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Cheerful Ghost Radio Now On Spotify!

We want you to be able to listen to Cheerful Ghost Radio on whichever platform you choose, so today we're happy to share that Cheerful Ghost Radio is now on Spotify!

Spotify used to have a more curated podcast section and was a bit exclusive, but they are trying to make Spotify the go-to for podcast listening and have changed things up. We're happy to add Spotify to our growing list of services. It's one more step on our path to WORLD DOMINATI.... I mean one more way to make our listeners happy! Yep, that's what I meant.

Have a listen at the link below, and as always, let us know if your favorite podcast source doesn't have Cheerful Ghost Radio and we will work to get... Read All

Support Cheerful Ghost & Tale of The White Wyvern Today!

Travis and I have been working hard on a bunch of new updates to Cheerful Ghost and Tale of the White Wyvern, and we wanted to talk about one that released today! Cheerful Ghost is an independent game community and this year we struck out and launched our first home baked text game Tale of the White Wyvern. Two important goals we had were to launch the game and find people that love playing it, and also build a sustainable ecosystem around it for the current and future games we create. Which is why we are launching a new way for you to support Cheerful Ghost today in incredibly easy memberships.

Incredibly Easy Memberships For Everyone

One thing we heard from people is... Read All

Battle at Big Rock

Spoiler warning! If you haven’t seen Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, this post may contain spoilers, so you may want to stop reading now.

Battle at Big Rock was just released and you can view it on YouTube (link embedded in this post). It’s a short Jurassic World film that basically shows a confrontation between two dinosaur species at a camp site and a family caught in the mix. It takes place after the end of Fallen Kingdom, where dinosaurs were released into the wild.

For someone who’s always loved dinosaurs and the entire Jurassic Park/World films, I like this. Stay around for the credits to see more! I’m looking forward to the next film, which I believe is coming in... Read All

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/17/2019 at 04:21am

Preamble: I unequivocally love Jurassic Park (not too odd there) and Jurassic World including the incredibly under rated Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom that I lovingly call Jurassic Park Monster Mansion (it embraces the camp to it's credit).

Meat off the bone: This short is a really tense look at life after Fallen Kingdom that sets up Jurassic World 3 quite well. The short really leans in to what made Jurassic Park 1 & Lost World work and reframes it in Jurassic World. If JW3 was a film just like this with real people surviving in Dino USA i'd be in. In fact, a TV series of this would be awesome... and I just got the thought that this might be a first step to that...

Azurephile Super Member Post Author wrote on 09/17/2019 at 04:32am

I agree w/ you about JP. I liked Fallen Kingdom, but I'm not sure how I'd rate it if I were to rate my favorite and least favorite JP movies. I guess there are things about all of them that I like (dinosaurs) and don't like. I saw the first movie when it was in the theater and waited FOREVER for it to come out on VHS. After it did, I watched it almost daily! Probably my biggest complaints w/ the movies has to do with some of the actors, I didn't like them nor their characters. There are more than a few of them to list. For example, the guy in JW that was an asshole and wanted the Raptors to be used for military purposes.

I like this short. It does remind me of JP2 when the trailer was knocked over by T-Rexes. I really have no idea how they're going to end the JW series. I guess some how they capture all the dinos or the dinos die off, I don't know. Blue is definitely my favorite Raptor!

I'm glad they put this short on YouTube for us to watch for free. It was supposed to be included in a movie (the new Calvin & Hobbs Fast & the Furious), but got delayed.

Azurephile Super Member Post Author wrote on 09/17/2019 at 04:33am

Oh wow! I just realized I'm a "Super Member!"

Travis Admin wrote on 09/17/2019 at 03:18pm

Congrats on your upgrade 😂

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/17/2019 at 03:40pm

> Oh wow! I just realized I'm a "Super Member!"

Hell yeah!

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The Very First Review of Tale of the White Wyvern!

Azurephile gives this an astounding "Must Play" on the Ghost Scale

This achieves something special, and it would be a shame to miss it.

Azurephile gives this a "Must Play" on the Ghost Scale

This achieves something special, and it would be a shame to miss it.

Review

Recommended

Text-based MMO like Legend of the Red Dragon (a classic game from the BBS era)

NPCs, optional PVP, seasonal events, and seasons

Tale of the White Wyvern is the first game created by the developers of Cheerful Ghost; Jon Dodson and Travis Newman. It’s pretty much a text based MMO reminiscent of BBS games like Usurper, and most especially Legend of the Red Dragon. The game is rather simple; create a character, do some forest fights, buy a weapon, armor (and now a hat), and increase your character’s class skills. There are three classes to choose from; warrior, rogue, and mage. Each class has their own unique skills. For instance, the mage can use a... Read All

Infinity War/Endgame Dance Off

For something completely different, here's a high school dance team, performing the story of Infinity War and Endgame :)

*spoilers for Infinity War and Endgame* lol

Cheerful Ghost Radio Episode 65: Spider-Man Far From Home

In this episode, we've all returned from the snap and wondering what the heck has happened over the past five years, as we review Spider-Man: Far From Home!

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 09/13/2019 at 11:04pm

Good episode chaps! Seems like it was recorded before Sony & Marvel braking up and D23 and there was a lot of material left out around D+ and Spider-Man.

As for MCU Fatigue, it started for me around Civil War. I still enjoyed the movies but they were becoming a little too formulaic. After Spider-Man: Homecoming (which has to be one of my favorite MCU movies) the fatigue went away. I have been really looking forward to the movies since.

I am even excited for Black Widow. The prequel aspect has me a little worried, but Marvel has handled their properties well (even the bad movies are still watchable) that I am not too worried.

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/14/2019 at 05:05pm

Yeah we didn’t know Spider-Man was out then and the future looked bright.... But now... I’m honestly curious how they will handle Spider-Man post MCU. All the Villians seem like they still be valid and Spider-Man might be on his own now which the end of the movie set up fairly well.

I wonder if he’ll refer to Tony in the new films or just someone he lost? Also curious how they’ll talk about the blip?

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 09/14/2019 at 06:14pm

Will they make him give the glasses back?

A bigger question is that since Spider-Man is out of the MCU does it make the new movies must see anymore?

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 09/15/2019 at 03:27am

I think the next one is still must-see. Tom Holland is my favorite live action Spidey so far, and I want to see him do more. Even if the plot doesn’t intersect with the MCU.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 09/15/2019 at 06:03pm

I am a hold out until the trailer hits. Maybe they will patch things up by the time the movie gets made.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 09/15/2019 at 07:22pm

Also it's interesting you mentioned Civil War as the first sign of fatigue for you, and I think that was my first as well. It's also where I started getting tired of rewatching it earlier this year. But they definitely brought me back in. Homecoming was at that time my favorite Spider-Man movie ever but it still hit me with some fatigue from the baggage that came along with it from Civil War. But then Thor: Ragnarok brought me back in full swing.

I'm really glad they're taking almost a full year off from the films at least.

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/15/2019 at 08:21pm

I think the break should help.

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The Latest Final Fantasy VII Remake Trailer Is Gorgeous

I mean just look at it.

Wow, this is hard. I am trying not to get overhyped but the more we see of the FFVII remake, the harder that gets.

In this trailer, we get a glimpse of a few of the mini games, and more battle footage. But mostly, it’s just showing off how pretty everything is. And boy is it ever.

Graphics aren’t everything, you have to have gameplay to keep it interesting. We haven’t seen a lot of that. But even if the gameplay isn’t fun, this might like one of those movies that’s just pure schlock but worth buying because of the visuals.

This has been a day-one buy for me ever since the rumors started circulating like the year the PS3 came out. Before I... Read All

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 09/11/2019 at 04:47pm

That looks awesome! I don't think I'm going to buy a PS4 though, so I hope it comes to PC. I look forward to reading your review of it.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 09/11/2019 at 05:55pm

I would buy a PS4 for this probably but honestly I would have done the same for a lot of PS4 exclusives. It’s an amazing console with so many bucket list titles.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 09/11/2019 at 07:05pm

I'm not familiar with very many titles I'm interested, although I'm about to contradict that a bit. I think I'd like to try this one, although I'm not entirely sure how I feel about it. There's also the new Kingdom Hearts game and remasters of all the others. I know it seems Spider-Man is good, too. Red Dead Redemption 2 is something I might enjoy as well. I don't know, for some reason I've been focusing so much on PC gaming that I've pretty much almost totally ignored console gaming. Plus, I've already started seeing news of the PS5, so it kind of feels like you have to buy a new console every few years. Although, that could probably be said about a GPU when it comes to PC gaming and they can be as expensive or more depending on what you want.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 09/11/2019 at 07:07pm

Oh and I must admit I really love Aerith here, she is absolutely gorgeous! I've always loved her and Tifa.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 02/15/2020 at 09:12am

The opening gives me chills! Aerith is so beautiful! I hope this comes to PC. https://youtu.be/cqskSeNORoE

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 04/07/2020 at 05:30am

Gaming Bolt gives the game a perfect 10! https://youtu.be/U6ilUU_qROY

jdodson Admin wrote on 04/07/2020 at 03:08pm

I'll give it a 10/10 simply for being released. Figured this would be like Duke Nukem forever.

adahn Super Member wrote on 04/07/2020 at 05:39pm

I played the demo (I'm sure ya'll did too), and man, its Good ... I don't love the new combat system, but the "Classic" mode is perfect.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 04/07/2020 at 07:25pm

I don't have a PS4, so I'm hoping it comes to PC.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 04/07/2020 at 07:48pm

I actually skipped the demo on this entirely. I am aware that it's not the safe play to make, but I gambled on it possibly sucking really badly so that I can go in fully fresh when it arrives.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 04/22/2020 at 04:50am

They showed my comment at the beginning of the video in the top right!!! https://youtu.be/9HNHCQ396r8

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Wyvern 0.9.7 Update Drops this Thursday(Hats + Rogue Update)!

This Thursday we are going to be releasing the 0.9.7 Tale of the White Wyvern game update and we wanted to talk about it before it hit because it's special. As we've been working on the game we've changed elements that effected gameplay but on Thursday we are going to make a big change to the game that will effect Rogues and we wanted to give everyone some lead time as it might change how you play.

The Rogue Update

When Tale of the White Wyvern launched I felt like the Mage and Warrior were classes we got right but Rogue always seemed too similar to the Warrior class. Frankly it wasn't obvious to me how to make the Rogue different so at launch the Rogue and Warrior... Read All

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 09/09/2019 at 03:48am

This is cool, but it seems like (D)isappear is going to make the rogue OP. The skill seems perfect for a wyvern fight. I'm sure if I had this before when I fought the wyvern both times, I wouldn't have died at all. I've tried all the classes so far and am currently a mage for the first time. I noticed the mage has more than one magic skill. This new rogue skill will probably get me to try out the new rogue once I beat the wyvern again and get to change class again.

The hats are a cool addition. I may have suggested splitting armor up into different pieces, giving us more use for our gold. I know the last time I killed the wyvern, I had plenty of gold in the bank, which unfortunately went unused and thus lost.

Thanks for the update!

Travis Admin wrote on 09/09/2019 at 03:58am

> The skill seems perfect for a wyvern fight. I'm sure if I had this before when I fought the wyvern both times, I wouldn't have died at all.

Think about it this way-- warrior primal scream can give you a 3x attack, OR the Disappear ability gives you (functionally) a 5x attack, but the Rogue attack strength will generally be lower.

Mage still has White, which can nearly one-hit the wyvern if you've planned well.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/09/2019 at 04:00am

Travis Admin wrote on 09/09/2019 at 04:03am

Yep, that was a typo :D

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/09/2019 at 04:07am

> I know the last time I killed the wyvern, I had plenty of gold in the bank, which unfortunately went unused and thus lost.

We have plans for that gold in other things we plan to add to the game but won't be coming right away. Longer term we will add some fun stuff to grind a lot of gold for.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 09/09/2019 at 04:21am

>Think about it this way-- warrior primal scream can give you a 3x attack, OR the Disappear ability gives you (functionally) a 5x attack, but the Rogue attack strength will generally be lower.

>Mage still has White, which can nearly one-hit the wyvern if you've planned well.

Since you put it that way, it doesn't sound as OP. I also haven't discovered White yet. Thanks for the clarifications!

>We have plans for that gold in other things we plan to add to the game but won't be coming right away. Longer term we will add some fun stuff to grind a lot of gold for.

Cool. I was disappointed to lose my bank account balance, but I also understood how OP you could be if you had money saved to buy better equipment sooner.

Travis Admin wrote on 09/09/2019 at 02:42pm

Haha, oh man, I want to start the game with 50 million gold now. 😂

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 09/09/2019 at 03:28pm

I found Mage's skill pretty much useless up until the Wyvern. The number of times you can use a spell vs the number of fights you have seems a little unbalanced.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/09/2019 at 04:10pm

> The number of times you can use a spell vs the number of fights you have seems a little unbalanced.

I don't quite understand what you mean, sorry.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 09/09/2019 at 04:11pm

The Mage's still is my favorite. I shoot magic missiles for my first fights, so I generally don't take damage, then don't have to heal myself and keep the extra gold!

I'm looking forward to the Rogue update to see how it works out. And can't wait for HATS

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/09/2019 at 04:15pm

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Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 09/09/2019 at 08:52pm

>> The number of times you can use a spell vs the number of fights you have seems a little unbalanced.

>I don't quite understand what you mean, sorry.

Meaning I am forced to use my weapon the majority of the fights. It doesn't feel very balanced to use your spells. A mage should use their spells first and foremost while a weapon should be secondary. I feel like magic is secondary. Maybe I have the wrong expectations here based on other RPGs.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/09/2019 at 09:26pm

> A mage should use their spells first and foremost while a weapon should be secondary.

I totally agree with you here.

> I feel like magic is secondary. Maybe I have the wrong expectations here based on other RPGs.

Expectations are fine, I appreciate you mentioning it.

Two things come to mind when I think about Tale of the White Wyvern and classes and it's simplicity and game balance. No one class should feel markedly overpowered but they all should feel powerful. Frankly I think Mage is the most powerful class in the game right now, and we might fix that but I loathe nerfs.

For such a simple game, you can take many paths in Tale of the White Wyvern on how you play the game. Much of this is how you'd play an RPG like Diablo in that you pick your class and then as you level you can't pick a different path, it's fairly permanent. We allow dual classing too and depending on when you dual class you could have dramatically less skill points that someone else by the time you fight the Wyvern. When you balance a fight like the Wyvern you want it to feel hard but also accessable so a reasonable player that made good choices would kill it. We're not the kind of game where I want to dramatically penalize someone for making the wrong choices. I'd rather create a game where people can make choices and see how it lands and you might have a less fun time with some of your choices but it's not too far to the Wyvern to reset and start over and make better choices.

So to keep the game balanced at the core if you take Mage, Rogue and Warrior skills off the table we have everyone level up and gain the same amount of stats and have all weapons, armor and hats(to come on Thursday) be the same. This makes the game a bit vanilla but means that what choices we do allow you effect how easy or hard it is to kill monsters in the forest, PvP or the Wyvern.

Since I don't want one class to be the best class at killing the Wyvern I limit skills so it's easier to balance the game. Kind of like in Diablo III where all your Magic power is derived from your weapon.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/09/2019 at 09:37pm

Also. It might be worth considering that we change the class name to something that's more like a fighter with magical abilities. That would being it more in line with what the class is, which is kind of a hybrid.

I want to build what you are talking about Will, i'm just wondering if we do how that might effect the simplicity of the game? It would be fun to work on for sure.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 09/09/2019 at 09:48pm

> Frankly I think Mage is the most powerful class in the game right now, and we might fix that but I loathe nerfs.

I must have played Mage horribly then, as so far I found it to be the weakest. :P

> Also. It might be worth considering that we change the class name to something that's more like a fighter with magical abilities. That would being it more in line with what the class is, which is kind of a hybrid.

I like this. Going into it, I expected to find a traditional Mage and was disappointed when I found a class similar to the Warrior with some magic sprinkled in. The class felt more like how I would play a Paladin than a Mage.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/09/2019 at 10:11pm

> I must have played Mage horribly then, as so far I found it to be the weakest. :P

White is a 10x attack. Mage has the worst random skill gain (+3 hp) but with white, wowee, get ready for the hurt Wyvern!

> I like this. Going into it, I expected to find a traditional Mage and was disappointed when I found a class similar to the Warrior with some magic sprinkled in. The class felt more like how I would play a Paladin than a Mage.

Cool. Travis and I will think more about this and see what we can cook up.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 09/09/2019 at 10:36pm

> White is a 10x attack. Mage has the worst random skill gain (+3 hp) but with white, wowee, get ready for the hurt Wyvern!

I did use White to knock Wyvern out.

jaelte wrote on 09/10/2019 at 04:25am

What's the matter, you didn't want to name the hat store after your most heroic of players, Rather Dashing? Rather Dashing's Haberdashery has a nice ring to it, does it not? ;-)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/10/2019 at 03:44pm

It really does. 🤣

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/12/2019 at 03:12am

Just pushed the update out a bit early (enjoy)!

One other change we made was balance the Mage's White attack from a 10x -> 7x.

It was entirely too overpowered and now it feels good but not insane.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 09/12/2019 at 04:41am

Damn, why'd you have to "balance" the Mage before I kill the wyvern w/ it. ;( I'll try the Rogue after I beat the wyvern w/ my Mage.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/12/2019 at 01:31pm

If it’s any consolation I’m a Mage about to take on the Wyvern. This is one of the reasons why I loathe nerfs. There is never a good time.

Travis Admin wrote on 09/12/2019 at 02:46pm

If it makes you feel better, White is still massively powerful!

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 09/12/2019 at 10:19pm

I love the hats and the new Rogue ability. Thanks guys!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/13/2019 at 03:01am

I love Will Ball for loving the hats and the new Rogue ability.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 09/13/2019 at 06:02am

The hats give me something more to spend my gold on, yet also distract me from trying to save up for that 4 million gold armor and weapon LOL. I did like how different hats have different stats or stat boosts and I got one I liked and haven't died in the forest since. I also enjoy the names you've given to armor, weapons, and hats. You guys have some funny names! There's a Newman's set of armor and a weapon I always buy.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 09/13/2019 at 06:06am

Oh and although lots of FPS doesn't seem to make a difference for me, I'm wondering how much FPS I'll lose in playing at a higher resolution. I probably still won't notice, except for a counter to just see. I imagine the higher resolution for gaming will probably or possibly be noticeable.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 09/13/2019 at 02:05pm

Did GregoPeck get the CGA graphics patch? :P

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/13/2019 at 03:21pm

Hahaha prob commented in the wrong post.

Travis Admin wrote on 09/13/2019 at 04:59pm

Wait for the webGL patch, where we render that text using your graphics card!

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 09/13/2019 at 05:14pm

Wait, do you guys have color monitors?

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 09/13/2019 at 05:27pm

I downloaded the secret high resolution text pack. LOL Kidding...yeah I commented on the wrong post.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/13/2019 at 05:29pm

You can play Wyvern in 4K and if your monitor is 120hz it will take advantage of that as well.

🤣

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 09/18/2019 at 07:22am

I just confirmed, you cannot one-shot the wyvern with White. I'm not sure how many times I hit it with White, maybe twice. Luckily, I was able to Teleport instead of letting it kill me.

Travis Admin wrote on 09/18/2019 at 07:25pm

You may have been able to one shot the wyvern the first time through. You’re at 3 kills right? It gets harder each time. But I’m not sure you can one shot it on the first time through with reasonable weapons by that level

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 09/18/2019 at 07:30pm

Ok, I bought the 10 million gold hat and it made all the difference. I just killed the wyvern (yes, for my third time).

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Monster Hunt: World Review

Azurephile gives this a solid "Rad" on the Ghost Scale

This is fun, with very few issues, and is well worth your time.

Azurephile gives this a "Rad" on the Ghost Scale

This is fun, with very few issues, and is well worth your time.

Review

Recommended

Prepare (including crafting), hunt, collect materials, repeat. Simple, but still deep.

14 different types of weapons

Single and multiplayer content

Controller and keyboard and mouse support

Premise: Monster Hunter is a Capcom game series. It has been around for a while and is very popular in Japan. Monster Hunter: World is now Capcom’s top selling game, which is truly a success. The game is simple with depth. The premise of the game is to hunt monsters, collect materials, craft items, and repeat. The process of doing this is also simple; prepare for a hunt, hunt a monster, collect materials, craft items, and repeat the process. This small process... Read All

Wear Your Love For Cheerful Ghost and Tale of the White Wyvern On Your Sleeve... Literally!

You want some swag? Who doesn't want swag? We've just launched the Cheerful Ghost Zazzle shop, where you can get shirts and mugs for Tale of the White Wyvern.

We have two Tale mugs to choose from-- one black text on a white mug, and the other with the full purple/teal/fuchsia color scheme you know and love from the game. We call this the "Janky AF Version" because, the way the Zazzle printing works... it looks a little janky. But we love it and hope you do too.

As for Tale shirts, you can choose the classic black shirt with white text, a black shirt with white/teal/fuchsia text, or the super special purple shirt with white/teal/fuchsia text!

We gave you some options... Read All

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/06/2019 at 04:06am

What Travis failed to mention is that he means buy 20k shirts and things per month! That would be super.

Seriously, happy we finally have this so I can rep the game I made. I know it's a bit self aggrandizing but I never thought it be able to buy a shirt for a game I made. Maybe you might like it too? It's possible, that said, I'll always have one and I'm really happy about that.

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/06/2019 at 04:08am

ALSO Zazzle has, seemingly, endless 15% off and other codes so if you want to save now, you can. I imagine they will have more and if they do we'll let you know if the stuff dips to a price you'd rather pull the trigger on.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 09/06/2019 at 04:35am

Thank you for naming a version after me!

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 09/06/2019 at 04:38am

Those are rad shirts. I appreciate the simple DOS design! And the purple looks pretty great :)

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 09/06/2019 at 04:50am

Ordered a shirt. You better put that $1.50 to good use!

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/06/2019 at 05:43am

Done and done!

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 09/06/2019 at 06:04am

There's the announcement I was waiting for! I noticed the new icon and hit Jon up w/ a message.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 09/07/2019 at 06:22pm

Jon, has your kid made my shirt yet?

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/07/2019 at 07:35pm

I don't know but apparently he made mine because it just shipped!

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