Andrei van Roon
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Head of League Studio (League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra and Wild Rift). Support/ADC player. LoL account on NA = Meddler. Kiwi in LA
Los Angeles, California
Joined April 2017
Hey all. Given changes to League levelling rewards post 30 we'll be refunding RP spent on XP Boosts for players who had them active at the start of the Season and are in regions that support refunds. That will happen a couple of days after Patch 25.S1.S2 launches.
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First patch of the year for LoL, with all the start of season changes, went live yesterday. We're still digging into how everything's landing, some initial notes though:. 1 - Unlocking new champions via blue essence wasn't meant to get harder. Digging in to understand whether.
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Game Ruining Behavior. TLDR:. Now - Improvements to reporting and report notifications. Soon - Report in Champ Select. After that - Testing better automated detection. Ongoing - Monthly comms about it.
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Update on LLs and ARAM - we're putting any changes on hold for now. Based off your feedback we agree our current approach isn't hitting the mark. Will reassess and get back to you folks with an alternative or modified approach for further discussion.
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Hey folks,. I wanted to give an update on recent attacks on players’ streams in Korea. These are really frustrating for everyone and we completely understand why T1 has shut down streams for now. We’re working closely with them to create a safe playing and streaming environment.
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Last year we took out division promos for LoL. Curious now that we've seen a couple of season climbs without them what your takes are? Miss them? Seems about right? Wish we'd gone even further?. Not adding a poll since interested in discussion and rationale more than numbers :).
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We're looking for a new Gameplay Lead Designer for League of Legends! Responsibilities include things like Champions, Balance, Ranked etc. Experience leading design teams is required. We’re open to applications at both Senior Manager and Director level.
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Updates to the Honor system for League, including a new unique skin for people who hit Honor 5 in 2022.
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Hey folks - an update on the Prime Gaming capsules. We’re working on ensuring the capsules continue, but some changes might not be finalized until mid-year. I wanted to give you all a quick update on what to expect in the short term though 1/3.
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Hey folks, . We know you'll miss getting this content, but with the recent changes at Prime Gaming they've made the call to not renew the program. We know it's unfortunate, wanted to mention this though while there were still a few months left to run to gives folks time to make.
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TLDR - trying a test where we turn off All Chat (team chat still exists of course). Test is driven by rate of negative interactions versus positive. Will see what people think of the experience with it off, assess whether to keep it off or re-enable.
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Got back to work last week after a truly wonderful trip (especially getting married, pic related!) in February. Still catching up on everything right now, looks like it was a pretty busy month!
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Latest version of Lissandra's upcoming new passive. Thoughts on top lane Viktor. Where we're currently up to with work on Clash.
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We've got a Neeko micropatch coming out later today, taking power particularly from the on hit build that's especially overpowered. Base Stats.- AS to 1.5% per level (from 3.5%).- AD to 2 per from (from 3). W.- On hit damage to 50-130 (from 50-170).
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@RiotZiegler @wandakunpls @LeagueOfLegends @PlayVALORANT Damn, that's pretty legit. We should see what we can figure out.
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Explained to my two and a half year old daughter that her new favorite animal, the unicorn on her pajamas, wasn't real, just something pretend for stories. Wasn't sure how she'd react. Her immediate response: "That means we can't eat them".
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New Lissandra passive in action. Should be hitting the PBE this week!. TLDR: Enemy champions killed near Lissandra become exploding ice zombies.
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Regarding tokens from free missions for the LoL Worlds event - there are a few more coming. We haven't cut the rate down to 295, we just haven't revealed all the token missions yet, given the remainder are tied to stuff that's not live yet.
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For those wondering - yes, this can be applied to your existing Riot account.
Game Pass 🤝 Riot Games. We're leveling up all Game Pass members’ experience with some legendary PC & mobile games | #XboxBethesda . @LeagueofLegends & @WildRift – All Champions ✅.@PlayVALORANT – All Agents ✅.@TFT – Select Little Legends ✅.@PlayRuneterra - Foundations Set ✅
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@Spideraxe30 That’s just the shopping area! Actual combat bits can be Seb later in the video :).
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We're looking for a new Executive Producer to lead League of Legends. If you've got experience leading game teams, love League/other competitive games, and are interested in joining us at Riot we'd love to hear from you!.
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Galio micro patch coming later today:. Q - Up front AP ratio down to 0.8 (from 0.9). Max health ratio down to 1% per 100 AP (from 3%).
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For anyone wondering why hovering someone on your friends list hasn't been working sometimes this patch that's something we've done deliberately at peak server times. Turning off non essential functionality like that lets us get more people into games when demand is really high.
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Hey folks,.There’s been some chatter recently about the development team for Wild Rift, so I wanted to offer some visibility into how the team’s been evolving behind the scenes.
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Excited to be able to share that I'm taking on the role of Design Director on League of Legends. I'll still be involved with gameplay design, and will certainly keep talking about our thoughts on it too. Will be more involved in other design work as well though.
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We're currently looking for a new Lead Champion Designer for LoL! . . Key qualifications. Min 4+ years design experience.Experience managing others/leading teams.Strong LoL/other MOBA understanding . Happy to answer questions in thread here if interested!.
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Consensus at this point is that the screen tint for the Infernal rift is too dominant. We'll be toning it down next patch. Should have a version on PBE next update, feedback on it much appreciated.
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Planning on changing Nami ult so it doesn't use mini map targeting (no more backward waves because your cursor clipped the minimap slightly). Anyone got thoughts on other abilities that have minimap casting and shouldn't or don't and should?.
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Nexus Blitz players - we’ve addressed an MMR issue that was present for Nexus Blitz day 1. Matches going forwards should be better matched and therefore feel fairer as a result.
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A few more all chat test details:.- Plan is to test for a couple of patches, then survey player opinion.- Potential responses then include keeping the change, reverting it entirely, keeping it in regions positive on it and reverting elsewhere, changing which queues it applies to.
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These are some of the key principles we’ll use when assessing any character as a potential adoption from another product at Riot. Some concepts, even if really well executed, just aren’t right for some experiences.
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Likely we’ll nerf Corki in 9.16. Potentially Azir as well, though not as sure of that yet.
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Removing Little Legends from ARAM for the sake of gameplay clarity. How we decide which skin lines to continue with, rework, stop doing, with a few examples.
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An update on our work and thoughts on game ruining behaviors (inting/afking primarily).
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Beginning in March, League capsules will be fairly similar to last year. The Mythic Essence will be removed though, along with one Champ shard. There will however now be a Mystery Ward Skin and a permanent champion in each capsule in addition to the other prior contents 2/3.
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We've got some Game Design roles on LoL right now aimed at people with moderate or no prior industry experience. List here, more details in the thread. Industry experience helps, so does mod experience, a CS degree, work in other professional fields etc.
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We've got a Wild Rift Patch Preview video just about to go out. Those of you familiar with the series will know David Xu, who's been a regular in them for a while. Highlighting this because David's recently been promoted to the role of Executive Producer on Wild Rift! David's.
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We're looking for a Creative Director for LoL at the moment! This is a role really focused on aesthetics, storytelling/worldbuilding within the broader Runeterra IP and brand/style.
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@MarkYetter Sad to see you move off LoL but so excited to see what you build with the MMO team!.
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For anyone wondering we're still removing Spear of Shojin, Zz'Rot Portal, Ohmwrecker and Raptor Cloak in preseason. They're just cropping up temporarily on PBE as some files get moved around at present.
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Very excited about the new teams we’ll have joining the existing teams on League and TFT as a result of this! Should let us do some additional stuff once they’re ramped up :).
Riot Games is going to the land down under! 🇦🇺. Find out more about our acquisition of Wargaming Sydney Studio and the formation of Riot Sydney in the latest blog post:
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I look forward to even more Spideraxe questions than I've received in the past.
Oh sweet @RiotMeddler is now the head of League Studio, meaning he is charge of the production for League, Wild Rift, and TFT
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@MeganDolezal541 @RiotBrightmoon @Reis44922645 @LeagueOfLegends Nexus Blitz should hit PBE next week.
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Some late additional Zoe changes in 8.4:. P ratio to 0.325 was 0.25.Q damage 45-105+0.2 was 45-165+0.4.W AP ratio to 0.6 was 0.4.W MS 30-70% was 10-70%. 34 base HP and +2 base AD. Expect 8.4 leaves her quite weak. Would rather risk overnerfing and fix after at this point though.
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For anyone like me who didn't realize at first - if you want your LoL friends list to go back to sorting people by category instead of by game there's an option for that in the settings menu for it
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Duskblade hotfix inc. Damage to 55-360, from 105-360. Additional changes coming in 7.15 too (slow melee only at least).
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@williamaximoff @riotgames They will. Nothing that would have been in 13.2 will be cancelled, we might just have to move things that can't be hotfixed (e.g. art changes) to a later date instead.
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Additionally, players in SEA will now be able to link their Amazon accounts and claim Prime Gaming capsules for the first time. We’ll likely have some more changes to the League capsules later this year, but we’ll keep you posted 3/3.
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Ranked update from @RiotSapMagic :. TLDR: .- Some changes are working well like placements and matchmaking changes, so we'll keep those.- Position ranks aren't working well enough, so they'll be stopping next week.- Partial resets for Diamond and Masters.
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@RiotPhreak You got me. I just copy pasted some files from MF and changed some words and numbers.
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2022 Riot internship applications are open for a wide range of roles including game design . These are all temporary, paid roles, that require involvement in an education program and ability to work in the US.
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Spirit Blossom and future events. Spirit Blossom's impacts on champion play rates. TFT - close to the end of Galaxies, next steps soon, Championship finals September 3rd and 4th.
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We're adding a new repeatable mission that gives a lot of event points for games played. Short version is our initial tuning completely missed the mark and, while this isn't the most elegant solve, it's the one we can do quickest, letting a lot more people experience that content.
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Aiming to get an Aatrox hotfix buff out soon. Probably later today, possibly tomorrow. Not 100% yet, likely includes a bit of E range, E AA reset, some Q damage.
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@Spideraxe30 Not sure. We're certainly open to other programs if the context makes sense, not sure what might or might not be out there at present though.
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@MarkYetter Related: Looking for a new Gameplay Lead Designer for LoL! Responsibilities include things like Champions, Balance, Ranked etc. Experience leading design teams is required. We’re open to applications at both Senior Manager and Director level.
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Very glad we're telling a wider range of stories and working to get a wider range again in the future.
This Pride, the Sun and Moon have aligned. ☀️🌙. We're excited to share "Rise with Me" by Dana Luery Shaw, as one of many more LGBTQIA+ stories to come. 🔗
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@AlexG000 Yeah, I think that change has landed really well. Was an easier thing to do for TFT given it's a solo game so no getting matched with team mates with a major disconnect between MMR and displayed rank to deal with. Plus shorter seasons leads to less disconnect.
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Delaying today's post to tomorrow. Want to cover about how in 8.13 we'll be nerfing gold funneling (mid/jungle) and buffing some ADCs. Need to sort out a few more details today first though before talking through them.
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@KenAdamsNSA No ping. 0ms connections for everyone, regardless of location, ISP or hardware.
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If you've ever wanted a single source of truth to follow for LoL gameplay updates this is the account to follow rather than trying to track down all the individual Rioter accounts!.
Welcome to @LeagueofLegends' hub for developer comms! Follow @LoLDev and our Devs in “Lists” for easy access to comments and discussions. We’re covering all sorts of gameplay topics like patch previews, champion feedback, ranked updates, and more. Glad you're here!.
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Sivir hotfix out, reverting most of the 7.15 buff (now +10 damage instead of +30). Bad form by us not catching how strong that was earlier.
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@RiotBrightmoon and I had a great time chatting with @Necrit94 when he visited the Riot office in LA recently! After a couple of rounds of Arena together he had a set of topics we ran through, some fairly serious, some not so much.
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Ok, follow up minimap targeting question for Ashe, Ezreal, Draven, Jinx players. How often do you use your ult on the minimap deliberately versus accidentally? If you play with locked camera some or all of the time would be great to know that too.
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Prestige Points store comes out next week. Looking at jungle XP and support items. How rift types impact champion win rates.
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Loading screen update hits PBE today!. Includes team chat, premade voice controls, spell/rune tooltips on mouseover.
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Looks like a bunch of Heimerdinger bugs got introduced with 8.24, including one where his E stun duration's extremely short. We're working on a hotfix at the moment, probably out later today or sometime tomorrow.
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Details on the upcoming preseason!. And to clarify one common question I’m seeing - yes, Challenges are a free system, not paid content.
Check out the team's thoughts and goals for Preseason 2022! . ➡️
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Well damn, today set a super high bar for the rest of Worlds IMO.
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VGU voting results are out and, based off how close the results were, we're going to do both Fiddle and Volibear next year.
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Safelocked and I are chatting with Wired tomorrow about a range of LoL topics. They're looking for a few more questions still too, so if there's something you'd like to ask reply here and there's a chance they'll include it! . Both serious and light hearted questions welcome.
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No post today, back on Friday. Decided to skip today thinking the champion roadmap would be out and made sense to space things out a bit. Turns out it's not today. oops.
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Nexus Blitz plans.Trying new skin lines this year.Upgrading our tooltips .
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Wild Rift is our only mobile-exclusive game. As such, we’ve been seeking out highly experienced mobile developers because that’s not a skillset Riot’s historically had—especially when you compare it to our experience in PC development.
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Updated Cho'gath Visual effects.Lucian buffs being investigated.Still looking into recent FPS issues.What I do at Riot.
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We’re excited for the capabilities this will unlock for WR, but also expect some bumps along the way in the next couple patches (this year and early 2024) as we bring new folks onto the team. Please keep the feedback coming on where we’re hitting the mark and where we’re missing!.
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@goozeman1983 @Mortdog We might, expecting some internal applicants too. It's an important enough role though we want to make sure we're getting a wide candidate pool, get the best possible fit.
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Rune page re-ordering and the ability to hide the default Rune pages should be coming in the next patch or two.
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If you have professional game design experience and are interested in working at Riot we’ve got some roles open we’d love to hear from you about if they sound like a good fit!. Specific roles in thread, larger list can also be found here:.
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How we assess our own work: Personalization and Revenue. Bug fixing and balance for preseason, inc damage nerfs. Some things we tried in TFT that didn't work out (yet at least) like Imperial giving placeable walls, Bard's stasis ult and a day/night system.
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@Spideraxe30 We’re expecting some internal applicants and very possible the successful candidate is already at Riot. Given how important this role is though want to also check who else is out there too :).
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Looks like we'll be moving the first round of loading screen changes to 9.3 instead of 9.2. Ran into some issues late in the piece, spending a bit more time addressing those as a result before shipping.
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Looks like we missed in the in patch notes, but as of patch 8.11 there's now an option (Game part of the Options menu) to treat 'Target Champion only' as a toggle rather than a key you have to hold down constantly.
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As part of that process, we’ve identified that our Riot Shanghai office is a great location for new hires for Wild Rift, given how strong the talent market for mobile devs is in Shanghai.
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@dirtyvarus @Spideraxe30 No, though we'll get an update on timing for it into our next Dev Update video.
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How we judge our own work part 1: Gameplay. Quest skin tech on PBE soon .
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No post today. Going to be around on Twitter for the next 30 mins though if you want to throw questions my way, will answer those I can.
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Updating some old run animations, with compilation reel of work so far:. Ranked changes are still a work in progress, feedback much appreciated. Won't be many regular balance changes in 8.23.
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Looks like we'll probably be hotfix nerfing Singed, dude's looking way too strong in 7.14. Currently considering hitting HP, W CD, R CD.
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Talking about new games post 10 year . Preseason changes/TFT Set 2 on PBE next Tuesday, few details on XP changes and drake spawns. Looking to reuse Vilemaw somewhere else someday.
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How we assess our own work part 2: Technology. Preseason hits PBE next week! Some things will still be quite work in progress. TFT: Fates looks really promising so far in terms of theme, overall design, LLs, Chosen mechanic, balance etc.
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I think I've finally managed to go from atrocious last hitting in League to just mediocre. Regardless, was enough to just play ADC this split and get back to Emerald. It's always been one of my weakest roles (or at least, so I'd assumed?), so very happy with that.
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