raven
06/04/01 05:05 PM
205.188.200.156
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What is your favorite Battlemech and why?? Please chose one Clan and and one Inner Sphere. Also keep it to Fasa official designs only.
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Bob_Richter
06/04/01 05:12 PM
4.35.174.250
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My favorite 'Mech?
Overall?
Warhawk/Masakari. There's still a little munchboy left in me, and it holds some senitmental value since it's the 'Mech Munchboy tried out in.
My favorite IS 'Mech would have to be....
(long, vacant pause as Bob contemplates....)
...a very difficult decision.
I prefer the 3025 era for IS tech and so my favorite design would be...
...something in the original 3025 tech readout.
Let's try this again.
uh.....Thunderbolt.
Those things are unnaturally tough, and no slouch for firepower either.
-Bob Richter
He who would have peace must first prepare for war
-Bob (The Magnificent) Richter
Assertions made in this post are the humble opinion of Bob.
They are not necessarily statements of fact or decrees from God Himself, unless explicitly and seriously stated to be so.
:)
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Karagin
06/04/01 05:15 PM
207.43.145.86
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I have two IS mechs that I like and will use if given the choice of picking my own mechs:
Highlander (90 tons) and the Shadow Hawk (55 tons)
Clan:
No set one, but I do like the Highlander IIC as well as the Behemoth. The Omnis are by far the best of the Clan mechs since they allow you more flexibility in combat with the weapons configs being changable etc...
Karagin
Karagin
Given time and plenty of paper, a philosopher can prove anything.
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The_Ogre
06/04/01 05:31 PM
199.43.32.21
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WHIIC is just one tough customer.
Grand Dragon is my favourite weapon combo. ( and a great looking mini)
"We will bring you the limp and beaten body of Bob Barker!"
"We will bring you the limp and beaten body of Bob Barker!"
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Warner_Doles
06/04/01 11:01 PM
206.27.48.9
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Inner Sphere:
3025: CGR-1A5 Charger
3062: CGR-SA5 Charger
Clan:
Nova Cat Omni
--Warner
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
-- Benjamin Franklin, 1759
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phoenix
06/04/01 11:04 PM
199.179.168.156
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Inner Sphere= Dragon Fire
Clan= Nova Cat
Phoenix
"I hear chopping, but I don't hear digging."
Phoenix
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The_Nice_Guy
06/04/01 11:12 PM
137.132.3.8
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IS 3025: Thunderbolt. The best mech in the heavy class by far.
IS 3062: Devastator. Incredible lon-range damage potential with low overheat!
Clan Front Line: Nobori-Nin or Stormcrow. These are the most versatile Omnis around.
Clan Second Line: Clint IIC. Don't know why, though.
The Nice Guy
Beyond common courage. The mark of a true soldier.
Beyond common courage. The mark of a true soldier.
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ErichRaulfestone
06/04/01 11:57 PM
24.131.211.1
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to be honest, a dead battlemech, not my own of couse.......but to choose, a thanatos
what does it mean to be a TRUE leader....ask those beneth you and you will learn......
Erich Raulfestone
Rangers, Lead the Way!
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"
And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"
Isaiah 6:8
......and I went......
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Bob_Richter
06/05/01 02:35 AM
4.35.174.250
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>>>3062: CGR-SA5 Charger<<<
Hay! No 'Mech you designed, even if they ARE official...:)
-Bob Richter
He who would have peace must first prepare for war
-Bob (The Magnificent) Richter
Assertions made in this post are the humble opinion of Bob.
They are not necessarily statements of fact or decrees from God Himself, unless explicitly and seriously stated to be so.
:)
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raven
06/05/01 05:24 PM
152.163.213.54
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I like the responses I am getting.
My favorite IS stock mech is definetly the CES-3R Caeser, I don't know why but I think it has to do with Marcus Gioavanti and Avanti's Angels.
My Favorite Clan Mech has got to be the Black Hawk Prime(Nova). I've been addicted to it since the original Mechwarrior 2 game.
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The_Ogre
06/05/01 05:26 PM
199.43.32.22
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A fun topic, and one that doesn't cause arguments.
Novel concept Raven, post more!
"We will bring you the limp and beaten body of Bob Barker!"
"We will bring you the limp and beaten body of Bob Barker!"
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Grizzly
06/05/01 07:50 PM
63.44.193.128
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3025: Grasshopper; it jumps and can fire everything and hardly a blip on the heat scale.
3050-3060: Awesome 9Q; four PPC's and the heat sinks to fire them, nuff said!
Clan: Timberwolf; versatile and deadly.
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he today that sheds his blood with me, shall be my brother"
"I am but mad north-northwest, when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw" Hamlet
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Grizzly
06/05/01 07:52 PM
63.44.193.128
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Bob, what do you think of the Eridani T-bolt? I actually prefer it over the standard.
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he today that sheds his blood with me, shall be my brother"
"I am but mad north-northwest, when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw" Hamlet
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Bob_Richter
06/06/01 05:47 PM
4.35.174.250
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I've found that variations on the T-Bolt tend to rob it of its godlike survivability, but jumpjets are cool too. :)
No, I like it, I've just never gotten the chance to play with it (don't play ELH, ya know.)
-Bob Richter
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur
-Bob (The Magnificent) Richter
Assertions made in this post are the humble opinion of Bob.
They are not necessarily statements of fact or decrees from God Himself, unless explicitly and seriously stated to be so.
:)
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SoyBigHead
06/06/01 11:10 PM
24.7.190.124
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i have to say 2 I.S. mechs
3025 Locust >=] (simply so much fun to be cratered by ANYTHING bigger)
3060 Bushwhacker; just looks bad...
clan im going with the Stone Rhino; i just love the weird laser-thingie over the cockpit, but then i suppose id have to love the Marauder-IIC then as well
"sometimes i feel like i dont have a partner; sometimes i feel like my only friend is the city i live in, the city of angels, lonely as i am, together we cry"
"lights out; guerrila radio; turn that --it up! aw he-- cant stop us now!"
"There are three types of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
-Mark Twain
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Bob_Richter
06/08/01 04:29 PM
4.35.174.250
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>>> -The Stoner Rhino's jump capability (3) is literally not worth using, because a mech
jumping three hexes is easier to hit than the jumping mech is to fire. <<<
Narrow munchkin thinking. Even three JJs helps a 'Mech move quickly over broken or uneven terrain. I actually had a calculation once to determine (based on the map surface it was on) if a 'Mech's JJs were worthwhile in this capacity. The Behemoths were in most cases, the SHD-2H's were only useful opn the Heavy Woods map.
-Bob Richter
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur
-Bob (The Magnificent) Richter
Assertions made in this post are the humble opinion of Bob.
They are not necessarily statements of fact or decrees from God Himself, unless explicitly and seriously stated to be so.
:)
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Bob_Richter
06/10/01 12:43 PM
4.35.174.250
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>>>-One of its base problems is that it comes with ten tons of fixed heat sinks. this means of
variants with gauss rifles or other low-heat weapons, it wastes lots of tons and many
criticals<<<
The problem, then, is that there are variants with Gauss Rifles or other low-heat weapons. The Masakari is not designed to carry autocannons, machine guns, missiles, or gauss. It's an energy boat.
>>>-Also, Endo Steel saves more weight than ferro-fibrous- about 3 tons!<<<
Woo.
>>>-Unfortuantely, almost every variant overheats way too much.<<<
Overheating is an OPTION, not a problem. Especially in cases such as the WarHawk.
>>>-I've made a variant where you add 3 Er-PPC's, 4 Jump Jets, a Targ.Comp. an AMS and
ammo, an ECM, and 4 more heat sinks. BV=3430. Much Fun!!!<<<
My WarHawk could whoop it, and it has a lower BV.
No jumpjets to stupidly inflate its value, and OH capability drops the BV nicely.
>>>>
-I agree that the Masakari is a good mech, except that I've made it many times better.<<<
No, you've made it many times more flavorless.
urk.
-Bob Richter
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur
-Bob (The Magnificent) Richter
Assertions made in this post are the humble opinion of Bob.
They are not necessarily statements of fact or decrees from God Himself, unless explicitly and seriously stated to be so.
:)
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DireWolf
06/10/01 05:20 PM
213.8.238.124
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I have a few.
Clan: The Dire Wolf (I have found that piloting it is quite a challenge since everyone is gunning for you), The Timber Wolf (The best multi-purpose 'Mech in Btech) and the Storm Crow (A smaller, faster, Timber Wolf).
IS: MAD-3R Marauder. I love the way that Battlemech looks !
-LeV "Dire Wolf" Arris.
"Hate is the emotion that will cause a man to journey to hell. Love is the emotion that will cause a man to journey to hell, and back, just to do it again."
-Lt. Lev (Res. Inf.) "Dire Wolf" Arris, IDF.
"What is it like fighting the Wolf ? Imagine a lightning with legs, an earthquake with arms, a catastrophe with genius or just pure hell on wheels".
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Cabhammer
06/11/01 03:18 PM
208.225.218.202
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IS: Marik Cerberus. Gauss, ERPPC, DHS, and 6 MPLs. Whatever range you want to fight at, I will be there... ;-)
Other Contenders:
-MAD-3R: Classic heavy. Heat management is an art form.
-Panther: a little Slow, but it can shoot holes in anything it can't run from. Must wear a rising sun bandana and scream "Banzai" frequently during play to upset opponent.
-No Dachi: Moderate speed, MRMs, sword. These things are the modern T-Bolts...
-T-Bolt 9SE. Jumper, even weapons mix, good al around mech. Usually hangs in until the last shred of armor is left...
Clan:
Tough one. I like the Nova Cat D The one with 3 HLL and a LBX10. Lots of HS and a Targeting Computer make this thing nasty. Head shots for 17 are frequent. Heck, even body shots for 17 are painful. Once you open big holes with the lasers, shoot some chunky cluster rounds in to find crits.
Other Contenders:
-Daishi S. It jumps, has LPLs, max armor, and an AC20, say no more...
-Grendel Prime. I just like this mech, kind of like a Clan Wraith but better... ;-).
-Kraken. Big, infinite die rolls, infinte crits. Fun with MGs at close range...
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Bob_Richter
06/11/01 03:19 PM
4.35.174.250
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>>>I was really not aware that you can taste mechs. I suppose you can when I DFA your head w/ my
JumpJets.<<<
I can. And yours doesn't taste good. (BTW, if you think you can ever get close enough to DFA me or actually LIVE THROUGH a DFA attack on my 'Mech, you are sadly mistaken.)
>>>Ok, overheating does not allow you to fire all of your weapons constantly and therefore not able to do
maximum damage constantly. The problem multiplies if you are forced to shut down or if your ammo
explodes (that's never fun)<<<
1) Why are you carrying ammo?
2) Why would you overheat yourself that badly?
Overheating is an option. It gives you more firepower in a pinch than you would have otherwise.
Many 'Mechs have logical firing patterns that allow them to generate slight overheat every other turn or so for a massive improvement in damage.
A fine example of just such a 'Mech is the AWS-8Q Awesome.
It has 3 PPCs and 28 heat sinks. It can overheat by 4 points a turn when firing and running.
Thus you have the following fire pattern: 3/2/3/2/3/2...ad nauseum. An average of 25 points of damage per turn.
The same effect can be achieved without overheating by replacing one PPC with an AC/5 (drop several HS for the extra ton required and ammo). Of course, this configuration has two obvious drawbacks: 1) Explosive ammunition 2) cannot generate 30 damage in any one turn.
So, as you see, overheating is an option.
>>>What is your Warhawk, Bob?<<<
Back to Warhawks, then. My favorite standard config is the C, which has 2 ER PPCs (30 heat) 2 Large Pulse Lasers (20 heat) and 23 DHS (46 cooling) Oh yeah, it also has a Flamer, but if you actually fire the silly thing, you're goofier than I thought.
While moving, I am effectively limited to three out of four weapons (though, in a pinch, I can use all four, -1MP is not that bad when you have an even MP value.) For difficult shots, I use the pulse lasers and one of the PPCs, still a not-too-bad 35 points damage per turn (at long ranges, remember). For closer shots, one of the Pulse Lasers drops out for a PPC, raising the damage to 40.
When standing still, all weapons come into play. I can fire the full arsenal (50 dmg) for 2 turns and then drop a PPC for one firing pattern or one cycle of full followed by a dropped pulse laser.
Of course, for my personal Warhawk, I like to toss in some close-range firepower to get anyone who comes close. In one configuration, the ER PPCs get dropped (Pulse Lasers are more accurate anyway) as do 3 of the heat sinks. One LPL shifts to the opposite arm, and each arm gains 2 Medium Pulse Lasers. (for a total of 20 tons and 36 heat) Munchboy's configuration also included an anti-missile system and a Streak SRM launcher or two. (since he had 8.5 tons to work with, having dropped the Flamer)
Of course, Munchboy hasn't piloted a WarHawk in years.
If I were to design a Warhawk configuration now...
...well, let's look at what I have for pod space.
32.5 tons, right?
I've learned a few things about ranged combat since I met a certain Wolf, so the first thing that goes in there is a quartet of ER Large Lasers (so that I cannot be outranged by a lighter 'Mech, but can still mete out punishment in appropriate doses). This occupies 16 tons, leaving 16.5.
since this arsenal will trouble me with 48 points of heat, the addition of three heat-sinks seems prudent.
leaving me with 13.5 tons of pod space.
I will fill the remaining space with 4 ER Medium Lasers (a 28-point punch at close range for only 20 points of my heat. Add in two of the ER Larges and it becomes a 48-point shock for 44 heat), a 4-ton Targeting Computer (it is, after all, a WarHawk), and an ATM-6 with two tons of ammunition. (allowing it to carry standard and HE rounds)
I have other configs, of course...
-Bob Richter
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur
-Bob (The Magnificent) Richter
Assertions made in this post are the humble opinion of Bob.
They are not necessarily statements of fact or decrees from God Himself, unless explicitly and seriously stated to be so.
:)
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Bob_Richter
06/11/01 04:55 PM
4.35.174.250
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The explosive ATM ammo is not an issue when your normal O/H levels are not sufficient to provoke an ammo explosion.
the BV is 2430, BTW.
Supernovas are great, as long as you have a lot of wide-open terrain and your opponent doesn't get to point-blank range with a TSM-powered hatchet and remove half of your heat sinks.
-Bob Richter
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur
-Bob (The Magnificent) Richter
Assertions made in this post are the humble opinion of Bob.
They are not necessarily statements of fact or decrees from God Himself, unless explicitly and seriously stated to be so.
:)
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Acolyte
06/13/01 09:46 AM
216.66.142.105
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I like the Marader. Just the way it looks.
As for the Clams, I like the MadCat.
And you can take a wild guess why.
Light a fire for a man, and you keep him warm for one night,
Light a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Acolyte
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Bob_Richter
06/19/01 02:21 AM
4.35.174.250
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Don't knock the Rifleman IIC. I would be a Smoke Jaguar Bondsman right now if my Ursus hadn't gotten a lucky head hit on one of those monsters.
Scary.
-Bob Richter
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur
-Bob (The Magnificent) Richter
Assertions made in this post are the humble opinion of Bob.
They are not necessarily statements of fact or decrees from God Himself, unless explicitly and seriously stated to be so.
:)
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DireWolf
06/19/01 11:56 AM
213.8.243.212
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The Widowmaker :)
-LeV "Dire Wolf" Arris.
"Hate is the emotion that will cause a man to journey to hell. Love is the emotion that will cause a man to journey to hell, and back, just to do it again."
-Lt. Lev (Res. Inf.) "Dire Wolf" Arris, IDF.
"What is it like fighting the Wolf ? Imagine a lightning with legs, an earthquake with arms, a catastrophe with genius or just pure hell on wheels".
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DireWolf
06/19/01 05:17 PM
213.8.243.183
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Ruger is right. The transmissions of the first units fighting the Clans at the beginning of the invasion make for a far more interesting read.
-LeV "Dire Wolf" Arris.
"Hate is the emotion that will cause a man to journey to hell. Love is the emotion that will cause a man to journey to hell, and back, just to do it again."
-Lt. Lev (Res. Inf.) "Dire Wolf" Arris, IDF.
"What is it like fighting the Wolf ? Imagine a lightning with legs, an earthquake with arms, a catastrophe with genius or just pure hell on wheels".
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The_Ogre
06/19/01 05:23 PM
199.43.32.22
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What do you want?
It's Stackpole.
"We will bring you the limp and beaten body of Bob Barker!"
"We will bring you the limp and beaten body of Bob Barker!"
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DireWolf
06/20/01 02:43 AM
213.8.241.214
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I gather you have never faced a certain menace known as Star Captain Torc ?
-Star Colonel Lev Kerensky, 69th Wolf Assault Cluster, Beta Galaxy, Clan Wolf-in-Exile.
OOC:
That remaining Jaguar is played by Justin Xiang. And JX is damned good.
-LeV "Dire Wolf" Arris.
"Hate is the emotion that will cause a man to journey to hell. Love is the emotion that will cause a man to journey to hell, and back, just to do it again."
-Lt. Lev (Res. Inf.) "Dire Wolf" Arris, IDF.
"What is it like fighting the Wolf ? Imagine a lightning with legs, an earthquake with arms, a catastrophe with genius or just pure hell on wheels".
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DireWolf
06/20/01 02:47 AM
213.8.241.214
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Strange. I thought he gave no clue as to his liking or disliking of Victor. Face it, you are just reading something that is not there. I can tell you that when this scene began in the book, I knew who the guy behind the hood was. As for it being overused, I have read it so many times on the internet, in webpages, signatures and just as a plain quotes in posts its not even funny.
-LeV "Dire Wolf" Arris.
"Hate is the emotion that will cause a man to journey to hell. Love is the emotion that will cause a man to journey to hell, and back, just to do it again."
-Lt. Lev (Res. Inf.) "Dire Wolf" Arris, IDF.
"What is it like fighting the Wolf ? Imagine a lightning with legs, an earthquake with arms, a catastrophe with genius or just pure hell on wheels".
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Bob_Richter
06/20/01 08:50 AM
4.35.174.250
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There is nothing new under the sun...
...or under ANY sun for that matter.
If what you're looking for in novels is novelty, you're sure to be disappointed.
Of course, there are better things than mere novelty (novelty makes something good once, and never again.)
-Bob Richter
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur
-Bob (The Magnificent) Richter
Assertions made in this post are the humble opinion of Bob.
They are not necessarily statements of fact or decrees from God Himself, unless explicitly and seriously stated to be so.
:)
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raven
06/21/01 08:19 PM
64.12.105.168
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You know where JX is, do oyu know any information about his webzine Battletec, or could you pass the word on that a loyal reader really misses the webzine
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