Phase 2 of the Kureze Effect anomaly is over. The Enlightened have won!

The final score is as follows:

Global Score: ENL 975,145 vs 963,509 RES
Beacons from agents: ENL 107,475 vs 109,344 RES
Beacons from Niantic: ENL 867,670 vs 854,165 RES

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18347/kureze-effect-the-direction-phase-2-final-report
Graph: https://bit.ly/3LLkAjD

@IUENG

Have you subscribed to C.O.R.E.? To celebrate C.O.R.E.'s one-year anniversary, Niantic is giving away passcodes to subscribers with some items, including 2 Apex! Check your inbox.

⚠️ The email only goes out to agents who allowed Niantic to send them emails in the Ingress settings menu.

@IUENG

The Toast Day Event starts now!

Until February 28th Agents can enjoy toast glyphs, 2x AP and hack output for glyph hacking and 10 minutes drone cooldown! Plus, the following items are available in the in-app store:

🔸The new limited-time “Toast Day 2022” Medal (2500 CMU)
🔸Fracker 10-pack + 10 free (28,800 CMU)
🔸Toast Beacon 10-pack (3,900 CMU)

Many many thanks to @CtrlAltFck for creating our new ad-hoc Channel Icon 😊

@IUENG

NianticFumi gave an update on some people not receiving the C.O.R.E.-versary passcode. The team is investigating the causes and is asking agents to open a support ticket. Please use the following format: "I am C.O.R.E. subscriber and I have email opted in but I did not receive the email. My email is xxx@xxx" and open a ticket at https://ingress.com/support if you haven't received a code yet.

Source: https://community.ingress.com/jp/discussion/comment/163852#Comment_163852

@IUENG

Niantic has released their schedule for Live Events on April, May and June!

🎖 One-tier Medal
🥇🥈🥉 Tiered Medal

April
March 24th - 4th: [unidentified event]🥇🥈🥉
2nd: #IngressFS
10th: #Ingress2S (6 unique missions to increase medal)
16th-17th: Kythera Anomaly 🎖
21st-25th: Earth Day

May
7th: #IngressFS
8th: #Ingress2S
12th-16th: Vesak Day
21st-22nd: Kythera Anomaly 🎖
26th-June 6th: Eos Imprint Investigation 🥇🥈🥉

June
May 26th-6th: Eos Imprint Investigation 🥇🥈🥉
4th: #IngressFS
12th: #Ingress2S
9th-21st: Summer Solstice 🎖
25th-26th: Kythera Anomaly 🎖

Additionally, Niantic announced the reversal of a change made during the pandemic period effective March 31st:
- AP for portal recharge: down to 10 from 65

Are you interested in suggesting your location for an Anomaly?
For events in May, apply by April 24th. For events in June, apply by May 29th.
Application form: https://forms.gle/id3vFqXQ1MuEj95E8

Stay tuned, more details about these new events will follow in future messages!

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18488/april-june-2022-events-schedule-kythera

@IUENG

Ingress Agents stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people. In order to help, Agents have come together to raise money for Project HOPE, who deliver urgent aid to children and families in Ukraine. All funds raised directly support their Ukraine response efforts, and you can recieve some Passcodes, Swag or badges. Until March 13, we'll try to raise as much money as possible!

DONATE HERE: https://tiltify.com/@investigatexm/ingress-agents-for-ukraine

What are the current rewards for donating?

Every agent that donates will recieve a small passcode, no matter how much they donated! These will be send out after the main campaign has ended, currently scheduled for March 13th.

🔸Special rewards:
- One post on @IUENG ($40, 4x available)
Donated by @IUENG ❤️

You can post anything you want to the Ingress Updates Channel @IUENG, as long as it fits into one post! Want to say that the lag is bad? Want to advertise or say that Faction X is best? As long as it follows Niantic TOS & PG-13, everything goes out to the 13k+ subscribers!

🔸Swag:
Redeemed! Thank you so much!
- Custom First Saturday Tshirt ($20, 1x available)
Donated by Agent @Goulashnikopf ❤️

Donating for this reward will get you a Tshirt in either green or blue with the First Saturday logo and two lines of text you can customize! Agent name, bad joke, anything goes.

🔸Badges
All badges were redeemed! Thank you so much!
- Susanna Moyer (2015 edition) ($15, 6x available)
- Susanna Moyer (2016 edition) ($15, 6x available)
- Misty Hannah (2019 edition) ($15, 2x available)
- Stein Lightman (2019 edition) ($15, 2x available)
- NL-1331 2020 ($15, 2x available)
- IQtech Dronenet 2021 ($15, 5x available)
- KodamaSmiles (2016 edition) ($30, 2x available), donated by Agent @Kalaless ❤️
- NL-1331 2016 ($30, 1x available), donated by Agent @Kalaless ❤️

🔸Passcodes
Redeemed! Thank you so much!
- Rare Load out ($5, 1x available), donated by Agent @Shooters42 ❤️

⚠ Any new reward which gets added, will be announced over on @AgentsForUkraine!

Join us at @AgentsForUkraineChat as well! Do you have passcodes or Swag you want to donate? Please contact @InvestigateXM on Telegram!

@IUENG

Niantic, in an effort to bring symbols of light and peace to Agents around the world, and in light of the situation in Ukraine, has re-released the Via Lux Beacon on the in-app store. 5 such Beacons are redeemable for free!

Thia, on the Ingress Forums, commented:
"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."

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/comment/164470#Comment_164470

@IUENG

A statement from Niantic:

"Everyone has a right to explore and enjoy their communities without fearing for their own safety — and what is happening in Ukraine is a tragedy. Innocent people are being targeted and killed, millions of people are being displaced, and many more lives have been turned upside down by this violent invasion.

Like many others in the global community, we are heartbroken and we feel compelled to do what we can to support our players and the Ukrainian people.

Niantics are supporting charities and non-governmental organizations providing help, including United Help Ukraine, Razom Inc., Charitable Fund Voices of Children, International Rescue Committee, Norwegian Refugee Council, Sunflower of Peace, International Medical Corps and UNICEF. Together with matching contributions from Niantic, our employees have raised more than $75,000. In addition, Niantic is donating $200,000 directly to humanitarian organizations focused on supporting the people and refugees of Ukraine.

We are also reaching out to players in local communities, including to our Wayfarer Ambassadors. In Ingress, in an effort to bring symbols of light and peace to Agents around the World, we are making the Via Lux Beacon freely available for Agents who want to express their support.

We are hoping for a peaceful resolution to this senseless war and violence, and our thoughts are with Ukraine and everyone affected by this conflict."

Source: https://nianticlabs.com/blog/supporting-ukraine/

@IUENG

We have the first redeemed message of the campaign! This one is from @ArtilectZed who sent this gif and says:

"Peace, love, and hotdogs"

Redeem yours for charity, there are 3 left! https://donate.tiltify.com/@investigatexm/ingress-agents-for-ukraine?rewardId=134212

@IUENG

Agents!

The Portals where Niantic will deploy Battle Beacons during Phase III of the Kureze Effect Anomaly have been highlighted on the Intel Map and in-game with a purple ornament!
Take note of their location!

@IUENG

Niantic has released the rules for the Kureze Effect Anomaly, Phase 3!

This phase will take place from March 18th @ 1100 UTC to March 21st @ 1100 UTC.

🔸Starting now, ornaments are appearing on Portals which will have a Battle Beacon deployed on by NIA. Battle Beacons will appear between 1430 and 1730 local time on March 19th. Portals may host a NIA Battle Beacon more than once.
🔸Like in phases 1 and 2, Agents will be able to deploy Battle Beacons of any rarity on any Portal to take part in the Event.
🔸Scoring remains the same as Phase 2. The sum of each Battle Checkpoint Score will be multiplied by 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 or 8 based on the Battle Category (CAT-I to CAT-VI) and assigned to the relative Faction's Event Score. Score is then multiplied by 5 if the portal is in one of NIA's playzones and deployed by NIA.
🔸The final score for Phase 3 will be published within 24 hours of the Event end together with a map with score per Regional Cell.

Kureze Effect Medal
To obtain the medal, Agents need to interact with at least ten (10) Battle Beacons scored in any of the three Event Phases (Jan 23rd, Feb 19th, Mar 19th). Medal will be unlocked instantly.
An Agent Profile metric is available to monitor the progress during the Event.

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18530/kureze-effect-finale

@IUENG

🇵🇱💚💙🇺🇦 Agents in Warsaw, Poland have created this awesome cross-faction field art representing the Coat of Arms of their neighbours, Ukraine!

Agents have come together for a tribute to the Ukrainian people's resilience in these proving times.

See the Art live: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=52.229341,21.01277

@IUENG

Another post was redeemed! This time by Agent @DanDinica, who sent us this message:

"https://www.contactsforukrainians.art/ - Refugee contact Index for all EU countries.

https://refugees.ro/  - Accommodation, food and news - Romanian solidarity for Ukraine

https://www.facebook.com/groups/535863247701642 - United for Ukraine - Romanian group

https://how-to-help-ukraine-now.super.site/ - Real ways you can help Ukraine as a foreigner

https://www.facebook.com/moldova4peace - Moldova group for helping refugees from UA

https://dopomoha.ro/ (RO and UKR) - details for Ukraine refugees about the benefits the Romanian state offers them

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXIjiwc5X2ddPJHfIkrJcHCz_WY8rQL_95c-2je9caw5LC7Q/viewform - job offers from Romanian companies for refugees from Ukraina"

As a reminder, Ingress Agents are raising money for Project HOPE who will deliver humanitarian aid to children and families in Ukraine! @AgentsForUkraine

@IUENG

🕊 More and more Agents are creating their messages calling for peace in Ukraine through Ingress!

Today, these two beautiful Field Arts were created, both representing a dove, the symbol of peace by definition.

On Saturday evening, two Enlightened and two Resistance Agents created the former in Ludwigsburg, Germany 🇩🇪. At the end of the operation, Via Lux Beacons were ignited.
The latter was designed by Agent BatrachianAnura and executed in Lausanne, Switzerland 🇨🇭 by Agents Radaza, loupsauvage, Grinwald and dyucca10, orchestrated by Agent dolfika.

@IUENG

Niantic has published the release notes for Ingress v2.90.1!

In this version, Agents will be able to create and share a dynamic link to the Remote View of any Portal. Furthermore, a Portal Scan meter has been added to the Portal's Details screen: if Agents create 7 Scans of a Portal in a single Septicycle, a Rare Battle Beacon will spawn on it after this period has expired.

Among the bugfixes, Keys will retain their alphabetical order if sorted by name, the FITREP screen is now only displayed once per week.
The team also appears to have resolved the issue with newly accepted Portals and Edits not appearing on the Scanner Map.

⚠️ Agents are reporting that, with this version, Scout Volatile ornaments have disappeared from the Scanner and the Intel Map (again, Ed.)

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18577/ingress-2-90-1-release-notes

@IUENG

Niantic has stated that their games are no longer available to download in Russia and Belarus, with gameplay to be suspended as well.
Ingress Prime is, of course, included.

Source: https://twitter.com/NianticLabs/status/1502120716665118725

@IUENG

Are you a media collector or simply want to look through media that has been released in Ingress? Agents have created Mediagress, which lists user-submitted media with all the details you also see in the scanner.

You can also contribute to the database! All you need is the Mediagress IITC plugin and a C.O.R.E. subscription. Once you have put the media you want to submit in a capsule, you can upload them via IITC and help out in building the most comprehensive media database there is!

You can check out Mediagress here: mediagress.net

You can also join their Telegram channel here: @Mediagress

@IUENG

🕊The wave created by the Ingress Community's call for peace in Ukraine and the whole world keeps rising!

These Field Arts are being created to express the Agents' vicinity to the Ukrainian population. Hoping that this senseless war will come to an end as soon as possible.

🇷🇺 In the top left, a dove with an olive branch created by Enlightened Agents in Moscow, Russia: Ingress in this area has stopped working as of yesterday. Sitrep and Agents' statement.
🇩🇪 Next, the blue dove and green olive branch created by Agents @stfn86 and @AgentOrome in Darmstadt, Germany.

🇯🇵 On the bottom row, the blue dove originating from the Portal "No War" in Tokyo, Japan, inspired by the Art made in Moscow. Sitrep.
🇫🇷 Last but not least, the blue heart in honour of Ukraine created by Agent @Shooters42 in Saint-Étienne, France, with help from Agent @NikaKor from Russia!

@IUENG

The third out of four posts has been redeemed! This time by Agent opramum who just says:

"I'm glad to have the opportunity to donate to a responsible cause."

We use this opportunity to remind you that the fundraising campaign organised to support Ukraine with humanitarian aid through Project HOPE will end tomorrow! Some more rewards are available including:

• Passcodes containing a VR Link Amp, 100x L8 XMP and 1x Toast Beacon, with 5 more being added at 2300 UTC!
• Another 4 sponsored posts on IUENG!
• ...and 5 more characters badges unlocking at 2300 UTC!

We also remind you that everyone who donates, no matter the amount, will receive a bonus mistery passcode!

Join now at @AgentsForUkraine!

@IUENG

The fourth post of the #AgentsForUkraine campaign has been redeemed by Agent @ArrayQueue!
His message for our members is the lyrics of the song "Eclipse" by English rock band Pink Floyd, closing track of the album "The Dark Side Of The Moon".

All that you touch
And all that you see
All that you taste
All you feel
And all that you love
And all that you hate
All you distrust
All you save
And all that you give
And all that you deal
And all that you buy
Beg, borrow or steal
And all you create
And all you destroy
And all that you do
And all that you say
And all that you eat
And everyone you meet (everyone you meet)
And all that you slight
And everyone you fight
And all that is now
And all that is gone
And all that's to come
And everything under the sun is in tune
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon.

The #AgentsForUkraine campaign closed yesterday with an amazing result! $9500 were collected and will be sent to Project HOPE to provide humanitarian aid to the Ukrainian population! A massive thank you to everyone who donated!
A SITREP is available for you to read on the Ingress Community Forums: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18633/agents-for-ukraine-raising-9500-for-charity

@IUENG

With the start of Septicycle 2022.11, the Community Scans meters have now been activated! Any portal which receives 7 cumulative scans will have a Rare Battle Beacon deployed on it when the Septicycle ends. After 13 cumulative scans a Portal Fracker will be deployed on it immediately!

Time to get out and scan some portals!

More info: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18577/ingress-2-90-1-release-notes

Ph: @InvestigateXM and @ikaros02

@IUENG