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Baa?21242 Posts
Update: A poster on the sc2.178.com forums claims to have taken a picture of this announcement that's been posted in a lot of Korean PC Cafes saying that the beta will return on June 28th
Again, I can't vouch for authenticity, but it seems legit from a cursory examination. ---------------
http://playxp.com/sc2/news/view.php?article_id=1970777
PlayXP claims Blizzard sent them a private press release, stating that the second phase of beta is to be expected at the end of June. The pink high-lighted text is the relevant portion.
Apologies if this was posted before.
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There is no beta. Only Zool!
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Artosis
United States2140 Posts
HOPE SO. SO SICK OF SEEING FRIENDS OMG..
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On June 10 2010 15:44 Artosis wrote: HOPE SO. SO SICK OF SEEING FRIENDS OMG.. LOL, truth FTW
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I won't be playing, so it doesn't affect me, but GLHF to those who will be .
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dreamhack is june 19th-21st. there are still 2 qualifiers left. And FA tells me that DH has always been in a tight knit relationship with blizzard. Granted there might be technical issues but i expect the projected date for "phase two" is something like june 17th at the latest
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On June 10 2010 15:48 tontonba wrote: rofl
play hon
That's what I've been doing
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On June 10 2010 15:44 Artosis wrote: HOPE SO. SO SICK OF SEEING FRIENDS OMG..
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On June 10 2010 15:44 Artosis wrote: HOPE SO. SO SICK OF SEEING FRIENDS OMG..
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im to cheap to buy hon since it came out of beta, haha :D
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I don't understand Korean, but yes, they appear to be dates. The day Beta started and ended are there, and I don't get the middle two dates, but they were probably big patches (content ones?)
The last one is 6, without a numerical date. So, sometime in June, obviously in the future. Here's hoping this isn't complete horse crap! :D
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On June 10 2010 15:44 Artosis wrote: HOPE SO. SO SICK OF SEEING FRIENDS OMG..
Same here.
JK, I don't have friends.
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Even without a statement from Blizzard, isn't that what you would guess anyway? Any sooner and it wouldn't have made sense to take the beta offline. Any later and they won't have time to get enough relevant data to draw conclusions.
I'm just saying, Expected end of june is quite a safe guess. I would be more impressed if they said next week
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On June 10 2010 15:50 Sfydjklm wrote: dreamhack is june 19th-21st. there are still 2 qualifiers left. And FA tells me that DH has always been in a tight knit relationship with blizzard. Granted there might be technical issues but i expect the projected date for "phase two" is something like june 17th at the latest I hope that this is true so that we can have WGT SC2 kicking off!
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Hope so, so my girlfriend can break up again :D
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but i think i've readed that somewere in the beta forums... that the beta would come back between the end of june and start of july...
but on june 17th... that's sounds good since Bnet 2.0 must still be tested if they are going to add chat channels as they said.
And rofl at artosis jajajajaja. get a girlfriend! and then dump her when phase 2 begins :D
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On June 10 2010 15:44 Artosis wrote: HOPE SO. SO SICK OF SEEING FRIENDS OMG..
On June 10 2010 15:59 Turbo.Tactics wrote: Hope so, so my girlfriend can break up again :D lmao hahaha
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more like
FUCK THIS OSU SHIT I WANNA SEE SC2 KAWAII
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For those who are interested... [Mistakes are expected. Hopefully somebody can contribute a better translation than mine.]
+ Show Spoiler [VERY ROUGH translation] + Posted June 9th, 2010.
Today, Blizzard sent PlayXP a press release, according to which, the private beta testing will resume at the end of this month to garner attention/hype. Below is the original press release information.
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty end-phase private beta testing, and schedule information
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty private beta testing is scheduled to end Monday June 7, in preparation for final beta testing. Beginning June 8, in order to prepare for the "final beta testing process" beta will be down for a few weeks for implementation of some changes to the hardware and software environment.
At such time, (SC2) Beta will be re-opened to simulate market conditions in order to complete the final inspection; changes will be made based on past beta feedback, and then the final beta will be reopened with changes and enhancements made to complement the look and feel at the end of beta. [that our beta team discusses? unknown translation].
We will notify you [PlayXP?] at a later date when the second phase of beta testing is to begin.
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty closed beta test schedule
-First private beta test begins: February 18, 2010
-PC room [unknown meaning], a closed beta test: March 12, 2010
-2nd wave of private beta testing: March 26, 2010 [Unkown, I assume this refers to their invite giveaways?]
-Private beta test concludes: June 8, 2010
-Final private beta test begins: Expected end of June 2010 Credit: Blizzard Entertainment
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On June 10 2010 16:00 Drakan wrote: get a girlfriend! and then dump her when phase 2 begins :D
This defo has to be the best option. As I currently have more time, my gf wants me to meet the parents Please hurry up Phase 2 so I have a great excuse...
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Oh I hope so. So sick of having to be productive.
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Not quite the same as this press release, I don't think..pretty similar though.
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On June 10 2010 16:00 Drakan wrote: but on june 17th... that's sounds good since Bnet 2.0 must still be tested if they are going to add chat channels as they said.
Where did you get june 17th from all this? It said "Expected end of june". It could be July 12th for all we know 
Chat channels: they never said as much, did they? I mean: "We are looking into it" is far from "We are implementing it as we speak".
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On June 10 2010 15:59 Turbo.Tactics wrote: Hope so, so my girlfriend can break up again :D are you Brad from the pissed off SC2 gf youtube video?!?!
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On June 10 2010 15:48 tontonba wrote: rofl
play hon
I can't play an inferior game to SC2 and BW.
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On June 10 2010 16:14 StarcraftMan wrote:I can't play an inferior game to SC2 and BW.
But sc2 is vastly inferior to bw !
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On June 10 2010 16:13 NeoLearner wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2010 16:00 Drakan wrote: but on june 17th... that's sounds good since Bnet 2.0 must still be tested if they are going to add chat channels as they said.
Where did you get june 17th from all this? It said "Expected end of june". It could be July 12th for all we know  Chat channels: they never said as much, did they? I mean: "We are looking into it" is far from "We are implementing it as we speak".
hehhe i just got it from this post, so is just an "idea"
On June 10 2010 15:50 Sfydjklm wrote: dreamhack is june 19th-21st. there are still 2 qualifiers left. And FA tells me that DH has always been in a tight knit relationship with blizzard. Granted there might be technical issues but i expect the projected date for "phase two" is something like june 17th at the latest
but i also doubt its going to be so soon... i think it will be on the first week of july. Anyway, the point of this thread is about dumping girlfriends, stop seeing friends or playing hon
lololol
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On June 10 2010 16:21 Boonbag wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2010 16:14 StarcraftMan wrote:On June 10 2010 15:48 tontonba wrote: rofl
play hon I can't play an inferior game to SC2 and BW. But sc2 is vastly inferior to bw !
But hon is vastly inferior to sc2 !
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Ahhh, I thought SC2 came out on the 27th of this month. Major disappointment 
I have a two week break starting somewhere around the 30th and I thought I was going to have a SC2-fest.
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just hurry up and come back, sick of listening to the missus in my ear.
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On June 10 2010 16:06 InfiniteIce wrote:For those who are interested... [Mistakes are expected. Hopefully somebody can contribute a better translation than mine.] + Show Spoiler [VERY ROUGH translation] + Posted June 9th, 2010.
Today, Blizzard sent PlayXP a press release, according to which, the private beta testing will resume at the end of this month to garner attention/hype. Below is the original press release information.
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty end-phase private beta testing, and schedule information
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty private beta testing is scheduled to end Monday June 7, in preparation for final beta testing. Beginning June 8, in order to prepare for the "final beta testing process" beta will be down for a few weeks for implementation of some changes to the hardware and software environment.
At such time, (SC2) Beta will be re-opened to simulate market conditions in order to complete the final inspection; changes will be made based on past beta feedback, and then the final beta will be reopened with changes and enhancements made to complement the look and feel at the end of beta. [that our beta team discusses? unknown translation].
We will notify you [PlayXP?] at a later date when the second phase of beta testing is to begin.
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty closed beta test schedule
-First private beta test begins: February 18, 2010
-PC room [unknown meaning], a closed beta test: March 12, 2010
-2nd wave of private beta testing: March 26, 2010 [Unkown, I assume this refers to their invite giveaways?]
-Private beta test concludes: June 8, 2010
-Final private beta test begins: Expected end of June 2010 Credit: Blizzard Entertainment
Thank you for the very rough translation
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Fuck off beta go away T_T stop ruining all my tournaments Blizzard.
You already ruined SC2 in Aus why do you hate me?
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On June 10 2010 15:44 Artosis wrote: HOPE SO. SO SICK OF SEEING FRIENDS OMG.. yeah this. except i caught mono a week ago so i haven't been seeing my friends much :| nice
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Come on, there is World Cup tomorrow! It's better than Friends I guess :D I can wait until the end of soccer and then yes, I need beta
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Can't wait awesome news thanks a bunch
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ALLEYCAT BLUES49973 Posts
On June 10 2010 15:44 Artosis wrote: HOPE SO. SO SICK OF SEEING FRIENDS OMG..
Does this include your girlfriend?...well I still have to agree on that though
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On June 10 2010 15:44 Artosis wrote: HOPE SO. SO SICK OF SEEING FRIENDS OMG..
Made my day xD
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On June 10 2010 15:44 Artosis wrote: HOPE SO. SO SICK OF SEEING FRIENDS OMG..
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFF suddenly i have so much free time :S
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On June 10 2010 15:44 Artosis wrote: HOPE SO. SO SICK OF SEEING FRIENDS OMG.. Indeed, lmao 
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I hope so, if they make a new patch 2weeks before the release is not enough to test it
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On June 10 2010 15:59 Turbo.Tactics wrote: Hope so, so my girlfriend can break up again :D
So got damn true, but the worst scenario is when she dont break up, just freaks out, and when the day comes and you'r horny, you'd rather visit a whore..
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Sweden33719 Posts
On June 10 2010 15:50 Sfydjklm wrote: dreamhack is june 19th-21st. there are still 2 qualifiers left. And FA tells me that DH has always been in a tight knit relationship with blizzard. Granted there might be technical issues but i expect the projected date for "phase two" is something like june 17th at the latest Actually I said they've had SC2 playable at dreamhack for the past couple of years - I dunno anything about their relationship :p
Is this related to this btw: http://www.gosugamers.net/starcraft2/news/12101-koreans-set-june-24th-for-surprise
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when i miss beta, i stop missing it and be awesome instead! truth story
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On June 10 2010 15:44 Artosis wrote: HOPE SO. SO SICK OF SEEING FRIENDS OMG.. haha pretty much sums up my thoughts, ill be able to play like every hour of the day! excited!
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On June 10 2010 15:44 Artosis wrote: HOPE SO. SO SICK OF SEEING FRIENDS OMG..
On June 10 2010 19:08 NB wrote:when i miss beta, i stop missing it and be awesome instead! truth story  lolx2
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the most quoted post in a while i guess rofl
But yeah, HoN is starting to piss me off
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Seems to me they didn't put an exact date on it for a reason. They're making "hardware and software updates". Anyone in the IT industry knows they'd be fools to put a time limit on that type of work, if they don't have to.
It's going to take however long it takes, times two for the blizzard factor.
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wait, second phase of beta? i thought game release was up next im such a duchebag xd really glad to hear the news hope they r true
im so happy i got a dreamhack sc1 tournamen to practice for, else id be forced to see friends too. i feel for u artosis lo l:D (obviously kidding)
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Was it supposed to be offline for about a month anyway.
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Sounds great. Just enough time to get awesome at broodwar again.
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On June 10 2010 15:48 tontonba wrote: rofl
play hon QFT
hon for life
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On June 10 2010 16:54 VereZ wrote:Come on, there is World Cup tomorrow! It's better than Friends I guess :D I can wait until the end of soccer and then yes, I need beta 
Anyone else think the timing of the world cup and the end of the SC2 beta are too close to each other? I think Blizz just wanted the month-ish off to watch the World Cup. Then they'll throw the servers back on and say "Well, off to watch the finals, have fun on Bnet2.Crap fellas."
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Blizzard said that it will be longer than 3 weeks from yesterday so i doubt it will happen until the end of June!
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On June 10 2010 15:44 Artosis wrote: HOPE SO. SO SICK OF SEEING FRIENDS OMG..
hahahaha RL is such a bitch
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It would be nice, and it wouldn't really surprise me.
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from Zyhais (sp) a blue on EU forums
Also, days are now 23 hours and 59 minutes long. You do the math! On a serious note, I can confirm you that Phase Two will start in several weeks, but we will disclose more information about the detailed plan of Phase Two as we get closer to it, don't worry, just follow these forums! Edit: "Several weeks" meaning "Being of a number more than two or three but not many" [ Post edited by Zhydaris ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RTS Community Team Blizzard Europe "May your Cocoa Puffs stay puffed and the milk that moistens them stay fresh forever"
3 weeks would be june 29th he says more then three weeks my guess is now offically july 6th EDIT Source = http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=25171934308&sid=5010&pageNo=1
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Would phase 2 of beta just reopen to all the same people or would we see more keys given out?
Either way, hope this is a true post :D
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On June 11 2010 00:25 midgettoes wrote: Would phase 2 of beta just reopen to all the same people or would we see more keys given out?
Either way, hope this is a true post :D
apparently same people + more keys!
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It shouldn't really be that much of a surprise that the beta would be back near the end of June. It is quite funny how many people thought the beta coming down was the end of the beta until release.
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On June 11 2010 00:26 Paramore wrote:Show nested quote +On June 11 2010 00:25 midgettoes wrote: Would phase 2 of beta just reopen to all the same people or would we see more keys given out?
Either way, hope this is a true post :D apparently same people + more keys!
In the post I just cited above he also says all the same people will be in for sure, and they may be giving out more keys but he doesn't know yet
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Wow I don't know if PlayXP is getting anymore press releases after that leak. lol.
Ugh make it quick Blizzard, I'm actually about to play some DoW2 tonight .....
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Playing the SC and Broodwar Campaigns during this break was the worst idea ever. Now I just miss all the subtle things in SC2 that make it not suck. You know, like moving where I tell them to, and defenses that don't sit there pondering the meaning of life before opening fire.
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Belgium9945 Posts
Hmm, I think it actually makes sense. They probably didn't plan the switch to UDP and need to have ample time before the release to make the netcode bugproof.
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:S
I uninstalled the beta lol..
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Only two weeks would be nice. One can hope.
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as long as it doesn't end before the world cup im cool with it
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On June 10 2010 15:44 Artosis wrote: HOPE SO. SO SICK OF SEEING FRIENDS OMG..
LOL
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On June 11 2010 01:20 Butigroove wrote: :S
I uninstalled the beta lol..
Oh well, at least you got 3 weeks to reinstall it!
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On June 11 2010 00:04 Amber[LighT] wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2010 15:44 Artosis wrote: HOPE SO. SO SICK OF SEEING FRIENDS OMG.. hahahaha RL is such a bitch 
xD made my day well oh so true if your only friends are called Ross, Joey, Chandler (etc.) then you're fucked.
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On June 10 2010 15:50 Enfold wrote:That's what I've been doing hi guys +1
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On June 10 2010 15:54 Shurimpu wrote: I don't understand Korean, but yes, they appear to be dates. The day Beta started and ended are there, and I don't get the middle two dates, but they were probably big patches (content ones?)
The last one is 6, without a numerical date. So, sometime in June, obviously in the future. Here's hoping this isn't complete horse crap! :D
You should try Google Chrome. It detects that the page is in Korean and gives you the option to translate it.
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Probably makes sense.
Hope so anyway, I actually can't play bw remotely close to my previous level anymore. B ranks rape me like nothing
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They clearly stated there would be a second phase before the first ended.
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Baa?21242 Posts
-bump-
More rumors say June 28th, see OP.
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SOO Phase 1 was done on the 7th, and we can't play again till the end of this month? AHHHHH
Sighs, right when I finally got my new PSU in the mail...
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By the GODS! Only 17 more days of masturbating to SC2 screenshots and replays.
What? Like you haven't?
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would be good, can only take so much drilling in the build order tester before i seriously need to play an actual game.
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If SC2 beta really does reopen at the end of this month I think that would be a very wise decision by Blizzard, it'll give them a full month to polish battle.net 2 (and it seriously needs that polishing) before release.
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[19:17] <Milkis> http://classic.battlenet.co.kr/promotion/bacreation/index.html [19:18] <Milkis> huh [19:18] <Milkis> "Starcraft II closed Beta Test has a newer community activity and match making and other capabilities" [19:20] <Milkis> they're having a beta key drawing [19:20] <Milkis> for the last beta test
Okay so I was a bit wrong since it's not a drawing. So basically they have a promotion from june 11-june 30 to try to get people to sign up for battle.net (with a prize drawing). They're saying that "Sign up to seize the opportunity to take part of the last Beta test for SC2", and from what I can tell if you sign up for battle.net you get a beta key for the closed beta.
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