Notice anything weird about this town?
Hosette-ING
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Check out this map. Anything jump out at you?
That grid pattern caught my eye immediately. When I started looking more closely I noticed that nearly every single wayspot in the town is a mural. Several of the murals are in the middle of fields. That's not fishy at all, right?
It looks like the murals are legitimate but there's no way that the placement is accurate. Without street view how could Niantic or anyone else possibly correct this?
Thanh Thuy, Bình Sơn, Quảng Ngãi
https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=15.325968,108.873237&z=17&pll=15.325968,108.873237
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So like giving it the benefitty benefittest of the doubt, I would say that they were submitted by a pogo player who knew about cells and submitted only things that would turn into pokestops, and that any murals in the area that wouldn't be stops were just ignored.
But I doubt that and this looks heIIa sus. @NianticGiffard Is it possible to look into this?
@GearGlider-ING Yeah, maybe, except that sat view gives the game away pretty hard. The attached image is the worst of it, but there's lots more to be found. Whoever did it wasn't even trying to look legit.
Thanks for surfacing this, @Hosette-ING, and sharing your input @GearGlider-ING! This does seem slightly off, I will share this with the team for their perusal. I'll circle back if we have any information to reveal afterward.
Can you please circle back with a more clever post than "benefitty benefittest?"
Thank you, @GearGlider-ING, for making my day.
And good post, @Hosette-ING. It's a shame we likely know why this happened.
Giving it the highest honor a reviewer can bestow upon a submitter, the most benefitty benefittiest medal of the doubt.
"Slightly off". "SLIGHTLY OFF !!!" You could make a Monty Python sketch out of this comment.
Were Niantic a UK company I could understand this comment, as to a UK reviewer it means "Good lord, these bounders have no respect for authority and have completely ignored any and all of the criteria guidelines, they could probably do with a damm good thrashing" followed by the sound of your pipe stem snapping between clenched teeth.
I would expect a little less reticence from a US organisation. When did you move from Blighty?
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@sogNinjaman-ING i did laugh very hard. might have to circle back to the loo
@sogNinjaman-ING HA! Well played.
To be fair, Niantic has a worldwide presence, and they do have an office in London. Given the timestamp I would guess that Giffard is in Europe or Asia.
that even funnier with the whole city:
I also like this wall art which is in mid of an open field/meadow:
@LukeAllStars-PGO Yeah, that does seem slightly off.
I'll admit that I sort of want to go there. The art looks cool, and that's 93 unique captures... though probably fewer since I'm not going to go stomping through someone's fields to get to the supposed painted walls that are there.
I wonder how many accounts that person used to get those all approved.
though probably fewer since I'm not going to go stomping through someone's fields to get to the supposed painted walls that are there.
Do it. Go there, stand in the middle of the field and yell "This is an EX-portal!!"
I don't think that the artwork is actually there. All of the pictures are in a strange format looking like they got snipping tooled out of some other artwork. My intention would be "fake".
@LukeAllStars-PGO That was my original impression as well, but I did my homework before I posted this. I went hunting and discovered that the town is well-known for its murals, and many of the images on the wayspots were featured. (Article linked in the original post, "murals are legitimate".) It's painfully obvious that many are misplaced.
Maybe a PGO player created them extra like this. Okay, thats unlikely xD
The Maps marker shows a lot of those wall arts. Maybe they are located over there:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/L%C3%A0ng+B%C3%ADch+h%E1%BB%8Da+3D+Thanh+Thu%E1%BB%B7/@15.3234185,108.8750885,17.67z/data=!4m15!1m7!3m6!1s0x0:0x0!2zMTXCsDE5JzMxLjEiTiAxMDjCsDUyJzI2LjYiRQ!3b1!8m2!3d15.325295!4d108.874063!3m6!1s0x31684a738f333939:0xecee576f66cbc7c6!8m2!3d15.3252228!4d108.8736199!9m1!1b1
No way is that legit 😂 most of them are placed in the centre of the cells. They knew what they were doing
Yeah, definitely deliberate and I agree that they're probably legitimate things that are deliberately misplaced. @LukeAllStars-PGO has probably ferreted out the correct location, and common sense says most of them will be around the town center.
If I was doing a deep-dive analysis of this I'd expect to discover that the same set of reviewers were the majority vote on most or all of them. I'd expect to turn up a small number of multi-accounters doing the reviews. (This paragraph is entirely speculation.)
I also like the fact that this is by far the only location you could play the games there. Nothing in multiple kilometers distance.
Regardless, as an OCD it’s impressive
I apologize for the delay in writing back, @Hosette-ING. We have reviewed the report and have taken action on the 71 Wayspots and the 13 Wayfinders in accordance with our policies. While we are unable to discuss our actions in detail to protect the submitter’s privacy, they may include, but are not limited to, sending a warning message, placing restrictions on their Wayfarer, Pokémon GO, or Ingress account, putting their account on probation, or placing a temporary or permanent suspension on their Wayfarer, Pokémon GO or Ingress account. Thanks for helping us maintain the quality of the Wayspots.
Wooft thats a lot
@NianticGiffard Thank you for the update! And thank you for dealing with what was clearly an annoying set of things to try to resolve.
In looking at the map it seems that several were missed. From satellite view the following are clearly in the middle of empty fields, and can't possibly match the photos:
Bích họa Bão tố https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=15.323751,108.875634&z=17&pll=15.323751,108.875634
Bích họa Ngày mới https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=15.322502,108.874176&z=17&pll=15.322502,108.874176
Bích họa Đàn cá https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=15.32653,108.875593&z=17&pll=15.32653,108.875593
Bích họa Hoa https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=15.327279,108.875556&z=17&pll=15.327279,108.875556
Bích họa Mẹ https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=15.327719,108.874847&z=17&pll=15.327719,108.874847
Bích họa Đêm phố thị https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=15.327985,108.872634&z=17&pll=15.327985,108.872634
Bích họa Ký ức tuổi thơ https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=15.327668,108.871103&z=17&pll=15.327668,108.871103
These might be where they are purported to be but it seems unlikely.
Tượng Quan Âm Bồ Tát: https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=15.321104,108.873373&z=17&pll=15.321104,108.873373
Bích họa Tôm hùm https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=15.32203,108.872619&z=17&pll=15.32203,108.872619
Bích họa con Mắt https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=15.322571,108.87334&z=17&pll=15.322571,108.87334
We have taken necessary actions on these Wayspots as well. Thanks for flagging!
I think you should delete all portals in this area if you have investigated carefully about it.
If not i suggest you book a flight to be here and walking around this village to check member's report.
Having a nice trip!
So, the abusive activities by players in Vietnam is happened since last year. Now these players found this forum trying to defend their masterpiece.
What's your stance now, @NianticTintino @NianticGiffard @Danbocat-PGO @NianticVK @NianticAtlas ?
Seems 60% of the Ingress portals were retired.
@thundercracker1-ING If you scroll up in this discussion you can see Giffard's report on this. They deleted 71 on the first pass and probably another dozen or so the second.
Several of the fakes either remain or have been recreated.
Why would you assume Ingress players are spoofers while they have access to Ingress Intel Map?
@NianticAtlas @NianticVK please do your act already.
@TomTitBaoChau-PGO I don't know for certain which ones are fake, although the ones that are pinned in the middle of empty fields are pretty suspect, no?
I didn't have anything removed. All I did was say, "Hey, Niantic, this looks really suspicious and you might want to check it out." They did and they made some decisions based on their investigation.
@ZeroZeroZiete-ING Me? Nope. I saw this one when someone bragged about it elsewhere. I was curious so I took a look, and the fakery was immediately obvious.
Perhaps it's the cheaters who need to get another hobby or a real job?