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Choose Your Own Adventure ==
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<h1>Create Your Own Story</h1>
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Choose Your Own Adventure is a wiki that contains stories where the reader assumes the role of the main character. In each page you choose how the story should progress. If you don't see an option that you would like to pursue, click the edit tab on the top of the page and add a new path to the page. Then you get to write in your own adventure for the character.
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<b>Create Your Own Story</b> is a wiki that thrives on a kind of Interactive Fiction called Choose Your Own Adventure stories. CYOA's are stories where the reader assumes the role of the main character. On each page, you make a choice that decides how the story should progress. If you don't see an option that you would like to pursue, click the Edit Tab on the top of the page and add a new path to the page then write in your own story for the character.
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Please note that this site is specifically for Choose Your Own Adventure stories.  If you choose to post stories that have no choices, your story will be deleted as such stories are not appropriate for this site.
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Please note that this site is specifically for Create Your Own Stories with the ability to select from different choices.  If you decide to post a story that has no choices, your story will be deleted as such stories are not appropriate.
We currently have [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] [[Special:Allpages|articles]].
We currently have [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] [[Special:Allpages|articles]].
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If you're new to this site, please read our [[Tutorial]] to learn how to edit stories.
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<h1>Getting Started</h1>
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[[How to Edit]]
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If you're new to this site, please read our [[Tutorial]] to learn how to edit stories.  Please '''do not''' add new stories to the Main Page.  Add new stories to the sub-pages for each story type below.  New stories added to the Main Page will be removed from the Main Page post haste.
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[[Idea Pitches]]
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If you want to practice editing, you should do so on the [[Sandbox]].
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*Hint: If you don't care enough about your writing to attempt to use proper grammar or spelling, chances are people won't care to read it. If grammar isn't your strong suit, you may want to look over some [[Grammatical Tips]].
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== The Rules ==
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If you want to practice editing, you should do so on the [[Sandbox]].
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Here is a list of the rules. Follow them, or else you will be banned. It is also recommended to read the tutorial.
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== [[Featured CYOA Nominations|Featured Story]] ==
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*Rule 1: No underage sex. If any underage sex is found then the writer will be banned without any chance to appeal.
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[[Remember]]
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*Rule 2: Do not vandalize the wiki, story pages, category pages, user pages, talk pages, index pages, user talk pages, etc. In short, do not vandalize anything.
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<br> You awake to find yourself caught and placed in a room with no recollection about yourself.
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*Rule 3: Always [[Basic page format|categorize your pages]]. If you don't, after enough warnings, you will be banned.
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*Rule 4: If you create a link, and it leads to another page, change your link, not the other page.
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*Rule 5: Do not modify the main page to a large extent.
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*Rule 6: Do not substantially change someone else's page without their authorization. Adding a few things, okay. Adding options, no problem. Completely re-writing another page, no. How would you like it if someone did that to your work?
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*Rule 7: Well, if you have any questions, or need to know something, leave a message at [[User talk:Platypus]].
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You are stuck in a room with only a walkie-talkie linked to your captor and two people in nearby rooms that you cannot contact. A choice of which person leaves and which two starve to death looming ahead, you have to try to find out about yourself.
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>Warning, rules may be updated or modified at any time. Please check back here time to time if you feel the need.
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Can you? Nominated by [[User:Snowball|Snowball]]
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==Etiquette and Other Useful Info==
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'''WARNING: Some pages include coarse language. Some pages are also a bit disgusting.'''
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'''Tags and Labels:'''
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* Stories with the {{Public}} tag are stories that are meant to be edited and added to at any time. Please adhere to any notes listed on the story's entree.
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* Stories with the {{Private}} tag are stories that are only to be worked on and added to by the original author or the current primary author. Please refrain from editing these stories without receiving express permission of the original author.
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* Stories with the {{DNE}} tag are not to be edited at all (except perhaps to fix spelling, grammar, or link errors).
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* Stories with the {{Abandoned}} tag are stories (Usually private in nature) that have apparently been abandoned by the original author. They haven't been worked on in at least 6 months and may be "claimed" by another author who becomes the current primary author. If that author stops working on the project, then the abandoned tag is reapplied. Note: The original author may still return, and thus their decisions take precedence if that proves to be the case.
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* Stories with the {{Adopted}} tag are formerly abandoned stories where another Author has "adopted" ownership of the work. They are maintaining, updating, and/or adding to the original work on a regular basis in absence of the original author, and as though he/she were the original author.
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* Stories with the {{WIP}} Tag are stories that are still in the process of experiencing major additions to the story.
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* Please put '''all''' tags in the notes section and not the pages section of the story repository, unless otherwise stated.
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*[[Featured CYOA Nominations]]
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'''Organization:'''
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* Please use the <nowiki>{{PAGESINCAT:<Story Name>}}</nowiki> tag to denote the number of pages in your story; that way, you don't have to manually update the page count every time you add or remove a page. Put this tag under the pages column.
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*[[Previous Featured Stories]]
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== Tips ==
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*[[How to feature a story]]
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*If you don't care enough about your writing to attempt to use proper grammar or spelling, chances are that people won't care to read it. If grammar isn't your strong suit, you may want to look over some [[Grammatical Tips]].
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*Don't give too many options when starting a new story and leave half of them redlinked. Focus on a small number of story threads at first.
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*Outline a general plan for what the intention of your story is when you start it, what genre it belongs to and what themes it has.
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*As alternative to plain formatting for your story, you may try using ''Italics'' to write the Narration, regular Font for character Dialogue and '''Bold''' for Character/Item/Location names or important developments. Example: ''As you walked through the'' '''Forest''', ''you heard a young girl calling out for you.'' "Jack! Wait for me! I have a gift for you!" ''Kate runs up to you and gives you the'' '''MacGuffin'''.  Whatever style you choose, try to keep it consistent throughout the story.
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*If you are having difficulty spacing out paragraphs, you can use <nowiki><br></nowiki>, which works as a line-break.
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*Don't inject crude humor into a story that's intended to be played straight.
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*The characterization of the protagonist, whatever he or she receives, should be consistent from choice to choice. If the protagonist chooses to kill someone and feels a great amount of guilt and regret over it, do not put in a choice where he/she later brags about killing that person unless there is some internal or external justification for it.
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*If you are writing about a franchise such as ''Dungeons and Dragons'' or ''Star Wars'', please do some basic research on the setting of the franchise. If, for example, you are writing about a story that is set in the ''Forgotten Realms'' world, please do not mention Pelor as while he is a Dungeons and Dragons god, he does not exist in ''Forgotten Realms''. Ilmater, Lathander, and Torm are gods in the ''Forgotten Realms'' setting and are acceptable enough to switch with Pelor, as mentioned in the ''Forgotten Realms'' 3.5 edition of the Campaign Setting rulebook. 
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*Please categorize the pages in your story. For example, if your story is called "The Story", then please add <nowiki>[[Category:The Story]]</nowiki> to each new page you create for your story.
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==[[Story Reviews]]==
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<h1>Useful Links</h1>
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Look here for reviews of existing stories or to add your own reviews. This is still new though, so don't expect your favourite story to be reviewed just yet.  Try to stick to constructive criticism only.  Deliberate insults or flaming will be deleted.
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If you have any questions concerning this section, or you want a certain story to be reviewed and you can't bothered to do it yourself, don't be afraid and ask [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]].
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<h4>[[Talk:Main Page |General Discussion]]</h4>
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==Family-Friendly Stories==
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<h4>[[To-Do List]]</h4>
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'''FOR ALL AGES:'''
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Suitable for anyone with Basic Reading Level skills. Please keep these G-PG. Please remove any other content that exceeds this.
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|[[The Kitty in the Window]] (Now with PG, hard to find LOTR expansion!)|| (450+ pages) 
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<h4>[[Ideas, Pitches, & Proposals]]</h4>
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<h4>[[The Review|The Hall of Reviews]]</h4>
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[[Category:Reference Database]]

Current revision as of 00:35, 22 July 2021

Contents

Create Your Own Story

Create Your Own Story is a wiki that thrives on a kind of Interactive Fiction called Choose Your Own Adventure stories. CYOA's are stories where the reader assumes the role of the main character. On each page, you make a choice that decides how the story should progress. If you don't see an option that you would like to pursue, click the Edit Tab on the top of the page and add a new path to the page then write in your own story for the character.

Please note that this site is specifically for Create Your Own Stories with the ability to select from different choices. If you decide to post a story that has no choices, your story will be deleted as such stories are not appropriate.

We currently have 123,241 articles.

Getting Started

If you're new to this site, please read our Tutorial to learn how to edit stories. Please do not add new stories to the Main Page. Add new stories to the sub-pages for each story type below. New stories added to the Main Page will be removed from the Main Page post haste.

If you want to practice editing, you should do so on the Sandbox.

The Rules

Here is a list of the rules. Follow them, or else you will be banned. It is also recommended to read the tutorial.

  • Rule 1: No underage sex. If any underage sex is found then the writer will be banned without any chance to appeal.
  • Rule 2: Do not vandalize the wiki, story pages, category pages, user pages, talk pages, index pages, user talk pages, etc. In short, do not vandalize anything.
  • Rule 3: Always categorize your pages. If you don't, after enough warnings, you will be banned.
  • Rule 4: If you create a link, and it leads to another page, change your link, not the other page.
  • Rule 5: Do not modify the main page to a large extent.
  • Rule 6: Do not substantially change someone else's page without their authorization. Adding a few things, okay. Adding options, no problem. Completely re-writing another page, no. How would you like it if someone did that to your work?
  • Rule 7: Well, if you have any questions, or need to know something, leave a message at User talk:Platypus.

*Warning, rules may be updated or modified at any time. Please check back here time to time if you feel the need.

Etiquette and Other Useful Info

Tags and Labels:

  • Stories with the (Public) tag are stories that are meant to be edited and added to at any time. Please adhere to any notes listed on the story's entree.
  • Stories with the (Private) tag are stories that are only to be worked on and added to by the original author or the current primary author. Please refrain from editing these stories without receiving express permission of the original author.
  • Stories with the (Do Not Edit) tag are not to be edited at all (except perhaps to fix spelling, grammar, or link errors).
  • Stories with the (Abandoned) tag are stories (Usually private in nature) that have apparently been abandoned by the original author. They haven't been worked on in at least 6 months and may be "claimed" by another author who becomes the current primary author. If that author stops working on the project, then the abandoned tag is reapplied. Note: The original author may still return, and thus their decisions take precedence if that proves to be the case.
  • Stories with the (Adopted) tag are formerly abandoned stories where another Author has "adopted" ownership of the work. They are maintaining, updating, and/or adding to the original work on a regular basis in absence of the original author, and as though he/she were the original author.
  • Stories with the (WIP) Tag are stories that are still in the process of experiencing major additions to the story.
  • Please put all tags in the notes section and not the pages section of the story repository, unless otherwise stated.

Organization:

  • Please use the {{PAGESINCAT:<Story Name>}} tag to denote the number of pages in your story; that way, you don't have to manually update the page count every time you add or remove a page. Put this tag under the pages column.

Tips

  • If you don't care enough about your writing to attempt to use proper grammar or spelling, chances are that people won't care to read it. If grammar isn't your strong suit, you may want to look over some Grammatical Tips.
  • Don't give too many options when starting a new story and leave half of them redlinked. Focus on a small number of story threads at first.
  • Outline a general plan for what the intention of your story is when you start it, what genre it belongs to and what themes it has.
  • As alternative to plain formatting for your story, you may try using Italics to write the Narration, regular Font for character Dialogue and Bold for Character/Item/Location names or important developments. Example: As you walked through the Forest, you heard a young girl calling out for you. "Jack! Wait for me! I have a gift for you!" Kate runs up to you and gives you the MacGuffin. Whatever style you choose, try to keep it consistent throughout the story.
  • If you are having difficulty spacing out paragraphs, you can use <br>, which works as a line-break.
  • Don't inject crude humor into a story that's intended to be played straight.
  • The characterization of the protagonist, whatever he or she receives, should be consistent from choice to choice. If the protagonist chooses to kill someone and feels a great amount of guilt and regret over it, do not put in a choice where he/she later brags about killing that person unless there is some internal or external justification for it.
  • If you are writing about a franchise such as Dungeons and Dragons or Star Wars, please do some basic research on the setting of the franchise. If, for example, you are writing about a story that is set in the Forgotten Realms world, please do not mention Pelor as while he is a Dungeons and Dragons god, he does not exist in Forgotten Realms. Ilmater, Lathander, and Torm are gods in the Forgotten Realms setting and are acceptable enough to switch with Pelor, as mentioned in the Forgotten Realms 3.5 edition of the Campaign Setting rulebook.
  • Please categorize the pages in your story. For example, if your story is called "The Story", then please add [[Category:The Story]] to each new page you create for your story.

Useful Links

General Discussion

To-Do List

Tools for the Trade

Tutorial

Learn the Ropes (Needs some cleaning up and improvement).

Sandbox

Test out your editing skills.

Ideas, Pitches, & Proposals

Got an idea for a story, challenge, or meta-game? Go ahead and start it! If you don't have the time or skills to write your idea down, feel free to post the idea in here (the linked page) so that someone else who likes the idea can come along and build off of it.

Help Wanted

Need help with a story? Need some quick and unofficial feedback? This is the place to discuss it!

The Hall of Reviews

Need to post official feedback on a story? Look in here and post it!

Stories & Games

Featured Works

Stories that are chosen for the spotlight based on length, plot, how well it fits together, and overall quality. Will be rotated out fairly regularly.

Popular Works

Stories that everyone likes to read, have been featured many times, or were at one point on the front page.

Recently Updated Works

Stories that were updated within the last couple of months.

Up & Coming Works

Stories with less than 50 pages and/or stories that were started within the last two years, that are regularly being worked on and updated.

Abandoned Stories

Stories that haven't been updated in a while. Feel free to retrieve stories from here and put them back on the appropriate story-type page if you get inspired and add to one.

Meta-Games

For games that poke fun at or deal with reading stories on CYOS.

CYOS Drinking Game || 0 Pages || (Public) (Teen/Adult, though you can play with soda or water if you're under the minimum age for drinking alcohol.)


All Stories

Grants access to subpages that contain all stories of a particular Rating or Genre.

Sample Stories

Family-Friendly Stories

FOR ALL AGES: Suitable for anyone with Basic Reading Level skills. Please keep these G-PG and remove any other content that exceeds this.


Goosebumps in Horrorland || 78 Pages ||
Kalew || 72 Pages ||
Madman's Mansion || 67 Pages || (Public)
Percy Jackson: The Adventures of a Demigod || 66 Pages ||
The Kitty in the Window || 73 Pages ||
Visiting the Zoo || 163 Pages ||



All Family-Friendly Stories

PG-13 Stories

FOR 10+: For more advanced readers. Please keep these G to PG-13 and remove any content that exceeds this.


Avast! A Pirate Story || 189 Pages || ←Currently featured! Contact me Before Editing
Crusader || 11 Pages || ←Currently Featured!
Crusader 2: Paladin || 11 Pages ||
DARKNESS || 128 Pages ||
Dead Kid || 140 Pages ||
Fantasy Quest || 160 Pages ||
Quest of the Magician || 13 Pages ||
Subject 413 || 120 Pages || (Public)
The Many Rooms || 223 Pages ||
Transylvanian Terror || 159 Pages || (Public)



All PG-13 Stories

Quizzes and Challenges

Not actually stories, but a chance to test your knowledge (or your luck):


A Quizzy Show || 11 Pages ||
CYOS Wiki Quiz || 31 Pages || (Public)
Digimon Quizo'! || 40 Pages ||
Guess What Country The City Is In || 2 Pages || (Public)
Quiz Show || 23 Pages ||
Rock, Paper, Scissors || 50 Pages ||
Rock, Paper, Scissors 2 || 182 Pages ||
The Video Game Quiz || 34 Pages ||
The Video Game Quiz 2 || 65 Pages ||
Trivia Time || 13 Pages ||
Video Games || 57 Pages ||
Video Game Trivia I || 13 Pages ||



All Quizzes and Challenges

Mature Stories

Content normally found in R-rated movies; no explicit sexual content or sadistic violence:


Agent Black || 90 Pages || (Public)
Segon || 110 Pages ||
Battle Royale || 200 Pages || (Public)
Katarina's Adventures || 83 Pages || (Do Not Edit)
Remember || 83 Pages || ←Previously Featured! (Do Not Edit) Without Permission
Resident Evil || 105 Pages || (Public)
Escape from Syria || 194 Pages || ←Currently Featured!
Spongebob's Day Off || 126 Pages ||



All Mature Stories

Adult Stories

18+ Only. Do not read these stories if you are underage or if you are offended by adult material.




STORIES PAST THIS LINE HAVE ADULT THEMES AND SEVERE LANGUAGE.
IF THOSE KIND OF THINGS OFFEND YOU, DO NOT PASS THIS LINE.


Smutty Sex Romp || 18,288 Pages || ←Currently Featured! (Public)-For experienced writers with a firm grasp of grammar and spelling only. Any contributions with poor grammar will be immediately deleted.
Rampage || 4,367 Pages || ←Currently Featured! (Public)-but any contributions with poor grammar will be immediately deleted.
Star Wars: The Complete Erotic Saga || 2,288 Pages || (Public)
+Infinity || 1,514 Pages || (Public)
High School || 1,725 Pages || (Public) Please be creative and disgusting and ridiculous. I wouldn't even mind this turning into a "No One Should Read These."
Dungeons and Dragons || 1,412 Pages || (Public)
Birthday Bottom Boy's Blackout Bar-night || 1,075 Pages || (Do Not Edit)
Good son || 1,056 Pages || (Public)
Furry World || 1,450 Pages || (Public)
Hot and Horny || 986 Pages || (Public) Please edit!
You Are An Orc || 1,001 Pages || (Public)
The Humiliation of Katie || 721 Pages || (Public)
Oops! You're Naked! || 782 Pages || (Public)
The Devil's Daughter || 658 Pages || (Public)
Ongoing Story || 621 Pages ||
The End of the World || 584 Pages || (Public)
The Life of a Medieval Princess || 495 Pages || (Public) - but please read the Princess Editor's Guide.
College Girls || 487 Pages || (Public)
Blackmailed || 455 Pages || (Public)
Girl Scout Camp || 533 Pages || (Public)
Interracial Extravaganza || 421 Pages || (Public)
Game of Thrones Fantasy || 367 Pages || (Public)



All Adult Stories


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