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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: MarineUS on January 09, 2011, 01:10:00 AM
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Soooo today, the EST afternoon shift (Bishops) captured A9 about 3 minutes before the "5 minute until Arena Lock" message appeared. Now, before the lock, we owned 43% of the Knight's fields, tonight when the OH arena opened up we only had 20%.....someone explain this to me.... :joystick:
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five bases! hitech gave them back five bases! :O :O :lol :lol :lol
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He did the same thing not too long ago for Bish. Glitch on a lot of these maps that allowed uncapturable bases to be captured. Maybe he felt that a few of those bases would not have been captured if the uncapturables had not been capturable. I'm just speculating here but I'd bet that's the case.
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The boredom IS reaching critical mass.........
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jay,bish was a diif deal no one had ANY uncapturables..and htc fixed it,I think this is a diff story..FWIW I dont think this Off hours map rotation is a good deal..Hope it goes back to the way it used to be..
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jay,bish was a diif deal no one had ANY uncapturables..and htc fixed it,I think this is a diff story..FWIW I dont think this Off hours map rotation is a good deal..Hope it goes back to the way it used to be..
ya so when the bish horde gets rolling it can win the map with out loosing it's momentum.
On the other hand, going by the picture (tho I'm not sure when that screen shot was taken) The bish did have more of the Rook bases A1,7,8,and 43 were Bish bases, not rook as shown in that picture.
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FWIW I dont think this Off hours map rotation is a good deal..
Why not?
Curious.
wrongway
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Looks like we're going to have to silence D112. He is getting too close to the Skuzzy/rook conquest theory.
Im in hopes that no bish switch to rook and find our invisible power ups that are scattered on the map only seen by non bish players :noid
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Soooo today, the EST afternoon shift (Bishops) captured A9 about 3 minutes before the "5 minute until Arena Lock" message appeared. Now, before the lock, we owned 43% of the Knight's fields, tonight when the OH arena opened up we only had 20%.....someone explain this to me.... :joystick:
You're a Marine? If my grandfather were alive he'd have some "words of encouragement" for you. He was USMC 43-46.
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You're a Marine? If my grandfather were alive he'd have some "words of encouragement" for you. He was USMC 43-46.
I'm sure it would be along the lines of "Quit being a whiney b***h and get the move on son! Move some damn mud and quit yer gripin' before I put on in your leg and THEN make you get to movin' so you REALLY have somethin' to gripe about!"
:)
Semper i to him :salute
I'm thinking the did a small reset because the last time OH was beaten the arena closed itself. :old:
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Why not?
Curious.
wrongway
FOR 1 thing,AS the OP said,bases being put into the hands of the default team's who they were in the frist place..
Its not really base taking friendly anymore,really just a waste of time to take bases..
Some people get on at certain times during the day,start getting into the fight then the map is going to be reset as they are just getting into it..
The same maps since this OH has been going on..
map resets need to be set at 33% for other sides as it is in MW and EW if this system is going to be kept in place,or these maps will only change when someone at HTC feels like changing the maps out for us..
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Soooo today, the EST afternoon shift (Bishops) captured A9 about 3 minutes before the "5 minute until Arena Lock" message appeared. Now, before the lock, we owned 43% of the Knight's fields, tonight when the OH arena opened up we only had 20%.....someone explain this to me.... :joystick:
Maybe HT realized that the point of game where most people log off is right when their country is suppressed to a couple of bases and pressed from both sides. Solution: make it so that bases don't run out :)
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idk....bish would have forced a take in OH had it not reset. We were rolling and rolling and the rooskies were ready for a change so they weren't fighting back very hard....We were trying to make it quick and painless. I stayed up till 2 AM to help finish it off only to find that the time I had put in prior in my day had been a complete waste. Maybe we will magically win though...idk
EDIT: They didn't do that when the bish had nothing but uncap's and they were about pointless because the rooks and nits kept the hangars shut down.
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Soooo today, the EST afternoon shift (Bishops) captured A9 about 3 minutes before the "5 minute until Arena Lock" message appeared. Now, before the lock, we owned 43% of the Knight's fields, tonight when the OH arena opened up we only had 20%.....someone explain this to me.... :joystick:
Bish horde soooo much it was best to handicap them! :aok
JUGgler
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Easy fix here, just CHANGE MAPS
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five bases! hitech gave them back five bases! :O :O :lol :lol :lol
Must've lost a hand of poker.
I can see it now, on the river.
"I see your bet, 5 bases, all in"..... "Oh $%&^!"
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FOR 1 thing,AS the OP said,bases being put into the hands of the default team's who they were in the frist place..
Its not really base taking friendly anymore,really just a waste of time to take bases..
Some people get on at certain times during the day,start getting into the fight then the map is going to be reset as they are just getting into it..
The same maps since this OH has been going on..
map resets need to be set at 33% for other sides as it is in MW and EW if this system is going to be kept in place,or these maps will only change when someone at HTC feels like changing the maps out for us..
Easy fix here, just CHANGE MAPS
OK. Wait. We are whining about the maps being changed twice a day and the solution is....... change the map?
What difference does it make what map you are capturing bases on? Or, is it a "I can't win teh warz" whine?
Lets see what we have:
Lots of base capture, back and forth. Lots of fights(?)
Maps change two times a day. You play on one map for a few hours, then, you play on a different map for a few hours.
Yet, we want the same map to stay but we want it to be different? :headscratch:
Is that clear and correct?
wrongway
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This isn't a whine about map changing - it's a beach ;)/moan/complaint ('rah) about giving away the bases we earned. It's like the libs tossing out $$$ to every man who says his foot hurts....argh!
I couldn't care less if we won or if the maps changed. There are still planes to shoot down, still crap to blow up, still people to bite on their bait lines of the uber troll....I just think it's messed up that a team can finally manage to get some teamwork going in missions, grab the steam, roll along, and then BAM! Map comes back around and all that work is tossed in the trash. :mad: :noid
The only time I look at my map these days is to find a base to launch from and every once in a while to keep course. The terrain means almost nothing to me. It's just another cartoon ground/mountain to not hit, it looks the same to me no matter what map it is. It's green and brown with trees all around. :joystick:
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I understand where you're coming from Marine, but you've gotta think HiTech has a good reason for doing this. He isn't one to micromanage game play so if he makes these changes, you know he felt it was absolutely necessary.
Anyway, my foot hurts, gotta go get some free money! :bolt:
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^ lol
Meh, I wasn't too mad, just disappointed. It's back to where it was though
96% Bishop field
46% Knight
6% Rook
We will win teh warz yet! :P :joystick:
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Up from a base you do have and go find a fight.
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Ya MarineUS' you earned them. You and 35-40 of your closest friends. You earned nothing. Hording a base capture is like wiping all of your apponets checkers off the board with your hand and calling it a win.
Maybe HTC has decided "horde captures" don't count :p
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Ya MarineUS' you earned them. You and 35-40 of your closest friends. You earned nothing. Hording a base capture is like wiping all of your apponets checkers off the board with your hand and calling it a win.
Maybe HTC has decided "horde captures" don't count :p
OMG! You only think in terms or generalizations and stereotypes don't you? How are you so sure these bases were captured with hordes?
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OMG! You only think in terms or generalizations and stereotypes don't you? How are you so sure these bases were captured with hordes?
Hmm.. all the tiny lemming footprints around the fields? :P
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Ya MarineUS' you earned them. You and 35-40 of your closest friends. You earned nothing. Hording a base capture is like wiping all of your apponets checkers off the board with your hand and calling it a win.
Maybe HTC has decided "horde captures" don't count :p
the waaaaaaaahmbulance has crossed from ch.200 to the BBS.
please provide a clear path for emergency vehicles!
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really....anyone call ht yet to see if they ok? cant believe this is still going on.
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Well Sunbat, while you remove your foot from your mouth I'll explain. - was at 3 of the captures getting my bellybutton handed to me while I and 4 or 5 other tried to slow the horde down.
During these horde attacks friendlies were flying AWAY for the attacks. Why? Beccause itks not all that much fun to spend most of your afternoon getting ganged by a bunch of skilles dweebs. We all can't fly with the awesome skills of a Muppet.
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Foot removed.
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Soooo today, the EST afternoon shift (Bishops) captured A9 about 3 minutes before the "5 minute until Arena Lock" message appeared. Now, before the lock, we owned 43% of the Knight's fields, tonight when the OH arena opened up we only had 20%.....someone explain this to me.... :joystick:
Your data is incorrect, or there is a bug to be fixed.
HiTech
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Ya MarineUS' you earned them. You and 35-40 of your closest friends. You earned nothing. Hording a base capture is like wiping all of your apponets checkers off the board with your hand and calling it a win.
Maybe HTC has decided "horde captures" don't count :p
So upping a Chewie mission is a horde? We had what, 14 planes up? So you are crying about a part of the game (Missions) that was put in to create teamwork? We brought bombers, C47's and fighters. A mixed group. We didn't flock over there with 30 fighters and play Cap the field until some DA realizes the field might be down long enough for a capture.
And HiTech, sir, There were several people that saw this happen. It would have to a bug in the system. I'll start taking screen shots at the end of each arena swap (If I happen to be on.), and run a comparison. I specifically remember "Aw, we just need an hour." followed by a "Don't worry, the night crew will clean them up." and then someone mentioned that their squad would be on full force that night to finish off the rooks.
As stated, I don't really care if the war is won, I just like to keep the things we took away. :D
Maybe all these cry babies griping about hordes will realize that teamwork isn't hording, yet screaming that over 200 is :cry :cry :cry :cry
Go fish elsewhere. :airplane: :)
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Soooo today, the EST afternoon shift (Bishops) captured A9 about 3 minutes before the "5 minute until Arena Lock" message appeared. Now, before the lock, we owned 43% of the Knight's fields, tonight when the OH arena opened up we only had 20%.....someone explain this to me.... :joystick:
When you get the map change warning
have you noticed that it also tells you that the other
arenas are already open? The battle is already going on
in the time adjusted areana before you get there if you
wait till the arena shuts down you are in.
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Like I said - this was BEFORE that message appeared. It may have been shortly BEFORE it appeared but it WAS before. :) :cheers:
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Well Sunbat, while you remove your foot from your mouth I'll explain. - was at 3 of the captures getting my bellybutton handed to me while I and 4 or 5 other tried to slow the horde down.
During these horde attacks friendlies were flying AWAY for the attacks. Why? Beccause itks not all that much fun to spend most of your afternoon getting ganged by a bunch of skilles dweebs. We all can't fly with the awesome skills of a Muppet.
Fugi, You know already you can bang your fists screaming and it wont do these lemmings any good. The horde giveth and the horde taketh. I find more joy when these snots get beat and the tables turned on them. I actually feed off the whines on 200 when these same guys that play that type of game get the tables turned on them, so be it at that. Soon theyll figure out how boring it is and change their ways, but arguing about it does no good.
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So upping a Chewie mission is a horde? We had what, 14 planes up? So you are crying about a part of the game (Missions) that was put in to create teamwork? We brought bombers, C47's and fighters. A mixed group. We didn't flock over there with 30 fighters and play Cap the field until some DA realizes the field might be down long enough for a capture.
And HiTech, sir, There were several people that saw this happen. It would have to a bug in the system. I'll start taking screen shots at the end of each arena swap (If I happen to be on.), and run a comparison. I specifically remember "Aw, we just need an hour." followed by a "Don't worry, the night crew will clean them up." and then someone mentioned that their squad would be on full force that night to finish off the rooks.
As stated, I don't really care if the war is won, I just like to keep the things we took away. :D
Maybe all these cry babies griping about hordes will realize that teamwork isn't hording, yet screaming that over 200 is :cry :cry :cry :cry
Go fish elsewhere. :airplane: :)
Your right, I must be getting old. I have a hard time remembering this crap, so lets use the screen shot from the film I took while your attack happened.
Lets see in the picture are some NIKs...how many, tough to tell with them over lapping and all, so I counted down the roster there were
29 NIKS
1 109K4
2 F4us
2 F6Fs
1 Seafire
1 Lanc
1 goon
Guess who the goon was? :D
So you are right you didn't flock over in 30 fighters, 37 of them were fighters the other 2 (for a total of 39 for those who have trouble adding) were a goon and a buff.
Chewie could have spit his mission and half of it continue on to the V base 15 miles south of A9 where you guys were, but no that wouldn't have worked. The V base is up 4 k or so on a mountain and you guys came in NOE from A8 that"s right...no alt to get up to the V base.
It's missions like this with leaders that can't lead that will kill this game off. Yes I got a couple of kills, but I didn't have any fights. All I did was twist and turn avoiding the horde for as long as I could while sending a blast of fire at anything crossing my path. Wooo Hooo !!! such fun!
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii253/maddogjoe_photos/horde-1.jpg)
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fugi..all sides deal with this type of mission..ALL 3 sides...I think you are going a bit overboard when u say it is going to kill the game..
ALL the NEVATIVE WAVES... ;)
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Guess who the goon was? :D
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii253/maddogjoe_photos/horde-1.jpg)
[/quote] I give up. Who was the goon?
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fugi..all sides deal with this type of mission..ALL 3 sides...I think you are going a bit overboard when u say it is going to kill the game..
ALL the NEVATIVE WAVES... ;)
I don't blame this on only the Bish, tho it's the team I see it the most from during the times I'm on, but you are right it is all 3 teams that do it. As for ruining the game, for us old timers that are in it for the fun and thrill of pretending we are WWII fighter pilots it is. It is changing the game slowly over to be just another run and shoot like WoW or COD. If that the way HTC wishes to go they are doing a great job.
I give up. Who was the goon?
MarineUS :neener:
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Fugitive your penchant to complain is not surprising.
If you want 1v1s and gentlemanly duels
1.DA
2.WW1
3.AvA
Hordes are going to happen. You do not have to take part in defending against them or fly in them. The choice is yours as much as the choice for people to take "the path of least resistance" everyone talks so much about.
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I don't blame this on only the Bish, tho it's the team I see it the most from during the times I'm on, but you are right it is all 3 teams that do it. As for ruining the game, for us old timers that are in it for the fun and thrill of pretending we are WWII fighter pilots it is. It is changing the game slowly over to be just another run and shoot like WoW or COD. If that the way HTC wishes to go they are doing a great job.
What can "old timers" do about it?
With a few notable exceptions (for example, B6Pacman, :salute) the WOW/COD generation is probably not reading this post. Those that are (for example, B6Pacman, :bolt:) they think they know everything already.
But seriously, when was that last time an old timer flew a sweep with some newbies? I haven't since I was a newbie myself. I still remember Rolex teaching me the basics of level bombing and greens giving me pointers in a gv. I might just be nice to a newbie next time I am on. Maybe I can teach a few bad habits that will take years to correct...
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Hap use to do training missions all the time. Taught me how to bomb, fly in formation, and the dot commands.
I learned a bunch as a fresh noob from the horde NOE missions of old. New players will stay longer if they can fly with a group who want to accomplish the same goal no matter if there is 5 or 35 people in the group. Whole squads can be formed by people meeting in these missions. The vets who want to take this away are just being elitist. Fugitive is just the worst offender.
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Where is SHAWK? I am used to seeing him right in the middle of all those red planes fighting till the end win or lose... :salute While at the same time talking major crap on 200... I say this with respect...
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Horde is just silly, utterly silly :bolt:
JUGgler
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I WAS THE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON :D :D :D :D :D :devil :devil :devil :airplane:
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Hap use to do training missions all the time. Taught me how to bomb, fly in formation, and the dot commands.
I learned a bunch as a fresh noob from the horde NOE missions of old. New players will stay longer if they can fly with a group who want to accomplish the same goal no matter if there is 5 or 35 people in the group. Whole squads can be formed by people meeting in these missions. The vets who want to take this away are just being elitist. Fugitive is just the worst offender.
And when did I ever say I wanted to take away missions and squads???? Your reading something I ain't typing!!
Squads are the best way to teach the new guys, and missions the second best way to teach them (1 on 1 training time being the best). Our squads ALWAYS had a few newbies in them. First off they were great for comic relief :D , but more importantly you were helping to train up the next generation of players. I remember night in the TA having a bunch of guys follow me in 38's and practice divebombing from first 5k then to 10k, and 15k for the brave. Showing them the speed, timing, and tricks to avoid any compression. To hit their targets, as well as pulling out of the dive to be useful to the rest of the squad if even as just another target.
Mission were great for putting that practice to use under fire. I knew who I could count on to hit, and who would most likely miss. Why? because I worked with all of them. Todays squads spend more time just uppin a bunch of 110s and running NOE to each shore base they can reach. Very few take the time to "train" any more, why? Because everyone is too busy grabbing bases and shooting down as many planes as they can the quickest way they can.
Fugitive your penchant to complain is not surprising.
If you want 1v1s and gentlemanly duels
1.DA
2.WW1
3.AvA
Hordes are going to happen. You do not have to take part in defending against them or fly in them. The choice is yours as much as the choice for people to take "the path of least resistance" everyone talks so much about.
I don't want just 1 vs 1, gentlemanly duels. I don't have time to learn all the tricks to get get 110% out of a plane, so I don't spend much time in the DA. The last few times I did WWI it was just a twirling furbal with a few pickers. Again it gets old fast. And the AvA, we I have to give those guy credit for trying, but everytime I've been in there its the MA with less targets. I don't have time to fly 2 sectors just to get HOed by the only guy flying. It just gets old fast.
The MAs though have a wide range of activities. If I get tired of dieing to other fighters I can buff, or get my butt handed to me in any number of GVs. The bad news is is that I'm not a Muppet and I can't kill fast enough to thin out a horde enough to slow them down. If all we have is a horde to fight against, then that is what I'm stuck with. As the fights dry up, so will some of the subscriptions. A lot of people played this game to fight, even Hitch use to "fight" (I wonder why he doesn't fight any more?) It is becoming more a "quake" game everyday. Strategy plays such a small part in this game now a days. Everyone complains about the maps not resting.... because nobody can plan a mission with out 50 guys in it. People running from hordes because it's more fun to milk run bomber points on towns. People complaining about GVs getting bomb. Heaven forbid you can't land those "double digits" sets of kills. Most of those GVers have forgotten that 6-8 GVs grouped up and with a plan can take a base with ease....LTARs did it all the time, when was the last time you saw a group of GVs it a base....other than to set up a camp at the vehicle hanger?
Elitist, nawww, Doomsayer, maybe. Me I just call them as I see them. Sure some of you are having a blast camping that spawn, but what are you going to do if nobody is there to spawn any more? Why not just make it so you have to fly over the town after taking one building. Land grab would be easier and I'll bet ya'll could reset the map now and then, after all thats what ya'll want isn't?
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Your data is incorrect, or there is a bug to be fixed.
HiTech
There is. It was on Saturday when I noticed that Bish and Knights had switched their fields when I logged in.I was told the war had not been won, but there had been a reset. We still retained the map.
But even worse, the offpeak arena is not being loaded correctly, resetting most of the fields apparently. See my bug report: http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,304178.0.html
I would really ask to get that map switched, as with problems like that (on top of the layout problem) the war can hardly be one by one side. We are stuck with Mindanao for over a month now, and while I personally could play on that map forever, it's not a minority that really is getting annoyed
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i think there is a bug in LWOH, when they closed it today at 2pm knights had 42 on the pennisula along with 39 33 and two other fields by 33 when it opened up tonight they were all Bish again, no one stayed after and rolled the bases and no one was there when the arena opened up, theres a bug, alot of people just logged after seeing that
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and you guys thought i was crazy :airplane:
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29 NIKS
talk about overkill :rolleyes:
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talk about overkill :rolleyes:
:lol overkill is one of my pointless dweeb missions. imagine 50 stukas reigning pellet guns down upon your spitfire :devil
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I will never forget the B5 mission at 7K - and in the form - otw to the enemy port.......we scored a kill....and we didn't lose anyone.....LOL
BATTLE CRY!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwHWbsvgQUE
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