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Which stock grind is less painful? T95 or T30?

4:03 pm, October 24, 2014 Title pretty much says it all. I've unlocked T30 and am grindind to the T95. Eventually I want to get both but I would like to have your opinions on which stock grind is less painful. I realized that [..] View

Cleanest XVM

5:03 am, October 24, 2014 Just throwing this out there, because I'm looking for a new XVM setup - don't feel like customizing my own. Who's got the cleanest/minimalist XVM out there? I've looked at Jimbo's and it's nice, but I [..] View

9.4 Common Test 2 Issues and Reports

4:03 pm, October 23, 2014 Greetings Tankers!   The 9.4 Common Test will be brought back online soon, and we would greatly appreciate your assistance in identifying any issues or problems you encounter. Screenshots, re [..] View

Have a free key.

5:03 am, October 23, 2014 Personally don't like the game but I know a lot of people do so here is a key. No idea what it is for but hey, first one to guess correctly what the "?" is gets it. VB5WD-HFBH?-FGVAE-43MEK- [..] View

Not sure what this battle result means

5:03 am, October 23, 2014 Game was winding down, we had tanks capping, I'm getting lots of near misses on my arty. I sight Rats73 (Hello fellow redditor) and he fogs, I shoot, shell is in the air and the game ends before impac [..] View

Slow but steady progress

4:03 pm, October 22, 2014 Around a year ago, I started a thread about how I had started out this game just lol'ing around, and had terrible stats to show for it.  I had decided to learn to play, and had worked my way [..] View

RDTT2 time commitments

5:03 am, October 22, 2014 Hi, so I'm considering joining RDTT2 for strongholds. What I would like to know is what the time commitment is. My week is pretty spotty, but I can play on most weekend nights. Thanks! submitted by [..] View

Which gun to use on the T21?

5:03 am, October 22, 2014 Recently started playing the T21 and I'm debating which gun to use. The dpm on the 6 pounder absolutely destroyed tanks when i used it on the M7 but the increased pen on the M1A2 is huge. Any help is [..] View

[NA] Invite Code: WOTREDDIT - 7 Days Prem; 500 Gold; T2 Light Tank

5:03 am, October 22, 2014 After months of seeing post after post of people begging for invite codes, the mods brainstormed with Wargaming to come up with a solution. So here it is! A semi-permanent (depending on how well this [..] View

Punish People Bumping Into You

5:03 am, October 22, 2014 Two days in a row I have had to shoot someone for bumping into me while I was focusing fire and covering team members.  I would normally tell them off in chat but I'm perma'ed in chat. So I n [..] View

[SPOILERISH?] Why didn't Fury use a Tiger II instead of using a Tiger I?

4:03 pm, October 20, 2014 Not sure if this is the right forum to post this in, but you seem to be talking about Fury here. I just wanted to ask why a Tiger II (King Tiger) wasn't used in the movie as the main enemy tank consid [..] View

Help to identify this awesome tank!?

4:03 pm, October 20, 2014 Hi everyone !   I'll appreciate if somebody can confirm if the tank in this picture is M4 sherman?. The pic It is taken in the desert  northern of Chile weird place that tank. &n [..] View

Looking for a better ambient sounds pack, can anyone help?

5:03 am, October 20, 2014 I'm getting back into WoT after a lengthy absence, and friends have told me to try out Aslain's XVM mod pack, which is fine, but I don't like the crew sounds that you can pick from in that pack. I re [..] View

How to... duck?

5:03 am, October 20, 2014 Title asks all... exactly how do you play the duck (AMX 40)? It's been a long while since I last played it, and all I remember is that I hated it...   However, I've seen a few players (very f [..] View

PLAYER-ISSUED AWARDS (JUST A SUGGESTION)

4:03 pm, October 19, 2014 Greetings and salutations, fellow tankers!   Just a noob trying to make the games more pleasurable.   Just played a game where I saw a player play an amazing game, yet upon checking [..] View

Game doesn't load after clicking Play

4:03 pm, October 19, 2014 Morning everyone,   I'm not the most technically inclined, but often whenever I click Play from the launcher, it can take up to 15 minutes for the game to actually load.  I wonder if [..] View

Need help with Some tanks

5:03 am, October 19, 2014 Hey all, I need some help with some tanks. Thanks for any reponses M3 Lee- play it as a Medium or TD? The Pen on its gun is shocking so not quite sure what I'm meant to do Hetzer- I play it with derp& [..] View

FUNNY CHAT LOGS #17 - FAITH IN HUMANITY & TECHNO CHURCH. III

4:03 pm, October 18, 2014 Hello ! Finally,after a long time,here's the 17th episode ! After watching this,your faith in humanity will be restored ! Also,you'll be able to see Techno Churchill III :P ENJOY ! https://www.youtube [..] View

Nooby player hoping to improve a little

4:03 pm, October 18, 2014 Well, the 1st 3k battles are all fun and games. But now, I'm looking to get a little better at the game. I know the basics, hulldown, peek-a-boom. side scraping, flanking, circling ETC.  I fe [..] View

FUNNY CHAT LOGS #17 - FAITH IN HUMANITY & TECHNO CHURCH. III

4:03 pm, October 18, 2014 HEllo !   Finally,after a long time,here's the 17th episode ! After watching this,your faith in humanity will be restored ! Also,you'll be able to see Techno Churchill III :P &nb [..] View

A43 line vs T-34-85 line?

5:03 am, October 18, 2014 I'm currently on the T-34 Russian Med and was wondering which med would suit me better. I am looking for fast flankers like the M7, Cromwell, Crusader, etc. I am less interested in another T-34 like t [..] View

North American invite request. Thanks!

5:03 am, October 18, 2014 Hi everyone. I hate making a thread about this as it seems like I'm begging (which I clearly am) but I was told it would be a good idea to ask for an invite before I registered an account. So if some [..] View

Advice on getting into heavies

4:03 pm, October 17, 2014 I just crested 2000 battles yesterday and have been playing with lights, mediums and TDs and have been doing so-so. I have been watching you-tube and reading the newbie guides daily. Most of my experi [..] View

Why do I just **** at this game? Help!

5:03 am, October 17, 2014 First off let me say that I love WOT. Such a great game and I have fun playing it....But man am I bad at it. I try to use tactics for the tanks I am in and not rush out there, but i rarely get kills a [..] View

Developers' Q&A session in WGKR 16.10.14

5:03 am, October 17, 2014 source : http://www.inven.co.kr/webzine/news/?news=119971 summary Alexander Tarasevich - Game & UX designer Alexander Derkch - CW programming manager For the reward of the personalised mission [..] View

How to get ONLY hitlog?

5:03 am, October 16, 2014 Hi there, I really like the mod: Hitlog that comes with XVM, however, I don't like most of the mods that come WITH xvm, like the vehicle icons and colors that comes with it, or the xvm stats and win r [..] View

top 5 tanks are NOT balanced. needs a fix. ASAP!

5:03 am, October 16, 2014 tired of playing 3 tier 9 top tier mediums vs 5 top tier 9 heavies on your 3 route maps, where the mediums cannot flank the damn heavies. this has been a problem since 8.3 please fix this!   [..] View

T-54 Lightweight hidden nerf - no camo bonus while moving

5:03 am, October 16, 2014 Pardon this repeat post, but the original didn't get much feedback.   heavymetal1967, on Oct 08 2014 - 09:38, said: Hopefully this is the result of bad testing or some other glitch.&n [..] View

Need a garage filter mod!

5:03 am, October 16, 2014 Hi guys,   I know there is a vanilla filter for WoT, and I am totally fine with it. Besides from the fact, that It keeps disappearing, I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but yeah, It [..] View

Why grind for a Tier 10 vehicle? Are Strongholds important?

4:03 pm, October 15, 2014 Hi everyone! I'm currently sitting at Tier 8 in the french heavy line and decided to grind different lines first, because I don't earn any noteworthy money while playing the AMX 50 100, mostly because [..] View

Clan help

4:03 pm, October 15, 2014 Not sure if this is appropriate to ask here but - I applied to join one of the reddit social clans and.... nothing happened. Does this mean my application was refused? Was it just not picked up? Is it [..] View

Need help...

5:03 am, October 15, 2014 Got a WOT problem. I know there are better places to ask such as the forums but I've been there and I have created a support ticket too, all I have received is useless help. Basically I don't have a r [..] View

92nd field Artillery aka The Red Devil's

5:03 am, October 15, 2014 Hey guys i didn't know where to post this on the forums. This is my first time posting. So here is my request/suggestion. I was curious whom i would  have to talk to about requesting the Red [..] View

Low GPU usage?

5:03 am, October 14, 2014 Hello everyone, I've upgraded to a new computer with a MSI GTX 980 but in world of tanks I only get around 40% GPU usage while other games run near 100%. I am on the latest driver but have not used a [..] View

Loading screen lockup

5:03 am, October 14, 2014 Good day,   After taking a hiatus from the game for a week, I logged on to find a new update. So, completed that and logged onto the game. First thing I noticed was no sound in the garage. Ch [..] View

What was the weekend mini-patch about?

5:03 am, October 14, 2014 I was away this weekend and just now opened World of tanks.  Evidently there was a small patch sometime over the past three days as there was a small download before the software would open.& [..] View

Help me understand my stats

4:03 pm, October 12, 2014 My username is MangoCat Noobmeter seems to be saying that my average damage, WN7, WN8, Performance, efficiency, **** ratio etc. have all been increasing. Yet my WR has taken an absolute monstering rec [..] View

Seeking a clan.

4:03 pm, October 12, 2014 Alright, i played WoT a while ago but had to stop for personal reasons. I am currently getting back into it but would like a clan to play with. Prefer a some what organized clan but what ever works xD [..] View

Dumb question, but I need help...

4:03 pm, October 12, 2014 How do I display my tank speed/speedometer?     I have no mods and I couldn't find it in the menus to toggle on or off if it even possible.     I could have sworn i [..] View

Letting lower tiers in high tier battles through platoons

5:03 am, October 12, 2014 Please place some type of system to prevent tier 1's in higher T6 and above battles. This ruins that battle for the players trying to enjoy the game at level. Oh and thanks for the 2 hour ban for your [..] View

new player invite code?

4:03 pm, October 11, 2014 Hello tankers.... Can anyone help me? I'm looking for an invite code for a new player (friend of mine) that is interested in playing the game.  thanks! View

T-37 American Light

5:03 am, October 11, 2014 Just got this tank a few days ago. I haven't even unlocked the top guns yet but I am already loving it. I have had some great games so far with this baby. It's speed, though not blazingly fast, is cer [..] View

Chaffee line recommended crew skills

5:03 am, October 11, 2014 So thanks to the 50 wins racing mission, I'm going to have a Chaffee crew starting the new line with 50% second skill. I've got Sixth Sense set up on the commander, but I don't have anything else assi [..] View

Hit Point Bar XVM

4:03 pm, October 10, 2014 I use Jimbo's XVM mod and would like to change the hit point bar back to the percentage indicator.  Could some please help?   Thanks in advance! View

Ideas , on which tank?

4:03 pm, October 10, 2014 I have a ton of free XP I am looking at dumping into one tank. Either moving up the the T110E5, or going German and moving up to the E75 or a med Leopard Prototyp   I like playing all styles [..] View

Any Tips for Churchill III

5:03 am, October 10, 2014 I bought the Churchill III awhile ago and honestly I just can't get good consistent results. I know that it's well praised but I was hoping someone could offer some advice on how to use it properly. [..] View

Crew skills/equipment

4:03 pm, October 9, 2014 So, a quick question: what skills/equipment should I run on Cromwell and AMX 50 100 for stronkholds/pubs? Thanks! submitted by ahammer99 [link] [4 comments] View

Recruiting for casual tier 6 stronghold and general platooning goodness.

5:03 am, October 8, 2014 I am recruiting for [LOCHA] on North American server (usually east) and would like anyone with a tier 6 and voice ability to join up. We are pretty small (roughly 50 members, usually around 10-15 onli [..] View

Going through clans

5:03 am, October 8, 2014 So, I'm trying to (eventually) get into CW. I want to know wether it is better to get into a stronghold clan, or a training/sub-clan (are these two types mutually exclusive? Which one is a "bette [..] View

KV-1S gun

4:03 pm, October 7, 2014 So I recently acquired the KV-1S and I'm wondering if I should be using the 122mm derp cannon or the 88mm cannon. Any reply would be great, thanks! submitted by WildBeast26 [link] [3 comments] View

Is this laptop good enough?

5:03 am, October 7, 2014 Buying a new laptop. I am wondering if it will run high setting at higher than 50 fps.     Thanks for your help!     http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00K81O3PY View

Questions about Luchs

5:03 am, October 6, 2014 So Ive just unlocked it recently, it seems very fun and mobile. The thing is, the stock version of it is pretty awful it seems. I unlocked the engine and thats about it. Id like to know if the tank is [..] View

Blood on the Tracks

5:03 am, October 6, 2014 (Here's the original, sung to the Battle Hymn of the Republic, for reference) He was just a rookie tanker and he surely was so 1337, He never used equipment and only loaded HE; He had to sit and liste [..] View

Need help deciding what to spend 6500 gold on.

5:03 am, October 6, 2014 So this is my first time purchasing gold so I went and got 6500 gold and what I am thinking of doing is buying the TOG(since its on discount) and either getting the DickerMax or the SU-100y and leave [..] View

Will these parts run World of Tanks on high settings?

5:03 am, October 6, 2014 I want to build an amazing gaming computer that will not only play World of Tanks on max settings at 40~ frames, and other games as well. ======CPU====== Intel® Core™ i7-4910MQ proc [..] View

Accelerate Training and Convert XP

5:03 am, October 6, 2014 There was a thread on this general subject, but it is archived, and I didn't get a clear understanding of one thing.   If I want to build up "Convert" experience (universal [..] View

Which one is the best Tier VII med?

4:03 pm, October 5, 2014 I have a bunch of Tier5-6 tanks, I'd like to know where to aim. EDIT: Thanks for the answers! To summarize it: most redditor mentioned Comet, and other two most recommended is T20 and T-34-1. (Actuall [..] View

Looking for SEA members for Tank Rally Tournament.

4:03 pm, October 4, 2014 As the name suggests, I'm looking for SEA players that want to participate in the Tournament (with a chance of winning a Type 59!). It's just the tank rally mode, except competing against a possible 5 [..] View

Help me decide: T-62A or Obj140 for Random?

4:03 pm, October 4, 2014 OK, I am milling over this for a week now. I have the Obj140 but drive it mostly in CW / Ultimates and like it fine. I also have an Obj268 with a monter crew gathering dust. I have the T-62A unlocked. [..] View

T15 and other lower tier premium tanks desperately need BUFFS

4:03 pm, October 4, 2014  Thanks WG for the credit and crew buffs to lower tier tanks, but the main reason I don't play them is because they ****.  Look at the T15.  There is no comparison between t [..] View

I am relatively new and have a question about the reliability of WOT.

5:03 am, October 4, 2014 First off, sorry if this has been posted before. I tried searching, but couldn't find anything. I've been playing this game for about 5 days now on the Xbox 360 and I absolutely love it! My only conce [..] View

New Tanker, any invite codes please?

4:03 pm, October 3, 2014 Hello Tankers, I'm finally caving in and joining my comrades on the battlefield. Have played a few battles on my friends accounts and like it. I was told to check out "For the Record" for in [..] View

Clan TURKS is recruiting!

5:03 am, October 3, 2014 Hello All! I'm here to inform you that my clan, Turks, is recruiting! We are a small clan (18 members as of writing this) looking to bolster our ranks for strongholds. We are accepting all players but [..] View

Best mods for new players?

5:03 am, October 3, 2014 Hello world of tanks players, Im a pretty new player and Ive just been introduced to mods. They seem very fun and interesting. I took a look at the stickied Mods post on this subreddit and I just dont [..] View

Small change to Himmelsdorf?

5:03 am, October 3, 2014 This is just going to be a quick recommendation to a change on the map himmelsdorf. My biggest issue is north side where there is almost no room for heavies to go hull down at the hill, no cover until [..] View

Looking just like everyone else

4:03 pm, October 2, 2014 Hello and good day to you. My name is John and just like everyone else I am looking for an active well managed and clan war type of clan. I am a little rusty I have been away for seven months on a job [..] View

[Tank Rally] Finally! - How to circumvent the glitches.

5:03 am, October 2, 2014 After what feels like forever I finally completed the mission 'Long-Distance Run'. Now, let me just say this - I have a love-hate relationship with this map now. The rewards: http://puu.sh/bVx1Q/b19b8 [..] View

Pz B2 worth activating?

5:03 am, October 2, 2014 I have a bonus code to PzB2 but I'm wondering if it's worth activating. I really dont need any low-tier tanks even tough it's always top-tier. How much it costs to play this tank (50mm pen with ap doe [..] View

Winrate taking a dump, what do reddit? (Serious please)

5:03 am, October 2, 2014 Tried solo, platooning, lights, meds,heavies, everything. I just can't seem to win. Stats: http://wotlabs.net/na/player/Firsttrygaming# win rate down .07 in last 4 days. Edit: I understand the downvot [..] View

Type 62 - Equipment & Crew skills/perks?

5:03 am, October 2, 2014 I will be completing the medium mission tomorrow and receiving the Type 62 reward.  Likely there are many other players who are doing the same.  I have no light tanks, so I'm not so [..] View

Lakeville (Standard Battle)

4:03 pm, October 1, 2014 I am posting this in wot forums to try and get an understanding of the reasioning for the way this map is played. My question is, What is the tactical advantage of sending the majority of the teams ta [..] View

spyware and ad ware problem

4:03 pm, October 1, 2014 I love the Aslains mod pack. its great! my problem is when I download the pack I am flooded with adware and spyware. my computer begins to malfunction and freeze up. I know the download lets you click [..] View

Are these PC specs enough to run World of Tanks on high settings?

5:03 am, October 1, 2014 I want to get a gaming computer, preferably a laptop, because I want to be comfortable. I was thinking about getting the Alienware 17 or the Razer Blade, and I've decided on the Alienware 17. Since it [..] View

Battle Tier Glitch Thing

5:03 am, October 1, 2014 So, I have found in a few battles recently that the battle tier indicator (on the load screen) exceeds the maximum tier tank in the battle. So, this has led to me being in a few battles that say they [..] View

The US light tank branch (opinion/advice from you tankers)

5:03 am, September 30, 2014 Hey, I have a couple of questions regarding the US light branch. So, the first thing is I'm wondering if it is worth it. My favorite branch so far is the medium british line (fast with accurate, fast [..] View

"Unhandled Exception Is Occured. Application will be restarted"

5:03 am, September 30, 2014 Seriously, wth.     Haven't changed anything on my PC. Haven't updated anything, downloaded anything, haven't done...anything to my PC. Go to start WOT to DL 9.3 and this i [..] View

Can /r/WorldOfTanks give me their oppinion on the German Scouts (Tier 4+)

4:03 pm, September 29, 2014 I heard bad things about the AFKPanther, but really good things about the RU251. How's the line? Are they active or passive spotters? What Crew Skills should I pick? etc. etc. Thanks in Advance submi [..] View

New M5 Stuart

4:03 pm, September 29, 2014 So before release, there was a lot of hate towards the new M5. I decided to try it, and got a 1.2k damage battle. I'm not sure if it was just a lucky matchup, or if it is actually not as bad as people [..] View

A question to clear up a confusion

5:03 am, September 29, 2014 A friend and I were having a chat about why some of the Russian tanks have a log on the side. From what I've found by searching the forums and on Google, it portrays a log that is used to help unstick [..] View

[Mod]The Big Packs of WWII Propaganda radio programs (resized version) 9.3

5:03 am, September 29, 2014 I made an updated version for 9.3 and also resized to only 500MB ^_^ It should run much better now thanks to that. It contain over 500 radio programs during WWII like musics,speeches,commercials and s [..] View

Mental health services required for this frustrated player

5:03 am, September 29, 2014 Ok, I've almost got 10k games under my belt, but it took until tonight to realize just how much stock some players put into winning and performance.  I was on Mines just now with the universa [..] View

So what's the next step?

4:03 pm, September 28, 2014 Hey guys, I am currently sitting at about 7,2k games, possibly not doing THAT horribly clickity and I am thinking about moving my game up a bit. I have played about 20 company battles back at T2-T3 in [..] View

Some help with shooting safety in lights?

5:03 am, September 28, 2014 I know this is a lot of work to ask, but is there any way someone could throw together a little mock up mspaint or something of when it might be considered to be safe to shoot in a light assuming a ta [..] View

What happened to the 5th member from my old Kv1-s

4:03 pm, September 27, 2014 As per title seems he has gone walk abouts, did they remove him and divey up his xp or something? Edit: seems he was hiding in my churchill 3 thanks guys submitted by GuyBehindScreen [link] [3 comm [..] View

Help! Can't play after loading!

4:03 pm, September 27, 2014 Occuring since the update. Every time when playing a match, I cannot get rid of the loading screen. I can even hear the ticking of the last 30 seconds before the match is about to start but there is n [..] View

Appreicating Help from Others.

4:03 pm, September 27, 2014 We obviously like when we have good matches.  We rake up lots of damage, get a bunch of kills, and you get the ending feeling of accomplishment.  But did you ever and stop to think a [..] View

Broken Client After Update ... Missing vehicles_japan.pkg Please Help

5:03 am, September 27, 2014 Why is it important that I fix my client rather than reinstall? I am on metered internet (30GB per month) I would rather not blow half my bandwidth re-downloading the whole client. If I had another ch [..] View

What should I know about clanning? What skills do I need?

5:03 am, September 27, 2014 Hello r/WoT, This may very well get downvoted to oblivion, but I finally got back into WoT after a bit of a memory scare. I'd like to get a bit more serious with the game. Seeing as how I'm still at T [..] View

Fps issues

5:03 am, September 27, 2014 Hey everyone, Over the past 4ish major patches I've had pretty poor fps. Like, 20-30 on low graphics settings. I'm using a laptop with an i7 @ 2.4 ghz, a gt 750m, and 12 gb of ram. I know the gt 750m [..] View

Great desire to become a better player!

5:03 am, September 27, 2014   Hey I'm not sure any one will even give this the time of day, still I would appreciate being able to participate in a clan of decent to top notch players, I am very much average, just recen [..] View

Results from the 9.3 Community Night

4:03 pm, September 26, 2014 Thanks to everyone who show up and had some fun, we gave out a **** load of stuff. I hope to see you all next time. A special shout out to Gottfried for his help with the event and MeatheadMilitia for [..] View

tier 10s most used in clan/stronghold stuff ?

4:03 pm, September 25, 2014 is there a website with such info ? if not, what does your clan RELY on ? ie. what tier10 tanks are an absolute must for this kind of activities ? thanks :) submitted by starhobo [link] [30 commen [..] View

Downloading/reinstalling WoT

4:03 pm, September 25, 2014 Hey guys, is there another way of installing WoT other than downloading the whole 8GB game via the Client? Since it's patch-day it goes super slow for me and downloading the 8GB are gonna take forever [..] View

Installed 9.3 but now I can't connect to server?

4:03 pm, September 25, 2014 I just downloaded and installed the 9.3 update and now when I try to log in, it says it can't connect to server. Anyone know what's going on or how to fix it? Thanks! submitted by neregekaj [link] [..] View

South Coast

5:03 am, September 25, 2014 I need a little help playing medium on south coast...I can do well in heavies and Td's but mediums trip me up. Where do you guys usually go? Both spawns...   Thanks,    Alex [..] View

Transfer of crew from low tiers to high tiers no longer as before

5:03 am, September 24, 2014 Recently , I got T21 and wanted to transfer the crew of M7 to this one. My crew have 97%, But when I transfered, the level of the crew become red 45%. Before when I transfered the crew, it rested same [..] View

How to improve an individual tank's win rate?

4:03 pm, September 23, 2014 Hi,   I have several tanks in my garage with very low win rate, because when I lost in the first time I didn't stop playing it but just continue playing it.   I think because the low [..] View

So I've been studying all the E-25 posts over the past month...

5:03 am, September 23, 2014 ...and just want to confirm that I made a very, very good decision purchasing this tank this weekend. Only have a few games under my belt, but even in loses I'm raking in credits. With my T34, if I ha [..] View

World of Tanks as a LAN game

4:03 pm, September 22, 2014 Hey guys I'm arranging a small LAN event for my work, which will be about 12 man big. I am wondering if WoT would be a good game for such a size. We're all more or less over 30, old CS players who are [..] View

WGLNA LYNK Recruitment Post.

5:03 am, September 22, 2014 All, The **** no one reads - One of Reddit's War Gaming League North America Bronze league teams is recruiting on account of 3-4 players moving on to other things during the fall break. We will howev [..] View

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