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Xbox 360 users, stung by being the paying beta testers for Tales of Vesperia, a game touted as an Xbox exclusive and the sole reason many own their consoles, are launching a petition for redress from Bandai-Namco Games, who they accuse of “underhanded” and “unfair” tactics for daring to release the game on the PS3 in massively upgraded form.

Their petition lays out the following demands:

The games should not be dispersed across multiple platforms, they should be consolidated onto one platform [i.e. Xbox 360].

The games should be complete and properly made.

From now on, the porting of titles like Tales of Symphonia and Tales of Vesperia should be abolished.

An official apology should be made to Xbox 360 users for the abnormal number of additions made to Vesperia only a year after its Xbox 360 release.

The traces of the later additions found in the Xbox 360 edition should be explained.

Further bizarre product linkages should not be undertaken.

Elements of the Tales series [i.e. Patty Fleur] which cannot be enjoyed by all users should not be added.

Characters and the Tales universe should not be toyed with any more than necessary.

Certain platforms should not be favoured over others.

We wish to see user complaints acted upon.

We wish to see more consideration given to the effects of official actions on the fanbase.

The petition, launched on Japanese petition site Shomei.tv, has a closing date of January by which to amass 1,000 signatures, but looks set to easily meet this deadline, having already accumulated 560 signatures.

Distressed Xbox 360 users can join the bellyaching rabble here.

The game itself is nearing release; Tales fans have no choice but to buy it.

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    Comment by Anonymous
    03:46 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Oh how rump ravished the xboys are

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:35 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    "The games should not be dispersed across multiple platforms, they should be consolidated onto one platform [i.e. Xbox 360]."

    I'd laugh if they made their next few tales games PS3 only out of spite.

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:51 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'll laugh harder when their international sales plummet as a result.

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:01 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    ^Indeed...

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:30 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    yeah, cause we all know the 360 move resulted in a huge expansion of the Tales franchise overseas right?

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    Comment by the7k
    06:40 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Heh, yeah, because if there's one thing Americans love, it's RPGs that don't have the words "Final Fantasy" in the title.

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:21 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    You all realized that this is coming from the group of people who are willing to buy RROD with a 54% failing rate and host the company that is willing to replace it numerous times without fixing the problem?

    You'd think that they'd demand a working set of machines before crying over buying a system that doesn't fail more than 50% of the time...

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:24 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    second note, I'm american, and I laugh. You might not want to worry about the QQing people when they run out of money. The american is the same person that supports a car company that was defeated by a japanese one. Perhaps they'd stop QQing when they realize it may only be PS3?

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:48 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Well..... If PS3 didn't have sucha great anti-privacy system...... I'd go with it as well.... and right now its just collecting dust. RROD + 54% failing rate but $3 games vs 10% failing rate and $60 a game.... which would u choice?

    Comes back to tales... I'm getting it on PS3 lolol

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:57 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    >>paying for games burned on cheap DVD's and downloaded from the internet

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:49 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    doesn't the failed "Xbox exclusive" makes the contract invalid? Dunno how it is over there, But I'd try to get my money back. If all those betatester would attempt to do that, I bet there would suddenly appear some DLC and Patches ;)

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:23 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Yea get your money back after you already spent a year into the game. Already makes your argument invalid. All you can do is complain and being an exclusive only covers the first year or so before it gets transferred to another system. Case in point the GTA:CW for the DS and a few other from all 3 companies getting multi platformed.

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:53 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    i honestly would be happy about, I own both systems but I think that I would rather play any tales game on ps3 than 360. But then again that's just me.

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:54 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    i do agree whit you

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:37 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Honestly, Xbox 360 users need to stop bitching. When they find out that a GOOD PS3 games is going to be multiplatform they gladly accept it and now that one of their games are becoming multiplatform they start bitching. They have so much more exclusive shit that Microsoft bought the rights for and they complain about one of their exclusives being multiplatform?!

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    Comment by kamanashi
    11:21 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    You seem to forget that both sides bitch about this shit everytime it happens to them. Makes me glad I'm a neutral and love both systems since I don't make my self seem like a jack ass.

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:26 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Because soooo many XBOX exclusives (official exclusives) have gotten sucked over to the PS3... Right?

    Seriously, Sony fucked up from the beginning, yes their system has a better failure rate, but that didn't help it sell more in the US did it?

    I own both, my PS3 collects dust, I guess my loyalty to them and hopes of a larger Japanese origin game market (like the PS2 - My last Gen favorite) keeps me holding onto it for future release hopes.

    The few exclusives that are released on the PS3 are good, but in no way did Sony come out of the gate with the better bred horse, now as we go through the 10th or so race, Sony's horse is starting to show some pep.

    Things will balance out in the long run, specially as console prices continue to sink in the upcoming years, but Sony really is stuck until the next generation to really sock it to MS and get their crown back in all it's glory.

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:59 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    THIS

    anyway, most game developers find it EASY to makes games for the 360, making the ps3 versions sucky glitchy port OR not putting it on the ps3 at all. ( i'm looking at YOU VALVE D:< )

    sigh... makes me think that ps3 owners are more tolerable than the 360 owners

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:54 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Of course they are. PS3 are mostly mature, while the 360 is owned by kids and faggots.

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:55 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    PS3 owners

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:03 10/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    PC gaming is a master race

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    Comment by aznanimelova
    05:45 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    The Xbox fanboy should calm down. If they follow the history of all the Tales game they should know that Tales of Vesperia was the first one on Xbox and all the other tales game were on PS2 and PSP. If they didn't want to be Beta tester, then they should just have waited like me. Now I have a choice of the 360 version or the PS3 version. Lucky for me for having both console. Now which version should I choose?

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:52 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Actually the SNES had the first one then ps1 then PS2/CUBE then PSP and 360. So on and so forth in short it's had a very multi console series life. But still i own the 360 version and would get the PS3 version. Still good luck bitching.

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    Comment by Hallard
    01:57 08/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    >>If they didn't want to be Beta tester, then they should just have waited like me
    Waited for...what, exactly? The faint idea that they were going to stab 360 owners in the back by going back on the '360 exclusive' thing and releasing a better version a year later on a completely different system? Sure, if I pissed dollars and shat gold, I WOULD wait, but silly me, I actually wanted a game to play on the only one I had the money for!

    What pisses me off the most about this is that a lot of people are assuming everyone has the money for both consoles and enough games to make them worth owning. I DON'T have a spare $300+ dollars to spend on a PS3, and I DON'T have the money to rebuy a game I already own. If this were a Fable: TLC sort of thing, I'd be on that like a fat kid in a candy shop, but no, it's on a completely different system that I don't have the money for. I don't give a shit about console wars. I'm not a fan of either side because I DON'T CARE, but I DO care about getting fucked over by Bamco and having everyone laugh at me for being too damn poor to waste my money on everything I want.

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:30 19/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    So u cant pay for a PS3 to get the complete game... So whether Namco comes out wif a PS3 shouldnt concern u either way cause u cant play it anyway... Why get angry when others get to play wat u dun?

    I could get angry at Namco for releasing for the Xbox first cause I expected jrpgs to be on a freaking japanese console so I bought a PS3 and now that jrpgs ARNT on the PS3 and I dun have spare cash to buy an xbox... So I wait a yr and get exposed to spoilers and wat not... 1 freaking yr wif nothing to play on my damn PS3 while u guys had ToV and MORE so I really dun see y they are complaining NOW...

    Those gloated while they had the exclusives really have no right watsoever to complain right now... ...

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    Comment by First Posting Idiot
    05:52 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Where were these petitioners when we got fucked over after buying games like GTA and Fallout for the PS3?

    I hate it when companies for whatever reason decide to screw over their customers after a single or multi platform release. I don't like it, and I don't wish it on X bots, even if they are annoying fan boys.

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    Comment by Dynames
    09:59 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    PS3 got F up whi fallout 3 so its time they get fuckt up XD

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:56 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    PS3 Version of Final Fantasy XIII got compromised due to it porting to Xbox360 and devs trying to make the games on both platform similar.
    Fuck Xbox360.

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:44 08/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    what a mature comment

    rolls eyes in disgust

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:33 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    wah pooooooor lil crapbox owners....... maybe they should whine to M$ and ask them to pay namco/bandai some more $$$$$$. since they paid off squeeenix....

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:22 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Exactly!! I think this petition was not even made by fans but some pissed off person from Microsoft.

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:58 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    1000 Signatures to get Bandai to wtf?

    Maybe many should start putting up a petition for MS to stop migrating to other businesses and start putting up a proper fight against apple. Look at Vista.

    I think they the 360 folks just shot themselves in the foot.

    "The games should not be dispersed across multiple platforms, they should be consolidated onto one platform [i.e. Xbox 360]."

    Reason: The main reason why they got themselves as test baits is because they themselves (blame MS) wanted this.

    "Certain platforms should not be favoured over others."

    Reason: This part is grey. All three platforms uses this tactic. If they want to petition something useful, make ALL GAMES MULTI-PLATFORM NOT Single platform!!!

    "We wish to see more consideration given to the effects of official actions on the fanbase."

    Reason: If they had already considered themselves "fans" then they should just get the other console or just go over to their friend's place (with a PS3) to play the game. I consider these people "fanatics".

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:46 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    butt hurt? i suggest them buy all 3 consoles and computer so they will not miss out on any game.

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    Comment by Artefact

    This would preclude rubbishing the systems they don't own.

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    Comment by kamanashi
    11:22 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    While ending the complaining would be nice, they would have to commit suicide since there whole point in life would be gone.

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:35 14/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    lol what a hilarious comment considering Square Enix is my fav company id gladly play any of there games be it on Xbox or PS3 cept Wii im a graphic junkie and the Wii just dont cut it for me, the differences in the gaming consoles will always be a big dispute, even if you own all the consoles you will have a fav. Personally i like the PS3 i like surfing the internet and being able to go to sites like Veoh and megavideo, and being able to watch Videos on my big screen, Not to mention the better storage game wise on the Ps3 bluerays discs. So owning all the consoles wont solve anything.

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    Comment by Hellmen
    03:51 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    An excellent suggestion which will sadly be ignored by fanboys.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:03 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Actually this is a quite poor suggestion, as there shouldn't be any reason to buy the "same" game twice, whether or not you have all three consoles. People that already have the game for the 360 shouldn't have to buy it on ps3 just to get the rest of the goodies.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:46 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    you're right; they should just be happy with what they had and ignore the long delay PS3 users had to bear with.

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    Comment by Chrouya
    05:07 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Not really the point of the Anon above you.

    Oh, and I wouldn't use that argument...
    Pain of waiting delay: limited.
    Pain of not getting the extras: infinite.

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:27 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    well many xbox users bashed the PS3 and its games for quite some time also over Tales of Vesperia etc. so this whole treat us equally and fair is pretty much laughable aslo they got a year earlier and they couldn't really expect it stays an exclusive seeing how this generation plays out till now with exclusive going multiplat from PC to consoles from consoles to PC and from consoles to consoles

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:46 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    This isn't about whether or not Vesperia should have been an Xbox exclusive, this is about the company releasing a clearly unfinished product on a platform. Faggotry between the different platform fandumbs aside, this is bullshit on the company. A game should not be released before it is done.

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    Comment by First Posting Idiot
    05:55 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Companies doing this now days should at least offer the extras as free downloads on Xbox live or PSN. We have the technology to update games via the internet, we should use it!

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:42 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    To the Anon who said "ignore the long delay PS3 users had to bear with": Think how we Europeans feel. We had to wait nearly a year to get the Xbox version ...

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:27 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Honestly, this should be released as DLC. I'm a real fan of the Tales series and I bought the special edition of Tales of Vesperia, but to be screwed over like this! That's just cruel. To make me buy the same game again for the price of a new game when I have an incomplete one that was the same price is utter bullshit. Which is why I probably won't be getting the PS3 version and I'll just wait for the next game. At least I know how it ends eh?

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:07 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I do second some of the pointers being thrown here. Especially, when it concerns the game being released uncompleted.

    Being working in that part of the industry before, things like this do happen mainly due to incentives and deadlines. The main idea is to make the gamers think that what was being sold to them is complete and the "best" while money goes into their (Bandai and MS) wallets.

    "Metal Masquerade" Technologies are not readily available (or is unreliable).

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:29 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I think the "clearly unfinished product" statement is just pure bullshit. I have the 360 version myself and I must say the game definitely seemed finished when I played it. Not only was it a completed product but to me, it was also a very good one. I was seriously happy with what I had and I don't regret paying the full price for it. I also won't feel bad about buying it again for the ps3. Its almost an insult to a good game to say it was clearly unfinished. Had nobody ever heard of a ps3 release being made with extra stuff, nobody would say that. The game is a complete product in its 360 version, and I view the ps3 product as being the complete version with some extras. Not an incomplete product finally being completed.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:44 23/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    You see, the thing about this way of thinking dictates exactly the future of the game products coming from companies who spew bullshit, and decide to bitchslap their fandoms; fan's of the series and genre enjoy it in the system they buy it for; sure, buying the same game, again, only for a different system would be many arguments, but the facts of life are this: A marketing decision made by a company is to first release a completed game.

    Second: They then take the feedback of the players, improve it, and then release it as an expansion, or otherwise, only in this case, a completely different system.

    Thirdly: Due to the above statement, many PS3 fanboys are all 'Horray horray.' Personally, I don't give a flying fuck about bullshited Console Wars, because they're pointless. Sure, they're all a business. Whoopdefucking do. A product is not to be fought over in such strife; a product is meant to be enjoyed by the consumer, and if the consumer is one who enjoys the Xbox, so be it. PS3, so be it. It's their choice. But onward to my point; due to this, the Xbox 360 Petition should be taken with a grain of salt, as well, because of some obvious biasness. However, there is merit to asking for DLC; by issuing this statement, they have effectively slapped everyone who ever played the 360, urging them to buy the PS3 and play it instead, even though they already own, and operate a 360, to shell out 300 extra dollars, to buy a new console for those who do not have the money, or do not own the PS3, and buy a 60$ game to top it all off.

    Call it shameless business strategy, but is it working? It's working to solidify them as a company that should rethink some of their moral judgments; not to say I favor a console over another, either. They all have merits, flaws; but this is just placing the 360 owners who have the 360 vs. to buy a new console, a game they already own ant a new price, effectively rendering the 360 version a 'beta.' Which is utter bullshit.

    Fourthly: There is no just cause in doing this kind of practice. 'This isn't fair' is quite right; sure life isn't fair, but I'll tell you this much. Even though it isn't 'fair', doing morally subjective judgments and then telling the 360 owners that 'It has improvements. Buy a new console. Buy a new game. Buy buy buy buy!!!!1!1!1111!!!1!!!!!11!' because they don't give a rat's ass about the 360 enough to simply update it with Downloadable Content to give all these improvements to the public. Some don't have enough money to buy a PS3 and a new game; so why not just give them the DLC option and let everyone be happy? Okay, so them without saying anything was fine, actually; it makes things easier, less anger. Well, this statement..

    ..goes to show how ruthless these people are in 'business', and how unloyal to their fanbase they are; by saying this, they are saying to those fan's who only own an Xbox 360, 'Buy PS3. Buy new game. BUYBUYBUY. Give money to us, yesyes. We fuck you over, yes. we love you long time, yes. Only if you buy new console, new game. Everytime! Yes, yes.' basically.

    Sigh. Rant, over.

    For anyone refusing to read all of that? Here's the basic rundown: Release DLC. Give 360 owners a reason to buy this DLC. By saying this, you have unfairly propograted the PS3, and told to buy the PS3, and a new game, all at almost-400 dollars in total, in which a brutal campaign just to get more money has ensued. Give us the improvements in DLC, for a price; 15 dollars seems reasonable enough. I don't care about the exclusive deal, I don't care about anything specific, but this just gives fans of the series a reason to stop caring, if you're going to release it for both platforms, but give one way too many improvements, and the other left in the dust.

    Just give us DLC, and all will be well. That's all we ask for. /end rant.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:19 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    give me the money to do so or shut the fuck up

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:23 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Dingus Sezs:

    I remember back in the time, when MGS2 was "exclusive" for the PS2... Which lasted for about a year or so before it got ported over to the xbrick with BRAND NEW added shit that was EXCLUSIVE to it. Thank God the interlub wasn't widely infected thruout the land or I would of gotten the same fucking shit from Sony nerds decrying the lack of those bonuses in their system.

    RRoDers, suck it! You all played the fucking game already and outside of a paltry bit of added costumes and characters, the game wouldn't be any different.

    ...outside of the COMPLETELY VOICED game as being it on a 25GIGABYTE Disk!.. no difference at all.

    Ha!
    Beta bitches.

    I've heard that your new Bungie game Demands TWO DISCes for their nue FPS..

    A Fucking simple First Person Shooter that can't fit in a dual layered disc for the RRoD. The future is Now and your toy is getting left in the fucking dust.

    Dingus Rants OFF

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:51 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    This idiot right here wins fanboy of the year! lol

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:27 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    +1

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:39 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Yo fanboy, he meant not everyone can afford 2 consoles. Stop being stupid and read.

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:41 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Lol this idiot doesn't know shit. The 2nd disc is the Halo 3 map expansions >.>
    The ODST GAME is ONE DISC. Get your fanboy hand out of sony's asshole you idiot dipshit.
    And you know that thing about Metal Gear? Well news flash: It was never a sony franchise.
    Have you ever seen the original metal gear games? Didn't look like a PS1 to me.
    Not to mention the GAMECUBE, and XBOX got the expanded editions. Snake is in fucking brawl. Don't tell me metal gear is a sony franchise you bitch.

    If you haven't noticed. There's way more ps3 fanboy rage in the comments than there is xbox fanboys. Which is fucking sad considering this article is extremely biased to the point of no credibility.

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:34 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    By your logic, Tales series (not xbox owned) doesn't have to listen to all 360 QQer's and make games however they like for whoever. After all it isn't a 360 franchise.

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:41 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    PS3 fanboy rage? All I read is more along the lines of laughing at you, 360 fans.

    Truth is, both sides are fucking unbearable. The retards on the 360 side bragging over their warranty for their unreliable system and their Halos and the shit-for-brains on the PS3 side bragging about our (I'm a PS3 user) oh-so-mighty Bluray...

    Give me a break. Why doesn't everyone shut the fuck up, take their heads out of their asses and for ONCE, enjoy their fucking games!? That's all they are!! GAMES!!

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:59 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Sorry, not everyone is a rich fuck.

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:12 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Then get a job and stop living off welfare, you'll find saving up money to not be as hard as you think if you don't budget like a retard.

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:40 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Really, cause you know, working part time while paying tuition, car payments, rent, and food is totally easy when you're not living with your fucking mom kid.

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:27 06/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I pay for tuition, car installments, food, housing loans, utility bills, phone bills, internet bills, wife, kids and parents of both sides AND PS3 and last but not least, the government. I'm not rich, I'm just spendthrift.

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:06 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I have all three systems. i also played the hell out of this game on the 360 and loved it. Having done that, it urkes me that there is content i will miss if i don't fork out the cash for a game i already own

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:36 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    You could say the same for Fallout 3, except once you fork over cash for the same game, you have to fork over more cash for the extras.

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:57 07/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    You fucktard, that not what they are bitching about, They are rightfully pissed, that this sucky ass game that they <3, won't have all the loli bullshit that the ps3 version will. Mind you I could give a fuck less about this shitty game, but it's a bad precedent to set.

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:44 19/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I WAN FUCKING FALLOUT EXPANSION!!! I WAN I WAN I WAN!!!

    Fallout started it...

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:24 07/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    That's what I did.










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