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Re:How Canada's military reacted to seeing Pokemon Go player... by belril on Thursday January 02, 2020 @12:34PM (#21937526)
As a fellow ex-Ingresser, I think there are some truly fascinating stories that will eventually be lost about all the effort that has gone into that game globally. I’ve seen heroic feats of software engineering, physical effort and project management, all in the name of some mobile game that’s a much bigger game of capture the flag.
Re:How Canada's military reacted to seeing Pokemon Go player... by BryantD on Thursday January 02, 2020 @02:56PM (#21939124)
Losing G+ really hurt here, since that was the primary community tool. I didn't save as much as I wanted to. Luckily there are some epic stories in Google Docs. Actually...

https://bit.ly/ingress-sitrep-homecoming-1

https://bit.ly/ingress-sitrep-homecoming-2

https://bit.ly/ingress-sitrep-homecoming-3

Re:How Canada's military reacted to seeing Pokemon Go player... by nneonneo on Thursday January 02, 2020 @01:29PM (#21938156)
I mean, almost any game that’s popular enough ends up having these kinds of crazy stories. If you think what Ingress players do is crazy, you should see what EVE Online players get up to...
Re:How Canada's military reacted to seeing Pokemon Go player... by Arbalest on Thursday January 02, 2020 @05:27PM (#21940629)
Are we talking IRL interactions with EVE here, because the game certainly isn't.