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OP Arty's need be changed and back on old FV215b (183).

4:03 pm, October 23, 2014 The artillery has drastically changed, tier 10 can not be more than 500 hit points, the reason why I think it's fair to change it because arty remains hidden 90% of match time. It's stupid that a spg [..] View

Borked XVM

5:03 am, October 14, 2014 Hey, my XVM seems to have now stopped working for the most part. After the 9.3 update some features stopped (such as match predictions) but other (like player stats) remained. Now, all my stats have s [..] View

WoT Login Server Maintenance - October 14, 2014

5:03 am, October 14, 2014 Just a heads up folks.  Sounds pretty minor.  At least if the "downtime" is as expected.   https://na.wargaming.net/support/News/NewsItem/View/285/world-of-tan [..] View

Upcoming 6th Sense change will destroy what's left of passive scouting.

5:03 am, October 8, 2014 - Storm confirms that the Sixth Sense rework (its transfer to the radioman, activated when radioman training hits 100 percent) will happen in medium future (SS: that usually means cca 6 months)- devel [..] View

Battles won/lost before end of battle

5:03 am, October 6, 2014 3rd time this month I've gotten battles won or lost with tanks in fight and plenty of time remaining... Attached is a loss with several tanks remaining, 3:52 mn into battle!   View

[SUGGESTION]Destroy All Losing Tanks After Flag Capture

4:03 pm, October 4, 2014 I'm so sick of seeing people sit there in a corner doing nothing cause their team is mostly dead and they dont want to pay the repair bill for a last ditch effort. Make no mistake, this is almost as b [..] View

Glorious IOC is looking to fill it's last few spots.

4:03 pm, October 3, 2014   Enemy, [edited] the pride Come on over, to our side We're the same, just afraid What's the difference when we're all dying?   The real IOC is looking to finish filling our [..] View

The typical high tier (IX & X) battle...

4:03 pm, October 2, 2014 most the team goes to one choke point the one or two lowest tier tanks complain about MM (then die within a couple/few minutes) the remaining 3 or 4 tanks go to other choke point the tanks at first ch [..] View

RDTT2: Recruiting again! Join us for Stronghold Stompings and general shenanigans.

5:03 am, October 1, 2014 Often imitated, never duplicated, the only RDDT clan with a female commander is looking for a few more tankers to join us in our quest to bring drunkeness, *****, and destruction upon those who oppose [..] View

Tank Rally Map Bug

5:03 am, October 1, 2014 I was playing Tank Rally, and I got stuck where the pipes are under the bridge when making sharp turn. I was not able to reverse or move onward and remained stuck for rest of the match. Luckily, with [..] View

An discussion regarding "Corridors" topic on FTR.

5:03 am, September 30, 2014 Warning: Very long post ahead, and please read the article on FTR before posting, thank you! http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/09/26/corridors-really-such-a-problem/   So SS basically stated that [..] View

Grinding under-powered tank lines, should I just give ?

4:03 pm, September 24, 2014 I have left the comfort of my gaming pc for the week, and being the OCD WoT player that I am, I decided to lurk the forums and /r/WorldofTanks for the past few days, reading both current and older pos [..] View

German Turreted TD line.(Tier 4-7)

4:03 pm, September 24, 2014 Sorry if this is another addition to the already overpopulated tech tree of Germany. So,Ok,I have this lined up for a while,But here I go:   The line is consisted the following: RSO/PaK 40 (T [..] View

Help with graphics "glitch?"

5:03 am, September 24, 2014 So I play tanks on a laptop with integrated graphics, it runs alright at minimal settings with the slight fps drop here and there. I just noticed however, that if I start WoT on another account it loo [..] View

Some T-34-3 buff analysis

4:03 pm, September 21, 2014 Yes, there is already a topic on this, but since I'm an idiot and I'm making my own thread on it anyway.   Anyway, according to FTR, here are some tentative buffs.   - DPM increased [..] View

So much fun, but I have questions...

5:03 am, September 21, 2014 Staff Sergeant Finnegan shouted over the din of the engine to his driver. "Allingham! We're exposed on this road! There's a slope on the side, right next to the lake. Take us along there [..] View

Ace Mastery of ****: Replay analsys and criticism please

4:03 pm, September 20, 2014 So yesterday after coming home from a 13 hour shift at work I decided to hop on WOT and derp around a bit. Hopped into my PzIII/IV because I needed to get another 65 xp for the top gun and then work o [..] View

9.3 Community Night for NA

4:03 pm, September 19, 2014 Welcome tankers to the 9.3 Reddit Community Night. The activities will be starting at 9pm Eastern, 6pm Pacific. As I don't know the release date for 9.3 is yet, just expect that this community night w [..] View

Decision making process

5:03 am, September 19, 2014 I've done a few of things in the past, and a few guys messaged me after this battle (from both sides) saying gg, and wondering how I did it.    http://wotreplays.com/site/1175387#sel [..] View

KV2 needs heavier weighting in anti-team damage/TK system

5:03 am, September 16, 2014 So as we all know, with the patch of 9.2 came the implementation of the completely automated team damage system. Now, as with all things such as this, there will be exploits. This one is my biggest co [..] View

[FOR BEGINNERS] So your a 1 shot!! what do you do now??

4:03 pm, September 14, 2014 Hi Guys, This is a post aimed mainly at new players, but I feel more experienced players (inc myself) could take from it from time to time. For those if you that do not know I recently starting filmin [..] View

[FOR BEGINNERS] TUTORIAL ABOUT FIRING UNDETECTED FROM BUSHES - NINJA TANK

5:03 am, September 13, 2014 Hi Everyone, I recently started a campaign to deliver a series of videos to help new players. A lot of people flame new or poor players including myself in the past, I decided to take a positive proac [..] View

Level3.net* Creates New "Bunny Hop" Tank Physics *(Backbone Internet Service)

4:03 pm, September 10, 2014 I sorely regret not capturing this on video: last night during the Skirmish, my ping went to 999.  After my inevitable *****, it was hilarious to watch the remaining tanks on the map 'bunny h [..] View

9.3: New tier 6 TC tank?

4:03 pm, September 8, 2014 Because the KV-85 and Hellcat are less... I have to bet for the VK 36.01 H. Its gun is great at tier 6, its off-hill speed is very good and in overall its a good tank now. The KV-85 still remains a go [..] View

FTR's Conclusion on Arty Email Leaks Flawed and so is WG's Logic

5:03 am, September 4, 2014 http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/09/03/insider-wargaming-thoughts-on-arty/ Summary: Players Whine about Arty, supported by Stats (a) WG sets to nerf arty Serb rages predicting TD will be whined about Spe [..] View

From FTR: KV1S to get a new gun...

2:01 am, August 31, 2014 Picture of the new S-41: http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/08/30/9-3-hd-models/ From Wikipedia: KV-85 A KV-1S with the 85mm D-5T cannon in a new turret, with the ball mounted hull machine gun rem [..] View

Confused

2:01 pm, August 28, 2014 I was going through some stats last night and I noticed my max xp in a battle had gone up from 2163 to 2311. I scratched my head as I tried to figure out what recent game could have brought the number [..] View

Tank Skin Idea (Cumulative Battles Survived)

2:01 am, August 23, 2014 You know those games where you seem to be invincible? You are bouncing shots left, right, and centre, putting out good damage, and leading the charge. At the end of it all, granted you were able to su [..] View

Profitability, why and what? (help please)

2:01 am, August 17, 2014 Hello all, I'm not sure quite how to start this out so I'll just go straight to the heart of it. I don't like high tiers, I find them dull, expensive and very lacking in... Something... Which is why [..] View

Surrender

2:01 am, August 17, 2014 You guys know those battles where you're destined to lose and your team goes out and gets themselves ****** within 30 seconds? Why don't we make a surrender button, and if (this is the part where you [..] View

[EU] Mangled Metal 5v5 Problems

2:01 am, August 13, 2014 First of all I apologize to everyone as this probably isn't the content you would like to see on your favourite tonk subreddit, but I feel like this way it will get more exposure and it may ev [..] View

To unlock the Chaffee before 9.3 or not? Here's my input.

2:01 am, August 12, 2014 There is much speculation that the Chaffee will be nerfed to match that of a tier 5 scout, but I don't think its going to quite work out that way. I believe the current Chaffee will become the [..] View

When Your Last Med. Fails You, Two T.D's Rise

2:01 am, August 11, 2014 It was a tier 5 match on the one on "Highway", after streaks of losses I turn towards my M41 to perhaps cheer me up. I had a good team (based off of the amount of heavies, T.D's, etc.), but [..] View

DRAW that wasn't a DRAW? Has this happened to you?

2:01 pm, August 7, 2014 I just finished a game on Mountain Pass where we captured the enemy base and the enemywere only 3/4th into the capture of our base. Instead of ending the game with a victory, the game remained open fo [..] View

A Few Simple Tips for Arty Drivers

2:01 am, August 7, 2014 I only have one arty in my garage at the moment (212A), but I think I can collect a few facts for arty (AKA the frustration class of "tanks") drivers so there might be pieces of information [..] View

Make the M1A1 and M1A2 alot more simalar in performance.

2:01 am, August 7, 2014 I suggest this because the M1A1 and A2 76mm where basically the same gun, only difference being that the M1A2 was fitted with a muzzle break. What I suggest is decreasing the dispersion of the M1A1 an [..] View

M7 Medium, imo best t7 MT and overall one of my favorite rides...

2:01 pm, August 5, 2014 EDIT: yeah, t5 MT, not t7... It's on the light side for a MT, but I love LTs so that works for me. IMO the M7 epitomizes the flexible MT role. This sucker is small, agile, fast, can scout (380 [..] View

A technical question regarding the precise definition of 'accuracy' or dispersion in WOT?

2:01 am, August 4, 2014 Accuracy of any gun can be affected by human error in a big way if the person shooting isnt experienced and doesnt practice regularly. But when a gun's inherent potential accuracy is measured, we aren [..] View

Soviet Tier 5 Premium Up-armoured T-34 Suggestion

2:01 pm, August 3, 2014 As you may already know WG is struggeling to find premiums for the soviet tree. An idea popped up in mind, why don't WG just up armour the T-34? So the T-34 would have more armour but more weight so w [..] View

capping vs. Total Anahilation?

2:01 am, August 1, 2014 in several battles I've been flamed for trying to cap when there's only a few enemies on another part of the map, which would take too long to reach me. they say that total annihilation gives more xp [..] View

Wargaming Suppression of Rivalry in CR/D - Ridiculous Bans Showcase

2:01 am, July 21, 2014 CR/D - Clan Rivalry / Diplomacy, used to have special status on the World of Tanks forums as the place where the Clan Wars community could post creatively and interact outside the game. It used to be [..] View

Greenland Exists for a Reason aka Apparently The BFA is Still Recruiting

2:01 am, July 16, 2014 As the noose continues to tighten on the BFA (or at least what remains of it in the Northwest *cough*, *cough*)... Dem dogpiles aren't so cool when you're on the receiving end eh FU? This little [..] View

Bad Juju Tanks

2:01 pm, July 14, 2014 Few words of introduction: I have a small goal of maintaining positive WR on as many tanks in garage, as possible. And luckily, I manage to get it on most of my vehicles. However, I have problems with [..] View

Artillery reloading mechanics, adding to artillery game-play depth.

2:01 am, July 14, 2014 My idea is actually prettysimple and represents a real life phenomenon that should make sense to all players. If artillery is stationary for a momentit should reload faster than it does when it moves. [..] View

T-34-1 ""vs"" T-34-2, tier-wise.

2:01 am, July 13, 2014 My initial plan (started during Superpershing quest, because I needed to farm that exp anyway) was to go for the WZ-120 and the crew retraining xp difference was the reason I went down the med line in [..] View

Daigensui's Rescript: Damn the Armor, Full Penetration Ahead!

2:01 pm, July 9, 2014 This is Part 2 of the Japanese Tank Destroyer Series, dealing with the concepts and prototypes of thinly armored tank destroyers developed by the Japanese. Due to the rather sprawling nature of the de [..] View

So how exactly does the friendly fire ban work?

2:01 am, July 9, 2014 Thought I read it was automatic, just had some guy in a platoon of 3 one shot one of his platoon, went blue but stayed in game, then one shot another of our team and stayed in game. Then his remainin [..] View

Everyone Starts Somewhere! Join the Fighting 26th!

2:01 pm, July 7, 2014 The Fighting 26th is recruiting! About Us: The Fighting 26th is the North American based, English speaking Sister Clan to The Fighting 24th. As the Sister Clan, we serve as the Gateway to the 24th [..] View

Oops. To those I sent PMs to, the correct GuP

2:01 am, July 3, 2014 (Girls Und Panzer) web site url is:http://gupalliance.enjin.com/ Sorry but the auto-format munged it all up in case any of you were try to access the web site. The team speak address remains the same. [..] View

My friend got suspended?

2:01 pm, June 30, 2014 My friend got suspended for somehow falling on me, and I have no idea how or why. (Proof: http://i.gyazo.com/25b18e724ceb806ffda22484e5329bd5.png) I have no idea how this is possible, but I feel they [..] View

Fix autoextinguisher

2:01 pm, June 29, 2014 Currently, the autoextinguisher is programmed badly. If you have an autoextinguisher installed, but only have enough HP to survive the shell impact but not a single tick of fire, you die from the shot [..] View

Update 9.2

2:01 am, June 28, 2014 ~Vehicle changes in 9.2 Theres going to be a slight buff for tier 10 vehicles, that was confirmed by the developers, but no specifics were given. There was a leak of the planned nerf to the WT E-100 [..] View

My WOT horror story!

2:01 am, June 24, 2014 Well, today I have a story to tell all of you World of Tanks forum goers. I hope this helps you out, and for the new players not to do what I did! So, it all started out when I first started playing W [..] View

Thoughts at 37K

2:01 pm, June 19, 2014 I jotted down some thoughts after playing 37K battles and unlocking every tank in the game. It's a wall of text in the spoiler. Enjoy, rage, argue as required... Spoiler I thought I would write [..] View

Lag while shifting from Normal Mode to Sniper Mode

2:01 pm, June 16, 2014 I was using Windows 7 64 bit. It got crashed and i had only Windows 7 32 bit OS CD with me. So i was forced to Install it.After that my world of tank game went too bad. I am getting too much lag while [..] View

Some additions to the "Historical Battles" menu

2:01 pm, June 12, 2014 Whyare Historical Battlesso difficult to launch, and why are the criteria so secretive? My clan isspending hours...yes...HOURS in que without success. We're aware that there are necessary criterea to [..] View

Why Artillery Needs to Get Buffed and How to Get Over It

2:01 am, June 12, 2014 Okay, so I've been playing this game since May 16th 2011. I have been around since 0.6.4. I'm not posting this for thumbs up because it sure as heck won't be because the average player in the game wou [..] View

Dealing with jerks

2:01 am, June 11, 2014 So I was just in a game where I was called out as a noob with no skill by someone who did... much worse than me in the game (I was 3rd overall for XP and did ~3x the damage of this individual - I was [..] View

Daily Random #1

2:01 am, June 9, 2014 Edit: Still working on my Guide to Spotting Mechanics; it will be done by the end of the day.Also, I should have posted this in Off-Topic. I'll make sure to do so next time! As promised, here is th [..] View

Hmm... I seem to have lost my turret. Can you help me find it?

2:01 am, June 8, 2014 A photo of the scene might be useful. I will try to get a hold of some more pictures in the mean time. Update: I've found another image, I hope it helps! Update2: Sgt forge found it. His/her [..] View

8.6 changes

2:01 am, June 3, 2014 Having just read this article. http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/238170-changes-in-in-game-balance-in-86/ I see nerfs for 105 coming in 8.6: "A separate point here is the nerf o [..] View

On track to: purple stats - tips & tricks

2:01 pm, June 1, 2014 What is this? A collection of little things that, to my feeling,contribute to a next-level gameplay. Many people have the experience of hitting a 'skill-ceiling'. They find it hard to perform better a [..] View

What are you going to do now. Reality kicks in!

2:01 am, May 30, 2014 I am changing up a little bit in this scenario. I am going to explain a situation which actually occurred in one of my games. The concept of what I'm about to explain of course can be any tank, any na [..] View

In response to Rosebuds 4 stages of stats

2:01 am, May 28, 2014 http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/361672-the-four-stages-of-stats/ Rosebud, on May 27 2014 - 18:26, said: The four stages of stats 1) Stats dont matter; because I stink. 2) Stats [..] View

Should I use mods?

2:01 pm, May 27, 2014 I've seen all these posts and videos of people using mods and people asking what mods to use. What I'm wondering is if it's worth using mods like this XVM thing, which from wha [..] View

[NA] On Track History

2:01 pm, May 24, 2014 So I saw some grumbling about how all of the recent on track events were only for new tanks and since I was fairly certain they were wrong I decided to dig. At least it gives me something to do that i [..] View

First battle in my IS-7

2:01 am, May 15, 2014 I've had the IS-7 researched but unbought for months so today I decided to splurge on a gold/credits package. I dumped my trusty IS-3, geared 'er up and hit battle. Redshire. 200-250ms [..] View

[SVG] is Recruiting Dedicated Tournament Players

2:01 pm, May 14, 2014 SaVaGeZ is Recruiting My fellow tankers, hello and welcome to the [SVG] recruitment page. We are proud to announce that we are expanding our community and invite you to become a part of our growing [..] View

Unable to submit ticket (nickname change... partially)

2:01 am, May 11, 2014 Using either Firefox or Internet Explorer. Cache cleaned. All I get in return is... "Please check the information you entered. If the ticket seems incomplete, add more details." So I' [..] View

M103 - question

2:01 am, May 9, 2014 Hey, There. I am grinding the e5 at the Moment and already saved up 60k xp. Now i am in a bit of trouble. Should i research the top tun gun or should i skip it and finish the remaining 120k XP with th [..] View

What can I expect of Churchill I?

2:01 pm, May 8, 2014 I liked Matilda. It's definitely a keeper for me. I got enough free xp to unlock most modules on Churchill I so no worries about that. What I want to know is, how much of an impregnable wall [..] View

[Xbox] Update 1.2

2:01 pm, May 8, 2014 And so, the 1.2 update was released a few hours ago and for those Xbox tankers out there, it brings us the turreted 'Murican TD line, a couple new maps and some quality of life improvements su [..] View

Mixed shells in an auto-loader canister

10:05 am, May 6, 2014 I am absolutely sick of loading less than a full canister and not finding out until I try to fire and nothing happens. What loader in his right mind wouldn't load an APCR or HEAT or HE or whatever the [..] View

Shell tracers and spotting of such

10:05 pm, May 5, 2014 This idea is mainly a response to the problem of TDs growing more and more overpowered and the endless camouflage and other nerfs that simply aren't solving the problems, but it can have wide spread e [..] View

Has TD power creep ****** scout tanks?

2:01 am, May 5, 2014 So after a few disappointing matches in my beloved 1390, mostly from being spotted and shotted I decided to compare the camo values and get a more in depth analysis towards my failure. Catchy title as [..] View

I love the T20

10:05 pm, May 4, 2014 Just had an awesome game in this little tank and I don't see it getting enough love around this subreddit. I know tier 7 mediums are considered a low point at many tiers, but I think the T20s [..] View

Komarin: I Get It

10:05 am, May 3, 2014 Well I finally get all the hate for Komarin. Just had a battle in my Tiger P on it with tier 9 tank and my team ended up with fewer TDs. Given komarin's ability to bring all game play to a stand still [..] View

Break Time

10:05 am, May 2, 2014 Hello again, They happen to all of us. We get one of those games that is right down to the wire. There are only a handful of tanks remaining, and every move has dramatic effects on the game. It is th [..] View

Should the engine and transmission be two separate modules?

2:01 pm, April 28, 2014 I sort of wonder this mainly becuase of that you currently your engine can get damaged,knocked out or catch fire, when the transmission is hit(easily noticed on frontally mounted transmissions like on [..] View

Spotting mechanics explained graphically.

10:05 am, April 28, 2014 Seeing yet another post on invisi tanks I thought I'd take the time and effort to graphically explain WG spotting system. Here is a picture of a tank firing (looks like a leopard, cannot be sure).: [..] View

Help me solve a mystery

10:05 am, April 28, 2014 Hello again, Been the weekend of one shot killsfor me, first arty and now an FV 183. So, I am in my Lowe in a match. As my team and I see that out south is being overrun we begin to push the north in [..] View

I know for many in the choir, this is just preaching...

2:01 am, April 28, 2014 I just finished a pretty white-knuckle-match, where I was carrying the team for a while before getting ******, but we were still up 12 to 7 at that point. The guy that got me also got the teammate I h [..] View

morale and how to keep yours up

2:01 am, April 27, 2014 i have realized that two things have helped me keep up my morale when things go sour. 1. i no longer use XVM. at least that part that tells you who has what WR or what color they are. even when no on [..] View

The tale of 2 games

10:05 am, April 26, 2014 Right now I play 3 games. Chess doesnt count as it runs in a browser. The remaining 2 1 has huge maps with perfect 3d models. They travel at very high speeds and there is always plenty of fir [..] View

New addition needed for a map mod...

2:01 pm, April 25, 2014 I would like to have two little Totals numbers right above the map. The first number for "Number of Tanks currently lit" and a second one of "Remaining tanks which have been [..] View

AMX 50 100 equipment discussion

2:01 pm, April 25, 2014 Obviously vstab is required but I feel there is room for discussion about the remaining two slots. The classic set-up is vstab/vents/gld for maximum reload and aim time reduction, but considering the [..] View

Experiencing 9.0 Skin problems

2:01 am, April 23, 2014 I had a skin for the Lowe. With the update to 9.0 some of my tanks no longer have skins applied. Even those without the new HD models. A list of the tanks that no longer have working skins in my garag [..] View

[FTR] Stronk 9.0 All remaining Enemies Crashed, Player Gets Top Gun

10:05 pm, April 20, 2014 submitted by mercurycc [link] [15 comments] View

[Discussion] Arty - We're all clickers

2:01 pm, April 20, 2014 What is to follow is a counter point to all the hate surrounding arty. I also hate arty at times, though for different reasons. I will be addressing issues I have with the general WoT community, what [..] View

Auto Bot

2:01 pm, April 19, 2014 my dad gave me this idea the other day and i thought it was cool so i thought id see what you guys think... Ok, so picture this; the score is 14:13 with the 2 remaining enemy being tier 4 arty, you [..] View

Idea: Mini CW

10:05 am, April 17, 2014 CW is the definitionof hardcore. It requires real commitment from clan, and those on the map are always the top 50 clans. Instead of changing the current CW, just let it stay. Hardcore tankers can rem [..] View

Why is the Rhm.B. Invisible?

10:05 am, April 16, 2014 It's got a 400m view range at tier 8, a huge accurate high pen gun, and now it's invisible. I keep having them disappear while sitting in the open. Or roll up onto a ridge, spot for themselves, fire a [..] View

What is your story of the little pubby that could?

2:01 am, April 16, 2014 I'm sure most if not all of us have some sort of story about an adorable endearing pubby taming the beast of pubbyrage and winning us over. What's yours? Mine just happened and spurred [..] View

Rather than just saying that gold rounds are bad, I thought I'd discuss/list the way to fix gold round.

2:01 am, April 16, 2014 To put some perspective on my current opinion of gold rounds, I'll explain how I currently treat them. I use them as a credit dump; loading tanks up with gold rounds when I feel I have too muc [..] View

How I think spotting mechanics should work

2:01 am, April 14, 2014 This my idea of how the those controversial spotting mechanics should work. Love them, hate them, use them to blow your nose I don't care but this is just my ideas on how they could work.First off, ve [..] View

Where can I improve/what aspect of my game should I work on?

2:01 pm, April 12, 2014 Hey guys, you're probably tired of seeing posts like these but I really thought I'd get opinions from those far better than myself on how I can improve my game. My account is from May [..] View

Gotta love these

10:05 am, April 11, 2014 So yeah, I was on Mountain Pass, in my KV-1. Was top tier. We lost the battle, but this was the result: So yeah, I defended a single flank on my own against 5 tanks. The T14, Churchill [..] View

Win Rate: Useful Statistic? Yes and No

9:05 am, March 4, 2014 Everybody seems to have an opinion on winrate. Some live and die by it, others say it is merely the result of luck. I'll give you my reasoning, and then my personal opinion. Over the course of hu [..] View

Churchill VII, Worst or Best Tank?!

9:05 pm, March 3, 2014 So I've been grinding the Churchill VII at the moment and I have experienced quite a lot of success however it still remained a midterm wether or not this thing is actually any good! It had fa [..] View

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