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America
11-13-2010, 03:50 PM
1. Everything
nilbog
11-13-2010, 03:52 PM
rarely fizzles when casting 'AE Democracy'
America
11-13-2010, 04:00 PM
So you're saying it does fizzle? Please clarify so the NSA boys monitoring this conversation can choose the most correct course of action
nilbog
11-13-2010, 04:02 PM
Bay of Pigs?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion
America
11-13-2010, 04:20 PM
After some deliberation, we have deemed that since your statement was in reference to foreign affairs it does not constitute support of terrorism as outlined in USA PATRIOT Act, Title VIII, Section 803. You may continue to exist as you see fit.
Abacab niggah
11-13-2010, 04:40 PM
Bay of Pigs?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion
In all respect, America was AFK half the fight and the Cubans were bind rushing... hardly fair PvP
nilbog
11-13-2010, 04:43 PM
I did say rarely.
I'm sure a history major can provide more detailed examples.
America
11-13-2010, 04:45 PM
i would hesitate to say i'm sure a history major can do anything
America
11-13-2010, 04:47 PM
well maybe pouring coffee
Abacab niggah
11-13-2010, 04:54 PM
Times where America got rolled in PvP:
1812
Grenada
Somalia
Civil War
Pearl Harbor
Vietnam
Space race pt. 1
1929
Bojangles
11-14-2010, 02:27 AM
Times where America got rolled in PvP:
1812
Grenada
Somalia
Civil War
Pearl Harbor
Vietnam
Space race pt. 1
1929
1812
We won the war of 1812. The treaty of Ghent basically said, "reset to prewar conditions, but US also gets fishing rights in the Gulf of St. Lawrence." A marginal victory, but a victory none the less.
Grenada
WTF? Didn't you see "Heartbreak Ridge?" We won this one too, thanks to Clint Eastwood and other hard-charging recon Marines.
Civil War
Our national government won this one. The government which is in power now is a continuation of that government, while the revolting government was destroyed. So we won this one too, unless you are a big fan of slavery, then I could see how you would think that we lost.
Pearl Harbor
Yes, we lost a battle when we didn't even know we were at war. But we still won the war, which is what matters.
Viet Nam
We kicked ass in PvP. Only about 59,000 Americans died, while they suffered 1-3 MILLION deaths. We didn't lose, we just got bored and decided to log off and play something else.
Space Race pt 1
Similar to Pearl Harbor. We didn't know we were in a space race till Sputnik was launched. After losing the opening battle, we still ended up winning the war with the commies not even being close to landing on the moon.
1929
What?
Bojangles
11-14-2010, 02:29 AM
addendum:
Technically the space race wasn't PvP. It was more of a 4X type of game.
Rogean
11-14-2010, 02:48 AM
addendum:
Technically the space race wasn't PvP. It was more of a 4X type of game.
Capture the Flag.
Bojangles
11-14-2010, 03:33 AM
Capture the flag w/o shooting is still not PvP.
Kraftwerk
11-14-2010, 10:37 AM
rarely fizzles when casting 'AE Democracy'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears
bufferofnewbies
11-14-2010, 10:49 AM
"When white man find land: Indians running it. No taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, clean water, Women do all the work, Medicine Man free, Indian man spend all day hunting and fishing; all night having sex.
Only white man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that."
--"Two Eagles", Indian Chief
quellren
11-14-2010, 11:30 AM
1812
We won the war of 1812. The treaty of Ghent basically said, "reset to prewar conditions, but US also gets fishing rights in the Gulf of St. Lawrence." A marginal victory, but a victory none the less.
{snipped}
I'm guessing Abacab doesn't read many history books. It's much more entertaining to troll a forum for a game he can't play.
If you want to further substantiate the PvP-asskicking claim, the Battle of New Orleans cements it.
Jackson's 2300 troops defeated the nearly 12,000 British, with only 350 Americans killed or wounded to the 2500 Brits killed/wounded.
Kraftwerk
11-14-2010, 11:49 AM
I'm guessing Abacab doesn't read many history books. It's much more entertaining to troll a forum for a game he can't play.
If you want to further substantiate the PvP-asskicking claim, the Battle of New Orleans cements it.
Jackson's 2300 troops defeated the nearly 12,000 British, with only 350 Americans killed or wounded to the 2500 Brits killed/wounded.
In Abacab's defense, if he is referring to the entirety of the war and sheer casualty numbers (which may or may not be the case, but paying devil's advocate here), he is accurate:
British KIA ~1600 Wounded ~3600
American KIA ~2200 Wounded ~4500
Also, take into consideration the fact that the British veteran forces were pre-occupied in a tiny matter over in Europe called the Napoleonic Wars leaving the American forces to face otherwise far less experienced British forces and still suffer greater losses. Coupled with the fact that the British burned many government facilities in Washington DC while occupying Washington DC for a time during the war.
Based upon all this and negligible territory victory that may have been achieved from a war that was started by the United States against the British, there is no Victor in the War of 1812. The only true victory in the war was the period of peace that followed between the British and United States following what was basically a stalemate and the realization that the war served to benefit neither party.
Quineloe
11-14-2010, 12:24 PM
Friendly Fire.
Quineloe
11-14-2010, 12:29 PM
1812
Viet Nam
We kicked ass in PvP. Only about 59,000 Americans died, while they suffered 1-3 MILLION deaths. We didn't lose, we just got bored and decided to log off and play something else.
By that logic, who won WWII? More than 20 million dead Russians after all.
Bojangles
11-14-2010, 05:02 PM
By that logic, who won WWII? More than 20 million dead Russians after all.
There were 2 factors in my logic, not just kill ratio.
War is often a CTF game. No one captured the flag in Viet Nam (although we could have at any time, we just chose not to). So the winner by default goes to whoever has the most points. In WWII the Nazis had their flag captured by us, so lost the game no matter what the kill ratio was.
Quineloe
11-14-2010, 05:10 PM
oh didn't realize you were Russian.
Tristin
11-14-2010, 05:19 PM
By that logic, who won WWII? More than 20 million dead Russians after all.
They just needed to play better imo. TM Knoxx 2008
Zithax
11-14-2010, 05:24 PM
Pearl harbor was bs, we succored away and a melee got left behind, who was then ambushed. so lame.
Taluvill
11-14-2010, 05:29 PM
We have the best smokey the bear. Thats for sure.
Abacab niggah
11-14-2010, 05:32 PM
Times where America got rolled in PvP:
1812
Grenada
Somalia
Civil War
Pearl Harbor
Vietnam
Space race pt. 1
1929
Let me explain why these are losses:
1812: Washington D.C was burned to the ground, American's were shelled to death from naval ships and if it wasn't for other European countries attacking England Simultaneously we would've been re-introduced into the British Empire.
Grenada: Everything was a lie right down to the death toll, America basically stormed in and held leadership hostage after a small skirmish hardly a victory because the communists didn't even give a fuck about Grenada enough to assist it.
Somalia: These motherfuckers STILL roll on bass fishing boats on the ocean hijacking liners, the place is still Anarchy and the only good thing America did with Somalia is set the backdrop for "Black Hawk Down" we failed to stabilize and stop terrorism completely in that area.
Civil War: We were effectively pwning ourselves over the Missouri Compromise with our expansion past the Mississippi river, people got pissed tried to fight each other, eventually re-merged as a still racist, still exploitative, still federalist country
Pearl Harbor: Got caught AFK
Vietnam: Even if you killed 5x the numbers, they still zerged your ass out of every position, they still ambushed the U.S on a day to day basis, and even know there are thousands of American's who break down into tremors and vomit when they hear "popping" noises... Fact is U.S got raped.
Space Race: Didn't matter if you faked the moon landing, Russia knocked the U.S out by attempting shit that America couldn't do at the time thus inviting ex-Nazi scientists to help make it possible (lol)
1929: Economy rape, simple as that
Humerox
11-14-2010, 05:42 PM
Won't matter in about 15 years or so when the US is a conglomeration of city-states and the Chinese will be running everything.
Bodeanicus
11-14-2010, 09:20 PM
Killing brown people for profit.
Bojangles
11-14-2010, 10:01 PM
Let me explain why these are losses:
Grenada: Everything was a lie right down to the death toll, America basically stormed in and held leadership hostage after a small skirmish hardly a victory because the communists didn't even give a fuck about Grenada enough to assist it.
[do you even know what PvP means? This has nothing to do with it]
Civil War: We were effectively pwning ourselves over the Missouri Compromise with our expansion past the Mississippi river, people got pissed tried to fight each other, eventually re-merged as a still racist, still exploitative, still federalist country
[Far less federalist, actually. Again, not sure what any of this has to do with PvP. There were 2 sides, 1 side won. That side was and is the US of A. If you claim there was only 1 side then it wasn't PvP, it was just P. And therefore is not relevant to the topic.]
Vietnam: Even if you killed 5x the numbers, they still zerged your ass out of every position, they still ambushed the U.S on a day to day basis, and even know there are thousands of American's who break down into tremors and vomit when they hear "popping" noises... Fact is U.S got raped.
[50k vs. 5million = 5x the numbers? Nice math skills. Actually the US won just about every single battle and skirmish, both in terms of holding territory and kill ratio. Soldiers not exposed to media reports thought we were winning the war. The Tet Offensive was a great military victory for the US, but commie lib Cronkite decided to call it a loss.]
Space Race: Didn't matter if you faked the moon landing, Russia knocked the U.S out by attempting shit that America couldn't do at the time thus inviting ex-Nazi scientists to help make it possible (lol)
[No clue how this relates to PvP]
1929: Economy rape, simple as that
[I've become convinced you don't know what PvP means.]
Japan
11-14-2010, 10:04 PM
worst format for a rebuttal ever, bold the relevant text or something
Abacab niggah
11-14-2010, 10:24 PM
worst format for a rebuttal ever, bold the relevant text or something
Nah it's cool Japan, Bojangles just hasn't realized that we're equating America and PvP as some half-retarded run on joke in this thread.
Bojangles
11-15-2010, 05:50 AM
No, you were not equating America with PvP. Do you know what the word 'equating' means? You claimed America "got rolled" in PvP in a number of situations. If you meant "Times when America was not doing something the best", which would have been more in accord with this threads' topic, you should have said "times when America was not doing something the best". When you say "times when America got rolled in PvP" it means, well, wtf? How do you not know what this means? It means "times America got rolled in PvP". PvP is combat.
So obviously you were narrowing the topic from 'America in general' to 'America in the specific area of combat'. Which is what I was responding to. You accepted this interpretation in post #26 where you argue as if PvP = combat. It is only now when you got owned by logical argument that you try to claim that you didn't say what you clearly stated above.
Do you know someone who speaks English as a first language? Could you please have them read your posts before you submit them? Your grammar and spelling is excellent, but your overall language comprehension can be lacking at times. Thanks.
Snigel
11-15-2010, 08:09 AM
Bojangles please return to
http://captain-america.us/messageboard/captainamerica-forum.jpg
karsten
11-15-2010, 09:29 AM
They just needed to play better imo. TM Knoxx 2008
Villide
11-15-2010, 02:04 PM
1. Everything
We're definitely the best at reflexively assuming we're the best at everything.
warrioman
11-15-2010, 02:36 PM
Guys, we're forgetting the worst pwning of all
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2187rank.html#
You forgot that America handled the recent recession the best. When it doubt, throw money at everything and put your country even more in debt.
Extunarian
11-15-2010, 03:04 PM
You forgot that America handled the recent recession the best. When it doubt, throw money at everything and put your country even more in debt.
fuckin liberals didn't understand the correct thing to do would have been to institute a 3 year holiday on estate and capital gains taxes...would have created 6 billion jobs and Laffer shows it would pay for itself.
purist
11-15-2010, 03:21 PM
Yeah, woo! Supply-side economics!
Savok
11-15-2010, 04:09 PM
fuckin liberals didn't understand the correct thing to do would have been to institute a 3 year holiday on estate and capital gains taxes...would have created 6 billion jobs and Laffer shows it would pay for itself.
The correct thing would of let the Republicans not get us to that point in their 8 year administration - but whatever.
Extunarian
11-15-2010, 04:17 PM
The correct thing would of let the Republicans not get us to that point in their 8 year administration - but whatever.
shhhh....
Boggwin Bramblefoot
11-15-2010, 04:36 PM
The correct thing would of let the Republicans not get us to that point in their 8 year administration - but whatever.
Hating on Bush is so 2008...lame. BTW who controlled the Congress since 2006? And how created the loan crisis...you know, giving loans to anyone for anything? And who is running up the deficit as we speak? LIBERALS! Spending other peoples money since the 1830s. :)
Extunarian
11-15-2010, 05:06 PM
Hating on Bush is so 2008...lame. BTW who controlled the Congress since 2006? And how created the loan crisis...you know, giving loans to anyone for anything? And who is running up the deficit as we speak? LIBERALS! Spending other peoples money since the 1830s. :)
not sure if serious...
Morlaeth
11-15-2010, 05:22 PM
I'm guessing Abacab doesn't read many history books. It's much more entertaining to troll a forum for a game he can't play.
If you want to further substantiate the PvP-asskicking claim, the Battle of New Orleans cements it.
Jackson's 2300 troops defeated the nearly 12,000 British, with only 350 Americans killed or wounded to the 2500 Brits killed/wounded.
This battle didn't even need to happen. The treaty was signed, but the message of war's end couldn't be delivered in time....So the PVP continued!
Morlaeth
11-15-2010, 05:25 PM
Guys, we're forgetting the worst pwning of all
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2187rank.html#
^ this
Chanur
11-16-2010, 10:43 PM
In Abacab's defense, if he is referring to the entirety of the war and sheer casualty numbers (which may or may not be the case, but paying devil's advocate here), he is accurate:
British KIA ~1600 Wounded ~3600
American KIA ~2200 Wounded ~4500
Also, take into consideration the fact that the British veteran forces were pre-occupied in a tiny matter over in Europe called the Napoleonic Wars leaving the American forces to face otherwise far less experienced British forces and still suffer greater losses. Coupled with the fact that the British burned many government facilities in Washington DC while occupying Washington DC for a time during the war.
Based upon all this and negligible territory victory that may have been achieved from a war that was started by the United States against the British, there is no Victor in the War of 1812. The only true victory in the war was the period of peace that followed between the British and United States following what was basically a stalemate and the realization that the war served to benefit neither party.
The Bits ended up our bitch and that's all that really matters in pvp.
Kassel
11-16-2010, 11:19 PM
http://drewjustice.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/white-house-1812.jpg
Quineloe
11-17-2010, 06:45 AM
Hating on Bush is so 2008...lame. BTW who controlled the Congress since 2006? And how created the loan crisis...you know, giving loans to anyone for anything? And who is running up the deficit as we speak? LIBERALS! Spending other peoples money since the 1830s. :)
but hating Hitler is still fine.
audacity
11-17-2010, 07:54 AM
I'm guessing Abacab doesn't read many history books. It's much more entertaining to troll a forum for a game he can't play.
If you want to further substantiate the PvP-asskicking claim, the Battle of New Orleans cements it.
Jackson's 2300 troops defeated the nearly 12,000 British, with only 350 Americans killed or wounded to the 2500 Brits killed/wounded.
You beat me to it :(
karsten
11-17-2010, 09:01 AM
but hating Hitler is still fine.
oh i was waiting for the inevitable bush - hitler comparison :)
hi quin!
Hasbinbad
11-17-2010, 07:10 PM
fuckin liberals didn't understand the correct thing to do would have been to institute a 3 year holiday on estate and capital gains taxes...would have created 6 billion jobs and Laffer shows it would pay for itself.
Six billion jobs huh?
You're not very fond of math are you?
(fuckin loony right wing nutjobs lulz)
Hasbinbad
11-17-2010, 07:13 PM
Hating on Bush is so 2008...lame. BTW who controlled the Congress since 2006? And how created the loan crisis...you know, giving loans to anyone for anything? And who is running up the deficit as we speak? LIBERALS! Spending other peoples money since the 1830s. :)
Yeah, coz taxes are totally weak huh!!
Fuck having things like ROADS, and like.. BRIDGES, ..yeah!! YEAH FUCK BRIDGES, THEY ARE FUCKING STUPID!!! Nobody needs fucking street lights either, WTF!! ..and that STUPID fucking post office, i mean, who uses MAIL anyway??? DOWN WITH THE GOVERNMENT!! DOWN WITH TAXES!! ANARCHY ANARCHY!!!
Six billion jobs huh?
This reminds me of when I was getting out of the Marines, this 1stsgt was trying to convince me to re-up or extend for another deployment. One of the ways he tried to convince me to stay in was because there were "over 500 million unemployed Americans." I was transferring units that day to go be a training cadre while I waited for my EAS date, so I had absolutely no reservations about informing him that there were just over 300 million Americans in the United States. Was ridiculously satisfying... (he was a dick)
Hasbinbad
11-17-2010, 07:28 PM
This reminds me of when I was getting out of the Marines, this 1stsgt was trying to convince me to re-up or extend for another deployment. One of the ways he tried to convince me to stay in was because there were "over 500 million unemployed Americans." I was transferring units that day to go be a training cadre while I waited for my EAS date, so I had absolutely no reservations about informing him that there were just over 300 million Americans in the United States. Was ridiculously satisfying... (he was a dick)
Somehow I can picture you talking shit to a ranking marine, and it makes me smile.
Somehow I can picture you talking shit to a ranking marine, and it makes me smile.
Yea, he out ranked me, but I was untouchable at that point. He wouldn't have been the first person who tried to NJP me and interestingly enough, he wouldn't have ended up being the last (was a combat water survival instructor and some SSgt who was going trying to get scout swimmer qualification tried to get me on hazing.. yea.. he out ranked me and was claiming I was hazing him. I was, but still. What he called hazing I called motivation to get better at swimming.)
Bojangles
11-18-2010, 08:35 AM
Six billion jobs huh?
You're not very fond of math are you?
(fuckin loony right wing nutjobs lulz)
His more recent posts on this thread point towards his being more liberal. Grats on falling for a straw troll argument!
iamjack
11-18-2010, 10:36 AM
Pearl Harbor: Got caught AFK
LOL....omg....
epicentre
11-18-2010, 11:03 AM
BTW it looks like America has a bad MostOfTheRestOfTheWorld faction.
/whistle
Extunarian
11-18-2010, 01:18 PM
His more recent posts on this thread point towards his being more liberal. Grats on falling for a straw troll argument!
ding ding ding
Boggwin Bramblefoot
11-18-2010, 01:38 PM
Yeah, coz taxes are totally weak huh!!
Fuck having things like ROADS, and like.. BRIDGES, ..yeah!! YEAH FUCK BRIDGES, THEY ARE FUCKING STUPID!!! Nobody needs fucking street lights either, WTF!! ..and that STUPID fucking post office, i mean, who uses MAIL anyway??? DOWN WITH THE GOVERNMENT!! DOWN WITH TAXES!! ANARCHY ANARCHY!!!
No, I meant taking money from me to pay for other people's food stamps, free health care, free housing, free schooling, free free dental and eye care, free daycare...need I say more? I know we need roads and bridges and so forth. Those are capital budgetary items...not operating budget; which allows for the stuff I listed. You need to settle down a bit...lmao.
Dantes
11-18-2010, 01:56 PM
1. Eating
2. Getting fat
3. Polluting
4. Outsourcing
5. Driving Rascals
6. Paying for medication we don't need
Hasbinbad
11-18-2010, 02:13 PM
No, I meant taking money from me to pay for other people's food stamps, free health care, free housing, free schooling, free free dental and eye care, free daycare...need I say more? I know we need roads and bridges and so forth. Those are capital budgetary items...not operating budget; which allows for the stuff I listed. You need to settle down a bit...lmao.
Yes. The construction, operation, and maintenance of your local streetlights are totally CBI's. You're hella smart.
Boggwin Bramblefoot
11-18-2010, 02:13 PM
1. Eating
2. Getting fat
3. Polluting
4. Outsourcing
5. Driving Rascals
6. Paying for medication we don't need
You must be speaking for yourself, because I am an American and I do none of that. Oh wait, you are from Portland; one of the left coast's top hippie, drug addicted, social welfare, homeless cities.
If you don't live in the U.S. and hate America, then fine...stay away. If you do live here and hate America, get the FUCK OUT! Funny how you don't HATE getting all the freedom and free shit, but when your trendy fringe euro-fag friends want to cut on us, you step up to the plate with them so you can be cool. What a joke.
Sorry if this isn't you, but I am tired of reading all of this crap ITT.
Boggwin Bramblefoot
11-18-2010, 02:14 PM
Yes. The construction, operation, and maintenance of your local streetlights are totally CBI's. You're hella smart.
Then what was you beef with my earlier post? I am not sure I get you.
Hasbinbad
11-18-2010, 02:16 PM
Then what was you beef with my earlier post? I am not sure I get you.
You don't get me because you understand sarcasm so well.
Extunarian
11-18-2010, 02:19 PM
You must be speaking for yourself, because I am an American and I do none of that.
You don't eat?
Hasbinbad
11-18-2010, 02:20 PM
You don't eat?
ooooooooh, pwnage!!!
YOU REALLY GOT HIM THER!!!
audacity
11-18-2010, 02:25 PM
ITT: A lot of QQing by faggots.
lol @ faggots
Snigel
11-18-2010, 02:25 PM
If you do live here and hate America, get the FUCK OUT!
Please refrain from black and white dichotomy you fucking tool.
Disagreeing with current policies or identifying stupid shit your country does is not HATING AMERICA.
Boggwin Bramblefoot
11-18-2010, 02:29 PM
Please refrain from black and white dichotomy you fucking tool.
Disagreeing with current policies or identifying stupid shit your country does is not HATING AMERICA.
Maybe in your book, "you fucking tool".
Extunarian
11-18-2010, 02:29 PM
ooooooooh, pwnage!!!
YOU REALLY GOT HIM THER!!!
Thanks. I do it for you.
Boggwin Bramblefoot
11-18-2010, 02:39 PM
You don't eat?
That's all you got kid? Man you are so clever. I bet your boyfriends on here think your a real crack-up. So what's with your panda fetish?
xshayla701
11-18-2010, 02:40 PM
That's all you got kid? Man you are so clever. I bet your boyfriends on here think your a real crack-up. So what's with your panda fetish?
you are a hoot!
Cyrius
11-18-2010, 03:03 PM
I felt like i had to comment. I hate you all equaly, no matter wich nationality or race, but everyone for a different reason. There you go, everyone gets their piece of hate.
Dantes
11-18-2010, 03:05 PM
You must be speaking for yourself, because I am an American and I do none of that. Oh wait, you are from Portland; one of the left coast's top hippie, drug addicted, social welfare, homeless cities.
If you don't live in the U.S. and hate America, then fine...stay away. If you do live here and hate America, get the FUCK OUT! Funny how you don't HATE getting all the freedom and free shit, but when your trendy fringe euro-fag friends want to cut on us, you step up to the plate with them so you can be cool. What a joke.
Sorry if this isn't you, but I am tired of reading all of this crap ITT.
Never said I hated America.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Cm4NxHf7E
Boggwin Bramblefoot
11-18-2010, 03:09 PM
I felt like i had to comment. I hate you all equaly, no matter wich nationality or race, but everyone for a different reason. There you go, everyone gets their piece of hate.
I hate you too man...hehe. :p
Extunarian
11-18-2010, 03:16 PM
That's all you got kid? Man you are so clever. I bet your boyfriends on here think your a real crack-up. So what's with your panda fetish?
seems to have fired you up quite a bit.
azeth
11-18-2010, 03:26 PM
I felt like i had to comment. I hate you all equaly, no matter wich nationality or race, but everyone for a different reason. There you go, everyone gets their piece of hate.
http://stock1.pho.to/data1/5/0/9/509bcab0-3200-e9d4-4903-2f9533949170.gif (http://share.pho.to/AfqvIb)
Cyrius
11-18-2010, 03:27 PM
Cyriusly!! How did you get my webcam to take that picture.
Boggwin Bramblefoot
11-18-2010, 03:30 PM
seems to have fired you up quite a bit.
Still waiting to hear about your panda fetish. Did your daddy walk into your room at night with a Panda suit on? Is that it...lol.
Estolcles
11-18-2010, 08:07 PM
You must be speaking for yourself, because I am an American and I do none of that.
You don't eat? You lying bastard!:mad:
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