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Comment on Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission Final Report by Gavin Treadgold

Gavin Treadgold — Mon, 06 May 2013 22:28:19 +0000

Some discussion on my G+ thread sharing this post, is available here: https://plus.google.com/111587138914193877141/posts/8fCjMRN18LH

Comment on My thoughts on some basic Ingress strategy by ulich

ulich — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:34:21 +0000

Shields no longer earn you AP. So only deploy them if you intend to maintain and defend the portal (or if you still happen to have over 1000 shields from the zipcar code fiasco).

Another tip is to find a higher level player in your area to give you their useless low-level items (or trade, if they’re more materialistic as you may have unusable high level items from hacking portals). They can also blow up enemy portals for you, let you claim them, and then upgrade the portal to your level before you hack it.

Comment on Flagging solved puzzles on the GPS using GSAK by Ruud

Ruud — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:06:10 +0000

This is the functionality I was looking for while exploring the possibilities of GSAK. Thanks!

Comment on My thoughts on some basic Ingress strategy by cardboard cutout.

cardboard cutout. — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:25:49 +0000

recharging portals now gives 10 AP per resonator.

but my biggest question is what is a successful tactic when the opposing faction has successfully claimed every single portal within a city limit. This strangles the flow of items to your faction but strangles the flow of AP to the enemy faction.

if the dominate faction is organized enough to take a city how far are they likely to push to try to claim even the most remote portals as i have seen within my city and how can i ensure a flow of the necessary bursters?

Comment on My thoughts on some basic Ingress strategy by Terry

Terry — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:57:13 +0000

THanks for this post.
I’d like to see you cover linking (and field creating) with respect to distances (keys consumed etc)

Cheers

Comment on Getting started with Ingress by Jay Q

Jay Q — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 05:15:32 +0000

Thanks for this info… though they’ve updated the game now — we can now earn points for recharging.

I was missing some key information when I started playing, and coming across this post inspired me to write my own… hopefully it’s helpful to other beginners: http://jasonq.com/index.php/2013/01/getting-started-with-ingress/

Viva la resistance!

Comment on My thoughts on some basic Ingress strategy by bladesedge

bladesedge — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:13:25 +0000

I’ve discovered a good Chrome extension – Ingress Portals – means you don’t have to zoom right in on an area to see what portals are there.
I was able to find out there are 6-7 portals in Southland – in one go.

Comment on My thoughts on some basic Ingress strategy by WilyHawk

WilyHawk — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:10:07 +0000

XM respawns in 20 minutes instead of 15. So during a hack of a portal, it will require an extra 5 minutes. You may not have to wait as long if you are not exact on your 5 mins each time, and hack every 5.5 to 6 mins.

Comment on Information Management for Post-disaster Building Damage Assessment by Gerald Smith

Gerald Smith — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:15:08 +0000

Hi Gavin,

Interesting topic for your masters. During your research have you come across any info regarding satellite imagery and if the Christchurch Response Centre utilized the initial damage assessment maps produced by SERTIT?

Thank you!

Comment on Getting started with Ingress by Gavin Treadgold

Gavin Treadgold — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:53:00 +0000

Alas Teo – I don’t have any invites at this stage!