"SHIT"REP#5 - Operation G.I.R.L

Prologue

So "SHIT" links are frown upon. The longer it is, the deeper the frown will be.

:(

How it started

One fine day, I was toying with the idea of making the longest "SHIT" link. So far the longest "SHIT" link we had is around 3km. So, TPY to AMK? Deosn't seems long enough. Or shall we link other places while cutting through TPY? No..... how about, across the whole island?!

Welcome to "SHIT"REP #5 - Operation G.I.R.L. It stands for the Great Inland Resistance Link. Objective is to throw the longest INLAND link across Singapore, Mind you, INLAND, that means it will cut through 100% of the island mass, nothing less! But why? What's the point of it?

Just Because We Can!!

Planning

*Now this is something which I didn't talk about for the past few "SHIT"REP because, you know, details are boring. So, no details.*

Planning didn't start till the end of the previous Ops. The idea is there, the anchors are there, but that's all. Which means, everything have to be done within one week. You might be thinking, one week, it's hard but is it even impossible? Well, considering it's my first island-wide Ops, it really is.Therefore, I would like to use this opportunity to thank @casino89 and @GreySm0ke for the guidance and support they gave me during this week. Without them, oh yes, this crazy idea will never become a reality.


OPS Silence

Ops Silence or not, at that point of time, everyone is having their dinner. Seriously, who cares about ingress when we're having dinner. Meanwhile, in any other normal ingress dinner gathering, there's always one or two RP8 with farming mods on them.


OPS

After dinner, that's when the action begins. Everyone started clearing their own blocking links at their own pace. Different sector does different stuff. Some are required to drive long distances to clear blocking links. Some are required to Jarvis more than 10 portals. Anyway, whatever is thrown to us, we managed to clear them all.

Right before the link is thrown

At 2137, with all the blocking links cleared, the green light is given to @Sharkzy to throw the link across to the East anchor. Mission accomplished!

Congratulations to @Sharkzy, who created the longest "SHIT" link in Singapore!

Or not....

You see, most of the active agents had already heard about this plan, be it by mouth or through invitation. However, what they don't know, is that there's a second phase. Not because by choice, but because it's really impromptu.


24 hours before the ops

There's a dinner gathering at the north side of Singapore. After dinner, we went to a small cluster nearby to farm. It was during that period of time @casino89 sold the idea to @wywy. She's interested in it, but need the time to plan. Therefore, we pass her some spare anchor keys before going back home.


7 hours before the ops

Finally @wywy get back to us and tell us that they're going to field towards the anchor. About the same time, @GreySm0ke told us that he managed to get the help of @3cX and @HansipTerpadu to clear some blocking links for a field down south. So other than having a field at the north, we're having another at the south!

North field fielded by @gs33x4m

And south by @AvaCarter

Total damage : ~4.1million mind & mackerel unit

Credits

To @daarling and @ShadoWyfm, thanks for going all the way out to the anchors to farm the keys for us. Saved us lots of trouble!

To @3cX and @HansipTerpadu, thank you so much for that last minute help. Without you guys, those two blocking links will prevent us from fielding over to that south anchor.

To @Golro and @cinnamonchurros, thanks for the pre-clears. Really relieve the load off one of the team who's in charge of that area.

Epilogue

To those guys who're thanking me for planning this Ops, thank the rest who join us for the fun instead. Because without you guys, no matter what the plan is, it will never be a success. Cheers!

Aww isn't this cute?

Planners

@casino89

@SlippersBoy

@GreySm0ke

@wywy

Keys supplier

@daarling
@ShadoWyfm
@GreySm0ke

Ground Team

@3cX (Batam)

@HansipTerpadu (Batam)
@ShadoWyfm
@natietta
@Blurblurrose
@Sharkzy
@Yennekon
@SlippersBoy
@elkie
@carsiao
@xterain
@marxtar
@casino89
@halette
@felicitous
@MANDOLA
@FlurryBlue
@maebelle
@SoupoftheDay
@ahzpek
@jyloh
@turtleism
@FluffyJing
@diamana
@laphard
@AvaCarter
@T3ddymon
@dragonbabyy
@gs33x4m

Intel Team

@GreySm0ke
@Echlori

Pre-clears

@Golro
@cinnamonchurros

Bonus photo

We did say we want beer. However, there're too many drivers, so no one is drunk after this. :(

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"SHIT"REP#4 - Star Burst

Prologue

This plan was conceived a couple of months ago by @litefoot. It was supposed to be a simple local ops. Well, supposed..


How it started off

After SBLA was released, a random topic pop up in the local chat room saying that we SHOULD do a starburst. The AMAZING plan we had was to max out the 4 mod slots with SBLA and then shooting out "SHIT" links all around TPY. We randomly picked one and from that day onwards, we started farming the keys whenever possible and let it grow in one of my MUFG capsule. Plan was made, plan was changed, and day by day, the keys grew. Finally when the time is right, we decided to execute this plan and invited everyone we can.

Interesting fact: On the day itself, a total of 95 keys was collected inside the MUFG capsule. Not a single one of them was mass farmed by any one of us. We just made detours here and there to collect them.


OPS Silence

@CalicoCat was the earliest to arrive, by about an hour. And because of that, I have to drag myself out of my bed. Protip: Being too late is bad. Being too early is not that good either. Alright, jokes aside, I still went down to Macdonald to find him and enjoy some lovely air-con.

Slowly, agents started streaming in bit by bit. One table, two table, suddenly we occupied one corner of the restaurant. It's amazing to see such a huge turn up.


OPS

Once everyone arrived, we dragged out the ICs and do a briefing plus passing of keys. Next we head over to the anchor of the starburst to hack a few more keys just in case there's retaliation from the ENLs. Once everyone is ready, we move out to our location and prepare ourselves.


Phase 1 (Starburst)

At 1.32am, @GreySm0ke gave the call to start ops. @ahzpek jarvised the anchor and started the 1 hour countdown. Right after that, links started flying towards the anchor. The whole thing lasted for about 10 min.

It looks real pretty on the ground

Phase 2 (Jellyfish)

At 1.47am, we started Phase 2. The idea is to link up the perimeter so it will look like a jellyfish. This is rather problematic as majority of the agents aren't local players and borders are rather hard to identify on the ground. This took quite awhile before we get it done.

                       

                     

Close enough i guess?

In the mean time, our poor anchor guardian is getting attacked.

Phase 3 (Ice Cream Cone)

This phase is hampered by blocking links. Teams who finished early got sent over to clear them. Next we get another car to go down to the last anchor with pre-farm keys to do the finishing touch. Thanks god @ShadoWyfm noticed that there's 12 keys and get @Felicitous to throw in a SBLA.

And with that, at 2.34am, marks the end of our ~1 hr Starburst Ops!!

That will be 96 links in total. 

                    

We did say it's an ice cream, but it look more like a Location Pin instead.

That's all? No "SHIT"?

Sadly, with the North side of Toa Payoh getting fielded up by us, no "SHIT" link can be done. However, something "SHIT" did happen.

@GreySm0ke reported that the net AP gain by smashing that anchor would be roughly 57k. 57K?! That means we must JARVIS as quickly as possible so that no easy AP would be given to anyone! That being said, it still took us about 15 min before we JARVIS it. Then this happen..

So apparently @Ozyrel was on the way, trying to get that easy AP. However, he was literally late by 1 minute. I really feel sorry that he took the effort to come all the way down and not getting much in the end. 

Epilogue

One of the reason why this ops is so successful is because of the overwhelming manpower we had. Really appreciate the help we got from those who took the time to come down and make AMAZING plan of ours a reality.

For the two Hong Kong agents, didn't manage to converse much with you guys because I know nuts about Cantonese language. But I still hope that you guys did enjoy this ops.

Ground Team

@ShadoWyfm
@reflecto
@Felicitous
@laphard
@AvaCarter
@SlippersBoy
@elkie
@Carsiao
@diamana
@MANDOLA
@stingerx
@Sharkzy
@FlurryBlue
@casino89
@halette
@ahzpek
@MichaelTwj
@CalicoCat

Special thanks to our two visiting Hong Kong agents

@JeffMo and @KuzKent

Intel

@GreySm0ke

number of frogs we MIGHT annoyed : At least one i guess?
number of smurf we MIGHT annoyed : This stats is getting useless after a while huh...

Bonus Picture

Even after we JARVIS that anchor, there's a ghost field lingering about for another 24 hours. 7th month, ghost field, coincidence? Hmmm....

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"SHIT"REP#3 - Field Art

Prologue 

The initial idea was given by @halette to do a spiral. Now, field art is tricky as you need a nice cluster which is big enough to link around, big enough to be seen on the Intel Map and stays green most of the time so there's no need to deal with RES blocking links. Thus, Kim Keat Temple was chosen as the location.


How it started off

The idea passed on from @halette to @casino89 and finally to me. So i started linking dots on the Intel Map to see what i can come up with and post it in the group chat. Couple of days later, @reflecto's with his unknown artistic side improved my spiral into a snail.

Tadaaaa~!

What's next?

With the plan ready, @casino89 managed to get some last minute manpower to help with the field art. So all we need to do now is wait for the sun to set, moon to come out, the ENLs to sleep, and the vampires to come out ...

12mn

We meet up at Sensory Park for a ritual supper and wait for everyone to arrive. However, due to some unforeseen circumstances, our manpower got cut by 2. 

  

This picture isn't mine, but it's what i had for supper

1.20am

Moved off to our appointed location and start doing what we're supposed to do. Nothing much happen. My only complain is that the portals are giving me VR items instead of keys.


2:04am

Mission accomplished! Everything is darn smooth. In fact, we're expecting resistance as one of the portals we used is the home portal of a local ENL.

A snail.

A snail with moss.

So what's next?

Mandatory "SHIT" linking of course! The two cars went separate ways; SW gang to the mossy area, ours down to Balestier to throw links all around (@FlurryBlue is our guest "SHIT" linker for the night). For some reason, East Asia Institute of Management got used as an anchor again. A brief background story of this portal: This portal is the first portal we used a SBLA on for more "SHIT" links! Once the moss got cleared by the SW gang, links and SBLA were thrown. Seriously, if no one needs them, they can pass it to us so that we can maximize it's potential.

This is god sent.

Due to the position of our snail, not much can be done at the southern part of TPY. So we moved on to continue with our shenanigans. Took us about 3 hours to form this fine piece of art.

I call this "Scudo del West"

Epilogue 

This is the first time I've attempted field art here in TPY. Was rather worried that it might not be a successful one even though it's simple.

As for our guest, the SW gang, I'm sorry that i forgot that there's another cluster at Lor 8 that can be smashed and shit linked. Don't think you guys get to do much other than clearing the moss for us, terribly sorry. Thanks for the help with everything though!



Ground Team :

@halette
@MrFoxeye
@nattieta
@baronheinrich
@Sharkzy
@SlippersBoy
@stingerx
@MichealTwj
@casino89
@FlurryBlue

Intel:

@GreySm0ke

Notable Mentions

@reflecto : for his artistic(?) talents
@mandola : for mistaking the event to be on the next day instead. :(
@diamana : overslept. :(


number of frogs we MIGHT annoyed : they should be used to it by now, right?
number of smurf we MIGHT annoyed : 0. What's new?

Bonus Picture

My snail :(

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"SHIT"REP#2 - Blue Samosa with some vegetables

This is a repost of what we did on the 16th of August.

Ok, this time round we didn't do anything "SHIT", but to keep the theme going, let's just close one eye.


Prologue

Saturday night, supper, single guys. Guess what's next?


How it started off

There's really nothing plan ahead before this day. Everything was impromptu. It started off when @casino89 noticed a long stray link which prompts me to check my intel map. Now that's a long link, from Bishan to St Andrews. Remember what I preached the last "SHIT"REP? We're gonna fix that!

What happen?

After a quick ops planning, we meet up for supper to recharge ourselves for the night. Next, we went around throwing jarvis on portals with blocking links. Blah blah the usual big field SOP. However, at the western anchor, that's when the "SHIT" happen.

I thought you say you guys did nothing "SHIT"?

On the way onto our third anchor,@casino89 said that he will drop me at the western anchor to throw the field while they proceed back to TPY to clear the last remaining green links. Let's see....I'm a Buddhist and it's the 7th lunar month. F_ _ _ ME! Oh well, a big field over TPY is more important, so i alighted the car at the western anchor and waited for the green light to field.

Cars flew past me at high speed. Some slowed down a little and gave me that "why are you here at 2am?" look. Taxi horned at me wondering if i need a lift back home. It seemed long, i doubt it is, and the green light was finally given by @GreySm0ke to throw the field.

 Easy ~36k MU

Epilogue

So you see, we TPY player don't just create "SHIT" links. We're good people who clean up the mess even if it's not done by us. #PositiveKarmaPoints  



Ground Team: 
@casino89
@stingerx
@slippersboy(myself)

Intel
@GreySm0ke

number of frogs we MIGHT annoyed : I guess the whole of tpy?
number of smurf we MIGHT annoyed: 0 again! (we're throwing it over TPY, how many smurf can we annoy? :D)



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"SHIT"REP#1 - OPS SUPPER

This is a repost of what we did on the 19th of July.

Prologue

It started off with a random suggestion from one of our TPY agents to have supper around sensory park (for those who don't know, it's the best place to gain AP in TPY). 

How it started off

After a quick supper, we're bored so @casino89 suggested to drive around Potong Pasir to clear some green to increase my UPC/UPV count. Nothing exciting happen other than us throwing shit links around (i'm sorry if we annoyed anyone, both frogs and smurfs, with our god damn awful links.) After that, we're prepared to go home and call it a day. I mean, it's already 1.30AM++ in the morning. We should be sleeping right? BUT....

What happen?

On our way back through PIE, we noticed some juicy anchor along Balestier. Since we have the car, why not? So we turn in, and start smashing everything we see till we reach the anchor. That's when the "SHIT" happen.@casino89 is known to be a strong believer of "See Picture Just Link". From that anchor, he started throwing links back to Potong Pasir. The rest of us follow him because not much harm is done since all you need to do is to jarvis, no i mean wait for frogs to smash the anchor (no, this is a SHIT rep. please don't do this on a regular basis). Until one of those links he threw created a field. Long links are bad till we cover them up to become a field. :D

That's all right?

On our way back, we did some minor legit fielding. Till one stray green link appear in front of us. Remember, long links are bad till we cover them to become a field. So being real good-boy ingress players who want to gain some karma points, we decided to clear that link for the sake of everyone. We trace the link back to Tan Tock Seng Hospital and start smashing it. 

More SHIT links?

Yes.@maebelle was the one who started the whole thing. He noticed that links can be thrown back to TPY and Thomson Road. And sure thing, being high on air, we started laughing and throwing out all possible links that can be thrown, majority back to TPY. The result? Ugly.

Long links are bad!

So in order to not get scolded by the community, we decided to spend the next 1 hour doing CWO. We went down a little further of novena, then back up to Thomson Road and lastly back to TPY to mend up what we've done. 

Points to bring home after reading this "SHIT"rep

1) Long links are bad till we cover them up to become a field.
2) Mending SHIT links is a tedious job.
3) TPY players are all vampires.

Epilogue

Everything was really impromptu and nothing was planned before hand. We had fun doing stuff we rarely do by breaking a few rules which we usually obey (shit linking for most part). After all, ingress is a mobile game and games are supposed to be fun! :D


Ground Team: 
@casino89
@stingerx
@maebelle
@slippersboy(myself)

Intel (for last minute intel map check up)
@michealtwj

number of frogs we MIGHT annoyed : probably 3
number of smurf we MIGHT annoyed: i think 0? (since everything is done around TPY)

Juicy anchor

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