Seems that from now you are starting to receiving it!

I also saw someone with already the gold tier, congratulations!

@IUENG

Agents,

The battle against Nemesis continues in 2020. As promised last week, below is a list of cities for the events of the first half of 2020. We are still determining the rules, format, and medal eligibility of these events. More information on those specific details and Mission Days will come the second week of the new year.

Perpetua Hexathlon (Saturday, February 29th)

[APAC]

Christchurch, New Zealand
Adelaide, Australia
Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Bengalaru, India
Chiang Mai, Thailand

[EMEA]

Porto, Portugal
Milan, Italy
Lille, France
Bratislava, Slovakia
Ruse, Bulgaria

[AMER]

San Antonio, TX
Salt Lake City, UT
Miami, FL
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tijuana, Baja, Mexico


Lexicon Hexathlon (Saturday, April 25th)

[APAC]

Colombo, Sri Lanka
Taichung City, Taiwan
Bogor, Indonesia
Baguio City, Philippines
Songpa, Seoul, South Korea

[EMEA]

Moscow, Russia
Edinburgh, Scotland
Pilsen, Czechia
Budapest, Hungary
Valencia, Spain

[AMER]

San Francisco, CA
Washington, D.C.
Minneapolis, MN
Victoria, BC, Canada
Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil


Requiem Anomaly (Saturday, May 9th)

Munich, Germany

As we did with the Osiris Sequence finale events of Abaddon Prime, Niantic intends to host a cross-faction after-party with entertainment, refreshments, and exclusive experiences. When registration for the Munich event opens, you will be able to purchase a ticket (price to be determined) for the after-party if you wish to attend. We will be offering free onsite and offsite activation tickets for the Anomaly. A ticket will be required to participate in the Anomaly, have your actions scored, and earn the Anomaly medal. To attend the afterparty you will have to purchase an afterparty ticket. In addition, we will no longer require POCs for Hexathlon and Anomaly events going forward.

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/7916/2020-event-update/

@IUENG

💙💚 Agent @wellamo shared with us this wonderful screenshot: a total of 50 agents from both factions gathered to create this beautiful cross-faction field art in Turku, Finland. The artwork of a canoeing man and a sunset was created to commemorate their beloved agent, a true outdoorsman and a paddler FlyGPS420 who suddenly passed away a month ago.

@IUENG

The @IngressUnite flashmob continues!

Every month, IFS locations all around the world participate and exchange greetings to celebrate unity via Ingress even if physically far apart.
IFS locations that sign up will be assigned a random sister location to greet in a photo, a video or whichever way you can come up with!

The organizer, @NikaKor has setup the handy @IngressUniteBot, through which you can register, ask any questions and send the greetings at.

It's not strictly necessary to participate as a IFS location, but it's required to be a group ;) Registration is open until December 28 @ 23:59 UTC!

@IUENG

Let the countdown to a new year begin!

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Source: https://twitter.com/ingress/status/1209149886844801028?s=19

@IUENG

#UmbraGlobalChallenge

Excellent start. If agents' current pace is maintained, trendline indicates they are expected to defeat the Umbra Global Challenge on or around 24-DEC-2019.
For new recruits joining the fold, work with friendly agents in your local cells to take advantage of 3X AP for deploying eighth resonator slots, and 2X AP for destroying enemy resonators, links, and fields.
Next SITREP to be posted here in approximately 24 hours.

Source:https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/7975/dec-2019-umbra-global-challenge-sitrep

Thanks to @aristogeiton1 for the report!

@IUENG

2020 is right around the corner. What are your new year resolutions?

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Source:https://www.facebook.com/463638860350452/posts/2684917668222549/?substory_index=0

@IUENG

The latest report from Niantic's Brian Rose about the Umbra Deploy Challenge shows that the boom from last days is slowly decreasing, but we will hit the mark easily if we continue our current efforts! Keep it up, Agents!

Source: https://twitter.com/brianrose/status/1209532566337835009

Thanks to @aristogeiton1 for the report!

@IUENG

2020 will be a leap year. Happy early birthday to any Agents born on February 29th!

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Source:https://twitter.com/ingress/status/1209836261298585610?s=19

Thanks to @aristogeiton1 for the report!

@IUENG

The Ingress Updates staff wishes you a Merry Christmas! We hope this holiday will bring you lots of joy and that Santa Claus has been generous with his gifts tonight! 🎄🎅

@IUENG

We are on the verge of greatness; we are this close. While agents currently stand at 29.1M resonators deployed, agents are now expected to defeat the Umbra Global Challenge within the hour.

Source: https://t.co/rcxtSOIIvT

Thanks to @aristogeiton1 for the report!

@IUENG

#UMBRA SITREP: On 25-DEC, with 32.7M resonators deployed, agents successfully defeated the Umbra Global Challenge. Excellent work. 3X AP for final (eighth) resonator slot deploys will continue until Mon 6-JAN 6PM UTC (10AM PST)

Source: https://twitter.com/brianrose/status/1210257675537113088?s=19

@IUENG

Onward, towards the new year!

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Source:https://www.facebook.com/463638860350452/posts/2689310067783309/?substory_index=0

@IUENG

"February 2nd, 2020 is a palindrome date as it can be written 0202 2020."

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Source: https://twitter.com/ingress/status/1210530808827650049

@IUENG

#UmbraGlobalChallenge

Agents are on course to deploy >45M resonators by the end of the challenge window. For agents working to level up, note that global challenge medal tiers are the equivalent of bronze, silver, and gold, and count towards medal requirements.

Source: https://twitter.com/brianrose/status/1210626445229211648?s=19

@IUENG

"Four days until 2020."

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Source: https://twitter.com/ingress/status/1210967371617390593

@IUENG

Brian Rose comment on the Ingress forum:

The 13 chapters and NEMESIS medals are meant to display a spectrum of colors that represent each character or archetype, shown here.

The artwork for 2019 and Q1 2020 medals was completed earlier this year. I hear you about the faction colors, but small team, lots of open tasks, and I'm prioritizing new work. Going forward, we've taken this feedback into account and will be more mindful about what colors we use for the next series following NEMESIS.

wrt difficulty, I have a different opinion on how we should be using global challenges to encourage long-term gameplay than I've seen in some of our previous events. I too like a challenge, but I don't feel every event needs to set a target of a small percentage success rate. I feel like helping more people stretch and earn a gold medal doesn't hurt those who felt it was super easy. But if I've been stuck at Level 10 and have been medal-locked for some time, these kinds of events might keep me in the game longer and feel more invested in the game. The highest tier global challenge medal is the equivalent of gold, not onyx, and we can tune each event so that some are more or less difficult than others.

Lastly, I dislike negative reinforcement or punishments for failure in global challenges, so I designed the outcome where success means the 3X AP for final or eighth resonator slot deploys continues through First Saturday, and failing to defeat the Umbra challenge means the temporary bonuses end. For Jan, I like the idea of setting global stretch goals for additional rewards for those who want to go above and beyond.

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/comment/57240#Comment_57240

@IUENG

"Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on." - Hal Borland

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Source: https://twitter.com/ingress/status/1211240477049184256

@IUENG

Here a global request to the players made by all the Vanguards:

Agents, 

As you all know, December 30th is Andrew’s very last day as Ingress Global Community Manager. We would like to ask you to light up Beacons for him, on his last day at work. 

Share pictures with us on social media and the community forum by using #BeaconsForAndrew

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/8087/goodbye-andrew

You can also comment the community thread if you desire!

@IUENG

With the new year fast approaching, what was your favorite memory of 2019?

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Source: https://t.co/ORZ6eHpMvR

@IUENG

For a limited time, we are making the Meetup Beacon available to everyone for 0 CMU and one per player. Thank you for being the Global Community Manager for Ingress for the last four years, @krugdrew

#BeaconsForAndrew

Source: https://twitter.com/ingress/status/1211752092257443841?s=19

Thanks to @aristogeiton1 for the report!

@IUENG