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Arty Lines

4:03 pm, October 24, 2014 So, a long while ago i once played Arty but i was discouraged in playing it after an ally got in the way of my shell and had -1 next to me so i stopped playing it  after the game finished but [..] View

The Bishop. Why?

5:03 am, October 24, 2014 So, I wanted to try something else and figured the FV304 would be nice. The Birch Gun was actually fun to play and the turret pretty cool. Then I got the Bishop. WTF is this thing? It has an incredibl [..] View

Reddit Clans Leaderboard - 22 Oct 2014

5:03 am, October 23, 2014 The data is collected from worldoftanks.com and vbaddict.net profiles for 1804 (+5) players across all of the Reddit clans in NA, EU, and SEA. Per-tank data is only available for 636 (+15) players who [..] View

As long as you want to learn, you will

5:03 am, October 23, 2014 Hello guys. I share this post because I'm happy and because I became better, I learned something and I want to share this experience with other tankers.   First of all - I started 2 [..] View

Crash on startup

5:03 am, October 22, 2014 I just re-installed windows 8.1 and now WoT crashes on startup.  Same computer with same version of windows, had no issues before.  I have already tried re-installing windows and re- [..] View

M6 cant carry

4:03 pm, October 21, 2014 Hi guys. I am an average player, just got back to WOT after a while. Bought a new laptop, so now I have solid 50 FPS. Decided to go up Heavy lines, all was well at T5 but and now I got stuck at M6. I [..] View

How Internet Connections And Solar Flares Mix!

5:03 am, October 21, 2014 Answer is, they don't!  I wonder if other games are having the same issues that we have been having during this period of intense activity. It should go away tomorrow though. Hopefully the wo [..] View

Um. Just wthis this, some type of punishment?

5:03 am, October 21, 2014 So I just decided I'd hop on tonight for a game or two, as this game is what I love to play in my spare time, and I log on to get this ****.    So I get inside a game, and in the fir [..] View

Please dont give us **** #tanks of nation X missions

4:03 pm, October 20, 2014 So we get another destroy  # nation X missions.   Dear WoT if your goal was to create a mission where people said - Hell no I am not doing this  you got a success. &nbsp [..] View

[NA/EU/SEA] World of Tanks Platoon Finder [WoTmanager.com/platoon | Beta]

5:03 am, October 20, 2014 Introducing World of Tanks Platoon Finder [Beta] Powered by WoTManager.com Youtube video to show you the site in action: Tutorial Starting with the home page, the user is asked to login with OpenID th [..] View

How to set up a SBMM that is sustainable.

5:03 am, October 20, 2014 Previously there were discussions regarding the SBMM that it is not sustainable due to the fact that it renders the difference in WN8 between different groups to disappear. One way to do it is to crea [..] View

Some players may fail...

5:03 am, October 20, 2014 but not as hard as a Tiger firing HE out of his 8.8cm L/71.   Not even joking. Match in my Fury. There was a tiger tank with the L/71. End of the match he was the only one alive. A Centurion [..] View

What happened today while attempting to pay for a Fury Bundle (WG Fail)

4:03 pm, October 19, 2014 So I recently decided I would buy a Fury bundle with the $100 package. I went to gift shop, and double checked the amount of money I needed and the payment method, which is MyCard. (MyCard is like a e [..] View

KMaus, any news on the super secret awesome super mission you mentioned?

4:03 pm, October 19, 2014 Concerning your post found here: http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/392721-free-togs-for-all/page__st__120__pid__7915051#entry7915051      Speculation on t [..] 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

Is the Schmalturm worth it as a German medium crew trainer?

5:03 am, October 18, 2014 With the upcoming EU 30% sale on the Pz.Kpfw. IV Schmalturm, should I buy it as a German medium crew trainer? It'll only cost 2625 gold, down from 3750. I've looked at reviews on the Panther/M10 and i [..] View

Server Population. Which Is It?

5:03 am, October 18, 2014 I'm stuck on the west coast and play the west server for connectivity reasons. I always see the west server population, even tonight (Friday), and it's about 1/4th of the east server population. So, d [..] View

Fury... a bit disapointing

4:03 pm, October 17, 2014 First of all I hope the movie is better than the premium tank.. Second why do my crew members have the same name? all of them have the name "Name" Third this catches fire like crazy guess it [..] 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

WG you have GOT to be kidding right now.

5:03 am, October 17, 2014 Found at the bottom of this weekends gift shop bundles:   "The Silent Sniper bundle above is available only to residents of Latin America (Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Ch [..] View

Fury Premium time

5:03 am, October 17, 2014 Couldn't find anywhere that this seemed to fit, but I just got an email congratulating me on my performance in the Fury thing. It says I get 1 week of premium. I'm certainly not complaining, but I did [..] View

AFK/BOT Detection...Maybe you should check if customers are actually trying to get in game to play!

4:03 pm, October 16, 2014 Well I confirmed my suspicion this morning, and I am sure Wargames did not test this before they implemented the new BOT / AFK Warning System.  Personally I figured I would just cross my fing [..] 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

Fury Contest Results?

5:03 am, October 15, 2014 Did I win my tickets yet? I'm curious to see how many people tried for this contest, I specifically got an Easy 8 just because of it, and I now love that tank. I even got my first Mark of Excellence o [..] View

Indien PZ Help

4:03 pm, October 14, 2014 Hey guys i just got my indien Pz sunday... and i have been doing really bad . I loved the 30.02d but the indien cant seem to pen anything! i have the track and im curently saving for the 2nd gun... it [..] View

Are there mods that can modify the garage this much? (lots'o pics and rage)

5:03 am, October 14, 2014 I hope WoT Reddit doesn't hate my out-of-the-box thinking :< I am a newblette, and I like to break the mold. Anywho, let's make the garage better or different with mods. If the following sugges [..] View

-AGK- is recruiting

5:03 am, October 14, 2014 Night Raid! is a clan based off the assassin team in the anime/manga known as Akame ga Kiru! Self explanatory as it is, we look for anime fans, or at least people okay with anime.   I'll be s [..] View

T14: the best tier 5 premium in the game.

4:03 pm, October 13, 2014 So I was platooned with my clanmate while he was grinding the T-34: MT, when I unlocked the VK30.1H. I had most of the modules unlocked from previous grinds, so all I needed were tank-specific mods (T [..] View

Any tips for winning tier 10 matches?

5:03 am, October 13, 2014 I've been having a terrible loss streak lately, I only have 150 matches in my 430, but in the last few days my win rate has dropped from 52% to 48% and my average damage from 2.6k to 2.5k. Basically I [..] View

How does experience get assigned among skills?

5:03 am, October 13, 2014   I want to finish Cammo training to 100% for all crew members, but I accidentally started the 2nd skill for one of the crew.  I heard the 2nd skills take much lon [..] View

premium shop

4:03 pm, October 12, 2014 When i try getting in the premium shop and all i see are bullet points with links. I have tried emptying my cache but its been like this for 2 days now. I am missing out on all the specials :( help? View

M4A2E4 in other shops but the NA and EU

4:03 pm, October 10, 2014 just wondering if anybody knows the reasoning behing wargaming making the M4A2E4  available for the SEA and RU servers, but not the NA and EU servers.  View

Eu player...in NA.

5:03 am, October 10, 2014 Hello everybody, I'm pretty much in need of a good suggestion. Basically I've started playing WoT back in Europe, pretty much after getting my degree. Two months ago I moved to Vancouver to continue m [..] 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

Driving the KV-4

5:03 am, October 10, 2014 I've been grinding the KV-3 for some time now, and I already elited it yesterday, just getting the credits to get the KV-4, so I thought this would be a great moment to ask for help driving this beast [..] View

Looking to Mentor/Platoon with Some Players

5:03 am, October 10, 2014 Looking to mentor people if they'd like to learn a thing or two, I don't have the most amazing stats however I do pull purple stats everyday so I hope that atleast qualifies me, If you are on the NA s [..] View

No better feeling...

5:03 am, October 10, 2014 Then getting stuck in thick. Hull down, dug in, enemies to the left, enemies to the right, enemies ahead. Every move calculated, every opening exploited. It's an intense battle against higher tier tan [..] View

Hope for newcomers

5:03 am, October 10, 2014 Hey newbies, just have an example of how people can improve. I first started world of tanks with a different account and a different e-mail address, and I forgot my login info, so I just crea [..] View

Suspended from chat message

4:03 pm, October 9, 2014 I was playing a game this morning and was going to send a message but couldnt . Got the message that I have been suspended from chat for 5s. I don't know what 5S means and don't know why I received it [..] View

Other Question About upcoming Fury Sherman

5:03 am, October 9, 2014 Not sure if anyone knows this yet or not. Do anyone know if the Fury e8 Sherman is gonna to be Limited time only or a permanent addition to the gift shop? I am only asking this cause I afraid i might [..] View

Experience Question..

4:03 pm, October 8, 2014 Hey guys, so i wondered, my dad, which has played more than me with more tanks, said that i could use experience from previous tiers to unlock the next. Let me explain; i have t Russian T-150, finishe [..] View

A story about the results of pi-polar tanking.

4:03 pm, October 8, 2014 A short story about my struggle with tanking, family and work, and how the three battled for my sole.   Some of you already know me from long ago as "The Unicum Hunter" in the forum [..] View

T-54 lightweight losing camo while moving (not getting light camo bonus)

4:03 pm, October 8, 2014 Hopefully this is the result of bad testing or some other glitch.  But if not it seems the T-54 lightweight loses camo while moving. Could that be because it's a lightweight version of the T- [..] View

[Giveaway] Codes from PAX AUS

4:03 pm, October 7, 2014 Hey guys, I just got my PAX tickets in the mail today, and with it came two World of Tanks bonus codes and an invite code. From what I saw at PAX AUS last year, you guys seem like a great community, a [..] View

[SUGGESTION] Please Add Competitive

4:03 pm, October 7, 2014 Dear WG, I know you have made it clear that this game was made to target people that are in families or have family’s for casual game play. I think you did a great job there, some things you [..] View

Vlad's All Day streaming spectacular!

4:03 pm, October 7, 2014 Since I have actually figured out the source of my problems (Latest OBS was a [edited]and broke everything. Rolling back fixed it.), I am running an all day stream! As always A_Little_Baby with be pla [..] View

What premium tanks are not good and need be reworked?

5:03 am, October 7, 2014 I been playing S.35 premium tank, and I am surprised that the tank gets into tier 5 battles. Problem is that the gun is so poor, it can't pen many of the tanks even with gold. I wished they would trea [..] View

Wild Finish - Video

5:03 am, October 7, 2014 Never seen a final score like this before...  Need to give serious props to 'Artur1964', would not have survived without him.  Normally I'd thank the rest of my team but in this case [..] View

Replacing tank engine sounds, plz help :3

4:03 pm, October 6, 2014 Hi reddit :D I'ma newb :3 And a douchbag in wot :} Anywho, I would like to know (step by step if possible) how to add, replace, edit fev/fsb files to change some TANK ENGINE SOUNDS. I liketh the Chafe [..] View

Lowe still needs preferred MM

4:03 pm, October 6, 2014 With the advent of the matchmaker tier range changes, all the new tanks, and various map changes to encourage brawling, the Lowe is suffering as a result.  Even with the most recent minor buf [..] View

WOT TV Commercial: NFL Network

4:03 pm, October 5, 2014 Just saw a cool WOT commercial on NFL Network, while playing WOT. Thought it was kind of cool.    I'm sure that advertising spot wasn't cheap, but I think they're going after the rig [..] View

Your Oddest Patrol Duty?

5:03 am, October 5, 2014 I'm sure some of us have gotten Patrol Duty in tanks that have no business scouting such as heavies, or slow moving Tds. So I was hoping the community would share some of these wacky instances just fo [..] View

Newbs, noobs, beginners - pick the right tank from the start

4:03 pm, October 3, 2014 Tankers.   I have seen a lot of sad posts lately from players with 2k to 5k games who are struggling with the game. Poor win rate, WN8, bad stats, low esteem. I am no guru, so please don't ge [..] View

Looking for CW Clan - 2065 / 55% 60day

4:03 pm, October 3, 2014 Looking for a top 50 clan that is highly active and can field two teams per night.  Available 5-6 nights a week for battles.  I am looking for a clan that can stay on the map and has [..] View

A few questions on a few light tanks.

5:03 am, October 3, 2014 I'm a heavy tanker at heart (and, admittedly, not a very good one- still trying to break that 50% overall), but in prep for 9.3, I started going back down light tank lines again. So far, I've arrived [..] View

Playing in a good tank but having bad luck with it?

5:03 am, October 3, 2014 Hey Reddit, I was just wondering...are there any good tanks that you play but you have an okay record with it, or bad luck? I'm trying to grind with my T25 AT and I've just had the worst luck with it. [..] View

MCAS Mirimar Airshow World of Tanks Meetup

5:03 am, October 3, 2014 Hello Everyone, If you are free this weekend (or if you were going anyways) you should meet myself and the folks running the Wargaming Road Tour at the Mirimar Airshow! The Wargaming Humvee will be th [..] View

Finally first Radley Walters!

5:03 am, October 3, 2014       It took me 4000 battles but I finally got my first Radley Walter's medal. I came close a while ago with the bdr but I finally accomplished i [..] 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

Tier list of tanks for tier 6 strongholds

5:03 am, October 2, 2014 Lately I've been doing quite a bit of tier 6 strongholds and encountering a lot of teams that seem to have no idea what they're doing. I'm hoping to write some guides maybe when I have more experience [..] View

Cannot Log In

4:03 pm, October 1, 2014 I reset the password on my sons account during the "change password for 300g" event. Apparently I wrote it down wrong so we cannot log in.  No problem. Reset password.   [..] 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

AesBinz ModPak for 9.3

5:03 am, October 1, 2014 I would like to share my simple modpack that I'm using for my own preference, and I hope some of you guys will also need.  You may download the file at:   http://www.mediafire.com/do [..] View

US West lagging?

4:03 pm, September 30, 2014 Anyone getting unplayable lag spikes on US West. Will be 20-50ms and green, and randomly spike out 750+ and turn red. Hoping its not just me on my end and is just the servers being finicky. Started ha [..] View

i am arty user but arty is little bit OP

4:03 pm, September 30, 2014 it's ridiculous that when i ride my GW TIGER P i suceed 2 clean shots and i do 1600damage=about 1600win8. I would rather choose wot nerfing arty more(a bit) but in exchange i do want arties banned fro [..] 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

Sniper view bug (Game-play breaking)

5:03 am, September 29, 2014      So i downloaded update 9.3 and logged in just fine. Went into a match just fine. So at that point i thought that i would have no problems except that thought was blown [..] 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

Ok seriously something is wrong

5:03 am, September 28, 2014 Sometimes when i hop into a battle with my jackson the game freezes in the loading screen. I see no names and can hear engines running after a bit. I keep getting flagged for being afk but I don't kno [..] View

Yeeaahhh screw you fake military tribunal....

5:03 am, September 28, 2014 Soo this is a thing appparently...   You quit sticking me on teams that melt in 2 minutes and perhaps I will stick around. I dont stay for ROFLSTOMP losses. It is an exercise in frustration [..] View

9.3 default sound files for res folder?

5:03 am, September 27, 2014 So during the last patch I installed a sound mod (the Orky Voices mod, to be specific) and, like a dumb ***, I forgot to copy the original files. I hoped that the 9.3 update would get rid of the old m [..] View

5,000 FREE Gold! Special Giveaway Event - "Snipe the Scorpion"

5:03 am, September 27, 2014 Hello everyone!   Want to win 5,000 Free Gold? Of course you do!   In celebration of my recent accomplishment (3 marks, ratio higher than 100% of players) in the T49 (T67), I am host [..] 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

A New Arty Suggestion

5:03 am, September 26, 2014 Everybody loves arty, right? No? Exactly the opposite, you say? Hang out on the forum long enough and you'll probably notice terms like "skycancer" and "clicker" being thrown aroun [..] View

The Match Maker And Gameplay.

5:03 am, September 26, 2014 This is a post about my experiences in world of tanks. and are suggestions. 1 The soviet tanks are completely over powered and make for lots of trolling i.e. the heavy line which trolls all o [..] View

9.3... what the hell is going on?

4:03 pm, September 25, 2014 Reading FTR and reddit showed me that 9.3 release got rekt. The following stuff happened: Sites unavailable Launcher not updating (working after several restarts) If finally downloading: very slow Han [..] View

9.3's New Discipline System

4:03 pm, September 25, 2014 Hey Tankers! Let's talk about the new inaction/warning system that is present in 9.3.   So, sometimes life happens ans you might need to leave a game early. Bare in mind, you will now be warn [..] View

Idea: Pin a mission before starting battle.

4:03 pm, September 25, 2014 Hello fellow tankers. Wouldn't be cool to have 1 mission pinned during combat? I photoshopped this picture real quick but hopefully this can be option in the future in the setting menu.   View

Award Suggestions

5:03 am, September 25, 2014 Group Awards: Vengeance: Destroy an enemy player who has ****** your platoon mate(s).                   &n [..] View

let the defender decide the tier they wanna play in (for strongholds)

4:03 pm, September 24, 2014 after reading the last ama on the eu representatives http://www.reddit.com/r/WorldofTanks/comments/2gs1d5/we_are_wargaming_eu_amaa/ckm08cf I got very dissapointed and I really hope they change their m [..] View

Next On-Track event?

4:03 pm, September 23, 2014 I am curious what the rumors are for the next on-track event? I actually did not mind this current 113, and almost have it complete. Right now I"m trying to hold back purchases and free-exp until [..] View

Grinding guide - how to avoid losing streaks

4:03 pm, September 22, 2014 Hi tankers.   I've been reading lately about fellow tankers bemoaning losing streaks. I think we all have experienced losing streaks and know how they affect our mood. But when I read about l [..] View

Is spotting damage a factor in MOE for light tanks? Also looking for pictures of the MOE for each country.

5:03 am, September 22, 2014 Working towards getting a MOE on my elc, at least hopefully, and I was wondering if spotting damage is also counted towards it, or if it is direct damage only.   I was also wondering if someo [..] View

Best game I have had so far!

4:03 pm, September 21, 2014 http://wotreplays.com/site/1178275#ruinberg_on_fire-jack_reacher-st-i This was a intense match for me but was also great fun! I hope you all like my replay! submitted by _Jack_Reacher [link] [comme [..] 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

Tips/Tricks to get a Deep Purple 60 Day WN8

5:03 am, September 21, 2014 Heya folks Batlin here with a brand new product, called Get Gudtm Tell me, has this ever been you? Well now with Get Gudtm , even you can boost your stats to a deep purple level. I'v [..] 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

[DAGER] Agility, now open for recruit!

5:03 am, September 20, 2014 We are a new clan, but not new players to the game!  We are a team that primarily focuses on tournaments, Cw's are a definite option depending on how many [..] View

SinsOfWrath - 60 Day 1851 w/ 58% WR Looking for clan

5:03 am, September 20, 2014 I have departed -TRN- at 2220 EST on 19Sep14.  Forum signature may reflect still being in clan.   Recruiters,   I am SOW looking for a primarily platooning clan with potenti [..] 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

This is not a vent post. This is not a rage post. I'm not getting mad at anyone, only myself. I'm not making you read. But it would be nice if you did.

4:03 pm, September 19, 2014 Tonight's session was horrible. You might read that one statement and think "man, another tomato's thinking he's the top of the world and is about to ***** about the baddies and the bad mm and th [..] 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

Much happy! Prizes of Gamescom stream are on their way.

4:03 pm, September 18, 2014 I just recieved two emails from Melly Balgün. The turkish (?) host of Gamescom stream. One had a bonus code of 7 days Premium, 1000 Gold and T-15 Light Tanks (Which I already owned and got 90 [..] View

Starting to lose hope...

5:03 am, September 18, 2014 I have been enjoying wot quite a lot lately, having a lot of success in tier 5-7 battles, up until I started driving in tier 8 tanks. I lose credits way too fast and easily driving them, unless I have [..] View

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