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06/21/02 03:14:54 PM  
Name: Yoni Roll
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Comments: Actually now- after looking in the picture- it's an obvious intentional hand in order to evoid a goal. This definitely should have been a penalty kick + red card to Frings.
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06/21/02 03:08:45 PM  
Name: Yoni Roll
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Comments: Roelof- look on: http://yonir.0catch.com/pictures/frings.jpg It's a picture that shows Frings hand stop
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06/21/02 02:54:47 PM  
Name: Manu
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Comments: Matt is a legend ! Whaooo ! How lucky are we to sign the same guestbook that a "legend" of minesweeper !
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06/21/02 02:31:57 PM  
Name: Yoni Roll
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Comments: Cool! David- good job on getting our community in there It is an internet version of a printed newspaper, right?
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06/21/02 02:26:10 PM  
Name: Yoni Roll
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Comments: Roelof, it might haven't cross the line because one of the german defenders stoped it with his hand... (I'm not sure if intentionally or by mistake) So if not a goal then a penalty kick at least
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06/21/02 02:19:50 PM  
Name: David Barry
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Comments: Minesweeper has made the big time: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/06/21/1023864502676.html This is from the Sydney Morning Herald, one of the leading Aussie newspapers. (scroll down about half-way to the "Supremacy conceded" section. I would like to emphasise what Manu said about necessary clicks. IT ONLY WORKS FOR TOTAL NO-FLAGGERS. Thankyou. I have been meaning to comment on this for a while but never got around to it. That aside, any 11 on int. is worthy of praise. Well done Damien.
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06/21/02 09:15:26 AM  
Name: Roelof
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Comments: Congrats Damien. I don't think that ball crossed the line Yoni. Anyway, I think Germany is playing quite consistent through the tournament so far. And they did score, the USA failed at that point. Revenge... they eliminated Mexico I hope the final will be Turkey-Spain now...
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06/21/02 09:02:35 AM  
Name: Matt
Best expert: 55
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Comments: Good job Damien, you deserve it. And the board you got takes 40 clicks. I just got a 12 on it last week that should have been faster (of course). Also, the dreamboard takes 27 clicks and Dan's 11 takes less than the dreamboard. I dont know where you got your numbers.
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06/21/02 08:36:23 AM  
Name: Yoni Roll
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Comments: I count clicks the same way.. Congrats Manu!
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06/21/02 08:05:43 AM  
Name: damien
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Comments: i just looked at the 13 i got my last record on and which is posted in the lists...possible in 27 clicks theoretically, but it'd be a hell of a job getting those little openings in one click each. Matt's 10 takes 29, Lasse's 12 takes 29 Dan's 11 takes 28 theoretically. 'grats to lasse who (watching vid) did it in 30 clicks.
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06/21/02 07:54:00 AM  
Name: damien
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Comments: i don't remember who started the counting...i know stephan lasse matt were involved and i think vincent...i think we all use the same method, namely the minimum number of left clicks assuming knowing where all the openings are so they can be found in one click. I recounted and my board takes 40 clicks. It's the dreamboard up three rows and to the right by about six. I have a pic of course, but i really wish i'd been playing with video. To whoever inquired: the last gb 2000 will be downloadable soon. 'grats Manu.
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06/21/02 07:52:47 AM  
Name: Manu
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Comments: I'm used to count the clicks the same way than you Stephan, but don't forget that this method gives the minimum clicks WITH THE NON-FLAGGING METHOD. In some situations, you can avoid 1 or 2 clicks thanks to a flag.
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06/21/02 07:34:04 AM  
Name: Manu
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06/21/02 07:07:51 AM  
Name: Stephan
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Comments: Another topic: Benny Benjamin suggested to call my method counting optimal clicks "3BV" (Bechtel's Board Benchmark Value). I think, Lasse (or some other guys) used the method longer than me. If Lasse was the inventor, the name should probably be NBBV (or something like that). What do you think? Follow the link to watch how I'm counting.
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06/21/02 06:44:54 AM  
Name: Stephan
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Comments: Sorry, Dan and other U.S. guys. Your team really was the better one. Without Kahn we had probably lost most of the games of this WC. - Got my 6th 16 yesterday. I had 3x 16 this period, but nothing better.
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06/21/02 06:41:17 AM  
Name: Yoni Roll
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Comments: Well, now my "flag map" is wrong.. But I think USA was better then Germany- and they also had a goal 'canceled' (is it the correct word?) although I think it shouldn't had been..
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06/21/02 06:25:30 AM  
Name: Dan Cerveny
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Comments: DAMN! That was easily the best the US played so far in the World Cup, but they just couldn't score. We were SO CLOSE!!! That one shot was a couple inches from going in.
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06/21/02 05:31:53 AM  
Name: Dan Cerveny
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Comments: Great job, Damien. I've been playing intermediate quite fast the last two days, but I haven't been blessed with any great boards so I've only managed a few 14s.
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06/21/02 03:06:55 AM  
Name: Georgi Kermekchiev
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Comments: Perfect Damien!!! Do you have video or screenshot?
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06/21/02 03:03:41 AM  
Name: David Barry
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Comments: Heheheh, sometimes I wish I bet on sports...
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06/21/02 01:32:11 AM  
Name: Yoni Roll
Best expert: 65
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Comments: Congratulations Damien! Sorry James and Matthew- I'm afraid England have just lost... So my "flag map" is fine untill now - however I think it won't be in 4.5 hours from now.. but who know?
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06/20/02 09:20:00 PM  
Name: Damien
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Comments: h* s*!! man, that feels good. i've been totally pissed off all day and i decided to play for a bit...got 59, 55, 57, 59 on expert and i wrote it off as hopeless and was going to quit, but i switched to int, game 1 a 17 then a 21 and then partway through the next game I saw that distinctive patch of red 3's on the right side of the board...I JUST GOT A F* 11. if this board was memorized then it's possible to do this one in 39 clicks (dreamboard which Matt got 10 takes 29 optimally)..i feel good, mmn.
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06/20/02 06:38:16 PM  
Name: james
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Comments: ET: I agree with you on all points except for your assertion that ice hockey is not an international game. The IIHF has 63 member nations, from all of the 6 inhabited continents. Your comments would seem to alienate well over half of the worlds population. True, 63 members does not compare to FIFA's 203 members but ice hockey is most definetly an international game; however, it is, admitedly, an elitest games meant only for the wealthiest of countries. Conclusion: Football kicks ass. Nice to see some new sweepers posting here. Go England! james
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06/20/02 01:04:51 PM  
Name: ET Khor
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Comments: Matthew : Welcome! Sebastian : Your scores are actually quite impressive for someone that just found out about this site. Anyway, welcome again. Right, onto football. Yes, the game is vulnerable to cheats (accidental or intentional), and some ppl argue that that's the way the game is. It's been like that for so many years now, and it should still be. Well, I do have to say that sports, like everything else should move along with modern times. Not to say that football is an old, outdated game, it's just that 50 years ago, things like video replays didn't exist. Well, now that it does, shouldn't we use it? I suppose having video replays reduces a lot of the role of a ref, but then, I don't think the game looses anything. Unless you're arguing that the "uniqueness" is lost (whatever that is). As for offside rules, hockey (no, not ice hockey, the field hockey the rest of the world plays) took away the offside rule a few years ago. This was to encourage more attacking play. I don't know how effective that has been, cause i don't follow hockey that much. But who knows, football may do the same?
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06/20/02 11:40:48 AM  
Name: Matthew
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Comments: Hello, im new to this site and i am very impressed with the records, im confussed by a few things though. One, if the minesweeper boards are made randomly then surely there must be a chance of 1 second in expert. Also i get stuck often in expert and finish few games, is there a way around this? Finally COME ON ENGLAND!!
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06/20/02 09:49:43 AM  
Name: Matt
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Comments: Ijust added a lot of videos to my site including one from Georgi, a 12 and assorted others from me, and a 57 and others from Owen. Take a look.
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06/20/02 08:12:24 AM  
Name: Marc Schouten
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Comments: Hi Sebastian, Welcome to the site. Yours is pretty much the standard reaction to finding the high scores list. If you want professional advice, just ask. You probably won't get better advice than from the guys that frequent this guestbook. You could also watch the videos that many of us have made of our games. Check the links to the personal home pages on the front page of this site for tons of high quality videos.
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06/20/02 07:00:50 AM  
Name: Sebastian Riether
Best expert: 71
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Comments: Hi everyone, I'm a 22 year old student from Aachen, Germany (no, we won't become worldchampion) and it's really shocking to find high scores like THAT! I have never met anyone who can sweep mines as good as I can, but it seems that I still have to improve a lot. I usually play 1-2 hours per day when I'm at home, so maybe I will be faster trying more. Until now my one and only focus was on expert level, considering especially beginners being boring at last. I'd be very thankful for professional support. Sebastian
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06/20/02 04:01:04 AM  
Name: Marc Schouten
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Comments: Old offside: a player is offside if there are fewer than two players of the opposite side between him and the goal, regardless of his involvement in the attack. New offside: a player can only be offside if he's actively involved in the attack.
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06/20/02 12:07:20 AM  
Name: Yoni Roll
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Comments: Benny, You decipherde my flag map correctly And my tests are fine until now Thanks still have the important ones on 26, 28 though... I also don't see any reason not to view replays in order to decide on problematic situations. What was the old offside method?
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06/19/02 11:28:55 PM  
Name: Georgi Kermekchiev
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Comments: Damien, Are you going to place the second 2000 messages of the guestbook for download (as the first 2000)?
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06/19/02 09:47:07 PM  
Name: David Barry
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Comments: Hello there everybody, I am now in Brisbane, but without a good minesweeping mouse, so I will probably not be doing much sweeping for a while, though I'll certainly check back here and might even submit active ranking times (probably about 6-27-81 or something). You may now return to discussing the soccer.
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06/19/02 09:46:48 PM  
Name: David Barry
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Comments: Hello there everybody, I am now in Brisbane, but without a good minesweeping mouse, so I will probably not be doing much sweeping for a while, though I'll certainly check back here and might even submit active ranking times (probably about 6-27-81 or something). You may now return to discussing the soccer.
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06/19/02 07:37:26 PM  
Name: james
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Comments: OK, maybe 2 Oficials would not work. But I think that 4 Assistants would be great, especially if they actually assisted the head official once in a while. There should also definetely be video replay. It does not take long to review a play. In the NHL there has been video replay and it is great, especially for viewing questionable goals. It is easier in hockey though, as the game clock stops with every whistle. In the NFL (fake footbal)each team is allowed to question 3 plays a game. Perhaps this would be a beter fit for football. Then a team who believes it has been screwed could request a video overview. My picks: England vs. Turkey, Germany vs. Spain, England beats Spain in the final.
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06/19/02 03:31:50 PM  
Name: Benny Benjamin
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Comments: Oops, I just made it worse.... See if this one is closer: USA-Germany ->USA ------------------------------->Spain Korea-Spain ->Spain |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||---------->Spain Senegal-Turkey -> Senegal ------------------------------->Brazil Brazil-England -> Brazil
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06/19/02 03:26:36 PM  
Name: Benny Benjamin
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Comments: I'll try to decipher Yoni's flag map: USA-Germany ->USA ->Spain Korea-Spain ->Spain ->Spain Senegal-Turkey -> Senegal ->Brazil Brazil-England -> Brazil In other words USA-Spain and Brazil-Senegal in the semi's and Spain-Brazil in the final with Spain winning. Is that right Yoni? And how are you going with the tests? Brad : Congrats Owen: Congrats on your poker win Scott: Call me dull if you like, I'll call you a ,
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06/19/02 02:56:17 PM  
Name: Sorin
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Comments: I just remember why I stopped watchig football a few years ago and turned to basketball. The unjustice is far to great. I didn't wanted Italy to lose like that. I think the old offside system was better. It was easyer to spot an offside. With this system the referee has to look in two different directions in the same time. It's true he has two eyes but...they point in the same dirrection. Anyway, I would vote for the removal of offsides of any kind. Oh well, this is how it is and we can't change it...
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06/19/02 02:42:16 PM  
Name: Elmar
Best expert: 69
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Comments: ups, forgot to mention my best time is 69!!
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06/19/02 02:38:54 PM  
Name: Elmar
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Comments: i just played my second sub 70 board! .... in 69 secs!! and what's even worse, i played a 70 earlier today. i hate this game.
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06/19/02 12:17:19 PM  
Name: Roelof
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Comments: I dont agree with Scott at all. Most of you wont have seen the Dutch Cup Final. My team (FC Utrecht) finished 7th in the league after a decent season, but they reached the cup final as well. Our fans were really happy: the last time we reached the cup final was in 1985, 17 years ago! In the final, we played against our biggest rival, arrogant "lucky Ajax". In the 21st minute, Egyptian striker Mido scores 0-1 for Ajax, but after 56 minutes Yugoslavian striker Igor Gluscevic equalises. In the 76th minute, Gluscevic scores again, from the spotkick (Ajax-fans will say it wasn't a penalty, but there was definitely contact). In the last 10 seconds of injury time, Wamberto makes it 2-2. But, as the whole stadium saw immediately, and the video replay made clear as well, Wamberto was about 2 metres offside. If the assistant-referee would have put his flag into the air, the cup would have been Utrecht's. Now, Zlatan Ibrahimovic was able to score Ajax' Golden Goal... 17 years we waited for another final, another trophy, but because of this amateur-with-flag, our dreams were destroyed. Now Italy has 5 goals dissallowed this tournament. With at least 4 there was no problem at all. Senegal gets a penalty after an awful "Schwalbe" by Diouf and scores an offside goal in the same match. When you see Uruguay's comeback, it's obvious they could have beaten the Africans. Maradona was able to score with his hand against England in 1986. Just a few examples of destroyed dreams and hopes. "It's the charm of the game" people like Scott say. There is no charm in these situations at all. It is destroying the most beautiful game in the world. With a 4th official who can watch video replays and tell the referee whether a decision was correct or not (which can happen in a few seconds), the sport becomes much more honest. Salve Roelof
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06/19/02 10:16:30 AM  
Name: Scott Storm
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Comments: The current system is perfect for soccer! I say this because without injustices life can be very dull indeed. True it is a terrible way to lose a game but it is part of the game that I have grown up with! and if your team is a lesser team than the other it is a great way to win, ask any South Korean? also show me a soccer fan that would not like to see Manchester united beaten in the Champions league final by a lesser team on a dodgy decision! and I will in turn show you an extremely dull individual! Sometimes life slaps you in the face but wait around long enough and lady luck will grab your ass in a feisty manner!
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06/19/02 10:13:34 AM  
Name: ET Khor
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Comments: I can think of one problem having too many referees - they may find it difficult to agree on a decision. Then you'll have the referee discussing (and maybe even arguing) between/among them, disrupting the flow of the game. Heh, imagine seeing a referee giving another referee a red card! What about the NBA? Do they use video replays to make a decision on a fault or OB?
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06/19/02 10:13:31 AM  
Name: Owen
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Comments: I've been playing alot of poker recently and getting really into it. Last night I played for 2.5 hours and won 12 euros. Feels good. That makes my last 3 poker nights yielding a profit of 21 euros Good Luck Lads. Owen
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06/19/02 10:11:26 AM  
Name: Owen
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Comments: Just taking a break lads and enjoying the World Cup - At least I was until Ireland was knocked out Such a pity. I had lofty aspirations of us winning the World Cup for the first time ever! Can't believe Stephan got a 55! Well done MateAnd thanks for your words of pity Dan.
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06/19/02 09:32:12 AM  
Name: Roelof
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Comments: Matt's right. Working with 4 assistant-referees and video would be a better idea in my opinion. Got a 71 today in the single expert game I played. Maybe I'll come back...
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06/19/02 09:03:36 AM  
Name: Matt
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Comments: Hey James, I work as a soccer official and can tell you the two referee system has been tested at the high school level and was a dreadful failure. Im not sure of the exact reasons, but it will not be implemented again any time soon.
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06/19/02 08:24:43 AM  
Name: Roelof
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Comments: Damien, when are you going to update the 1 I got on March 14? You can find the screenshot at the AR site.
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06/18/02 10:57:11 PM  
Name: james
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Comments: Oops, my email is:
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06/18/02 10:55:54 PM  
Name: james
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Comments: I watched the Korea-Italy game and although I was hoping for Korea, and I like the Korean's energetic style far more than the Italian's defensive style, I do believe that Italy was robed of the victory; both the red card and the off-side which voided a sure goal were blown calls. Oficiating is, however part of the game, and human error is a given. I think that it would be wise for FIFA to consider a two referee system. The NHL (National Hockey League) did this a few years ago and the result has been less diving and fewer missed and bad calls. The football pitch is far to big, and there are far too many players, for a single referee to accurately officiate. On another note: I would be greatly indebted to anyone who would e-mail me instructions on how to count the fewest possible clicks. I have tried to figure this out myself, but to no avail. James
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06/18/02 07:45:58 PM  
Name: Brad
Best expert: 92
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Comments: Finally broke 100 seconds in expert yesterday
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06/18/02 01:38:05 PM  
Name: Matt McGinley
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Comments: After doing some quick and easy math, I figure that if Lasse keeps his click/sec. ratio that he had in his latest 44 video on Stephan's latest 55 board (118 clicks), then he can easily pull off a 39. Also, if I keep the same ratio that I just had on my 12 on that shift of the dream board (40 clicks), then, theoretically, I can pull off an 8 (8.10 to be precise). Just injecting a little more hope here.
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06/18/02 12:10:02 PM  
Name: Manu
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Comments: I'd like Spain to win too.
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06/18/02 09:09:28 AM  
Name: Roelof
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Comments: Spain, Matt. I hope semi's ENG-TUR and ESP-GER and a final ENG-ESP, with Spain as winner.
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06/18/02 09:02:36 AM  
Name: Matt
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Comments: Im stupid, who is that Yoni's predicting to win? And Im pissed that all the games from now on are either on at 2AM when I need to sleep, or at 7AM when I need to be doing other things...argh.
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06/18/02 08:35:10 AM  
Name: Yoni Roll
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Comments: That was much closer- last try: ------------------ ----------- ----------- ------------- ------------------ Winner:
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06/18/02 08:21:49 AM  
Name: Yoni Roll
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Comments: It didn't.. I'll try it again: ---------------------- ----------- -------------- ----------- ---------------------- Winner: Maybe it will work this way
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06/18/02 08:10:17 AM  
Name: Yoni Roll
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Comments: This is what I want to happen: (not necessarily what I believe will happen) I hope it will be shown correctly..
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06/18/02 07:47:50 AM  
Name: Dan Cerveny
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Comments: That was quite a game between Korea and Italy. I think it is great that Korea won, but Italy sure got hosed when their man was given his 2nd yellow card for a bogus diving call in the penalty box.
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06/18/02 07:45:44 AM  
Name: Roelof
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Comments: Although I really like the Korea-team, I think it's very strange at least 4 'honest' (dont know a better word) Italian goals were disallowed this tournament... With Blatter as FIFA-president, plot-theories are easily made!
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06/18/02 07:31:04 AM  
Name: Zhidong Zhu
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Comments: I support Senegal.
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06/18/02 07:08:48 AM  
Name: Manu
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Comments: YEEEEES ! FAAAANTASTIIIIC ! Korea has beaten the italian cheaters ! That's the kind of match that make me love football ! Those korean are really good !
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06/18/02 04:26:55 AM  
Name: El Capitan
Best expert: 127
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Comments: My results suck compared to some guys here!
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06/17/02 08:16:08 PM  
Name: joe nuss
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Comments: bwaahahahaha Storm is tight Go US against Germany, even though the storybook ends here.
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06/17/02 03:42:36 PM  
Name: Michael
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Comments: Dudes
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06/17/02 03:30:00 PM  
Name: Scott Storm
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Comments: No team is deserving of lifting the trophy, I thruly believe that this world cup should be declared null and void!
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06/17/02 09:53:39 AM  
Name: Roelof
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Comments: I only saw the first 30 minutes of Mexico-USA. The McBride goal wasn't really expected at that time... I'm really sad, because Mexico was my favourite and I thought they played the best soccer in their group games. The USA were lucky to reach the second stage, with Korea beating Portugal. Sorry to the Americans here, but your nation is the best in several sports, so let us Europeans keep the soccer! It's against my nature (especially because I do like the American team), but I'm going to support Germany. As a Dutchman, I don't like their team, but I respect it and I like the German people. Well, with a bit more luck my prognose about Belgium would have been true... Brazil is always lucky and you have the right to be frustrated Ben. Forza England! I hope they will play Spain in the final. Anyone else angry with the Senegal-team? Everyone's so happy about them reaching the quarter finals, but in my opinion, they're just criminals. At least 5 elbows, several "Schwalbes", trying to score with the hand... Add Diao's foul on Henriksen and Fadiga's unfair play against Denmark to that and you have enough reason to support Japan or Turkey against them. My English surely is bad today, even worse than normally I played some intermediate today and got a 22. First time since weeks I played again.
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06/17/02 08:12:07 AM  
Name: Benny Benjamin
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Comments: Wow , congrats Stephan I haven't heard the news when I replied your email, so forget what I said there...
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06/17/02 06:33:57 AM  
Name: Ben
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Comments: When Belgium scores against Brasil, it is obvious that goal should be denied, even if it was completely legal... That's big countries versus small countries (yes yes I'm frustrated). But I can be proud of the team's performance, I believe they actually deserved more than that. The problem was that of the two general flaws of our team, only one was avoided today: the defense was good, no blundering as is often the case. The other flaw is the difficulty we have to finish of our chances, and that's again what happened. Congratulations to Brasil (isn't Bruno Aragao a Brazilian minesweeper?). I hope they meet Senegal in the semis.
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06/17/02 06:07:35 AM  
Name: Dan Cerveny
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Comments: Great game by the US this morning. It is frustrating to watch the US give the ball away almost every time they touch it, but today they made the most of their scoring opportunities and the goalkeeper did a great job again. Mexico did get screwed when the ref did not call a handball when the US player punched the ball with his fist in the penalty area. I thought the refs stunk it up with several bad calls. It would be huge if the US can beat Germany, but I'm not real optimistic. Matt, my best expert game so far this period is 51 again. That means I'll need a 15 on int to rank ahead of you. That is no easy task, however, because I've really been struggling on int lately. The 14 I got last period was the only game I threatened to beat 16.
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06/17/02 01:24:17 AM  
Name: Marc Schouten
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Comments: Well well... Another surprising result. I wouldn't have thought the USA would beat Mexico. I like that they did, though. Hey Matt: perhaps now Dan will be so deprived of sleep that he won't get a sub-70 this period That will give you 3rd place (unless I manage to get another 52, of course )
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06/16/02 10:48:29 PM  
Name: Stephan
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Comments: I've tried to make some videos of my games to prove my lately achieved clicking speed. It's awful to play while Camtasia is recording. See "Miscellaneous stuff" in the minesweeper section of my website.
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06/16/02 06:02:37 PM  
Name: Dan Cerveny
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Comments: Going to be another long night for me. I have to wake up at 1:30am to watch the USA-Mexico game. I sure hope the US plays better than they did against Poland the other day. Owen, too bad about Ireland. Penalty kicks is a shitty way to decide a World Cup game. They should just let them play until someone scores a real goal.
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06/16/02 04:36:11 PM  
Name: Scott Storm
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Comments: What a fucked up week! I went out for a few drinks wed night came home 2am sunday! To summise the highlights. Thur.07.00 go to toilet, handle comes off door, trapped in toilet, climb out tiny window, drop headfirst 8feet to ground, now locked out of strangers house, knock on strangers bedroom window, mate opens and lets me in (mate had been shagging strangers sister) Thur. 23.00 D.J. plays for second night in a row in the garage of stranger. Shag some bird called Therese! Fri. no recolection whatsoever! Sat. commence smoking ounce of primo hash! So after sleeping in my own bed I'm thinkin this crazy shit is over for a little while, but NO I turn on men and motors a satellite channel and low and behold, It's only my mate barney's bird doing a very softcore lesbian scene!
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06/16/02 01:45:50 PM  
Name: Brandon
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06/16/02 01:43:13 PM  
Name: Brandon
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Comments: Hey Kids
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06/16/02 01:19:37 PM  
Name: Matt McGinley
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Comments: I just got a 12 on a shift of the dreamboard, one of the more popular ones Ive seen. I have the video; itll be up on my site within the next couple days, or you can just email me. It's terrible to watch, I miss a section then have to go back and waste about a second. Oh well, I really shouldnt be complaining should I? Good luck to everyone else, except Dan who needs to let me have 3rd this period. Im at 69 right now.
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06/16/02 11:18:35 AM  
Name: Marc Schouten
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Comments: Ouch.. Too bad, Lasse. I always hate when you have to guess on the last square. Of course, we all know you'll get there and probably soon.
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06/16/02 11:15:18 AM  
Name: Lasse Nyholm
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Comments: Fuck: http://www.oek.dk/~lanyje/minesweeper/pics/missed43.png
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06/16/02 07:21:49 AM  
Name: Roelof
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Comments: I'm sorry Owen, I know how you feel. But it's McCarthy's own fault: one shouldn't let Holland take a penalty!
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06/16/02 05:25:31 AM  
Name: Lasse Nyholm
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Comments: Sorry Damien but you have to do better than that to kick me of the first place on next ranking - I have a 44 this period remember? So though my intermediate-playing has gone to hell (79 sub-20 in 2½hours but nothing better than 16) I'm at the same total as you - 3-16-44 so far. Congrats on your newest sub-50s though - nice playing - will we be able to see you on video soon? - Lanyjé
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06/15/02 10:34:22 AM  
Name: damien
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Comments: holy stephan got a 13 and 48 last night (once again on the phone). btw lasse, you're doomed for this ranking (i wish). congrats everyone else.
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06/15/02 10:10:56 AM  
Name: Stephan
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Comments: Ben: Sorry for you not being able to retire at all. But I'm quite sure, you will strike back. Roelof: Germany's game was horrible to watch (at least the first 45 minutes), but in the end successful...
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06/15/02 08:30:34 AM  
Name: Roelof
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Comments: Congrats Stephan, fantastic! And also congrats with the great match Germany played today...
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06/15/02 06:56:26 AM  
Name: Ben
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Comments: Well Stephan, what shall I say? First, well done! Second, I deleted minesweeper last week to try quitting again, but yours and Sorins record killed that good intention... (once again ) I cannot let this happen! But I lost lots of speed at the moment, damn. Anyway, enjoy your great performance!
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06/15/02 12:01:26 AM  
Name: Stephan
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Comments: Thank you for all your congratulations! I'm proud of getting into the Top20, but I'm sure there are lots of players who deserve to join the sub-60 club as well! My sum is 72 in fact, and for the active ranking I'm also quite satisfied now with 2-16-55. I think the right way was improving my clicking speed with lots of intermediate games (now >700 sub-25s and >70 sub-20s), and then from time to time switching to expert and finishing at least one game with few clicks and no guessing at all. Probably, I would have done smaller steps if I had finished more games at all (daily standard: 1-3 games...)!
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06/14/02 06:07:07 PM  
Name: Dan Cerveny
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Comments: Fantastic, Stephan, that is quite a leap forward. It took me a long time to go from 65 to 55 in small decrements. I remember being stuck on 59 for months.
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06/14/02 05:52:55 PM  
Name: james
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Comments: Yoni: overshadowed would be the correct word.
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06/14/02 05:08:09 PM  
Name: Yoni Roll
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Comments: Wow! 55 that's amazing, and I thought I'm coming nearer... Well done Congrats Georgi too- I'm afraid your record is overcast (is this the right word?) by stephan's..
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06/14/02 03:46:12 PM  
Name: Christopher Brown
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Comments: Errrm...I meant 13th behind Stubbe. Owen would be 11th and Gernot 14th. Having addition problems today.
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06/14/02 03:36:39 PM  
Name: Christopher Brown
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Comments: Your sum is 72 now, Stephan? You'd be 11th, in front of Owen and Gernot I think.
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06/14/02 03:30:24 PM  
Name: Christopher Brown
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Comments: Awesome job, Stephan. You certainly busted your way into the top 20, hehe. As for me, I got another 64 today after not sweeping for the past 8 or 9 days, which is reassuring. Hopefully Manu and I can follow you into sub-60 land.
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06/14/02 03:02:16 PM  
Name: Manu
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Comments: Whaoooo ! Congratulations ! That's fantastic Stephan ! I wish I could finish a fast expert game too ! Yesterday I missed a 57-58 and I've just got a 65 and another 64 that took me 3 seconds to find the last square...
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06/14/02 02:44:39 PM  
Name: Stephan
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Comments: Just made it finally to finish a fast expert game (119 clicks with my counting method) within unbelievable 55 seconds (10 seconds off my previous best). Follow the link to view the screenshot! Of course, congratulations to all other improvers!
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06/14/02 01:23:08 PM  
Name: jennifer
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Comments: i am the minesweeper champion of the world.
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06/14/02 01:16:01 PM  
Name: David Barry
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Comments: I've been tipping Brazil to win the Cup from the start, and I will continue to do so, especially now that there aren't any real challenges (no, England can't possibly win something ). I know their group was a bit easy, but I think they're in good enough form to beat that little European country.
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06/14/02 09:11:57 AM  
Name: Roelof
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Comments: ET: great players indeed, but they're too selfish. Brazil isn't a team, they're 11 persons. Against China and Costa Rica it's easy to score goals, but they had problems against Turkey and they won't get that many chances against Belgium (and they do play like a team!). With Belgium getting some chances, I'm still quite certain the Red Devils will reach the quarter-finals. But I might not be objective, because -as I said- I hate Brazil and..... well.... Belgium is still our little brother, isn't it Marc?
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06/14/02 09:08:24 AM  
Name: Roelof
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Comments: I hate the Brazilian style, so I hope they won't win. As a dutchman, I won't be supporting Germany either. I hope Spain will win, with Italy and England as #'s 2 and 3. My real favourite is Mexico, but I'm afraid they won't reach the final.
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06/14/02 09:06:54 AM  
Name: ET Khor
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Comments: Roelof : Brazil has a weak defence, but a great strike force. I think if the R's (Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Roberto Carlos) and their mates can get the goals, they should advance....
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06/14/02 08:14:33 AM  
Name: Stephan
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Comments: Ben, I hope Belgium will win over Brazil. Would be nice! I hope as well that Germany won't lose against Paraguay. After lots of favorites dropping out, there is a positive chance for every remaining team of winning the world cup, also for Germany, despite of having a team of average players (and 1 excellent goalkeeper).
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06/14/02 08:06:23 AM  
Name: Benny Benjamin
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Comments: Congrats to Damien and Georgi Thanks Damien, and don't forget me on next update, . And also don't forget that my offer (and I suppose Marc's as well) to make the site keeping easier is still there. Although for me right now the board reading program has priority as I've already started it. Happy Minesweeping to everyone, and congrats to all the countries that make it through to the second round in the World Cup, although I'm a bit sad for Argentina.
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