🇫🇷 An amazing Ingress First Saturday was held in Lyon - France this weekend.
Around 50 agents took part in the game to visit this beautiful city and know each other better!

Ph. @Alithiel31

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Agents,
Operation Portal Recon is expanding once again! Agents that are level 13 and above are now able to access OPR at https://opr.ingress.com.

Thank you to all of our OPR reviewers who have analyzed Portal candidates over the last several weeks and months. To date, one-third of the total backlog has been cleared!

Source: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+Ingress/posts/dvzvznu2pBu

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New Ingress Scanner #Update! v1.120.2!

- Added support for the new ITO EN Transmuter (+)/(-) Mods
- Additional classified modifications (😏)

Ph. @DingensX

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Fevgames, as for every update, released a #TearDown for the newest version of the scanner app!
Check it out at: https://fevgames.net/ingress-apk-teardown-1-120-2-transmuter-edition/

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#NL1331 comes back to Europe and a new Badge is rumored to get out as well!
Suggest your city commenting under this post!

https://plus.google.com/+NovemberLima/posts/9WS4T9fZuc6

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Agents,
Our partner AXA would like to conduct two focus groups in Paris and Hong Kong to learn more about the needs of gamers in general and Augmented Reality Gaming specifically. Their goal is to determine how the insurance business can better serve gaming and gamers.
If you are interested and willing to be part of a focus group in one of those two cities, please sign up with Axa's research company KANTAR TNS here:

France : https://goo.gl/etHh9H
China : https://goo.gl/iAYJYc

AXA and KANTAR TNS will contact you with more details. Thanks for your assistance, Agents!

Source: https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/Jkn15sEsAoK

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Adding this new post due to the comment limit being reached on the original post. Agents you have until 12 p.m. Eastern Standard Time of Friday to put your suggestions in. We will put together our tour based on those suggestions. Thank you for the support!

Keep those suggestions coming: https://plus.google.com/+NovemberLima/posts/hp4uHYs9pu2

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#OPR #Guidelines

Niantic has released the guidelines for reviewing Candidate Portals in Operation Portal Recon!
You can check it out here: http://telegra.ph/OPR-MEMORANDUM-CANDIDATE-ACTION-GUIDE-07-06

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#MassReporting #MultiAccount

Niantic's Andrew Krug has made clear some points about multi-accounts and mass reporting of cheaters. He also says that these Q&A sessions might get regularly started on his G+ account!

Source: https://plus.google.com/+AndrewKrug/posts/P6HAA2FQwR1

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#Anomaly #13MagnusReawakens #RSVP

All Niantic Registration to the anomalies are now open!

26th August

Nantes, France https://goo.gl/j133Be
Basel, Switzerland https://goo.gl/ntCZhM
Szczecin, Poland https://goo.gl/xeVWQm
Brisbane, Australia https://goo.gl/NKpeUE
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia https://goo.gl/1ukt97
Macau, China https://goo.gl/EcRTWe
Ann Arbor, MI https://goo.gl/3aoETZ
Nashville, TN https://goo.gl/iSgYfE
Portland, OR https://goo.gl/i98bYb

23rd September

Stockholm, Sweden https://goo.gl/GczX3N
Ljubljana, Slovenia https://goo.gl/tmaq1d
Turin, Italy https://goo.gl/zjjty7
Seoul, Korea https://goo.gl/3yu19L
Galle, Sri Lanka https://goo.gl/BgGJy4
Bali, Indonesia https://goo.gl/ZyRaFg
Washington D.C., USA https://goo.gl/NJPLDm
Belo Horizonte, Brazil https://goo.gl/GD1s5A
Kansas City, MO, USA https://goo.gl/fo2r87

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#MondayGCM Niantic's Andrew Krug has started an "Ask Me Anything" series every monday on his G+ profile!
Ask him your questions commenting here: https://plus.google.com/+AndrewKrug/posts/gXhAgnLRLAi

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#MondayGCM #Day1 #Part1

Question 1
+Aaron P: The stock intel map remains useful but it has plenty of room for improvement. Are any enhancements planned for the stock intel map with 2.0 and can you comment on what those may be? and when is the gold Krug medal coming out?? Many thanks for doing this q&a!
Answer 1
I haven't heard of anything planned for the Intel map at the launch of Ingress 2.0. Right now we have our devs focusing on ensure the basic functionality of Ingress 1.0 in-app works in Ingress 2.0 at launch. There have been many conversations about the Intel map. However, to my knowledge, nothing has been finalized. But stay tuned... we all acknowledge that there is room for improvement.

You don't want my mug in your scanner. Trust me. It's bad luck. First you'll grow a beard. Then anyone that touches your scanner grows a beard. Before you know it society will be filled with Lumbersexuals. It doesn't end well.

Q2:
+diane wilson: As new portals are being approved there are a few rejects that people would like to appeal, is the portal appeals community being monitored by someone at niantic, or is there a better place to appeal a rejected portal?
A2:
The Portal Appeals Community is activity monitored by +NIA Ops. To my knowledge, that's probably the best place for those kind of appeals.

Q3:
+Matt Cuzner: If you had to describe yourself with a 3 glyph combination, what would it be and why?
A3:
All, Human, Equal. Why? I try to look at the world objectively as much as I can.

Q4:
+Kira Kage: Any news on those anomaly rules?
A4: As I understand it, the goal is to have them out within the next couple of weeks.

Q5:
+Brent Hollett: Will Seer return?
A5: We had a lot of conversations about this. As I understand it, given the last internal conversations, in some form or function it will. It might not be the current Seer (or it might). But the metric of discovering portals is something we are proponents of.

Q6:
+Hedi Pihlamägi: Do portals have a higher chance of providing more rare/vr items upon hacking when you hack them for the first time (or just for the first time in a long time) ?
A6:
It is all a random roll of the dice. There is no higher chance on the first hack or the first time in a long time.

Q7:
+Minnie Max: A few years in game and I still see debate about it: if your only action on a portal is deploying a mod, will your explorer badge be increased?
A7:
No your explorer badge will not be increased.

Q8:
+kok hang Koh: Do goruck badges possible happened at satelite location or just primary. Sorry I don't have that badge.. so I want to get 1.and Q3 Q4 I going both anomaly was satelite .. not primary. Hope you can spot my question.thanks
A8: If a +GORUCK event is held in a city (primary or satellite) you can earn a badge for it. It is not specific to only primaries GORUCK events.

Q9:
+Kep Tararidh: What criteria should a city have in order to have an anomaly?
A9: Portals.

Source: https://plus.google.com/+AndrewKrug/posts/gXhAgnLRLAi

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#MondayGCM #Day1 #Part2

Q10:
+Antony Dovgal Why does Ingress support multiple accounts at all? What's the reason to support it and prohibit it in the ToS? IMO it causes a lot of problems with multiaccounters and adds almost zero value for legit users.
A10:
Ingress is a global game. As such it crosses a lot of boundaries. In some countries, families cannot afford to have more than one device or it is shunned to have more than one device because it is deemed an opulent expense. We do not limit the amount of accounts on a single device because it would prevent a segment of our playerbase from ever enjoying Ingress.

Q11:
+Suus B: Shouldn't Niantic ask/listen to agents about what features they would like in new versions of Ingress?
A11:
Yes. I wrote down 13 pages of notes from my European travels a few weeks ago and forwarded those on. We do listen and I definetly ask. We do have to prioritize things and base the work on available resources as well though so not everything can get implemented. There is also the matter of keeping the game economy in balance and check. The last thing want to do is introduce a feature that has unintended consequences. So everything needs to be thought out and studied for secondary and tertiary impacts. Keep the suggestions coming though.

Q12:
+Mati JZ: Are the post in the portal appeal category subjecto to review before they are published in the community?
A12: We use Google+'s anti-spam and moderation tools for communities. I believe a new poster will automatically have their post held for moderator review. Frequently something about a post will trip the anti-spam measures and be held for review because of that as well. We do try to review these queues regularly and accept or deny posts based on the content.

Q13:
+Gerald Wolf:How strictly are the development-teams for Ingress and Pokemon-GO separated? Have you noticed any synergies from the Pokemon-GO-Team towards the development of Ingress 2.0?
A13:
Since I am not part of the development team I cannot comment on how tightly they are integrated or not. I can say we frequently have meetings where people working on both products are present which does provide a lot of synergy.

Q14:
+Ethern Su:Why NIA OPS deleted the "report an issue of a portal/mission" category in support website?
A14:
We want Portal reports to come via the Scanner. For Missions, we expect the community to reach out to the Author for any changes. If it's an issue with something being inappropriate, use the inappropriate game play form to report the issue.


THANK YOU everyone for your questions. I've run out of time to reply. Do not hesitate to ask the same question next week. If I don't answer you it doesn't mean I'm ignoring you. Now for some lunch!

Source: https://plus.google.com/+AndrewKrug/posts/gXhAgnLRLAi

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#ITOEN are hackable from now!

Thanks to @dedo1911 and @MoonBaseAlpha for the picture!

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When you place ITO EN Transmuter (-) as a mod, hacking causes more offensive items like XMPs and Ultra Strikes to be hacked

Thanks to @Cashuw and @dedo1911 for the pic!

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When you place ITO EN Transmuter (+) as a mod, hacking causes more defensive items like resonators and shields to be hacked

Thanks to @SimbaROAR and @MemoryScreen for the pic!

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Some tests occurring just now with the agent @MoonBaseAlpha show that the ITO EN Transmuter (-) transforms hacked items in only Power Cubes, Xmps and Ultra Strike!

If you have done some test on (+) or (-) or both, share them with us!

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John Hanke, CEO of Niantic, in an interview about Pokémon Go, answers a question that affects also the playing experience of Ingress. The topic is: cheating and its commercial side

Q: Did you anticipate just how much effort you would have to put toward dealing with cheating? It seems like there’s a new story about it every week.

A: We had some experience with that with Ingress. We knew that location spoofing and people building fake clients to do things would be an issue. I don’t think we anticipated the degree to which people would do that. The success of the game is I think what made it a little bit different from Ingress. Because of the scale [of Pokémon Go], there are actual commercial entities that sprung up that were offering services to level up your account or do various other things, and were real businesses. Therefore they’re able to invest significant resources in these things. We didn’t really anticipate that scale of commercial-funded cheating, which is a challenge to keep the game fair for everyone.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/6/15911936/pokemon-go-niantic-john-hanke-interview-one-year-anniversary

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Agents,
Level 12 or above now have access to Operation Portal Recon via http://opr.ingress.com! This will be the last level granted access at this time.

As mentioned in a previous announcement, there will be medals for participation in OPR.

Q: What will the in-game medal be based on?
A: The Ingress medal will be based on the total number of OPR Agreements which will appear in your agent profile. You must also maintain a good or better performance rating in order for your agreements to be counted.

Q: What exactly is an agreement in OPR?
A: An agreement is awarded when a decision has been made and your analysis agrees with the final decision. These agreements are currently shown as Portals Created and Rejected in the OPR stats area by selecting your profile photo.

Q: What are the medal levels?
A:Bronze: 100
Silver: 750
Gold: 2500
Platinum: 5000
Onyx: 10000

Q: Will the medal count towards leveling?
A: Yes.

Source: https://plus.google.com/+Ingress/posts/hPZFqa7Q4qs

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ITO EN #Transmuter - How does it work?

The ITO EN Transmuter has introduced a new detail on the mods: the XM spin. The XM spin is visible when controlling the mods, and can be -1, 0 or +1.

-> If it is -1 the portal will transform the hacked items in offensive items
-> If it is 0 the portal will give you the items normally
-> If it is +1 the portal will transform the hacked items in defensive items

Using more than one type of ITO EN on a portal will result in the following situations:

-> Using two ITO EN of the same type will give you the same items as using one (using two (+) will not take the XM spin to +2 but ever to the maximum of +1)
-> Using the same number of each type on the same portal will take the XM spin to 0 like you didn't put any (ex. 1 (+) and 1 (-) means doing +1-1 that is mathematically 0, the same for also 2 of each)

For those who are interested in graphic view, you can see this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5VW07CrFOA

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#OPR #Test

Today, L15 Agents that failed their OPR Test can now try it again and gain access to the system. Remember that the 30 days are hourly timed!

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