| Here is a collection of "Dice Advice" for
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| | gamer... complete with diagrams! Be sure
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| your edification and amusement. Do with
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| | to check it out.Rubbing your dice on
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| it what you will. No guarantees. Some of
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| | someone's head is a way of blessing the
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| these ideas seemed to make sense to me
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| | dice. Apparently red-headed people are
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| for a while. But then some other
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| | not good luck though. (I don't understand
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| completely contradictory instruction
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| | this at all. Some of my best friends are
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| comes along and it too makes sense, in
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| | redheads!)Cleansing dice of bad luck is
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| its own superstitious way. The whole
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| | another method of blessing your dice.
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| thing is rather confusing. Read on and
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| | This can be done by burying them in salt,
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| you'll see what I mean.What to wear:
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| | or washing them in cold water or mineral
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| Never thought about the best things to
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| | water. (Holy water might work extra well,
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| wear while gaming? Well don't worry, you
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| | but maybe not for evil characters.) Just
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| don't have to get dressed up to have good
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| | don't use alcohol to remove bad luck from
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| luck. In fact, according to the
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| | your dice... it may remove the ink from
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| traditional stories surrounding the game
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| | the numbers too! Of course, cleansing
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| of Craps, "Dirt brings luck. Wear dirty
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| | dice when they have been performing well,
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| clothes and you'll be lucky." (Hey, that
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| | would be counterproductive. You'll only
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| explains that odd odour wafting out of my
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| | be washing away the good luck (and all
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| local game store the other day. There
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| | that "lucky dirt"!).A "friend of a
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| must have been a lot of REALLY lucky
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| | friend" used to put his dice in his mouth
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| gamers in there!)Where to sit:
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| | and spit them onto the table, for good
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| Well, sitting on a handkerchief while
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| | luck. No-one ever borrowed his dice.
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| gaming is supposed to be lucky. (Best not
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| | Another person, used to keep her dice
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| to combine this one with the "Dirt brings
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| | down her bra. "Boobs bring luck!" she
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| luck" concept... e astride your chair is
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| | maintains.Punishment:
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| lucky too. (Tipping your chair back is
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| | "Bad dice! Go sit in a corner and think
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| not lucky however, especially when we
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| | about what you've done." Uncooperative
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| were teenagers and anyone's mother caught
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| | dice can be coaxed, cleansed, blessed
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| us doing it. Ouch.)Storing Dice:
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| | or... punished for their bad deeds. Some
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| "Never leave a d20 sitting with the #1
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| | folks will leave the offending dice at
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| facing up. It will get used to sitting
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| | home when they go out to play: "House
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| that way, and roll 1's more often." The
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| | Arrest". Some gamers will bring the dice
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| "scientific" excuse for this belief says
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| | to the game, but not let them out of the
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| that there is a "molecular drift" or
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| | dice bag. The bad dice have to sit there
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| "dice creep" due to gravity, causing the
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| | listening to their other dice friends
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| die to become bottom heavy. This would
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| | having fun and rolling merrily, while
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| make more sense if dice were semi-liquid,
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| | they sit in the dark. Other bad dice get
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| but last time I checked all my dice were
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| | out of the bag, but have to sit on the
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| solid. Check yours now, just to be
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| | sidelines and WATCH the other dice
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| sure.On the other hand, "If you leave a
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| | frolicking around. (That's really too
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| d20 sitting with the 20 facing up, it
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| | cruel, I think. It reminds me of high
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| will get tired of being that way, and
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| | school gym class, when I so often waited
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| seldom roll any 20's." Hmmm. Besides, how
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| | for the turn that never came. Sniffle.
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| can I tell which way all those dice
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| | Sob. I'll be okay in a minute.)The worst
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| jumbled up in my dicebag are sitting all
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| | things I've ever heard of people doing to
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| week between games? Oh, such anxiety! I
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| | poor unsuspecting dice are, a) putting
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| think I need a transparent dicebag!Where
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| | them in the toilet (not flushing though),
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| to throw the dice:
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| | b) ejecting them into the atmosphere with
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| Well, on the table is good... but not
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| | a slingshot, and c) taking a blow torch
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| just any table. Highly polished tables
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| | to them. (This latter, as a dice lover, I
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| are bad luck... something to do with
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| | regard as outright murder. "Someone call
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| mirrors reversing things, giving you the
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| | the cops, an innocent die is dying!" The
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| opposite of what you want I guess.But
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| | dice, in this case, actually were
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| having the dice roll off the table onto
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| | innocent, and not "bad dice" at all. They
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| the floor is bad luck too. When playing
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| | were sacrificed to the gods of luck in
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| Craps the next roll after that is sure to
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| | order to bring good fortune to a newly
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| be a 7 (the least desirable number). Plus
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| | created character.)Testing Dice:
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| you might lose the die, a) in the cat's
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| | I'm not talking about Chi Squared tests
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| dish, b) down the heating vent, c)
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| | here. That's for another article.I'm
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| amongst the collection of cheesies, chip
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| | talking about testing the loyalty,
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| crumbs and dust-bunnies under the gaming
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| | balance and general luckiness of dice
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| table. Any bad luck associated with the
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| | through such highly rigorous methods as
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| dice falling off the table can be
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| | "dice stacking". During a lull in the
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| remedied by having the "Dealer", or the
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| | game, stack up your dice on top of one
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| in our case the GM, pick up the errant
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| | another. If any fall off the stack they
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| die and give it back to you. Of course,
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| | are obviously not very loyal to you,
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| some GM's don't like to come out from
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| | making you look foolish like that... so
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| behind the screen for anything... so if
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| | don't use them any more that night.If any
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| you keep asking them to chase down your
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| | fall off the stack and land on really
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| dice you just might find you luck gets a
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| | good numbers, well, that's different.
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| LOT worse all of a sudden "Why do all the
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| | Maybe they are going out of their way to
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| monsters seem to be going after me
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| | prove how lucky they are, and you should
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| tonight?! Oh, would you pick up my d6,
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| | give them another chance. Kindness
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| again?"What (not) to say:
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| | counts, I figure. (I'm not the murderous
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| Never say "You need anything but a 1",
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| | type, as you know.) Call me soft, if you
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| because that jinxes the roll. This goes
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| | like, but I like my dice, and if I'm nice
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| along with the idea that while playing
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| | to them maybe theyll give me that natural
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| Craps no-one is to mention the number 7.
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| | 20 when I really need it!!Thanks to
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| By mentioning undesirable numbers, you
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| | Maddman, Rogan, Voz, Ashtal, Kyle,
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| are summoning them. So, logically (if I
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| | SolomonGrundy, Jangling Jack, Dr A,
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| may use that word in this context)
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| | Bregh, LurkMonkey, Bagpuss, Keith, Rob,
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| calling out "Come on 20!" would be
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| | Jason, Kim, Cor, and Lawrence for input
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| summoning a 20. Someone told me he always
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| | for this article.Brigid Skelton is an
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| says "Hit! You bloody bastard!" while
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| | illustrator and writer, and has helped to
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| rolling to hit. (Apparently swigging beer
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| | run the online store Advancing Hordes
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| before exclaiming this, is part of the
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| | Dice and Miniatures at since 2003.
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| charm.)Blessings:
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| | Advancing Hordes specializes in unusual
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| The Hackmaster Player's Handbook has a
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| | Polyhedral dice and fine miniatures from
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| great section in the back of the book on
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| | around the world. They carry dice with 3
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| dice rituals et cetera. In it they
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| | to 100 sides, handmade dice, stone and
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| outline a method of blessing a die by
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| | metal dice in a myriad of shapes and
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| rubbing it on the signature of a famous
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| | sizes.
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