Amethyst

October 31, 2017

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Ok, so what about showdown custom sprites? This was original an option everyone could have with paying rupees (the old currency of the forum). Then it became an ace member perk only and now getting ace can't be acomplished anymore. Will everyone can get a custom sprite if they want? Maybe some, and who? And what about those who paid with the old currency and lost their custom sprite (or never got it cause in the last period of the said system the sprites were broken)? Same thing applies for voice on PS too

Iirc the plan for showdown avatars is just to allow access on request to all Veteran forum users.
Same for voice.
There will still be a limit on frequency of updating avatars/names, of course.

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I imagine users will be able to have joint membership across any number of clubs. Division will exist anyway, but that's usually manifested in sub-communities that have already branched off from Reborn.

This is definitely true.

October 30, 2017

Sorry, I should've mentioned about the topics in the first place. I'm aware that a lot of people have posted things in confidence there, so all nightclub topics will be quarantined in a hidden forum. If people want to get specific posts or content out of there then the content authors can PM staff to arrange it. Alternatively, whatever needs to be done can be done until the time this takes effect.

October 30, 2017

hi! i'll get right to the point since you already have an idea of what's up from the topic title.

after various discussions of how we should handle things like Ace Membership and the EXP system, we've decided to put of them to rest. Since it was created, the EXP system never really lived up to its potential. a lot of that is on us as staff for not more actively rewarding participation but it's possible the system was impractical in the first place. further complicating this is the fact that the plug in we were using to support this system broke as of the site update a few months ago, making it even more inconvenient. we've talked about many ways to revise the EXP system, but in the end, nothing was agreed upon as being effective enough without unreasonably higher amounts of both staff and member participation.

as for the ace system, while we did explore alternatives to earning it since the proverbial doors have been closed last december, the conclusion we arrived at was that the status was no longer necessary. the original goal of the ace forum and membership was to create a sense of subcommunity for veteran users in a site that has been quickly growing for a long time. other incentives, like showdown quirks, beta testing, and whatever else there was, were added later to give it more purpose. at this point, we have decided we use little by letting it go, since our need for subcommunity can be better met by a new feature. in essence, it is being replaced with something for all users.

the keen user may already know just what that is from pecking around profiles and such on the site-- that's clubs! clubs are a new feature recently added to our software which allows forums to make their own groups, invite other users, schedule acitvities, and post topics to their own create forum areas. it's pretty nifty! there are several different types of clubs:

public clubs can be accessed by anyone without joining,
open clubs are visible and can be joined by anyone
closed clubs can only be explored by members, and members must be approved by the leader
and private clubs which are totally hidden except by joining through invitation

with these new features, we're happy to turn control over your subcommunities and groups over to you all, and we're interested to see how you can use them! users will have free opportunity to create private clubs, but for all other types we will ask for promised participation of at least five total members. just like in anime! now you can live your japanese high school dreams through here. wait, that's just me?? al-all right...

many of you, especially current Aces may be wondering what is going to be happening with beta testing if ace is going away. be not afeared-- current aces will be able to keep their testing status for future episodes as we will be moving beta activity to its own club. we will have a set number of slots which will probably increase with each episode. all existing aces will be the original club members, but only those who participate will remain for future tests. we will also accept applications from other users to occupy any free slots, however the application process is TBA. as a final note, please be advised that these changes will take effect after the Episode 17 beta, meaning nothing will be changing for the time being!

clubs will be set to full access at the same time EXP and Ace membership is retired, which is with E17's community release. At that time the Ace member group will be removed, and its priveleges will be freely distributed to Member and Veteran users. That means more ability to do stuff for you guys! Since it is no longer relevant to EXP, the daily reputation caps will also be greatly boosted so you can freely rep each other away!

If you have any questions about these upcoming changes, please feel free to ask. Otherwise, we'll see you with the community release in a few weeks!

October 26, 2017

not presently, but it's always possible something could come up in the future!

October 10, 2017

I can see you put a lot of effort into it! The hair style is pretty slick and the outfit's design definitely isn't something that would be out of place in the city... By chance have you tested it to see how well it works in-game? At a glance some of the sizing seems off probably because of the different pixel resolutions so making that all consistent would be the next step. Keep it up!

August 11, 2017

and so are long-overdue wallpapers.

Now you, too, can step into an eternity of darkness with Luna on your desktop.

The infinite potential of the void has seen fit to produce wallpaper versions of all major resolutions, plus a mobile option so you can have a little bit of love with you wherever you go.

This art was made by Bekkomi. May she grace your desktops with a beauty that none can see.

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August 7, 2017

Well that was arduous and totally broke the theme for a while.

Here are the changes added by tonight's update that might be relevant to you all:

Smoother embedding for various types of things
Two-factor authentication support for Authy
Can drag and drop/copy paste right into post editor
The 'Like' system has been expanded to include various reactions
You can now sign in directly from social media
Default avatars have been updated with the increasingly common trend of using the first letter of the username
A device management addition will let you keep track of log ins from various devices
Mods can now feature replies to a topic to make the most helpful responses more visible.
Support for a certain other new system we may be announcing in the near future...

and probably some miscellaneous things too.

If you notice something off or broken, please let us know!

June 26, 2017

... in the form of a trusty Ice Cream Sand Witch coming around to aid the Reborn community with her spellbinding sweetness.

As one of the most active and most positive members for a long time, we feel that she's certainly earned the spot, and with the community always growing, there are certainly spots to be earned. Please give her a warm welcome (but not too warm! we don't want her to melt) and congratulations! All of the mods work hard to keep the community running clean and clear and I'm sure she'll do great along side them.

For her first magic act* she'll be making some discord channels disappear! It's been announced on the discord server already but the PSO2, BotW, SuMo, SU and Redemption channels will all be merged/rotated out as necessary to keep our channel list clean and relevant. Those channels could make a reappearance when new content makes them relevant again, but for now they're the stars of the vanishing act.

Additionally, the void has been marked as a NSFW for Discord's purposes meaning users now have to click an agreement in order to see it. Despite this, please remember that the actual rules of what's allowed in the void have not changed. It is an area that permits r7 content unlike other public channels but it is still not for posting outright porn. Tread in your glorious filth with caution.

*ICSW may not actually be responsible for these but she's still a witch so like, pretend or something, ne?

Until next time!

June 12, 2017

Looking to clean house around the community, we're adding a new rule for our servers. It's a pretty standard chat-etiquette deal: No flooding. It's important to keep other users in mind in environments like this, and dropping Berlin-size walls on a chat can have the effect of isolating other people from joining in. We're probably over-do on this one, since most communities have some form of this inherently. We decided against it in the past when we were concerned it might needlessly restrict things, but as the community continues to grow, so does its import.

For the purposes of this rule, flooding is considered to be any 15 consecutive lines of text by a single person, applying both to showdown and discord. Paragraphs and image previews count as one line each. Ideally this isn't something most user should have to worry about, but

please be cautious

about typing

like this

over long periods of time.

Thanks for understanding!

May 1, 2017

After receiving and reassessing a rather resilient romp of recommendations to retain a region on the forum for rousing refrain, Reborn's reconsidered a room for more remarkable recitation. But rather than reaffirm a rhetorical rally (which regrettably refuses rationality and reconciliation in favor of refutation and rivalry) we realized that we could reroute the request into a relatively rewarding rendition where residents are reassured and recompensed for rethinking their ramblings, be they resentments or reflections, for whoever's receptive.

And so we relay Rant & Rapport, an area relegated to under General Discussion, where refugees of reality's reign can release and receive replies of relief and recommendation.

Remember, in Rant & Rapport, respect rules the roost. Resistance may be reflexive, but retain reverence regardless, as R&R remains a place of revitalization and rebalance.

(tl;dR it's a subform in general discussion for venting and emotional support)

Remain regal, Reborn, and always reinforce reason and recovery!

April 3, 2017

Yes. Most of them aren't really relevant, security fixes, mod stuff, etc. I just picked out what members might care about. The others can be seen on Invision's Release Notes site if you're really interested.

April 3, 2017

All done. Worry not, Pyukmuk, High King of the Pyukumuku, has been put to his final rest.

Here's some changes that might affect you all for the new software version:

Pinterest share link has been added
Two Factor Authentication
Images embedded in the editor can now have an alternative title set for accessibility
Users signing in through social services, such as Facebook, will no longer be required to validate their email address
imgur embedded is now supported
Aces, Staff and Developers can now once again lock their own content.
Activity Streams can be created with condensed view as default.
An email is now sent when an account is locked for too many bad login attempts.

Cheers!

April 1, 2017

Last year in an awesome surprise collab, the developers of Insurgence, Rejuvenation, Uranium, Phoenix Rising, and even more great projects all came together with myself to bring you a timeless masterpiece in the critically-acclaimed Pokemon Rising Rainbow

This time we're taking things even deeper.

So deep, it goes into... the moat.

Pokemon Wet Moat rebrands the quintessential Pokemon experience into an epic interactive adventure that will keep you on the edge of your moats for hours on end, and will positively wash you away with memories! But don't just take my word for it. Please visit our site here for all the details, and best of all, your download link.

Happy moating!

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December 16, 2016

....is that my test account?

why would i post on that?

i mean i'm here cuz i was summoned but... does that even count as a win???

idk.

what do you think lugruf

December 15, 2016

3 hours ago, Busti said:

Just wondering why you put ~50 hours of playtime? Is that nominal? To me, it takes more like 100 hours from start to finish.

I try to pick a fairly average number, and many players won't thoroughly grind or explore, especially when not between episodes.

1 hour ago, Nagisa_Hideyoshi said:

Ame, what the relationship point does ? Is it the similar to certain games like Persona series or there are some pokemons and items that can only be acquired by achieving certain level of relationship ? Or its just dating sim ...

PLUS ULTRA!!

They're just there for later. Don't expect too much of them.

57 minutes ago, loveDBZ said:

Would you suggest those who downloaded the Community release, now download the public release ?

Yes, please do! There are multiple bug fixes for many a thing. Also you need the latest version to play online.

December 15, 2016

Yes, it is, assuming you update! You will always need to be on the latest version to play online!

We had to take it down to update and to fix a small issue with speed ties but it should be all set by now.

(ps: dig the name. nico robin was the best character in that show. ^^)

December 15, 2016

Yep!

at least i dearly hope so.

December 15, 2016

sorry dear, slight typo; should be fixed.

and it tried to be a thing, but didn't do it very well.

December 15, 2016

At long last, I am free.

This episode's banner art comes courtesy of Sleppu!

Episode 16 is now officially out for everyone to download!

There are a few things to be aware of, as mentioned on the download page...

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Attention:
- Before updating to E16, please make sure that you are NOT using menu frames 27 or 28. Switch to a different frame number and save before loading in E16!

- Back up save files will now be kept according to the set Options, but existing save files are set to 0 by default. Please check your Options and enable backups!

- In order to begin the episode, you will need to return to the Circus Data Room (where Ciel is), and then leave the room again.

Also, as of the public release we have implemented a name filter for the new online system! If your name is deemed inappropriate you will be asked to change it-- but it is possible that some innocent names might be caught up in it. If that happens, please tell us about it in the Online Errors forum!

That said, here is the episode's change-list, with Field-specific changes being in the Readme:

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Attack animations are in the progress of being redone. Current progress: ~60%
A Text-Skip feature has been implemented. Hold X to skip past text.
An internal master volume control has been added to the options menu
A PULSE profile app has been added to the Pokegear. It will be enabled on existing playthroughs by beginning E16 content. Items on the overworld can be collected to install content to it.
A Field Effect viewer app has been added to the Pokegear. It will be enabled on existing playthroughs by beginning E16 content. Items on the overworld can be collected to install content to it.
An option to control how many back-ups are saved at once has been added to the options menu. This will only affect save files created in E16, so any E15 back ups will need to be deleted manually if desired.
Gym Leaders will now always save their Ace Pokemon for last.
Hyperspace Fury added.
Fairy type added to Pokedex search
Many moves, items and abilities have been debugged
Fairy Gem added
All Mega shinies have been customized, completing the shiny sprite project.
All Menu/Speech frames have customized
All PC Boxes have been customized
A new item has been implemented. The Amplifield Rock increases the duration of "Room" moves, Gravity, and user-created Field Effects.
Tweaked AI decision-making
The weather system has been redone to be faster, more stable, and vary based on in-game region. It now operates on a 5 day cycle and does not depend on the Opal Ward.
Added relationship variables, altered throughout the game.
Re-battleable trainers now appear before the first badge instead of after the third gym.
Removed the choosing-different-move disobedience effect, previously glitched and no longer in main series.
Strong Winds no longer incorrectly prevents weather changes on its own
Undiscovered Egg Group Pokemon now always have 3 perfect IVs
Double Battles now always launch as doubles regardless of if the player has only one Pokemon
Money Gain/Loss tweaked
Duplicated Pokemon (including natural Shedinja) no longer share moves with their originals
Items can now be used on Pokemon from the party screen
Critical Capture mechanic added
Full screen option added
Eggs in daycare should no longer inherit parents' current moves in favor of the moves they entered daycare with
Key items are no longer depositable. Item PC re-enabled.
Remaining Pokemon now display between knockouts when fighting a trainer.
A 3x speed Fast-forward mode has been added. Press Alt to toggle it on and off.
Online functions have been added to the game. Access them from the Pokegear.
- Trading
- Wondertrade
- Random Matched and Friend Battles
- All Field Effects supported
- Please remember to NOT click outside of the window while the "Waiting..." message is displayed, otherwise the games can become stuck.

As for your download links, please find them from this page!

Thank you all for being patient, and enjoy!

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December 14, 2016

On 12/9/2016 at 8:12 AM, Lumpymeme said:

the memes, will they ever stop? no. no, not really. based on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq3abPnEEGE

(i'm sorry if i get anything wrong, this is my first time drawing shade huueee)

this is gonna be my new reaction image when people ask me spoilery things.

(unless you mind?)

December 7, 2016

It's stored in one of a number of slots, yeah. The slot you receive from is randomly selected, provided you did not place it there.

Random Battles are probably low responsive just because there are not a ton of people playing online at any given time, so timing is everything.

December 4, 2016

Hello and welcome to the new site!

E16's community release is now available, but per the name, it is only accessible to registered forum members!

If you happen to be a registered forum member, please sign in and head over here to get it!

If you are not a registered forum member, it is not too late to change that. However please be aware that the reason we do Community Releases is not just a plot for registration, but because there may still be fatal bugs in the download and we want to make sure that anyone who encounters such bugs will be around for the updates to fix it. Please feel free to register and play the episode, but also consider sticking around for further updates!

Thank you all for being patient with us through development and the site update! Enjoy!

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December 4, 2016

Welcome!

Please have a seat, get comfy, update your bookmarks, and explore the new site!

Although we had been preparing for it for a while, everything you see here has only come together over the past few days! Please understand if there is still some dust, such as broken links, missing information, so on and so forth.

All of your accounts have been preserved, however please be aware that your log in name may have changed. On the previous version we had Log In names and Display names. Log In names have been removed so you should now log in using your current Display Name.

If you find any errors, please report them in our Site Inquiries forum, and if you have any questions, our lovely Staff will be more than happy to help.

I'll also say this once more: We have changed URLs to something slightly more professional (and less likely to get smited by the copyright gods), so please update your bookmarks! Links pointing to old site will get redirected back here for the time being but other things may not, so it will not hurt to go over any saved information relating to the site. Staff, I'll be counting on you for a lot of that too.

Thank you for being patient with us during the upgrade!

~~YEET~~

~ikaru

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December 4, 2016

Did something happen to your save file and you can't progress anymore! If your game is frozen or stuck, post it here and one of our saintly helpers will surely fix you up in a few days!

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- How can I find my save file?

It's easy! Click here for step-by-step instructions.

December 3, 2016

Have you found an error that crashes the game or makes it unplayable? We appreciate you reporting it! Please take just another minute to confirm that the issue you're reporting isn't known already:

Known Battle Errors

Z Moves ignore the Animations Off setting and always play animations, potentially lagging.
Land's Wrath does nothing when selected.
Sucker Punch can hit through seed-created Shield effects.
Z Moves ignore Focus Sash (and possibly Sturdy?)
Nature Power sometimes choose a target other than the one selected in Doubles
Imposter didn't change Ditto's sprite in Holy Field vs Ariados; appears to have functionally worked properly.
Status moves are not absorbed by type immunity abilities, except Leech Seed and Thunder Wave. Leech Seed's ability-specific code should be removed as well.
Liquid Voice Pokemon take no action if they have a sound move
End of turn damage doesn't properly activate berries on the right timing
Back Up files are sometimes either not made or stored in the wrong place
Field effects don't properly consider Roost's Flying loss-- maybe other grounded/non grounded effeccts too?
Stat boosts from Seeds don't affect Contrary-- reported on Inverse Field
Bug report from the reddit that's worth noting down
Gear Up/Magnetic Flux may not be properly boosting the user
Heavy Slam et. all may be calculating incorrectly
Trick erroneously locks the user into itself when receiving a choice item
Terrain Moves can't overwrite each other, but should
An error message exists when using Phantom Force vs King's Shield
No Guard doesn't hit through semi-invulnerable moves, and should
Z-moves interact with statuses incorrectly
Disguise is not properly restored by Revive
Illusion does not work properly in double battles
Some moves don't properly bypass substitute
Facade may not be ignoring burns properly
Relic Song fails to switch Meloetta's form
Field Destruction should also destroy backup variable in some cases
Pokemon cannot relearn egg moves
Magnet Pull isn't working with Alolan forms properlty
Static outside of battle effect may not be working
Swamp field activated Defiant twice in one turn, once at the same time as the speed reduction and once afterwards.
Unhatched Pokemon appear as obtained in Pokedex already
Pokemon can be born with Pokerus
Sonic Boom should not try to inherit random typings from Rainbow Field
Spiky Shield ignores Long Reach
Rototiller needs a But it failed! message if there are no grass types on the field
In doubles, when the first Pokemon has been encored, it asks "what should pokemon 2 do?" but pressing X makes it say "what should pokemon 1 do?". Fight properly takes it to Pokemon 2's moves anyway.
When changing screen size on the Load Screen's options menu, the area of the music the file is saved in will begin playing.
Shadows do not properly disappear during two-turn attacks.
Wild Minoir start with Core, not Shell
Link Stone does not show Able/Not Able when used from the bag, until it has already been used on a Pokemon. It shows HP bars at first instead.
Battling trainers before getting a partner (like Cal) while on the bike forces player off the bike without cancelling bike music after the battle.
Silvally retains field-designated types even outside of those fields
Oricorio's forms do not display in the Pokedex
If Volt Switch is used by the sole Pokemon on a side, and is blocked due to type immunity etc, the attacking sprite fades in and out for a second anyway
Multi-hit moves don't display the "X hits" line if they kill before finishing
Fusion Bolt and Flare will need a code to use the the larger animation if activated after each other.
After You is not set up to use an animation
Future Dummy and Doom Dummy do not properly use animations
Sky drop target fades in and says it was freed from the effect before being dropped in and damaged
Ineffective attacks can miss vs pokemon, displaying the wrong message
Intimidate vs Defiant/Competitive display messages in the wrong order
Pokemon can become invisible after a two turn attack gets absorbed
Pokedex shows male on scroll, female on select-- should show whichever one was looked at last
Scrolling through pokedex shows base form, not the last viewed
Additionally silvally's form on the pokedex only shows the normal form no matter what
Cancelling wh ile changing forms in pokedex operates incorrectly-- see section in here for details
Meowstic has an extra form listed in pokedex form select
Minior's Meteor form is missing from the Pokedex, and instead its last core is erroneously named "Meteor"
Height and weight changing in multiple form doesn't work in pokedex
As of generation 7, the Pokedex doesn't show "male" and "female" if the two forms are identical, nor is there a need for a genderless distinction.
Megas do not properly update Pokedex entries
The Pokedex doesn't list the viewed form at first until selecting it
Intimidate text applies to dig
When Illusion Pokemon faint, the text may mention the Pokemon they had copied instead.
Transform's message uses the new species name instead of the old one
If you get an egg from the daycare for a pokémon that isn't registered in your pokédex it'll be marked as obtained when you receive it.
The screen border disappears when opening the PokeGear
When a Pokemon is KO'd passively while in a two turn attack, the next battler comes in invisible
Seed messages displaying before "X was dragged out!" messages in phasing attacks like Roar, Whirlwind, etc
Rainbow Field's message will display even if Rainbow is already active.
Floating pokemon's substitute floats too and there's a shadow. There should be no shadow during substitute and it should be on the ground :C
Mold Breaker ignores Protean
Knock Off doesn't remove the held item if the Pokemon faints
Flinches dont' activate on sturdy pokemon in the rocky field at all
Heal Block does not prevent recovery from Rain Dish
ffect Spore can be triggered even against a Pokemon with Overcoat
Belch can only be used once after eating a berry. It should be able to be used for the rest of the battle
Electrify affects all Pokemon in doubles
Electrified attacks are not properly redirected/absorbed by Lightnig Rod
Heal Block does not block Black Sludge from healing
When a player Pokemon is killed while switching out by the AI trainer using Pursuit, the mon to be sent out is sent out right away instead of prompting the player to choose a different Pokemon to send in. ...In other words, they should be able to change their decision if their Pokemon is KO'd.
Disguise is not ignored by Mold Breaker
In Rocky Field, an attack blocked by Spiky Shield or a similar move procs the shield effect and the rock effect. Let's just do the shield effect.
Stealing an item via Thief and then using Recycle to recover it allows it to be kept after the battle even when it shouldn't be.
Payback does not properly double against the second part of a two-turn attack
In the Rocky Field, if Bounce misses it does not cause recoil from the field
Magic Bounce still activates if the Pokemon is semi-invulnerable a la Fly. This also creates an animation bug.
The Player cant uset he PC's deposit function because they only have one Pokemon, even if there are eggs in their party that they should be able to deposit.
Transform should not allow the Pokemon to copy the effects of held items like Eviolite, if they would not normally apply to Ditto, but currently does
Pokemon can be caught while semi-invulnerable
Using U-Turn etc vs Emergency Exit should not let the turner to switch out.
Healing Minior with a potion causes the form to switch too early
Flame Burst splash damage hits semi-invulnerable targets in doubles
Electrify and Ion Deluge do not properly change Z-Move types
Inferno Overdrive does not properly activate Powder
Inards Out improperly counts all hits of a multi-hit move
Ditto improperly copies the type of hidden power
Having no target in doubles does not interrupt Rollout streak
An issue with trainer Pokemon restoring PP on switching exists. It has been fixed in Essentials 17.
Breakneck Blitz does not properly calculate damage with variable power moves like Return
Redirection abilities do not affect allies
Gluttony activates some berries on the wrong timing
Z-moves are activating attacking flying moves with gale wings with the wrong priority
Parental Bond has a handful of incorrect interactions
Imposter chooses targets in doubles incorrectly
Transform works on Illusion pokemon incorrectly
Choice Band lets a user choose another move when PP runs out
Cotton Candy (and Revive?) does not work on Shedinja
Volt Switch's effect still works even when the move is absorbed
Future sight errroneously hits semi-invulberable targets
Swamp Field's speed drop doesn't apply right after switching in
Queenly Majesty/Dazzling do not apply to allies
Frisk's mechanics are outdated
White Herb activates with improper timing vs Intimidate
Multihit moves can proc berserk multiple times
Dancer has erroneous interacctions with petal dance/confusion/sleep
Future Sight can miss on initial use erroneously
Sleep Talk/Choice Band/Comatose interacts with Last Resort incorrect
Hoopa unbound form doesn't revert properly
Disguise doesn't activate on the turn baton pass is used
Dire Hit may not be boosting crit rate enough
Toxic Orb doesn't activate when susbtitute is up.
Self Destruct in Electric Terrain doesn't consume a Normal Gem
Swift Swim updates mid-round with the wrong timing

(Updated 8/9/17)

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