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* TemptingFate: In their FFX LP, Kuvo explicitly states that "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlUEuH0m4Ig#t=18m20s Final Fantasy X-2 is a terrible game and we will never play it.]]" [[OhCrap Guess what their next LP is?]]

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* TemptingFate: In their FFX LP, Kuvo explicitly states that "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlUEuH0m4Ig#t=18m20s Final Fantasy X-2 is a terrible game and we will never play it.]]" [[OhCrap Guess what It wound up being their next LP is?]]final LP.]]
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** For TalesOfSymphonia, they asked viewers to suggest drinking words for them to use. This backfired spectacularly when someone suggested "world".

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** For TalesOfSymphonia, VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia, they asked viewers to suggest drinking words for them to use. This backfired spectacularly when someone suggested "world".



* TheChewToy: Despite the Forties hating every game they've played in general, some characters manage to be at the forefront of their hatred; Tidus from FinalFantasyX, Otacon, Johnny AND Sunny from MetalGearSolid4, and Presea from TalesOfSymphonia. The latter is probably the queen of this, inspiring mocking or anger every time she even speaks.

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* TheChewToy: Despite the Forties hating every game they've played in general, some characters manage to be at the forefront of their hatred; Tidus from FinalFantasyX, Otacon, Johnny AND Sunny from MetalGearSolid4, and Presea from TalesOfSymphonia.VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia. The latter is probably the queen of this, inspiring mocking or anger every time she even speaks.



* EndingFatigue: [[invoked]]By the end of TalesOfSymphonia everyone just wanted it to end and started to hate it more as the LP went on.

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* EndingFatigue: [[invoked]]By the end of TalesOfSymphonia VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia everyone just wanted it to end and started to hate it more as the LP went on.



** [[TotallyRadical Rad]] for [[TalesOfSymphonia Kratos]].
** Old Kentucky for [[SummonMagic summon spirit]] [[TalesOfSymphonia Corrine]].

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** [[TotallyRadical Rad]] for [[TalesOfSymphonia [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Kratos]].
** Old Kentucky for [[SummonMagic summon spirit]] [[TalesOfSymphonia [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Corrine]].



** [[YiddishAsASecondLanguage Bagel Nosh]] for [[TalesOfSymphonia Noishe]].

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** [[YiddishAsASecondLanguage Bagel Nosh]] for [[TalesOfSymphonia [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Noishe]].



* [[GagDub Gag Du]][[StealthPun nk:]] Blurrily switches between this and MST at times, but most certainly during [[TalesOfSymphonia ToS's]] Z-Skits (although those started as SpeakingSimlish). [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=154 See here.]]

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* [[GagDub Gag Du]][[StealthPun nk:]] Blurrily switches between this and MST at times, but most certainly during [[TalesOfSymphonia [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia ToS's]] Z-Skits (although those started as SpeakingSimlish). [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=154 See here.]]



** [[TalesOfSymphonia Rad]] is so [[TotallyRadical rad]], he doesn't have a attitude, he has [[IncrediblyLamePun RADittude]].

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** [[TalesOfSymphonia [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Rad]] is so [[TotallyRadical rad]], he doesn't have a attitude, he has [[IncrediblyLamePun RADittude]].



* RobotGirl: The Forties turned [[TalesOfSymphonia Presea]] into this, even though she's just an EmotionlessGirl in canon.

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* RobotGirl: The Forties turned [[TalesOfSymphonia [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Presea]] into this, even though she's just an EmotionlessGirl in canon.



** Recently taken back into practice for the TalesOfSymphonia LP. Apparently the MetalGearSolid ones were all "too creepy."

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** Recently taken back into practice for the TalesOfSymphonia VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia LP. Apparently the MetalGearSolid ones were all "too creepy."



* SpecialGuest: [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Bandunk's Wife]] and Silent Roommate. Since episode 79 of [[TalesofSymphonia ToS]], Benson's Girlfriend.

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* SpecialGuest: [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Bandunk's Wife]] and Silent Roommate. Since episode 79 of [[TalesofSymphonia [[VideoGame/TalesofSymphonia ToS]], Benson's Girlfriend.



* ThatOneBoss: [[invoked]]The forties have encountered a number of these; Seymour Flux and [[spoiler:Yunalesca]] in FinalFantasyX, Ocelot from MetalGearSolid 4 (partially due to the control system unique to that fight), and [[strike:Sylph]] the Wind-chicks from TalesOfSymphonia.

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* ThatOneBoss: [[invoked]]The forties have encountered a number of these; Seymour Flux and [[spoiler:Yunalesca]] in FinalFantasyX, Ocelot from MetalGearSolid 4 (partially due to the control system unique to that fight), and [[strike:Sylph]] the Wind-chicks from TalesOfSymphonia.VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia.
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* TalesOfSymphonia [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=16 [link]]]

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* TalesOfSymphonia VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=16 [link]]]
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[[http://www.tippingforties.com Tipping Forties]][http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=736 was] a group of young gentlemen in Arizona that enjoy the drink.

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[[http://www.tippingforties.com Tipping Forties]][http://www.Forties]] [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=736 was] was]] a group of young gentlemen in Arizona that enjoy the drink.
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[[http://www.tippingforties.com Tipping Forties]] is a group of young gentlemen in Arizona that enjoy the drink.

They also enjoy making [[LetsPlay Let's Plays]].

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[[http://www.tippingforties.com Tipping Forties]] is Forties]][http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=736 was] a group of young gentlemen in Arizona that enjoy the drink.

They also enjoy enjoyed making [[LetsPlay Let's Plays]].



The guys also make other videos that put a face to the voices, but so far have not proven to be as prolific as their let's plays. You can find their site [[http://www.tippingforties.com here]], or watch their videos on [[http://www.viddler.com/explore/kuvo/videos/ Kuvo's Viddler]], [[http://tippingforties.blip.tv/ TippingForties's blip]], or [[http://www.youtube.com/user/tippingforties TippingForties's YouTube]]. There's also their non-LP series, LunchBreak, [[http://lunchbreakshow.com/ found here.]]

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The guys also make made other videos that put a face to the voices, but so far have not proven to be as prolific as their let's plays.voices. You can find their site [[http://www.tippingforties.com here]], or watch their videos on [[http://www.viddler.com/explore/kuvo/videos/ Kuvo's Viddler]], [[http://tippingforties.blip.tv/ TippingForties's blip]], or [[http://www.youtube.com/user/tippingforties TippingForties's YouTube]]. There's also their non-LP series, LunchBreak, [[http://lunchbreakshow.com/ found here.]]



* VideoGame/{{DeusExHumanRevolution}}

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* VideoGame/{{DeusExHumanRevolution}}VideoGame/{{DeusExHumanRevolution}} though any lets play will be as themselves and not as TippingForties
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* ShoutOut: Very common, especially to LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple, Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 and VideoGame/StarFox64.

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* ShoutOut: Very common, especially to LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple, Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Film/ShortCircuit and VideoGame/StarFox64.
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** This bit from Fable 2, when the Spire is first introduced:

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** This bit from Fable 2, when the Spire [[{{EvilTowerOfOminousness}} Spire]] is first introduced:
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* ShoutOut: Very common, especially to LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple and Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000.

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* ShoutOut: Very common, especially to LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple, Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 and Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000.VideoGame/StarFox64.
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** For their LP of Goldeneye, the crew would pick drinking conditions out of a hat and drink if they failed to meet the requirements.

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** For their LP of Goldeneye, VideoGame/GoldenEye1997, the crew would pick drinking conditions out of a hat and drink if they failed to meet the requirements.



** This reached its crowning point for the Goldeneye LP, where drinking conditions were basically what you were watching it for. When they played {{Shenmue}}, they didn't use them at all, so they can get back to their roots. Curiously, they seemed to drink even more without the conditions.

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** This reached its crowning point for the Goldeneye VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 LP, where drinking conditions were basically what you were watching it for. When they played {{Shenmue}}, they didn't use them at all, so they can get back to their roots. Curiously, they seemed to drink even more without the conditions.



* {{Musical Episode}}: What episode 17 of the GoldenEye LP became at the 17 minute mark.

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* {{Musical Episode}}: What episode 17 of the GoldenEye VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 LP became at the 17 minute mark.



* UnnecessaryCombatRoll: Seen frequently in Fugitive Hunter and a drinking condition in GoldenEye.

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* UnnecessaryCombatRoll: Seen frequently in Fugitive Hunter and a drinking condition in GoldenEye.VideoGame/GoldenEye1997.



** Seen even MORE frequently in their Goldeneye let's play. They even made a drinking game where the current person playing has to drink every time an enemy action rolls.

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** Seen even MORE frequently in their Goldeneye VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 let's play. They even made a drinking game where the current person playing has to drink every time an enemy action rolls.



** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=19 Here]], too. They recorded a whole week of GoldenEye without any game audio, so they rerecorded and released the audioless ones as [[MissingEpisode Lost Episodes]].

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** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=19 Here]], too. They recorded a whole week of GoldenEye VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 without any game audio, so they rerecorded and released the audioless ones as [[MissingEpisode Lost Episodes]].
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** Also Final Fantasy X-2 (with each episode as it went on finding more hate and something similar to depression) and To a degree Fable II.
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*** Ryan admits this in the final ''so what did we learn'' of the Final Fantasy X-2 LP - and rather graciously takes full credit for the whole situation.
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* CriticalExistenceFailure: The end of the life of their copy of Final Fantasy X-2 after they all unanimously agreed it was one of the worst games they had ever done a Let's Play of.


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*** This Trope has now been reversed in near enough it's entirety. The T40's haven't used their ''what are we drinking'' catchphrase in years and with the exception of the final episode celebrations they rarely get as blind drunk as they used to - in fact they've potentially changed so much you could near enough apply the EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Trope to them.
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--> '''Alex''' "...We all made different references."

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--> '''Alex''' '''Alex''': "...We all made different references."
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* ShoutOut: Very common. Especially common are ones to LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple and Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000.

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* ShoutOut: Very common. Especially common are ones common, especially to LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple and Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000.
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--> '''Alex:''' "Oh, Matrix."

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--> '''Alex:''' "Oh, Matrix.TheMatrix."
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* ShoutOut: Very common. Especially common are ones to LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple and Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000.
** This bit from Fable 2, when the Spire is first introduced:
--> '''Alex:''' "Oh, Matrix."
--> '''Ryan:''' "Is this FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin?"
--> '''Benson:''' "You gettin' any HalfLife2 flashbacks here?"
--> '''Bandunk:''' "I feel like I'm playing flOw."
--> '''Alex''' "...We all made different references."
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* SelfImposedChallenge: What the GoldenEye1997 is based around. At the start of every mission they would impose a [[AudienceParticipation fan-submitted restriction]] on the player.

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* SelfImposedChallenge: What the GoldenEye1997 VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 LP is based around. At the start of every mission they would impose a [[AudienceParticipation fan-submitted restriction]] on the player.
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* SelfImposedChallenge: What the GoldenEye1997 is based around. At the start of every mission they would impose a [[AudienceParticipation fan-submitted restriction]] on the player.
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** Space Putin for [[{{Vanquish}} Victor Zaitsev]].

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** [[{{RecycledInSpace}} Space Putin Putin]] for [[{{Vanquish}} Victor Zaitsev]].
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** Space Putin for [[{{Vanquish}} Victor Zaitsev]].
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** Anime/NinjaScroll and Turtle for [[{{FatAndSkinny}} Ormi and Logos]] in FinalFantasyX2.
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** And [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=70 on three]] [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=208 unhappy]] http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=721 occasions]], a FanFic.

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** And [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=70 on three]] [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=208 unhappy]] http://www.[[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=721 occasions]], a FanFic.
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** And [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=70 on two]] [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=208 unhappy occasions]], a FanFic.

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** And [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=70 on two]] three]] [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=208 unhappy unhappy]] http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=721 occasions]], a FanFic.
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** During Final Fantasy X-2, Kuvo's beaten-up PS2 would crash the game every time they got a game over.
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*** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=714 And Woman!]]
*** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=721 Indecent Exposure]]
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--> '''Kuvo:''' "We're killing this fuck!"
--> '''Bandunk:''' "How do you like them apples?"

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--> '''Kuvo:''' "We're killing this fuck!"
"Good work X, you did it."
--> '''Bandunk:''' "How do "It seems to me, you lived your life like them apples?"a candle in the wind..."
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--> '''Kuvo:''' "Wait. So he killed off all the [[{{FinalFantasyX}} Ronso?]] [[HeroicSociopath He actually did something useful!]]"

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--> '''Kuvo:''' "Wait. So he killed off all the [[{{FinalFantasyX}} Ronso?]] [[HeroicSociopath [[HeroicComedicSociopath He actually did something useful!]]"
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** During ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'' the group is fighting a trio of Blue Orbs. Assuming [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience Blue means ice]] (when it actually means water), they try fire magic. When that doesn't work, the group doesn't know what to do, despite the fact the Orbs constantly cast water spells. They died two or three times in that one fight. Even after finally winning, one of them complains about fire not working.
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* EveryEpisodeEnding: [[AnAesop So]] [[BrokenAesop what]] [[WeHaventLearnedAnythingYet did]] [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle we]] [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop learn]] [[CentralTheme today?]]

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* EveryEpisodeEnding: [[AnAesop So]] [[BrokenAesop what]] [[WeHaventLearnedAnythingYet did]] did [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle we]] [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop learn]] [[CentralTheme today?]]
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--> '''Kuvo:''' "Wait. So he killed off all the [[{{FinalFantasyX}} Ronso?]] [[HeroicSociopath He actually did something useful!]]"
--> '''Topikal:''' "Yeah, I know. I actually like him a little better now."
--> -Beat-
--> '''Kuvo:''' He's still an asshole.

[[http://www.tippingforties.com Tipping Forties]] is a group of young gentlemen in Arizona that enjoy the drink.

They also enjoy making [[LetsPlay Let's Plays]].

Originally a team of three gents named Ryan, Benson and Michael, they started out on the SomethingAwful forums under the handles Kuvo, topiKal and bandunk, respectively, with a let's play of FinalFantasyX which gained some popularity. Following that up with an additional let's play of MetalGearSolid4 and adding Alex (a.k.a. Marvelis) to the team, they came into full-swing... until the beginning of the FinalFantasyX2 Let's Play that is. Announcing that he would only be doing Grab Bag's and Streams from now on, Marvelis has effectively relegated himself to guest star once again.

The guys also make other videos that put a face to the voices, but so far have not proven to be as prolific as their let's plays. You can find their site [[http://www.tippingforties.com here]], or watch their videos on [[http://www.viddler.com/explore/kuvo/videos/ Kuvo's Viddler]], [[http://tippingforties.blip.tv/ TippingForties's blip]], or [[http://www.youtube.com/user/tippingforties TippingForties's YouTube]]. There's also their non-LP series, LunchBreak, [[http://lunchbreakshow.com/ found here.]]

!!''Tipping Forties'' has Let's Played the following:
* VideoGame/FinalFantasyX [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=11 [link]]]
* MetalGearSolid4 [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=12 [link]]]
* TalesOfSymphonia [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=16 [link]]]
* Fugitive Hunter - War on Terror [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=17 [link]]]
* [[VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 GoldenEye (1997)]] [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=18 [link]]]
* {{Shenmue}} [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=22 [link]]]
* [[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii New Super Mario Bros. Wii]] [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=23 [link]]]
* [[VideoGame/ScottPilgrim Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game]] [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=24 [link]]]
* {{Vanquish}} [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=25 [link]]]
* [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Fallout: New Vegas]] [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=26 [link]]]
* LittleBigPlanet 2 [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=28 [link]]]
* VideoGame/{{Fable II}} [[http://tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=29 [link]]]
* VideoGame/{{Final Fantasy X2}} [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=30 [link]]]
* [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=13 Grab Bag]], where they play various shorter, single-session games.

They also do a [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=27 weekly Podcast]].

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!!''Tipping Forties'' provides examples of:
* AccidentalPun: Asking for a rain check while talking about a date with Raine.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: In what amounts to being possibly one of the funniest moments of the LP; Shenmue episode 30 concludes with Bandunk explaining (at length) his best and worst experiences concerning the various porn that he has watched over the years.
* AmericansHateTingle: The Forties are all pretty unanimous in their hatred of Yuna, Colette, Nozomi...
* AmericaSavesTheDay: The generally attitude taken on during the Fugitive Hunter LP.
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: That's not what badgers look like guys!
* AudienceParticipation: In some of their Let's Plays, they ask for various things from people on the SomethingAwful forums.
** For TalesOfSymphonia, they asked viewers to suggest drinking words for them to use. This backfired spectacularly when someone suggested "world".
** For VideoGame/GoldenEye1997, they asked for challenges to perform during gameplay, which they then picked out of a hat.
** For LittleBigPlanet 2, they asked people to either create or recommend custom levels for them to play.
* BaseBreaker: The T40's new style of pre-recorded commentary making it's début in the Final Fantasy X-2 LP. The common consensus currently seems to be slanted on the ''Hate'' side of the scale however.
** It got so bad that [[spoiler: they ''started over'' with the old format. And Marvelis [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere bailed out]], so it's even more like the original FFX run.]]
* BigNo: Alex made several as bandunk used his warp block in VideoGame/MarioParty to overtake him and [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=247 got the star.]]
** Ryo lets out a BigNo in the first episode of their Shenmue LP, which is lampshaded by Benson.
--> '''Benson:''' "Damn, that was a big no!"
* BrokenStreak: They managed 90 videos of not using [[TheScrappy Presea]] until a [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=219 scripted event]] forced them to. Needless to say they were crushed.
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Bandunk is always the most noticeably drunk at the end of each session.
** Ryan seems to have taken to being the most noticably drunk in the ''middle'' of a session, although this may just be because of his drink choice.
* CatchPhrase: "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"
--> '''Kuvo:''' "We're killing this fuck!"
--> '''Bandunk:''' "How do you like them apples?"
--> '''Benson''' "Get out of here X!"
--> '''Marvelis''' "I [[PrecisionFStrike fuckin']] hate this game..."
** Bandunk calling himself by a variation on his name, often a word related to what's happening with -dunk on the end.
** Kuvo groaning, "Thanks, ''Game!''" when it turns out [[GuideDangIt the player must do something absurdly unintuitive to proceed]].
* ChekhovsGun: While wandering around in New Vegas, bandunk managed to find a Lucky 38 VIP Keycard and states that he knows what has to do. [[spoiler:Upon confronting Mr. House, rather than doing any quests for him, he uses the Keycard to instantly gain access to the Control Room, where he [[AndIMustScream deactivates him]], thereby cutting off an entire ending before he even started.]]
* TheChewToy: Despite the Forties hating every game they've played in general, some characters manage to be at the forefront of their hatred; Tidus from FinalFantasyX, Otacon, Johnny AND Sunny from MetalGearSolid4, and Presea from TalesOfSymphonia. The latter is probably the queen of this, inspiring mocking or anger every time she even speaks.
** No love (hate) for Kimahri? They hated him so much that they planned to finish off the final boss by having him use Self-Destruct. Of course, being drunk, they sort of forgot.
** No love/hate for Raiden either? Repeated wishes for his death all throughout the Let's Play didn't really give the impression that they liked him. It doesn't help that the 40s enjoy logic, while Raiden makes literally none.
** For [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Fallout: New Vegas]], none of the Forties like Cass, due to her not being interesting to them. Benson also hates Boone, and calls for his death more than once.
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: [[http://tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=459 Episode 56]] of the Fallout: New Vegas LP. Because bandunk was playing VideoGame/LANoire at the time, he kept holding down the R2 button in NV, thinking it'd make him move faster.
** The friggin' X-button in ''Final Fantasy X-2''...
* DeusExMachina: The ending of the Mario Party 5 LP.
* DrinkingGame: [[invoked]]For some [=LPs=], words are chosen for the crew to drink on, and each week a few are picked by the SA forums.
** During their Metal Gear Solid 4 LP, they drank everytime a character said "Nanomachines", "Patriots" or "La Li Lu Le Lo".
** For the Tales Of Symphonia LP, the drinking words were "Regeneration" and "Mana". Sometimes [[MagnificentBastard someone]] who was playing two hours before the crew would tell them to drink on the word "world" and "Cruxis".
** For their LP of Goldeneye, the crew would pick drinking conditions out of a hat and drink if they failed to meet the requirements.
** The New Super Mario Bros Wii LP had them drinking whenever one of them dies, someone kills another or when one of them uses a continue. We're not sure how they survived that.
* DrunkenMaster: The leader of their SuperMonkeyBall scoreboard got a fantastic score no one else can get close to...while being completely smashed.
* DrunkenSong: Done very commonly, most notably by bandunk. ''[[EltonJohn It seems to me...he lived his life like a candle in the wind.]]''
** "TRYIN' TO CATCH ME RIDING DIRTY. TRYIN' TO CATCH ME RIDING DIRTY"
** They've also challenged fans to make a collection of every drunken song they've ever done. Considering how often they sing and how many videos they have (5 videos a week nearly every week for about a year and a half at this writing, with little to no ScheduleSlip), it would be quite the challenge.
* EasterEgg: How they hint at new LP's nowadays. They'll hide images in the programming of their website that give small hints, leading the thread to hunt and guess.
* EndingFatigue: [[invoked]]By the end of TalesOfSymphonia everyone just wanted it to end and started to hate it more as the LP went on.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[invoked]]They love [[{{Shenmue}} Tom.]] He reminds them of [[TheRoom someone they love.]]
* EveryEpisodeEnding: [[AnAesop So]] [[BrokenAesop what]] [[WeHaventLearnedAnythingYet did]] [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle we]] [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop learn]] [[CentralTheme today?]]
* FanArt: They've generated quite from the SA forums, ranging from MSPaint humor to actually decent pieces to even music. Check the [[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/ffx/ LP Archive]] of [[FinalFantasyX FFX]] for a good amount of it.
** And [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=70 on two]] [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=208 unhappy occasions]], a FanFic.
* FanNickname: More than a few.
** [[HeavyMetalUmlaut Rüsty]] for [[FinalFantasyX Tidus]].
** [[TheNapoleon Small Ronso]] for [[FinalFantasyX Kimahri]].
** [[ToiletHumor Poop]] for [[MetalGearSolid4 Akiba]]
** [[TotallyRadical Rad]] for [[TalesOfSymphonia Kratos]].
** Old Kentucky for [[SummonMagic summon spirit]] [[TalesOfSymphonia Corrine]].
*** Since Old Kentucky is a real-life cat, they seem to name anything vaguely feline after him. {{Shenmue}} has Old Kentucky, Young Kentucky, and Middle-Aged Kentucky.
** [[YiddishAsASecondLanguage Bagel Nosh]] for [[TalesOfSymphonia Noishe]].
** [[AnythingThatMoves Nasty]] for [[ChivalrousPervert Zelos]].
** [[DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale Soap]] for [[{{Prison}} Regal]].
** [[UnfortunateImplications Fuck-san]] for [[{{Shenmue}} Fuku-san]].
** [[HillaryRodhamClinton Hillary Clinton]] for [[{{Vanquish}} President Elizabeth Winters]].
** [[SuperMarioBros Bowserstone / Bowsertown]] for [[{{VideoGame/FableII}} Bowerstone]].
* FantasticRacism: The Forties don't like robots. Or furries. Though being [[SomethingAwful Goons]], the latter's unsurprising.
* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Ryan
** TheLancer: Benson
** TheBigGuy: Alex
** TheSmartGuy: bandunk
** TheChick: Bandunk's Wife (or Benson's Girlfriend)
* {{Flanderization}}: Drinking has become a more and more important gimmick as the Forties have advanced. In the begining they were hecklers who occasionally had a few and now they have drinking games and are verging on cirrhosis. [[TropesAreNotBad Not that anyone's complaining.]]
** This reached its crowning point for the Goldeneye LP, where drinking conditions were basically what you were watching it for. When they played {{Shenmue}}, they didn't use them at all, so they can get back to their roots. Curiously, they seemed to drink even more without the conditions.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble:
** '''[[color:maroon:Sanguine:]]''' Benson (topiKal)
** '''[[color:orange:Choleric:]]''' Ryan (Kuvo)
** '''Melancholic:''' Alex (Marvelis)
** '''[[color:green:Phlegmatic:]]''' Mike (bandunk)
* [[GagDub Gag Du]][[StealthPun nk:]] Blurrily switches between this and MST at times, but most certainly during [[TalesOfSymphonia ToS's]] Z-Skits (although those started as SpeakingSimlish). [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=154 See here.]]
* GagSub: Done [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=251 here]] with ''KamenRiderBlackRX'' for a competition (they tied for first). Features SpecialGuest Minifoo.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Ryan likes to sneak in references, like [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 ancient dentistry]] and [[ResidentEvil Jill sandwiches]], to see if he can get them past Benson, who hates those.
* {{Griefer}}: Everyone at every possible moment in VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii, which is par for the course.
** Also one of the things that has some [[SomethingAwful Goons]] to complaining that the FreelanceAstronauts have already LP'd the game in much the same fashion. Seeing as it was [[FreelanceAstronauts Maxwell Adams]] himself who asked them to LP the game, it seems some people [[MisaimedFandom just want something to complain about]].
* HardDrinkingTropes: And how.
** Taken to its logical conclusion in ''[[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Fallout: New Vegas]]'', where they manage to get ''the protagonist'' addicted to alcohol eight episodes in.
* HelloInsertNameHere: Used to great effect during the FinalFantasyX LP, such as naming Tidus "Rüsty" right off the bat, and eventually giving increasingly creative names for the Aeons, such as naming Anima "[[spoiler:YOUR MOM]]" and the Magus Sisters "STOP", "CRYING" and "FAGGOT" respectively.
* HollywoodToneDeaf: Benson is terrible at singing [[http://tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=254 The Offspring]]
* HopelessBossFight: What the gang thought that the fight with [[spoiler: Kratos]] was even though that fight is doable, just difficult. [[spoiler: Yggdrasil is a straight example though.]]
* HypeBacklash: [[invoked]]FinalFantasyX and MetalGearSolid4 are very popular games...that don't get much love from the Forties. {{Shenmue}}, to a certain extent, gets this as well; despite being a CultClassic, the Forties don't particularly like it.
** Averted with [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Fallout: New Vegas]]. the Forties agree that, apart from the numerous bugs, it's still a fun game.
* IncrediblyLamePun: [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=145 Napdunk.]]
** HurricaneOfPuns: [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=155 A Tad Mad at Bad Rad.]]
* IsItSomethingYouEat?
--> '''Benson:''' *Slaps a guard with the same face texture as [[EnsembleDarkhorse Dr. Doak]].*
--> '''bandunk:''' "Ya [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=274 chopped Doak!]]"
--> '''Benson:''' "Chopped Doak? Chop-Doak."
--> '''Ryan:''' "That sounds like a fried dish."
* ItsEasySoItSucks: [[invoked]]Benson doesn't like games where it's impossible to die, like BioShock and VideoGame/{{Fable II}}.
* JerkAss: Marvelis.
--> '''Benson:''' "Would you say 'for sure' or [[JiveTurkey 'for shizzle?'"]]
--> '''Alex:''' "Shut the fuck up."
--> '''Benson:''' "...that's fair."
* LarynxDissonance: Anyone who voices a female or young character...except bandunk.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Mr. Roboto for Presea and [[ForrestGump Bubba's shrimp list]] for the Wonder Chef.
* LetsPlay
* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Fallout: New Vegas]] [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=414 Episode 17]].
** Also, [[http://tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=623 Busy Scissors]]. ''1/4 of the video's runtime'' is spent loading.
* MemeticBadass: [[invoked]][[FinalFantasyX JECHT]] IS THE BEST!
** STOP BEING A FAGGOT [[FanNickname RÜSTY]]
** [[TalesOfSymphonia Rad]] is so [[TotallyRadical rad]], he doesn't have a attitude, he has [[IncrediblyLamePun RADittude]].
** [[SoulSeries Lizardman]] owns, because [[CaptainObvious he is both lizard and man.]]
* MemeticMolester: [[invoked]]The Forties turned Zelos into this. To be fair, a lot of {{Fanon}} does too.
* {{MST}}: The style of the LP's. The guys drink while playing bad/silly games and make fun of what they see and each other.
* MissingEpisode: [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=19 The Lost Episodes.]]
* MyNaymeIs: [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=208 Octagon]], apparently.
* {{Musical Episode}}: What episode 17 of the GoldenEye LP became at the 17 minute mark.
* NamingConventions: The first video of an LP is named The [x]ing Game. For instance, FinalFantasyX's first episode is named [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=7 The Crying Game]] [[TheCryingGame (yes, that one)]].
* NoIndoorVoice: From Shenmue: [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=308 "HEY MISTER!!!"]]
* NonActionSnarker: bandunk tends not to play, at least in [[MetalGearSolid4 MGS4]] and [[{{FinalFantasyX}} FFX]], choosing rather just to lampshade and snark at-will. At one point he just hands his controller to Bandunk's Wife to get her to play Raine so he could take a [[AccidentalPun rain check.]]
** Unprecedently broken for the New Vegas LP, in which bandunk takes the wheel. He's not particularly good at it.
--> '''Alex:''' "bandunk's pretty sad that he died to a gecko."
* NowThatsUsingYourTeeth: ''[[MemeticMutation Solid Snake catches bullets with his teeth?]]''
* OncePerEpisode: Many of the videos end with bandunk being [[LostInTransmission cut off mid-sentence]].
** "WHY WON'T ANYONE LET ME TALK?!"
** "So what's everyone drinking today?"
** "So what did you learn?"
--> '''Ryan:''' "Hello and welcome to Let's Play X, I'm Ryan or Kuvo."
--> '''Benson:''' "And I'm Benson also known as topiKal."
--> '''Alex:''' "I'm Alex AND Marvelis."
--> '''bandunk:''' "Aaaaand I'm bandunk... or Micheal."
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: While most of the gang has taken to going by their real names, Michael still tends to be called bandunk.
* OverlyLongGag: By the end of the Tales Of Symphonia LP, everyone except bandunk would start groaning and trying to make Benson stop when he did Genis and Noishe impressions.
* PCVsConsole: Alex (and to a lesser extent Ryan) dislikes consoles, namely first/third-person shooters. Enter the New Vegas LP on a PS3.
* RobotGirl: The Forties turned [[TalesOfSymphonia Presea]] into this, even though she's just an EmotionlessGirl in canon.
* ScheduleSlip: Averted hard. After getting their save-file in {{Shenmue}} corrupted, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Kuvo sat down and played the entire game up to that point again]]; it took him six hours to get back to where they left off. The recap is found [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=329 here]].
* SeriousBusiness / StopHavingFunGuy: Alex, especially seen during the Mario Party LP.
** Everyone in the New Super Mario Bros LP.
* ShavingIsScience: Invoked in {{Shenmue}} for a joke involving Ryo cutting himself while shaving.
* TheShowMustGoOn: See WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties. Lost or defective recordings, broken equipment, or corrupted save files have yet to stop them from their surprisingly good schedule track record.
* SilentPartner: Silent Roommate. Sort of.
--> '''Ryan:''' "What do you think of this game Silent Roommate?
--> '''Silent Roommate''' "..."
* SlashFic: During the FFX LP, the guys would read slash fiction about the characters to pass the time during the boring to watch temples. One written by a fan even managed to name an episode. See UnusualEuphemism.
** Recently taken back into practice for the TalesOfSymphonia LP. Apparently the MetalGearSolid ones were all "too creepy."
-->'''bandunk:''' They're all creepy! All of them.
** Episodes featuring SlashFic:
*** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=14 Barthello: Shakespearean Tragedy]]
*** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=26 Suddenly Close Nipples]]
*** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=70 Vulnerable Brown Cave]]
*** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=164 (Why Can't We Be) Friends with Benefits]]
*** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=208 Octagon]]
*** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=334 Then he punched Wang in the face]]
* SoBadItsGood: [[invoked]]They consider Fugitive Hunter: War On Terror to be this.
* SoOkayItsAverage: [[invoked]]The gang's opinion on Tales of Symphonia.
* SoundEffectBleep: Towards the end of ''MarioParty 8'', Mike [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=376 begins talking about]] "[[NoodleIncident something]] [[NauseaFuel really gross]] [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow that shouldn't be repeated]]". Almost everything he says is bleeped out, save for [[ItGotWorse "No, but -- but here's the gross part!"]] [[YouDoNOTWantToKnow The reactions]] [[BrainBleach of the others]] [[{{Squick}} are left uncensored]].
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=219 Fuck Watermelon Hands]].
* SpecialGuest: [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Bandunk's Wife]] and Silent Roommate. Since episode 79 of [[TalesofSymphonia ToS]], Benson's Girlfriend.
** Silent Roommate is starting to not be so silent.
*** Alex used to be [[AscendedExtra "Kuvo's Roommate."]] [[WildMassGuessing Perhaps the same future for Silent Roommate?]]
*** The threads have liked Benson's Girlfriend, almost like a EnsembleDarkhorse.
** Stealtly Asian, AKA [[TheEveryman Matt Smith]].
* SpoofAesop: Every episode each member has to give one.
* ATankardOfMooseUrine: For the CookingMama Mother's Day special, the boys drank what their mothers normally do. Unfortunately for some, this involved drinking Sambuca, which they hated.
* TemptingFate: In their FFX LP, Kuvo explicitly states that "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlUEuH0m4Ig#t=18m20s Final Fantasy X-2 is a terrible game and we will never play it.]]" [[OhCrap Guess what their next LP is?]]
* TitleDrop: Done in reverse; the Forties, after saying a particularly funny or ridiculous quote, will often mention that that will be the title of the video. Most of the time, it does.
* TooDumbToLive: Many times the T40s team will get lost (mostly in Tales of Symphonia), and end up in a place where they don't need to be ''at all'' and will spend a good twenty minutes there before realizing they need to be somewhere else. This is particularly infuriating when ''it is blatantly stated where the next important location is in the dialogue.'' This is a good source of rage to those who are familiar with the game.
** Best shown in the episode [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=158 Unbeweavable]] where they talked to every single NPC in the city... except the one they had to.
*** Although to be perfectly fair, the Forties often do this as a result of being very, very drunk, thanks to their sadistic viewers. The above video is also the best example of ''that'', too.
* TotalPartyKill: [[http://www.viddler.com/explore/kuvo/videos/58/1598.33/ What happens when Bandunk takes the reins.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: Type 2. The Forties are certainly not very nice to each other. Of course, that's part of the fun.
** Notably in their New Super Mario Bros. Wii LP, where they all deliberately try to fuck over each other any chance they get, but they still laugh about it.
* UnnecessaryCombatRoll: Seen frequently in Fugitive Hunter and a drinking condition in GoldenEye.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] during Fugitive Hunter by Benson when he pointed out that you couldn't hit them when they rolled, but they couldn't hit you either so it was pointless.
--> '''Benson:''' He John Woo'd!
** Seen even MORE frequently in their Goldeneye let's play. They even made a drinking game where the current person playing has to drink every time an enemy action rolls.
* UnusualEuphemism: [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=70 Vulnerable Brown Cave]]'
* ThatOneBoss: [[invoked]]The forties have encountered a number of these; Seymour Flux and [[spoiler:Yunalesca]] in FinalFantasyX, Ocelot from MetalGearSolid 4 (partially due to the control system unique to that fight), and [[strike:Sylph]] the Wind-chicks from TalesOfSymphonia.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Marvelis is showing a lot of this in Fable II. Fallout: New Vegas also had quite a bit of this.
* WhatTheHellHero: The aptly named [[http://www.viddler.com/explore/kuvo/videos/61/ Fuck Bandunk]], by both the other Forties and [[SomethingAwful the thread]].
** A bit of a RunningGag, too; just replace Bandunk with the name of whoever's massively screwed up that episode.
* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=88 Dreb Ja Vu,]] a rerecorded episode of MetalGearSolid4 because Ryan forgot to check to see if they were recording. Curiously enough, they posted the [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=256 audio]] because Benson felt the story about [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext clowns]] had merit.
** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=211 The Sheena Shuffle,]] where half an episode of commentary was lost due to dead batteries.
** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=19 Here]], too. They recorded a whole week of GoldenEye without any game audio, so they rerecorded and released the audioless ones as [[MissingEpisode Lost Episodes]].
** During episode 19 of Shenmue, the Forties noticed and commented on a problem with the controller... and then their save file got corrupted. Kuvo bought another controller and spent 6 hours playing through the entire game up to the point where it happened to avoid ScheduleSlip.
** During episode 7 of VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii, Bandunk's Wii Remote died on them. We then got to see Alex and Benson going to Target for a new one.
** At the beginning of episode 11 of VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii, the audio got really crackly and sometimes died. Kuvo said that he would fix it. And fix it he did.
* XanatosSpeedChess: [[http://tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=422 Bandunk decides to play the game his own way.]]
** To elaborate, one accidental trip to H&H Tools lead [[NonActionGuy Bandunk]] to formulate the happenings in the video above, much to everyone's surprise.
--> ''Bandunk'': Hi! I win! Yaay!
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