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Lazers

20:00

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Q: How do I kill Beamos in Skyward Sword?

I'm wandering around, lost, in Lanayru Mining Facility. As I was blundering about, I took a (horizontal) swipe at a Beamos and surprisingly, did some damage. I've also noticed that a targeting arrow appears when I get close. Can I kill these guys? If so, how?

zelda-skyward-sword

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Q: How do I defeat Sentrobes?

In a room in Lanayru Mining Facility, I get attacked by a Sentrobe: He shoots missiles at me, as well as two flying bombs. Can I defeat it? I see a targeting arrow over him, but he's always out of reach. Right now my strategy is to serpentine, hoping not to get hit as I cross the room. It'...

zelda-skyward-sword

Ullallulloo

@Powerlord Make it for the workshop?

Powerlord

@Ullallulloo They only allow you to submit models.

Basically, Valve makes up the attributes it wants.

Arda Xi

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That's on my birthday.

Ullallulloo

@Powerlord But if you make a melee weapon for the Engineer with a model of a remote and a little car with guns on it, what are they gonna do?

badp

Holy fuck this special campaign is hard

took a hour to get 50% towards the first level that doesn't count for the coal

I'm probably just giving up

Steam also doesn't want to tell me if I've got a lump of coal or a coupon or whatever

Powerlord

20:08

@Ullallulloo True...

Ullallulloo

@badp Is it really worth it to keep the coal?

badp

@Ullallulloo No idea

Ullallulloo

You gotta think that you have like a one in a million chance of winning anything.

Arda Xi

Wait, is this just like the summer sale?

Powerlord

1 hour ago, by Powerlord

@agent86 So, just like the Summer Sale?

Arda Xi

20:12

@Powerlord You're very helpful today.

alexanderpas

@ArdaXi does that include DLC?

Arda Xi

Probably.

badp

btw

alexanderpas

MUST PLAY STEAM GAMES!

badp

DAE notice Steam's "awesome indie bundle"?

...and the "super indie bundle"

(they're not pay what you want mind you. I'm just amused that they adopted the word "bundle")

Powerlord

20:22

@badp DAE? Is that @FallenAngelEyes's typoed cousin?

alexanderpas

@badp they used the word "pack" before.

badp

@alexanderpas yeah

Powerlord

@alexanderpas Pretty sure they've used the term "bundle" during the Christmas sales in previous years.

Lazers

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Q: Is it ever worth it to sing to a butterfly?

Singing to a butterfly gives you an indeterminate amount of experience points but it also costs a great deal of energy--seemingly more energy the further into the game you go. So is it ever 'worth' the energy expenditure of singing to a butterfly in order to gain experience? It seems like it's ...

glitch

Powerlord

@Work stop blocking imgur!

Powerlord

20:36

I just realized I never fixed my startup CPU cores since I moved TF2 servers

So, essentially I was binding both my TF2 servers to cores 2-4... on a 2 core system.

(whoops)

Essentially, both ended up with a processor mask of 2... Which is the bitmask 00000010 meaning second core only.

Basil

What resource is hosting a game like that hardest on? I'd assume cpu and memory, but that'd be an assumption...

Powerlord

That depends, but at certain times, TF2 can have a lot going on CPU wise.

I've noticed weird lag spikes that occur to everyone on the server, and I'm now wondering if that was why.

Basil

What about memory and disk? Are they ever bottlenecks?

or is that a function of the size of the map?

Powerlord

@Basil They can be, particularly if you're using SourceTV to record demos of everything (or Replay which does largely the same thing, but users can choose to save replays).

However, I have SourceTV off and I'm offloading replays to another machine via FTP.

Lazers

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Q: What does the saber flash mean?

I've noticed a difference in fighting with a saber since the beta, it now flashes occasionally. Anyone know what this means? I'm not sure if it's a parry/block or critical?

star-wars-tor

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Q: does gaming kill brain cells?

I know that a lot of gaming can be related to fatigue, RSI, dizzyness and that this can get worst by age (e.g a 25 years old is much "stronger" at this than a 55 years old). But does it actually kill brain cells in the way alcohol or drugs do?

health

Matthew Read

20:46

every single game? holy mother of gordon

Powerlord

I haven't ever really seen memory problems with TF2, likely because Valve only loads the models for items the first time on a map that someone equips them.

Since TF2 has well over 600 weapon, misc, and item models now, that's important.

Basil

So if you're building a system, what's the limiting factor that determines the number of simultaneous players?

CPU?

Powerlord

@Basil I think so.

Margaret

Ah, the usefulness of chat, I can come here, see everyone else is complaining about the issue I was about to whine about, and realise it's a "Steam is waaaaay overloaded" error and not make a question about it. ;)

Basil

ok :)

Powerlord

20:49

@Margaret Fine, I'll complain about something else. :D

There's not enough bacon here! :(

Also, SWTOR servers are being shut down some time tonight to prepare for the game's official launch. :(

Margaret

Ooh, the opening bonus is a "50% off one Valve title" voucher, but I don't know whether there are any Valve titles I don't have but want...

Matthew Read

@Powerlord lame :(

Powerlord

But no one will go to the FAQ page and remind me if it says there exactly when.

(I'm at work and can't check from here)

Margaret

media.steampowered.com/apps/hs/SteamMonday19.jpg Eeee, so adorable

Stack Exchange

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Q: How can I find a list of games that are playable on my Mac?

I'm a casual gamer with a MacBook Air (fall 2010 13" model), I'd like to find some games that are playable on my Mac. Is there any software or website that makes it easy to find games with compatible system requirements? What I have in mind is something like the (now defunct) Aspyr Game Agent ap...

software-recommendation games

Powerlord

20:56

@StackExchange They'd better not vote to move it to our site.

Matthew Read

@Powerlord > On 12/19, the servers and SWTOR.com will become unavailable for scheduled maintenance at 6PM CST (4PM PST/7PM EST/12AM GMT/1AM CET). Maintenance is scheduled to end at 11PM CST (9PM PST/(12/20) 12AM EST/(12/20) 5AM GMT/(12/20) 6AM CET), and will mark the end of Early Game Access for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. Please check the Forums or the official SWTOR Twitter page for more information and updates. To check the status of your server, visit the Server Status page.

Powerlord

Hmm, so I may get a little time tonight.

Oh hey, I just realized I can taskset a running process.

Margaret

I start to realise I may buy too many of the indie bundles when I already own 5/10 games in the "Super Indie Bundle"

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Matthew Read

@Margaret I've had ~5 wasted duplicate games :P

Powerlord

@Margaret Starred just because of how true it is. :D

(and definitely not just to help you get a hat on the main site...)

Margaret

20:59

Unicorns! :p

user20683

the humble bundle ticks off a lot of boxes for me so to speak

Ullallulloo

Ah, Steam's inventory is working now.

kind of...

Arda Xi

@Margaret No, it's random.

Margaret

@WorldEngineer Well, between Humble Bundle, Indie Royale and Indie Gala, my Steam collection grows ever-larger :p

alexanderpas

@Ullallulloo slow steam is slow.

Powerlord

21:02

@Margaret Portal 2?

(Just to name their most recent game. :P )

alexanderpas

@Margaret gold or non-gold voucher?

Arda Xi

@Powerlord It's valid from January through March.

Margaret

@Powerlord Got it ;) The three Valve games I have are Portal, Portal 2 and TF2, I'm not sure any of their others appeal to me. People might shoot at me!

Ian Pugsley

I actually haven't ever played the Portal 2 coop, if anyone ever wants to play

Powerlord

@Margaret No Half-Life 2? Granted, that's likely really cheap right now

Margaret

21:04

@Powerlord I mostly play puzzle games :p

alexanderpas

@IanPugsley hint to takers: get portal professor achievement by friending first.

Margaret

Raven Dreamer

Raven Dreamer: now with 400% more shark.

Lazers

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Q: How should we tag Millennia: Altered Destinies?

We have one question about this game, which is this one: How can I take advantage of meeting myself? The problem is is that the original asker tagged it with millenniaaltereddestinies in order to get under the tag limit. The proper name is including spaces, and seeing as someone just edited the...

discussion tags

Powerlord

er... has Valve released any other non-bacon bacons?

user20683

21:07

uh oh...binding of isaac is downloading something

Powerlord

er... non-FPS games?

alexanderpas

how nice, steam is 503-ing

Ullallulloo

@RavenDreamer So, five times as much as before?

Ian Pugsley

apparently somehow I've got zero items in my Steam inv. despite having the "get your present" objective

Matthew Read

@IanPugsley server issues

alexanderpas

21:09

@IanPugsley I have zero items, despite having items.

Lazers

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Q: Is there a definitive 'Best Weapon' for each weapon type in Skyrim?

So I was wondering up to the forge in Whiterun with my Ebony Ingots, Daedra Heart and other assorted bits and pieces in hand. I started to go through the process of smithing out my lovely new one-handed Daedric sword, but then I got thinking; is there even any point to me making this? Is there al...

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Q: Street Fighter IV Achievements on iPhone

When I finish SFIV on iPhone I get presented with a screen that says something along the lines of: "You have unlocked the following achievements blah, blah, blah..." What is the purpose of achievements in the game? Where can I view all of my achievements? As well as the message above it also ...

ios street-fighter-4

Powerlord

@MatthewRead In other words "we underestimated demand" type issues.

alexanderpas

steam is overloaded again.

Ian Pugsley

@Powerlord you'd think with the wheelbarrows full of money we constantly deliver they'd be prepared

alexanderpas

@Powerlord fire up some cloud instances valve!

user30

21:13

yay 50% off valve titles coupon

Arda Xi

Why does everyone get the 50% one? I only got half :(

Dave McClelland

Steam store, y u no be working?!

alexanderpas

wait WHAT: all railworks DLC for cheap.

Dave McClelland

@alexanderpas I can't look at dropbox links at work. What is it?

user30

yay that would be a wonderful christmas present

user30

21:16

Matthew Read

@DaveMcClelland $1500 bundle on for $300

Wipqozn

@alexanderpas this is more intense:

Dave McClelland

Holy sweet lord

user30

@Wipqozn r-r-repost.

Matthew Read

who plays railworks that much

alexanderpas

21:17

nope, railworks is better ;)

Matthew Read

honestly

FallenAngelEyes

@ThomasMcDonald what is target price?

user30

no idea

Dave McClelland

I have no idea why there is that much content for a game that doesn't really appeal to me, but that's an impressive deal

alexanderpas

I actually have the raildriver.

Wipqozn

21:18

@alexanderpas Intense.

So, @alexanderpas, would it be safe to say you like Railworks?

alexanderpas

@Wipqozn yes, it's comparable to a flightsim.... on rails!

agent86

@ThomasMcDonald yeah, wtf on railworks. Talk about DLC overdrive.

alexanderpas

@agent86 the DLC is actually created by third parties.

agent86

@alexanderpas okay, I barely can convince myself that plastic guitars are worth the expense. how much did that thing cost?

Wipqozn

FallenAngelEyes

21:20

@agent86 Bad time to tell you I own several of those, including the Squier?

alexanderpas

@agent86 I paid the old price of $120, and yes, it was worth it. (it also has a bass speaker in it, so you feel the train.)

agent86

@Wipqozn but can I buy different colored glasses if I pay $5 more?!?

@FallenAngelEyes I own 3 total, so I'm certainly a victim myself :)

Ian Pugsley

I was building a GH Ukelele at one point

agent86

@alexanderpas I like Railroad Tycoon games, would I like railworks? I play it more for the "economic sim" elements

Ian Pugsley

it was abandoned due to lack of skill at molding/shaping plastic

agent86

21:22

I tore apart an old PC controller and wired some buttons into a guitar configuration once, for frets of fire. this was before I bought a guitar.

Ian Pugsley

good ol' FoF

alexanderpas

@agent86 not comparable, if you like the idea of the flightsims but think they're too much for you, you might like railworks.

user30

fof is awesome

agent86

@alexanderpas blehhhhh. no thanks.

Nick T

@Wipqozn why's that milk all foamy

sorry, malk

Margaret

21:24

@NickT They didn't wash the cup out well after adding detergent?

alexanderpas

@NickT air.

FallenAngelEyes

@agent86 Haha. I have 2 GH guitars for PS2, 1 GH 5 guitar, 1 full RB1 set (microphone, guitar, drums), 1 precision bass guitar, RB3 keyboard and drums, and the real Squier for 360, then 1 Fender Squier Affinity Jazz bass, and a Yamaha guitar.

And 2 more generic 360 microphones

agent86

@FallenAngelEyes you win. :)

Ian Pugsley

@FallenAngelEyes good golly

Wipqozn

2 days ago, by balpha

I WANT CHAT HATS! WHO IS THE INCAPABLE IDIOT WHOSE FAULT IT IS THAT I DON'T HAVE HATS IN CHAT? THEY SHOULD BE FIRED!!!!!one

22 stars. I think that just may be the most starred thing on the bridge.

agent86

21:25

I have a RB1 set I bought cheap, one wireless RB1 guitar, and a Wii guitar I got on clearance.

Matthew Read

the unicron hat rules

FallenAngelEyes

@agent86 I try not to think about how much money went into all that. The funnest part was getting the 2 GH2 guitars over here from the US.

alexanderpas

@Wipqozn star the original one in the sidebar!

Wipqozn

@alexanderpas I already did, on dec 16th.

agent86

@FallenAngelEyes yeah, it's best not to think about money. Hey, think about how much cheaper your hobby is than some people's!

Margaret

21:27

Damn this "going to work" thing, takes me away from my more important "Hanging around on the Internet" duties...

FallenAngelEyes

@agent86 When I look at my Steam games list, I do not consider that "cheap" >_>

alexanderpas

@Margaret that "going to work" thing allows you to do all those other things... it's all about the balance.

agent86

@FallenAngelEyes hey, you could be into collecting extremely rare diamond-encrusted belts or something.

I have no idea how much an extremely rare diamond-encrusted belt is worth, but probably more than a plastic guitar?

Ian Pugsley

@FallenAngelEyes @agent86 or diamond-encrusted crack cocaine

Matthew Read

judging by my steam account, my hobby is collecting games faster than i can play them :/

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agent86

21:31

hmm, I've apparently won a 50% off coupon for any valve title. Yay?

alexanderpas

@FallenAngelEyes devide it in the number of years you're using steam. also, check the average price/game. (also knowing you paid less thanks to the sales.)

Dave McClelland

@Wipqozn Bam, 23. I'm a helper

Ronan Forman

@Wipqozn How many did the mana meeting get?

Grace Note

@MatthewRead This seems to be a constant comment from a lot of Steam gamers

Matthew Read

@Grace We all blame the sales, I'm sure.

FallenAngelEyes

21:32

@alexanderpas I've only been on Steam for a little more than 3, unlike most people

@MatthewRead I hear ya

Grace Note

@MatthewRead You all do, apparently

Wipqozn

@RonanForman 10.

Matthew Read

lol

Arda Xi

@FallenAngelEyes I've been on Steam for 6 years now.

Ian Pugsley

give it a couple years, there'll be a "Steam Hoarders" show on A&E or something

FallenAngelEyes

21:33

I'm still getting "Error 503 Service Unavailable" from the Steam store. I vote this should continue in order to prevent me from buying too many games.

@IanPugsley Steam pickers!

Wipqozn

Wipqozn's law of gravitation. recieved 17 stars, which is the second highest starred messsage I know if

Grace Note

@FallenAngelEyes In my day, we had positive values on our Will Saves.

Ian Pugsley

"The price I'm getting it for is worth the effort I'd have to put in if I ever wanted to play it! It's lower than the cost of the media it was printed on before digital distribution!"

"I'll pass my account on to my kids when I die!"

alexanderpas

@FallenAngelEyes 3513,42€ since 2006-08-06 according to steamcalculator.

Margaret

@IanPugsley At least it doesn't take up physical space, except for the computer to play it on :p

Lazers

21:34

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Q: How does PvP work?

My guild has joined a PvP server, and I'm not really a PvP player. I'm wondering how does PvP work? Will I get ganked whilst out and about? Hopefully I don't lose all my items either when I die.

star-wars-tor

Anna Lear

@MatthewRead It's all those sales, man. Inability to resist a game at 75% off is one of my superpowers.

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote please, you didn't have Will Saves back then :P

agent86

@IanPugsley LICENSE AGREEMENT VIOLATION DETECTED. STEAM LIBRARY DESTRUCTION ORBITAL LAZER DEPLOYED

Grace Note

@IanPugsley Don't make me bust out some THAC0.

Matthew Read

@Anna And yet I still get annoyed when it's 80% off a month later :P

Dave McClelland

21:35

@ArdaXi I've been on steam for 8 years. I'm the best! steamcalculator.com/id/winterphoenix

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote don't make me bust out "Elf" as a playable class :)

Grace Note

Pfffft

Ah, those days...

Arda Xi

@DaveMcClelland Impressive.

Ian Pugsley

my parents played D&D and AD&D, I got to play quite a bit before 3E came out

Arda Xi

I've been on Steam since I was 10.

Dave McClelland

21:35

@ArdaXi I signed up in the first week when they forced steam signups to play CS

FallenAngelEyes

I have still never played Half Life

or Half Life 2

Dave McClelland

Back then, steam was a huge pile of crap

agent86

steamcalculator.com/id/agent86

Ian Pugsley

@FallenAngelEyes (me neither, don't tell anyone)

agent86

@FallenAngelEyes good games, but somewhat overrated.

Arda Xi

21:36

@DaveMcClelland Vomit, more like. Given the colour.

Dave McClelland

@ArdaXi Good god, it was just... so terrible

Arda Xi

Remember how there was that Friends option that never ever worked?

agent86

I don't think playing them now would endear you to them.

Grace Note

@IanPugsley I had some AD&D resources for a while before breaking into 3E from a friend.

Ian Pugsley

@ArdaXi yeah, yesterday?

Grace Note

21:36

I think AD&D is technically before my time, though.

FallenAngelEyes

@agent86 What I hear is that they were very good and groundbreaking for their time

Arda Xi

No, it was down for years on end.

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote funny considering I'm only 23, lol

@GraceNote I'd say anyone who play Baldur's Gate 1 or 2, AD&D isn't before their time

Grace Note

@IanPugsley Never played those, so joke's on you! I just played Unlimited Adventures on DOS!

FallenAngelEyes

@agent86 I also I have this really weird sense of patience. I'm impatient when it comes to waiting for sequels if I've played a game/read a book/etc. So I usually don't watch tv shows that are currently airing or read series that are still coming out. Rather, I wait until they're over, then I partake.

agent86

21:38

@FallenAngelEyes yes. then all their novelty became cliche, and now going back you'd probably just feel annoyed by the boring parts.

FallenAngelEyes

@agent86 Yeah, HL1 came out in... 1998 or so? I wasn't a PC gamer back then, just a console gamer.

agent86

I tried to get a friend to co-op HL2 with me, and he made it through the airboat part, but just barely. Then he got bored at the zombie/headcrab parts

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote you're old and you haven't played good games? And the joke's on me?

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Grace Note

@IanPugsley I'm not old!

@FallenAngelEyes I had a homework assignment to play Half-Life 1, once.

agent86

@GraceNote old requires that you have an age. I theorize that in addition to having no gender, you exist in a time bubble and are therefore outside our normal universe's realm of existence.

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Matthew Read

21:39

I've never played HL either, been meaning to for years.

Grace Note

It was the assignment after the one where we had to play Grim Fandago

FallenAngelEyes

@GraceNote Did you pass?

Grace Note

@FallenAngelEyes It was one of my best classes in college.

alexanderpas

just calculated, steam has costed me an average of €1.8 / day over the last 5 years and 4 months. (smoking is more expensive.)

FallenAngelEyes

@GraceNote What course was that? It sounds neat.

agent86

21:40

@GraceNote my then girlfriend was once in a class like this. she found grim fandango boring. I, on the other hand, still have the original discs

FallenAngelEyes

@alexanderpas Depends on what you smoke?

Grace Note

Designing Interactive Characters For Computer Games. The teacher resigned the following year.

FallenAngelEyes

@GraceNote Aw :(

alexanderpas

@FallenAngelEyes more like how much you smoke.

FallenAngelEyes

Why?

Margaret

21:41

@GraceNote One "Human Computer Interaction" subject my University offered had a final exam of "Go to the local arcade and watch people play video games

Grace Note

She was an excellent teacher and has actually written a number of books. She's even been mentioned on Wikipedia at least on one article.

Matthew Read

sweet, Reversal on MSO

Grace Note

@Margaret Our final assignment in the class was "Pick a game you like and write a paper about a character".

Between the collage making and literally gaming for my grades, my roommates pretty much came to despise me when it came to class load.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman The screen is nearly done.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice Cool, how's it look?

GnomeSlice

21:45

Pretty good, I think.

alexanderpas

BTW: railworks actually supports multi-track drifting - that's how accurate the sim is ;)

GnomeSlice

You'll also be pleased to know it's going to be far shorter than the other one.

Ronan Forman

Cool.

user30

@alexanderpas it's one of those things I kinda want to try

user30

although that's hardly accurate.

user30

21:48

the carriage is in the other carriage

GnomeSlice

Hm... I doubt Mr. Rubber Finger would mind if I used one of their tracks in it.

Margaret

Heigh ho, it's off to work I go sigh

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice Ask them first.

GnomeSlice

Yeah, probably better to just forgo the music altogether.

Ronan Forman

Or take some music from here: mattmcfarland.com

GnomeSlice

21:49

Since it's only like 6 seconds.

alexanderpas

@ThomasMcDonald that instance is indeed inaccurate, but with a single carriage it is completely doable, even in real life (barring obstacles.)

GnomeSlice

Gah, I should just email them.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice If you send me the video file its self, it should be 720p and 16:9

@GnomeSlice All the music in that link is royalty free, use that.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman I'm going to send you both, but that's probably what it is. Might be 1080p actually.

@RonanForman I know lots of places to get Royalty free music don't worry.

alexanderpas

@RonanForman roalty free still has a license you need to read ;)

Ronan Forman

21:53

@GnomeSlice Then don't send me the video, I need it in 720

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman You can rez it down.

Yeah, it's 1920 x 1080

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice So it's being rendered twice now?

GnomeSlice

twice?

Ronan Forman

If you render it at 1080, then I re-render it at 720...

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman I still don't understand. Oh. You mean the actual completed video file. You can resize it in premiere to fit the frame.

Ronan Forman

21:55

@GnomeSlice Just send me the project, it'll be smaller too.

GnomeSlice

myspace.com/mrrubberfinger/music/songs/that-was-fun-67136408

Lazers

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Q: Why should I use the Item Modification Table in SWTOR?

It seems that any modification you can do to a weapon on the Item Modification Table can also be done from Inventory. Why are there so many tables and why would I want to use them?

star-wars-tor

GnomeSlice

I've found something else I can use, anyway.

Raven Dreamer

@FallenAngelEyes I just threw down money for Mistletoe LeBlanc.

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