Board 8 > Zero/Raven ranks 178 video game songs nominated by you, Board 8

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You guys nominated, and I compiled a massive list (and a massive headache in the process) that hopefully I can make decent writeups for. Needless to say, this is my hardest list yet considering I liked practically 99% of the songs nominated.

First and foremost, as always, continue to be patient and flexible with my unpredictable schedule. Apparently my 5 month mission got changed to something else that's not 5 months long, but then it could change into something completely different. If something occurs to where I can't be on here for this topic, I'll save all my writeups on a word document and resume this countdown when I'm able to at a later date.

That being said, here we go!
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I think I nominated?
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Hyyyyype
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H Y P E

Wasn't actually expecting this so soon

Let's go boys
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#178: Pray it Goes Ok by Boyz 2 Girlz
From: Grand Theft Auto III
Nominated by: LOLIAmAnAlt (4 songs remaining)
Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNYZeNffg58

It's not necessarily a bad song, just... not a great one either. Didn't really get at me or anything, but as I may or may not have discussed before, GTA3 had the weakest soundtrack of all the 3D Grand Theft Auto titles; I normally found myself listening to the hip hop station in that game more than anything else. The mellow-style the music provided wasn't that bad, but the vocals made the song feel like it drag on for a bit.

In what is bound to be a stacked 178-song topic, something had to be the caboose. Sorry Alt =\
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Oh, and for those who mentioned extra songs but didn't officially nominate them, I'll post them when their "ranking" comes to show you where they could have been. (the only ones who did this were LOLIAmAnAlt and jcgamer)
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And the list! User's names on top, followed by their songs. Asterisks means they wanted to see where it would rank, but not officially nominated

Jesse Custer
Cave (Blue Dragon)
Museum Bust (Uncharted 3)
Dr. Wily Stage 1 (Mega Man 2)
Crossing Those Hills (Final Fantasy IX)
Main Menu Theme (Major Space Laser)

Snake555555
Ancient Castle Stage (Devil May Cry)
Ordinary Vanity (Silent Hill 2)
Letter from the Lost Days (Silent Hill 3)
Nosferatu theme (Resident Evil: Code Veronica)
Beetle (Thumper)

LOLIAmAnAlt
Path of Least Resistance (Castle in the Darkness)
Love Theme (Far Cry: Blood Dragon)
Main Menu Theme (Pictionary)
Intersect Thunderbolt (eXceed3rd-JADE PENETRATE-BLACK PACKAGE)
Pray it Goes Ok (Grand Theft Auto III)
*Lost Painting (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night)

Janus5k
The Extreme (Final Fantasy VIII)
Fateful Confrontation (Trails in the Sky Second Chapter)
The Decisive Collision (Trails of Cold Steel)
To Make the End of Battle (Ys I and II)
The Devil Went Down to Georgia (Guitar Hero III)

Bane of Despair
Hollow Bastion (Kingdom Hearts)
Core (Undertale)
Cold Steel Coffin (Nier)
Dancer of the Boreal Valley (Dark Souls III)
Force Your Way (Final Fantasy VIII [2])

Raka Putra
Death by Glamour (Undertale [2])
Mortal Stampede (Umineko no Naku Koro Ni)
A Love Suicide (Rule of Rose)
Exceeding Love (Suikoden 3)
That Person's Name Is (Bravely Default)

Dragon66116
Turnabout Sisters (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney)
Time Travel (Professor Layton and the Unwound Future)
Dark Hollow (Spyro the Dragon)
Hurricos (Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage)
Lower Brinstar (Super Metroid)

Regaro
Tokyo (Shin Megami Tensei IV)
Zero Reception (Irisu Syndrome)
Virtue’s Last Reward (Zero Escape)
Baba Yetu (Civilization IV)
Battle (FTL: Faster Than Light)

Metal DK
Red Planet (Bucky O’Hare)
Frigate (Goldeneye)
Forest Temple (Ocarina of Time)

Mycro Processor
Distorted Reality (Shining Wisdom)
Right Brain Salad Surgery (GuitarFreaks V6 and DrumMania V6 BLAZING!!!)
Stage 2 (Star Gladiator Episode I: Final Crusade)
EXEC_DESPEDIA/ (Ar Tonelico II)
The Incarnation of Devil (Star Ocean: The Last Hope)

xp1337
EXEC_SPHILIA/ (Ar Tonelico II [2])
Godsibb (Xenosaga Episode III)
Location of Power (.hack//G.U. Vol 1//Rebirth)
Merciless Savior (Trails in the Sky Second Chapter [2])
Azure Wish (Ao no Kiseki Evolution)

Lockes Ragnarok
Forever Rachel (Final Fantasy VI)
Places of Soul (Legend of Mana)
In a Snowbound Land (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest)
Black Mist (The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past)
The Moon (Duck Tales)

Eddv
Nefertiti (Mana Khemia)
The Battlefield Rose (White Knight Chronicles II)
Main Theme (Crusader Kings II)
Movement in Green (Final Fantasy X)
12,000 BC – Zeal (Chrono Trigger)

Tazzyboyishere
Oriens (Cytus)
Wise Owl Forest (Dark Cloud)
Soul of Cinder (Dark Souls III [2])
Pardoner’s Dance (Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight)
Ending theme (Super Hexagon)

Jcgamer107
Hopes and Dreams/Save the World (Undertale [3])
Bonetrousle (Undertale [4])
The Mourning Tree (Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture)
Astral Observatory (The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask)
Battle! Dialga Palkia (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
*Route 11 (Pokemon RBY)

Pyresword
Cicio (The House in Fata Morgana)
Colony 9 (Xenoblade Chronicles)
The Whereabouts of Light (Trails in the Sky Second Chapter [3])
ALIVE (Umineko no Naku Koro Ni Chiru)
Yami (Okami)
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LordOfTheMorons
Clash on the Big Bridge (Final Fantasy V)
To Far Away Times (Chrono Trigger)
Megalomania (Live a Live)
Sky, Ocean, and Earth (Dragon Quest VIII)
Solidarity (Final Fantasy XV)

NBIceman
Dream of the Shore Near Another World (Chrono Cross)
Main Theme (The Last Story)
Traverse Town (Kingdom Hearts [2])
Genesis Beyond the Beginning (Ys Origin)
Karma (Tales of the Abyss)

Stifled Silence
The Almighty (Persona 4)
Expander (Streets of Rage 2)
Blue Champion Fight (Pokemon RBY)
The Dark Messenger (Final Fantasy IX)
Dire Dire Docks (Super Mario 64)

Johnbobb
The Road of Trials (Journey)
Come With It (Madworld)
You Are Smart (Katamari Damacy)
Unknown from M.E. (Sonic Adventure DX)
Everybody Wants to Rule the World (BioShock Infinite)

SceptileSolar
Gate of Steiner (Steins;gate 0)
Deep Forest (Rewrite)
The End of the World (Umineko no Naku Koro ni [2])
Ekoroshia (Super Danganronpa 2)
Twister (The World Ends With You)

Anagram
You’re Not Alone (Final Fantasy IX [2])
Terra’s Theme (Final Fantasy VI [2])
It Has to Be This Way (Metal Gear Rising)
Snake Eater (Metal Gear Solid 3)
Calling to the Night (Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops)

ZaziGuado
Besaid Island (Final Fantasy X [2])
Besaid Island (Final Fantasy X-2)
Jumper (Castle Crashers)
Spring – The Valley Comes Alive (Stardew Valley)
Terran 1 (StarCraft)

PSI_NESS
Ness’ Home (Earthbound)
Crucifix Held Close (Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin)
Conquest (Fire Emblem: Awakening)
Main Stage Theme (Devil’s Crush)
Another Winter (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World)

Zyxyz0
EXEC_over.METHOD_SUBLIMATION (Ar Tonelico II [3])
Bluffing Damacy (We Love Katamari)
The Executioner (Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru [2])
Create Music (Realmz)
Ar-ciel Ar-manaf (Ar Nosurge)

JONALEON
EVIL OGRE (GITADORA Tri-Boost)
Plastic Method (DJ Max Portable 2)
Glory Days (Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4)
Time Again (REFLEC BEAT groovin’!!)
AZISAI (Beatmania IIDX 23 copula)

Murphiroth
Main Menu (Bloodborne)
Main Menu (Dark Souls III [3])
Guzma Theme (Pokemon Sun/Moon)
Boss Battle Phase 1 (Nier Automata)
Here We Go (Anarchy Reigns)

RySenkari
Secret of the Forest (Chrono Trigger)
Punch Bowl Brawl (Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze)
Meribia (Lunar SSSC)
A Bell is Tolling (Secret of Mana)
Albona (Resistance of Fate)

OrangeCrush980
Sweet Song (Xenosaga Episode II)
Starry Heavens (Tales of Symphonia)
Mystic Pendulum (Atelier Ayesha)
The Red Locus (Radiant Historia)
Thorn in You (Fire Emblem Fates)

Trdl23
Look Pimpin! – Madworld
Find You – Anarchy Reigns
Coalescence – Risk of Rain
Septette for the Dead Princess (Touhou 6: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil)
The Battle for Everyone’s Souls (Persona 3)

Vlado
Acute Neurosis Treatment Facility Under Attack (Xenosaga Episode III [2])
Frequency 140.85 (Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake)
Root Town Sigma Sky City Fort Auf (.hack//Infection)
Omen (Xenogears)
Hyuga’s Theme – Touhou FC (Captain Tsubasa II)

BetrayedTangy
Rain (Halo 3: ODST)
Ikoroshia (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair)
Roxas’ Theme (Kingdom Hearts II)
City Escape (Sonic Adventure 2)
Cross-Examination Moderate 2002 (PW: AA Justice For All)

Great Paul
Twink’s Theme (Paper Mario)
Quiet’s Theme (Metal Gear Solid V)
Sins of the Father (Metal Gear Solid V)
Rave On (Killer7)
Rusty Bucket Bay (Banjo-Kazooie)
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Robazoid
The Unsung War (Ace Combat 5)
The Traveler/Open Waters (Aquaria)
The Vile Peaks (FF13)
Episode One Track 3 (Life is Strange)
Main Menu Music (Contagion)

Simoun
Horror Land Theme (Mario Party 2)
Cursed Leorina (Klonoa 2)
Crypteque (Crypt of the Necrodancer)
Dance to the Beating (Chroma Squad)
Landsick (The Flame in the Flood)

Death Chicken
No Good Choice (This War of Mine)
Smoldering Corpse Bar (Planescape: Torment)
Bloody Tears (Castlevania)
Dreadful Wind and Rain (Her Story)
Hell March (Red Alert)
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I can't believe I missed noms :(
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Oh, I'd thought this was VG music only. Oh well.
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Anagram posted...

Oh, I'd thought this was VG music only. Oh well.

It still is. "Pray It Goes Ok" was exclusively made for Grand Theft Auto, therefore it was eligible for my topic
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Tag
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#177: You Are Smart
From: Katamari Damacy
Nominated by: Johnbobb (4 songs remaining)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR8AsFBC0LI

While I enjoy a lot of songs from the entire Katamari series, this one falls in the lower tier of songs from said series. I usually find myself bored with this one halfway through, even when I'm listening to it while playing said game. Some of the bells and whistles that come with this tune are a little catchy, but for the most part it's unmemorable.
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ZeroSignal620 posted...

Anagram posted...

Oh, I'd thought this was VG music only. Oh well.

It still is. "Pray It Goes Ok" was exclusively made for Grand Theft Auto, therefore it was eligible for my topic

Oh okay.
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#176: City Escape
From: Sonic Adventure 2
Nominated by: BetrayedTangy (4 songs remaining)
Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6NaZrPQGfY

FOLLOW ME!

Partially reminds me of the "edgy" rock scene that emerged in the mid 2000s that I didn't care much for. Vocalist killed it for me. This sounds about right for a lot of Sonic music after the 16-bit era.
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oh no
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Tag
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Unpopular (?) opinion time: Out of the Sonic songs with vocals, City Escape is the only one that's genuinely good

(also hype for the list starting so soon, as was already mentioned)
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I liked City Escape back when I was like 12 and played the game all the time.

Now it's sort of nostalgic but not much better than ok overall (not -bad- though IMO)

Tag
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Tag.

I hate Sonic music, but I don't think I hate it that much. Especially not City Escape, which actually manages to be decent maybe.
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I have a soft spot for the Sonic vocal songs. At least the Adventure ones.
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Figured City Escape would be my first nom eliminated. If you can behind the corniness and nostalgia it's great, but ultimately if neither apply to you I can see why it's easy to not like.
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I can never decide if City Escape is bad or amazing
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City Escape is amazing
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Didn't expect to see this topic anytime soon! Tag!
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Lockes Ragnarok posted...

Didn't expect to see this topic anytime soon! Tag!

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Tag and yay I'm not in the Bottom 3.
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#175: Dreadful Wind and Rain
From: Her Story
Nominated by: Death Chicken (4 songs remaining)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFrTvNsGPXc

Two lines are repeated throughout the entire song and it's three chords. While it's somewhat catchy, it's not that compelling to me as a game tune. I got more of a kick out of the lyrics, which explain the tale of a woman pushing her younger sister into the sea to drown her in order to win the captain's son's heart. Later a fiddler makes a fiddle out of the younger sister's dead body.

A decent tune at best, and there's far better out there
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#174: Horror Land
From: Mario Party 2
Nominated by: Simoun (4 songs remaining)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9ygX4j801M

Now we get to the "FFFFFFFFFF I have to regretfully put several songs out early tier" with the Horror Land theme. It has catchy moments, as observed when you listen, and surely the music sets the atmosphere for this area in Mario Party 2 (which I admittedly never played. My Mario Party history is 1, 4, and 8). But when compared to a large portion of this list, it falls short. And in some ways, despite being a horror land theme, some of it has slight circus-esque elements to it.
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Goddamn all the good ones falling early
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...there's better ones in the 173 songs not ranked yet >_>
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#173: Twister
From: The World Ends With You
Nominated by: Sceptile Solar (4 songs remaining)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d58sfK8DgM8

The first 40 seconds is a somewhat nice techno sound nearly ruined by unintelligible vocals. Afterwards, the song picks up with a good tune, only to end less than 30 seconds later just when I'm finally getting into it. TWEWY had some great tunes within, but this isn't one of them. Another decent one at best.
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#172: Create Music
From: Realmz
Nominated by: Zyxyz0 (4 songs remaining)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dMVX0RbDes

I could definitely see this being a song you'd create stuff to, regardless of whether you're playing a city-creator game, or a game that has you creating individual people. The keys that played throughout half the song were catchy (example: the first set starting around 25 seconds). The additional sounds that played starting around the minute mark were a slight setback. Still had its catchy moments overall though.
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#171: Acute Neurosis Treatment Facility Under Attack
From: Xenosaga Episode III - Also Sprach Zarathustra
Nominated by: Vlado (4 songs remaining)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBHhG8dd2_8

The medley that comes in at the 12-13 second mark is pretty nice. The rest almost feels like your generic techno that is put in various games, and while it's not bad, it's also nothing truly remarkable either.

Again, this list was hard as fuck to compile, considering I've liked everything since Horror Land.

EDIT: Also, after this list, as long as I'm still somewhat sane afterwards, my next list is probably going to be one of my own volition. I've considered (nearly) EVERY song from Alice in Chains (both Layne and Duvall eras), as well as those from Jerry Cantrell's two solo records and Mad Season ranked from worst to best on a combined list.
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Xenosaga III OST one of the best game OSTs. But I nominated the best song from it, so we're good.
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#170: Dialga / Palkia Battle at Spear Pillar
From: Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Nominated by: jcgamer07 (4 songs remaining)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9tL1p9YbGk

The piano in the song is pretty good and the use of synths around the 1:50 mark is a nice touch. It does dip a little in the middle and slows down a bit, slightly killing the vibe that the rest of the song provides, but I could still see myself getting a little motivated due to the opening of the tune.
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#169: The End of the World
From: Umineko no Naku Koro ni
Nominated by: Sceptile Solar (3 songs remaining)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpMyA_9hHAo

I can't recall if the link you sent me had vocals or not, but this was the first thing that popped up when I searched this on Youtube just now.

Anyway, vocals aside, the song is almost your generic anime/video game credits song (something we'll see a lot of on this list scattered about, as expected). The piano and violin are nice contributions to this tune and make it worth listening to, but from what I listened to from nominated Umineko tunes (cause I've never played any of the series), this was the weakest of the bunch.
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AND ESCAPE FROM THE CITY

its catchy AND terrible and wonderful
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#168: Unknown from M.E.
From: Sonic Adventure
Nominated by: Johnbobb (3 songs remaining)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM8h2Xyis9M

Won't be frightened, I'll stand up to all the pain and turmoil
Just believe in myself, don't rely on others
Freedom will be waiting when serenity is restored
This is my planet, I shall not surrender

The singing vocalist is better here than the one that was in City Escape, and the background music is catchy this time around, especially the use of the saxophone. The rapper is a setback to me, which I usually wouldn't have a problem with, but something about this guy I don't care for.
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ZeroSignal620 posted...

#174: Horror Land
From: Mario Party 2
Nominated by: Simoun (4 songs remaining)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9ygX4j801M

Now we get to the "FFFFFFFFFF I have to regretfully put several songs out early tier" with the Horror Land theme. It has catchy moments, as observed when you listen, and surely the music sets the atmosphere for this area in Mario Party 2 (which I admittedly never played. My Mario Party history is 1, 4, and 8). But when compared to a large portion of this list, it falls short. And in some ways, despite being a horror land theme, some of it has slight circus-esque elements to it.

Well that's because it's called Horror Land, but in actuality, the theme was more "Mystical and Supernatural", which would explain why the music appears to be of the carny persuasion as opposed to something downright scary. Not having played MP2, I can see how you can come to that conclusion.
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ZeroSignal620 posted...

The singing vocalist is better here than the one that was in City Escape, and the background music is catchy this time around, especially the use of the saxophone. The rapper is a setback to me, which I usually wouldn't have a problem with, but something about this guy I don't care for.

Is it his knuckles?
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The version I posted was the instrumental; I don't think the vocals are that good and I really like the piano, so that's my.preferred version. It's too bad you didn't like it as much.

I wanted to bring up that you had the wrong song listed for me, you have Gate of Steiner from Steins;Gate 0, but the one I requested was from Steins;Gate. Beyond just the vocals they are a little different.
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#167: Ness' Home
From: Earthbound
Nominated by: PSI_NESS (4 songs remaining)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKfLOMirwho

I'll forever enjoy the parts between 0:12-0:45 (and 0:58-1:32 since it repeats here). Earthbound wasn't the most perfect game out there, but it had a nice soundtrack. Glad I finally got to finish the game in 2008.
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#166: Cicio
From: The House in Fata Morgana
Nominated by: Pyresword (4 songs remaining)
Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaWuLJ8S0BE

The vocalist adds a hint of emotion to this tune which makes it a good listen. The piano is fine, but nothing special until the 2 minute mark when it takes center stage for a moment.
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And I was just wondering why my noms hadn't started dropping yet.
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Tag. I'm pleasantly surprised none of my noms are out yet

Also, given what just went out and since I don't see pyresword anywhere else anymore, I'll take this opportunity to mention that Fata Morgana just went on sale on Steam so I bought it and will likely get to it soon (Himawari too). Thanks again for the recommendations!
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