[vcf-midatlantic] OT (maybe WAY OFF topic)

[Ethan]

> I was resisting to play this game, but I was curious. This is one of those
> fads that makes me curious and I wanted to see what it actually was and
> looked like. It will be one of those things we look back on 10 years from

I played Ingress. I remember capturing portals @ VCF East last year.

It's interesting that the Ingress game got so big.

I don't know how well it will last though, you will have the power people 
that just play it non-stop and become the kings of the game. Also strange 
communities with all their drama around it.

I used the same nickname I used on the BBS systems on Ingress and I must 
of run into 15 people from the old school BSS days on Ingress (many of 
whom were also using their BBS handles!) That part was wild to me.

The Ingress client kept getting "updated" and to the point where it would 
no longer run on my phone. When I upgraded I could play it again, but then 
they kept feature creeping it to the point of it not running. I like my 
cell phones with physical keyboards so I can use the control/esc keys 
for unix screen utility and stuff, so I'm stuck at the pinnacle of 
keyboarded Android phones which is pretty old.

So now I have to run Ingress or the Go thing on a tethered tablet or phone 
that is more capable of drawing crap when you really don't care about any 
of hte graphics.

Also, the entire idea of Pokemon is dog fighting.