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Re: Ingress

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Post by huggah »

gailees wrote: post #17

Still very very heavy on battery though.

This is an understatement.

"Ingress is causing a surge in mobile power pack sales." Might hit closer to the mark. A majority of the high-level players I know are tethering a Nexus 7 to their phone, and attaching their phone to a mobile power pack. My phone gets slightly less than 1 hour on it's own.

Re: Ingress

#22

Post by huggah »

diminish wrote: post #3

Does anyone know a way to get a quick invitation to Ingress?

Brandon Badger (https://plus.google.com/114800310452543164210) is the Project Manager. He's been running contests on Google+; submit artwork relating to ingress, stories, etc. hashtag them #ingress, and if he like it he'll reshare it and give you some invites.

I didn't even know about the contest when I wrote https://plus.google.com/110847385311561387629/posts/ePGPdJCS..., but apparently it got to him anyway and he gave me some.

Check out his feed for examples of the things he's reshared.

Re: Ingress

#23

Post by awolf »

pkulak wrote: post #18

Wait, people are driving to play this game? It doesn't seem right to burn gas to play an online game. If you walk or ride a bike it's a great way to get some exercise. But driving?

Disagree. There's nothing wrong with driving for enjoyment or to accomplish enjoyment.

Re: Ingress

#24

Post by huggah »

+1 on the community aspects. There's a Resistance cell in South Bay (of San Francisco Bay Area) that's pretty highly organized and set us up meetups to go item and experience farming, posts "target" lists (high-value portals to be taken down) and the like. There are meetups for all kinds of things of course---Hacker News, Less Wrong, Reddit, whatnot, so this is just one more, but it's nice getting together with a bunch of strangers that you end up getting along with.

The game enforces this subtly; higher level players (I'm level 7) need high level items, but the way to get those is from (equally) high level portals. Players can't make a high level portal on their own---a Level 7 player can make a level 5 portal on her own, two can make a level 6 portal, and 8 are required to make a level 7 portal. Since a high level portal hands out excellent items, it's a target, and it makes sense to build it, exploit it immediately, and not try to hope that it stays up long. Community building!

Re: Ingress

#26

Post by lysol »

jkaljundi wrote: post #6

Is it just me, or is Ingress a rip-off of the Finnish Shadow Cities iOS-only game http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/16/arts/video-games/shadow-ci...

I thought the same thing when it came out, to be honest. Even the aesthetics are similar.

Re: Ingress

#28

Post by GVRV »

Any idea when people down under might be able to try it out? Any other regions apart from Australia that are not supported as of yet, as well?

Re: Ingress

#29

Post by waterlesscloud »

gailees wrote: post #4

This such a game-changing experience that will have forever affected the way I intend to interact with massive multiplayer gaming.

Can you elaborate on that? In what ways do you (or anyone else who has played Ingress) think it will change MM games?

For example, is there a possibility it will affect future MMORPG design?

Re: Ingress

#30

Post by lengarvey »

GVRV wrote: post #28

Any idea when people down under might be able to try it out? Any other regions apart from Australia that are not supported as of yet, as well?

If you have an invite you're able to play in Australia. I don't own an Android but a couple of my friends are playing already. There was an article in the Sydney Morning Herald about the game too but I can't seem to locate the link at the moment.
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