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- DOMINATION
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- Ver 2.08
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- User Guide
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- Table Of Contents:
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- 1 LEGAL NOTICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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- 2 Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
- 2.1 Hardware requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
- 2.2 Software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
- 2.3 Additional equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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- 3 General Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
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- 4 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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- 5 Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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- 6 Playing The Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
- 6.1 Controls From Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
- 6.2 Controls In Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
- 6.3 Wining! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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- 7 Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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- 8 About The Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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- 9 Support Sites & Contacting The Author . . . . . . . . 7
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- 10 The Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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- 11 Technical Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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- 12 Thanks & Hellos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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- 14 Other Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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- 1 LEGAL NOTICE
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- Icarean Dreams Software & Cameron Grant holds the soul
- copyright to this software (DOMINATION). DOMINATION is provided
- as is, without any kind of warranty or guarantee.
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- In NO event shall Icarean Dreams software be held liable
- to you or anyone else for any damages or costs incurred by the use
- or the inability to use DOMINATION.
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- DOMINATION is NOT public domain it is Shareware. You are
- entitled to use the software for 30 days to evaluate whether you
- really want it or not. If after the 30 day trial period you continue
- to use DOMINATION the you must register it. (See also REGISTER.DOC)
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- This shareware release may be distributed freely as long as
- the following points are adhered to:
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- - No charge is made for the software. (Any charges must cover
- distribution costs ONLY).
- - All the files in the original archive remain unchanged.
- - The distributed archive MUST contain all the original,
- unchanged files.
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- No part of DOMINATION may be modified, altered, reverse
- engineered, or sold without prior written permission from Icarean Dreams
- Software. (Written permission does NOT include Electronic Mail).
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- All Icarean Dreams Software and Cameron Grant products are
- trademarks or registered trademarks of Icarean Dreams Software or
- Cameron Grant. Other brand and product names are trademarks or
- registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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- Copyright 1991-1992 Icarean Dreams Software. All rights
- reserved.
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- Software written and designed by Cameron Grant.
- Documentation written and designed by Robert Elmes.
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- DOMINATION V2.08a 1
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- 2 Preface
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- Welcome to DOMINATION. A board game brought to you by
- Icarean Dreams Software.
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- DOMINATION has been tested on numerous systems. And the
- chances are it will work on yours. However there are a few
- restrictions and requirements.
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- 2.1 Hardware Requirements
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- - An IBM PC, AT, 386, 486, PS/2 or 100% Compatible.
- - A VGA Graphics Card.
- - A Floppy Drive or Hard Disk to run DOMINATION from.
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- 2.2 Software Requirements
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- - MS Dos Ver 2.1 or newer
- or - PC Dos Ver 2.1 or newer
- or - DR Dos Ver 3.4 or newer
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- 2.3 Additional Equipment
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- DOMINATION can make use of but does not require the following:
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- - A MS Dos Compatible Mouse & Driver
- - A Mono DAC connected to a printer port
- - A Stereo DAC connected to 2 printer ports
- - A Stereo On One DAC connected to a printer port
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- DOMINATION V2.08a 2
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- 3 General Game
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- DOMINATION is basically a board game which would be rather
- difficult to play on a board due to the complexity of the
- explosions involved.
- DOMINATION is played on a 12x10 square grid. Each square
- can hold a number of counters, the maximum being called the critical
- mass of that square.
- The critical mass is defined by the number of squares
- directly adjacent to it. So the corner square would have a critical
- mass of 2, a side square a critical mass of 3 and a middle square a
- critical mass of 4. A hole in the board subtracts 1 from the critical
- mass of all squares directly adjacent to it.
- Each player takes it in turns to place a counter on the board.
- A player can only place a counter in a square which is either directly
- adjacent to a square already containing one of their counters or in a
- square which already contains one of their counters.
- When the number of counters in a square reaches critical mass
- the square explodes. That square will then contain no counters but
- each adjacent square will have had 1 counter added to it. Each square
- which gets a counter placed into it from an explosion is claimed by
- the player who started the explosion.
- An explosion in a field of squares which are just under their
- critical mass can lead to a chain reaction of explosions, and cause
- the entire face of the board to change dramatically! Hence the name of
- the game "DOMINATION".
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- DOMINATION V2.08a 3
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- 4 Installation
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- DOMINATION can be install on either a floppy disk or a
- hard disk. To install the game follow the following points.
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- - Create a directory for DOMINATION.
- - Copy the distribution archive into this directory.
- - Move to this directory and unpack the game files by
- running the self-extracting archive file, DOMIN208.EXE.
- - Store the original archive (DOMIN208.EXE) in a safe
- place, in case you need to reinstall the game files.
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- 5 Setup
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- Go to you DOMINATION directory and type: DOMSETUP
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- Answer the questions it asks. They will be as follows;
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- - Autodetect the IRQ to use?
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- Answer True to this. If DOMINATION does not work with
- this setting reconfigure and answer false. And tell it to use
- IRQ 0 or IRQ 2. The setting of this depends on your VGA card.
- If IRQ 2 doesn't work try IRQ 0. If IRQ 0 doesn't work, then your
- computer isn't IBM compatible enough to run DOMINATION.
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- - Force VGA detection?
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- Answer True to this ONLY if DOMINATION says you don't
- have a VGA card and you in fact do! DOMINATION requires a VGA card,
- so don't try running it without one!
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- - Force 8086 detection?
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- Answer True to this ONLY if DOMINATION crashes on start
- up. It impairs the games performance and may cause snow on the
- screen so only answer True is you REALLY have to!
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- - Sound Output Device
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- Here you can chose either 1, 2, 3 or 4. What you chose
- will depend on what you have.
- 1) PC Speaker
- 2) Mono DAC on an LPT port
- 3) Stereo DAC on an LPT port
- 4) Stereo DACs on 2 LPT ports
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- - Allow sound
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- This allows you to have the sound on or off by default.
- (It can also be switched on and off in the game)
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- DOMINATION V2.08a 4
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- 6 Playing The Game
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- 6.1 Controls From The Menu
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- - F1 Player 1 [Human/Computer/Cyborg]
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- - F2 Player 2 [Human/Computer/Cyborg]
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- - F3 Player 3 [Human/Computer/Cyborg/Off]
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- - F4 Player 4 [Human/Computer/Cyborg/Off]
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- - F5 No. Of Lives each player has [1/2/3]
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- - F6 Level to start at [1-8]
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- - F7 Tournament Mode [On/Off]. When On
- all remaining players will advance to
- the next level when a player dies.
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- - Space Start Game
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- - Esc Exit to Dos
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- 6.2 Controls In A Game
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- - Cursor Keys Either of these can be used
- or - Mouse to move the cursor around
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- - Space Either of these can be used
- or - Enter to place a counter
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- - S During a Human players move you
- can press S to toggle the Sound
- On or Off.
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- -Alt X Exit To Dos
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- -Esc Quit back to main menu
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- - F1 Help
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- - F2 Make Cyborg player suggest a
- move. Costs 1000 points
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- - F3 Make Computer player suggest
- a move. Costs 100 points.
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- - Right Shift Place a counter in YOUR corner
- AND Enter OVER an opponents counter. This
- can only be done once per level.
- You lose 40% of your score for
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- NB. You can place a counter in your corner at ANY time as
- long as an opponent is not occupying that square (you may
- then decide to use the Right Shift & Enter option)
- Cyborgs are just more advanced Computer Players.
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- 6.3 Wining!!
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- - At the end of the game the person with the highest
- score (Whether they are dead or alive!) wins!
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- 7 Revision History
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- 1.0 - The first version of DOMINATION. It was released on
- 25/12/91 (Christmas Day!).
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- 1.1a - Many improvements over V1.0. Smaller archive, new fonts,
- new computer player, game runs faster and better graphics.
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- 1.1b - The Crippleware feature is removed. Now you are no longer
- restricted to 2 players. (This was at the advice of the PC PLUS
- SuperDisk/Forum Editor - Robin Nixon)
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- 2.0a - DOMINATION is virtually rewritten. The reason: my Hard
- Disk crashed :-(. And I didn't have a backup (Backing up 80+ megs
- of data onto 1.2meg floppies is NOT my idea of fun!)
- This is why I have decided I need a tape streamer. But
- they cost money. So I *NEED* people to register DOMINATION (or
- if anyone has a spare tape streamer doing nout that I could have,
- they would receive FREE registered copies of ALL shareware
- software I produce)
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- 2.01a - The problem with DOMINATION and some VGA cards is solved.
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- 2.02a - Added support for VGA cards that do not support Vertical
- Retrace IRQ.
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- 2.03a - A new type of computer is added which is much harder to
- beat. The setup is now stored thus saving you having to alter it
- each time.
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- 2.04a - Not sure where this one went <G>
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- 2.05a - Minor tweaks to the code are made to fix all the known
- bugs. Automatic IRQ detection is added, as is Digitised Sound
- trough the PC Speaker and better support for slower machines.
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- 2.06a - Automatic IRQ detection is speeded up. Support for
- DACs on parallel ports is added. And DOMINATION gets a support
- BBS in the form of Paradise City. (See also Support Sites)
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- 2.08a - Bug with the Stereo-On-One DAC is fixed. Documentation
- is rewritten. Minor bugs are also fixed.
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- 8 About The Author
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- My name is Cameron Grant, I am 16 and I actually ENJOY
- writing computer games (But I would like something back for the
- hours I put into producing them!). I am disabled but don't let
- that put you off the idea of mailing me.
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- 9 Support Sites & Contacting The Author
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- Support BBS: [The latest version of DOMINATION is always
- from the Support Area on this BBS]
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- Paradise City BBS
- 24Hrs
- V21, V22, V22bis, V32, V32bis, 9600 CSP & MNP 1-5
- Tel: [UK] 0734-786408
- [Overseas] +44-734-786408
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- Home Address:
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- Cameron Grant
- 25, Chipperfield Road,
- Hemel Hempstead,
- Herts. HP3 0AH.
- ENGLAND. UK.
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- On CompuServe E-Mail:
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- My ID is:- 100031,2265
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- On CompuServe CB simulator:
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- My Handle is:- Gandalf The Grey
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- Via WAPOW Echomail:
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- Message me in the Software Conference from ANY
- BBS which is a member of the WAPOW Mail Network.
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- Please contact me via any of the above to suggest any
- improvements I can make to DOMINATION or to report any Bugs
- you find in it.
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- 10 The Future
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- I can't really think of anything else to add to
- DOMINATION apart from SoundBlaster support (However that will
- only come about when I can afford to buy a sound blaster).
- If you can think of anything that would be good to
- include in DOMINATION, just let me know and I'll see what I
- can do.
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- 11 Technical Information
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- DOMINATION has a 70Hz 8 layer parallax starfield
- that operates in the background and 35Hz colour cycling during
- game play.
- It was written in Turbo Pascal 6.0 and it's
- integrated assembler. It's archived using LHArc's LZEXE.
- I learnt a lot about how to update the palette by
- looking through the source of Fractint Ver 15.30.
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- 12 Thanks & Hello's
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- Firstly, a very special thank you goes to Robert Elmes
- for allowing me to have a support area on his BBS, Paradise
- City (See also Support Sites).
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- Hi to all those I know on CompuServe CB, including
- (in no order of priority) Lady Cesanne, Confucian Ethnic,
- EnglishGal, Quentin, Killer Wolf, Kevin, KEVIN, Czar Nicholas,
- Thightlaced, Mad Hacker, Rhet, and everyone else who's names I
- have forgotten <G>
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- Thanks to Jerome Green, Jon Ribbens, Matthew Waddilove,
- Robert Elmes, Charles Edwards, Confucian Ethic, Gopi (Mad
- Hacker) Flaherty, my Dad, Sister and Mum for Beta testing
- DOMINATION.
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- Thanks to all those who have complimented me or my
- baby (my baby = DOMINATION in case you were wondering). Thanks
- to all those that produce the music I like to listen to,
- including Guns N' Roses (That goes for me too <G> me = Robert
- Elmes), Bryan Adams, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, and loadsa
- others.
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- Thanks to IBM, Borland, MicroSoft for produce/writing
- the hardware/software I have used to create domination with.
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- And of course - Thanks to *YOU* for getting this copy
- of DOMINATION (however you got it), reading the docs this
- far (not far to go now - HONEST <G>), playing the game, and
- most of all if you consider or even do REGISTER it!!!
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- 14 Other Software
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- At the moment I am in the process of writing a new
- game called TANX. It is based on the old Tanks style game.
- I won't say much about it here except it will be good!
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