Mobile game, which takes place in the real world, and players cross continents, walk through the parks at night a strange city and frighten motorcyclists
I collect all documents and sends the request to the FSB to visit the border zone in Chukotka. Two weeks later, the confirmation on his hands, and then I was on the plane from Ekaterinburg to Anadyr. Lands. On the street a terrible frost, passengers are asked to transfer to the helicopter, which transports arrived in the city, located on the other side of the icy Anadyr estuary. Finally, I still - on the edge of the world. Begin capturing portals and crack the keys to then transfer them to Kiev, and after - the agents in Alaska. Operation Anadyr and by linking the US is successful.This is not an excerpt from the dystopian or cyberpunk thriller. This is absolutely a true story, which said in a report after the game, Anton Artist operation, one of the most famous Russian players in the Ingress. "The world is not what it seems to you" - say the developers. And it's true: even in the small Russian town of chasing on cars can not stand a couple of street racers, and the failure of the operation of "green" to seize the Earth. Blondes with smartphones in the cafe, it probably will not turn over the tape Instagram, and hack all portals in the area.
It is enough to install on the smartphone Ingress, and your view of the world around can change dramatically. What is the Ingress?
Game Basics: factional system and plot
Ingress - this is a game in augmented reality. She came out in 2012 and is based on the capture of the city's attractions virtual counterparts - portals. As an advocate of portals sites, monuments, squares, and other emblematic sites of the city. Some of them have made the game developers, but the bulk of the added and continue to add players themselves. To capture portals need to be physically close to them.The game has two factions: the conditional "blue" and "green" are fighting for control of territory. Capturing two portals, players can spend a connection between them (or "throw the link"). If you manage to capture and integrate the three links of the website - the space between them is also considered to be captured and is painted in the color of the faction. Actually, this is the whole point of the game: to capture in paint and color as much as possible territory, not allowing the opponent to do the same.
Cheat and substitute its own GPS-coordinates of the possible, but cheating severely repressed: just "knock" the players themselves and not keep you waiting a lifetime ban from the developers
The best thing about the game can tell her most devoted fans. So we got in touch with the two luminaries of the gaming community, the organizers of the biggest social events in Russia Ingress: Timofeeva Oksana and Victor Kabernik.
Oksana: Legend for influence in the world are fighting two factions: «Enlightened» («enlightened», marked in green) and «Resistance» («resistance», marked in blue). Their struggle is for control of exotic matter - some higher power that makes people talented. But this talent from her people and can become a good and a bad sense: that is, it is equally "infected" and the great composers, and, for example, the great dictators. Faction "green" considers that, in spite of the potential threat, exotic matter must still exist to empower people talents. Faction "blue" in favor of what the impact of such a force is too unpredictable, and therefore it should not be.
Victor: The storyline Ingress was strong at the start, but the more, the more it becomes a dotted line. Initially, the developers have tried to make the story interactive, so the players directly influenced him. But more and more varied priorities. After the release of the beta Ingress there was a mass influx of newcomers who could not understand what was going on. They just ran and seized portals. As a result, the storyline has become a tracked weaker, and the players are no longer affected by it at all.
How to play the usual players
"One of our agents once Farm in the industrial area of the city, where before there were several thefts (of which the agent did not know). There he was walking with a smartphone hacking portals. Through surveillance camera security I saw a guy traveling in, then is long in one place and looks down - well, they immediately called the police. The police interrogated him more than an hour. The guy tried to explain that this is a game with augmented reality, and they are eventually released him, but it was clear that his version, they did not buy "(the story of one of the players on Reddit).
Oksana: Among the players is very large stratum of people we call "regional buns." They just go from work to home and seize all the portals on the way to one and the same time.
Victor: If we assume and then total for the day the game launches in Moscow alone around 50 thousand people. But this game at 'opened - looked - removed before the end of the day. "
Oksana: In spite of this, both in Moscow and in the regions is constantly active war for territory. For example, if it turns out that next to your house is a portal, it is quite possible that it will be repainted (to change from one faction to another - approx. Ed.), Seven times a day.
All the fun as they can. Someone constantly puts the farm (mass accumulation portals at a short distance, which can quickly get around - for 10 minutes - and get from them a lot of things right to improve - Ed.). Someone interesting "hold" in its color your district. Someone interested in doing field-art - creating a map image of the fields of blue and green. Incidentally, the first field-Art made was in Moscow.
Victor: In general, all the players involved in this and: Farm and repainted in color as much as possible territory. But if ordinary players do it on occasion, and can paint unless your yard, the organized players are planning such actions that can repaint the whole of Europe.
How to play the "serious" players
"I knew a player who skated on a huge pickup truck, and it was fun, he rode to the portals of his faction, waiting for the burglar, figured it (it's not hard to do, because the attacker must be close and in his hand is a smartphone), and then he began to pursue. He simply drove a few meters behind, repainting all the portals of the person pursued. Once he drove a motorcycle player to a standstill in a narrow alley, and the rider had to emergency brake and turn to avoid typing in the wall. They say that in Ingress rider no longer play "(the story of one of the players on Reddit).
Victor: In the community Ingress can be found for any thing like: someone who likes challenging refereeing shares, someone who likes to travel or running around the city, some prefer to coordinate the team.
Oksana: Under each major campaign to "repaint" need a lot of people, including drivers. Leaders give them guidance, for example, to drive from Tver to voykovskoy at a predetermined time according to the agreed route, capturing all the portals on the road. It happened that way in one night completely repainted Moscow.
Active players who regularly participate in our activities, in Moscow, about 600 people. Many players in the region, from St. Petersburg to Nizhniy Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Murmansk.
Victor: Ingress - it is not a game in the traditional sense, but rather a space for the game: The rules set here by the players themselves. And that's what we do - come up with something to do.
The biggest step that I coordinated, once captured a sixth of the world by filling it in green. The story began with the fact that I arrived in Tenerife, where he met with one of the local players, and we had the idea to try to capture the really big territory. I found a working group of 12 people who - each in their own country - collected other groups are also involved in the operation.
It was enough to capture all 19 portals of the world (maximum range to establish a link between the portals at the highest level - about 655 km. But they should not overlap with links opposing faction similar level), and to ensure success, we have provided as a "plan B". As a result, while 150 were trained portals, each of which we had our own people - in Canada, in the Magadan, Hawaii. In total the event was attended by 460 people, and the vast number did not know what they are doing (such secrecy is necessary to the opposite faction failed to disrupt the operation, creating their links within the vast field of action - approx. Ed.)
Preparation of this operation took five months, and still is the largest operation in the world. For each such operation is written the story, there are complex puzzles. In one of the operations was even launched an internal Internet radio for the participants.
About factional activities
"We put, it means that late last night the 8th" farm "on the Borodino panorama. Suddenly the two are declared "green". One I really did not like the terrible uses foul language. But they say a good man. Then I remembered that the girl must pass a few items. "Green" pricked ears, we hear, come near us to spin. The capsule with the little things in front of them can not quit - they pick up first. We got to the car the girl. "Green" with us. They are not going away any pretext: considering the car stick to the issues. OK, I say, go otedem, I will cast away your capsule. OK he says. Look - "green" somewhere suddenly rushed with frightening speed, wagging his ass. Well, we did not understand, neighing ... Then we look - 50 meters in the open car door. It turns out that they, too, the car was. Tear on Kutuzovsky at him toward the field. Girl annealed: it will pass through a gas station with a breeze, a piece on an opposite ... These two are not far behind. Rushing through the night Kuntsevo (case near midnight), Setun through the platform, trying to lose the "tail". Finally, we call on one filling - really need to refuel. "Greens" do a couple of laps around us, such as not looking in our direction, and generally here by accident - a similar action in the real world is strictly prohibited by the rules of the game for such a ban slapped once. I photograph them, they cover their faces. Finally pretend to drive off, I jump on the scooter, nesus in the opposite direction, having estimated how much it is necessary to drive off, the girl reached out to the abandoned capsule, and "green" - no. It worked. "Green" is photographed us, yelling something about the use of the second account, all filmed and write to us report. I answer that, too, all filmed and, in turn, a report of harrasment both vleplyu that will not find it, we risked their lives, seeing that we are aggressively pursuing an unknown car. With that and went away "(the story of one of the players in Facebook).
Although the "blue" and "green" - implacable enemies, and clashes between them is reaching up to the massacre, really enthusiastic players consider such behavior unsportsmanlike. The leaders of both factions are constantly in contact with each other and even try to carry out joint activities designed for hundreds of participants.
Ingress Official events draw thousands of participants around the world
Victor: We discuss the rules that each faction puts forward several representatives, and then it begins the contest rules. The mechanics of such arbitrary actions. For example, both fractions have to bring pedestrian to a certain point.
Oksana: This pedestrian - a real person who is on the route, created for him from links. Task teams - a man of his Linke, not allowing "steal" him to another team. The winner is the team that has led to its pedestrian finish. If the allotted time - for example, four hours - over, and the person so never got anywhere, it is declared a draw.
Victor: This event requires the efforts of several hundred people.
Why do people play Ingress?
It was the most important question that we asked Victor and Oksana. Our world has enough worries and concerns - what they add Statement new?
Oksana: Starting play Ingress, I began to chat with people from other cities and countries. Each faction has a familiar agents in almost every city. Not sure they will react to your coming, but to get, for example, in Ufa, with Ingress can find someone and ask for help to understand the city.
Victor: Ingress - a story about global mobility, which requires a lot of traveling. There is, for example, the city of Alexandria, but local players there at all. On plot job, I got there shard (artifact from 13 parts that each faction had to bring in their city. The artifact can be moved only on links between portals - Ed.). How to brought this fragment is not clear, but to get it right. We all faction quickly gathered the money for the trip to Alexandria landing of several people. They came, took portals moved shard and quickly left.
"Dive in the familiar darkness of the park. Branches crackle underfoot, in the bushes someone who is eating. We continue to move safely to the portal. Suitable police. The following questions about who we are and what we do here. Explains that this is a game associated with the study and visiting historical monuments. During conversations grab and throw portal link. Just in time, because the agents are already very close to the Resistance and attack our portals in the park. All the while, the policeman examines our passports, visas, tickets, betrays the data by radio to check. We were searched. Finally shard is moved to our goal, to Turkey. I feel a real buzz from the successful completion of a key phase of the operation. So, we do not knowingly flew here "(Report on the operation of Alexandria the player in LiveJournal).
Ingress - first attempt at writing for Google in the world of augmented reality games, the first pancake, which in many ways turned out lumpy: it is not in the tops, not gossip about it at every corner, and beautiful graphics in it there, but there is a dreadful interface and communicate with other agents come through the wildly uncomfortable Google+. But if you somehow managed to get accustomed to all this, pull you out of Ingress will be difficult - in fact, you will have a second, parallel life in which there is a sudden nocturnal chase, challenging assignments, cunning intrigue and new friends (as well as new enemies ). It is worth it or not? Decide for yourself.
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