S TTTTTTTTTT IIIIIIIIIIIII CCCCCCCC K K S TTTTTTTTTT IIIIIIIIIIIII C K K S TT II C K K S TT II C K K S TT II C K S TT II C K S TT II C K K S TT II C K K S TT II C K K S TT II C K K S TT II C K K S TT IIIIIIIIIIIII CCCCCCCCC K K A RRRRRRRR EEEEEEEEE N N A A A R R E N N N A A A A RRRRRRRR E N N N A A AAAAAAA R EEEEE N N N AAAAAAA A A R R E N N N A A A A R R E N NN A A A A R R EEEEEEEEE N N A A (C) (Stick Arena FAQ) by Luke Allen (C)2006 SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Table of Contents AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 1.Intro...........................intro Version History...................vrsn WTF is Stick Arena?...............stckarna URL to Stick Arena................urlstck 2. Controls.......................contrl Out of game tour..................oogtour In-game controls..................i-gcntrls 3. Weapons........................wpns AK 47.............................ak47 Double Barrel shotgun.............dbs Katana (Swords)...................swrds Sledgehammer......................sldge Baseball Bat......................bbbat Glock.............................glck Fists.............................fsts 4. Stages.........................stgs Xgen HQ...........................xghq Sunnyvale Trailer Park............snvtp Toxic Spillway....................txcspllway Workplace Anxiety.................wkplca Storage Yard......................strgyd Green Labyrinth...................glbrn Floor Thirteen....................flr13 The Pit...........................tpt Industrial Drainage...............indstrld Globalmegacorp Ltd................glbmc Concrete Jungle...................cncrtj Nuclear Underground...............nclrundg Unstable Terrace..................unstblt Office Space......................ofcspce The Foundation....................fndtn Brawler's Burrow..................brwlrsbrw Trench Run........................trnchrn 5. Logging in/Creating an account....lgncrt Account creation..................acntcr Logging in........................lgn 6. Creating/Joining a Game........crtj Stages............................stgs Public............................pblcj Private...........................prvtj Quick play........................qckpy 7. Knowing How Long it takes to kill.....kll AK 47.............................ak47k Double Barrel shotgun.............dbsk Katana (Swords)...................swrdsk Sledgehammer......................sldgek Baseball Bat......................bbbatk Glock.............................glckk Fists.............................fstsk 8. Cheats.........................cheat Hacking...........................hax Arming yourself against hackers...dfhaxors Glitches..........................gltch 9. Booting/escaping a player who you don't like or is not playing fair... .......btplyr Booting...........................bting Leaving a game....................lveg 10. Trouble shooting..............trbl Low fps or high ping..............fpsping Causes for low fps or high ping...cfpsping You still don't know how to play?.....htp 11. Extras........................extrs SA sounds.........................sasnds 12. Credits.......................crdts Thanks to.........................thx2 Legal info........................lgli Contacting me.....................cntct FAQ...............................qstns About missing stuff...............abtmsng SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Version History(vrsn) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA --------------------- Version 0.08 10/27/06 --------------------- Late at night. Only completed title and most of ToC. --------------------- Version 0.98 10/28/06 --------------------- I worked on almost all day. (Don't say I need a life) Finished up ToC and finished EVERYTHING that I have in ToC so far. I'm proud of what's been done. It will be complete soon. need to add stages. ------------------------ Version 0.98 v.2 12/6/06 ------------------------ I added stages to the contents. I may make rough maps for each stage along with the decription of each stage. I will either make a rough map in this or I will make a map in a porgram like paint and submit it to gfaqs. ------------------------- Version 0.98 v.3 12/17/06 ------------------------- Added important info about hacks (cheats) ------------------------- Version 0.98 v.4 12/17/06 ------------------------- I thought something was missing. XD I haven't described each stage. Well most likely that section will be deleted and I'll just submit maps like I plan to do anyway and change this to version 1.0. Anyway, besides that I added a link to most of the sounds in SA. I spent my free time recording them. They're recorded pretty well. Recording a stick figure dying I found easier later on with another weapon striking but I decided against re-recording so the dying sound stays as a sledge killing a stick figure. And some of the them were hard to record and I may be missing others for other reasons. Well, enjoy! SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 1. Intro(intro) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS WTF is Stick Arena?(stckarna) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Stick Arena is an addictive online fighting game where stick figure violence dreams come true! You play as a stick figure who uses several different weapons to defeat the other opposing stick figure players. You will get better and better the more you play so do not get disappointed if you suck at first. You use many different strategies and your wits to develop a plan to defeat your opponents before time is called. In a way, the physics of the game are like Halo and Halo 2 in xbox live only instead of first person it's 3rd person with a top view, there's no grenades, no vehicles, well you'll see if you play. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS URL to Stick Arena(urlstck) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA The link or URL to stick arena is http://www.xgenstudios.com/play/stickarena/ Happy stick killing! SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 2. Controls(contrl) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Out of game tour(oogtour) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA The out of game controls are pretty simple. Once you go to the URL you should be brought to a page like this. ______________________________ lbbbbbbb[_______]0%bbbbbbbbbbl lbbbbbbbloading...bbbbbbbbbbbl lbbbbbbbXbbbbXbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbl lbbbbbbbbXbbXbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbl lbbbbbbbbbXbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbl lbbbbbbbbXbXbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbl lbbbbbbbXbbbXbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbl lbbbbbbbXgenstudios.combbbbbbl lbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbl lbbbbbbb ( )bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbl lbbbbbbb l----((((bbbbbbbbbl lbbbbbbb /bb\---(((bbbbbbbbbl lbbbbbbb_/____\bbbbbbbbbbbbbbl The b's are the blue back ground. The circle with arms, legs and the parentheses is the stick figure waxing his gun. His eyes look at your cursor. The X is the big X on the page. The (______) 0% is the load bar The l's and _'s are the page's border. Anyway, once the game loads you will see a quick intro and then be brought to a page with a picture of stick figures fighting in the background. To select a choice just left click on it. That's really all you can do here on this page. If you make an account or are logging in click the box and you type with the keyboard obviosuly. Now for in the lobby. In the lobby the biggest thing is the message box that displays the current messages in the world you're in. Click the big box below it and type and then hit enter or click the little speech bubble that says "..." to put in a message and chat. If you would like to send a pm (private message) to a user, find the user's name in the little scroll menu below the game names in the top right and click it. Then hit the little speech bubble that says "PM" and then type your message and hit enter. Also, if you click a user's name, their game stats appear in the bottom box. Click the drop down menu above all the games in the top right corner to select a different world to go to. To choose a game click it. When you choose a game the bttom box gives you its info and a button that says join game appears in the bttom right. In the bottom right there's 3 buttons, 4 when the join game button appears. The buttons are Join Private, Create Game, and Log Out. Join Private brings up a little window and you type in the name of a private game that has been created, and then hit ok. If that game was entered correctly and exists, you can enter the game. Private is private so to join a private game you must get its name from a friend. The Create Game button nrings up a little window too. Type in the name for your game and choose the first stage for your game by clicking the drop down menu below the name. You an click the buttons in the top right corner to make the game public or private and in the bottom right corner you can choose how you want the stages ordered. Repeat and cycle I believe constantly play the same stage and random will choose a random stage each game. Log Out obviosuly logs you out of the game. To simplify controls for out of the game here. Mouse: Move to move cursor Left Click - Select Keyboard - type Thats all for out of game controls. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS In-game controls i-gcntrls AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Now for the most important contols, the game controls! I'll make the controls easier to comprehend this time. Better than the out of game tour. Mouse - move to move crosshair. Your stick figure faces the crosshair. Hold left click/hold space/hold 0 on numpad - repeatedly attack Left click (says not to constantly click)/space/0 on numpad - attack Arrow keys - Move W - Secondary Movement up A - Secondary Movement left S - Secondary Movement down D - Secondary Movement right hold v/ hold \ - walk If you run over a weapon you will automatically pick it up and you can then attack with it. hold shift/hold b/hold 1 on numpad - Show leaderboard enter - allows you to type in a message to say to the other players or send the message t/click the little speech bubble thats says "..." - allows you to type in a message to say to the other players click the icon next to the "..." speech bubble - Brings up a meny where you can change sound volume, return to lobby, change blood setting log out, change game detail, or turn the language filter on or off. That's the in-game controls. A lot simpler huh? SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 3.Weapons(wpns) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA What would a good online fighter be without weapons? Here's the list of weapons. At the end of each weapon's description I will put it's speed ranking out of all the weapons available. SSSSSSSSSSS AK 47(ak47) AAAAAAAAAAA The AK 47 which I just like to call the machine gun is a pretty rapid weapon that's a good choice for long range attacks. If you like good moderately powerful guns choose this one. Speed Ranking: 2nd SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Double barrel shotgun(dbs) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Referred by me simply as a shotgun is the 2nd most powerful weapon in the game. If you like powerful guns go with this one. Speed Ranking: 6th SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Katana(swords)(swrds) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA The fastest close range weapon and possibly the fastest weapon in the whole game really. It takes a few hits to kill your opponent with these but you can still move around swiftly with them. Speed Ranking: 1st SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Sledgehammer(sldge) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA The slowest but most powerful weapon in the game. You have to be pretty close to attack with it but if you can manage to hit your opponent before they kill you, they're dead. The sledgehammer causes a 1-hit KO to whoever it hits. Speed Ranking: 7th (last) SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Baseball Bat(bbbat) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA The second slowest close range weapon. However, it's also the 2nd most powerful. If you love baseball with power go with this bat. Speed Ranking: 3rd SSSSSSSSSSS Glock(glck) AAAAAAAAAAA I call it a handgun. It's a pretty fast weapon with descent power. It's the 2nd fastest gun. If you like little guns with descent power go with this. Speed Ranking: 4th SSSSSSSSSSS Fists(fsts) AAAAAAAAAAA Nothing better than a good boxing match to some people. You start without a weapon so your main weapon is your fists. You're fists are pretty fast and not hardly powerful at all. if you're old-fashioned, don't pick up a weapon, go with your fists. Speed Ranking: 5th SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 4. Stages (stgs) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I will now describe the various stages you can play in. SSSSSSSSSSSSSS Xgen HQ (xghq) AAAAAAAAAAAAAA Size: Large Places for a good hit?: Yes Description: SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 5.Logging in/Creating an account(lgncrt) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I will tell you how to get started playing Stick Arena. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Account creation(acntcr) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA If you have not created an account yet simply click create an account and choose a username and password. Choose a color from the little rainbow. You'll see what your character looks like above that. Once you have what you want click ok and it will check if your username is available and if it is you should automatically be signed on into a world's lobby. Congrats you're now a member of Stick Arena. If the user is taken, obviously choose another. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Logging in(lgn) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA To log in simply go to the game and click Log in. Type your username in the top box and password in the bottom box. Then hit ok. You should log in if you entered it correctly. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 6. Creating/Joining a Game(crtj) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I will explain how you join the different kinds of games. SSSSSSSSSSSSS Public(pblcj) AAAAAAAAAAAAA Joining a public game is simple. Simply log in select a game from the game list in the top right corner of a world's lobby and click the join game button that appears in the bottom right. SSSSSSSSSSSSSS Private(prvt) AAAAAAAAAAAAAA To join a private game simply log in and click the join private button in the bottom right corner of a world's lobby. Then type in the name of the game. You must have someone create the game first and you must know its name of course. Once the game name is typed in click ok and you should be in. make sure you type in the game's name in the right world. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Quick Play(qckpy) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Simply go to the game and don't hit log in, simply hit quick play. You will be placed in a game with 3 other quick players and you will have a random name. And that's quick play. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 7. Knowing How Long it takes to kill(kll) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I will explain how many hits it takes with each of the weapons to kill an opponent or be killed. It would take me forever to put all the combinations like 3 punches and 5 sword slashes so I will just stick to as if you were trying to kill someone with only 1 weapon. SSSSSSSSSSSS AK 47(ak47k) AAAAAAAAAAAA It takes exactly 6 shots by an AK 47 to be killed. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Double Barrel shotgun(dbsk) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA It takes exactly 3 shots by a double barrel shotgun to be killed. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Katana (Swords)(swrdsk) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA It takes exactly 8 slashes to be killed by a katana master. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Sledgehammer(sldgek) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA It takes exactly 1 hit by a sledgehammer to be ganked dead. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Baseball Bat(bbbatk) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA It takes exactly 4 hits by a baseball bat to be knocked out of the park. SSSSSSSSSSSS Glock(glckk) AAAAAAAAAAAA It takes exactly 5 bullets in you by a glock to be killed. SSSSSSSSSSSS Fists(fstsk) AAAAAAAAAAAA It takes exactly 12 punches to be killed by fists. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 8. Cheats(cheat) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SSSSSSSSSSSS Hacking(hax) AAAAAAAAAAAA There are no cheats like enter codes to get infinite health in this game. Only hacking. It is commonly referred to as hacking. But that usually means like getting in someone else's computer. I will use a nicer term...cheating...well not much better. Anyway I have been hacking, excuse me, cheating this game for a little bit now. Every now and then I tell someone what I use to cheat. There are many programs at many sites that you can download. If you really want to cheat go ahead. I do not feellike putting how to cheat in this guide. I release the info every now and then. It's bound to leak all over the boards so you could check there. But I don't reccomend cheating, I think people should play fair. I do both. *IMPORTANT NOTE*: The program that I said I used before and thought that it slowed my computer did slow my computer. I'm pretty sure it was what caused it because soon after getting rid of it, my computer sped back up. I used a new version of it recently, to increase my speed on SA even more, and my firewall detected spyware inside of it. I got rid of it ASAP. That program could do things like change weapons to whatever you wanted, infinite health, and a few others but it did have a risk to it. The spyware must have been in the older version to and that could be what slowed down my computer. I'll tell you the program so you know not to use it. Unless you want to take the risk. maybe it's minor spyware but I'm just saying. Cheat Engine is the program I will not tell you how to use it so don't e-mail me asking Thanks for reading this note. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Arming yourself against hackers(dfhaxors) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Even if you choose not to cheat, more than likely you will bump into some cheaters on Stick Arena. I will explain what you can do to defend yourself. I will first tell you different kinds of cheats so you can be aware that you're fighting a cheater. Black Colored Name - Names that are not any of the colors that you can choose when you make an account indicate that that player can cheat. They may not be bad cheaters but it's a sign. Extremely fast playing - If a player starts going extremely fast, more than just lag that makes them look faster or if they're shooting fast, you know that's a cheater. Invincible - If you remember how many hits it takes to defeat an opponent with each kind of weapon or if you notice that it is taking FOREVER to kill someone, you know that someone is a cheater. Wall Cheat - It's not lag or the game having to make a character look like they're going through walls because they're going so fast, this person is using the wall cheat. You may be unable to shoot them when they're in walls. Do not confuse this with the wall glitch. I'm probably missing some that I know but those are basic cheats that cheaters use in Stick Arena. Now to defend yourself. I say against most cheaters these are your options. 1. Ask them to turn the cheats off 2. Turn on cheats yourself and team up maybe 3. Leave and join a new game 4. Ignore the cheater 5. Boot the cheater 6. Use cheats yourself and use a cheat that boots people, it might work To try to boot the cheater. Hold open your leaderboard and click the red x next to the cheater's name. On the other players' screens it will say that a vote kick has been initiated for that cheater. If you get enough votes (sometimes you have to try again) usually the cheater will be sent away. However, that cheater may return. Or he may have an anti boot cheat. You could also use a cheat that boots people. Most people do not like cheaters because they speed around fast and most people can't kill them because they are too fast and go invincible. But if you want to raise your rank fast you can cheat but you may get booted and won't be able to keep those kills you get. You have been warned. Although, there are anti boot cheats now. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Glitches(gltch) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Wall Glitch I know there is the wall glitch and I believe it's only possible in certain areas, I have only been able to perform it in xgen hq. here's how. Go to xgen hq and go to the bathroom. Face down and to the right and move left into the wall and when you hit the wall release left and keep holding down and you should be sliding upward on the wall. If not try again. Once you get it, slide all the way to by the window. The controls are reversed. If you go all the way up, like on roof, you have a good vantage point, if you can get it right, to strike your opponents. However, the only way down, is to wait until game's end, wall cheat, get someone to kill you, or leave the game and come back. If you know of other glitches and how to perform them, or how to perform this glitch in other areas, please contact me. See contact info to find out how. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 9. Booting/escaping a player who you don't like or is not playing fair(btplyr) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA People don't play fair all the time. And some aren't nice. here's how to be rid of those people. SSSSSSSSSSSSSS Booting(bting) AAAAAAAAAAAAAA As stated in arming yourself against hackers (or cheaters) you can boot a player by holding open the leaderboard and clicking the red x by that player's name to initiate a vote kick against them. Then a message saying a vote kick has been initiated for that player's name on the other player's screen. It may take a while but you may possibly get them out. However, like I said, they may return. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Leaving a game(lveg) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA You can also simply leave and be away from an unfair player. To leave a game Simply click the icon next to the little speech bubble that says "..." in the corner and choose quit to lobby from the menu that pops up. Now you can get away from that unfair player. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 10. Trouble shooting(trbl) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA If you are having trouble with your game read here. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Low fps or high ping(fpsping) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Normally when you have low fps or high ping a message will come up saying Stick Arena is running slowly on your computer. I think that normally means you have low fps or high ping. That can get you booted to # compatibility server so be careful and try to fix it if you can. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Causes for low fps or high ping(cfpsping) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I've noticed that a Stick Arena is running slowly on your computer message that keeps popping up when I try to use speed. I probably didn't have a good speed and sleeptime balance but anyway, I believe cheating, really just speedcheat, can cause low fps or high ping and get you booted to the # compatibility server. I don't believe that area helps too much if you still try to speed there. That is the main cause I see. You also may need to update your IE or netscape or whatever you use for internet too. That helps usually. I believe if you have a slow computer it may cause low fps or high ping so you may want to play in # compatibility server. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS You still don't know how to play?(htp) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA If you are totally oblivious to big chunks of text on a screen, simply start up Stick Arena and click how to play. Maybe that'll help you. >_> SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 11. Extras(extrs) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Well the only extras are the sunds. well....enjoy! SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SA sounds(sasnds) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA If you read in the version history, it tells all. Enjoy! http://www.sendspace.com/file/1s62kl SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 12. Credits(crdts) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Here's the closing to this wonderful guide! SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Thanks to(thx2) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I'd like to thank God for creating the earth and me xgenstudios for making this great 2d fighter online game Gamefaqs for posting this guide Myself for getting my lazy ass out of bed and deciding to finally find and write a FAQ for a game that doesn't have one yet Any other creators of this game You, the reader, for without you this is just a big block of text for nothing. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Legal info(lgli) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Listen up, I can't have you going on saying, "Hey look at my awesome guide!" You know, saying this is yours. Well, if you want to host this guide on your site or otherwise distribute it publicly you must e-mail me first. See the contact info for how to contact me. If you do host this guide without my permission, I am allowed to take legal action because you would be breaking copyright laws and pissing me off. So I suggest you ask me first. Thank you. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Contacting me(cntct) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA You can e-mail me at this address metalbowser9@yahoo.com Or if you prefer fast questions and fast answers, try IM'ing me. I'm on AIM a lot. AIM - MEGAmushroom7 YIM - metalbowser9 MSN - Add my YIM, they can both talk to each other. Just remember the @yahoo.com If you want to host this guide, ask me a question, or contribute something, please contact me. I'm always ready to talk...usually. SSSSSSSSSS FAQ(qstns) AAAAAAAAAA If you have any questions about the game or this FAQ send them in! SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS About missing stuff(abtmsng) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I am probably missing some stuff I do not know about currently. Or I know something about this game but I forgot to put it in and I don't know what it is right now. Like glitches, I know I may be missing some. If you have anything you think I should put in that isn't in already please contact me. Thanks for reading! Good bye! 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