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Microsoft: Motion Is the New Multiplayer

Kotaku writes: "While Project Natal, and its ability to allow Xbox 360 gamers to play video games completely free of a controller, will launch as a niche of sorts on the platform, Microsoft believes it will one day become the norm.

Motion control, Microsoft Game Studios' corporate vice president Phil Spencer told Kotaku, will change what gamers expect from games."

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XephyrNesion - 67 days 4 hours ago

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what the deuce. i would never, NEVER give up a controller for motion.

Norm my deuce man. No one would want to play halo, cod, uncharted, nor any other online competitive multiplayer game with their body.

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Greywulf - 67 days 4 hours ago

1.1 - Natal's coverage is so ridiculous. On paper(what MS sends out to press) Its the bestest thing ever created. Yet, the reality...

Nintendo has proven this so wrong beyond wrong its sad. Nintendo is the generation leader, whether or not Microsoft(n4g) wants to believe it is. They have proven casuals just need basic inputs to have fun. The Wii & The DS proves this. They attract the gigantic general audience, including alllllll ages. Thats a demographic that neither sony nor microsoft can crack, because they didn't set out to do so in the first place.

Where is this gigantic pool of people who were too intimidated by the Wii? The millions upon millions of people who saw the DS/Wii and said "woah, theres no way i can do that! Aim a wand???? Pfft... no thanks Mr.Nintendo P Videogame, Ill pass!"

Wag the dog comes to mind with Microsofts Natal strategy.

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Maddens Raiders - 67 days 2 hours ago

1.2 - I'm not buying -

into the Natal hype at all.

This nor the SNE offering are what I am looking forward to when I roll a phatty, grab a Dualshock, and prepare to settle into several hours of bliss.

Uh-uh...not me.

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ReservoirDog316 - 67 days 1 hour ago

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That's a good comparison.

Since, you know, I don't care much for multiplayer either...

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kapedkrusader - 67 days 1 hour ago

1.4 - Once again...

...MS is the last one in and the first to claim ownership. You'd think they were the first to invent motion controls the way they beat their chest with Natal.

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thorstein - 67 days 1 hour ago

1.5 - Why would I want a laggy way of playing a game that needs precise timing?

Every demo has lag. Why? The only thing this will do will solidify those of us that love our handheld controllers.

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Eddie20101 - 66 days 22 hours ago

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Natal is nothing more than neat tech that is not really practical for realistic 3D gaming, waving your hands with invisible objects is not emersive, shooters need real triggers or button presses for each shot, racing games needs some sort of tactile feedback for acceleration and breaking. The only reasonable use would be for casual novelty type games and interface control, both of which would get little attention from me.

People will be saying this is cool for all of ten minutes before grabbing there controllers again.

All these Xbox 360 fanboys disagreeing will probably be the same people that say it sucks when it is released. They just think its a bullet point to use against the PS3 and Sony.

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JokesOnYou - 66 days 20 hours ago

1.7 - Look at all the Japanese dev's microsoft paid off.

Everybody on this site knows that had sony introduced Natal all you ps3 loyalists would be screaming, "Ha ha see sony is being innovative with motion controls while micro is just following wii footsteps with a dildo wand." lol

Kojima, Kojima Productions: Natal is something “like the 2D to 3D shift, or the first time that I ever played with Family Computer [NES],”

Keiji Inafune, Capcom: "its a challenge for us to produce something beyond what we are used to doing. Iam certain Natal will bring that change. This doesn't mean its being replaced, but rather, its being enhanced."

Yozu Sakagami, Namco Bandai: "We are excited like kids with a new toy. Everyone on the team was coming up with new ideas."

Keisuke Kikuchi, Tecmo: "Our team has started planning for games to play on Natal, and we came up with 72 ideas all together."

Kenichiro Imaizumi, Kojima Productions: "Its quite revolutionary to us, we never really thought of it that way. We imagined it before but we never thought it would come so quickly. So it took us by surprise. What we will create on Natal would be something that has no limitations. Ideas from outside the box."

Toshihiro Nagoshi, Sega: "The most innovative side is its controller free and it focuses on voice recognition."

Masanori Takeuchi, From Software: "I think Natal is beyond the concept of any existing game. With Natal, I thought that we'd be able to do something new on the Xbox 360 again. I hope to expand the current gaming experience, rather than evolve gaming into something irrevelant to current games. But with Natal this becomes a possibility."

Naoki Maeda, Konami: "I'd like to create a more realistic music entertainment with Natal for my fans."
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lol, the excitement about Natal is just killing the sony loyalists, hmmm so should I wait and see if Natal can pull some new tricks like ALL these well seasoned developers seem to think it potentially can <<OR>> should I believe folks with a comment history of hating anything micro/360 related, hmmm tough choice, lmfao>>>>> Cry harder, sonyfanboys.

JOY

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Pennywise - 67 days 4 hours ago

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Sorry, Two things I want with motion: Sex and Driving.

Please keep it out of my "hardcore" games. Here goes MS trying to ruin something else.

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creeping judas - 67 days 2 hours ago

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What are your thoughts on eye toy??

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Major_Tom - 67 days 2 hours ago

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That's all natal is, is Eyetoy 3.0. Where has there been a successful onstage or public tech demonstration of Natal in action working flawlessly? There hasn't. It's just hype and Microsoft knows hype.

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creeping judas - 67 days 2 hours ago

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OK I'll ask you too then, what's your thoughts on eye toy??

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Major_Tom - 67 days 2 hours ago

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It's been proven ineffective in capturing any market even the niche.

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Shbzshar - 67 days 2 hours ago

2.5 - yes but

a major reason for its ineffectiveness in capturing the mass market was becoz right from day one it was strictly an add on... even till today eye toy is still an optional experience. it has its own brand of little games in the side lines and was never really pushed in anyway..

the only difference here i see is ms is actually hell bent on bringing this to the mass market... i mean when they say they want to relaunch a the 360 with natal in it... or an inbuilt natal in a 360... its obvious they want to push this harder... with that sort of push you'll have more people having that motion cam in their homes... and with that increased market share even more developers will want a piece of the action... competition to make better software for it builds up between them and eventually we'll see better games released...

ms needs to push natal coz if they dont it'll just turn into the eye toy... same goes for sony's wand... becoz both have changed their perspective on gaming mid generation

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creeping judas - 67 days 2 hours ago

2.6 - @ tom

appreciate the honest answer, bubbles + !!!

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Timesplitter14 - 67 days 2 hours ago

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I too think Natal is crap.

And I also think Eyetoy is crap.

Any motion controller is crap.

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Cenobia - 67 days 1 hour ago

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Really eyetoy and Natal face the same problems, they both need good games. There is only 1 game with the eyetoy/PS3eye that remotley interests me, and that isn't enough. So far Natal hasn't proven itself to be any different.

I hear all of this hype about the tech, but none of it matters until they show a game that actually utilizes it beyond slapping things. I honestly can't see hardcore applications without some sort of controller. People suggest things like fighting games, but even then how long can you last? 15 minutes? People are not going to turn their consoles on for 15 minute intervals.

They need to realize that people are LAZY. We don't want to exert ourselves when playing games. For this reason, I think full body motion capture is useless. When movement actually becomes part of the game (ie moving more than 2 feet in each direction, VR) than I'll get into that type of motion controller.

@I did not murder him
Please give me 5 examples of games that will use Natal in ways that appeal to hardcore gamers, or current hardcore games implementation. I got nothing, what can you come up with. It's easy to call every skeptic a fanboy, but I have yet to see any brilliant ideas from people supporting it.

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I did not murder him - 67 days 1 hour ago

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LOL The bitter people trolling disagreed.

Angry because of the Minority Report dashboard the 360 will have when Natal launches, angry and bitter because it will make the Wii adoption look like warn-ups with its appeal, game-software and applications. http://www.reviewstl.com/wp...
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Scared Natal will negate what little progress Sony made and then some.

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Timesplitter14 - 67 days 2 hours ago

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So they're basically saying Wii > PS3 > X360

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divideby0 - 67 days 2 hours ago

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another trash article...looking at the source..just rename the site to..
Kotaku360

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Shbzshar - 67 days 1 hour ago

4.1 - Its an Interview not an opinon piece

they're talking to the vp of ms game studios

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"Motion control, Microsoft Game Studios' corporate vice president Phil Spencer told Kotaku, will change what gamers expect from games.

"Much like with multiplayer, I think it will become the norm," Spencer said. "If you are a racing game without multiplayer the game just didn't sell."

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kaveti6616 - 67 days 2 hours ago

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I have a crazy idea. Why doesn't Sony use it's development studios to sometimes produce full-length CGI films that can be released on Blu-Ray or downloaded off of the PS Store. Uncharted 2 has great characters and a decent story and great voice acting, so why doesn't Sony start a series of films using the engines. There could be a full-length Killzone film, a full-length Uncharted film, a full-length Resistance film, and so on and so forth. Because often times I want to just sit back and enjoy the games as if they are films. I got the idea from Halo Legends from Microsoft. Both companies have in-house resource to produce and market films, and they already have built-in audiences.

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The Great Melon - 67 days 1 hour ago

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That is a cool idea. I have haven't ever thought about any of the companies pursuing that sort of option. Bubbles for making me think a little.

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XBOX360-FUN - 66 days 8 hours ago

5.2 - @Kaveti

Let me ask you a question, if you ate lobster for a week sr8 would you want to eat lobster for one more week.

Your idea is great but the reason I am looking forward to Killzone 3 is because after playing 2 I still grave more and I have to wait at least 2 years to play it.

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KionicWarlord222 - 67 days 2 hours ago

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Great to know that Microsoft and sony know that motion must be standard . Nintendo said it from the beginning .

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Blaze929 - 67 days 1 hour ago

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come on, no one cares about Nintendo; especially "people" on this site.

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GMR_PR - 67 days ago

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I have to agree with Blaze. Motion control is ruining gaming for the hardcore. I'm a 33 years old gamer and i don't want to be swinging my hands or a remote control to play my games. Hopefully they keep this new technology out of the hardcore games.

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Thoreau - 67 days 1 hour ago

7 - motion

is not the new multiplayer. i dont give a D@MN about motion tech. i am a controller player till i retire. motion video games is good for woman and children, but after a hard day of work, why the hell would a grown man want to jump around and flap his arms like a fool???

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stryx - 67 days 1 hour ago

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Can you imagine the instructions on using Natal for MP with the Fight Night series, Mortal Kombat series, etc.?

"Turn and face your partner. Moves will register when you make contact with opponent." The birth of renewed fighting.

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djfullshred - 67 days 1 hour ago

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Let's wait to see what people actually spend real money on before proclaiming the next gizmo to be the biggest thing ever for the advancement of video games. I suspect it will be a nice feature, but not something that is going to make every gamer clear up space in front of their couch so they can jump & run around while playing games.

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Troll_Police - 67 days 1 hour ago

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Multi player >>>>>>>&g t;>>>>>>>& gt;>>>>>>> motion controls.

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Apocalypse Shadow - 67 days 1 hour ago

11 - no,it's not the new multiplayer.

but it could be cool to play multiplayer online against someone else.those hating on motion just need to quit.

i didn't see gamers hating on the atari joystick after pongs knob.didn't see gamers hating on nintendo for the nes controller after atari.didn't see gamers hating on sega or sony or microsoft unless the d-pad was poor or the triggers.people game in different ways.

i can have just as much fun with time crisis or sega's firefighter game or sega's L.A machine guns.those controllers are nothing like a standard controller.but you can still have fun without any controller if the game is done right.

creepy judas,eyetoy and it's games are cool.just as natal could be cool if they can get it to work right without delay.eyetoy itself sold at least 15 million worldwide.the problem was sony america not getting serious about eyetoy like the european arm of sony.so it never took off in america like it should have to add to ps2's library.and because of it,nintendo took it further and now dominate in the casual scene.

here's hoping this time they are serious.microsoft and sony could bring a new type of gaming to consoles.it's not replacing controllers.just adding new type of games.some of you don't have to like it,but at least accept the fact that everyone plays and like something different.

as for "i did not murder him",you need to stop crying all the time about sony fans.they can be unbiased even if most of us have been speaking the truth since ps3 launch.come up with something new.crying about sony fans is not working for you.

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I did not murder him - 67 days 1 hour ago

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It's pointless crying about Natal a handful of PS3 trolls are not going to convince the masses Natal is not worth supporting especially when the gaming media, developer community, mainstream media and most gamers think the world of it lol.

So the supporters of MSFT and this tech should not have to read the regurgitated drivel from people that wake up everyday thinking about how they're going to attack the 360 next. lol

Give it up and tell the rest of the PS3 fan pals to stop worrying about Natal there is nothing they can do about it. No amount of spin, attacks, me too campaigns & smear campaigns will change anything all you're doing is preaching the anti MSFT bible to anti MSFT believers lol

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dreamcast - 67 days ago

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"all you're doing is preaching the anti MSFT bible to anti MSFT believers lol"

And you're doing the complete opposite, which is just as bad.

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thebudgetgamer - 67 days ago

11.3 - i just dont want the controller ripped from my hands

and above it semms like all you do is cry about the ps3.

edit: not dreamcast.

it seems like thats all this place is good for now a days.

but ps3 fans/but 360 fans.

SHUTUP!!!!

THANK YOU YOUR DISAGREES WITHOUT A REASON PROVES ME RIGHT.

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I did not murder him - 67 days ago

11.4 - ^^

Notice how you have to come in the 360 section to confront both types of fanboys lol. The 360 section is the only place both types of fanboys meet lol. I guess 360 fanboys are fanboys because they call PS3 fanboys out when they track 360 news in a all PS3 fan site?

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thebudgetgamer - 67 days ago

11.5 - i also do it in the ps3 section

i do agree with what you are saying the ps3 nutjobs sometimes seem worse the the 360 nutjobs they both annoy me equally.

i currently dont own a 360 but i do respect what it has brung to the table and i cant wait till march when i can buy one.

if people want to fanboy it up in the open zone fine.
this is supposed to be the civilized area.

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ottoman_239 - 67 days 1 hour ago

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I prefer a controller.
controllers FTMFW

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Thoreau - 67 days ago

13 - ididnotmurderhim

typical sheeple. i bought my 360 at launch and my ps3 at launch. i don't feel motion tech as the way of the gaming future. sure, it has application for casual games, but most hardcore gamers want precision within the controls for their games. obviously, you claim that the ps3 haters dislike natal because "it" could be better than anything sony does, but in reality, it is YOU(ididnotmurderhim) blindly defending anything micro produces. i mean look at your avatar, irobot was a horrible movie, you smack it on your avatar attempting to state a point......

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devilhunterx - 67 days ago

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imagine 4 player Halo co-op. And one of the player is black, and the other is into Gothic stuff.

Another player is into tea-bagging all his kills. And the final player has walking disability.

Now Just imagine.

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Thoreau - 66 days 23 hours ago

15 - typical...

press disagree if you lack the intelligence to state your view...n4g.com aka scrubdom.

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keysy420 - 67 days 1 hour ago

1 - not really but it sounds annoying

full body motion seems cool a nd i always dreamed abou tit as a kid but now im like that would be gay

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cyborg6971 - 67 days 1 hour ago

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Like I always say if this is the future of gaming then I have no future in gaming. You can keep that for the casual and my kids. I will never give up my controller.

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AliTheBrit - 67 days 1 hour ago

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Screw natal, terrible idea.

Its never going to work, who the hell wants to act like a prat infront of their tv anyway? its the same reason the Wii fails imo, the Wii is nothing more than a gimmick, just as natal will be.

And Microsoft are just cashing in on the gimmick, because they see how well the Wii sells, its the same story with Sony and there magic wands, I draw the line at Sixaxis, which at least was still using the Game pad in hand.

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Saaking - 67 days 1 hour ago

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See, even the bots don't like Natal.

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Belasco - 66 days 7 hours ago

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Natal is the next move for MS and they abandon hardcore gaming, I am jumping out and going Ps3.

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Saaking - 67 days 1 hour ago

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Natal= fail. That's why the two words rhyme.

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heylo - 67 days 1 hour ago

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this is how you use Natal:

http://i37.tinypic.com/knvx...

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ThatCanadianguy420 - 67 days ago

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LOL @ Corywebb

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Jamescagney - 67 days 1 hour ago

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Personally I just think that motion control was bottom of the list when it came to features in a console that need implementing when Microsoft and Sony made their consoles, and have just shoehorned them in when they realised that Nintendo concentrated on it and had made so much money.

But that's just my opinion, I'm sure money isn't the reason they've decided to do motion control. Surely not.

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dreamcast - 67 days ago

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My opinion is that your opinion is true.

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