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Massive Action Game: [Insert Gameplay Here]

Split-screen.com: "Hilariously enough, as soon as the Killzone 2 release hype has died down, it's the turn of Massive Action Game (MAG) to be touted the new hipster on the block. It's funny how the tide keeps changing but it's also amazing how a title that was literally a blip on the gaming map some six months ago is now being dissected and conversed about like it's the next killer app for the Playstation 3. Sooner or later, it'll become blasphemous to say anything against MAG so now seems as good a time as any to criticize it.

"If Sony is hoping the main hook for this game will be the number of people it can support online, it can quietly can it and do so quickly. Sony isn't intentionally or unintentionally creating a subliminal connection that says, 'Well , maybe the gameplay is no good. Hit 'em up with numbers!' Yet after checking out the features, MAG seems like another run-of-the-mill military themed FPS."

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LordMarius5506d ago (Edited 5506d ago )

Guess some people dont like waiting for E3.

"Hilariously enough, as soon as the Killzone 2 release hype has died down, it’s the turn of Massive Action Game (MAG) to be touted the new hipster on the block."

To me that just screams
"Whaa why does the PS3 have to have so many good games WHAAA"

Edit: Sony has planned to show MAG to the media later this month,

Nike5506d ago (Edited 5506d ago )

"Guess some people dont like waiting for E3."

Another way to say: Maybe Sony doesn't wanna wait to show the game at E3 and would prefer revealing no gameplay but a bunch of figures right now?

Depends on your viewpoint. Or your console allegiance. :)

Edit: So again, why didn't they just wait till the end of the month, shown it to us and then filled in the blanks with details?

fishd5506d ago

"So again, why didn't they just wait till the end of the month, shown it to us and then filled in the blanks with details?"

Well next time I'll ask them to contact with you before giving out any info about their upcoming games.

GOD,give me a fukcing break,so now ppl are calling Sony out for giving out info about their games?jeez,so what is next?
Hey Sony why you are showing your game before reviews come out?,maybe it is not good and I don't want to waste my time on something that might not be good!

Gotta love you haters,enjoy waiting till E3

PoSTedUP5506d ago (Edited 5506d ago )

i agree with the title, i am DYING to see the gameplay for this game.

zipper and fps? woah...

256 players? O_O

only on ps3? ya damn right!

Nike5506d ago (Edited 5506d ago )

"GOD,give me a fukcing break,so now ppl are calling Sony out for giving out any info about their upcoming games."

There's giving out info and there's hyping your game when you've got nothing to show for it. Which is strange for Sony because they kept awfully mum about God of War III details until the first trailer was shown at Spike's VG Awards some time ago. They didn't even bother clarifying any rumours - when the game was released, only then did they state how it would have no co-op or multiplayer.

"Well next time I'll ask them to contact with you before giving out any info about their upcoming games."

Duuuuude. Could I get fries with that? ;)

@PostedUp:

Indeed. Well, guess we'll just have to wait till the end of the month when Sony will (apparently) reveal it.

ultimolu5506d ago

Media: The PS3 has no games. It's a bluray player. Sony failed.

(now that games are here and more are coming)

Media: WHAT THE FLIPPING HELL?! WHY SO MANY GAMES? WHY ARE THEY ANNOUNCING SO MANY GAMES? OH GOD I'M GONNA KILL MYSELF.

The media...*sigh*

What can you say?

Raoh5506d ago

not to mention i dont hear the media talking trash about ps3 graphics anymore.. odd huh?

terrandragon5506d ago (Edited 5506d ago )

Another run-of-the-mill? No way, after reading about it, it sounds fantastic.

callahan095506d ago

@Nike:

They just released some screen shots the other day. Today they release details on the game. Supposedly these details come from Game Informer, so something tells me there are screens to go with them that we just haven't seen yet. Plenty of games get their first big exposure and details in Game Informer features. In fact, the first time I ever heard of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune was from the Game Informer cover story they did on it a long, long time ago.

SuperM5506d ago

lol @ nike

Way to go, now everyone can see what a fool you are. This is the most stupid article ive seen all week

terrandragon5506d ago

You are right, they have about 11 screenshots showing a village surrounded by a forest, and some kind of desert factory.

CaseyRyback_CPO5506d ago (Edited 5506d ago )

There is no such thing as a killer app. If so, they are all on the DS and the Iphone, definitely not Banjo Kazooie, Lips, or any other title that doesn't rhyme with purpals.

Just like the media/360fans themselves hyped up KZ2 as a killer app, MAG is gunna follow the same route. But it makes no sense, considering the game is just 1 game of many. well it makes sense when you think about it if you didn't own a ps3.. imagine only being excited to play 3 games over and over, and the only news you look forward to, is hoping a PS3 exclusive is purchased for it.

MAG will probably be good, and offer something that the 360 cant, like the entire 08-2009 lineup. It will come, and go, just like all games do, but for some reason.. its some how a bad thing for ps3 owners.. not sure.. maybe a 360 owner could help me figure this one out...

why should I feel bad again?

we have seen more of Mag than Alan Nukem, yet.. no articles for that.

Perhaps everyone is upset that huxley was supposed to be 100vs100? And is now 3vs2.

whothedog5506d ago (Edited 5506d ago )

I didn't think they were ever going to show gameplay footage til it was released, I'm just an impatient a-hole

If they haven't showed footage yet, than that means they are not ready to show footage for WHATEVER reason, I think they know what they are doing.

also yes sony want to get people hyped up for the game, but they are not calling it killer apps, the media is here for that

ZuperAmazingCooKie5506d ago

Can you stop posting flamebait? Just asking.

TheExecutive5505d ago

Exactly... at least sony has new exclusives to actually talk about...

king dong5505d ago

but with 256 player attack and defend, and 64 player team deathmatch games, thats more than enough justification for me to pick this up day one!

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morganfell5506d ago

"....so now seems as good a time as any to criticize it."

Proof from the author himself that his story has absolutely no value.

Nike5506d ago

"Sooner or later, it’ll become blasphemous to say anything against MAG so now seems as good a time as any to criticize it."

Misinterpret things much? :)

morganfell5506d ago

You have spent considerable time defending this story. Even you know it is trash. Your actions are proof of your own insecurity and acknowledgment that this garbage has no legs of it's own.

mopground5506d ago

you say you cant call it an AAA title because there is so little info on it. but that works both ways so you cant bash it or say the gameplay will be bad which is why this article does not have any value at all

IcarusOne5505d ago

As gamers, we should carry a healthy dose of skepticism. It's too easy to see 256 multiplayer and get swept up. The size of these matches is not enough for me to say "day one pick-up". I'm with the author: just because the game can support a lot of people doesn't mean it's going to play well. In fact, it instantly makes me assume otherwise. Which is why I'm very curious to see gameplay footage.

If they pull this off, however, it's going to be awesome. A definitive step in the right direction. But with this many people, won't they need to rethink how voice chat is going to work? That many voices over a headset could get cumbersome.

Brock Danger5505d ago

I think I read that chatting will be broken down between commanders, squad leaders, and squads. Something to the effect that there will be separate channels for the people giving orders, with squad members only talking to the other people in their squad. I'm sure I'm butchering this explanation.

IcarusOne5505d ago

That would make sense. And you didn't butcher it too badly.

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Kain815506d ago

we have seen only some pics from the PC-version nothing more, and the game is hyped too, but its Ok its a360 exclusiv. Double morals mmh

Nike5506d ago (Edited 5506d ago )

Double morals, double standards, double takes and what not.

But just because MAG is a PS3-exclusive doesn't mean Sony shouldn't be called out too for revealing no gameplay and numbers ahoy, and then going on to state how "it's not possible on the 360". Last time I checked, the 360 experts don't work in Sony. So show us the game and we'll decide for ourselves, thanks.

ps921175506d ago (Edited 5506d ago )

Good point, I am hyped for MAG because of the concept and admit that we know very little of it, so at the end it may turn out to be crap. As for AW the concept isn't new or amazing, the developer aren't renowned all over the world, and we know nothing of it, so why so much hype for it? Heavy Rain deserves more hype than it, at least we know something of it.

EDIT: Ah, out of curiosity, who designed the 360 cpu?

Nike5506d ago (Edited 5506d ago )

The rudimentary story is supposed to be about the so-called Origami Killer. Quantic Dream later stated that the footage they showed at Leipzig GDC last year won't be part of the main game (but maybe a tutorial). Technically, the main game hasn't been shown.

But at least we've seen the capability of the engine, the number of branching paths within the games, and how some gameplay aspects resemble Indigo Prophecy's Quick Time Event sequences.

Hype indeed works both ways but generally, it's dumb to dub MAG a AAA title when nothing is known about just as it is to dub Alan Wake a "Crysis Killer" (yes, some one actually called it that once) when the 360 version hasn't been revealed.

Edit: I think it was IBM but I'm not certain. :P

ps921175506d ago (Edited 5506d ago )

http://www.gametrailers.com...

It was designed by IBM, Toshiba and Sony.

Microsoft payed for the design, but had none of there own engineers work on it.

SprSynJn5506d ago

Do you work for Microsoft by chance?

TheExecutive5505d ago (Edited 5505d ago )

Well, if you think its possible to have 256 players on P2P servers there is something seriously wrong with you. So yes, its not possible on the 360. Is it because of the hardware? No. Is it because of the server architecture that MS decides to have? Yes.

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blackpanther255506d ago

they can get this game right is if they force people into squads and give each individual squad a different mission on the map with like a location point on the map or something. The gameplay has to be tactical as well and the physics have to be good like the recoils, movement, accuracy fallof, and etc.

Above all it must have full customization of weapons. Im talking silencers, scopes, single/semi/automatic switch options for assault riffles, and etc.

Nike5506d ago

Never really thought about that. How DO you get that many people to fight it out online and still get them to work cooperatively? I believe WWII: Online had a similarly large number of players but that didn't quite turn out so well.

Perhaps we may see some of PlanetSide's influence in this - as in, the game will reward those players who work most closely as an outfit rather than running off on their own to commit enemy genocide. It would be interesting if other types of missions were included in between all the action - like training missions, weapons testing, mini-games that net special weapons and upgrades, etc.

squidyj5506d ago

Umm yeah, the way they have it set up is 8 person squads with 4 squads in a platoon and 4 platoons per side. every squad, platoon, and conflict has a leader and leaders are able to assign specific objectives

so you could assign the taking of a town to a whole platoon and then a squad in that platoon could have the job of blowing the bridge and another could have the job of clearing the town hall and another could be directed to provide overwatch support (sniper objective IMO). Squads and platoons get points for completing objectives.

Command structure is a big deal in this game apparently, can't wait to see what the commanders can do.

Raoh5506d ago

It can work if its objective based.

similar to resistance 2. It was nice to see people work together in R2 due to the fact that you had a specific job and goal.

so similar to the neogaf findings on what can be expected in the game like when an air strike is called in it may not be in your region but you may be able to hear it. shows that lots is going on outside of the area from your own fire fight.

even in socom you would see people break up into buddy system like squads to accomplish objectives. one would concentrate on breaching and guarding that post while another team went in to take out communications.

the cool and sad about MAG is that if pulled up it will be amazing. a few bad decisions could make it a disaster.

fishd5506d ago

"There's giving out info and there's hyping your game when you've got nothing to show for it."

http://www.n4g.com/News-306...
Enjoy

As for the gameplay,well it's an FPS on a large scale,what do you expect to see?Jesus riding a dinasour?Sorry but you'd be disappointed

hesido5505d ago

@jesus comment, LMAO (nearly fell off the chair.)

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MAG was one of the most ambitious shooters ever and deserves a PS5 sequel

Zipper Interactive were once one of Sony's most important studios and became a household name due to their work on the SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs series during the PlayStation 2's heyday. Their most ambitious title was MAG. Could it make a comeback?

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yellowgerbil1564d ago

Best game ever. I had put over 1700hrs into that game before it deteriorated too far with cheaters getting out of the map and sadly decided it was time to let it die (Zipper had already been closed down by that time).

_SilverHawk_1564d ago

Amazing game. Hopefully sony makes a sequel

XisThatKid1564d ago

This is the game in modern gaming that even got me into shooters i spent literally days with this game Raven All the way. War against the the mighty D ride oh so edgy S.V.E.R.

NecrumOddBoy1564d ago

Original Battle Royale. No microtransactions. Definitely ahead of time.

XBox4eva691564d ago

It's almost as far from battle royale as you can get. o_O

frostypants1564d ago

It didn't have a BR mode.

Da12RespectA1563d ago

That wasn't a battle royale game at all.

rdgneoz31563d ago

3 teams of 32 fighting it out would be considered Battle Royaleish. If you're gonna saying teams are OK when you start doing teams of 2 or 3 or 4, then 32v32v32 should work. And on besides that, it had 128 v 128 which was insanely fun.

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Muzikguy1564d ago (Edited 1564d ago )

I personally hadn't played much of it. I did spend a lot of time in PlanetSide 2 though (somewhat like MAG). Games like these tend to get overrun by cheaters and then ruined too often.

Teflon021564d ago

MAG didn't have that issue as far as I remember. I use to love the 256 matches. That game had an amazing community. Everyone actually communicated and played together. No one B****ed at the team. Everyone understood there was so much going on that if things are going wrong. Everyone had to think of new strategies.
Fav moment was when all 3 other squads 32 took their objectives but we were struggling with ours and had one more to blow up. The other leaders were communicating asking if the 2 nearest squads should send ppl. Our leader was like Naw I got a idea. So he told us all to die and set ourselves at the nearest hills prone without being seen. So we all did and surrounded the areas.
He said everyone on his count throw your grenades. Then snipers go all out and everyone else run in. They won't be able to get everyone and if needed the snipers go in about 10 seconds after.

Everyone did that and I got to the objective and set it off. 9 of us survived and got it. felt amazing to say I got the objective, cover me in that moment. Wish it was PS4 so I could have saved that moment
It was literally the coolest moment I had in a online shooter, closest since was BF4.

Muzikguy1564d ago

@Teflon

That does indeed sound like an awesome moment. One that makes games like these memorable for sure. It does seem like MAG had a lot more cooperation than most any online shooter

Teflon021563d ago

It did because you absolutely can't get no where in it without teamwork. It also didn't have an extremely big base of players. Everyone who played really wanted to play. I really hope they bring it back and do the same thing to only have serious players get into the big matches again

UltraNova1564d ago

Wow, what a run! This game looks better than PUBG!

Muzikguy1564d ago

Watching that video you wouldn't think the game was on PS3.

Spenok1564d ago

I adored this game too. Some of my best FPS online memories on it. So freaking good.

I'd love to see another game like this come out at some point. And NOT like Planetside... M.A.G. was something special.

yellowgerbil1564d ago

Yeah problem is if it existed now adays, it would likely be riddled with xp boosts and dance moves and all that other pay garbage...
MAG and Warhawk are the only 2 online games I ever got into, and both need a PROPER sequel on PS5.
Remember the first time I got 100 kills in a match, was in a turret with a repair kit and just mowed down wave after wave on Valors map.

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PrinceOfAnger1564d ago

I had so much fun with this game

TGGJustin1564d ago

This is a game that was ahead of its time. Had it came out on PS4 it would've done much better. I put hundreds of hours into this despite the problems it had on PS3.

UnholyLight1564d ago

Really interesting as an Xbox owner at the time. This game had captured my interest as a kid but I never got a chance to play it. Being on PS4 and soon possibly PS5, I would love to see this franchise brought back to life. I imagine with the power of next gen it would be really quite fun.

From what I hear and what I remember, this game was FAR ahead of it's time. A real shame it never truly took off from my understanding.

grifter0241564d ago

I'm an xbox boy since mech warrior but got a ps3 slim for mag. If you liked halo or cod you'd have had a blast in mag. Was one of the first games you could actually do something other than shooting and still make a difference in game.

spicelicka1563d ago

PS4 needs something like it. In the multiplayer space it's far behind the Xbox, there are no quality multiplayer games on it that aren't on other consoles.

Dirtnapstor1564d ago

Yes, yes, and yes. Way ahead of it's time. Would love to see a PS5 variant of this game.

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Modern Warfare Ground War mode has MAG vibes

Erina Rose, Sausage Roll writes, "Call of Duty: Modern War introduced a new, improved, Ground War game mode this weekend that reminds us of the old PlayStation 3 classic, MAG."

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ilikestuff1689d ago (Edited 1689d ago )

I never played mag, I did play this beta however, and if mag was like this beta then (fart noises) for mag.

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TheGamez1001689d ago

Man do I miss mag and zipper.

TheSinsibleOne1689d ago

Seriously though. Nowadays this and next gen are practically begging for a new MAG.

zodiac9091689d ago

How did we go from having games like resistance 1, 2, warhawk with 30 vs 30 player battles, and M.A.G. with 128 vs 128 players, ON LAST GEN to now having 20 vs 20...such a step back.

JEECE1689d ago

Because Sony hadn't figured out how to market their exclusives yet. Plus at that time COD craze was at its peak. So "generic high school bro #7," who was the primary purchaser of FPSs at that time (or at least represented a crowd necessary to sustain a playerbase), if he even had a PS3, would have just seen a game like MAG as a "copycat of Black Ops, man."

Not to mention MAG was pretty terribly uninviting for new people after awhile, because it was more skill-based. This was great for veterans, but if you weren't willing to put in the time getting destroyed for awhile, you would never appreciate the game. The Battlefield: Bad Company and BF:3 games out during that gen were far more accessible to lower level players.

Vegamyster1689d ago

Battlefield 4 was at the start of the generation and had 64 players, to me it depends more on how the map/gameplay is utilized, i enjoyed the 20vs20 modes more in the MW Beta than the 64 player ground war mode.

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moomoo3191689d ago

It feels absolutely nothing like MAG lol. Way more battlefield vibes

xX-oldboy-Xx1688d ago

And even those are very small vibes, it still feels like COD at the end of the day.

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MAG: The Greatest Game You Never Played

Almost 10 years ago the greatest first person shooter came out and most of you probably never heard of it, never got to play it and never will.

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FiLTHY ESKiMO1808d ago

Who would the next gen version nor that Zippers gone?

_SilverHawk_1808d ago

I remember this game and it was amazing. I would like it if Sony would make another one because this game was ahead of it's time.

RememberThe3571807d ago

It was an amazing concept and it was a cool game, it was just ahead of it's time. I played the sh!t outta MAG, but the game itself played just okay. I'd love to have seen a sequel, even just a spiritual successor, especially with the next gen coming and the way cloud computing has advanced a game like that nowadays would be awesome.

Elwenil1807d ago

It may have been amazing if you played for SVER, but if you played for Raven or Valor, it was an unbalanced mess. I had some fun with it, but the player count was an illusion at best and false advertising at it's worst. The map and faction balance was so ridiculously skewed you knew who was going to win as soon as you saw what team you were against. It definitely had some interesting ideas, but was far from an amazing experience in my opinion. I would have much rather Zipper have made another SOCOM game rather than MAG.

darthv721807d ago

that game would make for a great battle royale release. So many players all at once... it was ahead of its time for a console shooter.

TheGamez1001808d ago

Was such an underrated game. One of my most favorite fps of last gen. So unfortunate zipper was closed down. Imagine if it was a success and thered be a 2nd game by now.....

TekoIie1808d ago (Edited 1808d ago )

I can think of many better games that I've yet to play...

"Almost 10 years ago the greatest first person shooter came out"

HAH. So is Planetside 2 now the best FPS ever? Because it does everything MAG can and does it far better. I'm afraid that MAG is basically your standard FPS but uses scale as it's selling point. The vast majority of shooters that focus on smaller scale matches have gameplay leaps and bounds better than MAG so it is definitely not the greatest FPS.

I know many people are going to try and refute this by telling me to look at the three factions but MAG has literally no character. The game is call 'Massive. Action. Game' for gods sake which is a contender for 'The Worst Title a Game Could Have' award. I've never been a fan of Zipper but I hear great things about them from their PS2 days. However, with MP gaining popularity in the generation that followed I think it says a lot that they couldn't keep up with the competition.

Knushwood Butt1808d ago

'HAH. So is Planetside 2 now the best FPS ever? Because it does everything MAG can and does it far better.'.

It was released years later.

Was there anything offering what MAG did when MAG was released?

TekoIie1808d ago

"Was there anything offering what MAG did when MAG was released?"

Yes, Planetside 1.

Knushwood Butt1808d ago

Fair enough.

Can't say I've played it, but I enjoyed MAG for a while.

FantasticBoss1807d ago

MAG was one of the very few games trying to do scale like it did, but I think it missed the mark. Wish it could have had a sequel though as they may have been able to iterate on it to create something pretty neat.

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Profchaos1806d ago

Sony had a awesome approach to online in the PS2 days with SOCOM co op that had games working together to achieve a tactical goal they pioneered voice chat on the PS2 for SOCOM but as they steamrolled ahead it was clear team Deathmatch would take over in popularity which shifted zippers approach so all their experience amounted for not much when designing online in the PS3 era.
It still was a decent game but couldn't stand out compared to cod which had millions of players consistently

yellowgerbil1808d ago

Loved mag had over 1700hrs into it across many accounts, remember my first 100 kill sabotage game, was insane

BLow1807d ago

Yes, so do I and not that game they released on PS3. I'm talking the one Zipper did and not Slant Six. At least Slant Six tried to do the series justice once they fixed the issues.

The one Zipper did didn't feel like Socom to me. It felt more like Ghost Recon to be honest. I absolutely loved the voice commands and I figured they would be even better on next gen hardware. They didn't even bother doing anything.

Maybe, I just wanted it more grounded and not so techy if that makes sense. I just wanted to go into jungles or missions just using my wits and patience and not have to use a bunch of gadgets. I wanted to be able to give orders with my voice to squad members. Yeah, they can at least have earpieces lol.

It's hard to explain but I know the old school Socom players know what I'm saying. Socom just had a certain feeling and the new game didn't feel that way. Slant Six yes. Zipper no...

We can only hope but if they bring it back they have to do it right. If not don't bother and just make something new. I rather have the memories I had with Socom be mostly positive than negative. Unless you pull a God of War, don't bother lol.

I've already said too much but that goes to show how much I loved Socom. Especially 1 and 2.....

Deathdeliverer1807d ago (Edited 1807d ago )

Game was simply ahead of its time. If mag came out now with improved graphics people would be blown away. Back then people whined about the graphics even though it had players literally everywhere. It was several great games in one. Battlefield, Ghost Recon, and Call of duty.

Hungryalpaca1807d ago

What exactly was it ahead of its time in? Player count? Planetside released in 2003 and and played count per match was over 300.

xkvcq1806d ago (Edited 1806d ago )

The BETA for MAG was one of my fondest gaming moments. I was highly anticipating the start of the beta servers but I had school that day. I had started downloading it that morning as soon as it was available and just when it finished downloading I found out school was cancelled, last minute, because of weather. BEST. SNOW DAY. EVER. I played the beta all day, continuing to put off my homework :P

TekoIie1806d ago (Edited 1806d ago )

Well have I got news for you pal! Planetside 2 has been available for nearly 4 years on the PS4 and longer on PC and people still aren't blown away. Maybe the novelty of scale is actually overrated and people don't care as much about it which is why MAG failed when multiplayer shooters were at peak popularity during it's lifetime?

If you were blown away by 256 players in 2010 why would you not have been blown away by 1000 roughly 2-3 years later?

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