71: Ingress 2020. The Future is Now

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Today on the show:

Krug going to Munich?
Umbra Global Challenge – Agents win! 51.1M resonators deployed.
- https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/8342/new-tethered-hand-transmission-tesserae-round-5-results#latest
AA Website fixed up – should be less “Scanner Like” – fewer issues.
Capsule Idea? – Friendly Fire Powerup
- Like a Fracker but for a shorter period
- Lets your bursters affect your faction’s resos and mods
- Must be REALLY rare or screw up game balance
Niantic Official Telegram Channel
- t.me/NianticOfficial
- 12,000 + subscribers in the first 24 hours
Tesselation Scores after round 5
- Enl 44
- Nemesis 44
- RESISTANCE 56!! (Chicago all over again! – Just with less Johnsons)
- New Developments?
Intel Map Being Worked On
- Hi folks, Over the course of the next two weeks, starting Jan 7 and ending Jan 17, the Ingress team will be working on updates to the Intel Map.
- This work will take place from 10:00am – 5:00pm PST on weekdays.
- If you notice any unexpected or bug-like behavior apart from 502 server errors, please reply on this thread on the official Niantic TG Channel
Colors Talk from Brian Rose
- The 13 chapters and NEMESIS medals are meant to display a spectrum of colors that represent each character or archetype
- Some players not happy with the use of colors (faction favorites?)
- 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
- Difficulty reasoning (Read Post)
MDAS II: https://www.eiseverywhere.com/website/8588/