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United States33526 Posts
Source: MLG
MLG has released details regarding its upcoming live event in Anaheim, California. The tournament will be held between June 20-22 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Here are details regarding the StarCraft 2 portion of the tournament.
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm – $40,000 in prizes; WCS 4,000 Global Event Awarding WCS Points Towards WCS Global RankingsChampionship Pool Play/Bracket & Open Bracket- 12 Qualifier winners start in Championship Pool Play (Free Entry)
- 192 Player Open Bracket; Top 4 Winners Bracket Players advance to Championship Pool Play; Top 4 Losers Bracket Players advance to Championship Bracket
- 20 Player Championship Bracket
- Double Elimination Brackets, Matches = Best of 3 Games
- Prizing: $40,000 – awarding 4,000 WCS Points Towards WCS Global Rankings towards qualifying for BlizzCon
- Passes: $75 per Player from March 14 to April 13
- $85 per Player from April 14 to May 11
- $95 per Player from May 12 to June 16
- $125 per Player at Anaheim Check-In
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm QualifiersOnly citizens and residents of the Americas will be allowed to participate, additional details coming soon
Passes have gone on sale at the MLG Store.
Besides StarCraft 2, Call of Duty: Ghosts and Super Smash Brothers Melee will also be at the tournament.
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The return of the MLP open bracket
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Polt getting them paychecks!
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so a stacked open bracket leading to a stomp from the koreans when they get to the championship bracket?
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Open bracket yes! Glad to see an official statement
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Wait, so international players have to start from the open bracket? No qualifiers into the championship bracket whatsoever for them? :o
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I'm pretty sure mlg is still the only tournament to charge players to play.
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On March 15 2014 05:14 TBone- wrote:
I'm pretty sure mlg is still the only tournament to charge players to play.
Gotta cover those operating cost.
Also, Esports is one of the few competitive fields that doesn't charge an entry fee for most of their events.
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On March 15 2014 05:14 TBone- wrote:
I'm pretty sure mlg is still the only tournament to charge players to play.
esl
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Will there be extended series?
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United States23455 Posts
It's the old format! I love it.
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I'm really happy to see the 2011 MLG format back
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Smash Brothers Melee is a much better game than Brawl, I approve.
Oh wait, this is a Starcraft related thread
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Belgica34432 Posts
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Niiiiiiiiice, back with the open bracket. Good decision <3
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On March 15 2014 04:59 myxoma_strain wrote:
so a stacked open bracket leading to a stomp from the koreans when they get to the championship bracket?
wow your comment is such a deja vu, I thought I was in 2010 for a second.
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United States97276 Posts
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That's great news 
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United States33526 Posts
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Wait, it costs $75 to play in the open bracket??
So of the $40,000 prize pool, MLG wants $14,400+ of it (192 x 75...for those who sign up early, lolz) to come from the players themselves?????
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On March 15 2014 06:34 goofyballer wrote:
Wait, it costs $75 to play in the open bracket??
So of the $40,000 prize pool, MLG wants $14,400+ of it (192 x 75...for those who sign up early, lolz) to come from the players themselves?????
I don't understand the frustration, coming from Call of Duty 4 PC community, teams of 5 often paid 350 € entrance fees and 90% of tournaments were entry-fee-funded.
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That's garbage too. This isn't poker, risking your own money isn't supposed to be part of the equation.
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On March 15 2014 06:34 goofyballer wrote:
Wait, it costs $75 to play in the open bracket??
So of the $40,000 prize pool, MLG wants $14,400+ of it (192 x 75...for those who sign up early, lolz) to come from the players themselves?????
like the staff and equipment are all free
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On March 15 2014 06:37 goofyballer wrote:
That's garbage too. This isn't poker, risking your own money isn't supposed to be part of the equation.
Well, nobody is forcing you to play. :/
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Sounds too good to be true!
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Really hope Leenock participates, feels like his home tournament.
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On March 15 2014 06:39 Abominous wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2014 06:37 goofyballer wrote:
That's garbage too. This isn't poker, risking your own money isn't supposed to be part of the equation. Well, nobody is forcing you to play. :/
Certainly not, but it sucks a lot for any pro player who flies out to Anaheim, loses, and watches Polt stand on the stage with a big check made out to him from their money. People wonder why SC2 is dying, well, a total lack of financial support for the people who ostensibly play it to pay rent and buy food and stuff might have something to do with it. Charging $75 to play in your tournament? Sheesh.
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Only citizens and residents of the Americas will be allowed to participate, additional details coming soon
This is going to be interesting.
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On March 15 2014 05:20 Plansix wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2014 05:14 TBone- wrote:
I'm pretty sure mlg is still the only tournament to charge players to play. Gotta cover those operating cost. Also, Esports is one of the few competitive fields that doesn't charge an entry fee for most of their events.
I don't know about many other sports, but when I rode Motocross it was ~$25 to ~$35 per class sign up, excluding camping and all that of course.
I think it's totally logical to charge an entry fee to play in a large event.
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United States23455 Posts
On March 15 2014 06:37 goofyballer wrote:
That's garbage too. This isn't poker, risking your own money isn't supposed to be part of the equation.
WTF entrance fees have always been part of the tournament.
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am I the only one who sees no competitor passes on sale?
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Oh my god those passes pay so much. They won't get alot people to open bracket
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i don't think there are a lot of people good enough to belong in the open bracket who aren't serious enough competitors to put $75 toward starcraft. don't competitive players drop that kind of money buying and replacing hardware and equipment anyway? unless they're sponsored, in which case wouldn't the sponsor SURELY pay the fee?
yeah it's a lot of money, not everyone has that kind of money to spend on starcraft, but if you don't then why do you want to be at MLG anaheim? it's not like starcraft is a working class occupation, it's a choice to pursue gaming as a career and you should know it's not going to be stable
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On March 15 2014 07:04 sm0b wrote:
am I the only one who sees no competitor passes on sale?
it was up briefly... i don't know where it went
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Will there be extended series? That's what I want to know.
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What a way to come back into the scene. So cool!
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On March 15 2014 05:52 Dodgin wrote:
I'm really happy to see the 2011 MLG format back
Yes, the 8 people making it out of the open bracket smashing everyone else sure did make for some great times.
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On March 15 2014 06:03 ggofthejungle wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2014 04:59 myxoma_strain wrote:
so a stacked open bracket leading to a stomp from the koreans when they get to the championship bracket? wow your comment is such a deja vu, I thought I was in 2010 for a second.
There were no koreans in 2010 outside Korea (except SeleCT). You mean second half of 2011.
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Good old MLG format makes me happy.
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Holy cow we get an NA tourney with the opportunity for NA players to get an exposure, and the full massive open bracket from old MLGs that was amazing, and people STILL COMPLAIN? Lol if I gave some of you people 5,000 dollars you would whine and ask for 10,000 more dollars.
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Wow melee returning to an MLG event after 6 (7?) years. I can see an MLG-SOSPA partnership in the works :D.
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Open bracket without an entrance fee would be really strange imo.
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On March 15 2014 07:57 Derez wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2014 05:52 Dodgin wrote:
I'm really happy to see the 2011 MLG format back Yes, the 8 people making it out of the open bracket smashing everyone else sure did make for some great times.
I had a good time
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SSBM + SC2 = Best MLG ever. Now they just need to replace CoD with CS:GO.
I hope everyone checks out the melee stream to see what it's all about.
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Awesome. I really miss MLGs with their open brackets!
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I hope they hire some professional casters and not just put Destiny and Catz in there.
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Canada16217 Posts
Looking forward to the event!
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On March 15 2014 05:54 DavoS wrote:
Smash Brothers Melee is a much better game than Brawl, I approve.
Oh wait, this is a Starcraft related thread
It is not, there's just that goddamn tripping mechanic serving as a red herring.
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Why is the store empty [screenshot below]
I want to buy a player pass for the floppygu.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Wdzxh6d.png)
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United States23455 Posts
On March 15 2014 07:21 TheBloodyDwarf wrote:
Oh my god those passes pay so much. They won't get alot people to open bracket
They're just about what they used to be for the old MLG's iirc and those open brackets always filled up.
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On March 15 2014 04:59 myxoma_strain wrote:
so a stacked open bracket leading to a stomp from the koreans when they get to the championship bracket?
Like the good old days :D
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Only citizens and residents of the Americas will be allowed to participate, additional details coming soon
So no foreign players?
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So what your saying is a free win for Polt? Well Im sure he wont mind
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On March 15 2014 14:54 BVRHNT3R wrote:
Only citizens and residents of the Americas will be allowed to participate, additional details coming soon
So no foreign players?
Polt, Violet, anyone else who has an extended Visa
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On March 15 2014 04:59 myxoma_strain wrote:
so a stacked open bracket leading to a stomp from the koreans when they get to the championship bracket?
No, not at all, appearently...
"StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Qualifiers
Only citizens and residents of the Americas will be allowed to participate
Additional details coming soon"
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That's for online qualifiers I think, the open bracket should be open to all according to past tweets.
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Yeah, I understand it the same way, the OP states it under qualifiers and says above, that 12 players are being seeded into the pool play via qualifiers, so the Open bracket will be International (Which only makes sence, because they give out WCS points. I still think, it is bad to give one region such a big advantadge though, euro toureys almost always have qualifiers for all 3 regions. And this pretty much guarantees 6 americans in the top 16 (16-top4WB-top4LB-Polt-viOLet), giving 1 region assured WCS points.
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Besides StarCraft 2, Call of Duty: Ghosts and Super Smash Brothers Melee will also be at the tournament.
no LoL? wow
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On March 15 2014 16:10 SCMothership wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2014 04:59 myxoma_strain wrote:
so a stacked open bracket leading to a stomp from the koreans when they get to the championship bracket? No, not at all, appearently... "StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Qualifiers Only citizens and residents of the Americas will be allowed to participate Additional details coming soon"
Open bracket =/= qualifier. Koreans/international players will be allowed to participate in the open bracket, qualifiers for being seeded into pool play are NA only. So yes it will be sick open bracket into Koreans raping NA players in pool play. Should be fun!
Also SICK that they are bringing back super smash, feels like it's been forever since it was featured at an MLG.
@monsta: I wouldn't host a LoL tournament either, LCS is way to monopolizing, plus DOTA (which was originally planed to be featured) brings in fairly similiar viewership and I highly doubt Riot would allow them to run both games at the same event anyway.
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pretty excited for the return of Melee. maybe the new game can replace it but atm definitely outclasses Brawl for competition
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My dream would be to have MarineKing there ;D
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On March 15 2014 18:06 monsta wrote:Show nested quote +Besides StarCraft 2, Call of Duty: Ghosts and Super Smash Brothers Melee will also be at the tournament. no LoL? wow
last time MLG had LoL was last MLG Anaheim. With everything being LCS, its difficult to run a big LoL event like they used to. Even that Anaheim event wasn't them same
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I loved MLG open brackets. Always creates tension for the viewers and hope for the players as they still have a fighting chance
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United States994 Posts
Just seeing this thread, are folks truly upset we are charging for the open bracket? We have always charged for the open bracket.
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Israel2209 Posts
Just the folks who have no understanding of anything.
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On March 16 2014 07:52 MLG_Adam wrote:
Just seeing this thread, are folks truly upset we are charging for the open bracket? We have always charged for the open bracket.
People are much more negative than they have been in the past, don't worry.
Those who don't want to pay: you aren't required to play, so either don't play or win it back.
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Looks sick! Interesting game lineup too so pumped for SSBM!
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On March 16 2014 07:52 MLG_Adam wrote:
Just seeing this thread, are folks truly upset we are charging for the open bracket? We have always charged for the open bracket.
Forums = people who have no idea how things work. You know that just as well as anyone Adam, ignore it.
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They brought back Melee? Sweet! Now they just need to bring back Halo.
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On March 16 2014 07:52 MLG_Adam wrote:
Just seeing this thread, are folks truly upset we are charging for the open bracket? We have always charged for the open bracket.
Some people just need something to moan about.
I want to thank MLG for bringing back Super Smash Bros. Melee. If I remember correctly it was 2007 when you guys retired it and I was pretty sad back in the day, so I'm fucking stocked it's back.
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United States994 Posts
On March 16 2014 08:46 TotalBiscuit wrote:Show nested quote +On March 16 2014 07:52 MLG_Adam wrote:
Just seeing this thread, are folks truly upset we are charging for the open bracket? We have always charged for the open bracket. Forums = people who have no idea how things work. You know that just as well as anyone Adam, ignore it.
Yeah, I was just genuinely surprised that it was an issue.
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On March 17 2014 02:55 MLG_Adam wrote:Show nested quote +On March 16 2014 08:46 TotalBiscuit wrote:On March 16 2014 07:52 MLG_Adam wrote:
Just seeing this thread, are folks truly upset we are charging for the open bracket? We have always charged for the open bracket. Forums = people who have no idea how things work. You know that just as well as anyone Adam, ignore it. Yeah, I was just genuinely surprised that it was an issue.
I would give so much to see isai at mlg :D
Melee!!! :D
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On March 15 2014 04:56 Waxangel wrote:
Only citizens and residents of the Americas will be allowed to participate, additional details coming soon
Hm  I guess polt will play then.. or something..
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On March 16 2014 07:52 MLG_Adam wrote:
Just seeing this thread, are folks truly upset we are charging for the open bracket? We have always charged for the open bracket.
3 pages of random people arguing without historical context or much common sense != folks. Most of us here knew how MLG works from years ago.
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MLG quickly becoming Minor League Gaming in the eyes of foreigners (not from the US). Can't host a pro LoL tourney and their SC2 is an amateur tournament with a couple pros (kind of similar to semi pro tournaments that consist of a bunch of decent players getting stomped by a top 100 pro).
Nevertheless, America needs them, and both LoL and SC2 need more minor leagues to participate in.
WCS Challenger isn't even close to cutting it.
I just hope MLG can stay afloat with these circumstances approaching.
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On March 18 2014 00:58 Shinta) wrote:
MLG quickly becoming Minor League Gaming in the eyes of foreigners (not from the US). Can't host a pro LoL tourney and their SC2 is an amateur tournament with a couple pros (kind of similar to semi pro tournaments that consist of a bunch of decent players getting stomped by a top 100 pro).
Nevertheless, America needs them, and both LoL and SC2 need more minor leagues to participate in.
WCS Challenger isn't even close to cutting it.
I just hope MLG can stay afloat with these circumstances approaching.
Interesting. Yes, I hope for the sake of Starcraft 2 that MLG is successful at Anaheim and that we get to see some great games. Also, having Axeltoss and Axslav host, cast, and/or analyze would be great.
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On March 18 2014 05:15 Gen.Rolly wrote:Show nested quote +On March 18 2014 00:58 Shinta) wrote:
MLG quickly becoming Minor League Gaming in the eyes of foreigners (not from the US). Can't host a pro LoL tourney and their SC2 is an amateur tournament with a couple pros (kind of similar to semi pro tournaments that consist of a bunch of decent players getting stomped by a top 100 pro).
Nevertheless, America needs them, and both LoL and SC2 need more minor leagues to participate in.
WCS Challenger isn't even close to cutting it.
I just hope MLG can stay afloat with these circumstances approaching. Interesting. Yes, I hope for the sake of Starcraft 2 that MLG is successful at Anaheim and that we get to see some great games. Also, having Axeltoss and Axslav host, cast, and/or analyze would be great.
No thanks, give me Incontrol and some really good play by play guy, or maybe someone like Catz. We have plenty of good NA casters around, we should be using the best available people.
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Can't wait to play.
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not bad considering how fast the mlg store went down.
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I'm surprised this doesn't have a Liquipedia article yet.
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MLGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG !
can't wait for those HUGE ass bracket ! I LOVE them.
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It'd be good to see some giant open bracket play again.
Here's hoping for some upsets and dark horses!
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Nice to see MLG operating just like old times! Hopefully this one is a success and we have an east coast event! :D
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Aren't there qualifiers this weekend? I can't find any info on them...
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hopefully i'll have the time to watch and revitalize my interest in the game :D
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I really look forward to watch an open bracket MLG again, it's been too long.
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Any update on who's signing up for the open bracket? I heard MKP anyone else? Kespa guys?
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Not very familiar with that, but is the entering cost usually that high ? They get like half of the prize pool by that.
EDIT : didn't read the comments before asking ^^
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EPT
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