- NA or global?

- Na

- Not my place to say anything though

- Off to check NA

- So

- What if Niantic said

- "we don't want the server load from 3-6 competing botnets scraping us"

- We will permit one

- And they just let it go because it's quiet.

- And moderately useful

- And no one else goes and tries to do it

- That would be malfesance of a level I'm skeptical about.

- One perfect database is all the world needs

- It would require someone to think "well, doesn't matter if only Res have access."

- I know it's conspiratorial

- Our stuff has been down too.

- I have a competing theory!

- Don't know about wtf

- But a bunch of stuff is down

- Yes?

- What if, several years ago, Philley was sitting around in a BRRN meeting

- And wother (cause I dislike him a lot) spun a bunch of words at him

- [[GIF, size 66'504 bytes]]

- And Philley, who knows jack all about tech, said "Yeah, that sounds fine."

- Forgive me for speaking ill of the dead but Philley was a worthless cheater too.

- Also known locally as the "Joe Philley Rule of Cool"

- I have strong opinions about the man.

- Let's...take it real easy on that one. It's a charged topic, and not immediately relevant to the current conversation.

- Yup.

- I trust that if anyone has a difference of opinion on that score, they'll take it to DMs

- The Radar Patreon has been altered slightly; there are no goals listed and you can't see the total amount collected.

- They altered it after the WP site was updated this morning?

- Yep.

- Oh hmm think they'll try saying "it doesn't say that. The site is lying and making up stuff now"

- No, I think someone's twitch-reacting to everything we do and freaking out. It's awesome.

- It is pretty funny

- Wow.

- so im reading this is an nia employee too

- So far, all the comments from the offending agents have been reactionary. Building their back story from what we have released. Each new release or development makes them have to alter their story to cover

- with a bunch of people dangling on the balls

- I might have been a bit graphic there but boy.

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There is a very interesting comment by Gideon Hallett.

- Last comment

- He is NIA, and ENL

- He is

- Gideon's comment seems to be to be fundamentally accurate.

- Reactive RES can't be proactive posters :)

- Keep the OODA loop tight

- This.

Addendum to the top of the 'follow the money' page detailing the changes that were made. Keep it dry.

- ooda?

- Observe, Orient, Decide, Act.

- Controlling. The. Narrative.

- Observe - see what's going on. Orient - make an informed decision about what your observations mean. Decide - what will you do next? Act - do it.

- If you can execute that loop faster than your competition, they must react to you and you will remain a step ahead.

- Yea yea

- So I just found out

- My favorite resistance

- Am I to understand his comment is highlighting the very real legal consequences of scraping? It definitely seems to hold water too. In that aspect, can it be said that an enl agent in EU could potentially file a suit against them?

- Yes, but I am not holding my breath.

- Who is in Boston now, saying goodbye to her favorite res and was going to flip will not be

- I'm not either but it's an interesting thought

- Because she was on the list and doesn't think enl will ever trust her

- With her "reputation"

- she has no idea how we are on this side of the fence.

- She told me about the tool before it was public.

- FWIW, I would.

- And I know she didn't use it nefariously.

- I said this somewhere on Reddit. Say you used it, apologize, say you won't do it again? Okay.

- Some people don't get that dispensation from me, but the majority, yes.

- This. People make mistakes

- That's...idk. We have been saying to other posts of the "I didn't use it to be bad" that they were still in bad company.

- That is not the same statement, though.

- Yeah, this is an important position to take for strategic reasons.

We're going to be very glad we do this when we're throwing ENL under the bus.

- I don't care why you used it; you apologize and accept responsibility and move on.

- If you say "I used it for good and I won't apologize," no.

- She was. She knows. I can see the difficulty she has justifying it now.

- wish i had more to offer to throw them under the bus

- And how do you trust that the person won't do it again?

- What's it cost me?

- I like you

- This is culture building. You make the gesture sincerely. You get people to adopt that mentality. Most people who fucked up appreciate this and acculturate.

- I would have a difficult time of it. But that's me

- thats how a lot of nasty DC RES switched over to enl.

- Yeah, I don't demand everyone adopt my aged hippie Zen-like calm

- I'm not going to give her the keys to my house or something without getting to know her first. No skin off my nose if she's just someone playing Ingress somewhere

- There will be some recidivism, but not as much as you get from any other path.

- The trick is I have missions to fall back on

- once they switched they were like omg wtf. this is so much nicer

- If everyone in Ingress turns out to be an asshole, I will go hit 4K missions.

- I'd miss you but I would be fine.

- gross. you know why? i hate missions.

- See, missions are important. They give you a fallnback. πŸ˜„ πŸ˜„ πŸ˜„ πŸ˜„

- i wanted to stop at 500. But the girlfriend started way after me. so im doing the other 500 with her in protest.

- I get that. It was part of my thinking too. She can switch. Rescind her actions. Very little chance I'll ever interact with her so it's whatever. But...there's another side to it as well. Two views to be had. Enl are welcoming and forgiving, good for us. Enl accept known cheaters and are gullible

- Philosophically.

- I would so much rather be gullible.

- The argument that the Guild members are making: "it's OK because they do it."

- I do not give a flying fuck who laughs at me.