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I got my invite over the weekend and joined the Resistance. I wish I had checked the intel board before I decided who to join because I would have almost certainly joined the Enlightened if I had. Everything locally is owned by the Resistance and that makes it less fun for me. I really wanted to get in on some action.

Yes... you'll have new people show up and take over the area... then you can win then back!
 
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I got my invite over the weekend and joined the Resistance. I wish I had checked the intel board before I decided who to join because I would have almost certainly joined the Enlightened if I had. Everything locally is owned by the Resistance and that makes it less fun for me. I really wanted to get in on some action.

Get plenty of portals submitted. They take a few weeks to kick in and you may find leveling an issue until they do....unless you burn some fuel!
 
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Hmmm I have two invite codes because when I heard they were up to the H's and my GMail began with a C, I went back with an email that begins with an R and re-requested.

As I'm only running Android on my laptop/car-pc, and don't have an Android phone quite yet, I don't need the second invite code..

But has anyone given away a code with zero problems? Seems odd to give away something tied to an email account?
 
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Hmmm I have two invite codes because when I heard they were up to the H's and my GMail began with a C, I went back with an email that begins with an R and re-requested.

As I'm only running Android on my laptop/car-pc, and don't have an Android phone quite yet, I don't need the second invite code..

But has anyone given away a code with zero problems? Seems odd to give away something tied to an email account?

Yes... requested two via different emails, gave the extra to my wife. We both play without problems.
 
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I've had 5 invites so far, 3 of them to the same email address. Before peeps start begging, all the spare ones have already been given away.

It's a fun game once you get going. I had a 3 week wait before any portals appeared in my town, & I only have pedal power.

It takes me about 4 hours to get round all my local portals, & I'm lucky enough to have 1 on my front door. I suppose that's what you get for living in 1 of the oldest buildings in the country (built 1089 <-- correct date, not a typo, but it's still only the 2nd oldest building in town :D )

Our local Enlightened gave up for a while because they were getting their arses kicked, even though they were higher level than us. We had to let everything decay, but they have finally started playing again. Last night they turned the town green, so today I plan on turning it blue again & hopefully hit lvl 6 in the process.

My phone only gets 48 mins on it's own battery with the Ingress app on, need to leave it on to get XM. But thankfully I have an Anker Astro III 10k mAh external battery, originally bought for festivals, but proving to be very useful for Ingress. Using this I can easily go all day.
 
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My how to videos folks. I recorded them with my Samsung W :)

How to deploy resonators

youtube. com/watch?v=iD01XnJ9sBU

How to upgrade resonator level

youtube. com/watch?v=B0uP7OWrgG8

How to deploy portal shield

youtube. com/watch?v=CYldvyPWbpo

Capturing portal , deploying resonators and portal shields

youtube. com/watch?v=6LE6eiZKXdQ

How to attack portal with XMP bursters

youtube. com/watch?v=NbdVOesCjrM

How to link captured portals

youtube. com/watch?v=pyNm09L6jNE

To follow my future ingress gameplay videos

youtube. com/subscription_center?add_user=orcbandit

Thanks.
 
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Been trying to play this game recently now that I have an Android phone, but the weather hasn't been the best for walking around town. I do have a question though, when your XM fills up, you're unable to pick up anymore, correct? So, what do you use that XM for? There aren't any portals in my area, so I really don't have a whole lot to go off of here.

There are areas near me that are of significant historical value, and I noticed on one spot there have to be a hundred portals all linked together within maybe a few hundred yards of each other. Turns out they are all at the Air Force Museum, which is about a half mile north of me. Head to museums and you'll hit the jackpot, unless someone else has beaten you to it.


EDIT: Oh, I'm Sylon on there, Resistance.
 
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XM is your energy, it is used charging portals and you have to have enough XM to attack. You will lose XM attacking enemy portals if you get "hit" when doing so.

Start suggesting portals in your area. Enable geo tagging in your camera, take the picture and click share, you should see Niantic Operations as a choice, select that and submit.
 
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