This isn't the only game that gets you out. Geocache, ghost hunt,zombie run, and a few others I can't remember are all augmented reality games on your phone. ;) great videos btw I'm new to ingress and these videos have been amazingly helpful. It has already made me so much better
I have told few new players to hit up the channel and check out the beginner series. I always say go watch ingression best way to learn the game. thank for all the videos I enjoy them.
This should be useful. So far my best response has been, "I'm playing this stupid game, sorry. Please return to your security monitor. I'm sure your coffee's getting cold."
I tell folks its a combination of capture the flag and Geo cashing, that helps a lot. I also point out that it helps discover a lot about their community they probably don't know. Micro parks, memorials, historic buildings. Etc. And of course your other excellent points.
Oxxnarr D'flame I like the pointing out parts of their community they don't know about. I accidentally do that often with a few local greats spots we have here but I've never directly incorporated that into my explanation of the game and I'll likely now add that in. Thanks! :)
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One thing i really like about ingress is the community, Along with getting me outside i was able to meet amazing people with this game be it google hangouts or slack.
:) I just started playing two few months ago, and one of the first badges (#6) I earned was the bronze recruiter. (And I think that was 6 instead of a lower number simply because credit wasn't awarded until my recruits hit level 3 themselves, LOL.) I tell people that it is "a global game of "Capture the flag crossed with Othello run on a real time gps platform similar to geo cashing." Works. :) It also gets me out of the house and walking... I just need to start remembering that sunscreen!!!
Heather-Leigh Nies "the long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists. Whereas the rest of my advice. Has no basis, more reliable, then my own meandering experience"
That is a very good question that I don't 100% know the answer to but my inclination would be to say no because of the way that the app works. When the app is not open in the forefront on your phone it's not actively tracking your position so it should be adding to the trekker badge. However it's been found that driving at very low speeds will still add to trekker.
if only the recruit option from ingame menu option would work properly, I have recruited 2 people , both reached lvl3 ... but if they don't type in your character name - it still doesn't give credit towards badge :/
chrisg905 It's in the videos from niantic on the main ingress channel. A summary of the full backstory is included in our Salt Lake comiccon panel video at th-cam.com/video/maitgQYMaSI/w-d-xo.html
if the portal doesn't have any shielding then it doesnt matter wheather or not its in range of your burster. you need to destroy all enemy resonators with your bursters in order to clear the portal and be able to capture it yourself
@@Iltscha L1 or L2 bursted when you are say at the extreme south side of a portal and the resonator is at the extreme north side , an L1 or and L2 may reach the portal but not the resonator
People who see me walking rapid with my phone who ask what I am doing typically think I am geocaching. Then I explain Ingress to them. In this video and the comments you guys describe it as part capture the flag, but I explain it by saying it's like real life Risk.
Question.... Calibrater41 here.. Is there a way to get credit for recruiting if you don't use the invites? I know I have gotten a few people to play who have just downloaded when I told them about it but never "sent them an invite". What if anything can you do in these cases?
Todd Spencer There is no way to get credit without the recruiter link. the only "recruiter" badge that has been offered a way different than the direct in app link was the Eve badge.
Sadly no more recruiter button. I try to explain to my GF and helpnplay she couldn’t understand so I say now should we go for a walk. If yes then best I can do is give her the Pokémon go pro Bluetooth unit and ask her to push the button if it vibrates while I play ingress
I usually start by asking if they have heard of ingress, typically the answer is no, in which case I then proceed to mention geocaching, my responses between yes and no vary, if they answer yes, then I simply say its like geocaching meets capture the flag, if they answer no then I tell them its a gps locationi based game which you have to actually go to these "checkpoints" called portals. and portals can be anything of historical significance, artistic works such as murals, sculptures, memorials, or in some cases tombs/crypts, any place of worship, and can be captured for your team, and become your territory, if they become interested I tell them to check it out. and to remember which team to join I give them this slogan... "Green is Good, Blue is Bad" and sometimes I take it a step further by sayng Army Green, Money is Green, Grass is Green, Green = Growth, Green = legalize it, Lean mean Green machine! yoda is green hulk is green, Kermit the frog is green, Green means Go, so Go Green!!! something along those lines usually sticks to the back of their minds. then I tell them yea Enlightened fight for our future, XM inspires, it creates, and has never caused us harm in the past. but the resistance say, NO we don't know where this comes from, or its intention... so lets lock it in a box and throw away the key. also Resistance prefer machines over shapers. Resistance = Skynet... there are 6 letters in skynet... and the sky is blue like the resistance, so there are 3 letters in sky. 3 6's = 666 OMG... RESISTANCE IS ILLUMINATI, ILUMINATTI CONFIRMED!
***** You really wouldn't want that. Either you'd get really annoyed after hour # 3 of me going on about ingress theory, MUFG studies, and whatever. Or I'd be anti-socially working and not talk much
I always just tell people it's "evil space aliens vs. secret agents" style game where you have go around in real life like pokemon go. LOL The propaganda is purely because in my area there is like 3 of us on resistance vs about 100 unlightened members and the unlightened here are obnoxious.. they've tried to get me to switch factions and tried to kick me out of portal dense areas by saying they have something set up for an "event" several times.. I believed them the first time they said a park near by was "for an event this weekend" but after hearing that like 3 weeks in a row after having them cry about me taking the park portals I just gave up trying to be civil about it because they're obviously just bsing to hold the spots by trying to guilt people and act like you're preventing them from getting new players started when really they're just trying to hold the portals forever..
this is super cool, thanks for sharing!
Ingress For the IR!! This guy deserves more views! :D
This isn't the only game that gets you out. Geocache, ghost hunt,zombie run, and a few others I can't remember are all augmented reality games on your phone. ;) great videos btw I'm new to ingress and these videos have been amazingly helpful. It has already made me so much better
I have told few new players to hit up the channel and check out the beginner series. I always say go watch ingression best way to learn the game. thank for all the videos I enjoy them.
2019 update best way to explain
"Sorry officer, I'm playing Pokemon Go"
This should be useful. So far my best response has been, "I'm playing this stupid game, sorry. Please return to your security monitor. I'm sure your coffee's getting cold."
My favorite is "a combination of geocaching and capture the flag. Two teams battle it out globally."
I tell folks its a combination of capture the flag and Geo cashing, that helps a lot.
I also point out that it helps discover a lot about their community they probably don't know. Micro parks, memorials, historic buildings. Etc.
And of course your other excellent points.
Oxxnarr D'flame I like the pointing out parts of their community they don't know about. I accidentally do that often with a few local greats spots we have here but I've never directly incorporated that into my explanation of the game and I'll likely now add that in. Thanks! :)
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One thing i really like about ingress is the community, Along with getting me outside i was able to meet amazing people with this game be it google hangouts or slack.
:) I just started playing two few months ago, and one of the first badges (#6) I earned was the bronze recruiter. (And I think that was 6 instead of a lower number simply because credit wasn't awarded until my recruits hit level 3 themselves, LOL.) I tell people that it is "a global game of "Capture the flag crossed with Othello run on a real time gps platform similar to geo cashing." Works. :) It also gets me out of the house and walking... I just need to start remembering that sunscreen!!!
Heather-Leigh Nies "the long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists. Whereas the rest of my advice. Has no basis, more reliable, then my own meandering experience"
Collin Williams Baz's wisdom is not to be denied... :)
Hubby and I are blue. :)
da ba dee da ba die
If I have the app open in the background but the screen off, will it still track how far I walk and record it?
That is a very good question that I don't 100% know the answer to but my inclination would be to say no because of the way that the app works. When the app is not open in the forefront on your phone it's not actively tracking your position so it should be adding to the trekker badge. However it's been found that driving at very low speeds will still add to trekker.
The "Ingress is a free IOS and Android app that is a combination of Geocaching and Capture The Flag" card also works too.
if only the recruit option from ingame menu option would work properly, I have recruited 2 people , both reached lvl3 ... but if they don't type in your character name - it still doesn't give credit towards badge :/
Do they post the story of the game on the niantic website?
chrisg905 It's in the videos from niantic on the main ingress channel. A summary of the full backstory is included in our Salt Lake comiccon panel video at th-cam.com/video/maitgQYMaSI/w-d-xo.html
I usually explain it as king of the hill meets geocaching.
There are free drinks at anomalies ?
Every past anomaly I've been at they've had 1 round of free drinks at primary sites or sites with official NIA afterparties
If the portal is within range of burster but resonator is not, will anything happen? And same question vice versa
if the portal doesn't have any shielding then it doesnt matter wheather or not its in range of your burster. you need to destroy all enemy resonators with your bursters in order to clear the portal and be able to capture it yourself
also, im not sure how the portal can be in range of the burster while the resonators are not, bursters have quite some range.
@@Iltscha L1 or L2 bursted when you are say at the extreme south side of a portal and the resonator is at the extreme north side , an L1 or and L2 may reach the portal but not the resonator
Love this guy!!!!
People who see me walking rapid with my phone who ask what I am doing typically think I am geocaching. Then I explain Ingress to them. In this video and the comments you guys describe it as part capture the flag, but I explain it by saying it's like real life Risk.
Question.... Calibrater41 here.. Is there a way to get credit for recruiting if you don't use the invites? I know I have gotten a few people to play who have just downloaded when I told them about it but never "sent them an invite". What if anything can you do in these cases?
Good question...will ask agents on epic...someone will know.
Todd Spencer There is no way to get credit without the recruiter link. the only "recruiter" badge that has been offered a way different than the direct in app link was the Eve badge.
Ok thank you. :-)
Thanks Collin!
This is a great explanation of what Ingress is. If anyone wants to join me in this giant game of capture the flag, let me know :)
Sadly no more recruiter button. I try to explain to my GF and helpnplay she couldn’t understand so I say now should we go for a walk. If yes then best I can do is give her the Pokémon go pro Bluetooth unit and ask her to push the button if it vibrates while I play ingress
I usually start by asking if they have heard of ingress, typically the answer is no, in which case I then proceed to mention geocaching, my responses between yes and no vary, if they answer yes, then I simply say its like geocaching meets capture the flag, if they answer no then I tell them its a gps locationi based game which you have to actually go to these "checkpoints" called portals. and portals can be anything of historical significance, artistic works such as murals, sculptures, memorials, or in some cases tombs/crypts, any place of worship, and can be captured for your team, and become your territory, if they become interested I tell them to check it out. and to remember which team to join I give them this slogan... "Green is Good, Blue is Bad" and sometimes I take it a step further by sayng Army Green, Money is Green, Grass is Green, Green = Growth, Green = legalize it, Lean mean Green machine! yoda is green hulk is green, Kermit the frog is green, Green means Go, so Go Green!!! something along those lines usually sticks to the back of their minds. then I tell them yea Enlightened fight for our future, XM inspires, it creates, and has never caused us harm in the past. but the resistance say, NO we don't know where this comes from, or its intention... so lets lock it in a box and throw away the key. also Resistance prefer machines over shapers. Resistance = Skynet... there are 6 letters in skynet... and the sky is blue like the resistance, so there are 3 letters in sky. 3 6's = 666 OMG... RESISTANCE IS ILLUMINATI, ILUMINATTI CONFIRMED!
I was kind of surprised how many law enforcement officers play this game.
*two years later* its basically the pokemon go but without the pokemans
Pokemon led to ingress...
Pokewans?
doesn't civil war imply, that it's one side creating two, fighting each other?
stevensays1 It is. Humans vs humans fighting over ideologies.
Free unless you want some cool things like frackers and/or key lockers. :-)
in-app purchases now active
Can you please let be on my flight to the anomaly hahaha!
***** You really wouldn't want that. Either you'd get really annoyed after hour # 3 of me going on about ingress theory, MUFG studies, and whatever. Or I'd be anti-socially working and not talk much
it is not the only game that gets peoble out doors. Zombie run dos it as wel.
I explain saying it's alien technology humans are being trained to manipulate.
Well, now you can just say it's like pokemon go.
That will probably explain everything XD
'Quickly explain'. Video takes more than 9 minutes.
he is explaining how to quickly explain..
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I always just tell people it's "evil space aliens vs. secret agents" style game where you have go around in real life like pokemon go. LOL The propaganda is purely because in my area there is like 3 of us on resistance vs about 100 unlightened members and the unlightened here are obnoxious.. they've tried to get me to switch factions and tried to kick me out of portal dense areas by saying they have something set up for an "event" several times.. I believed them the first time they said a park near by was "for an event this weekend" but after hearing that like 3 weeks in a row after having them cry about me taking the park portals I just gave up trying to be civil about it because they're obviously just bsing to hold the spots by trying to guilt people and act like you're preventing them from getting new players started when really they're just trying to hold the portals forever..