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13 hours ago, Cube3 said:

 

This question was asked of Niantic boss couple of months ago. He replied that the egg-poke is predetermined, based on where the egg was collected. But in my experience not quite, cuz just before the Fire Ice event the 2kms started hatching charmanders! Before, at last year's Halloween, a few 10km eggs also exploded into Jynxes in succession...

 

My guess is perhaps eggs are poke-predetermined, but during event the programming overrides the predetermination and gives an event-based poke. So during this event, I'm hesitant to hatch my 10km eggs because I don't really need another lapras (or other Fire/Ice pokes)...:wacko:

Ya! I actually thought it's coincidental when I hatched a lapras during the first day of the event... interesting.. 

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4 hours ago, 4evaboring said:

 

i now short of cleffa to complete all get-able in sg, i rarely get 2km egg. i have extra of all the baby poke, just that cleffa i got none...

 

Lol your gameplay must be so unusual...don't worry, cleffa will surely come soon! After so long, the logarithms must assign one to you soon - probably 100%IV too! :D

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On 15/06/2017 at 0:03 PM, Cube3 said:

 

This question was asked of Niantic boss couple of months ago. He replied that the egg-poke is predetermined, based on where the egg was collected. But in my experience not quite, cuz just before the Fire Ice event the 2kms started hatching charmanders! Before, at last year's Halloween, a few 10km eggs also exploded into Jynxes in succession...

 

My guess is perhaps eggs are poke-predetermined, but during event the programming overrides the predetermination and gives an event-based poke. So during this event, I'm hesitant to hatch my 10km eggs because I don't really need another lapras (or other Fire/Ice pokes)...:wacko:

Not the case for us here.  My 2kms keep hatching Nidorans and Ekans, while all my 10km eggs gotten during the last few days hatched Gligars.  GRRRRR

 

 

 

On 15/06/2017 at 3:42 PM, 4evaboring said:

till date i yet to hatch a cleffa....

Awww.  No worries, when they come, they will come in a flood!

 

 

 

On 14/06/2017 at 6:56 PM, not_a_runner said:

Heracross is region-exclusive if I remember correctly. Either North or South America. I also don't have the other three you mentioned, hehe. :P

Orlando, Miami (at least that I know of) and across South America. 

Mareep and Larvitar spawn around Sg Buloh nature reserve area and in the remote corners of Tuas.  Go for the former, more accessible.  Just remember to stick to the paths.  

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1 hour ago, MeowPrince said:

Orlando, Miami (at least that I know of) and across South America. 

Mareep and Larvitar spawn around Sg Buloh nature reserve area and in the remote corners of Tuas.  Go for the former, more accessible.  Just remember to stick to the paths.  

 

But so hot...how to go trekking in Sungei Buloh. Will dehydrate and get eaten by monitor lizards...:rolleyes:

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1 hour ago, MeowPrince said:

Mareep and Larvitar spawn around Sg Buloh nature reserve area and in the remote corners of Tuas.  Go for the former, more accessible.  Just remember to stick to the paths.  

Ah, bummer, I went for the Tuas West MRT Extension Open House yesterday. Should have opened the app. :D

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2 hours ago, Cube3 said:

 

But so hot...how to go trekking in Sungei Buloh. Will dehydrate and get eaten by monitor lizards...:rolleyes:

 

Haiz.... trek with a water pokemon lo... :whistle:

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2 hours ago, not_a_runner said:

Er...Lapras? (trying to guess what Pokemon this is, hahaha)

Oh ya didn't state!! Lapras! Level 29 Lapras!! Saved many candies and stardust to pump! 2147CP. I have quite a bit of 1k+ double ice lapras for prestiging too

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32 minutes ago, citricacid90 said:

Oh ya didn't state!! Lapras! Level 29 Lapras!! Saved many candies and stardust to pump! 2147CP. I have quite a bit of 1k+ double ice lapras for prestiging too

Go go go ! 

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11 hours ago, citricacid90 said:

JUST CAUGHT 100% LAPRAS AT BUGIS! 1 hour spawn time.. Anyone was there too?

and caught 100% Houndour at SIM and 97% Swinub near my area after that too :)

 

Wow so lucky! Friend notified me about that lapras but I was too far away :(

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1 hour ago, citricacid90 said:

YEAH DOUBLE ICE MOVESET SOMEORE!!!

Nice! I got 5 lapras yesterday and I was amazed at how I got them so randomly: 1 appeared at orchard gateway as I saw it on sighting while I was on the bus approaching orchard mrt station. Quickly alighted and ran back as I was left with 9min before it despawned. One I got it on the move. Another 1 I got it at vivocity while I was heading back home. Last 2 I got them when I got back home. They just spawned randomly few blocks away! 2 of them got the best moveset: FB/B. although none is wonderful :) but I was so contented to have caught some lapras randomly.

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Just now, Coolbriz said:

Nice! I got 5 lapras yesterday and I was amazed at how I got them so randomly: 1 appeared at orchard gateway as I saw it on sighting while I was on the bus approaching orchard mrt station. Quickly alighted and ran back as I was left with 9min before it despawned. One I got it on the move. Another 1 I got it at vivocity while I was heading back home. Last 2 I got them when I got back home. They just spawned randomly few blocks away! 2 of them got the best moveset: FB/B. although none is wonderful :) but I was so contented to have caught some lapras randomly.

thats good! i can relax a little for now :D

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4 hours ago, citricacid90 said:

YEAH DOUBLE ICE MOVESET SOMEORE!!!

For Lapras, I prefer the FB/IB combo.  2 charges instead of one, and I find that it works better for me. :D

Still, congrats to your getting your long-awaited (plus 100%IV) lappy!

 

 

23 hours ago, citricacid90 said:

Low cp (1k+) can prestige with right moveset!

Haha if you want to be the nice guy to park for that purpose.  Don't often see that in Sg, probably because the turnover is just so fast.

 

 

Congrats to @Coolbriz too, for getting so many lapras.

 

 

I'm not really doing much catching right now, just waiting to collect my daily coins and wait for the gym rework to be done.

On that note, it does seem to be a lot less interest in taking down gyms today..... BF's rubbish mon has been sitting there for 4 hours since 7.30am and no one had evicted him.  Highly unusual.

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2 hours ago, MeowPrince said:

For Lapras, I prefer the FB/IB combo.  2 charges instead of one, and I find that it works better for me. :D

Still, congrats to your getting your long-awaited (plus 100%IV) lappy!

 

 

Haha if you want to be the nice guy to park for that purpose.  Don't often see that in Sg, probably because the turnover is just so fast.

 

 

Congrats to @Coolbriz too, for getting so many lapras.

 

 

I'm not really doing much catching right now, just waiting to collect my daily coins and wait for the gym rework to be done.

On that note, it does seem to be a lot less interest in taking down gyms today..... BF's rubbish mon has been sitting there for 4 hours since 7.30am and no one had evicted him.  Highly unusual.

yeah, im actually quite tired of such events...no much motivation tho, unless >95% IV :D

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Trainers,

 

The biggest update to Pokémon GO is nearly here! Very soon, Trainers around the world will be able to participate in a revamped Gym gameplay experience, including the opportunity to join together with others to battle against powerful Pokémon in the new Raid Battle feature!

 

New Gym Features and Updates: Starting soon, Gyms are undergoing a major facelift. You’ll soon be able to spin the Photo Disc at Gyms to acquire items just as you do at PokéStops—but that’s only the beginning. More updates to Gym battles are also just around the corner. Gyms are no longer based on Prestige and training. Instead, they now feature six permanent slots that can be filled by the controlling team’s Pokémon. Each Pokémon assigned to these slots must be unique. For example, only one Blissey can be assigned to a Gym at a time. In addition, opposing teams will battle the Pokémon in the order they were assigned to the Gym.

At the heart of the update is a new motivation system that will significantly change how you interact with Gyms. When a Pokémon is assigned to a Gym, a motivation meter will be displayed. Pokémon assigned to defend a Gym lose motivation over time and as they are defeated in battle. As a Pokémon loses motivation, its CP will temporarily decrease, making it easier for opposing teams to defeat. To help keep the Pokémon motivated and in tip-top shape for their next battle, Trainers can treat their team’s Pokémon to some Berries, which restore their motivation. If a Pokémon loses all motivation, it will leave the Gym and return to its Trainer the next time it loses a battle, so you’ll want to keep your team’s Pokémon motivated by giving them Berries frequently!

 

Pokemon GO Gym 1
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Gym Badges: Now you’ll be able to earn Gym Badges when interacting with the many Gyms around the world. Gym Badges serve as mementos of your Pokémon GO adventures and reflect your contribution to a Gym’s success.

You’ll be able to level up your Badges by battling, giving Berries to the Pokémon in the Gym and spinning the Gym’s Photo Disc. You can earn the opportunity to receive bonus items and increased rewards from Gyms by raising the level of your Gym Badge.

 

Pokemon GO Gym Badge 1
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New Raid Battle Feature: All around the world, you’ll soon be able to participate in the new Raid Battle feature at Gyms. A Raid Battle is a cooperative gameplay experience that encourages you to work with other Trainers to defeat an extremely powerful Pokémon known as the Raid Boss. Before a Raid Battle begins, all Pokémon assigned to the Gym will return to their Trainers, and a large Egg will appear atop the Gym. When the countdown above the Egg reaches zero, the Raid Boss will be revealed.

Before you can battle the Raid Boss, you’ll need a Raid Pass. You can get one free Raid Pass per day by visiting a Gym, but you can only hold one at a time. You can also get Premium Raid Passes from the in-game shop. Upon using your pass to join the battle, you and up to 20 other Trainers work together to defeat the Raid Boss. If you successfully defeat the Raid Boss within the five-minute time limit, you’ll have the chance to catch an extra powerful Pokémon of your own!

 

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New Items: After defeating a Raid Boss, you’ll receive a collection of rewards, including some new items obtained only by defeating a Raid Boss: Rare Candies, Golden Razz Berries, and two types of Technical Machines—Fast and Charged. A Rare Candy is a mysterious candy that, when used on a Pokémon, turns into that Pokémon’s Candy. Golden Razz Berries will greatly increase your chances of catching a Pokémon you encounter in the wild and can also be given to a Pokémon assigned to a Gym to fully recover its motivation meter. Technical Machines are items you can use to permanently teach a Pokémon a new Fast Attack or Charged Attack.

To put these exciting changes in motion, we’ll be temporarily disabling all Gyms. Once the update has been rolled out to players around the world, Gyms will return. The Raid Battle feature will then be rolled out slowly over the next few weeks, starting as a beta, with raids visible only to a subset of players at certain Gym locations. Over a few days, we’ll invite more players to participate and enable raids at more Gyms around the world. Keep an eye on our social media channels for updates on when you’ll be able to start battling in raids. We can’t wait to see you outside battling at your local Gyms!


—The Pokémon GO team

 

 

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8 minutes ago, Samezuka said:

So many new features but still no trading... and it was one of the features advertised in the very first promo video :(

Even if trading was implemented, it would only be done when you're in proximity of the player that you're trading with and not done via Internet. Probably prevention from cannibalizing the core games. 

New features are better than no features I guess. 

 

 

 

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5 minutes ago, 13579 said:

Even if trading was implemented, it would only be done when you're in proximity of the player that you're trading with and not done via Internet. Probably prevention from cannibalizing the core games. 

New features are better than no features I guess. 

I still love my sun/moon!! Playing it tgt with pogo as im posting this lol XD

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7 hours ago, Samezuka said:

So many new features but still no trading... and it was one of the features advertised in the very first promo video :(

 

Wonder if trading will only be more valid for regionals, since with the new items we can now teach those pes A mons with lousy movesets new quick and charged moves. So hope no one transfered those mons away.

 

Also, have you guys noticed that some pokestops have become gyms? 

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1 hour ago, Guest Poke Dot said:

 

Also, have you guys noticed that some pokestops have become gyms? 

 

Really, so fast? Must go check them out...but how to get coins? Just try to put pokes in issit?

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9 minutes ago, Cube3 said:

 

Really, so fast? Must go check them out...but how to get coins? Just try to put pokes in issit?

 

No lah not yet, still greyed out but some pokestops have been converted to gyms.

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6 hours ago, Guest Poke Dot said:

 

No lah not yet, still greyed out but some pokestops have been converted to gyms.

 

Checked all of those around Chinatown...but all still grey, under construction. There used to be 3 gyms along Eu Tong Sen Street, now the number has increased to 8! Am just wondering, how easy it would be to occupy multiple gyms in new setup...or will it be just 10 coins everyday...? :unsure:

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4 hours ago, Cube3 said:

 

Checked all of those around Chinatown...but all still grey, under construction. There used to be 3 gyms along Eu Tong Sen Street, now the number has increased to 8! Am just wondering, how easy it would be to occupy multiple gyms in new setup...or will it be just 10 coins everyday...? :unsure:

Perhaps the coin collection option will change after the gym rework. If not it will be too easy to collect coins with the new gym setup and proximity. :whistle:

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Wake me up, travelers - we must be dreaming.

This latest APK saw massive code changes and has taken a while to chomp through! But we're finally ready and excited to share our findings.

Many major additions have appeared in the APK which have already been covered in the official release notes or the more complete official overview of the changes:

https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/115009004687

These include:

  • The new Gym system
  • The new Raid system
  • New items (TMs, Golden Razz Berries, Raid passes, 'Premier balls' for use after Raids, etc)
  • Gym Badges
  • and more!

But ... that doesn't mean there aren't a few insights to be gleaned from an APK analysis! We'll ignore the many features contained in the above resources and just focus on those which stood out the most.

Ready? Let's dive in!


1. Battle Teams?

A new construct has appeared in the codebase called a Battle Team. Trying not to get too hyped, but this appears to be the much-requested ability to pre-store a battle team(s)! The following attributes give us cause to get excited:

  • LastUsedTeam - likely referring to the 6 Pokemon selected in the previous battle
  • TeamNameMaxLength- ...is this the ability to name battle teams? (!)
  • BATTLE_TEAM_PREFERENCE_KEY- Perhaps the 'preferred' or 'favorite' team?

Now, this is highly speculative until the Gym update turns on - at which point it will be obvious to all! But in the moments before it goes live, this does appear to point to pre-selectable battle teams, travelers.

2. Battle Networking Update

This doesn't appear to be a major upgrade, but there are several updates revolving around remote network calls during battle. Keep an eye out travelers, and see if you can notice what may have changed!

3. Max Total Deployed Pokemon Limit

Once again, this is speculative, but it appears there is a new limit in the code (whether active or inactive at this point has yet to be seen) called:

MaxPlayerTotalDeployedPokemon

While this limit may simply be in place to prevent a player deploying multiple Pokemon at the same Gym, we believe it may be more than that. Notably all 3* of these exist as distinct limits:

  • MaxPlayerDeployedPokemon
  • MaxTotalDeployedPokemon
  • MaxSamePokemonAtFort

This points to a new limit on the total number of Pokemon a player can actively deploy in any Gym (fort). We'll have to wait and see if this is the case, but this may be a very high limit designed to restrict spoofers/bot networks from deploying in high numbers of Gyms in the new system!

4. Legendary Battles

It's here, travelers. Official references to legendary Pokemon have appeared in the APK!

We see them in a few places. Namely, in the player stats:

  • NumLegendaryBattleWon
  • NumLegendaryBattleTotal

and in the Item Types, where we find a Legendary Raid Ticket, a badge for 'Legendary Battles Won' and a deployment error called ERROR_LEGENDARY_POKEMON.

So, altogether now, here's what we think we know:

Legendaries will be encountered in Raid situations (either at events, or under special circumstances isn't clear). They will require a 'Legendary Raid Ticket' item to enter the legendary raid.

We currently believe you cannot deploy legendaries to defend Gyms. This is an interesting restriction that may help prevent a significant imbalance between botters/illegitimate players (who oft find ways to score rare Pokemon) with legitimate trainers. Not to mention it will significantly cut down the black market value for accounts with these legendary species. At any rate, if this is true, we expect we'll be able to use them in offensive teams all the same. Which is all I want. :D

5. 'Healing Mode' at the Gym

It appears that healing items (potions & revives) will be available to be applied at the Gym right before battle itself! So, no more need to go out to the main screen, select 'Items' and go through the whole dance to apply a potion before returning to the Gym. This is a very welcome time-saver, if so!

6. Berry Logistics

As has been mentioned and rumored from glimpses we've seen of the Motivation system, berries are about to become a bigger part of daily life.

Berries now have a new badge: BERRIES_FED

They contribute to your Gym Badge score, and now have their own tutorial!

Adding complexity to berries, we see the following error states:

  • ERROR_WRONG_TEAM
  • ERROR_WRONG_COUNT
  • ERROR_TOO_FAST
  • ERROR_TOO_FREQUENT

This seems to point to combinations and cooldowns that have different requirements than we're used to with berries. Good thing there's a tutorial. ;)

7. Gym Badge Tiers

Gym badges appear to be able to be upgraded to the following tiers:

  • Vanilla
  • Bronze
  • Silver
  • Gold

These are able to be upgraded according to their Gym badge score, which you appear to be able to increase through the following actions:

  • Winning defensive battles
  • Feeding Berries
  • Deploying Pokemon
  • Winning Raid battles
  • And possibly 'losing all battles' (Though we're not sure why this is included. haha)

8. Raid Premier Ball Awards

In a Raid, you appear to be awarded more 'Premier Balls' based on a few factors. These include:

  • The base Pokeballs
  • Individual damage contribution
  • Team Damage contribution
  • Gym Ownership
  • The percentage of damage inflicted by your team
  • A 'Bonus Item Multiplier' (unclear at the time of publication)

9. Fancy Code to Display the 6 Gym Pokemon

A lot of code was added that apparently was designed to display the Gym's defending team without a Snorlax blocking out the other Pokemon. This is a small thing, but it's a very nice touch and some fancy code that makes Gyms look legit!

10. Inbox

The Inbox is about to get a whole lot more useful.

We see many different types of messages are now capable of generating a notice and appearing in the inbox (such as earning progress on Gym Badges, earning PokeCoins from defending Pokemon returning, etc).

11. Lobbies

The 'Lobby' is a new construct in use in the Raid mechanic. It's the waiting room you will sit in before officially joining the Raid. Lobbies enable both public and private access - though private Raid lobbies are still largely lacking documentation. The following actions appear regarding lobbies:

  • JoinLobby
  • isPrivate
  • groupCode
  • suggestedGroupSize

Notably, there are also new errors, such as ERROR_NO_AVAILABLE_LOBBIES which seems to point to interesting cases where Raids are "full." Time will tell!

The lobby system is very promising, and may add an additional social layer than we were expecting when it comes to Raids. We'll be watching Lobbies particularly closely.

12. Gym Badge Map

This has appeared in leaked screenshots already, but its implementation has left a big imprint on the APK. We see new code that uses the S2 API, and ways to cluster and navigate the map to display where your Gym Badges are from.

Overall, this is an awesome feature that makes collecting Gym Badges infinitely more fun.

Notably, you can also now sort Gym badges by: Name, Defending, and Score

13. Push Notifications

Obviously, push notifications are coming with this update! We see notifications for the following:

  • POKEMON_HUNGRY_PUSH_NOTIFICATION_ENABLED
  • GYM_REMOVAL_PUSH_NOTIFICATION_ENABLED
  • POKEMON_WON_PUSH_NOTIFICATION_ENABLED

14. Bonus Gym Loot

Code referencing the increased payouts at friendly gyms reference the following:

  • AwardedGymBadge
  • Loot
  • BonusLoot
  • RaidTickets
  • TeamBonusLoot

In one of the best mechanic changes in this update, it appears that there are multiple levels of 'bonus loot' that will be given at friendly Gyms - having a Gym badge and/or your team owning the gym will increase the payout!

15. Raid Levels

This is a largely unexplained feature at this point, travelers, but there are 5 "Raid Levels" appearing in the APK. We'll have to wait and see what this entails!

 

Whew.

That's not even all the new additions this time, travelers, but this list reflects the largest additions that the Silph Road team feels deserve a highlight in this teardown.

 

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1 hour ago, citricacid90 said:

new gymming mechanics seems difficult to do it alone. sob

Not really true.  Different experience.  While it encourages team battling, lone rangers can do it too.  I did that and took down a 3-mon yellow gym alone.  Just needs more time and effort.  And hope that the owners of the mons in there are not around to refuel them!!! 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Samezuka said:

GYMS ARE UP! Time for Tyra to workout!

 

 

On 21/06/2017 at 0:31 PM, Cube3 said:

Can't wait to start! :clap::clap::clap:

 

Already gotten my Raid Pass early this morning, during my feeding rounds.  Saw the gyms open whilst feeding my comm cats and went to park and whack the ones in my estate.  

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2 minutes ago, MeowPrince said:

Not really true.  Different experience.  While it encourages team battling, lone rangers can do it too.  I did that and took down a 3-mon yellow gym alone.  Just needs more time and effort.  And hope that the owners of the mons in there are not around to refuel them!!! 

 

 

 

 

 

Already gotten my Raid Pass early this morning, during my feeding rounds.  Saw the gyms open whilst feeding my comm cats and went to park and whack the ones in my estate.  

ahh im level 34.9 now... level35 then can eligible for raid passes! i need to get the xp and level upnow

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17 minutes ago, MeowPrince said:

Either that or go at odd hours, when their owners are asleep..... :P

 

Haha right! But I am so amazed that people don't sleep at all! Last night around 3am I woke up to pee and checked out the gym and found instinct players already parked their Pokémon in nearby gym! 

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1 hour ago, Coolbriz said:

Haha right! But I am so amazed that people don't sleep at all! Last night around 3am I woke up to pee and checked out the gym and found instinct players already parked their Pokémon in nearby gym! 

Must be those gps spoofers.... -_-

 

I saw an old lady at one of the gyms in my area, she was feeding mons while I was feeding cat.  LOL

At another gym, a well-known resident auntie was there too, she had just taken down the red gym.  So we both parked our mons in.  

But there are definitely a lot of spoofers, because right away there were 2 other leeches parked in, yet we did not see any human or cat walk past.

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