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Today we’re launching our Overwatch Wiki.
This new Blizzard game is only in its early beta phase but we’re already seeing notable team organizations picking up rosters and tournaments for the game pop up.
So we want to back this game up from the start.
We have filled out most of the rudimentary information but there’s still lots to be done. For example we still need to fill out the heroes abilities with more detailed information, and their passives.
We hope you will help us out to make the Overwatch competitive scene stronger by dedicating a tiny bit of time to fix any mistakes you might encounter, to update pages with new information, to enter in results of tournaments, and more.
If you’re just starting out and have questions or want some help you can find lots of helpful people over in our IRC channel on quakenet. FO-nTTaX also made a great guide to get started with wiki editing.
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Germany913 Posts
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GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
well first, we need to get beta keys....
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On November 15 2015 05:01 amazingxkcd wrote:
well first, we need to get beta keys....
That's why I feel that this Liquipedia announcement is a ruse to try and get beta keys.
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It's so pink! Looking forward to it. Also looking forward to my beta key.
Y'know.
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Sweden5554 Posts
On November 15 2015 06:32 lestye wrote:Show nested quote +On November 15 2015 05:01 amazingxkcd wrote:
well first, we need to get beta keys.... That's why I feel that this Liquipedia announcement is a ruse to try and get beta keys.
Not quite. Beta access is something we might get for a few of the contributors since it does make it easier to update the wiki when you can test things out yourself. It's happened before with some of the Blizzard betas. But we don't do wikis to get into betas...
The first tournament in Overwatch is starting today, this is the reason for our launch.
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On November 15 2015 07:45 salle wrote:Show nested quote +On November 15 2015 06:32 lestye wrote:On November 15 2015 05:01 amazingxkcd wrote:
well first, we need to get beta keys.... That's why I feel that this Liquipedia announcement is a ruse to try and get beta keys. Not quite. Beta access is something we might get for a few of the contributors since it does make it easier to update the wiki when you can test things out yourself. It's happened before with some of the Blizzard betas. But we don't do wikis to get into betas... The first tournament in Overwatch is starting today, this is the reason for our launch.
I was just poking fun! I'm excited for it, and it's great to do this from the get-go so we it's not daunting when you want to do a wiki for a game, and there's 5 years of history and thousands of tournament to sift through.
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ALLEYCAT BLUES50931 Posts
On November 15 2015 05:01 amazingxkcd wrote:
well first, we need to get beta keys....
and by that you mean give me one.
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Canada16217 Posts
On November 15 2015 11:43 BLinD-RawR wrote:Show nested quote +On November 15 2015 05:01 amazingxkcd wrote:
well first, we need to get beta keys.... and by that you mean give me one.
contribute :D
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
I would totally add to my 2 liquipedia edits for a beta key
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ALLEYCAT BLUES50931 Posts
On November 15 2015 13:41 NovemberstOrm wrote:Show nested quote +On November 15 2015 11:43 BLinD-RawR wrote:On November 15 2015 05:01 amazingxkcd wrote:
well first, we need to get beta keys.... and by that you mean give me one. contribute :D
but how, if I don't have the beta?
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Woo hoo! I can use Team Liquid/Liquipedia again!
Hope everyone enjoyed my attempted at a tournament.
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Sweden5554 Posts
On November 15 2015 13:50 BLinD-RawR wrote:Show nested quote +On November 15 2015 13:41 NovemberstOrm wrote:On November 15 2015 11:43 BLinD-RawR wrote:On November 15 2015 05:01 amazingxkcd wrote:
well first, we need to get beta keys.... and by that you mean give me one. contribute :D but how, if I don't have the beta?
How would you contribute if you were in the beta? (and why is it not possible to gain this information in other ways, like watching streams or reading patch notes or whatever)
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ALLEYCAT BLUES50931 Posts
On November 15 2015 15:54 salle wrote:Show nested quote +On November 15 2015 13:50 BLinD-RawR wrote:On November 15 2015 13:41 NovemberstOrm wrote:On November 15 2015 11:43 BLinD-RawR wrote:On November 15 2015 05:01 amazingxkcd wrote:
well first, we need to get beta keys.... and by that you mean give me one. contribute :D but how, if I don't have the beta? How would you contribute if you were in the beta? (and why is it not possible to gain this information in other ways, like watching streams or reading patch notes or whatever)
its easier to play and test out than watch streams but fine, I'll make do with what I have.
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Now to wait for my key.... T_T
Totally going to contribute to this if I can, even without a key. I've been watching a ton of streams and keeping up with the news outlets ^_^
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France9034 Posts
On November 15 2015 13:44 lichter wrote:
I would totally add to my 2 liquipedia edits for a beta key
Tsk tsk tsk.
That's cool to see a new wiki join the family, though I still have doubts OW will really takeoff as an esports, but oh well, this is contribution-based, so if there's people actually getting into it, the relevance of the wiki will follow the contribution I'd think. 
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If you give me a beta key, I will be able to confirm that the beta doesn't work on Mac yet
Apart from that, why pink? Wouldn't it be black and gold?
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Sweden5554 Posts
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Sweden5554 Posts
On November 18 2015 00:22 Ragnarork wrote:Show nested quote +On November 15 2015 13:44 lichter wrote:
I would totally add to my 2 liquipedia edits for a beta key Tsk tsk tsk. That's cool to see a new wiki join the family, though I still have doubts OW will really takeoff as an esports, but oh well, this is contribution-based, so if there's people actually getting into it, the relevance of the wiki will follow the contribution I'd think.
By the way, Happy birthday! \o/
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France9034 Posts
On November 18 2015 01:19 salle wrote:Show nested quote +On November 18 2015 00:22 Ragnarork wrote:On November 15 2015 13:44 lichter wrote:
I would totally add to my 2 liquipedia edits for a beta key Tsk tsk tsk. That's cool to see a new wiki join the family, though I still have doubts OW will really takeoff as an esports, but oh well, this is contribution-based, so if there's people actually getting into it, the relevance of the wiki will follow the contribution I'd think. By the way, Happy birthday! \o/
Thanks, a whole new wiki makes me blush, feels too big a present, you shouldn't have, oooohhh...
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Rawr, Blizzard, gim'me a beta keeeey
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Well blizzard gave away beta Keys for lotv to some contributers, But only those Who contributet to the sc2 wiki i think. But since overwatch is a New game i don't think we will get Keys that was. But of course i want one
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But i have to say i would be more motivated If i had access to the game
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it is very good game. I watch gameplay and it will be great when liquid took her.
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Blizzard is now making games very fast :Heroes of the Storm ,Overwatch, expansion for World of Warcraft (Legion).
What could be next ????
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Johto4983 Posts
On November 18 2015 03:12 addn1s wrote:
Blizzard is now making games very fast :Heroes of the Storm ,Overwatch, expansion for World of Warcraft (Legion).
What could be next ????
Hopefully WC4 if you ask me ^^
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I believe this might be useful. I cannot confirm the validity of all of it, but it seems to be correct from what I've played.
Google Sheet Link
I do hope Blizzard eventually adds more detailed tooltips, but for now, I think it'd be nice for it to be organized on the wiki page.
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On November 18 2015 02:05 Corvuuss wrote:
Well blizzard gave away beta Keys for lotv to some contributers, But only those Who contributet to the sc2 wiki i think. But since overwatch is a New game i don't think we will get Keys that was. But of course i want one
They are not giving out "Keys", they just allow access to certain people's Battle.nets accounts. So, there are a lot of people who would normally pay $100 or whatever for a beta key, but cannot due to the way Blizzard has it set up.
See below:
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On November 15 2015 07:45 salle wrote:Show nested quote +On November 15 2015 06:32 lestye wrote:On November 15 2015 05:01 amazingxkcd wrote:
well first, we need to get beta keys.... That's why I feel that this Liquipedia announcement is a ruse to try and get beta keys. Not quite. Beta access is something we might get for a few of the contributors since it does make it easier to update the wiki when you can test things out yourself. It's happened before with some of the Blizzard betas. But we don't do wikis to get into betas... The first tournament in Overwatch is starting today, this is the reason for our launch.
Wait seriously? I wasnt aware of the formation of an Ovie pro scene as of yet.
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On November 18 2015 02:08 Corvuuss wrote:
But i have to say i would be more motivated If i had access to the game
I second that
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On November 18 2015 03:19 FO-nTTaX wrote:Show nested quote +On November 18 2015 03:12 addn1s wrote:
Blizzard is now making games very fast :Heroes of the Storm ,Overwatch, expansion for World of Warcraft (Legion).
What could be next ????
Hopefully WC4 if you ask me ^^
Even if they were to do that, would it follow the conclusion of Frozen Throne story or WoW Legion story? (Please the former....)
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Damn you launch these quickly nowadays
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A licky-piddy for an unproven game with absolutely no competitive scene yet seems like we're jumping the gun a little
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France9034 Posts
On November 18 2015 04:25 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
A licky-piddy for an unproven game with absolutely no competitive scene yet seems like we're jumping the gun a little
At first I felt the same way, but in the end:
- there's already a competitive scene developing, so this is an esport for now (no matter how it does in a few months/year, that's another problem)
- if people contribute and maintain it (and LP staff invests time in it) that's their decision
- if the game become actually big and relevant, the wiki will be already there, and it's way easier I'd say to launch it now than to do it backwards in a year or two, seeing how organisations don't always have up to date or comprehensive data about their players, their tournaments and whatnot
- if the game fades away, then no biggie
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Sweden5554 Posts
On November 18 2015 04:25 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
A licky-piddy for an unproven game with absolutely no competitive scene yet seems like we're jumping the gun a little
We just had 1 tournament before there's even any support in the game client for competitive mode. There's multiple teams, a lot of players from a lot of FPS games are coming in to overwatch because it does seem to have something for almost all styles of play. So we already see competitive players from TF2, Quake Live, Tribes, Unreal Tournament, Shoot Mania and more come in and play in the beta.
We can assume Blizzard are going to be supporting the esports scene with tournaments like SC2 WCS, HS Road to Blizzcon and the Heroes HWC. At the very least. But first they need to fix a few bugs in the spectator client, and add a competitive mode (both are being worked on as far as I know.
EDIT: Also what Ragnarork said.
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I'm not downing the fact TL is supporting Blizzard new game, but why isn't TL making new Liquidpedia page for any new up and coming e-sports? It seems like TL's higher ups are just hard core Blizzard fan bois~~~
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Just need League and we got all the Liquid games covered!
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Sweden5554 Posts
On November 18 2015 04:48 Fildun wrote:
Just need League and we got all the Liquid games covered!
And Halo, and Streetfighter,
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On November 18 2015 04:51 salle wrote:Show nested quote +On November 18 2015 04:48 Fildun wrote:
Just need League and we got all the Liquid games covered! And Halo, and Streetfighter,
Didn't the Halo team already disband or am I just misinformed?
Forgot about NuckleDu though :p
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France9034 Posts
On November 18 2015 04:45 BingbingBOPOMOFO wrote:
I'm not downing the fact TL is supporting Blizzard new game, but why isn't TL making new Liquidpedia page for any new up and coming e-sports? It seems like TL's higher ups are just hard core Blizzard fan bois~~~
Right, CounterStrike, Smash and DotA are Blizzard games.
I mean.... Smash...!
Oh and also, what would be the problem with people being Blizzard fans? The community/website originates from a Blizzard game...
@salle: I'm still very doubtful OverWatch will ever be big or relevant (I feel it may very well go down the same road as Shootmania). Just that I think there's not much to say _against_ launching a wiki about this game. ^_^
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Johto4983 Posts
On November 18 2015 04:45 BingbingBOPOMOFO wrote:
I'm not downing the fact TL is supporting Blizzard new game, but why isn't TL making new Liquidpedia page for any new up and coming e-sports? It seems like TL's higher ups are just hard core Blizzard fan bois~~~
Well people start wikis for games which they are passionate about, If there is no one to take the lead, a wiki won't happen.
On November 18 2015 04:55 Fildun wrote:Show nested quote +On November 18 2015 04:51 salle wrote:On November 18 2015 04:48 Fildun wrote:
Just need League and we got all the Liquid games covered! And Halo, and Streetfighter, Didn't the Halo team already disband or am I just misinformed? Forgot about NuckleDu though :p
http://www.teamliquidpro.com/players#halo
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On November 18 2015 03:25 Blargh wrote:Show nested quote +On November 18 2015 02:05 Corvuuss wrote:
Well blizzard gave away beta Keys for lotv to some contributers, But only those Who contributet to the sc2 wiki i think. But since overwatch is a New game i don't think we will get Keys that was. But of course i want one They are not giving out "Keys", they just allow access to certain people's Battle.nets accounts. So, there are a lot of people who would normally pay $100 or whatever for a beta key, but cannot due to the way Blizzard has it set up. See below: https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/658991627063525376
Well I didn't mean keys I ment access, as I got a beta ACCESS (if you want so) for Legacy of the Void too without it being a key
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Anyone fancy a game on EU? 
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On November 18 2015 07:41 messioso wrote:Anyone fancy a game on EU?
Sure
Oh wait I DONT HAVE BETA.
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On November 18 2015 07:42 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:Sure Oh wait I DONT HAVE BETA.
If it makes you feel better I got mine by accident.
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On November 15 2015 06:32 lestye wrote:Show nested quote +On November 15 2015 05:01 amazingxkcd wrote:
well first, we need to get beta keys.... That's why I feel that this Liquipedia announcement is a ruse to try and get beta keys.
Yeah I mean if I become a regular contributor to the wiki does that up my chances of getting a key?
EDIT: I'm sure the use of the word "key" here is pretty colloquial. It's associated with beta access, especially on Steam
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Johto4983 Posts
On November 18 2015 09:13 Kon-Tiki wrote:Show nested quote +On November 15 2015 06:32 lestye wrote:On November 15 2015 05:01 amazingxkcd wrote:
well first, we need to get beta keys.... That's why I feel that this Liquipedia announcement is a ruse to try and get beta keys. Yeah I mean if I become a regular contributor to the wiki does that up my chances of getting a key? EDIT: I'm sure the use of the word "key" here is pretty colloquial. It's associated with beta access, especially on Steam
for the next game maybe yes
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That color scheme is really cute please let turn all of teamliquid that color TIA
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I was really looking forward to this, but then I saw a lot of gameplay and got really bummed about it. Doesn't look like it's going to be a good game to me.
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United States13143 Posts
On November 18 2015 04:25 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
A licky-piddy for an unproven game with absolutely no competitive scene yet seems like we're jumping the gun a little
I wasn't really involved in the decisionmaking for this, but the advantage of jumping in right at the beginning is that we don't have to work backwards to try to figure out what teams and tournaments were played in the past and which players were on which teams and so forth
as someone mostly involved in the dota2 wiki that is a problem every time we try to add an old event or old player retroactively
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2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
People who are suspicious of whether or not Overwatch will become an esport - what?
There is absolutely no doubt it'll become an esport. The only question is whether it'll be big or not. Since we have a Heroes of the Storm liquipedia, I don't think it's any stretch of the imagination that Overwatch will eventually deserve one too (no offense Heroes fans). It's a Blizzard game and they'll support it.
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Where dat snitch at?37076 Posts
Liquipedia will slowly take over the world. It's just inevitable...
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United States1201 Posts
And luckily for everybody, it's the right thing to do. When we control the world's government, we can declare that all images will have {{FileInfo}} attached under pain of death!
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Sweden5554 Posts
On November 18 2015 09:27 FO-nTTaX wrote:Show nested quote +On November 18 2015 09:13 Kon-Tiki wrote:On November 15 2015 06:32 lestye wrote:On November 15 2015 05:01 amazingxkcd wrote:
well first, we need to get beta keys.... That's why I feel that this Liquipedia announcement is a ruse to try and get beta keys. Yeah I mean if I become a regular contributor to the wiki does that up my chances of getting a key? EDIT: I'm sure the use of the word "key" here is pretty colloquial. It's associated with beta access, especially on Steam for the next game maybe yes
Well no one of us knows how blizzard will do with the beta, if they are going to move from a closed beta with no keys and strict access to less and less strict access (like they did with LotV for example) and then if we will be getting keys to give away to people who have been contributing to the wiki.
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France9034 Posts
On November 18 2015 07:41 messioso wrote:Anyone fancy a game on EU?
How mean, messioso!
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28100 Posts
Love the pink theme I wish we had that for the dota 2 wiki.
edit: oh lol this was my 12k post
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Sweden5554 Posts
Dota 2 was the first one where I sort of redesigned the colour of the wiki, and the feedback I got then from the dota 2 people who was around was that it was too pink, so I moved it a bit more towards yellow, like it is today.
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Anything is a sport if people compete at it. And I can understand some pro blizzard feelings around here, but with the amount of hype and articles they have gotten on this site for unproven games, it really wouldn't surprise me that at least few people might be getting their backs scratched.
Hope that SF4/5 wiki shows up sometime soon, listing streams might be nice as well.
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Sweden5554 Posts
On November 18 2015 21:54 Vansetsu wrote:
Anything is a sport if people compete at it. And I can understand some pro blizzard feelings around here, but with the amount of hype and articles they have gotten on this site for unproven games, it really wouldn't surprise me that at least few people might be getting their backs scratched.
Hope that SF4/5 wiki shows up sometime soon, listing streams might be nice as well.
So to start a wiki, we need people who want to start a wiki. This group of people can be smaller for a newer game because there's less back info that needs to be filled in to make it an actual resource. So the more history the game has the bigger the group of people need to be to help start it up.
We have a thread in the Liquipedia Contributor forum (where people with Liquipedia Silver coins can talk wiki stuff) for people to talk about what wikis they'd like to see and help contribute to. I don't know if there's been more than one person who talked about FGC in it.
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Everyone wants a wiki, not everyone wants to start work on a new wiki.
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Now that I have temporary weekend access, I'm going to try and contribute to the wiki!
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Is there even something left to do atm?
If some liquipedia master could us/me what is there to do, maybe i could help a bit too :D
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Sweden5554 Posts
There are a lot of things to do.
The hero articles can be much more detailed.For example we started for some outlining their synergies, counters and what counters them, but we can also use a bit more info like what sort of role does the hero play within a team structure (or roles if multiple.) The heroes passive abilities are also not mentioned, like hanzo's wall climb etc.
We could also use general game concept pages. Like anything from health (with how health works, what different heroes can heal, how much the different healing capsules heal (if this is different or not, and if so have pictures of them)
This can then obviously be done by any of the general concepts of the game like damage, armor, hero switching.
The different maps also need work, just playing skirmish alone and taking screenshots of the different areas might be a good start. but also talking about the objective points etc.
There's probably a bit to do with the lore of the heroes too.
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Ok i see, makes sense
Not sure if i will be able to do a lot this weekend, but i will try to help for sure!
Thanks for the answer
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Johto4983 Posts
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