Why can't y'all move the frick on and accept the future?

Why can't y'all move the frick on and accept the future?

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  1. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    ...because the future sucks, maybe?
    stupid question honestly

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      fpbp & /thread

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      fippybippy

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      fpbp & /thread

      fippybippy

      when you're a millennitard that peaked in life during pokemania

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        when you're a zoomer who didn't get to play decent pokemon games

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        sorry you missed out on the golden age zoomie

        • 3 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          PoGos release was the golden age.

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Why would I wanna be a fricking millennial? Fricking moron

        • 3 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Because then you wouldn't be a virgin considering trooning out little zoom zoom.

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        I’m a zoomie and started with gen 3 when it came out…

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        ITT: shartennials that peaked at 7 years old

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        when you're a zoomer who didn't get to play decent pokemon games

        This is extremely confusing, Millenials played gen 1 and 2 then dropped the series, gen Z was the core audience for gens 3, 4, and 5.

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Every pokemon game since X/Y has been dogshit, it's just the reality of life.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        How are you going to blame me that the best thing that happened in my lifetime is that people were all on board with a shitty jrpg that you could talk to literally anyone about without being called a Black person homosexual? It's my fault that everyone is addicted to drugs and social media? I literally just want to live out innawoods and even the government won't let me do that

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        No, honestly, Pokemon today is fun, but the Today we're living in actually fricking sucks, and hasn't been good in a long time. We all deserve better than this, and we don't have it because insane interest groups are fighting to keep you from having it.

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Fpbp
      Op is making the exact same argument leftists do to claim we should accept degeneracy. The modern world is NOT the norm.

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        degeneracy is good

        • 3 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          nuh uh

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        People wanted to frick horses since caveman times
        Frick off moron, dgeneracy has existed since humanity exists

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Frick off puritard, degeneracy has always existed

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >politics out of nowhere
        >argumentum ad populum
        Smells like pol in here

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Your teenage nihilism is showing. Get laid, the world always looks brighter after a knee-trembler.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        we're only talking about the future of the pokémon franchise, dumbass

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      You morons are so proud that you had the peak of your life in primary school.

  2. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    zoomers are so fricking weird
    >hurr durr hand art is based, AI slop is bad and terrible for artists
    >also hurr durr pixel art is bad, computer generated template stock assets good
    you homosexuals are npcs that don't even know what you are fighting for

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >calls others NPCs
      >engages in generational conflicts like an NPC
      Incredible.

  3. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Because it looks better than the barbie game tier graphics of the switch

  4. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    zoomers hate millennials then go to Twitch and Youtube to watch and donate to millennials btw
    name a more stupid generation

  5. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    why can't some people seem to accept that the past was just better? are you afraid to admit that you missed the boat and are living through a declibe? it's not your fault.

  6. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I miss the art direction.
    I don’t miss grid-based movement when the spinoff games were already letting players move in more than four directions

  7. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Gen 4 and 5 are 3D games.

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Pokemon is a 3D franchise. It was created in the 3rd dimension (our dimension).

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Because the jump to 3D turned the series into the zombified husk it is today.

      The Pokémon are sprites in battle. Pretty sure it's 2D.

  8. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >Y'all

  9. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    true I miss PMD

  10. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    if pokegays love pixel art pokemon so much, why arent they making any actual completed games in that style?
    not a single ds fan game has ever been made btw, and you should remember this is the world's largest franchise, so there should be plenty of autists willing to work on one

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      > if pokegays love pixel art pokemon so much, why arent they making any actual completed games in that style?
      We did, it’s called Clover

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous
      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        name one completed fan game on ds with an entirely new region and story

        • 3 weeks ago
          Anonymous
          • 3 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            oops meant for

            name one completed fan game on ds with an entirely new region and story

            but seriously doe, we finna be fallin low on dem ds fan games yo!

            • 3 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              meant for [...]

              autism

              • 3 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                meant for

                oops meant for [...]
                but seriously doe, we finna be fallin low on dem ds fan games yo!

                and

                meant for [...]

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        meant for

        if pokegays love pixel art pokemon so much, why arent they making any actual completed games in that style?
        not a single ds fan game has ever been made btw, and you should remember this is the world's largest franchise, so there should be plenty of autists willing to work on one

  11. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >80% of the image is 3D slop
    Does the normie here really miss pixel art or does he just miss gen 5’s shitty art style?

  12. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I miss the art direction for SM/USUM. SV’s lighting and textures look like dogshit. The human models look like dogshit. Pokemon HOME’s visuals are also bad too.

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      gen 7-8’s art style was pretty much perfect and they should have just kept iterating on it instead of falling for the MUH REALISM meme.

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Nice Yuzu upscaling bro, now show how it actually looked on original hardware.

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      gen 7-8’s art style was pretty much perfect and they should have just kept iterating on it instead of falling for the MUH REALISM meme.

      good luck
      they took out the only good things about pokemon: the pixel sprites/icons and the celshaded-outlined art style
      now you truly have an incredibly dogshit franchise just because some homosexual autist who dearly missed his shitmon cried about some stupid fricking tree that was clearly rushed in at the last moment

      • 3 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >the only good things about pokemon: muh boomer grafix
        you don't like pokemon

        • 3 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          i do, way more than you

          • 3 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            no you don't

  13. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    The truth is, gamefreak always had dogshit graphics.
    Gen 2 and 4 were the only aesthetically pleasing gens.
    Gen 5 in particular was fricking garbage with close up pixilated sprite twinned backsprites and gen 3 was the ugliest popular game on gba.
    Then the washed up 3d models with stiff animations became a thing, and people blamed 3d for dogshit designs like terrakion looking bad in 3d.
    Honestly pokemon can go back to pixels and it would still be lazy shit, i assume morons would then claim that pokemon should go back to black and white

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >gen 2
      >aesthetically pleasing
      ?

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        GSC are possibly the comfiest looking games ever made.
        Have above average graphics for the Gameboy Color.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Kek no.

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            Both are accurate.
            The aesthetic is fantastic. And the games look better than most titles for the console.

            • 2 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              It objectively looks like shit dude. Take the nostalgia glasses off.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                inb4 josh

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                Nah.
                They looked great.
                GSC are some of the most pleasant looking games of all time.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >night making it hard to see on the gbc is somehow good
                >copy pasted trees somehow looks good
                >kris humping the train somehow looks good
                lol, next gay gen 2 screencap please

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                Don't play in direct sunlight. Otherwise it was perfectly fine on an actual GBC. I never had issues seeing what was happening.
                The trees look just fine. Sprite tiles were used on every title for the GBC and Gold/Silver/Crystal's looked better than most.
                The bouncing is super cute.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                Now tell us how you really feel.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                GSC are probably the best looking pokemon games.
                HGSS are the second best.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                Ah, so you have shit taste. Sorry to hear that.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                What game do you think looks the best?

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                Most of them look better. Platinum, BW, BW2, LGPE, even XY and SM look better.

                [...]
                gotta be bait. even Zoomers like how gen 2 looks.

                Nope, Johto has to be the most overrated thing in all of Pokemon.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                dilettante

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                XY are by far the ugliest in the series, even worse than Scarlet and Violet.
                Platinum has good parts like the Distortion World, but the rest of the game just looks way worse than HGSS, especially the cutscenes.
                Black and White have terrible proc-gen sprites and ungainly 3D assets plastered everywhere in the camera's face. HGSS had a better sense of shame over those and pushed them into the background better.

                LGPE has a nice aesthetic, but the game kills itself by failing to use it well. Just remaking RBY almost 1:1 with a far more complicated graphical style makes the game feel deranged to play.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >proc-gen
                i don't think you understand what that term means

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                The animated sprites were likely keyframed to specific positions and then procedurally generated to fill the 'tweens. That was easily doable for low res pixel art even in 2010.
                No standard animation rigging software would have churned out such mulchy spritework otherwise. And no pixel artist would have drawn that by hand.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                And I think the spritework in GSC never looked good at all. Nobody will change anyone's minds though so I won't continue.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                I think GSC has the most character in the series in its spritework. Especially Crystal.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                gsc has the most trooned out npc sprites though.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                that's the character

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >Johto has to be the most overrated thing in all of Pokemon.
                nah that's hoenn. but johto takes the #2 spot.
                although if we're talking about "things" in general and not just regions, the most overrated thing is following pokemon.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >girl
                Dropped

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >night making it hard to see on the gbc is somehow good
                >copy pasted trees somehow looks good
                >kris humping the train somehow looks good
                lol, next gay gen 2 screencap please

                gotta be bait. even Zoomers like how gen 2 looks.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >i don't have the same opinion as you so it's bait
                many such cases with johtoddlers

  14. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >Another DSgay crying thread

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      who are you quoting?

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >accept the future
      >not a switchgay

  15. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I like gen 5 but gen 5 fans are annoying

  16. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    The games just make your noggin joggin in sprite form. Simple as

  17. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    pixel art is just figgen awesome

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      I meant to post the gif

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        why does a lion need a sword?

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          to cut the meat? duh?

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >pixel art is just figgen awesome
      when it's actually done well and not like gen 5, yeah

  18. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    When will nintendo just let monolith soft handle the development of pokemon? gamefreak babbies can just intern at monolith soft and see how big boys make video games on consoles. Scarlet and violet is fricking boring.

    • 3 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Nintendo doesn't have that kind of power, despite what most people think they don't own Game Freak or Pokémon in general
      TPC would have to ask Nintendo/Monolith to do that (they won't)

  19. 3 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    HGSS and BW had the best pixel graphic
    PLA and Let's go had the best pokemon vibe 3D graphic

  20. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Unova is PVRE SOVL

  21. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >its somehow illegal to play old games

    I am right now playing through Pokemon Black on my phat DS. Haven't played it before. It's pretty fun.

  22. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    "I miss Pixel Art Pokemon" and they post the worst pixel art in the series

  23. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    It’s about enjoying the classic comfy jrpg element. Gen 5 remake if we get one should have the old school format so we can enjoy kino one last time

  24. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >y'all
    back to xitter you go

  25. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I'm just going to spell things out for you.
    3D POKEMON ARE THE SPINOFF GAMES.
    Snap, Coliseum. 3d is the cheap knockoff.

    Pixel art was for the main franchise. All the SOVL is in the pixels. When you turn the mainline games into spinoffs, its just trash.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >All the SOVL is in the pixels
      Until someone points out most of gen 5’s graphics are 3d models and not pixels and you start defending it, right?

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >Until someone points out most of gen 5’s graphics are 3d models and not pixels and you start defending it, right?
        No. Why would I defend slop?
        All the good parts of BW were in the pixels.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Cool. Where are the 3D Pokémon models in battle?

  26. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Because GF can't make good looking and performing 3D games to save their lives.

  27. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    It would have actually been better if all of the main titles were both 3D and 2D. 3D for overworld graphics, and 2D for battles. The transition to 3D brought on a range of logistical issues that were more than Gamefreak could handle, which is how you get the poorly optimized and glitched up trash that has become the norm with these games.
    >but 2D is sooooo 90s
    Shut up. 2D graphics are fine if they are done in an interesting and stylistic way that works with the style of the game. And the devs wouldn't have to waste time making animations for thousands of models.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Tweening doesn't look good
      2d sprites often get distorted beyond recognition if the camera gets too far, or you see all the pixels if it gets too close
      And mainline pokemon didn't look great in 2d
      Ranger and 2d pmd looked better

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        there is nothing wrong with seeing pixels

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Surely you have seen what some indie games with pixel art graphics look like. gamefreak never applied themselves that much.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          They make it blurry or 2d """hd"""
          The rest make their games look cheap

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >And mainline pokemon didn't look great in 2d
        It didn't need to mate.
        Cardboard cutouts, digital woops and a bomb ass soundtrack were all we ever needed.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >And mainline pokemon didn't look great in 2d
        This is just false when you look at gen 4 and 5 games, and they were on handheld consoles as well. Are you calling this ugly? If they were to put in the effort, 2D graphics would look excellent on Switch.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          All of the
          >Pokemon was low-key ugly
          shitposters ignore the modular move animations and battle sprites. Those were top notch given their scope and era.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          >If they were to put in the effort, 2D graphics would look excellent on Switch.
          I used to think this about game freak, but then I played a certain strategy RPG that uses 2D sprites, on the Switch, and it graphically blows every single pokemon game out of the water. It made me realise that GF will NEVER put in the effort to create something that looks actually beautiful, they can just chase the industry "trend" of 3D graphics since thats what the masses expect video games to be.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          >the lady gets deformed
          >slowpoke gaining black pixels
          >espeon outline's disappearing

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          sir your espeon's head is melting

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >And the devs wouldn't have to waste time making animations for thousands of models.
      Why is it wasting time when the 3D models and their animations convey any Pokemon's personality and movement better than the 2D sprites ever tried to do? It's not a waste of time to put effort for the Pokemon in the Pokemon game to better showcase their moves.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >Why is it wasting time when the 3D models and their animations convey any Pokemon's personality and movement better than the 2D sprites ever tried to do?
        they don't.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          They do by every standard. There's more of them than just the 1-2 prior to XY and they exist for specific types of moves / actions / emotions. The 2D sprites have always been inferior to any 3D entry in the series because of this.

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            virtually any still sprite of any pokémon in gens 1 - 4 better conveys the creature's personality and dynamics/motion with their superior color and composition than any of the shitty bland 3D models and their animations from gens 6 onward. I cannot imagine what you must be looking at to think otherwise

            • 2 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              >virtually any still sprite of any pokémon in gens 1 - 4 better conveys the creature's personality and dynamics/motion with their superior color and composition
              is that why there are morons who didn't even know typhlosion could turn off its flames or that delibird's tail is a bag or that purrloin can stand on its hind legs or that archeops is supposed to be bad at flying or that mr. mime is supposed to act like an actual mime until the 3D games?

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                Everyone knew all of that already, they just don't make sense in battle. Therefore, game freak fricking sucks at 3D.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >Everyone knew all of that already
                Ah, so now you're just blatantly lying. Good to know.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                Maybe (You) don't know shit without spoonfeeding being required, but stop projecting.

                [...]

                When arguing Gen 5 looks bad, you have to actually provide what it looks like. Sorry your "evidence" was called out. Burden of proof is on you.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous
            • 2 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              >I cannot imagine what you must be looking at to think otherwise
              The actual game that has the Pokemon's animations actually reflect their attack as opposed to standing in place.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                so you don't have an imagination. got it.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        It's literally the opposite. The vast majority of pokemon have lost their personality conveyed through poses in exchange for bland idle 3D sprites.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          >the pokemon lack personality if I arbitrarily leave out most of their animations and pretend only the showdown gifs exist
          wow, no shit?

          >And mainline pokemon didn't look great in 2d
          This is just false when you look at gen 4 and 5 games, and they were on handheld consoles as well. Are you calling this ugly? If they were to put in the effort, 2D graphics would look excellent on Switch.

          >This is just false when you look at gen 4 and 5 games
          gen 5 looks fricking like fricking garbage and anyone who argues it looks good just has objectively low standards for anything that slaps sprites into the game. It's also funny how you keep wiener sucking
          "2D graphics" and then keep posting these screenshots that are 99% 3D graphics.

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            >Gen 5 looks bad yet I can never explain how.
            >Just in case you like Gen 5, it's actually fully 3D with no 2D! Just ignore it being an obvious fusion between the two!
            Stop covering your ass in advance.

            • 2 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              >ask how gen 5 looks bad
              >the explanation is posted
              >instead of making an argument you cry to the jannies to delete the explanations
              Stop covering your ass in advance.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >more pixels = better
                Wrong and moronic

                Looks good to me, I don't see what your problem is

                >Gen 5 looks bad yet I can never explain how
                And jannies, don’t delete these posts for “inciting genwars”. Especially when they’re responding to a post ASKING for an explanation. You never delete posts that show how Gen 8 or 9 look bad. Do your fricking jobs correctly instead of trying to protect Unova just because it happens to be your favorite.

                >instead of a unified theme for every gym, it's random slop that just wastes time that could be spent on better assets
                Shame they didn't use that time to make the overworld look good, probably the worst overworld artstyle since RSE honestly. No graphical fidelity can make up for bad art style.

            • 2 weeks ago
              Anonymous
            • 2 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              >Gen 5 looks bad yet I can never explain how
              And jannies, don’t delete these posts for “inciting genwars”. Especially when they’re responding to a post ASKING for an explanation. You never delete posts that show how Gen 8 or 9 look bad. Do your fricking jobs correctly instead of trying to protect Unova just because it happens to be your favorite.

  28. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Gen 6, 8 and 9 are ugly but but Unova is ugly too, easily the worst looking 2d games

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      nah that's RSE

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        RSE really is underwhelming, for sure.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        RSE was an improvement from before. I couldn't care less about how good or bad day/night looked when it affected gameplay mechanics in GSC. But I have to agree, Pokemon never looked good.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      sorry sister but pokemon never looked good until sm

  29. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >the future

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      LOOK AT ALL THAT BEAUTIFUL WILDERNESS

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      SS looked so fricking good compared to this shit lmao.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        B-B-BUT THAT ONE WILD AREA TREE!!!

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          He said SS, not SwSh

  30. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    [...]

    [...]

    >never posts actual gameplay gifs uncompressed
    >blows up a smaller sprite to compare to a bigger one taking up way more pixels to pretend it's bad
    Thanks for conceeding.

  31. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    [...]

    >troony obsesser

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >you hate spiders? That means you want to have sex with them!

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        nobody mentioned sex

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Mentioning sex =/= accusing others of mentioning sex.

          He said SS, not SwSh

          Both apply to the same game though.

          >the lady gets deformed
          >slowpoke gaining black pixels
          >espeon outline's disappearing

          sir your espeon's head is melting

          It's called aliasing and it's unavoidable on a DS. Meanwhile, no anti-aliasing measures have been put in place for modern games. Just go near team star bases.

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            >It's called aliasing
            we know, doesn't mean it doesn't look like shit

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            >you seem kinda obsessed with this group of people you supposedly hate
            >NO I DON'T WANT TO HAVE SEX WITH THEM
            >what? nobody said anything about having sex with them

  32. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Why do you gays always have to turn it into a boomer vs zoomer argument. Many oldgays prefer newer things and many newbies prefer older things because personal taste is timeless.

  33. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Because 3D is dogshit and you’re a pathetic brandmonkey homosexual.

  34. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    The future sucks

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous
  35. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >get posts deleted
    >come back and post the exact same thing

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >screeches to the jannies for help instead of making an argument for why aerodactyl’s tail not being animated correctly somehow looks good
      >proceeds to cry when the arguments are reposted because they’re still valid

      I think

      [...]

      might be more suited for you. There you can downvote and hide the scary posts you don’t like that you can’t refute.

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