Invites

So I am generally an extremely forgiving and patient person but I have to say even I am starting to get annoyed with the text only messages asking for an+Ingress  invite.

For those of you who are looking for invites and are frustrated, there is a reason that there are a limited number of them.  This game is a new technolog in BETA which means that it's not at full scale and I'm sure +Niantic Project is learning new things as they go.  And there are a lot of people who get an invite, play for a few hours, realize what's involved and then never come back.  For those of us invested in this it's a little frustrating.

I do have invites that I can give out but I am extremely selective about who I'll give them out to because I don't want to waste invites on someone who is not going to contribute to the community that we are building.  If someone is going to get an invite they actually have to put in some effort to show that they aren't just looking for an invite because it's cool.  To get the most out of this game you have to be willing to be a part of a community and work with other people.

In my case and I know several other cities in the same position we don't want just anyone joining because our factions are currently very imbalanced and we need people to stop joining one and join the other so the game will get more balanced in our area.  We would rather give out invites locally then from Niantic because we have a better idea of what's needed on the ground and we can talk to people before they start.

If you're not artistic than be creative in other ways to figure out how to get an invite.  A lot of people have invites but they are not going to give them out to some random person around the globe.  I think most areas have communities, so find your local communities and see if someone there has an invite and stop bugging +Joe Philley +Brandon Badger & +Anne Beuttenmüller 

Show everyone that you really want to play by putting in some effort and stop begging, complaining or trying to buy invites on ebay please!

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