XBLA Sales 2011 - Closed!

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Here is a list of all the current and upcoming Xbox Live Marketplace Sales for the US*. This includes the Deal of the Week, Family Plan Sale Item, and any other sales or promotions. I have also included the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade releases. Most sales are for one week.* Please feel free to PM or post if you see anything not listed here. Please note: ALL ITEMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE! and some sales are for GOLD MEMBERS ONLY*. Have fun and enjoy.
(*unless otherwise noted)



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Xbox Live Deal of the Week:



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GOLD MEMBERS ONLY
48 Hours Gold trials and free Gold weekends won't get you the sale price.




12/27 -Family Games

XBLA:
-Full House Poker - 480 Microsoft Points - 40% off

DLC:

Hasbro Family Game Night: (Not really DLC, but you need the HFGN hub to launch these games)
-Battleship - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Boggle - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Connect 4 - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Connect 4×4 - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Jenga - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Pictureka - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Scrabble - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Sorry! - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Sorry! Sliders - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Yahtzee - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off

Here is a list of discs that contain these games
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Hasbro Family Game Night:


-Battleship
-Boggle
-Connect 4
-Scrabble
-Sorry
-Sorry Sliders
-Yahtzee
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Hasbro Family Game Night 3:


-Clue
-Game of Life
-Mouse Trap
-Twister
-Yahtzee Hands Down
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Hasbro Family Game Night 4: The Game Show:


-Bop-It Boptagon
-Connect 4 Basketball
-Scrabble Flash
-Sorry! Sliders
-Yatzhee! Bowling
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Hasbro Family Game Night Fun Pack (FGN 2 & 3):


-Bop-It
-Clue
-Connect 4x4
-Jenga
-Mouse Trap
-Operation
-Pictureka
-The Game of Life
-Twister
-Yahtzee Hands Down

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1/3 -Dancin’ Dancin’ Dancin’

DLC:
Dance Central:
-Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling - 160 Microsoft Points - 33% off
-Dance Pack 01 - 640 Microsoft Points - 33% off
-Dance Pack 02 - 640 Microsoft Points - 33% off
-Dance Pack 03 - 640 Microsoft Points - 33% off
-Dance Pack 04 - 640 Microsoft Points - 33% off
-Dance Pack 05 - 480 Microsoft Points - 33% off
-Dance Pack 06 - 960 Microsoft Points - 33% off
-Dance Pack 07 - 960 Microsoft Points - 33% off
-Marathon Pack 01 - 1400 Microsoft Points - 58% off
-Marathon Pack 02 - 1500 Microsoft Points - 58% off






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Family Gold Pack Deal:
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GOLD MEMBERS ONLY
(lasts one week)






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Misc Sales:
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If a start and end date are not listed. Act fast as these "sales" could end anytime.


2011 Holiday Premium Theme - FREE


12/20 - 1/2 - Countdown to 2012
This is a two part sale. One part lasts the until 1/2, the other is 1 Day only sales.


XBLA:
-After Burner Climax - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic - Quick Look
-BloodRayne: Betrayal - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic - Quick Look
-Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic - Quick Look
-Peggle - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic
-Plants vs. Zombies - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic
-Portal: Still Alive - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic
-Renegade Ops - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic - Quick Look


DLC:
-L.A. Noire Rockstar Pass - 480 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Peggle Nights Content Pack - 200 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic


Games on Demand:
-LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga - 1800 Microsoft Points ($22.49) - 25% off - Metacritic
-The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - 1800 Microsoft Points ($22.49) - 25% off - Metacritic


Avatar Store:
-Cactus Dog (prop) - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Fastball Animation - 120 Microsoft Points - 25% off
-Gears of War 3 Berserker Pet - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Gears of War 3 Ticker Pet - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Grappling Hook (prop) - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Halo Flood (prop) - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Home Run Animation - 120 Microsoft Points - 25% off
-Inferno Skateboard (prop) - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Labrador Dog pet - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Moneky pet - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Ninja Kick Animation - 120 Microsoft Points - 25% off
-Red Dragon pet - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Touchdown Dance Animation - 120 Microsoft Points - 25% off
-Training Dummy (prop) - 160 Microsoft Points - 50% off


12/20 - 12/31 - Countdown to 2012 1 Day Only Sales

[customspoiler="Past Sales"]
12/20 1 DAY ONLY
-Bastion - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off


12/21 1 DAY ONLY
-Hole in the Wall - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Leedmees - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% of


12/22 1 DAY ONLY

Fallout 3
-Broken Steel - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Mothership Zeta - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Operation: Anchorage - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off

Fallout: New Vegas
-Dead Money - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Honest Hearts - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Lonesome Road - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Old World Blues - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off


12/23 1 DAY ONLY
-Deadliest Warrior: Legends - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic - Quick Look
-Deadliest Warrior: Legends Joan of Arc DLC - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Mortal Kombat Season Pass - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off


12/24 1 DAY ONLY
-Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic - Quick Look EX w/ Seth & Derek of Capcom


12/25 1 DAY ONLY
-Fruit Ninja Kinect - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic - Quick Look


12/26 1 DAY ONLY
Forza Motorsport 4

DLC:
-November Speed Pack - 280 Microsoft Points - 50% off

-Season Pass - 1800 Microsoft Points - 25% off

Avatar Store:
-Drifter Race Suit (Male/Female) - 160 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-White Racing Suit (Male/Female) - 160 Microsoft Points - 50% off


12/27 1 DAY ONLY
Halo: Reach

DLC:
-Defiant Map Pack - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Noble Map Pack - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off

Games on Demand:
-Halo: Reach - 2400 Microsoft Points ($29.99) - 25% off

Avatar Store:
-Halo Energy Sword (prop) - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Kat SPARTAN 320 Armor (Male/Female) - 200 Microsoft Points - 50% off

Themes/Etc:
-Halo: Reach Anchor 9 Theme - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Halo: Reach Noble Team Theme - 120 Microsoft Points - 50% off


12/28 1 DAY ONLY

XBLA:
-Sonic Adventure - 320 Microsoft Points - 60% off - Metacritic - Quick Look (after Game Room)
-Sonic The Hedgehog - 160 Microsoft Points - 60% off - Metacritic - Quick Look
-Sonic The Hedgehog 2 - 160 Microsoft Points - 60% off - Metacritic - Quick Look
-Sonic The Hedgehog 3 - 160 Microsoft Points - 60% off - Metacritic - Quick Look
-Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode I - 320 Microsoft Points - 60% off - Metacritic - Quick Look

DLC:
-Sonic Adventure DX Upgrade - 160 Microsoft Points - 60% off


12/29 1 DAY ONLY

DLC:
Red Dead Redemption:
-Legends and Killers Pack - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic
-Liars and Cheats Pack - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic
-Undead Nightmare Collection - 800 Microsoft Points - 50% off (Contains Liars & Cheats, Legends & Killers, and Undead Nightmare)
-Undead Nightmare Pack - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off - Metacritic - Quick Look



12/30 1 DAY ONLY

DLC:
Gears of War 3:
-Season Pass - 1800 Microsoft Points - 25% off
Contains 4 pieces of DLC from November - February. You save 50% buying now vs buying it all separately.
1. Horde Command Pack - 800 MSP (Out Now)
2. RAAM's Shadow Campaign DLC - 1200 MSP (Out Now)
3. Fenix Rising DLC - 800 MSP (Out 1/17/2012)
4. February DLC - 800 MSP (TBD)
(Epic's DLC Blog Page)
-Weapon Skin Collection - 1800 Microsoft Points - 50% off

Avatar Store:
-Boomshield (prop) - 160 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Gold Lancer (prop) - 160 Microsoft Points - 50% off THIS ITEM WILL BE DELISTED 12/31/2011!
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The items below are still "unconfirmed" (pulled from an accurate leaked list)
12/31 1 DAY ONLY

DLC:
-Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack - 400 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Pack - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off
-Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package - 600 Microsoft Points - 50% off

Games on Demand:
-Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - 1200 Microsoft Points ($14.99) - 25% off
-Modern Warfare 2 - 2400 Microsoft Points ($29.99) - 25% off






1/3 - 1/9 - Electronic Arts Publisher Sale
Up to 50% off EA content




?????? - Pets GOLD MEMBERS ONLY
-Cat (Pet) - 160 Microsoft Points - 33% off
-Pug Dog (Pet) - 160 Microsoft Points - 33% off









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Speaking of Ubisoft games, I bought Outland when it was on sale last time and it's a GREAT action-platformer. It plays like a combination of Super Meat Boy (the floatiness in the controls), MetroidVania (back tracking / constantly evolving character) and Ikaruga (color-swapping mechanic). If it's on sale for 50% off again, I HIGHLY recommend it. It's easily one of the most solid experiences I've had all year, retail or otherwise.
 
Holy folly batman. That sight is interesting indeed. Crazy Taxi was on sale like four times in a little over a 30 day period.

Some games on sale once, and many never!
 
Street Fighter is one of my favorite series of all time and Super Turbo has always been one of my favorite incarnations of the series. Needless to say I was tremendously hyped for HDR, not only was it the first XBLA game I ever purchased, but it's the game that finally convinced me to upgrade to a gold account. At first glance everything seemed awesome, but gradually it began to rub me the wrong way.

Aside from a bunch of fairly oddball character tweaks, the art style looked hideous and the netcode resulted in a lot of borked matches for me. Playing against friends was mostly okay, but rollbacks and desyncs seemed to be the norm in public matches. I gave up on the game when SF4 came out just a few months later so things may be better now. Also, I know you can toggle back to the original sprites, but you can't do the same with backgrounds and that just makes the game look even more vomit inducing. Would have greatly preferred a straight up port of arcade ST over this, but for 600 points it's a still a decent pickup if you have friends to play against.
 
Ok I think I might pick up street fighter HDR. I suck at fighting games but still like them, especially street fighter. I spent a lot of quarters on sf 2 and champions ed.

Edit: ok maybe not after reading that post above.
 
[quote name='bardockkun']Ubisoft sale next week all I want them to put on sale is Prince of Persia - Epilogue DLC. Nothing more, nothing less.[/QUOTE]

QFT...well, depending on how much it is. I wasn't gold when it was on sale for 560 points, and I don't think I'd pay that much for it anyway.

Might consider it for 400.
 
[quote name='DertyFoot']Grabbed Double Impact. I'd buy the fighting games, but the 360 D-Pad is woeful, and I'm too cheap to invest in a proper arcade stick.[/QUOTE]

You can get the WWE All-Stars fightpads (the 2nd gen of the SF Madcatz fightpads) for $20 at Gamestop.
 
[quote name='MfMonster']Holy folly batman. That sight is interesting indeed. Crazy Taxi was on sale like four times in a little over a 30 day period.

Some games on sale once, and many never![/QUOTE]

Thanks. :)

I think you may be misreading the output thou:
http://xbldb.com/offers/002-dcc

Crazy Taxi has been on sale 3 times: 2011-03-28, 2011-04-19, 2011-11-22.

The other events are when the price went back up.

The site is missing some non gold sales. I just haven't had time to manually enter them in the database.
 
HDR is the best port of ST you're going to find. It beats the living shit out of Hyper Fighting if you care at all about balance, and the netcode works.

If the backgrounds being redone into HD kills it for ya, well so be it.

(I vastly prefer playing OG Super Turbo to the rebalance, but that's because I'm just so used to the matchups in ST. It's the only cab I own, but it's a gem to have)
 
[quote name='Inf^Shini']Ughh I feel you on this. I've been looking out for a MM9/10 sale for awhile...
I always feel like the moment I pay full price for it, the next dotw it'll be on sale[/QUOTE]

Buy it today. You know it won't be on sale for at least 2 weeks. In that amount of time you'll be able to play it and justify the full price purchase.
 
[quote name='ivegotalobon']what games would you say are similar to age of booty?[/QUOTE]

Catan because of the similarities in resource usage. My advice to you would be to download the demo and give it a whirl.
 
[quote name='ivegotalobon']what games would you say are similar to age of booty?[/QUOTE]

I don't think there is one on XBLA. Man I loved Age of Booty.
 
[quote name='byeatman']Anyone recommend Prince of Persia Classic? I'm gonna try the demo this week[/QUOTE]

I found the controls to be rough around the edges, but in time I got used to them. Fighting against badguys was pretty blah as well. For $5, I guess I'd recommend it, but not a ringing endorsement or anything.
 
I did not much care for PoP Classic. I found it pretty boring.

I do recommend the Final Fight Double Impact. FF is old and rough but still a classic and the other game that came with it is alternately brilliant and stupid, the sort of kitchen sink fantasy madness we see in the DnD beat em ups
 
[quote name='tylerh1701']Buy it today. You know it won't be on sale for at least 2 weeks. In that amount of time you'll be able to play it and justify the full price purchase.[/QUOTE]

You clearly have not yet learned the way of the CAG. ;-)
 
[quote name='byeatman']Anyone recommend Prince of Persia Classic? I'm gonna try the demo this week[/QUOTE]

It's a good remake of the PC game. That said, the PC game doesn't hold up well. If you didn't play it on PC back in the day it's probably a pass.
 
[quote name='byeatman']Anyone recommend Prince of Persia Classic? I'm gonna try the demo this week[/QUOTE]
I pick up most games at the 400 price point, and after trying the demo 2-3 times, I'm still not going to pick it up. I would pick it up for 240 and no more.
 
[quote name='Mad dog']Looking forward to the "Ubisoft sale" on 12/6... What do you guys think this might include?[/QUOTE]

Not to sound too pessimistic here, but I'm guessing the Splinter Cell: Conviction DLC that no one wants and some old Assassin's Creed II DLC.

I really wanted to buy Final Fight since I enjoyed it so much on SNES but after getting Streets of Rage 2 free from PSN+ during my 30-day trial, I've decided that beat-em-ups without a second player sitting next to me is just super boring. Still a great value for what you get but just not for me. Besides, I've got Beyond Good and Evil and Marvel Pinball to play.
 
[quote name='metallicoholic']Not to sound too pessimistic here, but I'm guessing the Splinter Cell: Conviction DLC
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If you don't have the Splinter Cell DLC though its well worth it imo.
 
[quote name='Mad dog']Looking forward to the "Ubisoft sale" on 12/6... What do you guys think this might include?[/QUOTE]

From Dust is the only Ubi arcade game that hasn't been on sale yet. Either going to be that or rehashes of the Might & Magic:CoH, Outland, and Scott Pilgrim deals we've seen over the last couple months. Smart money is on the latter.
 
[quote name='metallicoholic']Not to sound too pessimistic here, but I'm guessing the Splinter Cell: Conviction DLC that no one wants and some old Assassin's Creed II DLC.

I really wanted to buy Final Fight since I enjoyed it so much on SNES but after getting Streets of Rage 2 free from PSN+ during my 30-day trial, I've decided that beat-em-ups without a second player sitting next to me is just super boring. Still a great value for what you get but just not for me. Besides, I've got Beyond Good and Evil and Marvel Pinball to play.[/QUOTE]

Final Fight has online co-op.
 
Hopefully they do From Dust and Panzer General .Hope they do an End War dlc sale again because I bought the game after the last time they put it on sale.


BTW Daggerdale is still 600 points in case you missed the piece of ...
 
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[quote name='shinn']why is this crap from the 15th still up? come on clean this OP up!![/QUOTE]

It's now my goal to leave everything up until I hit the char limit.
 
[quote name='reddjoey']It's now my goal to leave everything up until I hit the char limit.[/QUOTE]

Maybe some spoiler tags would keep things streamlined while preserving the information.
 
[quote name='gordojones88']RISK: Factions[/QUOTE]

No, I think you confused the Ubisoft sale for the one day December 31st sale. How could you spoil MS's surprise.

Yet, I see your game now ...

12/22 = 2012 avatar glasses, free
12/23 = Zune, Home Alone 3 - SD purchase
12/24 = Trials HD, 33% off!
12/25 = Zune, Jingle All the Way - rental
12/26 = Toy Soldiers, 33% off!
12/27 = Countdown to 2012 with Kinect Premium theme brought to you by random beef jerky shaving car
12/28 = Sonic 4, 33% off!
12/29 = Zune, Green Lantern - SD purchase
12/30 = Fruit Ninja Kinect, 50% off!
12/31 = Risk Factions, 75% off!!!

... and I will have more on my backlog
 
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[quote name='Thrinn']Maybe some spoiler tags would keep things streamlined while preserving the information.[/QUOTE]

I stick it in the FAQ when it gets stale.

Mix Thanksgiving holiday with studying for my calculus exam on Thursday and you get what you have now.

Complaining about it only makes me want to do it less. I know people appreciate the time I put in and are generally understanding when I let the OP chill for a bit.
 
[quote name='Crono-00']No, I think you confused the Ubisoft sale for the one day December 31st sale. How could you spoil MS's surprise.

Yet, I see your game now ...

12/22 = 2012 avatar glasses, free
12/23 = Zune, Home Alone 3 - SD purchase
12/24 = Trials HD, 33% off!
12/25 = Zune, Jingle All the Way - rental
12/26 = Toy Soldiers, 33% off!
12/27 = Countdown to 2012 with Kinect Premium theme brought to you by random beef jerky shaving car
12/28 = Sonic 4, 33% off!
12/29 = Zune, Green Lantern - SD purchase
12/30 = Fruit Ninja Kinect, 50% off!
12/31 = Risk Factions, 75% off!!!

... and I will have more on my backlog[/QUOTE]

This list is :lol:. Home Alone 3.. WTF? Nah but hopefully this year we see some good dlc and arcade games go on sale. Last year was ok, but qutie a bit of repeats. This year should be fresh and have things that havent or rarely gone on sale.
 
[quote name='Crono-00']No, I think you confused the Ubisoft sale for the one day December 31st sale. How could you spoil MS's surprise.

Yet, I see your game now ...

12/22 = 2012 avatar glasses, free
12/23 = Zune, Home Alone 3 - SD purchase
12/24 = Trials HD, 33% off!
12/25 = Zune, Jingle All the Way - rental
12/26 = Toy Soldiers, 33% off!
12/27 = Countdown to 2012 with Kinect Premium theme brought to you by random beef jerky shaving car
12/28 = Sonic 4, 33% off!
12/29 = Zune, Green Lantern - SD purchase
12/30 = Fruit Ninja Kinect, 50% off!
12/31 = Risk Factions, 75% off!!!

... and I will have more on my backlog[/QUOTE]

Oh, man! 10 great deals not to be missed! I'm CRAAAAAZY LARRY!! They told me to SLASH prices!! :roll:
 
[quote name='reddjoey']I stick it in the FAQ when it gets stale.

Mix Thanksgiving holiday with studying for my calculus exam on Thursday and you get what you have now.

Complaining about it only makes me want to do it less. I know people appreciate the time I put in and are generally understanding when I let the OP chill for a bit.[/QUOTE]

there's not much going on right now anyways
 
The other game that comes with final fight. That shit just wont end. Its like the energizer bunny, but for $5 its a steal. If It wasnt for me alreadying having scott piligrim, final fight would of been my 3rd beat em fighter Ive would of boughten in 4 weeks.
 
[quote name='Royal High Knight']The other game that comes with final fight. That shit just wont end. Its like the energizer bunny, but for $5 its a steal. If It wasnt for me alreadying having scott piligrim, final fight would of been my 3rd beat em fighter Ive would of boughten in 4 weeks.[/QUOTE]

Boughten is not a word, young squire.

Yes, Magic Sword does go on way too long.
 
[quote name='eastx']Boughten is not a word, young squire.

Yes, Magic Sword does go on way too long.[/QUOTE]

my bad. I dont pay attention when I eat and type, plus English has never been a favorite of mine for the last 19 years.
 
[quote name='ShinSolidus']That made me laugh much, much louder than it should have.[/QUOTE]

It made me cry a little because I bought that game the week it came out, which seems to be the only week it was ever full price :cold:
 
[quote name='reddjoey']I know people appreciate the time I put in and are generally understanding when I let the OP chill for a bit.[/QUOTE]

Yes, and if i haven't said it before, Thank You.:applause:
 
[quote name='metallicoholic']Not to sound too pessimistic here, but I'm guessing the Splinter Cell: Conviction DLC that no one wants and some old Assassin's Creed II DLC.[/QUOTE]

It's already been stated, but Splinter Cell: Conviction's co-op (which is what the DLC is more of) is phenomenal; that is unless you get randomly teamed up with someone who only speaks Spanish and keeps their mic muted except when they randomly unmute it to call some terrorist 'pendejos.' True story, got to the end of the main game's co-op on the hardest difficulty and then ultimately failed like 20 times in a row cause he didn't understand what we were supposed to do and my screaming louder and louder didn't make him understand English better, for some reason.

Nothing for me in this week's DOTW, which is all good. Couple of days to bank some more points in anticipation of the holiday sale.
 
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