Nearly at Gold – the importance to pace yourself
I have read on Reddit and in the Ingress Community a lot of negative feedback about the Aurora challenge. In my view the biggest issue… Read More »Nearly at Gold – the importance to pace yourself
Aurora at the half way mark – looking back
I reached the silver badge yesterday 13:02 UK time and just managed to add my backlog data until my 500ths point – so time for… Read More »Aurora at the half way mark – looking back
The value of frackers – an attempt of a quantitative analysis
The internet community pretty much had their pitchforks out after Niantic in a badly (non) communicated move doubled the price of frackers. NianticBrian tried some… Read More »The value of frackers – an attempt of a quantitative analysis
Aurora Progress after 36 hours – I have a melt down
Update: The error still persists after 48 hours and carries on. I have updated the numbers. Update 2: SoloRedCup corrected it and the first column… Read More »Aurora Progress after 36 hours – I have a melt down
Aurora Progress after 12 hours – we are FAR behind
First let me start by saying that I like the Aurora challenge and that there are several great aspects in that challenge that I haven’t… Read More »Aurora Progress after 12 hours – we are FAR behind
Estimating Aurora – 36.235 million points
I tried to use some Maths and some educated assumptions to estimate if we will manage to achive the overall goal of 36 million unique… Read More »Estimating Aurora – 36.235 million points
The Aurora Glyph Hack Challenge – planning ahead
Today the Aurora Glyph Hack Challenge was announced. Personally, I think the challenge is great. I managed 793 different portals during the Myriad Hack Challenge.… Read More »The Aurora Glyph Hack Challenge – planning ahead
Investigating level 1 portal key and glyph hacks
One of the most often asked questions for new players seems to be accurate data on drops from hacking portals. There is some research scattered… Read More »Investigating level 1 portal key and glyph hacks
Prime Day Part 9 – Summary, speculations and reflections
If you have read everything I have presented, then you likely will understand why I strongly believe that Niantic used the faction ownership (Resistance, Enlightened… Read More »Prime Day Part 9 – Summary, speculations and reflections
Prime Day Part 8 – revisiting an older analysis
My original analysis was done pretty directly after the event. I generated the following plot: I presented a write-up here: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/9vdjix/analysing_dirty_data_why_i_believe_the_actual/ This early data got… Read More »Prime Day Part 8 – revisiting an older analysis