Guided by Portals

I played Ingress from 4-6pm and a little bit before work that included a pit stop at the Nutella USA truck for samples, a photo op and a free tee shirt.  I played for a few more minutes when leaving work around 8pm and discovering a mostly dismantled set of defenses on the train car.  I built it back up and ended the day 25,000 points ahead of where I was yesterday.

I took a different path than normal and headed out toward the Transamerica Pyramid this evening.  I discovered some cool art and some really well hidden in plain sight historical markers.

Playing for two hours straight made me start to view streets not by their names but by the portals that they contained.  Without even realizing it, I was in Chinatown and had to head over to the Curran to once again lose the Book of Mormon lottery.

I did my normal portal route on the way to the theater but had captured six others for the Resistance from territory I hadn't charted before.  I got my first media drop file as well.  I really enjoyed the experience and had a nice walk through an awesome city as well.

I have started to picture the portals as I walk, as I imagine Neo saw code in the matrix.  This game experience is a lot more immersive than I anticipated.

One of my favorite portal captures of the night was the Site of Ship Niantic which I have shared here.