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hello?
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Hello
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who is this?
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Are you the guy from redorchestra’s forum ?
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yeah
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nice to meet you
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tester and forum moderator
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you to
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i think
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no
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i’m not even in forum
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so me and one of my friend want to play ro as it comes out but i have some questions, will you answer these ?
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yes that’s fine
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happy to help
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Thanks
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so
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will it be free ?
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Cause i don’t want it to be free (i’m playing Enemy Territory for the moment and it’s free… Too much lamers on it)
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the mod for ut2004 is free if you own a copy of ut2004, but the retail game will have to be paid for
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Nice !
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it is a huge step up from the modifcation so will be worth the investment
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Well i’m talking about Ostfront 41-45
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yeah, it is a proper professional retail game, the difference between ostfront and RO Mod are staggering
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as i could read on website and on forums, the game will be really really awesome
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it is the most intense gaming experience I have had
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Do you know when it comes out ?
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the most immersive online game i have played
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they hope to have it ready by the end of january
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but it may be delayed if any problems occur that can’t be fixed fast enough
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We are waiting for it too long now
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but the most we wait, the most cool it will be
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it may seem like a long time to wait, but for the developers and testers like myself the time left to work on it really is not long
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so much still to be sorted in the remaining time
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No i know, i prefer waiting for it few month more than having a "bad" game
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i’m sure it’ll be great
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I’m glad you’re ok to answer my questions.
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What is for you the best thing in this game ?
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i love it all
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you play the game as you would in real life
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if you were a soldier you would find the game very easy to pick up
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as if you play as a soldier would you stay alive longer
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i also love how everything works togther
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infantry protect tanks
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tanks support infantry
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commanders call in artillery to clear out the enemy
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machine gunners pin down enemy soldiers
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assaulters rush in
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riflemen pick off the enemy
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everything just works as it would in real life
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waow, i’m impressed
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the learning curve can be quite tough
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but given a week of casual playing and you’ll have the hang of it
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finally a game which can take over some other games
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well it has the attention to detail of a simulation
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with the fun of more arcade games
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so you get a much more real gaming experience than pretty much every game except for maybe wwii online
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that’s what my and my friend are waiting for, realism, simulation and something else than just infantry (so tanks and stuff)
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but that is very ugly whereas ostfront is beautiful
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yeah wwii is cool but ugly
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i have to admit i love the weapon models and animations
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the most realistic in any game i have seen
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Better than Day Of Defeat ?
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it’s little touches like not having to manually chmaber the first round when you didn’t totally empty the magazine
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far far far better
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as are the sounds
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you also cycle your magazines
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so you put aside half empty magazines and use them later
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and the only ammo counter you have is you are told how heavy the magazine is you are reloading with
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so heavy is more than half full, light less than half, and very light = 1 -2 bullets
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also it is the first game I have played where even pistols feel like proper guns
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a good shot from a pistol to the chest at close range will often kill
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not as the other games where pistols are often accessories…
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every gun does the damage it is meant to
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no nerfing
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every gun fires as fast as it should
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has the ballistics it should
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and the power it should
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even the Mg42 actually fires 1200 bullets per minute
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Oh, and how will it be paid ? Paypal Download ? CD ?
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Steam
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so you will need a credit/debit card
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there may be some paypal option i am not sure
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and is it like wwii or wow ? (pay $xx per month ?)
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it’s like buying any Half life game
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no a single fee
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Nice
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you buy the game
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and play as much as you like
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I think this game will be near to perfect
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it is more like DoD in terms of playing rounds on maps
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but much more real and immersive
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and much bigger maps
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Oh, yes… What are the objectives ?
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I think this game will be one of the best online team based games ever
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but i am probably biased
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normally you are capturing things like 88mm guns, buildings, the square
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the usual
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sometimes you have to destory objectives with satchel charges
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the aim is to clear the eneemy out of the objective and to hold it long enough to take it
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the more players there the faster you capture it
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I already love it… Are there things you don’t like in it ?
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being killed?
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that count
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actually even that is cool
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love the ragdoll deaths
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and is it single round or respawn ?
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or the way vehicles explode
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respawns
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cool
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so you get waves of reinforcements
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like DoD
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It’s really all the things i like in a game
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http://www.redorchestragame.com/images/17-12-05/full/kp4.jpg
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shots like that are actual in game pictures
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the only editing is the text
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I was going to ask you that
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that tank is fully useable
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Waow, it’s awesome, really really really awesome
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the vehicles are now almost a match for the stand alone tank simulators
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like panzer elite
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oh i should also say even the player animations are great
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when you watch the entire russian team launch and attack as a group it is wonderful
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you just watch men scrambling over the rubble and throwing themselves flat as the germans open fire
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tanks support them and tracer rounds zip back and forth
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grenades are thrown in both directions producing smoke and stunning people
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i have come out of games actually shaking
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Really ?
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unable to stop my hands shaking
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just a huge adrenaline rush
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darn this will be great
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how "big" are the maps ? i mean compared to DoD ?
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the biggest can be well over a kilometre in width/length
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also they tend if they are a city map for example to map out a few blocks of the city and place objectives and spawns within there
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so you can take any route through
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DoD maps are very linear
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with a single main path
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and a couple side routes
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yes
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some friends of mine say "the best player in this game will be the guy with the sniper
and a nice camping spot" is that true ?
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no
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i will give you a good example
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yesterday in a playtest a freind was hiding on a hilltop by a windmill with a sniper rifle
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i watched a tank take aim from 600 yards away and hit him with a HE shell
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for every class there is something to beat it
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a sniper can be very good
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but only if he works with his team
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and has support
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otherwise he will just get pinned down
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flanked
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and killed
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you also have proper ironsights/scopes
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and sway
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affected by stamina
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and stance
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and you have to take into account bullet drop
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time of flight
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the movement of your target
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so unlike most games sniping is good and effective but not super easy
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also many maps have no sniper
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I tend to find I often have more luck with a standard bolt action rifle
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you get a better view as you aren’t so focussed through a narrow scope
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Which is normal
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yup
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How could you describe the game in a couple of words ?
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An online wwii team based shooter set on the eastern front, with a blend of realistic infantry and vehicle combat
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the mod used the term "combined arms"
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which sums it up
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I guess the teamplay is almost everything in this game
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everything in one, but everything working togther as it does in real life
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yeah, you can have sucess alone
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but when you work togther and use the built in voice coms and squad commands it works much better
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nothing like working togther to flush out a sniper
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or distracting a machine gunner so a team mate can make a rush in with a grenade
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I only have one thing to say : COME OUT !
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well i can vouch that the testers are working hard
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we are trying to make sure no major bugs slip through
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and have been finding them very effectively so far
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also as steam will be used any issues can be quickly patched
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And is the environment destructable ? (will be the perfect touch)
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and the game will automaticlaly update
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no a destructable environment is just too much load on a server
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it’s hard enough tio just track all the players and bullets and vehicles and artillery
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without also having to track every last piece of ground and scenery
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True
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there are plenty of destructable objects on some maps though
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to take out with satchel charges
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one of the biggest issues if simply making sure people realise what is being created
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and how it will be sold
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I’ll spread the word !
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cheers