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Re: The Shenmue Dojo - 10th Anniversary Video & Members Gall

Action shot of KiBa lurking at ShenmueDojo

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by Thief
Tue Aug 21, 2012 7:34 pm
 
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Re:

Bluecast wrote:I boycott the whole idea of saying "I'm leaving" I'm back"

Just freaking go and shut up and when ready come back and post as normal.

Otherwise it's lame. IMO


Fucking lol
by QWERTY
Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:58 am
 
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Re: Something Cool you saw today

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m3-xw_BOwo[/youtube]
by Martin
Thu Aug 30, 2012 7:59 am
 
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Re: Post a pic of what you expected a member to look like.

Probably as busy as me then with all the images that will be being removed if they are continuously hotlinked. Know what i mean

Why care? I don't know any other forum that conforms to such Draconian image regulations. Everyone does it. Like I said, if they take issue with it then it just gets blocked.
by QWERTY
Mon Sep 03, 2012 4:47 pm
 
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Re: Post a pic of what you expected a member to look like.

Hmmmm. Whack away then i suppose. Just use common sense though.

Oh and fuck you too! :nice!:
by Peter
Mon Sep 03, 2012 5:16 pm
 
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Re: Post a pic of what you expected a member to look like.

lol why is master kyodais custom title "blueman"?
by south carmain
Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:11 pm
 
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Re: Random Thoughts! v2.0

Since things have settled here now, it was time to cut the old one loose and let it become past of the Dojos illustrious history. Its what i originally planned for it when i created it, and always knew at some stage that it would be closed off and restarted. They are sort of milestones, and topics that can be looked back upon to see stupid arguments, memorable moments and posts from members who have since moved on. Its also good for current members to use itt and look back upon it as a specific point in time, from good advice they have given, to members who were huge douches. They can look back on their major douchness and say in years to come, "man, i was a royal douche back then!"

A fresh new start.

So here ya go, the new and fresh random thoughts thread! Dont think ya need any more instruction on whay to do! ;-)
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by Dorian
Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:00 am
 
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Re: Post a pic of what you expected a member to look like.

Sonikku -
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Mitts -
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Ryudo -
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Riku -
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Animegamer -
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Either of those, doesn't really matter.
by Sailors?
Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:41 pm
 
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Re: Random Thoughts! v2.0

Also on a side note, i am so fucking uber pumped right now since i am on my way down to my parents house and i am gonna get my Dreamcast out of storage and get stuck into replaying Shenmue! It was just a bit too much, knowing that i couldnt play it one last time before leaving to go travelling! :D

Ah nice, enjoy! :D


Oh i will!!!! Just overwhelmed with nostalga right now!! Start off by watching the Project Berkley GDRom, then move onto Whats Shenmue, then Shenmue and finally Shenmue II. :D :D

BOOM!!!

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by Peter
Tue Sep 11, 2012 3:20 pm
 
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Re: GEN 2 GEN my Youtube channel

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_tDYPe_dJA[/youtube]
by Bluecast
Thu Sep 06, 2012 7:28 pm
 
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Re: Gaming thoughts of the day

lavrentis wrote: Student loan comes in tonight.

Tomorrow I'll be buying a DC, S1 and S2 then.

Don't let people try and tell you what to do with your money or let them make you feel ashamed.

Do what you want and need. What makes your life happier. Fuck the haters.
:D
by Bluecast
Sun Sep 30, 2012 5:29 pm
 
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Re: Random Thoughts! v2.0

Bluecast wrote: What would you do if Gif's did not exist?

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by Dorian
Sun Sep 30, 2012 9:09 pm
 
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Yu Suzuki should be ashamed of himself!

Im posting in these forums after a long time and ive been a member since 2003 this shows how frustrated i must be.

i want to say that yu suzuki should be ashamed of himself for playing with so many peoples feelings since 10 years almost , he should have atleast said that there would be no shenmue 3! assholee!
by ryohazuki
Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:19 pm
 
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Re: Last Game/System/Peripheral You Bought

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I used to rent this all the time as a kid, loved it! Can't wait to play it again, it's been a good 10 years since I've played it.
by Thief
Sun Oct 07, 2012 6:17 am
 
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Re: How do you imagine the final fight between Lan Di and Ry

Lan Di: Looks like this was all just a big misunderstanding
Ryo: I see

The End
by Yokosuka Martian
Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:55 pm
 
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Re: Sega sure seems to really be popping them out now

Someone fake an illness, sign up for the make a wish foundation and ask for shenmue 3 to me made. Thats about as sick and desperate you can get
by Yokosuka Martian
Wed Oct 10, 2012 6:15 pm
 
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Re: 10 hours of Tomato Convenience Store Music

It's a hosting site. That is what it was invented for. Google bought it a few years ago. ANd I'm not worried about a 60 billion dollar company. Esp a hosting siteThat like All hosting sites encourage embedding and sharing links . It's intent.Hotlinking is taking from a site that is not a public hosting site. Only having an image or video for it's own site not to be shared.
by Bluecast
Wed Jun 27, 2012 3:35 am
 
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Re: Post your desktop

Well, you can't tell what system it is when you've hidden almost everything, lol.

Win or Linux, it's a nice desktop.
by Dorian
Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:48 pm
 
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Re: Gaming thoughts of the day

QWERTY™ and Riku are just aggressive males with too high testosterone levels. They actually think it's smart to talk shit about others and that it's cool to act superciliously. In reality, it's shallow and boring.

It takes far bigger balls to have gaming poster(s) in your room when you're an adult than to call others idiots and dickheads, especially via the internet.

What a vulgar, discompassionate place this board has turned into.
by Dorian
Sat Oct 13, 2012 1:52 pm
 
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Re: Things That Made You Genuinely Happy Today!

When I was a kid growing up the house we lives in sucked. Everything was always breaking down. You had to have a bucket ready in the basement when anyone flushed the toilet to get the leaking water,when my grandma died my dad filled the house with boxes and the back yard full of her shit. My room was half boxes. Everything in that house was depressing. Now besides the whole drunk abusive dad thing when I went to friends houses they always had such clean places and nice places. Well me having OCD I started saving the Sunday ads where it showed electronics or furniture. (My mom watched Martha Stewart as a view of a better life and home remodeling shows). It was our way wanting a better place to live a better life with nice things as well. My last apartment was not a whole lot better. So where is all this leading to. I look around and have the best place I ever lived. Those nice things. She has them as well. I no longer need to fantasize about having a great place to live. The thought I have was I been trying to have my entire life but thought it would never happen. That thought makes me very happy.
by Bluecast
Tue Oct 23, 2012 5:25 am
 
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Re: Things That Made You Genuinely Happy Today!

I was watching Leo Laport's Know How... On TWiT.tv and not sure why it took me so long to notice but in the background under the TV you can see a small blue box. That blue box is the Transistor Radio I donated last year :D
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by Bluecast
Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:42 am
 
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Re: What "makes" Shenmue for you?

For me it's the way the games have roots in reality. The story takes place in real settings that start at a real time. It gives an amazing sense of freedom but doesn't go outside of the rules of the story. Unlike what other games have done, you wouldn't have Ryo pull someone from their car, punch them in the face, take their money then run them over with their own ride as they pick themselves up. Ryo wouldn't do it in his story and neither would you in real life.

That's why it connects and resonates with us because as we play, it puts us in Ryo's shoes and makes his story our story. The whole experience starts to feel like something real which allows you to invest yourself completely.

Take all that and wrap it in all the insanely high production value that's already been touched on here and what you have is a gaming experience that simply stands alone. it's more than a game. It's Shenmue.
by Mitsuzuki
Sun Nov 11, 2012 2:42 am
 
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Re: Salute

First off I wish all of you a happy thanksgiving to those here who celebrate it and I hope it was a good one. Enjoyed spending time with my family.

Thanks ShoZo and all the others for your support. Others like to insult me because it distracts them for their deficiencies in their lives, so they have to attack someone who done the right things. Contrary to Ryudo's statement, I no longer live in Vermont. I'm once again (and thank God) a New Yorker. Been so for a couple years now. My life has greatly improved since I last really posted here. If any of you guys are in the tri-state area and want to meet in Manhattan sometime feel free to contact me.

My life has improved greatly the past two years. I kind of compare myself to CJ on GTA San Andreas as how quickly he went from nothing to something. I love wearing tailored suits to work, I love my luxury car, I love being to go out with women on the regular now (have a dinner date tomorrow in fact). Things are just great. I'm also a Rotarian as well and provide polio vaccinations to children in developing countries. We recently eradicated polio in India and now are targeting the middle east.

To those I deleted from my facebook, I want you to know that it was no hard feelings, I simply wanted to cut all ties with this place in all forms. I see now that there are some here worth keeping in touch with, and once again if you live in this area I'd be happy to build friendships with you.

The lesson on this post, and why I did it is simple. You can insult, troll, belittle someone all you want, but the bottom line is, you can't keep a good guy down. :)

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by Jeff
Fri Nov 23, 2012 2:12 am
 
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Re: Things That Made You Genuinely Happy Today!

I was having some tea from the DC mug playing Shenmue in the retro room. Sun was shining in at the right angle. Fuck me it felt like 1999.
by Bluecast
Tue Nov 20, 2012 9:32 pm
 
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Re: A 60's spiderman thread

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by Bluecast
Sat Nov 24, 2012 5:38 pm
 
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SII CHAR DATABASE-ALL 700 (AND 1) CHARACTERS! UPDATE 27/3/15

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DOWNLOAD - https://www.dropbox.com/s/8qkby011a3tkgg2/Shenmue%20II%20Character%20Database.rar

Yep. After nearly a decade, it's done, people :D

HISTORY OF THE SHENMUE II CHARACTER DATABASE PROJECT
Ever since casting my eyes upon screenshots of Shenmue published in the (now defunct) UK magazine Computer and Video Games, I have been absolutely enthralled by the series. This game was definitely something different. As the famous tagline proclaimed in the trailers before its release – RPG had changed. Sure, hailing the game as being its own exciting new “genre” with a somewhat silly acronym as its name (FREE- Full Reactive Eyes Entertainment) was being a tad overzealous perhaps, but you had to admire Yu Suzuki’s ambition for this game. When I finally got to play it on the Christmas morning of 2000, it did not disappoint. The atmosphere created was just amazing to me – a realistic, living, breathing town with over 300 individual characters – all with their own specific daily routines and, in supplementary materials, all named and given detailed biographies! Throw in the fantastic music and the engaging (if not completely original) story and you really had something special. And this was only part one of the saga...

Bundled with the game was the ‘Shenmue Passport’ disc. Through the Dreamcast’s internet connection, this enabled access to all sorts of information about the game, as well as ranking leaderboards for the various mini-games and the chance to get exclusive capsule toys. One of the best features was the character profile section however; as you met and conversed with the characters during a playthrough, their profiles would gradually be added to the Passport. Now to some, giving all 300+ characters names, stats, and biographies may seem extraneous, (especially given characters that Ryo can’t even speak to have detailed information about them!) but it really shows the love and care put into the game by the developers and the amount of depth to Shenmue that few games have matched.

PASSPORT EXPIRED
The Passport service was eventually taken offline in April 2002, but thankfully the character profiles had also been published in Prima’s strategy guide book for the game, so the information was still readily available to fans.
Which brings us to the sequel game, Shenmue II – which I got the following Christmas in 2001. This sadly could end up being the last game in the series, despite it ending on a cliffhanger and at a game-changing point in the saga’s story. Nonetheless, the sequel’s world was even bigger than the first’s– Ryo travels to Hong Kong to continue his quest, with most of its areas completely dwarfing Shenmue I’s in terms of size, as well as the amount of characters – around 700. There was also a lot more mini-games and sidequests to discover, and fans generally agree it is more action-packed and that the plot moves a lot quicker than the first game (though some will argue Shenmue I’s atmosphere has more charm) And what of these 700-odd characters? Were they all named and profiled as per the original game? As it turns out, yes – but these were not readily available to the fans outside of Japan.

Firstly, unlike the first Shenmue, there was no Passport. There was no Prima guide either, as the Dreamcast version had been cancelled in America. America eventually saw an updated version of Shenmue II on the Microsoft Xbox, and a Prima guide was finally published. However, unlike the Shenmue I book, there were only profiles on the main characters; Ryo, Shenhua, Xiuying, Fangmei, Ren, Joy, Wong, Lan Di, Dou Niu and Yuan. The Xbox version, with the new snapshot feature, did include profiles on some of the other characters; unlocked when you took pictures of them, but it didn't come close to having profiles for all the characters. Would we ever know the names and backgrounds of the reams of anonymous characters?

A FAN EFFORT
Shortly after I had completed Shenmue II, I looked around on the internet for fansites/information about the series, ultimately finding the excellent Shenmue Dojo website. I joined the forums, and this was in fact one of the first message boards I signed up to on the internet. My handle on the forum was (and still is) ‘Miles Prower’, as I am also a long-time fan of the Sonic the Hedgehog series of games (and Sega games in general). I made a lot of good friends through the Dojo community and have many fond memories associated with the forums. I think between us we have probably discussed every single aspect of the games to death, but as many fans will attest, you find or notice something new with every playthrough of these wonderful games. Not to mention the very active hacking/modding scene that developed, mostly headed by longtime member LanDC, in which reams of unused content was discovered and many interesting and or humourous modifications made to the game. I still get a warm nostalgic feeling every time I watch LanDC’s Road to Amihama videos in particular.

And indeed, the question of whether detailed character profiles existed for Shenmue II’s cast was raised in discussion. In a thread from 2003, a member named Eek the Cat shared some scans of a guidebook he owned published in Japan called the Shenmue II Perfect Guidebook. The scans showed that there were indeed names and profiles for each and every character.
Eek was even kind enough to put all of the scans together on a CD for me and mail it to me, and even threw in a couple of audio CD’s he had compiled containing music from Shenmue II (sadly the second game never had any official soundtracks released).

The problem? Being that this book was from Japan, the character names were in Chinese and the information in Japanese. Through discussion in the topic, another forum member called khien agreed to help with translating the character names as she could read Chinese. And so began the effort to translate the many character profiles. I began by gradually posting them within the topic, and then eventually creating a website (which, thanks to Web Archive, you can still view here , albeit with most of the images missing).

Continuing into 2004 and beyond, progress was quite slow, mainly due to me starting university. Khien’s life ended up becoming quite busy as well, but thanks to the efforts of another forum member, Oda Ryo, the translation work still continued. The forum member Kiyuu (possibly Japan’s biggest Shenmue fan, and often referred to as the ‘Shenmue Queen’), also informed me that another book existed, the Shenmue II Complete Guide, which contained profiles for characters not included in the Perfect Guidebook; namely those for the many pedestrians who wander the streets of Hong Kong. I made the effort to acquire this book myself and make scans for the remaining profiles.

RESSURECTING THE PROJECT
As the years went on, however, my free time became less and less. I studied for three years at university and after graduating in 2008, I was working full time; in short I was growing up. It was also looking increasingly unlikely that a Shenmue III would ever emerge. Life went on. However, my enthusiasm to complete the project was somewhat fired up again when Peter from the forums (who most likely owns the biggest Shenmue collection in Ireland) got in touch with me on Facebook asking if I was still working on it, as the Dojo staff had managed to get an interview with one of the voice actors for the English dub of Shenmue II (a very interesting read by the way, which can be found here , and they had requested that video clips be assembled of the characters he voiced, which he supplied a list of – but only by name and brief descriptions. Using the information from my project I helped with finding some of them. I then found myself wanting to get the project finished once and for all, and got back in touch with Oda Ryo who happily assisted me with getting the remaining names translated.

I had also spoken to the member ‘thegreatchai’, who had also been attempting to catalogue the character information on her wiki site, and over time we assisted each other greatly. I began transferring the information to an Excel spreadsheet with the intention of creating a complete database of all the Shenmue II characters – which after assembling a numbered list I discovered there are exactly 700 – surely a deliberate intention of the creators? At any rate, after a few months work the project was finally finished. I am glad that this information is now easily accessible to Shenmue fans, and while some may consider me obsessive or downright insane for pursuing with the project, it was worth it for a game series that I love so much and one day hope will be continued in some form. We can but hope. The saga may still go on....

DOWNLOAD - https://www.dropbox.com/s/8qkby011a3tkgg2/Shenmue%20II%20Character%20Database.rar

Please feedback and let me know if you spot any mistakes or errors, or any factoids about the characters that I may have missed. Most of all, enjoy :D
by Miles Prower
Tue Nov 27, 2012 2:41 pm
 
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Re: Top 3 scenes [Both games]

One does not simply pick just 3 top 3 scenes.
by mrslig100
Thu Dec 13, 2012 3:19 pm
 
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Re: Last thing you bought

An ounce, for over Xmas and New Year. :D
by St. Elmo's Fire
Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:19 pm
 
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Re: Shenmue Harrier Token Trouble BAD OCD

Even a starving eagle never steals.
by KiBa
Wed Dec 05, 2012 3:03 am
 
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Extra scene with Fangmei (Disc 3)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHrcR_8vE40

Here is a cut scene with Ryo and Fangmei that I've never seen before until last week. I showed it to both LanDC and Miles Prower, and both were as dumbfounded as me. The only person left who knew about it was our Japanese contributor Kiyuu. She explained to me that this scene is attainable with a high "intimacy level", meaning your scored on all the conversations/scenes you have with Fangmei.


You know there's intimacy level between Ryo and Fangmei, don't you? Intimacy level increases as you talk with her or see relevant events. Every time you have a non-ordinary conversation with her or see some special event, you'll be given intimacy points, such as 20 points for saving her at Man Mo Bistro, 50 points for giving her birthday present, etc. Shenmue II Perfect Guidebook says that good-bye scene will be triggered before you go back to Man Mo Temple to see Xiuing, if you have more than 200 intimacy points. The guide elaborates the far-complicated system.

It's surprising that no one outside Japan has viewed the scene for more than 10 years, when Japanese guides had shown how to trigger it. Anyway, you have noticed the intimacy level has gone up when Fangmei started calling you "Ryo-san," instead of "Hazuki-san," right?

Yes, you should talk to her every day till you get non-ordinary conversations. Some answers which upset Fangmei decrease the points, and the cancellation of those non-ordinary conversations in the middle results in the decrease as well. I don't think you need to get every cutscene with her, but don't miss the major ones.


This Fangmei scene triggers at the end of Disc 3 before you see Xiuying at Man Mo temple. I was able to record a video thanks to a modified save provided by wude .
by Ziming
Mon Dec 17, 2012 11:02 pm
 
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Re: Team Yu needs you!

It ain't no bust. I post every month. I envision it as the Dojo's bathroom. We kind of stand there in line, talking, before returning to the bar. It's cool.
by KiBa
Sat Dec 08, 2012 2:13 am
 
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Re: I'd love to start ShenmueII but I have a problem/questio

MiTT3NZ wrote: but English dub > Japanese w/subtitles.


If I was a site moderator, I'd ban you on the spot.
by Lan Di-sama
Mon Jan 14, 2013 9:52 am
 
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Re: Random Thoughts! v2.0

lavrentis wrote: How do I donate? I requested on the control panel but didn't actually pay anything. Please can somebody help me :rotflmao:

Main website top of page a little orange bar.
by Bluecast
Sun Jan 20, 2013 7:41 pm
 
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Re: Other Side of the Golden Qr.

The Golden Qr. had so much potential, but I'm guessing a time restraint and/or limitations of the Dreamcast stopped the area from being fully developed. With the rows of 'closed' shops, the Golden Shopping Mall being essentially empty bar the ground floor entertainment and being unable to cross to the other side of the street, it is one of the more disappointing places in Shenmue for me.
by Mocha Joe
Sun Jan 20, 2013 7:26 pm
 
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Re: GEN 2 GEN my Youtube channel

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg9V_JeP0G0[/youtube]
by Bluecast
Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:19 pm
 
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