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

Ready or not, 2020 will be here in less than a day.

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Source: https://t.co/HBAhFvcx6f

@IUENG

It's been a wonderful year for our channel, we had more than 3000 new members since last year and I couldn't be more grateful, both for this result and for my awesome friends running the house because without them, this channel wouldn't even exist. Happy 2020 to all our followers!
- @carlobolla

A lot of changes happened during this year, some positive, some negative, both in our private lives and Ingress community. Thanks to all our followers and to all the people behind the channel to be so awesome, and let's start all together this 2020 one next the other, independently of the faction!
- @GigaThunder

This has been a very hard year for me, very often I thought of quitting.
This channel has become a bit like a family, and you’re all part of it, a family that’s been there for me in my hard times.
Thank you for everything, thank you for the past year and thank you for the year to come!
- @Gloomyqueen

Happy New Year from @IUENG with love!❤️

HAPPY NEW YEAR, AGENTS!

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@IUENG