I was 'hacked' too. I 'friend' went into my account, removed me from my guild, deleted my 3 characters and 140k gold (whether or not he took the or deleted it I do not know.)
Amoung my characters was a monk who had every monk skill in the game, all towns unlocked, both protector titles and 3 15k armors.
I lost all this and I have never posted a topic whining to the community. I simply started anew. I have no sympathy for you.
Hacked Mesmer's Plea
Vahn Roi
Guinevere Ac
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I was 'hacked' too. I 'friend' went into my account, removed me from my guild, deleted my 3 characters and 140k gold (whether or not he took the or deleted it I do not know.)
Amoung my characters was a monk who had every monk skill in the game, all towns unlocked, both protector titles and 3 15k armors. I lost all this and I have never posted a topic whining to the community. I simply started anew. I have no sympathy for you. |
i have sympathy for you losing your characters, don't care whose fault it was.
Vahn Roi
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i'm glad you had the will to keep playing. but thankfully in this world we're not all clones with the same reactions and considering the option for me would be quitting i guess i have the right to try eveything i can.
i have sympathy for you losing your characters, don't care whose fault it was. |
GW is a game, and it's that fact that made it easy for me to start over after everything was deleted.
Acillios
I just think, if someone deserved it to get their character back, it was you. All your titles show so much dedication to the game, that you just deserve it. Checked the 'Show your title progress' thread in Screenshot Forum enough to see all of your incredible titles. I just think A-net should do something about it. Give back your mesmer or something else, but just something for one of their most dedicated players IMO.
Vahn Roi
I would think a true sign of dedication would be not for this person to whine for their account to be restored, but for them to do all those things again.
wilson
I really feel terribly sorry for you. I just don't know what I would do if this would happen to me. I would not mind at all if your account was restored, even with all the gold, materials or whatever else you happended to have on your characters or in your storage at the moment it was deleted. There’s really only one person here to blame and that’s the one who hacked your account and deleted all your belongings.
Good luck and don’t lose hope.
Good luck and don’t lose hope.
Mourne
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In which case my only advice for you is to have a life outside of GW, that way, when something like this happens it wont be such a big deal.
GW is a game, and it's that fact that made it easy for me to start over after everything was deleted. |
And please, don't try to insult someone by saying "get a life". Worst and stupidest thing to say in any game. You and her/him are obviously different, so how she/he plays is actually none of your business.
Just stay on the topic, she/he didn't ask if you had any sympathy in the problem, just wants to know if anyone can help.
All I can say is I feel for you. I know what it's like to lose things in video games and be pissed over it. Reminds me of my Diablo 2 days where my lightning sorceress gear was stolen ><. Over $200 dollars worth of gear if I decided to sell it....
Anyway, good luck on getting the character back, unfortunatly, I don't think anything will happen
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Acillios
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Vahn Roi
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Who in the hell cares if GW is just a game? The point is, a shitload of time was put into the character, and obviously had many achievements. So what if someone actually cares about their character. If you spend alot of time on something, doesn't matter what it is, you will get hurt whenever it is taken away from you.
And please, don't try to insult someone by saying "get a life". Worst and stupidest thing to say in any game. You and her/him are obviously different, so how she/he plays is actually none of your business. Just stay on the topic, she/he didn't ask if you had any sympathy in the problem, just wants to know if anyone can help. All I can say is I feel for you. I know what it's like to lose things in video games and be pissed over it. Reminds me of my Diablo 2 days where my lightning sorceress gear was stolen ><. Over $200 dollars worth of gear if I decided to sell it.... Anyway, good luck on getting the character back, unfortunatly, I don't think anything will happen . |
When something like this happens, you lose nothing but time you were already throwing away.
Avarre
Simply incredible. What is wrong with some of you people?
Vahn, your 'holier than thou' attitude is disgusting. You make blatant assumptions about Guinevere and try to justify them with 'I lost everything too'. The difference is what you lost is so incredibly nothing in comparison, and that it was far more directly caused by your own stupidity. It's alot easier to start over when you lose alot less, and when you already mention you split time among characters rather than dedicating yourself. Quite like a person saying 'I got UAX by myself, how is it fair other people get to buy them in the shop?' It doesn't and shouldn't matter to you, what you achieve and value are what you do.
Resp, just shut up. You're senseless and if protecting one's achievements is an 'inability to think of other things except a game', then I don't see why you even bother posting here. Go, be free outside, dance around chasing butterflies. Not to mention people can have friends in-game.
It's fairly clear that Anet should have a backup of character profiles that they can restore to players. The fact that they can rollback proves the capability. A character backup, regardless of whether Anet feels a heavily developed character is important or not, is as sensible to have as a reconnect feature, and both should be available to all players.
Nothing more to say... already knew about this, and there's not much I can do here.
Vahn, your 'holier than thou' attitude is disgusting. You make blatant assumptions about Guinevere and try to justify them with 'I lost everything too'. The difference is what you lost is so incredibly nothing in comparison, and that it was far more directly caused by your own stupidity. It's alot easier to start over when you lose alot less, and when you already mention you split time among characters rather than dedicating yourself. Quite like a person saying 'I got UAX by myself, how is it fair other people get to buy them in the shop?' It doesn't and shouldn't matter to you, what you achieve and value are what you do.
Resp, just shut up. You're senseless and if protecting one's achievements is an 'inability to think of other things except a game', then I don't see why you even bother posting here. Go, be free outside, dance around chasing butterflies. Not to mention people can have friends in-game.
It's fairly clear that Anet should have a backup of character profiles that they can restore to players. The fact that they can rollback proves the capability. A character backup, regardless of whether Anet feels a heavily developed character is important or not, is as sensible to have as a reconnect feature, and both should be available to all players.
Nothing more to say... already knew about this, and there's not much I can do here.
Omega X
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That's a fact? Really? Where did you see this? Any, and I mean ANY company that deals with ANYTHING on computers and wouldn't do backups and restorations would be dead in days.
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Vahn Roi
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Well, if you put so much time in your account, and it would be hacked and your character would be deleted, would you think the same? Don't think so
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fenix
wow...I feel bad and it's not even me. I enjoyed watching Guinevere posting up her titles as she got closer and closer to KoaBD, and then 6/5, 7/5 etc. The fact that there's even an account like this in the game (and r7 :O) is insane. I think Anet should do the right thing, and fix the account back the way it was, as it's partly their fault people are being hacked.
But seriously, if you decide to play again Guinevere, feel free to pm me, I'd love to help you get back the amazing title screen which you spent so much time achieving.
But seriously, if you decide to play again Guinevere, feel free to pm me, I'd love to help you get back the amazing title screen which you spent so much time achieving.
Vahn Roi
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Simply incredible. What is wrong with some of you people?
Vahn, your 'holier than thou' attitude is disgusting. You make blatant assumptions about Guinevere and try to justify them with 'I lost everything too'. The difference is what you lost is so incredibly nothing in comparison, and that it was far more directly caused by your own stupidity. It's alot easier to start over when you lose alot less, and when you already mention you split time among characters rather than dedicating yourself. Quite like a person saying 'I got UAX by myself, how is it fair other people get to buy them in the shop?' It doesn't and shouldn't matter to you, what you achieve and value are what you do. Resp, just shut up. You're senseless and if protecting one's achievements is an 'inability to think of other things except a game', then I don't see why you even bother posting here. Go, be free outside, dance around chasing butterflies. Not to mention people can have friends in-game. It's fairly clear that Anet should have a backup of character profiles that they can restore to players. The fact that they can rollback proves the capability. A character backup, regardless of whether Anet feels a heavily developed character is important or not, is as sensible to have as a reconnect feature, and both should be available to all players. Nothing more to say... already knew about this, and there's not much I can do here. |
I feel if anything the fact that I have been through this gives more than enough right to express my opinions on this matter how I see fit, thank you.
Guinevere Ac
please. dont highjack this discussion flaming. I understand that people can have different opinions and we accept those. we can discuss quietly, just dont post aiming at turning this in a flamefest to make it closed.
avoid fueling flames aswell. i truly need this to stay open.
ty
anyway. proving that i truly care nothing about cash i'm giving away all the cash i have atm.
should have around 420k available, so let's say 4 winners gets 100k each.
just sign providing ingame name then i'll /roll ingame tomorror
avoid fueling flames aswell. i truly need this to stay open.
ty
anyway. proving that i truly care nothing about cash i'm giving away all the cash i have atm.
should have around 420k available, so let's say 4 winners gets 100k each.
just sign providing ingame name then i'll /roll ingame tomorror
Cyan The Archer
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Who in the hell cares if GW is just a game? The point is, a shitload of time was put into the character, and obviously had many achievements. So what if someone actually cares about their character. If you spend alot of time on something, doesn't matter what it is, you will get hurt whenever it is taken away from you.
And please, don't try to insult someone by saying "get a life". Worst and stupidest thing to say in any game. You and her/him are obviously different, so how she/he plays is actually none of your business. Just stay on the topic, she/he didn't ask if you had any sympathy in the problem, just wants to know if anyone can help. |
Guinevere Ac
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He/she wasn't insulting, he/she just told him to get a life outside GW. Because it was obvious that Guinevere Ac put ALOT freetime in his character.
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it's the main point. would never be able to restart such a character from scratch now. we're not on holidays anymore. 4+ hours a day to play guild wars is something i can only dream of so nope, can't start a new character making that complete and my only alternative to quitting is having my old mesmer back in a way or another.
Yichi
Guinevere Ac:
I know exacticalyl how you feel. About a month ago my account was hacked much in the same way that youre was. my password wasnt even in english...
but i lost 3 characters in full fissure, rare req 8 weapons, perfect items, titles, materials, various things that i had collected and used in my time in guildwars. My monk was the monk my main character that had well over 3 million in items/armors/skills capped/etc.. warrior, ele, ranger all had about 2 mill each invested...
As in your post on GWonline, i too have screenshots of my character idling in the guildhall while they took everything off my account and even laughed and bragged to my guildmates about them doing it just for the fact they could. and even with these screenshots sent in by multiple people from my guild/aliance (in different aliance now), sadly there was nothing that i could do to get those characters back.
Its heartbreaking to know how much you work for something that you want and something that you invest so much time into to have taken from you. All i can say is please dont give up[. when u give up they truly win as they have taken your spirit. while yes its hard to start over, a month later i have almost rebuilt my account (granted not to the point of where it was) to where i have similar items, while not as rare serve the same purpose, and settles on a less expensive armor for now than fow. i have all my chars back, some redone from female to male for a change, and back to being able to compete in gvg with them as per my choosing.
i can tell that you loved playing your account and your character and i can relate to how you feel as per what happened to you, just dont give up. If its what you want, then youll get it back, just going to take a little time and patience and a few good friends to help ya along the way. if im not in gvg, ill be more than glad to help ya in any way i can for map exploring, missions, etc... just message me in game
Again, sorry for your loss
I know exacticalyl how you feel. About a month ago my account was hacked much in the same way that youre was. my password wasnt even in english...
but i lost 3 characters in full fissure, rare req 8 weapons, perfect items, titles, materials, various things that i had collected and used in my time in guildwars. My monk was the monk my main character that had well over 3 million in items/armors/skills capped/etc.. warrior, ele, ranger all had about 2 mill each invested...
As in your post on GWonline, i too have screenshots of my character idling in the guildhall while they took everything off my account and even laughed and bragged to my guildmates about them doing it just for the fact they could. and even with these screenshots sent in by multiple people from my guild/aliance (in different aliance now), sadly there was nothing that i could do to get those characters back.
Its heartbreaking to know how much you work for something that you want and something that you invest so much time into to have taken from you. All i can say is please dont give up[. when u give up they truly win as they have taken your spirit. while yes its hard to start over, a month later i have almost rebuilt my account (granted not to the point of where it was) to where i have similar items, while not as rare serve the same purpose, and settles on a less expensive armor for now than fow. i have all my chars back, some redone from female to male for a change, and back to being able to compete in gvg with them as per my choosing.
i can tell that you loved playing your account and your character and i can relate to how you feel as per what happened to you, just dont give up. If its what you want, then youll get it back, just going to take a little time and patience and a few good friends to help ya along the way. if im not in gvg, ill be more than glad to help ya in any way i can for map exploring, missions, etc... just message me in game
Again, sorry for your loss
ThunderStruck
I know I posted on the alliance forums, but I still can't believe someone would hack your character. I was there with Minus as I stared in horror as I saw a level 1 Assassin show up in the GH with your name
Carinae
I don't see why Anet couldn't do this. We KNOW they have character backups, because of the rollback they did earlier. Here they would only need to restore one (or a few) characters and be done.
Especially since the hacking was apparently a result of a bug in the online store. (Right? I'm guessing cleartext passwords on an unencrypted protocol with a packet sniffer upstream? or maybe they were directly hacked and the password file was unencrypted)
They should just say, "Oopsie, since this was our bad, we'll restore the affected characters" .....Sort of a 'One Time Only character restoration'
Especially since the hacking was apparently a result of a bug in the online store. (Right? I'm guessing cleartext passwords on an unencrypted protocol with a packet sniffer upstream? or maybe they were directly hacked and the password file was unencrypted)
They should just say, "Oopsie, since this was our bad, we'll restore the affected characters" .....Sort of a 'One Time Only character restoration'
Guinevere Ac
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Guinevere Ac:
I know exacticalyl how you feel. About a month ago my account was hacked much in the same way that youre was. my password wasnt even in english... but i lost 3 characters in full fissure, rare req 8 weapons, perfect items, titles, materials, various things that i had collected and used in my time in guildwars. My monk was the monk my main character that had well over 3 million in items/armors/skills capped/etc.. warrior, ele, ranger all had about 2 mill each invested... As in your post on GWonline, i too have screenshots of my character idling in the guildhall while they took everything off my account and even laughed and bragged to my guildmates about them doing it just for the fact they could. and even with these screenshots sent in by multiple people from my guild/aliance (in different aliance now), sadly there was nothing that i could do to get those characters back. Its heartbreaking to know how much you work for something that you want and something that you invest so much time into to have taken from you. All i can say is please dont give up[. when u give up they truly win as they have taken your spirit. while yes its hard to start over, a month later i have almost rebuilt my account (granted not to the point of where it was) to where i have similar items, while not as rare serve the same purpose, and settles on a less expensive armor for now than fow. i have all my chars back, some redone from female to male for a change, and back to being able to compete in gvg with them as per my choosing. i can tell that you loved playing your account and your character and i can relate to how you feel as per what happened to you, just dont give up. If its what you want, then youll get it back, just going to take a little time and patience and a few good friends to help ya along the way. if im not in gvg, ill be more than glad to help ya in any way i can for map exploring, missions, etc... just message me in game Again, sorry for your loss |
i lost items myself. a lot, without even mentioning it on forums because it's been clear since day 1 that trying to have those back was a lost cause.
restoring items would be dangerous, people would start exploiting it duping weapons and ectos, ruining the game economy on the long term.
items i lost could be easily valued about 1200-1400 ectos (tho probably falling a lot with old skins deflaction caused by nightfall).
i'd be interesting anyway in knowing a couple of things about account log-in screens... as i tried to type intentionaly wrong passwords in my 2nd account. after many many wrong passwords entered i was still able to keep trying. no warning message, nothing. seriously there are not security measures that... let's say, lock an account after a someone enters a wrong password for like 5-10 times in a row? am i the only one that finds this a little strange?
edit: going on entered over 50 wrong passwords and this is all i'm having. i'm allowed to keep trying for a whole night. try it yourself. that should make u all feel safer and well protected
Savio
You'll all free to support or not support the OP, but making the claim that the OP should "get a life" is rather silly, especially considering you all are taking the time to post on a gaming forum. If you're going to argue about anything, use facts, not personal attacks.
broodijzer
whao, this does come as a shock to me. If anyone deserves their char back, it's guinevere, one of the nicest/most loyal persons in GW imo.
Good luck guinevere, maybe you still know me, I provided you with some golds for your wisdom title, RIP
Good luck guinevere, maybe you still know me, I provided you with some golds for your wisdom title, RIP
Kandra Rylan
I don't know what you hope to acheive here. You've gone through the proper channels, they've told you no. I really don't think whining about it on the forum is going to shame them into doing what you want or change their minds. Yes, it really stinks you lost all that work but instead of spending so much energy on what is probably a useless campaign, you could start working on earning all your titles back. I'm sorry this happened to you but at some point you just really need to move on.
Sir Skullcrasher
Hope you get your account back.
FeroxC
You wont get them back its gone, id concentrate on how they got into your account in the first place. Realistically they arnt going to brute force your password and probably havent found some server exploits.
Your pc is probably trojaned and they could be watching your every move and logging every password you enter.
Time to download an antivirus i think !
Your pc is probably trojaned and they could be watching your every move and logging every password you enter.
Time to download an antivirus i think !
moo moo
Ouch sry to hear that. I enjoyed watching your mesmer titles through the forums. I deleted my mesmer with FOW so i could get the survivor title. Just cause i love mesmers so much
Was going to try and catch up with u but now it doesnt matter. Same thing happened to a friend of mine Gir like 3 months ago, he just joined your guild a little while ago also. My password and e-mail are not anything i use at all for my main. I changed everything because of this account stealing stuff.
A-net should do something about this, maybe if we get this to like 300 posts they will notice it is a big problem.
After re-making my mesmer for the 3rd time and salvaging a set of FOW. If this happened to me i would rage in a heartbeat. Its the time u put into it with your character.
Just like say if somebody key-ed my car after the work I put into it. Your going to be pissed off doesnt matter if its a game or not.
I hope everything works out for u.
Same thing happened to a friend of mine Gir like 3 months ago, he just joined your guild a little while ago also. My password and e-mail are not anything i use at all for my main. I changed everything because of this account stealing stuff.A-net should do something about this, maybe if we get this to like 300 posts they will notice it is a big problem.
After re-making my mesmer for the 3rd time and salvaging a set of FOW. If this happened to me i would rage in a heartbeat. Its the time u put into it with your character.
Just like say if somebody key-ed my car after the work I put into it. Your going to be pissed off doesnt matter if its a game or not.
I hope everything works out for u.
Guinevere Ac
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You wont get them back its gone, id concentrate on how they got into your account in the first place. Realistically they arnt going to brute force your password and probably havent found some server exploits.
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i'm paranoid about security. i can safely state that my system was and is completely clean. The paranoid i have made me even quit using a wireless connection months ago returning to my old good fiber/cable. that wireless was crypted, needed a password to connect and the router was allowed to send/received data only to my specific mac-addressed usb key.
that's how much i'm paranoid about security. i format my driver twice a month and perform a full scan for viruses/trojans/spywares/whatever everytime i turn on and turn off my box.
I've never seen someone more paranoid then me about this.
Scavenger Rage
I will repeat everybody and say, I fell bad for you but they will never do what you ask them, and i TOTALY agree whith Anet...
The why's had already been stated so I won't quote them again here...
Sadly the only sulution for now on is to redo everything...
Latter.
The why's had already been stated so I won't quote them again here...
Sadly the only sulution for now on is to redo everything...
Latter.
YunSooJin
I support Guin, but with one caveat : as long as he didnt contribute to his own account's demise.
If this can be blamed with near certainty that it's ANET's fault for poor security, Guinevere should certainly have their character restored, at least in achievements. Any other action ANET takes puts ALL of us in the same jeopardy, for a crisis of ANET's own making.
If this can be blamed with near certainty that it's ANET's fault for poor security, Guinevere should certainly have their character restored, at least in achievements. Any other action ANET takes puts ALL of us in the same jeopardy, for a crisis of ANET's own making.
Arkantos
Damn, that must really suck to lose all that stuff and all your time. It's a shame that theres little chance to get your stuff back. I know what it feels like to get stuff stolen, 2 nights ago I got jumped for my cellphone, and 200$ cash. I hope you find out who did this to you, though.
I hope you find out who did this to you, though.
Fluffyx
As much as it saddens me to see this happen to anyone who plays this game I do not think it is a justified reason to restore anything on your account. Unless you have proof that it was in no way your fault that your account was hacked. Seeing as the person deleted your main character only that narrows it down to someone who has seen you showing off. Not in game persay but perhaps on the forums. I'm not saying you can't show off but in this case it seems to have bit you in the butt. Like it has been said before if they decided to rollback your character they would have to do it for everyone. You're no different then everyone else, just because you have more time put into one character does not mean that you should be put above anyone else. I'm sorry that this happened to you but you do not deserve a rollback anymore then the next person with a legit hacking.
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I will repeat everybody and say, I fell bad for you but they will never do what you ask them, and i TOTALY agree whith Anet...
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I understand that Anet can't make it a habit to restore people's accounts for whatever reason they ask but if the fault was not the person's, but rather Anet's or PlayNC's incredibly lacking security and Anet knows that and recognizes that, I think they should allow these certain few people to be "special cases" and restore what they're asking for.
However, what I think doesn't matter. Anet most likely will not restore anything, despite the fact that it happened because of a fault in their security.
Savio
Decembre
My account had been hacked and my characters were all deleted, I wasn't quite as mad as some would expect from something like that, with 5000 hours spent(some afk) on my Necro and FoW I took my anger elsewhere.
How else to vent your anger other than restarting and kicking the crap outa some monsters that had nothing to do with it.
Yes yes, I see many people cry and whine about being hacked, guess what? It's life, ANet isn't going to bend over backwards for a few people and I realised that. And believe me.. it isn't that bad to start over from the beginning actually it's quite fun, some of you should try it ^_~
That was my random Hacked rant that some of you could benefit from.
How else to vent your anger other than restarting and kicking the crap outa some monsters that had nothing to do with it.
Yes yes, I see many people cry and whine about being hacked, guess what? It's life, ANet isn't going to bend over backwards for a few people and I realised that. And believe me.. it isn't that bad to start over from the beginning actually it's quite fun, some of you should try it ^_~
That was my random Hacked rant that some of you could benefit from.
Sir Skullcrasher
Is it wise to have a secondary account ready just in case your main one gets hacked?
trialist
Ouch, that sucks. Was your case the same as those folks who had their accounts stolen because of PlayNC? You know, where they recieve numerous emails telling them someone attempted to reset their account? If it was, then anet is at least partially at fault. Just another thought, does your guild and/or alliance have forums? Are they secure (not some makeshift forum with nothing that can be called security) and do you have any information there they might have used to hack your account? Not trying to imply anything but sometimes your friends could be your worst enemy. For all you know, it might be someone you know who actually hacked you.
Senator Tom
I know how you feel. My old Warrior, Capitan Sparrow, was the leetest guy around. Then he got deleted. It wasn't me, I didn't get hacked, I just logged on one day and he was replaced with some PvP premade build. I went through the same thing you did, denying that a new character wouldn't cut it, but I made a new character (Ghostly Sparrow) and he's way cool. But if anet is brining back deleted characters, those deleted by the fault of anet should definately be brought back first.
MMSDome
hoyl crap dude i say everyone here pitches in money so you get what you used to have! That really sucks out loud you have my sympathy.
Guild Terror
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hoyl crap dude i say everyone here pitches in money so you get what you used to have! That really sucks out loud you have my sympathy.
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