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Professor Tarantula
Hedion University
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Posted - 2009.08.28 17:16:00 -
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Originally by: iP0D EVE was never designed for solo play. There are a lot of things you can do solo, but none of them are very exciting.
It's plenty exciting, just not very worthwhile.
Exploration might be cool, but i'm expecting that to only be profitable in 0.0 space, which means indentured servitude to an Alliance to do solo stuff.
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Zey Nadar
Gallente The Legion of Spoon Curatores Veritatis Alliance
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Posted - 2009.08.28 17:27:00 -
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Anything that you can do solo will eventually get boring. There is very little that you can do without any interaction with other players though.. If you sell your mission loot to market, you are selling to other players.. Try not to fight it. Just play along. Try to find a cool and fun corp and try to accomplish something.
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Zartanic
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Posted - 2009.08.28 17:29:00 -
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Edited by: Zartanic on 28/08/2009 17:35:39
Originally by: Professor Tarantula
Originally by: iP0D EVE was never designed for solo play. There are a lot of things you can do solo, but none of them are very exciting.
It's plenty exciting, just not very worthwhile.
Exploration might be cool, but i'm expecting that to only be profitable in 0.0 space, which means indentured servitude to an Alliance to do solo stuff.
No it does not mean that. I do null sec with no problems at all, no sovereignty issues.
Also Op, you said you have tried all solo content, you have not, see my list. If you do not like any of it then this is not the game for you.
This game has a ton of solo content, but you seem to happily ignore that fact. The solo content could be better but your saying its limited, its not.
If there is a problem with this game is players seem reluctant to try something out. That's because everyone's experience in this game is not the same (unlike other games) so opinions vary a lot and its easy to pick posts, like many here, who state being in a corp is the only way to go. That's plain wrong.
Coros certainly are the way to go but that's true of ALL mmorpg's and always will be, its what they are all about or you may as well play normal games. Try doing a high end raid solo in WOW or even any instance. The whole point of MMORPG's is you get to see it all if your in a corp, but that does not mean there is not plenty to do if your not. Just don't sit there expecting it to be thrown at you.
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Ryhss
Caldari Bellum Indux Sanctimony of Bellum
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Posted - 2009.08.28 17:35:00 -
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When I solo, which I do alot. I run missions or D.E.D zones within my skill ability to handle. Most level 3's in my drake are soloable. Mining, while boring alone in high sec, earn decent ISK.
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IceGoon
GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2009.08.28 17:38:00 -
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Originally by: Saartje Sarel Edited by: Saartje Sarel on 28/08/2009 17:16:32 see goo(d)swarm as the template on how to make a corp into something insanely effective simply by not recruiting the weird bastards who frequent high sec.
I have to disagree, Goonfleet has the highest ratio of self diagnosted asberger, cheeto eating neckbeards who watch way to much anime.
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Ranger 1
Amarr Dynaverse Corporation Vertigo Coalition
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Posted - 2009.08.28 17:38:00 -
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Edited by: Ranger 1 on 28/08/2009 17:42:02
Quote: dont call it PVP. Id like to differentiate soemhow from more skillfull forms of PVP, youre talking to a former Duke3D and Quake champion.
Heh, priceless.
Hate to break it to you, but around these parts we don't equate a fast twitch response and the ability to bunny hop with skill at PVP activities. EVE combat is a bit more involved than that.
To do EVE PVP poorly only requires you to hit Orbit followed by F1,F2, etc. To do it well requires much, much more. Perhaps if you got out of your Empire war deccing corp (I'm not going to make any of the obvious assumptions about who your primary targets have been) and start tangling with people that actually know how to conduct combat operations you would discover that you have actually only scratched the surface of what combat in EVE has to offer.
However, you appear to think you've already seen it all, so... have fun whatever you end up trying next.
*Edit: Just so there is no confusion, running solo through 0.0 as fast as you can smack talking does not = PVP either.
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Lance Fighter
Amarr
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Posted - 2009.08.28 17:50:00 -
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Forum whore. Been doing it solo all my life
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Traidor Disloyal
Private Nuisance
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Posted - 2009.08.28 17:56:00 -
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Originally by: Michwich Id like to differentiate soemhow from more skillfull forms of PVP, youre talking to a former Duke3D and Quake champion.
So you can move your mouse really fast and smash the mouse button really quick. Or is it that WASD keyboard crap? Maybe you can help me? I've been trying to perfect the jump/twist/shoot move with my Sleipnir in Eve, can you show me how? ************************************************* I have three characters. One has Cov Ops V along with all the bells and whistles that goes with it. |

tiviirulez
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Posted - 2009.08.28 18:27:00 -
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Originally by: Michwich "emo PVP" is a word i like to describe the style of PVP in this game, theres no slip, you can call it what youd like but please dont call it PVP. Id like to differentiate soemhow from more skillfull forms of PVP, youre talking to a former Duke3D and Quake champion. However the style of PVP is directly tied to the whole solo unfriendly nature of this game and now that I think about it could be an area where It could attract that style of player.
hehe, spot on.
Reflexes, precision and tactic vs. years of training skills, grind, thinking of a good setup, doubleklickinspaceoverloadmicromanizzlbubbled, gate activation, cloningstation. Must be these intelligent, charismatic 15y old american e-bukkakeers with no decent bone in their body who think swearing fc on teamspeak and having a bunch of tools react in hope for kb-attention makes them all social and winners. Nah. MMO is where social ends.
Check out some pve-content dodging bullets otherwise just deinstall.
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baltec1
Antares Shipyards Vanguard.
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Posted - 2009.08.28 18:43:00 -
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There is an endless amount of things to do in this game, the only thing thats stops people from doing things is themselves.
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Gunnanmon
Gallente UNITED STAR SYNDICATE
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Posted - 2009.08.28 18:46:00 -
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Originally by: baltec1 There is an endless amount of things to do in this game, the only thing thats stops people from doing things is themselves.
Profound. Signature locked for discussing moderation. Navigator
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Marcus Druallis
Quantum Industries RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2009.08.28 19:00:00 -
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Originally by: tiviirulez
Originally by: Michwich "emo PVP" is a word i like to describe the style of PVP in this game, theres no slip, you can call it what youd like but please dont call it PVP. Id like to differentiate soemhow from more skillfull forms of PVP, youre talking to a former Duke3D and Quake champion. However the style of PVP is directly tied to the whole solo unfriendly nature of this game and now that I think about it could be an area where It could attract that style of player.
hehe, spot on.
Reflexes, precision and tactic vs. years of training skills, grind, thinking of a good setup, doubleklickinspaceoverloadmicromanizzlbubbled, gate activation, cloningstation. Must be these intelligent, charismatic 15y old american e-bukkakeers with no decent bone in their body who think swearing fc on teamspeak and having a bunch of tools react in hope for kb-attention makes them all social and winners. Nah. MMO is where social ends.
Check out some pve-content dodging bullets otherwise just deinstall.
To quote goons: u mad?
Someone who makes a reply like that obviously has been attempting (over and over again) to take on experience EVE pilots, yet keeps getting stomped on. Why, you may ask? Becuase he lacks the intelligence to use the "tactics" he learned in CS and apply them to EVE. Keep fighting the good fight, sir. --
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Rellik B00n
Lethal Death Squad
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Posted - 2009.08.28 19:08:00 -
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A. anything you like. PVP doesnt have to be expensive, war doesnt have to be gang-orientated, missions dont have to be about YOUR sec status, ISK generation doesnt have to be about obvious. Try harder. cruiser & rig BPOs LDS kb |

bff Jill
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Posted - 2009.08.28 19:27:00 -
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A solo player in eve can:
1. Mine high sec 2. Become a trader 3. Ninja salvage (and ore theivery if you want to work some pvp in ^__^) 4. Solo pvp, yes it still exists, they've been saying its dead for the last 4 years, ive not checked recently, but its still existed every other time they said its dead, i can only imagine the new cheaper rigs is a boon for solo pvp. Fly minmatar. 5. Run missions 6. You could join FW and tag along 7. Sit in jita trying to sell ravens for the price of CNRs 8. You could check out that one thread with the guy whos apparently set up a 0.0 trade hub for newbies. 9. Ship spinning. 10. Forum posting while watching your SP count go up, thats what most of us do here i think.
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Vrenth
Gallente Lightning Industries
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Posted - 2009.08.28 20:01:00 -
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Originally by: Michwich Edited by: Michwich on 28/08/2009 15:33:58
Originally by: Skaara what u need is social structure just as real life
No you dont, this is a game not life, what you need is something fun to do that doesnt require grouping. Anyone got some ideas?
You do realise your playing an MFMOGYDLTP***GTFO? That stands for Massive $@!%ing Multiplayer Online Game You Dumbass Learn To Play With Other People or GTFO.
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Ignitious Hellfury
Minmatar Republic Military Skool
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Posted - 2009.08.28 20:22:00 -
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Edited by: Ignitious Hellfury on 28/08/2009 20:22:21 nvm
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GuntiNDDS
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Posted - 2009.08.28 20:24:00 -
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even tho its an mmo, to me the worst part of eve are the other players
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Mystical Dawn
Minmatar Nomadic Angels
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Posted - 2009.08.28 20:24:00 -
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Originally by: Michwich Edited by: Michwich on 28/08/2009 15:22:51 Im finding my options kinda limited in this game, the only reason I find myself playing is to wait for a skill to train to see if it gets any funner. I know it would be funner with friends or a group but so is every ****ty activity. My question is, what do you solo players do for fun? Id rather not PVP because its too expensive, and from what Ive tried solo pvp doesnt work well in the game, plus Im not really into emo pvp, im more of a arena style sports pvp guy but I wouldnt mind trying it if it didnt take a week of grinding to do it enough where you can get comfortable. So no PVP. I tried mining that was boring, I tried exploring that was fun but tediouse and not enough rewards. I tried running through 0.0 , had some fun with that until it hit me there wasnt much profit in smack talking emos. So these days Im finding my options pretty limited to mining, or npc ratting. Id try some missions but for some reason my sec status wont let me contine with the story line. So what do you solo players do for fun in this game? 
If you are solo player, W T F are you doing in MMORPG? Just buy the latest best selling boxed game and there you go.....
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GuntiNDDS
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Posted - 2009.08.28 20:26:00 -
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Originally by: Mystical Dawn If you are solo player, W T F are you doing in MMORPG? Just buy the latest best selling boxed game and there you go.....
problem is, there aint really a single-player "boxed game" like eve. closest would propably be x3, but then its very limited, and it has very ugly tubes connecting your stuffs.
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Iria Ahrens
Amarr 101st Space Marine Force Libertas Fidelitas
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Posted - 2009.08.28 20:35:00 -
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Originally by: Michwich
I wasnt aware this game was for groups only since I had no problem playing this game solo but I feel the options are limted for that style of play.
You feel your options are limited because THEY ARE limited. As in any MMO, there are things that are simply too difficult to do solo. You can't solo a 1000 man fleet for example. If you want to not have your gameplay options limited by playing solo, you have to play a game designed for specifically for solo play.
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"emo PVP" is a word i like to describe the style of PVP in this game, theres no slip, you can call it what youd like but please dont call it PVP. Id like to differentiate soemhow from more skillfull forms of PVP, youre talking to a former Duke3D and Quake champion.
That's not real pvp any more than chess is real pvp. If there are no consequences, then it's not pvp, it's fluffy bunny pretend pvp with kiddie gloves. If someone shoots you dead, so you hit the spacebar and respawn somewhere else in the combat zone fitted and ready to kill, that's not real pvp. Spending hours or days saving up for a pvp ship and getting it blown up under you, and knowing the only way to get another ship like that is to safe up for hours or days again, that's pvp. Going about your merry way with a feeling of security isn't pvp. Going about your merry way paranoid that someone could suicide gank you at any time for the billions of isk valued goods in your cargohold, that's real pvp.
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Imagine space arenas where corp sponsored teams fought for money and fame and where spectators could watch and wadger on the matches. The point being theres a system that lets casual players participate in something that otherwise would require a group to do. Guild Wars has "random" arenas where youre randomly put on a team for pvp matches. Then theres "team" arenas where teams interested in organization can form prior to the matches.
please no. If you want sterile quake FPS style pvp, go play. There's nothing stopping casual players from flying around and pvping. The only way I could accept something like this is if you still have to buy your ship, and you don't win until you pod the other. --
EVE is about balls, brains, and paranoia. SP comes in a distant fourth place. |
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Slave 2739FKZ
Minmatar
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Posted - 2009.08.28 22:31:00 -
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If you don't know what to do as solo player allready, you fail as solo player, so gtfo tbh.
Common misconceptions found in this thread though: 1) not being in a corp/alliance = not interacting; 2) PVP = player killing (only). Both are a sign of failing to understand the concept of 'sandbox gameplay'.
There are plenty of solo players in the game, and some of them have been playing since forever. As someone who has been in both sides on the fence and usually changing position, from my experience corps worth being there, usually are demanding in time requiered to play, and sometimes you just don't have the time, so I've gone months from playing 'solo' (various accounts, tbh) to periods of corp life.
There are plenty of things to do as 'solo' player, at almost all levels of the game, if you have some imagination. WIS is an expansion which allows EVE players to wear leather and walk around stations.
Dust514 is a console shooter/rts which will tie into EVE and affect sov. |

Isareal Altara
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Posted - 2009.08.28 22:37:00 -
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Edited by: Isareal Altara on 28/08/2009 22:37:23 Grab a blackbird and go low security roaming just to screw with folks. One of my mates was on vent foaming at the mouth about one doing that. I messaged them and found out they were bored and just screwing around, seeing what smack they could get from folks
Mate was going insane with rage because they were warping back and forth... just letting him get close, jamming them and then warping off as soon as others showed up on overview or he launched drones
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FOl2TY8
Suddenly Ninjas Tear Extraction And Reclamation Service
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Posted - 2009.08.28 22:46:00 -
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You could always troll local by broadcasting your amazing FPS video game skills. Maybe people would pay you to shut up? ---------- This post brought to you by the worst PVP'er in Eve |

Laruant Wiggins
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.08.28 23:35:00 -
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As this is only my second mmo and I'm still new here...do companies pay people to go on other games forums and post?
As a casual, mostly solo player Eve is great for that, but whatever OP.
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IMASCATMAN
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Posted - 2009.08.28 23:38:00 -
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Originally by: bff Jill A solo player in eve can:
1. Mine high sec 2. Become a trader 3. Ninja salvage (and ore theivery if you want to work some pvp in ^__^) 4. Solo pvp, yes it still exists, they've been saying its dead for the last 4 years, ive not checked recently, but its still existed every other time they said its dead, i can only imagine the new cheaper rigs is a boon for solo pvp. Fly minmatar. 5. Run missions 6. You could join FW and tag along 7. Sit in jita trying to sell ravens for the price of CNRs 8. You could check out that one thread with the guy whos apparently set up a 0.0 trade hub for newbies. 9. Ship spinning. 10. Forum posting while watching your SP count go up, thats what most of us do here i think.
Believe it or not, he wasn't scamming noobs... contrary to popular belief. Wasn't exactly what I expected but for someone with no experience in 0.0 it's worth taking up his offer - even if you end up not liking it.
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AFK Cloaker
Amarr Imperial Academy
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Posted - 2009.08.28 23:44:00 -
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Edited by: AFK Cloaker on 28/08/2009 23:44:33 Do what I do. Stops lots of people getting isk. So more for you.
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Memphis Baas
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Posted - 2009.08.28 23:47:00 -
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This game is sub-par when it comes to PVE activities, and this game is definitely not a solo game. Groups will always gank solo ships, and otherwise all activities require interaction with the social group that is the other players. You're either ****ing with people on the market, or on the forums, or in-game; this whole game is about meta-gaming and social interaction.
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Xen Gin
Solar Excavations Ultd. Black Sun Alliance
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Posted - 2009.08.28 23:50:00 -
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Since when did MMO mean MMIO, Massively Multi-player Interaction On-line. Just because it's an on-line environment with massive multiple players, doesn't mean you have to always interact with 'other' players.
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Prince Laphroig
Royal Khanid Exiles
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Posted - 2009.08.29 00:40:00 -
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Maybe DUST will be more to your liking.
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Khemul Zula
Amarr Keisen Trade League
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Posted - 2009.08.29 00:54:00 -
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Originally by: Xen Gin Since when did MMO mean MMIO, Massively Multi-player Interaction On-line. Just because it's an on-line environment with massive multiple players, doesn't mean you have to always interact with 'other' players.
I tried to make sense of this statement and now my brain really really hurts. 
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