NationStates Jolt Archive

Go on tell us!

Most likely trying to throw us off, or he doesn't know himself.

Well, in the 'throwing us off' department, perhaps [Violet] == Melkor in Chains? I mean, that would be a great cover!

Ballotonia

Wait... what if YOU'RE Max Barry... and you've made a puppet nation to try and throw us all off :o

I am Max Barry!



























Fooled you! :P

I'm not Max Barry...or am I? no Im not

I'm not Max Barry either. Now if we can just get all the other players who are not Max Barry to post, we can figure out who he is by process of elimination.

I'm not Max Barry either. Now if we can just get all the other players who are not Max Barry to post, we can figure out who he is by process of elimination.


Thats a great idea...

look at the latest news article, very convincing proof that [violet] is max, unless of course [violet] doesnt write the news articles

I would wager that [violet] writes some, and Max writes others. Fr'instance, why would Max write about code upgrade or [violet] write about JG being released in the UK?

Well I just thought Max wrote them but I guess its likely that [violet] wrote about the code fixs.

Fr'instance, why would Max write about code upgrade or [violet] write about JG being released in the UK?

Because they are the same person, just a different personality!

I think they're differnt people

I think they're differnt people

Lies! Lies! Okay, the truth.

Pretty much conclusive...

Whoa! That's a lot of submitted issues. In less than a week, you people have written more than 650 of them. This has exposed just how very under-prepared for them I am: at my current rate, I figure it's going to take about three years for me to work my way through these, converting them into use for NationStates.

At first, I wanted to edit all issues myself, because, after all, NationStates is meant to promote my novels Syrup and Jennifer Government (which you've all bought, of course). These issues are meant to demonstrate my snappy prose and witty style. But on the other hand, maybe it's time to relinquish a bit of control here, for the good of the game.

Max must be [violet] :wink:

No, there's at least two Administrators running this site.

I don't think so, the way [violet] was posting about possibly getting other people to help edit the issues suggests they're the same person.

But how do you know that's [violet]?

No, on one of the threads about new issues. [violet] said something like 'I may consider getting some other people to help me with the issues.' Now then, seeing as on the news page, Max goes on about originally planning to do the issues himself...

]I am going to try to get mods to help with this in the future... gotta do some work to set up the framework for them first, though.

Thanks everyone for the offers!

650 new issues submitted so far. :shock:

My logic: If Mr. Barry is not [violet] then who is he? We know that he is involved in the administration of the site in some way because he mentions how it's threatening to consume his life and how far beyond his original expectations it's come. Assuming that he is involved in some way that requres regular effort he's not [dredd] and he's not likely to be entirely behind the scenes so I figure he can't be almost anyone except [violet].

Maybe I'm Max Berry and don't realize it.

No, on one of the threads about new issues. [violet] said something like 'I may consider getting some other people to help me with the issues.' Now then, seeing as on the news page, Max goes on about originally planning to do the issues himself...

In that case, [violet] probably is Max.

I think [dredd] might have been that Geoff Wong guy who came up with the original program architecture and babysat Max until he got the hang of it :wink:

I think [dredd] might have been that Geoff Wong guy who came up with the original program architecture and babysat Max until he got the hang of it :wink:

That would explain why he's disappeared since then.

I think [dredd] might have been that Geoff Wong guy who came up with the original program architecture and babysat Max until he got the hang of it :wink:

Now that makes sense. Again, we mainly hear from Max and [Violet] and nothing from Geoff Wong - he has to be [dredd].
Here's an idea to further verify that Max is [violet]: do a comprehensive stylistish analisys on the writings of Max in his two books (and FAQ) and the postings of [violet].
Perhaps someone could start posting at least some comparisons. I'll try to do a comprehensive review; however, I don't know how I'll fit it in (I'll try).



<BS>
Although it might not be as revealing as one might hope for as he might alter his writing style for [violet]. However, several things point otherwise. First of all, [violet] posts continuously; therefore making it more difficult to maintain a different style. Secondly, there are several things he would never do/write because of his consciousness as a writer.
</BS>

But seriously, maybe he didn't think about it and left some clues in [violet]'s posts. We'll see.

I have an idea.






Max Barry is a loser! 8)



... Now we just have to wait for [Violet] to come in saying "No I'm not! I mean, no he's not!" :D

or you'll just suddenly disappear :lol:

::Laughs with newfound knowledge::

Isnt it great finally knowing almost all the secrets of the Modhood Karma?


Muahahahahaha

*high-fives her fellow mods in-the-know*

[violet] will forever keep you people guessing who she is! :twisted:

One of the great mysteries of Nationstates! Now all we need are people to start reporting Max sightings! 8)

[violet] will forever keep you people guessing who she is! :twisted:


SHE!

I found a clump of "it's" hair on my screen door this morning...



(not that my apt has a screen door...)

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<-----agrees the scroll bar is that way----->

Sniff Sniff . . . .

I think I smell Max Spoors . . .

(Starts tracking Max with his phenominal sense of smell)

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Tech Modling

::Laughs with newfound knowledge::

I can see there is some sort of mod code of silence

[violet] must be Max Barry. Remember on the news page a while ago, the whole thing about 'The Forum that ate New York.' - and about the 'You've played too much NS when...' thread?
This shows that Max must participate in the forum, and seeing as the only Administrator account belongs to [violet], [violet] must be max barry :D

The mods have gotten to speak with Max personally in the mod forum... but we won't reveal his screenname! (The best kept secret in NS...)

[violet] is Max's personal codemonkey =p She's got the l33t coding skillz =p

A female running NS? :shock:

But... the laws of physics dictate that woman + technology = http://webnt.physics.ox.ac.uk/lecturedetails/MC_Med&Env_Minor_Option/mushroom%20cloud.jpg :o

The mods have gotten to speak with Max personally in the mod forum... but we won't reveal his screenname! (The best kept secret in NS...)

[violet] is Max's personal codemonkey =p She's got the l33t coding skillz =p

So this means, of course, that [violet] IS NOT Max Barry.

Unless you interpret English differently from the rest of the universe.....

She could be lying :wink:

She could be lying :wink:

A Senior Game Moderator Lie?

No. Say it can't be......

That'd be just what we need - proof the mods are untrustworthy.... :twisted:

I royally suck at lying, anyway :lol:

I royally suck at lying, anyway :lol:


That's a LIE! :x :evil: :x












:wink:

liar.

:cry:

I bet you're not even crying :evil:

Actually, if you count sinus-related problems that cause watery eyes as crying, then yes, I am! :lol:

*mumbles*

You n your excuses....









and your curious odours :shock:

*mumbles*

You n your excuses....









and your curious odours :shock:

:twisted:

What? How did that get there? :oops:

[violet] is Max's personal codemonkey =p She's got the l33t coding skillz =p

Is she single? :)

I dunno! :lol:

odd that violet is in jennifer government...either theyre the same or theyre VERY close.

[violet] is Max's personal codemonkey =p She's got the l33t coding skillz =p

Is she single? :)

Hey, that is a good question. :lol:

Better question: What city does she live in/near? :wink:

--The Democratic States of Cogitation

So the Secret is Finally out.... [Violet] is not Max









:D told you so :P

So the Secret is Finally out.... [Violet] is not Max
I refuse to believe it!

:lol: People don't believe a senior game mod?

Ah, it's a myth that'll never die :roll:

People don't believe a senior game mod?


I believe you. Are you single? :D

Stop harrasing the modz! :shock: :roll:

I swear I was drunk when the Scolo incident happened!

I swear I was drunk when the Scolo incident happened!

So YOU'RE the moose that impregnated Scolo?! :shock:

I'm not say Scolo is a slut or anything, but I may not be the father. :lol:

Oh my!

Finally, we may know who the father of Bob the Moose-baby is!

Can't Scolo get kick from the AFROTC for things like that?

I mean - they kick you for being gay - but that was gay beatiality......

I'll shut my mouth now, before my nation goes *poof*

I did not have sexual relations with that moderator...

...that one there with the funny mask.

SalusaSecondus? No wonder he feels it is necessary to protect his identity! :lol:

... I dread to think what that mask was used for... the one with the big long nose :shock:

Its a plague mask isn't it?

Sure, that's what he wants you to think...

I swear I was drunk when the Scolo incident happened!

I think I missed something here

I think I missed something here (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54421&start=20)

lol :lol: :lol:

Max clearly acts in the spirit of 1984 in his creation of [violet]. Whether he is [violet] or [violet] is someone else is actually irrelevant however essential.
Anyways, Max provides many clues that he is indeed [violet]; however, he had the mods go out and tell us that he is not [violet]. Many of you on the boards believe that this is to maintain the myth; however, I believe that Max is asking us to believe both and is shaking his head at our stupidity. We must accept that he is [violet] while accepting that he is not [violet]. We must embrace doublethink. Only then will we ascend to his level and fully understand him and NationStates.
How much longer will we remain fooled?! How much longer will you mods remain oblivious to his doublethink outreach?! We must believe that he is [violet] as we must believe that he is not [violet]. We must believe doublethink!

I BELIEVE!


::Replaces brain with freshly picked cabbage:: :-)

:shock:

Forget the doublethink theory.
[violet] is Max Barry, end of story.
I have my sources.

I think your sources are drunkards.

You don't have any sources and you know it! :P

Care to share with us those sources?

I STILL BELIEVE!

(hehe)

But yeah, what sources might those be?

The voices in his head :o

The voices in his head :o

Good Goddess when will everyone get it through their heads that I'm FEMALE for crying out loud? Sweet Tara, everybody assumes I'm a guy, even before I mention my ex-girlfriend. What is wrong with you people...

Hey everyone, here's some food for thought . . .



Could Max and [violet} be married?

WOAH...that's a screwball right there Danya...


damnit...one conspiracy theory at time girl...sheesh...


lol

That's a good question... o_o

Neither [violet] or Max has said anything to that effect, but y'never know :shock:

That's why it was a fun idea to shoot out there.

I don't think they are the same person.

But they have to be close to each other, ya know?

I think violet could be his daughter.

I think violet could be his daughter.

Or son, for that matter . . . :wink:

Rep wouldn't lie to me...would she?

Rep wouldn't lie to me...would she?

She may not disclose the whole truth . . .

That's women for you...

Good mods don't lie :cry:

Good mods don't lie :cry:

*cough*

This from the woman who describes herself as the "Evil Game Mod".

That's right...we just mislead, twist the truth, bluff, etc...

Shall I leave? Then you can make this a "mods bashing mods" thread.

Good mods don't lie :cry:

*cough*

This from the woman who describes herself as the "Evil Game Mod".

That's Evil Overlord Game Mod to you! *plots the overthrow of Nationstates from her remote island lair* :twisted:

Let's keep this thread on topic please?

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Tech Modling

I swear I was drunk when the Scolo incident happened!

So YOU'RE the moose that impregnated Scolo?! :shock:

So - What did I miss?

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Humor Troll - Double O since 1966
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How to be annoying

Finish all your sentences with the words "in accordance with prophesy".

Ask the waitress for an extra seat for your "imaginary friend."

Go to a poetry recital and ask why each poem doesn't rhyme.

Ask your co-workers mysterious questions, and scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something about "psychological profiles."

Incessantly recite annoying phrases, such as "sticky wicket isn't cricket."

Stare at static on the tv and claim you can see a "magic picture."

Good mods don't lie :cry:

You didn't lie and neither did we who believe that [violet] is the incarnation of Max.

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"Free your mind. Doublethink. You can."

What if Max has had a sex change! :lol:

Maxina Barry!

No, violet is his new name :)

Max is getting in touch with his feminine side eh?

Didn't someone already say that? Is this thread becoming repetitive?

No of course it isn't

I swear I was drunk when the Scolo incident happened!

Hey, who says Violet is a women name. It is a nick, so why can't it be just a color?

*

Becuase I said so

Very Intelligent Or at Least Extra-smart Techie.

Very Intelligent Or at Least Extra-smart Techie.

Correction:

Very Intelligent Or at Least Enthusiastic Techie.

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Tech Modling

Voluptuous Indecisive Orgasmic and Leaky Extra Terrestrial

wheres the 'o'

The other aliens ate it.

*fixed*

anyway, to all you @$$es who don't believe i have sources - have you read any of max barry's books? i know it's not my place to be a spoiler, but suffice it to say: when you have underground intelligence, you don't disclose its origins so readily.

Hey now, let's be nice here and not resort to namecalling. People aren't likely to believe a June nation claiming to have sources but no proof to back it up.

Kinda like how nobody believed Sheol had proof of the mods misbehaving- he never did back it up. :wink:

rep is a woman?

rep is a woman?

Yes, she is.

She's all woman, not that I would know first hand, I swear I was drunk.

rep is a woman?
not as much of a woman as I am!

anyway, to all you @$$es who don't believe i have sources - have you read any of max barry's books? i know it's not my place to be a spoiler, but suffice it to say: when you have underground intelligence, you don't disclose its origins so readily.

I have.

So, you're saying that because there's a character in the book named Violet, that [violet] must be Max.

That's pretty thin reasoning. Besides, by that line of thought I'm Max. After all, my nation name sings the praises of one of the main characters...

And one who got more ink than Violet did.

I agree with Hack.

I've always thought Max was a mod.

I refuse to believe Max is Slag, Rep, Neut, Hack or Scolo.

I refuse to believe Max is Slag, Rep, Neut, Hack or Scolo.

I don't know . . . Neut, maybe.

Neut the least of them all. He could be one of the others though...

Like who?

Melkor Unchained
Menelmacar
Yavin
Enodia
Ineptia
TJHairball
GMC Military Arms
Karmabaijan
SalusaSecondus

Hmmm

Well, not our two new mods . . .

Not Endonia . . .

Which one is on the least?

I refuse to believe Max is Slag, Rep, Neut, Hack or Scolo.

Aw...

Sorry Hack . . .

Do you have any imput you're allowed to share?

Melkor Unchained
Menelmacar*
Yavin
Ineptia*
TJHairball

*I think we can rule them out too.

I've never seen TJHairball on . . .

Maybe Melkor Unchained?

I've seen TJHairball on, never seen them do anything though...

I've seen TJHairball on, never seen them do anything though...

Maybe him, then.

But who the hell knows. He probably has multiple nations.

Sorry Hack . . .

Do you have any imput you're allowed to share?

Sure. Max was Maxtopia.

Sorry Hack . . .

Do you have any imput you're allowed to share?

Sure. Max was Maxtopia.

We knew that, silly. I should have said helpful information.

You should have known better than to ask Hack for info :lol:

You should have known better than to ask Hack for info :lol:

You're not much help either, buddy!!!

Well I don't know :P

True . . . Okay, I'll forgive you.

Sorry Hack . . .

Do you have any imput you're allowed to share?

Sure. Max was Maxtopia.

We knew that, silly. I should have said helpful information.

Oooooh... Helpful information. Can't help ya there.

Err...thanks? :lol:

Figured that much, Hack.

That's why we don't believe it's you. :D

Figured that much, Hack.

That's why we don't believe it's you. :D

Well, if I was Max, wouldn't I try to confuse the issue?

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Love Peace Trust Happiness

Figured that much, Hack.

That's why we don't believe it's you. :D

Well, if I was Max, wouldn't I try to confuse the issue?

Yes, but you'd have no time to be surfing your site and getting to know nOOBs like myself . . .

Yes, but you'd have no time to be surfing your site and getting to know nOOBs like myself . . .

Sure I would. I'm just not writting right now :wink:

Yes, but you'd have no time to be surfing your site and getting to know nOOBs like myself . . .

Sure I would. I'm just not writting right now :wink:

And you wouldn't just come out with who you are like this.

You're too sarcastic to be Max. :P

You're too sarcastic to be Max. :P

Not always true . . .

Is Max sarcastic? I wouldn't know...

Is Max sarcastic? I wouldn't know...

I'm saying in general. If you've never met the guy, don't go by that.

Yes, but you'd have no time to be surfing your site and getting to know nOOBs like myself . . .

Sure I would. I'm just not writting right now :wink:

And you wouldn't just come out with who you are like this.

Ah, but you see?

It all adds to the confusion!

I'm going off of most of the posts I've seen Hack make. :lol: Some were very funny.

Not at all.

I'll stake my life on it that you aren't Max.

I think you are more likely to be Max than Hack.

I think you are more likely to be Max than Hack.

Me? :shock:

Not at all!

Infact the more I think about it, you are the perfect cover!

Say what?

how do you figure?

Infact the more I think about it, you are the perfect cover!

Ding-ding!

You figured it out!

Infact the more I think about it, you are the perfect cover!

Ding-ding!

You figured it out!

YaY me!!!! Wait are you being sarcastic... :?:

Infact the more I think about it, you are the perfect cover!

Ding-ding!

You figured it out!

Hack, you know it's not me.

It's her! Burn her!

I'm innocent!!!

To discover who the real Max is you have to think out of the box. I can't tell you outright but start thinking differently and about different people.

P.S. Would an author have time to be on this forum every single day?

And DC is repeating my point . . . Good job!!!

I'm innocent!!!

Okay here is how we will do it. We will tie you up and throw you in a river, if you sink you are innocent, if you float you are guilty and we burn you at the stake. Any questions?

No. I'll float.

Not fair!!!

All's fair in Love and NS...

*decides to hide the writing materials before she gets caught*

Infact the more I think about it, you are the perfect cover!

Ding-ding!

You figured it out!

YaY me!!!! Wait are you being sarcastic... :?:

Now would I be sarcastic? :wink:

Max = man
Rep = woman
Max does not = Rep

Hack, go away! *sticks out tounge*

Ah, but while I claim to be a woman, what proof do you have to back that up? Only my saying so, right? :wink:

Good point . . .

I believe you, so there :P

Actually, though, to further muddle the waters, I am an author :wink:

So you say . . .

What books have you written?

I seriously doubt it's you. Gut feeling.

Oh, I missed out [mantle], is [mantle] still a mod?

I seriously doubt it's you. Gut feeling.

ditto.

Actually, I haven't been published yet, unless one poem in a contest counts ^^; I kinda sorta smashed headlong into a massive case of writer's block that I'm slowly plowing through. x_x

I'm so glad I don't have to think :lol:

Same here. I hate solving stuff like this.

I wonder if I'm Max. :shock:

I could be..

How would I know for sure.

Hmmmm......

Hack, go away! *sticks out tounge*

*goes away, sulking*

I think [violet] is Charles Thiesen.

It's okay Hack, you can come back and annoy me, she went to bed.

I think I'll just skulk about menacingly.

I think I'll just skulk about menacingly.

Good Morning.

I think I'll just skulk about menacingly.

Mind if I join in? I'm getting tired of actually debating this

I bet Rep writes steamy romance novels 8)

Will someone please move this topic? It's so far off the original topic, anyways.

Don't be such a party pooper.

I bet Demoness is [violet]. Her whole "I hate [violet]" thing was just a clever ploy! 8)

Maybe Sheol was Max....

Just tryin to stir up shit...

You're all wrong. Pilmour is Max! :lol:

*shudder*

I think [violet] is Charles Thiesen (who really wanted it to be called Capitalizm...).

Will someone please move this topic? It's so far off the original topic, anyways.

How is it?

People are still trying to solve the mystery of Max and [violet]... seems on topic to me! :lol:

Marathon just can't stand the thought of people having fun :roll:

No, but this forum is for Technical Issues, not spam. If you want to have fun, go spam up the General Forums.

Every one is technically trying to figure out who [violet] is

No, but this forum is for Technical Issues, not spam. If you want to have fun, go spam up the General Forums.

This thread has become tradition in here and will probably last here for as long as the game is around.

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SalusaSecondus
Tech Modling

Grins with secret knowledge

Yeah,tradition,like the "hey Meastro" thread in the gamepro forum.Not that anyone knows what I'm talking about but oh well.

No, but this forum is for Technical Issues, not spam. If you want to have fun, go spam up the General Forums.

This thread has become tradition in here and will probably last here for as long as the game is around.

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SalusaSecondus
Tech Modling

Grins with secret knowledge

I need to t-gram you if that's ok. Its a tech thing, I think

Grins with secret knowledge


*curses Sassie*

This is what we need to do. We make a pact to, if anyone becomes a mod and discovers the "secret knowledge", we make it known to everyone.

I sign this pact.

Yes, everyone make this pact. Be sure that you post in here that you've agreed to this pact so that we'll all know who to contact when they're made a Mod...

*looks at the sarcasm meter*

Oh dear GOD it's off the scale! :shock:

I was being sarcastic. He was sarcastic back. He started it because he posted on the first page, saying, "I know!" I started it because I started the thread. What?

:?

:? :mrgreen:

I've figured it all out!

O


K

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<------------------------Wonders whats so great about arrows

<------- hates arrows

<---Thinks arrows should only be used in video games:




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*plays some Dance Dance Revolution to all the arrows*

So, any new theories on [violet]'s relation to Max?

*boogies*


Erm... his secret lover?

[violet] is a robot built by Max to acheive world domination?

his childhood nanny.

[violet] is actually a supercomputer?

I don't think Max Berry exists. He was created by the publishing company to sell books.

So that explains why he's yet to e-mail me back...

This would make an interesting book/movie, the mysterious identity of [violet] and one's attempts at maintaining the secret nature of [violet]. Reminds me of that one movie, "Simone" I think it's called.

Maybe [violet] is just an AI used to tend to the boards.

"Good morning, KOS-MOS."

Maybe [violet] is Charles Thiesen (who really wanted Jennifer Government to be called 'Capitalizm'.)

I don't think Max Berry exists. He was created by the publishing company to sell books.

So that explains why he's yet to e-mail me back...

This would make an interesting book/movie, the mysterious identity of [violet] and one's attempts at maintaining the secret nature of [violet]. Reminds me of that one movie, "Simone" I think it's called.

Maybe [violet] is just an AI used to tend to the boards.

"Good morning, KOS-MOS."
I wish [violet] were an android like KOS-MOS. :wink:

Maybe [violet] is Charles Thiesen (who really wanted Jennifer Government to be called 'Capitalizm'.)

Who is Charles Thiesen ?

Get the book and read the bit at the back by Max.

ok,I guess I should get the book....eventually.....

*yawns and goes to play some more PS2*

This thread has become tradition in here and will probably last here for as long as the game is around.


woohoo, I created tradition

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*plays some Dance Dance Revolution to all the arrows*

You play DDR? Do you post on the ddrfreak.com boards as well?

I am Max Barry!

I thought we were past this, already. :P

--The Democratic States of Cogitation

This thread has become tradition in here and will probably last here for as long as the game is around.


woohoo, I created tradition

Boycott the thread! :twisted:

never!

We must not let the tradition die!!
[violet] is probably some species of fish because fish...well actually fish are mostly just used as Sirocco's weapons around here but still...

*didn't slap hack with a large violet*

:lol: Fish Melee!
*Sets his large Flying Fish to attack Total n Utter Insanity

*would fight back, but is too tired*

*Flying fish chews on T&UI while he lies sleeping on the floor*

hey where did you get the energy to slap Hack with a [violet]?

I would never do that :)

I see...

*doesn't alter any posts*

Oh no now I have no proof! of stuff...

HACK HE HIT YOU WITH A NEW SPECIES OF FISH

HACK HE HIT YOU WITH A FEATHER-BELLIED CODEMONKEYFISH

No I didn't!

Don't twist my words!

Twist my words!

Okay.

Jennifer Government in harcover is too expensive. When are we gonna get a paperback version for the cheap but well-read users of NationStates?

Don't Twist my words!

Okay I wont.

Thanks

So...[violet] is _______________
^your guess here^

LOCK IT DOWN!

No, but this forum is for Technical Issues, not spam. If you want to have fun, go spam up the General Forums.

This thread has become tradition in here and will probably last here for as long as the game is around.

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Tech Modling

Grins with secret knowledge