Lurker > Haste_2

So, the stats say Ryu/Ken (and also Samus/Ridley) > MMX/Zero now.... but the question is, do you buy that?

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

1. Chrono Trigger
2. Resident Evil 4
3. Final Fantasy IX
4. Super Mario Galaxy
5. Final Fantasy VII
6. Super Mario 64
7. Super Mario Galaxy 2
8. Super Mario Bros. 3
9. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
10. Final Fantasy VI
11. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
12. Super Smash Bros. Melee
13. Super Mario World
14. Portal
15. Paper Mario
16. Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow
17. Tales of Symphonia
18. Final Fantasy X
19. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
20. Metal Gear Solid
21. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
22. Super Metroid
23. Xenogears
24. Mario Kart 64
25. Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Better predict the finals since I won't be around 'till at LEAST Monday....

FINALS PREDICTION:
Mario vs. Bowser - 16.01%
Link vs. Ganondorf - 40.11%
Cloud vs. Sephiroth - 21.76%

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Pokemon Trainer Red vs. Pokemon Trainer Blue - 50.01%
Mario vs. Bowser - 50.01%

Clearly these predictions are accurate!

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Mario vs. Bowser - 70.05%
Link vs. Ganondorf - 57.88%

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

If L/G matches C/S, it means the Snakes are worth 70.43% on Alucard/Dracula. I haven't been around for a week, but I suppose there's still not a lot of expectation of Cloud/Sephiroth doing anything?

red sox 777 posted...
He obviously can still SFF Nintendo; but he can't pull uber ridiculous stuff like 82% on Yoshi anymore.

Link/Yoshi 2004 is to this day Link's most impressive match, in my opinion. He could probably easily get 82% against Yoshi/Boshi, though. >_>

__Smurf__ posted...
From: creativename | #107
Seifer is weaksauce.
Based on what exactly?

I believe it is because Squall should beat both Sora and Dante with more than 51% 1-on-1. It indicates Seifer is weaker, as a rival, at least, than Vergil or Riku.

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Semi-finals!

Change:
Mario vs. Bowser - 70.01%
or
Pokemon Trainer Red vs. Pokemon Trainer Blue - 9.21%

Link vs. Ganondorf - 56.11%
or
Cloud vs. Sephiroth - 35.76%

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Have to make some predictions far in the future....

Round 4

Mario vs. Bowser - 85.48%

Pokemon Trainer Red vs. Pokemon Trainer Blue - 22.84%
or
Samus Aran vs. Ridley - 31.17%

Link vs. Ganondorf - 84.72%

Cloud Strife vs. Sephiroth - 72.19%
or
(if Solid Snake won in Round 3)
Solid Snake vs. Liquid Snake - 17.38%

Round 5
Mario vs. Bowser - 75.48%
or
Pokemon Trainer Red vs. Pokemon Trainer Blue - 6.84%

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Sora vs. Riku - 50.01%

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

I would like to make some predictions in advance, please, as I probably will not have access to the internet 'till next Saturday....

Round 4
Link vs. Ganondorf - 80.79%

Cloud vs. Sephiroth - 78.55%
or
Solid Snake vs. Liquid Snake - 54.44%

Round 5

Mario vs. Bowser - 58.84%

I should be back by next Saturday.

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Wow, in the top five despite only visiting the site once or twice a week the past 3 weeks.

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Mario vs. Bowser - 69.67%
Pokemon Trainer Red vs. Pokemon Trainer Blue - 52.78%

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Half on Cloud/Sephiroth (-15).

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Whoops, well, the reason I missed the results is roughly the same reason I'm last out of all 7 regular participants!

Hm, 9 wins, but 12 times I was last place. In one match I was 19 points below the 2nd-lowest score....ahaha.

Round 3
Mario vs. Bowser - 85.68%
Sonic the Hedgehog vs. Dr. Robotnik - 15.61%

Mega Man X vs. Zero - 40.59%
Sub-Zero vs. Scorpion - 38.33%

Pokemon Trainer Red vs. Pokemon Trainer Blue - 36.88%
Ryu vs. Ken - 40.88%

Samus Aran vs. Ridley - 70.91%
Big Boss vs. The Boss - 13.29%

Link vs. Ganondorf - 87.70%

Alucard vs. Dracula - 21.09%
Frog vs. Magus - 15.41%

Cloud Strife vs. Sephiroth - 76.19%
Solid Snake vs. Liquid Snake - 22.38%

Squall Leonhart vs. Seifer Almasy - 35.49%
Dante vs. Vergil - 32.29%
Sora vs. Riku - 28.43%

Just in case it all transpires before I come back....

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

People are going low with Mario? Better change my prediction.

Mario vs. Bowser - 71.78%

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Man, haven't been around for a while. Good thing I'm back to predict Round 3. Let's do this, Pram!!!

Mario vs. Bowser - 61.18%
Mega Man X vs. Zero - 57.34%
Pokemon Trainer Red vs. Pokemon Trainer Blue
Samus Aran vs. Ridley - 57.81%

Link vs. Ganondorf - 73.98%
Alucard vs. Dracula - 56.77%
Solid Snake vs. Liquid Snake - 50.02%

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Only 20 days left until our first update!

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Not being around to see results kinda hurts.... since usually when expected blowouts occur it means the prediction percentage will be high.

More Round 2:
Link vs. Ganondorf - 96.01%

Mega Man vs. Dr. Wily - 79.92%

Phoenix Wright vs. Miles Edgeworth - 23.24%
or
Alucard vs. Dracula - 44.82%

Chell vs. GlaDOS - 44.53%
or
Frog vs. Magus - 33.12%

Cloud Strife vs. Sephiroth - 88.54%

Solid Snake vs. Liquid Snake - 74.52%

Squall Leonhart vs. Seifer Almasy - 77.49%

Dante vs. Vergil - 43%
or
Sora vs. Riku - 52%

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Points Above Average? Is that comparing your score to the average, match-by-match, and then averaging them? Hey, despite how awful I've done the past 2 contests, I'm still 15th in that.

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Where is all this money coming from?!

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Fox/Cloud? Whoops!

Repost for Round 2:

Ryu vs. Ken - 55.68%
Fox McCloud vs. Wolf O'Donnell - 33.40%

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Next round speedily approaching....

Round 2
Mario vs. Bowser - 94.46%

Kirby vs. Meta Knight - 35.43%
Sonic the Hedgehog vs. Dr. Robotnik - 51.48%

Mega Man X vs. Zero - 73.13%

Donkey Kong vs. King K. Rool - 20.94%
Sub-Zero vs. Scorpion - 67.36%

Pokemon Trainer Red vs. Pokemon Trainer Blue - 49.23%
Luigi vs. Waluigi - 34.19%

Ryu/Ken - 55.68%
Fox/Cloud - 33.40%

Samus Aran vs. Ridley - 59.25%
Terra Branford vs. Kefka Palazzo - 38.22%

Chris Redfield vs. Albert Wesker - 28.80%
Big Boss vs. The Boss - 40.06%

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

*whistles*

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

I think Chell/GlaDOS performing a tripling is more likely than actually LOSING.... nevertheless, I will stick to favoritism!

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Nonsense. Major comebacks happen all the time.

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Haha... guess I overestimated Dan and Sagat a heckuva lot. I never played much Street Fighter, so I assumed that if M. Bison was decently popular, Dan/Sagat would be too. And then take into consideration unknown rivalry dynamics and you've got a wildly inaccurate prediction. =P

And, wow, Yesmar, you're doing great. Keep it up.

Who is Yesmar? I don't see him in the prediction topic. He's on top of things though.

Um, maybe he's sorta in the same situation as that Light Sabre dude way back in the Series contest? 'cept hopefully he'll actually predict Round 2.


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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

South
Link vs. Ganondorf - 97.44%
Amaterasu vs. Orochi - 62.64%
Zidane Tribal vs. Kuja - 64.00%
Mega Man vs. Dr. Wily - 90.04%

Southwest Division
Phoenix Wright vs. Miles Edgeworth - 54.56%
Alucard vs. Dracula - 65.78%
Chell vs. GLaDOS - 59.76%
Frog vs. Magus - 62.48%

West Division
Cloud Strife vs. Sephiroth - 98.33%
Kratos vs. Zeus - 82.35%
Pac-Man vs. Blinky - 69.22%
Solid Snake vs. Liquid Snake - 83.48%

Northwest Division
Squall Leonhart vs. Seifer Almasy - 92.77%
Siegfried vs. Nightmare - 78.24%
Dante vs. Vergil - 84.23%
Sora vs. Riku - 71.45%

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

CONFESSION: on my alt bracket I actually chose Guybrush/LeChuck. You may now proceed to throw rotten fruit at me. My theory was that Bacon would select original Amano artwork for Bartz and Gilgamesh.... which obviously didn't happen. Don't know what I was thinking there! I had Bartz on my regular bracket, though.

The gap is too large for any pictures to over the difference, of course, but the match could have at least been closer.

I picked Guybrush in the Oracle Challenge, too, but then again I enjoy being bold rather than trying to make good picks, only to screw up. And THAT is why I am #19 today and will be like #80 tomorrow. ;)

Maybe I should have reconsidered taking this contest seriously. I have a good talent with predicting "new" kinds of contests. For instance, the 2003 Oracle Challenge, the first games contest, the first 4-way contest.... I did pretty well on all of those. The only reason I did well on those is because everyone was so clueless. ;) Well, I did do poorly on the series contest.... but that was because I was trying to estimate series' strengths based on individual games and characters. BIG mistake there!

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

What games in the Top 25 currently have the worst record?

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Mario vs. Bowser - 98.40%
Ike vs. Black Knight - 64.44%
Kirby vs. Meta Knight - 58.21%
Sonic the Hedgehog vs. Dr. Robotnik - 94.45%

Mega Man X vs. Zero - 84.25%
Bartz Klauser vs. Gilgamesh - 58.44%
Donkey Kong vs. King K. Rool - 71.27%
Sub-Zero vs. Scorpion - 62.61%

Pokemon Trainer Red vs. Pokemon Trainer Blue - 80.80%
Luigi vs. Waluigi - 66.98%
Ryu vs. Ken - 87.41%
Fox McCloud vs. Wolf O'Donnell - 58.09%

Samus Aran vs. Ridley - 95.64%
Terra Branford vs. Kefka Palazzo - 75.51%
Chris Redfield vs. Albert Wesker - 65.81%
Big Boss vs. The Boss - 46.85%

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Tag. (well, I don't really make use of tags... this is more like an "acknowledgement")

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

is ossuary a word if so what does that mean

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

20,000

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Half on Mario/Bowser (-65)
25% on Conker/Poo (-14)

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Round 1:
Mario vs. Bowser
Ike vs. Black Knight
Kirby vs. Meta Knight
Sonic vs. Dr. Robotnik
X vs. Zero
Bartz vs. Gilgamesh
Donkey Kong vs. King K. Rool
Sub-Zero vs. Scorpion
Pokemon Trainer Red vs. Blue
Luigi vs. Waluigi
Ryu vs. Ken
Fox McCloud vs. Wolf O'Donnell
Samus vs. Ridley
Terra vs. Kefka
Chris Redfield vs. Wesker
Big Boss vs. The Boss
Link vs. Ganondorf
Amaterasu vs. Orochi
Zidane vs. Kuja
Mega Man vs. Dr. Wily
Phoenix Wright vs. Edgeworth
Alucard vs. Dracula
Chell vs. GlaDOS
Frog vs. Magus
Cloud vs. Sephiroth
Kratos vs. Zeus
Pac-Man vs. Blinky
Solid Snake vs. Liquid Snake
Squall vs. Seifer
Siegfried vs. Nightmare
Dante vs. Vergil
Sora vs. Riku

Round 2:
Mario vs. Bowser
Sonic vs. Dr. Robotnik
X vs. Zero
Sub-Zero vs. Scorpion
Pokemon Trainer Red vs. Blue
Ryu vs. Ken
Samus vs. Ridley
Big Boss vs. The Boss
Link vs. Ganondorf
Mega Man vs. Dr. Wily
Alucard vs. Dracula
Frog vs. Magus
Cloud vs. Sephiroth
Solid Snake vs. Liquid Snake
Squall vs. Seifer
Sora vs. Riku

Round 3:
Mario vs. Bowser
X vs. Zero
Ryu vs. Ken
Samus vs. Ridley
Link vs. Ganondorf
Alucard vs. Dracula
Cloud vs. Sephiroth
Squall vs. Seifer

Round 4:
Mario vs. Bowser
Samus vs. Ridley
Link vs. Ganondorf
Cloud vs. Sephiroth

Round 5:
Mario vs. Bowser
Cloud vs. Sephiroth

FINALS:
Cloud vs. Sephiroth

Tiebreaker: 89111

All picks were from originally all gut instinct picks, but just today I switched Gordon/Mr. Bean (er, Dr. Breen) out for Phoenix/Edgy....'cause I'm too big of an AA fanboy. I hope this works out....

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

#10 Super Mario Bros. 3 (Tanooki Blitzball Conference)

Lunar: Silver Star Story (Tanooki Blitzball Conference)

Skies of Arcadia (Tanooki Blitzball Conference)

No More Heroes (Tanooki Blitzball Conference)

Gears of War 2 (Zelda Overload Conference)

Demon's Souls (Zelda Overload Conference)

The World Ends With You (Zelda Overload Conference)

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Zelda Overload Conference)

Mega Man 2 (Zelda Overload Conference)

#3 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Zelda Overload Conference)

Cave Story (Twilight Barrel Galaxy Conference)

#15 Final Fantasy VI (Twilight Barrel Galaxy Conference)

#24 Mario Kart 64 (Twilight Barrel Galaxy Conference)

Mega Man 9 (Twilight Barrel Galaxy Conference)

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Yes

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Was it released in one of 2004,2005, or 2006?

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Okay, count that vote as an abstain instead, then.

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Oh, okay, here's where the name came from, supposedly:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080104100648AAdeFHj

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

C. The name is so misleading. It makes it sound like they should taste like bread and butter! Or, if the name means that it goes good with bread and butter, I don't see a point in putting them on top of buttered bread, either.

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

The problem with snaking is its redundancy:

1)It gets hard on your thumb/fingers after a while.... basically, to win you have put your hands through discomfort.

2)It's far more satisfying to win by cutting corners well, dodging items, etc. rather than doing the same redundant pressing of buttons over and over.

Hm, I thought I've gotten Lightning Bolts in 2nd place in MK64. Maybe I'm wrong. I know I've gotten Stars in 2nd, even though one FAQ here says you can't, psh. It would interesting to find out what items can't be gotten in 2nd place.

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."

Sonic Adventure (Twilight Barrel Galaxy Conference)

#4 Super Mario Galaxy (Twilight Barrel Galaxy Conference)

Assassin's Creed II (Patriot Time Portals Conference)

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Patriot Time Portals Conference)

Mega Man 3 (Patriot Time Portals Conference)

Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum (Patriot Time Portals Conference)

#20 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Patriot Time Portals Conference)

Suikoden V (Patriot Time Portals Conference)

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Brawl for Broke Conference)

Battletoads (Brawl for Broke Conference)

Secret of Mana (Brawl for Broke Conference)

Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Brawl for Broke Conference)

Tales of Vesperia (Brawl for Broke Conference)

Valkyria Chronicles (Brawl for Broke Conference)

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. So...what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."