The Steam Thread - Page 114

Arles · 08-06-2019, 06:02 PM

Looks like I missed all the deals on Play the Spire, but I added it to my wishlist to keep an eye on it.

EagleFan · 08-06-2019, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Arles

Looks like I missed all the deals on Play the Spire, but I added it to my wishlist to keep an eye on it.

It's a fun game. Picked it up during the recent (relatively) summer sale.

Thomkal · 08-06-2019, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Arles

Looks like I missed all the deals on Play the Spire, but I added it to my wishlist to keep an eye on it.

In case you missed my post on the last page, Humble Bundle has it as one of their "free" games for their monthly subscription package. $12/month and I guess you can cancel after signing up and you get your game.

Thomkal · 08-06-2019, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Thomkal

Quill19 takes a look at the new Age of Wonders: Planetfall:

Twitch

I have to say that my head is spinning a little more than it normally does after watching that stream. Seems like every unit and race has multiple abiliites, and then your choice of 6(?) secret abilities that really affect how you play the game. Lots of customizing of the starting setup in randomly generated games.

Brian Swartz · 08-07-2019, 01:04 AM

What do you have against the number 8? Did it make fun of you as a child or something?

On a serious note, I'm on a periodic Paradox detox at the moment, but I respect the transparence of Quill. His style isn't for everyone but he's always up front when he does sponsored content.

JonInMiddleGA · 08-07-2019, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian Swartz

... but I respect the transparence of Quill. His style isn't for everyone but he's always up front when he does sponsored content.

Agreed.

I don't always watch but I don't ever really feel like I'm misled about what's what (or why he's playing certain things). One of my most-watched over the past several years now.

(For pure enjoyment thought, I'm a Rycon guy. To the extent that I intentionally stay 6-8 weeks behind on his content so that I always have an episode available when I want one)

Thomkal · 08-07-2019, 09:57 AM

Yeah I like Quill the best when he's trying a game for the first time because he really tries to explain what he's doing with almost every action. That can be a bit annoying when he then decides to do something else. He pays attention to his twitch chatters and answers many questions along the way. His voice can get a bit whiny at times. He recently did a few tutorials for EVE Online for which I was grateful because I was pretty lost when I tried it.

He quickly loses me when he plays something like Stellaris, which he's played a lot. He just knows what to do in most cases, and doesn't bother to explain as much.

I don't think I've looked at a Rycon video-I will have to check him out, thanks for the tip Jon.

Thomkal · 08-07-2019, 11:22 AM

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 on sale through the 19th on Steam for $7.50

SirFozzie · 08-07-2019, 11:41 AM

It's also coming to Origin Access if that's your thing

MizzouRah · 08-07-2019, 06:43 PM

I can't watch Quill.. nothing against him as he is through but I just can't listen to him for more than a few minutes.

Here's another Planetfall video:

Age of Wonders : PLANETFALL Campaign Mode! Part 1 Little Civ + Little XCOM = Tactics and Learning - YouTube

I've heard it's not all that bad if you play the tutorials first. I'll get it soon as I enjoyed AOW 3 quite a bit.

JonInMiddleGA · 08-07-2019, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Thomkal

I don't think I've looked at a Rycon video-I will have to check him out, thanks for the tip Jon.

For those unfamiliar, he's a heavy role-play guy. But he's damned good / entertaining at it. He takes it quite seriously (as opposed to some who RP for humor) and has grown by leaps & bounds over the years. A lot (most?) of his stuff is played as permadeath, which makes for serious tension in things like F4: Frost.

In addition to possibly shorter term permadeath plays he also does very involved role-plays with extensive backstory characters that he plays to type very strictly.

His New Zealand accent has an element of Bob Ross to the ear but varies his voice into character accents & is excitable enough (think "oh %#$ I nearly died there) that he's not monotone or anything.

Thomkal · 08-09-2019, 10:33 AM

Just a little heads up for you for next week. Over at Epic on Thursday one of the free games will be Mutant: Year Zero. Seems very early in its retail life to be offering a $35 game for free, but I'm not complaining

Mutant Year Zero: Road To Eden To Be Free Game Offering On EGS Next Week - MMO Bomb

CrimsonFox · 08-10-2019, 03:21 AM

I seriously don't understand Epic. How are all these free games helping them?
More people are using the site i guess. But uh...they aren't buying anything.

Thomkal · 08-15-2019, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Thomkal

Just a little heads up for you for next week. Over at Epic on Thursday one of the free games will be Mutant: Year Zero. Seems very early in its retail life to be offering a $35 game for free, but I'm not complaining

Mutant Year Zero: Road To Eden To Be Free Game Offering On EGS Next Week - MMO Bomb

Mutant Year Zero and Hyper Light Drifter are now free.

Thomkal · 08-15-2019, 07:48 PM

Free through the weekend-Galactic Civilization 3 on Steam, selling for under $5 I think too.

NobodyHere · 08-15-2019, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

I seriously don't understand Epic. How are all these free games helping them?
More people are using the site i guess. But uh...they aren't buying anything.

I remember Origin doing the same thing with their "On the House" program.

But in regards to Epic, I got more game stores than I would like at the moment.

MizzouRah · 08-15-2019, 09:20 PM

I'm about 5 hours into AOW: Planetfall and I've finally met my perfect 4x game. Building up my base and adding sectors for additional benefits, upgrading my units and leaders and xcom like combat, yes please.

Fantastic game so far...

Vince, Pt. II · 08-15-2019, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by MizzouRah

I'm about 5 hours into AOW: Planetfall and I've finally met my perfect 4x game. Building up my base and adding sectors for additional benefits, upgrading my units and leaders and xcom like combat, yes please.

Fantastic game so far...

Nice, I've heard pretty solid reviews. The strategy side (base building, etc) is supposed to be pretty thin, but the tactical side is supposed to be crazy good.

MizzouRah · 08-15-2019, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II

Nice, I've heard pretty solid reviews. The strategy side (base building, etc) is supposed to be pretty thin, but the tactical side is supposed to be crazy good.

Tactical side is fantastic. Base building is decent with buildings as you get more tech. I love how combat and social tech are two separate branches that you research together.

Also, you get mods from techs and rewards for finishing quests which you can add to your units and leaders.

Plus, the game runs really well on my Nvidia 970 ti - which is a fairly old video card.

Atocep · 08-15-2019, 10:15 PM

The Kings Bounty 2 announcement is exciting. Hopefully they can pull off updating the game systems into a fully 3D world.

CrimsonFox · 08-16-2019, 01:43 AM

epic has two more for free

Edward64 · 08-16-2019, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Plus, the game runs really well on my Nvidia 970 ti - which is a fairly old video card.

750ti here.

MizzouRah · 08-16-2019, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Edward64

750ti here.

If you use Geforce experience like I do, Planetfall has been added.

weegeebored · 08-22-2019, 11:25 AM

Because of some rift between a security dude and Valve he has posted a Steam vulnerability. Great. Can't even play legit games anymore without worrying about this crap. Details

Thomkal · 08-22-2019, 11:42 AM

Fez is the new free game at Epic this week

Thomkal · 08-29-2019, 02:21 PM

Dirt: Rally free at Humble Bundle through this weekend

Thomkal · 08-30-2019, 10:13 AM

Celeste, a pixel art platformer about a girl trying to get to the top of a mountain and Inside, a dark themed puzzler mystery story about a boy lost and alone when he discovers said dark theme are the free games on Epic this week.

JPhillips · 09-01-2019, 03:35 PM

Up to 48 hours to process an order on the 2K store before I can download. WTF?

Thomkal · 09-03-2019, 04:07 PM

Endless Legend is 90% off at Fanatical right now-$3.

Thomkal · 09-05-2019, 11:19 AM

ABZU and The End is Nigh are the free games on Epic this week.

Thomkal · 09-05-2019, 05:37 PM

Play Endless Space 2, Endless Legend and Dungeons of the Endless free on Steam thru this weekend. Also 75% discount on all three

EagleFan · 09-05-2019, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Thomkal

ABZU and The End is Nigh are the free games on Epic this week.

Not a fan of ABZU; just seems like an aimless chore. But that's just my opinion, your mileage may vary.

CrimsonFox · 09-05-2019, 09:41 PM

it's free what the fuck do i care

NobodyHere · 09-06-2019, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Thomkal

Play Endless Space 2, Endless Legend and Dungeons of the Endless free on Steam thru this weekend. Also 75% discount on all three

I had a lot of fun with Dungeons of the Endless despite the fact I sucked at it.

Thomkal · 09-12-2019, 02:49 PM

Endless Space 1 and a DLC-Disharmony free at Humble Bundle

Thomkal · 09-19-2019, 11:17 AM

Another day, another game launcher. Download Rockstar's game launcher and get a free copy of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for free

Error Page - Rockstar Games Social Club

Abe Sargent · 09-19-2019, 11:44 AM

I consider Endless Space 2 to be the best of the modern takes on Master of Orion.

Thomkal · 09-19-2019, 01:34 PM

Epic is celebrating Batman's 80th birthday in a great way: Three Arkham: Batman games and three Lego Batman games for free,

spleen1015 · 09-19-2019, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Abe Sargent

I consider Endless Space 2 to be the best of the modern takes on Master of Orion.

Are you trying to get me to spend $90?

NobodyHere · 09-19-2019, 07:03 PM

90? The base game is 10 bucks right now.

weegeebored · 09-19-2019, 07:33 PM

On Steam the Endless Space 1 collection is $10, but ES2 is $90 with the base game at 40 bucks I think. Maybe somewhere else it's 10.

Thomkal · 09-19-2019, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by weegeebored

On Steam the Endless Space 1 collection is $10, but ES2 is $90 with the base game at 40 bucks I think. Maybe somewhere else it's 10.

Check Fanatical-its on sale for 77% off for me-there's a digital deluxe version for about $11.50, There's also the original (I assume) also on sale for over $9. Do a search for Endless Space 2 to see the different versions

NobodyHere · 09-19-2019, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Thomkal

Check Fanatical-its on sale for 77% off for me-there's a digital deluxe version for about $11.50, There's also the original (I assume) also on sale for over $9. Do a search for Endless Space 2 to see the different versions

Yeah I like this site to find some deals

CheapShark - Digital Game Deals

CrimsonFox · 09-19-2019, 10:51 PM

batman games are free on epic

PilotMan · 09-24-2019, 07:43 AM

I actually appreciate Steam's redesign and new layout, but omg, is it slow. I wasn't exactly hustling around the bases before, but now it's an out of shape softball dude who spend all of the 3rd inning crushing Bud Ice.

EagleFan · 09-24-2019, 07:19 PM

Steam is completely down? Unable to connect and took the server status link and see current users: 0.

EagleFan · 09-24-2019, 07:21 PM

Guess the 7th try is the charm.

Thomkal · 09-25-2019, 03:24 PM

Freespace 2 is free at GoG.com for about the next 40 hours. Also having a sale on space-related games.

Stellaris for $10 DLC's for sale too

Abe Sargent · 09-26-2019, 11:08 AM

Anyonee here going to try out Flotsam? It comes out today in ea.

Warhammer · 09-26-2019, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Abe Sargent

Anyonee here going to try out Flotsam? It comes out today in ea.

I'm waiting for its expansion Jetsam before I decide anything.

08-06-2019, 06:02 PM	#5651
Arles Grey Dog Software Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Phoenix, AZ by way of Belleville, IL	Looks like I missed all the deals on Play the Spire, but I added it to my wishlist to keep an eye on it. __________________ Developer of Bowl Bound College Football http://www.greydogsoftware.com

08-07-2019, 09:57 AM	#5657
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Yeah I like Quill the best when he's trying a game for the first time because he really tries to explain what he's doing with almost every action. That can be a bit annoying when he then decides to do something else. He pays attention to his twitch chatters and answers many questions along the way. His voice can get a bit whiny at times. He recently did a few tutorials for EVE Online for which I was grateful because I was pretty lost when I tried it. He quickly loses me when he plays something like Stellaris, which he's played a lot. He just knows what to do in most cases, and doesn't bother to explain as much. I don't think I've looked at a Rycon video-I will have to check him out, thanks for the tip Jon. __________________ Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time!

08-07-2019, 11:22 AM	#5658
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Warhammer: Vermintide 2 on sale through the 19th on Steam for $7.50 __________________ Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time!

08-07-2019, 11:41 AM	#5659
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	It's also coming to Origin Access if that's your thing __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

08-09-2019, 10:33 AM	#5662
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Just a little heads up for you for next week. Over at Epic on Thursday one of the free games will be Mutant: Year Zero. Seems very early in its retail life to be offering a $35 game for free, but I'm not complaining Mutant Year Zero: Road To Eden To Be Free Game Offering On EGS Next Week - MMO Bomb __________________ Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time!

08-07-2019, 01:04 AM	#5655
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	What do you have against the number 8? Did it make fun of you as a child or something? On a serious note, I'm on a periodic Paradox detox at the moment, but I respect the transparence of Quill. His style isn't for everyone but he's always up front when he does sponsored content.

08-07-2019, 06:43 PM	#5660
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	I can't watch Quill.. nothing against him as he is through but I just can't listen to him for more than a few minutes. Here's another Planetfall video: Age of Wonders : PLANETFALL Campaign Mode! Part 1 Little Civ + Little XCOM = Tactics and Learning - YouTube I've heard it's not all that bad if you play the tutorials first. I'll get it soon as I enjoyed AOW 3 quite a bit.

08-10-2019, 03:21 AM	#5663
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	I seriously don't understand Epic. How are all these free games helping them? More people are using the site i guess. But uh...they aren't buying anything.

08-15-2019, 07:48 PM	#5665
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Free through the weekend-Galactic Civilization 3 on Steam, selling for under $5 I think too. __________________ Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time!

08-15-2019, 09:20 PM	#5667
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	I'm about 5 hours into AOW: Planetfall and I've finally met my perfect 4x game. Building up my base and adding sectors for additional benefits, upgrading my units and leaders and xcom like combat, yes please. Fantastic game so far...

08-15-2019, 10:15 PM	#5670
Atocep Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Puyallup, WA	The Kings Bounty 2 announcement is exciting. Hopefully they can pull off updating the game systems into a fully 3D world.

08-16-2019, 01:43 AM	#5671
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	epic has two more for free

08-22-2019, 11:25 AM	#5674
weegeebored High School Varsity Join Date: Sep 2006	Because of some rift between a security dude and Valve he has posted a Steam vulnerability. Great. Can't even play legit games anymore without worrying about this crap. Details

08-22-2019, 11:42 AM	#5675
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Fez is the new free game at Epic this week __________________ Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time!

08-29-2019, 02:21 PM	#5676
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Dirt: Rally free at Humble Bundle through this weekend __________________ Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time!

08-30-2019, 10:13 AM	#5677
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Celeste, a pixel art platformer about a girl trying to get to the top of a mountain and Inside, a dark themed puzzler mystery story about a boy lost and alone when he discovers said dark theme are the free games on Epic this week. __________________ Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time!

09-01-2019, 03:35 PM	#5678
JPhillips Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	Up to 48 hours to process an order on the 2K store before I can download. WTF? __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

09-03-2019, 04:07 PM	#5679
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Endless Legend is 90% off at Fanatical right now-$3. __________________ Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time!

09-05-2019, 11:19 AM	#5680
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	ABZU and The End is Nigh are the free games on Epic this week. __________________ Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time!

09-05-2019, 05:37 PM	#5681
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Play Endless Space 2, Endless Legend and Dungeons of the Endless free on Steam thru this weekend. Also 75% discount on all three __________________ Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time!

09-05-2019, 09:41 PM	#5683
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	it's free what the fuck do i care

09-12-2019, 02:49 PM	#5685
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Endless Space 1 and a DLC-Disharmony free at Humble Bundle __________________ Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time!

09-19-2019, 11:17 AM	#5686
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Another day, another game launcher. Download Rockstar's game launcher and get a free copy of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for free Error Page - Rockstar Games Social Club __________________ Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time!

09-19-2019, 11:44 AM	#5687
Abe Sargent Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Catonsville, MD	I consider Endless Space 2 to be the best of the modern takes on Master of Orion. __________________ Check out my two current weekly Magic columns! https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/?action=search&page=1&author[]=Abe%20Sargent

09-19-2019, 01:34 PM	#5688
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Epic is celebrating Batman's 80th birthday in a great way: Three Arkham: Batman games and three Lego Batman games for free, __________________ Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time!

09-19-2019, 07:03 PM	#5690
NobodyHere Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2013	90? The base game is 10 bucks right now. __________________ "I am God's prophet, and I need an attorney"

09-19-2019, 07:33 PM	#5691
weegeebored High School Varsity Join Date: Sep 2006	On Steam the Endless Space 1 collection is $10, but ES2 is $90 with the base game at 40 bucks I think. Maybe somewhere else it's 10.

09-19-2019, 10:51 PM	#5694
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	batman games are free on epic

09-24-2019, 07:43 AM	#5695
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	I actually appreciate Steam's redesign and new layout, but omg, is it slow. I wasn't exactly hustling around the bases before, but now it's an out of shape softball dude who spend all of the 3rd inning crushing Bud Ice. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

09-24-2019, 07:19 PM	#5696
EagleFan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA	Steam is completely down? Unable to connect and took the server status link and see current users: 0. __________________ The EagleFan YouTube Channel - Reactions Soarin' & Scratchin' YouTube Channel - We react to music, videos, TV, we talk, we are planning some field trips Soarin' & Soothin' - Meditation, Relaxation, and Sleep Aid; mental health is important

09-24-2019, 07:21 PM	#5697
EagleFan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA	Guess the 7th try is the charm. __________________ The EagleFan YouTube Channel - Reactions Soarin' & Scratchin' YouTube Channel - We react to music, videos, TV, we talk, we are planning some field trips Soarin' & Soothin' - Meditation, Relaxation, and Sleep Aid; mental health is important

09-25-2019, 03:24 PM	#5698
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Freespace 2 is free at GoG.com for about the next 40 hours. Also having a sale on space-related games. Stellaris for $10 DLC's for sale too __________________ Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time! Last edited by Thomkal : 09-25-2019 at 03:35 PM.

09-26-2019, 11:08 AM	#5699
Abe Sargent Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Catonsville, MD	Anyonee here going to try out Flotsam? It comes out today in ea. __________________ Check out my two current weekly Magic columns! https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/?action=search&page=1&author[]=Abe%20Sargent

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