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Evening Reading: Dragon Fade

by Garnett Lee, Dec 09, 2009 5:13pm PST

I started Dragon Age a couple weeks back and immediately got really into it (PC for those wondering and I highly recommend this route). This past weekend I got to a section named the fade and boy did they hit the nail on the head calling it that. My obsessive night-in and night-out roll playing the game came to a halt and while I'll get past this section it will be by force of will.

It so happened that over the weekend I also saw The Men Who Stare at Goats. Now this show's worst problem was that it wandered off aimlessly into the desert but the way the final cut wound up didn't do it any favors either. Wondering about what was left on the cutting room floor and whether it could have come together any better led to me thinking about how the whole movie post-production process could be examined to improve video games.

Okay, so clearly film is a whole other sort of media. It's one thing to shoot a number of different angles and takes for a scene but quite another to do something similar in a game. That doesn't mean the concept doesn't work; it just needs to be adjusted to the game production cycle. In the case of Dragon Age: Origins somewhere before the time got invested in creating all the Fade area someone needed to storyboard it or play it in a prototype or something and say, wait, this really disrupts the flow. Then they could have come back at and figured out how to get across the cool mystical parallel world element of the Fade as it relates to the game world without breaking the pacing of the overall experience.

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Garnett Lee.

Just talking about whatever

Dec 09, 2009 5:14pm PST

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Has anyone noticed that the Dragon Age story, (not each piece but the overall story) is pretty much an exact copy of the NWN2 story?

Dec 09, 2009 5:20pm PST

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Why does everyone hate the Fade? I loved that part.

Dec 09, 2009 6:40pm PST

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Dog people. It's my dogs first really cold weather since she was old enough to go on long walks and what not. I just took her and after about 10 mins she started picking up her paw and favoring different feet off and on. It is 23 degrees but there is ice and snow on the ground. She still wants to go out and play frisbee though, but that could be because she can keep up a much faster pace and keep moving. Anything I can do to still be able to take her for walks in the cold?

Dec 10, 2009 5:06pm PST

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- surly someone here has a dog in a cold climate. : DogDharma

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My White Elephant came from trOmblyj!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hUw1yUoYLE

WARNING I apologize in advance for some sections of the video being terribly loud. I annotated it to warn you to turn down your volume during the musical portions of the presentation. :)

Thanks trOmblyj for the awesome WE and thanks Sikander for organizing this thing again!

Dec 09, 2009 8:53pm PST

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what are your favorite movies of all time? Mine have changed drastically over the past 5 years. I tend to like old foreign films the most. Shit was just so much more original back then. These days it's all about what will make the most money. I'm not saying there aren't good movies being made each and every year. The movie industry is just much more commercialized now it seems.

1. 8 1/2
2. Aguirre The Wrath of God
3. The Fire Within
4. Before Sunset
5. The Fountain

Dec 09, 2009 8:32pm PST

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Is there a reason why i should not go with this board?

Intel DP55WB Motherboard - Intel P55, Socket LGA1156, micro ATX, 8 Channel Audio
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4914874&Sku=I69-2200

It's the cheapest P55 motherboard I could find on this site. It'd go with some 4890 video card, 4gb ram, and i5 750 cpu.

Dec 09, 2009 10:28pm PST

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San Diego will win the AFC West!!!

Dec 09, 2009 5:14pm PST

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PixelJunk Shooter is being relesaed today. It's going to be the first time I buy anything from the PlayStation Store.

What other games on the PS Store are worthy of purchase? I'm thinking about getting Flower, but what else?

Dec 10, 2009 3:04am PST

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Anyone see the Christmas episode of Modern Family?
Haven't laughed so hard watching a TV show in a while. It's also touchy-feely.

How's The Middle btw? I stopped following that after the first couple of episodes. Seemed like one family sitcom too many.

Dec 10, 2009 8:11am PST

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There is a new zelda ds? Why aren't you guys talking about it?

Dec 09, 2009 6:05pm PST

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HoN

I had a good game as pharoah last night, he is such an awesome hero, and especially deadly after getting staff of the master.

Although, I am sad to say that while playing with a noob friend of mine in a "noob" SD game that I became the culprit of HoN flaming and I felt like a dick after becuase I hate when people do that to me :(
They guy was blood hunter and he silenced me twice (Soul Reaper) right before team fights :(
After the second time I made some rude comments and he ragequit, it was his second game.

Honesty though, how the fuck do you know what ANYTHING in this game is when you start out? I think it would be benneficial to read a shitton of stuff before you actually play the game.

1. about the game mechanics/terminology in general
2. about types of heroes (support/carry/tank etc.) AND what EACH heros skills are
3. read about ITEMS ITEMS ITEMS (this can be generally leared from reading maybe 1-2 hero guides)
4. If you cant get this far you have no chance anyway

Dec 10, 2009 5:38am PST

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So, after reading a few reviews, especially this one:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/barnes-and-noble-nook-review/

I was starting to get a little worried about picking up the nook. Since shipments had been delayed, I didn't have mine yet and I was getting afraid that I was just going to turn around and return it since I already have a Kindle.

However, we went into a B&N store that has a demo unit and I got to play with it for a little while, assuaging my fears and making me look even more forward to the device. The build quality seems to be quite a bit higher than the Kindle, with ridges along the back for gripping along with a rubberized back to help hold on to it. The device is a little thicker, too, making it feel just a little more like a book, but also a bit smaller than the Kindle without the ridiculous keyboard at the bottom. The page buttons are integrated into the frame, so the issue I currently have with the Kindle (the page buttons are a bit cheap and I've already started to wear mine out) don't seem like they'll be much of a problem.

The big concern I had was with just how slow the nook appeared in the video and was talked about in the reviews. However, after using the one in the store, I have to wonder if the review models had a pre-1.0 firmware because the device was really no slower than my Kindle. Also, the fonts seemed much crisper and better suited to print, though that's probably my personal preferences.

All in all, it comes across as a really slick eReader that in the next year or two should become something amazing. B&N has already started mentioning that due to the device being an Android machine, that people may be able to write small apps for it in the future.

Now, to be fair, the touchscreen isn't the best (it's no iPhone, for sure), but since it's mostly a navigational tool without the need to be extremely responsive, I can give it slack. It does what it should, without any fuss, and removes what I considered the absolute worst feature of the Kindle.

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Hot sauce menz:

What's your favorite? I've only recently (in the last year or so) really started enjoying hot sauce on my foods, but I haven't a clue what's good and what's not beyond the few I've tried from the grocery store.

I'm also curious if there's a handy guide to popular brands and their hotness compared to each other, or in terms of scoville units.

Dec 09, 2009 9:33pm PST

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I found this crazy video that this guy living in China posted. Apparently he noticed food missing in his apartment and it wasn't his girlfriend eating it. So he set up a camera to record his apartment during the night and this is what he found.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06X9qXTvKNQ&feature=player_embedded#

Dec 10, 2009 5:53am PST

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I thought I should mention that I love life up here in tropical queensland. Many of you will be waking up soon, whilst I will probably be sleeping, so have a good day! Carry on my wayards sons.

Dec 10, 2009 3:57am PST

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ALLLLLRIGHTY... White Elephant Post time.

This one is a DOUBLE whammy. We have freakynipples69 AND jamesray featured in this writeup of doom...minus the Doom, but with some bonus Diablo instead.

Since it's a double-penetration WE...I'll put it in reply.

Dec 09, 2009 11:10pm PST

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      Ahh yes...done! : devnullgt
    - not for the people on the west coast! : Jikim
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    a boomerang! color me jealous : RikiTiki2
    - Yes, that is so far my favorite WE item. : kallanta
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    That is the mother fucking ULTIMATE WARRIOR action figure. Do not call it a doll. Fucking awesome gift. : ant_hillbilly
    - please dont kill me : devnullgt
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    Wow, lucky you.. two WEs in one year haha : sikander
    - Yea, it's kind of awesome : devnullgt
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  - I remember really enjoying scrapland when it came out. Nice haul. : getfrisky

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My White Elephant Came From Indosauros!!

In Reply!

Dec 09, 2009 10:12pm PST

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  - Awesome haul. Sins of a Solar Empire and Supreme Commander are great if you like RTS. : DrWaffles
  - woo! :D yay! I love all these WE posts tonight! :D : Galadriel07
  - that elephant diagram is pretty sweet : Mmmmmoo
  - Woot another WE received! : ant_hillbilly
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Holy crap $5,500 USD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S_3klbPQo4&feature=rec-rev-rn-1r-5-HM

Those specs are still excellent, im sure it can handle any game still. But damn.
Future proofed indeed.

Anyone else recently done this?

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  - again.. all that and a 9800GT? what a maroon. : industro
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  - I mean how could you say no to those dirty pink pants. : deskill
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Most people wouldnt admit this, but

Have you ever played a single MMO for 3 or more years?

Dec 10, 2009 4:28am PST

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- More than one, actually. Played AC longer than that, then of course there's WoW. Why would we not admi... : asylumn
- Why wouldnt they? Rather, why wouldn't most MMO-playing types readily discuss their hobby? : biskits
- Still playing WoW, have been since vanilla. : the_burd
- Yes, World of Warcraft. : Bamii
- Only DAoC, but I never played it for 3 years straight. More off and on since it was released. : DerHuhnTeufel
- Sure, I've been playing WoW since launchday. Don't have an active account currently, due to lots of games... : enyakk
- Ultima Online :) : jbury
- Asheron's Call : Rehevkor
- I played Ultima Online from September of 1997 until sometime in 2001 or 2002. I was playing regularly (i... : Omaha
- No and never played one. Zero interest. : Nitrium
- Eve Online; my account has been active for nearly 6 years, but I haven't really played in probably a year... : zerog83
- Star Wars Galaxies - 3 Years World of Warcraft - 4 Years : Zoomba77
- I've had an active World of Warcraft account since launch in Nov 2004, but I have several long periods of... : Dechter
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- What?! For the Horde!!!! : mystifier
- Everquest was the only one, about 6 years WoW, Eq2, AoC and LotRO are around 2 years each. : chadg033
- Warcraft, and maybe Asheron's Call : Sapiens
- EQ way back : retardhumper
- WoW :( : chuck577
- EQ and WoW. : Salad Sammich
- Ultima Online, still play it today. : Ziz
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- 10 days trial were enough to turn me off. : guigr
- Been playing WoW since launch so a bit over 5yrs now. : Crw22
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Heheh, so true, bring on natal baby!

http://www.duelinganalogs.com/comic/2009/12/04/guest-strip-by-ross-nover/

Dec 10, 2009 5:47am PST

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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.nintendopower.com/images/NP250_DLmega.jpg

Dec 09, 2009 5:18pm PST

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WTF Gmail?

It's not blocking anything I mark as spam, and it's letting in everything that was previously marked as spam.

Please fix. Very annoying.

Dec 10, 2009 5:57am PST

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hobby menz
So my car has been totaled, and I'm most likely gonna buy a Honda Accord with the payout and get out of cars and modifying for a very long time. Cars have consumed my life for the past 2-3 years, so now I'm kind of left without a hobby. What should I take up?

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  You totaled your g35? Story? : ant_hillbilly
  - dude ran a red light and plowed into me going 40mph : arizona bay
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  sucks man :( get into the gym. : FrayLo
  - lol thanks : arizona bay
- ever done R/C Car racing? It's fun! : g0nk
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  - I had an apple today! : Deathlove
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    Can someone explain the bloody nose thing with that guy? : Dave-A
    - Hey Dave, you like to party? : Afterglow
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  drinking : filtersweep
  - Also, what the fuck happened to your car? : filtersweep
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  learn a new language and take up cooking. : akirabob
  - actually this, do you have time to cook? even once a week? i love cooking. i am trying to learn more a... : FrayLo
  - actually this, do you have time to cook? even once a week? i love cooking. i am trying to learn more a... : FrayLo
- craft beers and homebrewing; fatalistic fiction novels; japanese reality TV; taboo (the board game); cook... : EvilDolemite
- Build custome computers and donate them to me. : Rigg5
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  You can';t just come on here asking for a hobby, a hobby is something that interests you. My hobby is pla... : boomstickah
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    guys i need to find something that i enjoy! what should that be?? : EvilDolemite
    - Posting more on the shack. : Rigg5
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  - sold my motorcycle when i got into professional school. ive worked too hard to get killed off before i r... : arizona bay
- Create music : posito
- Switch from cars to motorbikes. Half the cost and ten times the fun. : Drewus
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  Train for a 1/2 Marathon. It's not that hard. Running at a 10-11 minute mile pace is really easy. : Sailor of Fortune
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    - If you don't run slower than that pace, you'll see lots of hot chicks and make it to get free beer at the... : Sailor of Fortune
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- like the above poster, maybe a triathlon too : hobosapien
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      I'm really sorry. It sucks to have something you really enjoy taken from you. : Merconium
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  - take up homebrewing : skanky08
- Video-gaaaaaamessss : Dusty_Slim
- Were you really working on your car that much? The G35 shouldn't require that much maintenance. : CrustaR
- do you grow your own or do you have to keep buying it? : kokujin

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Awesome! DiRT 2 just informed me that my autosave was corrupt and so I had to create a new one, which means I lost all of my offline and online progress from the past two days. I of course didn't have my My Games folder backed up anywhere either, since I didn't anticipate this.

Is there any special procedure for backing up save game folders in Windows? Should I be backing them up from my Steam folder as well? I'm so new to modern PC gaming and its problems.

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    - Same for me really... I remember playing Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers. I finally manage to finish t... : nephilem
- If you're using Vista or higher, right-click the folder and "Restore previous versions". Shadow Copy migh... : Arctic Fox

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I would pay $50 for a Blu-Ray of Hunt for the Red October with updated, non green tint CG effects.

Dec 09, 2009 6:52pm PST

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    - Damnit iPhone. Heaed = heard : oldRivers
    - Buddy Christ, wirh = with : oldRivers
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- next time Lunatic Angelic, put it in a god damned memo : Fooldozer
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  - And worth every penny. : stump
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Grand Theft Auto 4

I finally went back and finished the mission in the old hospital. Last time I got lost and couldn't find my way out and got gunned down in a corner by he SWAT team. Doh.

Shit, Michelle just NARC'd on me! Now I got the Russian Mafia, the police, and the DEA/FBI after me!

Things are looking bad for Niko Bellic. At least Roman and Brucie are always thinking positive. Alpha, bro, alpha!

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Christ almighty, this is a great idea:
http://www.firebox.com/product/1388/The-Beerbelly?via=ser

Only downside is that you are humiliating yourself for pint, but then again whats new.

Dec 10, 2009 5:37am PST

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- holds 4 pints! : retardhumper
- haha, that's great. : moshman

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Portable or web-based FTP apps?

Dec 10, 2009 5:57am PST

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- http://www.net2ftp.com/ I've used this in the past; you're limited on the size of uploads and download... : Omaha
- Filezilla portable : MagicWishMonkey

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ATTN SOCCER MENZ

UEFA Champions League latests results and standings, in reply

Dec 10, 2009 3:38am PST

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I didn't mind the fade the first time through DA:Origins. But you know how sometimes when you are replaying through a game there are those parts that you really don't look foward to doing again. The Fade would be one of those. It wouldnt be so bad if they didnt stock all the permamant stat increases in the fade thus making it crucial to fully explore and take up an hour or more to get it done.

Dec 10, 2009 5:52am PST

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Jury duty :( my civic duty sucks ass!

Dec 10, 2009 4:51am PST

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Jury duty :( my civic duty sucks ass! : pancake humper
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- whats the case about? : Techy007
- I've had 5 summons this year only to have the trial called off /cancelled. I'm feeling a little blue-bal... : MamiyaOtaru

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Hey english speaking dudes. I have to do a report in english, for the first time ever, and I'm kinda at a loss. The word for word translated recipe of the contents of the report is as follows: 1) Introduction 2) Problem description 3) Solution description 4) Conclusion. Could you use those? Or are there other, correct ways of saying "Problem description" and "Solution description"?

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- The term: "problem description" gets thrown around a lot so i would say its perfectly valid. Never heard ... : Klebold
- English, not english. : Marrbe
- "Solution description" == "Method"? : uncleanmonkey

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I'm probably the last person on the net to see this but balloon bass is pretty bad ass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5l_Se8C_pw

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- Wow, awesome. : menar003
- good stuff : giant boy detective
- Haha, sweet. : quadeh
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  that balloon is pretty cool sounding : mrvandelay
  - Yeah, it has a natural distortion that sounds really great. : giant boy detective
- that is awesome : yacoub35
- hot damn !!! : ghost hacker
- i didn't know sparkly played the balloon. : ucanbfuzzy
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  - Sounded like the music from Spy Hunter : Robotic Puppy Eater
  - you've never heard the Peter Gunn theme before? Henry Mancini FTW. : Old_Fart
- That's pretty damn cool. : thetangent
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  damn that is lame and awesome at the same time! : Borzoi
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      A good percussionist can make most anything sing. Too bad I still suck at drums :(. One day!!!!! : quadeh
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- That is pretty impressive : ColoradoCNC
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  hi, my name is Andy and I play this BOX hahah, awesome : stuka
  - That was my favorite part, and the box drum was awesome. : ZTac
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  - Neato. : Lone Swordsman
- That is cool! : khaosman

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