker
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What would be the consequences if any portal that had links/resos held by "NIAGamemaster" just fell off the portal, unannounced?
If I had rulemaking powers what I'd like to see is the following, any links from portals with "NIAGamemaster" on it go poof and a 24 hour decay for resos.
It's harsh, but spoofing needs to treated as a football yellow card. Don't do it or teeth will be bared.
Is there a front end tech/ game balance remedy available to cancel illegitimate game play?
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Portals that have NIAGamemaster are portals that have been restored from spoofer attacks. That is an admin account ran by Niantic.
For instances of illegitimate game play that cause sufficient hardship:
More recent portal resets often restore ownership of resos and mods.
Seeing NIAGameMaster out in the field is literally Niantic trying to undo the actions of spoofers. Nuking its resos would be letting the spoofers win. Similarly, just because there's a link to or from a portal with NIAGameMaster on it doesn't imply that the link was spoofed.
Not sure what you're saying here... are you under the impression that the "NIAGameMaster" account is a spoof account? In case you think that, I'll reiterate what the others have replied. It's the official Niantic Admin account that is used when restoring portals and links.
Nowadays, we are able to restore resos back to the original owners (if known), but there are still plenty of portals out there with NIAGameMaster resos that have been restored years ago. Also, mods will still belong to NIAGameMaster, as we cannot yet restore those to previous owners.
I strongly believe that the moment Niantic manages to get an automatization on spoofing restoration the overall game will improve. Having to run portal restoration by request it's, the way I see it, a mistake. Same goes for the rest of spoofing fixes.
That's the dream
Where I want to go is that account is seen there, links are leaving, reso slots are coming open ASAP. Couple of spots in my box where if that happened It would change the complexion of the box for to he better.
How would you feel if your portals started decaying quickly???
That was somes portal that they captured and are/were recharging.....
I doubt you would be happy if random links you throw just vanish* ?
*redfaction?
I'm still not following... you want NIAGameMaster portals to be neutralised? Why?
Yeah that makes about as much sense as not restoring the spoofs in the first place.......
How to combat spoofers: Niantic social scoring system. Haven't attended in person events and don't have a connection with active regional players from your faction? Locked from isolated portals. How about two factor authentication for isolated portals? There must be a way to utilize the vouch system to combat issues or at least prioritize investigations of spoofers.