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Aotearoa39261 Posts
The results are finally in after an extended period of deliberation. Factors which went into deciding the result included the skill differential between the players, the creativity of the play, how great the play epitomized the players race, whether the player was Protoss or not and the overall roflmao factor of the game. So without further delay, here are the results:
Outstanding Game: Monkeys_Rule vs Besiger
This game isn't here for creative play, this game is listed here because it is a very awesome game. This game is your typical TvZ on Destination which goes for over 20 minutes - Mass Irradiate, Mass Plague, Mass Swarm, Mass Cows - it was a pleasure to watch this game and I urge you to watch it too. This could possibly be the best game of the entire tournament so be sure to check it out.
You can grab the replay here
Honorable Mention: Oystein for his play vs Clazziquai on Destination
Protoss cheese doesn't come much cheesier than this. Oystein (at 6) opens with a proxy gateway below the bridges of Clazziquai, then rushes in with his probe to delay the building of his barracks for quite some time. The annoying probe then steals Clazziquai's gas, puts down a perfect manner pylon and starts warping in a forge! Fortunately for Clazziquai, he chose to build a second barracks and was able to stave off the savage Protoss' onslaught. He then went all in with his scv/marines where he was utterly decimated by 2 Dragoons and a probe drill - pure Protoss gayness. Oystein only gets an honorable mention here because he was vastly superior to his opponent, and he is Protoss.
You can grab the replay here
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/common/bronze.png) Third Place - Vasoline73 for his play against AlphaxOmega on Othello
TvZ is a relatively difficult match up to be creative in, so Nuke Rush into BattleCruiser always raises eyebrows when employed effectively. And indeed, Vasoline73 executed this build with surprising ease. He repeatedly nuked poor AlphaxOmega to death and then to top it all off he built a fleet of BattleCruisers, D-Matrix'd them and proceeded to finish him off. It was hilarious, yet so sad at the same time.
You can grab the rep here
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/common/silver.png) Second Place - Dead9 for his play against Atrioc on Destination
Dead9 did everything a Terran could possibly do against a Zerg to be annoying - epitomizing the Terran spirit. He opened with the 8 rax of doom, but just fell short of killing the natural hatchery. Not one to let up on the Terran gayness, Dead9 proceeded to harass with a single vulture doing more damage than one would expect of a single vulture. Then threw a wraith in thee for good measure, just to piss Atrioc off that little bit extra. From there he threw in some irradiate, and made notable use of the eraser vessel trick. For his inspired play against an opponent who was around his skill level, Dead9 receives second place!
You can grab the replay here
So who wins first prize? And the ability to set their rank icon to whatever level they feel like? It is....
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/common/gold.png) First Place - CrownRoyal for his play against leunal on Othello
This is perhaps the most hilarious game of the entire tournament. CrownRoyal opens with a modern adaptation of the traditional Protoss Stove. The scout does no damage, but the Dark Templar do a decent amount. He then techs to arb off 2 bases and throws in a Dark Archon with mind control for good measure before taking his third. This build order of Stargate -> Scout while Teching Dark Templar -> Expand -> Arbiter + Mind Control shall hence forth be called, in CrownRoyal's honor, "The Royal Stove".
CrownRoyal then abuses his Arbiters to their fullest potential; first recalling inside of leunal's base which deals a nontrivial amount of damage. He also Min Control a stray scouting SCV and uses it to begin building a Terran base of his own at 11. leunal, in the mean time has amassed a sizable army and moves out to attack CrownRoyal - only to have literally half his army frozen solid in the icy confines of Stasis.
However as the ice melts away, CrownRoyal's army is devastated by Siege tanks and his army is wiped out. Without an army to defend himself, leunal pushes harder into CrownRoyal's base while CrownRoyal struggles to rebuild in time. After losing his third, CrownRoyal is able to take out leunals forces using all the wizardry possible in the Protoss arsenal; only to be wiped out by the next wave of reinforcements.
But CrownRoyal was not worried, for his latest weapon had just rolled off the production line - the Protoss Siege Tank!! Combined with the stealth of the mighty Arbiter, these Cloaked Sieged Tanks caused major damage to the outlying expansions of leunal.
leunal responded to this by annihilating the remainder of CrownRoyal's main. With his Protoss brethren firmly destroyed, it was down to CrownRoyal's Terran faction to deal to leunal; but with only a cutesy Sieged-Tank-Recall in his arsenal of tricks remaining, there was not much hope for our dear Protoss warrior.
CrownRoyal was shortly steamrolled by masses of Terran Metal. And then he did what any other Protoss would do; made an excuse, and left without saying gg - epitomizing the true Protoss spirit in every way.
CrownRoyal revived the Stove, and created the Royal Stove. He froze half a Terran army and stole the Terran's technology for his own. He then lost everything, said he should have won, and then left without a gg - a true Protoss warrior!! For your efforts CrownRoyal, you have won the Race Wars for being the quintessential Protoss player!! Congratulations!
You can watch CrownRoyals spectacular display of Protoss mastery here
And that's all folks!! This blotch on TL's otherwise perfect record has been fixed and now no one can complain to me that Race Wars was never finished! The burden has finally been lifted and I am so thankful for that. Thanks to everyone who played, the Zerg Swarm for winning, CrownRoyal for winning the individual award and thanks to everyone for their patience!
 Plexa
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United States42673 Posts
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United States42673 Posts
I mean seriously, if anyone bitches and doesn't say GG most it's Terran.
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The results are finally in after an extended period of deliberation.
lol
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Canada9720 Posts
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Hahahaha, CrownRoyal ftw :D
There were definitely a bunch of really fun games in the pack. I bet it was hard picking just one to win it all.
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
On February 28 2009 01:52 integral wrote:lol Oh yea, CrownRoyal pmd me that game as well so double bonus for him!
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Yay my choice is a outstanding game!
Heres proof
To: Plexa
Subject: Racewars
Date: 1/6/09 00:03
My pick is besieger vs monkeys game 2, really good game imo
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
hahahahaa Nice job CrownRoyal
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United States12607 Posts
LOL, so much hate for Protoss here. Thanks for the clever writeup, Plexa.
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More protoss should turn tvp into tvt plus arbiters.
The trend starts now!
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rofl @1st place, that was awesome xD
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"i shoulda won this game" hahah nice
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Baltimore, USA22254 Posts
Hahahahaha, wow... nice writeup Plexa!
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i was under the impression that each race would have 1 player that would get the icon 
anyways game 1 of me and monkeys was better in my opinion (because i won ofc  )
do i get some kind of special prize ? Like i can do what i want with kwark or a staff member of my choice for a night ?
EDIT: heres game 1 for those who also wanna see it maybe, its also a pretty long macro fest.
http://rapidshare.com/files/203331532/Besiger_monkeys_1.rep.html
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
nice
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Nice write-up, glad to have sparked this n_n Sorry for wasting your night Plexa, I bet your right hand cough girlfriend was lonely.
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It's a bit unfair towards some players, since some get to play D level players and do funny builds vs them, while the others play vs B people. oh well...
ggs nevertheless, looks fun :D
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Plexa please do not use "gay" in the derogatory. It is insulting and hurtful.
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On February 28 2009 06:03 simfarm wrote:
Plexa please do not use "gay" in the derogatory. It is insulting and hurtful.
He then went all in with his scv/marines where he was utterly decimated by 2 Dragoons and a probe drill - pure Protoss gayness
Oh, you're simply misinterpreting. He's saying the Protoss units were very happy after fending off the scv/marine attack. Wouldn't you be gay after that? Wouldn't you dance gaily about? I would.
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On February 28 2009 06:03 simfarm wrote:
Plexa please do not use "gay" in the derogatory. It is insulting and hurtful.
I can understand that. Though to me, using 'rape' to describe beating someone is much more annoying.
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hahaha....
that royal stove is a killer build!
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Rofl Oystein and CrownRoyals games were so hilarious
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Netherlands6142 Posts
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Racist indeed, I must admit I disliked it due to the overwhelming amount of P bashing. Seriously, I've seen people get banned here for better jokes. (Yes, I am very aware of who you are, Plexa, I respect you a lot for your other works, and no, I am not saying you should get banned:-p)
But I'll definitely check out the reps, I didn't bother to watch random ones when they first came out.
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Baa?21243 Posts
I approve of the blatant racism present.
(Y)
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Vatican City State1872 Posts
I played so embarassingly bad in that game i almost dont want to win, but who am i kidding!?!?!?
ahhh, i gotta find the thread with all of the icons so i can pick one
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United States17042 Posts
nice writeup. I'm glad that protoss can still win, even when they lose xD
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Vatican City State1872 Posts
can i get a scout, arbiter, and dark archon????
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LOL REALLY?
that was a fun game
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I've been able to buy myself that new beachside house I've wanted for ages due to the royalties from clinching this for Zerg.
Eat it, Protoss.
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lol very very nice games.
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llllllllol. My nuke/BC game was so bad haha. Thank you for third place though! :D. The build was supposed to be like Casy v Jy on Troy... like a nuke sunk break... but... he didn't expand to his natural... so... I didn't exactly know how to carry on.. and I just sat around macroing poorly for 10 mins before building BC's. hehe. I can't wait to watch the second and first place matches! Thanks TL!
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I reallyyyyyyyyyyyyy hope there is going to be a racewars for 2009. Better happen or I'm gonna be so pissed -_-
Not just racewars though 
All the christmas events we had we awesome!
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
On February 28 2009 06:02 quirinus wrote:
It's a bit unfair towards some players, since some get to play D level players and do funny builds vs them, while the others play vs B people. oh well...
ggs nevertheless, looks fun :D
Ya when I was weighing up the games I took note of that, that's why Dead9's game came in second and Oystein could only manage a HM. CrownRoyal's game was so hilariously bad that it just couldn't not win.
On February 28 2009 06:03 simfarm wrote:
Plexa please do not use "gay" in the derogatory. It is insulting and hurtful.
It is used throughout the SC community to describe such acts. I'm sure no one in this community has any disrespect towards gays and it is simply another word used to describe events.
On February 28 2009 07:08 538 wrote:
Racist indeed, I must admit I disliked it due to the overwhelming amount of P bashing. Seriously, I've seen people get banned here for better jokes. (Yes, I am very aware of who you are, Plexa, I respect you a lot for your other works, and no, I am not saying you should get banned:-p)
But I'll definitely check out the reps, I didn't bother to watch random ones when they first came out. Oh cmon It's racewars!! There needs to be blatant racism else wheres the fun I am a Protoss player myself, my favorite player is a Protoss player. Nobody should be taking this seriously at all.
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On February 28 2009 10:16 Plexa wrote:Show nested quote +On February 28 2009 06:02 quirinus wrote:
It's a bit unfair towards some players, since some get to play D level players and do funny builds vs them, while the others play vs B people. oh well...
ggs nevertheless, looks fun :D Ya when I was weighing up the games I took note of that, that's why Dead9's game came in second and Oystein could only manage a HM. CrownRoyal's game was so hilariously bad that it just couldn't not win. Show nested quote +On February 28 2009 06:03 simfarm wrote:
Plexa please do not use "gay" in the derogatory. It is insulting and hurtful. It is used throughout the SC community to describe such acts. I'm sure no one in this community has any disrespect towards gays and it is simply another word used to describe events. Show nested quote +On February 28 2009 07:08 538 wrote:
Racist indeed, I must admit I disliked it due to the overwhelming amount of P bashing. Seriously, I've seen people get banned here for better jokes. (Yes, I am very aware of who you are, Plexa, I respect you a lot for your other works, and no, I am not saying you should get banned:-p)
But I'll definitely check out the reps, I didn't bother to watch random ones when they first came out. Oh cmon It's racewars!! There needs to be blatant racism else wheres the fun I am a Protoss player myself, my favorite player is a Protoss player. Nobody should be taking this seriously at all.
Just because it's accepted and used doesn't mean it's right. And this doesn't change the fact that this is hurtful.
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On February 28 2009 06:21 Rostam wrote:Show nested quote +On February 28 2009 06:03 simfarm wrote:
Plexa please do not use "gay" in the derogatory. It is insulting and hurtful. Show nested quote +He then went all in with his scv/marines where he was utterly decimated by 2 Dragoons and a probe drill - pure Protoss gayness Oh, you're simply misinterpreting. He's saying the Protoss units were very happy after fending off the scv/marine attack. Wouldn't you be gay after that? Wouldn't you dance gaily about? I would.
No.
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did you do this writeup all on your own plexa? jeez that on top of everything else you got going, you're a machine...
kudos to you
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On February 28 2009 07:11 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
I approve of the blatant racism present.
(Y)
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im going to go try the royal stove on iccup at my d level acc.
should be fun!
anyway thanks it looked like a whole bunch of fun ^^
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I still want a supply depot Plexa =[
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On February 28 2009 10:24 simfarm wrote:
Just because it's accepted and used doesn't mean it's right. And this doesn't change the fact that this is hurtful.
Get over it. :bitchandmoan:
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On February 28 2009 10:16 Plexa wrote:
Ya when I was weighing up the games I took note of that, that's why Dead9's game came in second and Oystein could only manage a HM. CrownRoyal's game was so hilariously bad that it just couldn't not win.
Haha, I'm surprised I actually got an award <_<
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I support and promote political correctness, with the utmost concern for the fragility of the people around me. As such, I take offense to the use of the word "race" with regard to species difference. Race is an extremely hurtful myth founded on bad science and perpetuated by popular culture. Further, I feel that the invocation of war with regard to virtual, but otherwise perfectly natural interspecies competition, is disrespectful to veterans of actual wars where actual people die. In the future please refer to these virtual interspecies competitions as such.
Sincerely,
A Concerned Team Liquid Citizen
p.s. protoss is a chobo race, lolol faggots
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On February 28 2009 12:36 Pervect wrote:Show nested quote +On February 28 2009 10:24 simfarm wrote:
Just because it's accepted and used doesn't mean it's right. And this doesn't change the fact that this is hurtful. Get over it. :bitchandmoan:
Idk, I thought I made it pretty clear in requesting that Plexa has the right to do whatever he wants. I think that you are being unfair =/.
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Gay is when your opponent tries to take you from behind, ie. do some cheese, and I don't see anything hurtful about it... oh snap, wait.
Jokes aside, imo you complaining about it is worse than plexa using it, since it's used commonly, and in no way disrispectful to homosexuals (at least I don't mean it that way when I use it, and I'm pretty sure plexa doesn't either).
Like many words, it has found a niche in Starcraft, where it's original (ok second original) meaning is twisted to fit it's sc usage. Yes, it probably was first used in a derogatory fashion, but more in the goal of describing something than to actually insult homosexual people. There's lots of words like that, and we still use them. Is it ok? Probably not, but it's already a tradition now, changing it would make us loose a part of our vocabulary, and with it, a part of the past.
Ironically, if you bring that up, why not also bring up the kidnaping of the word gay from english, and totally ruining it's original meaning - beyond any recognition. It's sad that the only way people know what "gay" really means is when they learn about the meaning of the homosexual "gay", and someone points out that it really ment happy/marry in the beginning.
Anyway, this is offtopic. We want an update when the Icon changes! :D
And this time, no winged monkeys please.
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lol @ royal stove =) and protoss rage =)
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On February 28 2009 20:32 simfarm wrote:Show nested quote +On February 28 2009 12:36 Pervect wrote:On February 28 2009 10:24 simfarm wrote:
Just because it's accepted and used doesn't mean it's right. And this doesn't change the fact that this is hurtful. Get over it. :bitchandmoan: Idk, I thought I made it pretty clear in requesting that Plexa has the right to do whatever he wants. I think that you are being unfair =/.
I'll add on - Get over it because if you're offended by it then YOU are the one that sees something wrong or shameful in it, whereas Plexa used it as a figure of speech and not an attack against homosexuals.
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Nice Write up, Thanks Plexa.
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Homo/fag is ok for gay people to say, or it is ok in an entirely straight male community.
Just like nigger might be ok for white people to say amoungst themselves but not around black people.
Overall unless you think it is wrong because you are gay then you can be quiet.
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On March 01 2009 08:42 AttackZerg wrote:
Homo/fag is ok for gay people to say, or it is ok in an entirely straight male community.
Just like nigger might be ok for white people to say amoungst themselves but not around black people.
Overall unless you think it is wrong because you are gay then you can be quiet.
Like I said before, I think that if you are gay and you think it's wrong, that means you are being oversensitive over something that is clearly NOT meant to be offensive to homosexuals. In terms of slang, it means lame. That association is negative, yes, but it's not like every time the person means that being gay is lame. It's a common social slang word, get over it, there is no point in getting your panties in a bunch every time you hear it.
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On February 28 2009 15:33 integral wrote:
I support and promote political correctness, with the utmost concern for the fragility of the people around me. As such, I take offense to the use of the word "race" with regard to species difference. Race is an extremely hurtful myth founded on bad science and perpetuated by popular culture. Further, I feel that the invocation of war with regard to virtual, but otherwise perfectly natural interspecies competition, is disrespectful to veterans of actual wars where actual people die. In the future please refer to these virtual interspecies competitions as such.
Sincerely,
A Concerned Team Liquid Citizen
p.s. protoss is a chobo race, lolol faggots
ROFL!
Integral ftw.
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replays are hillarious btw.
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People are awfully reluctant to admit that derogatory uses of "gay" are hurtful even if they're not intended that way. But there is a reason that using words like "jew" and "black" (let alone independently offensive terms like "jap" or "chink" or "nigger"...) in a general, derogatory way would be frowned upon. Take any use of "gay" and replace it with one of those terms; it sounds terrible.
Intent isn't everything. Common usage isn't everything. It definitely is not merely a matter of political correctness. There was a time when derogatory uses of all of those terms was more acceptable than it is today. That doesn't mean it was any less hurtful then than it would be now.
(Similarly, there was a time when people with slanty eyes that speak bad English were comic relief in movies all on their own. Hell, there was a time when people in blackface were comic relief. It is the same problem: something very likely unintentionally hurtful being accepted but clearly not ideal.)
Other words this applies to: "retard," "girl," "woman." (As in "quit being such a girl.")
This letter is not quite on the same point, but is in the neighborhood (and is succinct and nicely answers some common replies).
(Perhaps there is such a thing as taking this line of reasoning too far? In any event, we have certainly not taken it far enough yet.)
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People have to get over this whole thing. It was an excellent write-up of some absolutely hilarious games, and that is all. Political correctness isn't exactly the internet community's strong point, nor is sincere concern for other people's feelings, and we all know this. Something offends you? Ignore it. He didn't mean to offend any homosexuals, any people from any other races, nothing. :QQ:
Loved the write-up, Plex, a shame it created such an uproar for all the wrong reasons.
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If you're offended you should go play Hello Kitty Island Adventure.
On topic, nice write up! Lol nukes. I hate getting that done to me ...and then BC's after. i feel bad
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when a protoss tries to use a race that requires skill=instant lose.
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mrmin123
Korea (South)2971 Posts
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motbob
United States12546 Posts
On December 19 2009 05:18 mrmin123 wrote:
ROMANIIAAAAAAAAAAA
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I missed this thread the first time around. Very funny! Totally deserves a bump.
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