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David Veilleux-The Next Canadian Legend
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 17-01-2012 16:46
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Mresuperstar wrote:
valverde321 wrote:
It will take a break to Katusha though, but I never can't be writing stories so.... 
You write so many stories you forget which stories you are writing 
I dont forget the good ones. And In the last 12 months, I've only started 2 (3 if you count Katusha which hasn't started)
baia wrote:
Beeing 2nd behind A.Valverde isn´t a defeat....it was a privileg... 
I think we can both agree
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
valverde321 wrote:
Afterall he should have been disqualified last year anyway. The rightful Green Jersey winner was Rojas
You are my man Valverde321, i was upset with this disgrace too 
Good luck with transfering the story, just dont destroy it
We have to be careful though. The Brits could get us
Thanks, and I think I have thought of something that I will still enjoy, and wont make you guys want to kill me.
Edit:
Yep, I've definitely thought of something. I just need to learn how to edit a PCM 11 savegame now, or maybe it would be better if it was the db....
Edited by valverde321 on 17-01-2012 16:49
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| Alastairhufc |
Posted on 17-01-2012 17:44
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valverde321 wrote:
@ Alastair - If Cav ever won GC it would have to be filled with 20 flat stages. Afterall he should have been disqualified last year anyway. The rightful Green Jersey winner was Rojas
Nah, I'm just moving it to the new game, and its the middle of the season and now that 11 works, I really dont want to be playing 10, so I'm too lazy to finish the season....
It will take a break to Katusha though, but I never can't be writing stories so....
They would need time bonuses to return as well
Wasn't Rojas in the same group?
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 17-01-2012 17:51
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Alastairhufc wrote:
valverde321 wrote:
@ Alastair - If Cav ever won GC it would have to be filled with 20 flat stages. Afterall he should have been disqualified last year anyway. The rightful Green Jersey winner was Rojas
Nah, I'm just moving it to the new game, and its the middle of the season and now that 11 works, I really dont want to be playing 10, so I'm too lazy to finish the season....
It will take a break to Katusha though, but I never can't be writing stories so....
They would need time bonuses to return as well
Wasn't Rojas in the same group?
You are moving this story to 11? Is it easy to convert?
I thought I remember Rojas finishing quite a few groups ahead of Cav, but then the next stage which was also filled with Mountains they then finished in the same group. Because the first of two stages I'm talking about, I think Rojas got some Sprint Points.
I may be wrong though, I dont really remember much tbh, other than the fact I felt Cav should have been DQed since Rojas is my favourite sprinter
I am! I have no clue if it will be easy I think I have a pretty good plan on how to do this too. Its probably unorthodox though.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 17-01-2012 17:54
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Good luck in your attempt to convert, wouldn't want to lose this great story.
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| Alastairhufc |
Posted on 17-01-2012 17:57
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valverde321 wrote:
Alastairhufc wrote:
valverde321 wrote:
@ Alastair - If Cav ever won GC it would have to be filled with 20 flat stages. Afterall he should have been disqualified last year anyway. The rightful Green Jersey winner was Rojas
Nah, I'm just moving it to the new game, and its the middle of the season and now that 11 works, I really dont want to be playing 10, so I'm too lazy to finish the season....
It will take a break to Katusha though, but I never can't be writing stories so....
They would need time bonuses to return as well
Wasn't Rojas in the same group?
You are moving this story to 11? Is it easy to convert?
I thought I remember Rojas finishing quite a few groups ahead of Cav, but then the next stage which was also filled with Mountains they then finished in the same group. Because the first of two stages I'm talking about, I think Rojas got some Sprint Points.
I may be wrong though, I dont really remember much tbh, other than the fact I felt Cav should have been DQed since Rojas is my favourite sprinter
I am! I have no clue if it will be easy I think I have a pretty good plan on how to do this too. Its probably unorthodox though.
Oh maybe I am wrong, thinking about it there was two stages not one and I know they were together on one but they may not have been on both...
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 17-01-2012 18:08
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1. The difficulty of converting the story depends a lot on what you want to convert. Everything? Almost impossible, if you ask me. What I did was to edit only the stats of my team and the rest was the result of a simulation to the point I was at my old savegame. The only other thing I did was to do all the transfers and add a few teams. All that wasn't too much work. If you want to do more, you might want to ask roturn, I think he has put more work in converting his Garmin story.
2. I think I have thought of something that I will still enjoy, and wont make you guys want to kill me.
This is the most important of all Screw us, as long as you enjoy writing the story. Plus, the more you like it, the better the reports, usually, so you should do whatever you think is best, not what you think we think is best
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 17-01-2012 18:15
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@ Mre - Thanks a lot
@ Alastair - I may be wrong as well. I think its pretty hard
@ Cunego - Well, what a valuable post
I dont think I want to convert everything, but I want to make it so that it doesn't seem like a completely parallel story. I was planning on simming a season or two, just to get all the smaller riders that I dont plan on editing up to the point of their growth that would be similar to where they were in this save.
And thanks! I remember how much fun it was to edit this save for this season which will ultimately be ending very shortly so I think that if I can add my own touches to the next save on 11, it will be extremely enjoyable.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 17-01-2012 18:19
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I was planning on simming a season or two, just to get all the smaller riders that I dont plan on editing up to the point of their growth that would be similar to where they were in this save.
Exactly. And if you add random potential, you also get a nice fresh breeze into the story
I'm already looking forward to what you'll be doing very much!
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 21-01-2012 23:11
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cunego59 wrote:
I was planning on simming a season or two, just to get all the smaller riders that I dont plan on editing up to the point of their growth that would be similar to where they were in this save.
Exactly. And if you add random potential, you also get a nice fresh breeze into the story
I'm already looking forward to what you'll be doing very much!
Exactly!
I cant wait actually. Might just do Katusha and David at the same time right away...
Also I've decided my plan for the most part!
Will see more tonight hopefully!
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Posted on 22-01-2012 03:59
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 Paris - Roubaix
April 11th, 2013
Sky Squad
This may be the biggest day of racing in the entire season! And I have been chosen to ride for my team, and help my leader Maaskant! This is going to be great, and I cant wait to hit those cobbles and see what I can do. Like normal the weather is pretty gloomy but that may actually improve the conditions, because it can sometimes be harder when its dry and dusty on the cobbles. I really don't know what to write, I'm just too pumped for this race, and after this, I get to find out my second half schedule.
The peloton begins to ramp up the pace, as we get close to the first cobble section about 1/3 of the way into the race. There still isn't a breakaway, so any time now, a rider could make their move. I was actually thinking I'd get in the break, so I made sure to get close to the front of the group, first a quick bottles stop though.
But the weirdest thing happened. I made may way to the front with my team, and Maaskant, Stannard and Thomas were all missing. Turns out, the peloton couldn't follow their pace at the front, so they adjusted their gears and made a deceiving move awat from the pack. They just decided to go with it, and after a few km's they had built up a lead of over 1 minute.
However about 20km later, they were brought back, or gave up themselves once it became apparent they wouldn't stay away. Still it was a nice effort, but lets hope they didn't waste their energy.
Then something horrible happened. I took an extremely hard fall. The cameras missed my initial fall, but they came in time to see me get in the ambulance. I was in a lot of pain, and I was bleeding quite a bit. It wasn't really serious, atleast I thought, but I was going to miss some time on the bike...
With 20km left, Matti Breschel made a risky move away from the peloton, as the group slowed down. It looked like a strong move, so others like Ballan tried to follow, but were unable. He only had himself to beat now, with a good gap, and only a handful of minutes left.
The chase group enters the track. They can see Breschel ahead of them, but he's out of reach. Their battle is for 2nd!
Breschel takes the Hell of the North, and does it in the perfect fashion, a solo ride! The others come racing in behind him, but no others from Sky make it inside the Top 10, as Maaskant clearly made the wrong decision by attacking earlier in the stage.
| 1 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | 6h36'11 | | 2 | Tom Boonen | Quickstep - Omega Pharma | + 51 | | 3 | Heinrich Haussler | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 4 | Steve Chainel | FDJ | s.t. | | 5 | Fabian Cancellara | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 6 | Alessandro Ballan | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 7 | Leif Hoste | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 8 | Lars Ytting Bak | Saunier Duval - Highroad | s.t. | | 9 | Martin Elmiger | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 10 | Nick Nuyens | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 1'38 | | 11 | Hayden Roulston | Saunier Duval - Highroad | + 2'37 | | 12 | Aurélien Duval | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 13 | Sep Vanmarcke | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 14 | Lars Boom | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 15 | Grega Bole | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 16 | Sven Van Dousselaere | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 17 | Geraint Thomas | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 18 | Gianni Meersman | FDJ | s.t. | | 19 | Martijn Maaskant | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 20 | Bernhard Eisel | Leopard Trek | s.t. |
Spoiler | 21 | Dominique Rollin | FDJ | + 3'52 | | 22 | Cyril Bessy | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 23 | Julien Vermote | Quickstep - Omega Pharma | s.t. | | 24 | Stijn Devolder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 25 | Kevin Van Impe | Quickstep - Omega Pharma | s.t. | | 26 | Ian Stannard | Sky ProCycling | + 5'36 | | 27 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 6'16 | | 28 | John Degenkolb | Saunier Duval - Highroad | + 8'32 | | 29 | Gorik Gardeyn | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 30 | Iljo Keisse | Quickstep - Omega Pharma | s.t. | | 31 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 32 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 33 | Peter Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 34 | Maarten Wynants | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 35 | Adrien Petit | Team Europcar | + 9'28 | | 36 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 37 | Sébastien Chavanel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 38 | Jimmy Casper | Saur - Sojasun | s.t. | | 39 | Frederik Veuchelen | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 40 | Sébastien Rosseler | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 41 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 42 | Frédéric Amorison | Quickstep - Omega Pharma | s.t. | | 43 | Tom Stamsnijder | Leopard Trek | + 10'24 | | 44 | Francis De Greef | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 45 | Gerald Ciolek | Quickstep - Omega Pharma | s.t. | | 46 | William Bonnet | Big Mat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 47 | Sebastian Langeveld | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 48 | Vladimir Gusev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 49 | Tom Leezer | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 50 | Alex Rasmussen | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 51 | Joost Posthuma | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 52 | Simon Spilak | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 53 | Juan José Haedo | Saxo Bank SunGard | + 12'16 | | 54 | Gert Steegmans | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 55 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 56 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 57 | Laurent Mangel | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 58 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 59 | Denys Kostyuk | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 60 | Danilo Hondo | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 61 | Maarten Neyens | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 62 | Tyler Farrar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 63 | Sébastien Turgot | FDJ | s.t. | | 64 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 65 | Jens Voigt | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 66 | David Boucher | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 67 | Michael Albasini | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 68 | Sébastien Minard | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 69 | Sylvain Chavanel | Quickstep - Omega Pharma | s.t. | | 70 | Mark Cavendish | Saunier Duval - Highroad | + 15'20 | | 71 | André Greipel | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 72 | Mathieu Claude | Big Mat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 73 | Denis Galimzyanov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 74 | Tomas Vaitkus | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 75 | Michael Matthews | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 76 | Francisco José Ventoso | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 77 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 78 | Koldo Fernández | Team Garmin - Cervélo | s.t. | | 79 | Kristof Goddaert | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 80 | Steven Kruijswijk | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 81 | Igor Abakoumov | Lotto - Ridley | s.t. | | 82 | John Gadret | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 83 | Victor Barriere | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 84 | Juraj Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 85 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | AG2R La Mondiale | + 20'08 | | 86 | Rui Costa | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 87 | Dan Craven | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 88 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Saxo Bank SunGard | s.t. | | 89 | Hilton Clarke | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 90 | David Millar | Team Garmin - Cervélo | + 22'16 | | 91 | Matthias Kessler | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 92 | Constantino Zaballa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 93 | Arnold Jeanneson | FDJ | s.t. | | 94 | Jonathan Nicol | FDJ | s.t. | | 95 | Robin Chaigneau | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 96 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Pro Team Astana | + 24'24 | | 97 | Bert Grabsch | Saunier Duval - Highroad | s.t. | | 98 | Frantisek Rabon | Saunier Duval - Highroad | s.t. | | 99 | Anthony Charteau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 100 | Valerio Agnoli | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 101 | Daniele Callegarin | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 102 | Patrik Sinkewitz | Saunier Duval - Highroad | s.t. | | 103 | Christophe Kern | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 104 | Jens Mouris | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 105 | Alexandre Lemair | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 106 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 107 | Romain Feillu | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 108 | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 109 | Vicente GarcÃa de Mateos | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 110 | Fabien Bacquet | Big Mat - Auber 93 | s.t. | | 111 | Stefan Denifl | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 112 | Jesse Sergent | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 113 | Dries Beatse | Quickstep - Omega Pharma | s.t. | | 114 | Alex Dowsett | Sky ProCycling | s.t. | | 115 | Andrey Kashechkin | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 116 | Alan Pérez | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 117 | Enrico Magazzini | Lampre - ISD | s.t. | | 118 | William Clarke | Leopard Trek | s.t. | | 119 | Simon Clarke | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 120 | Rémy Di Gregorio | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 121 | Ivan Rovny | Team RadioShack | s.t. | | 122 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Pro Team Astana | s.t. | | 123 | Enrique Salgueiro | Euskaltel - 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My injuries are a lot worse than what I first thought. I have fractured quite a few of my ribs, and I have bruised both lungs, as well I've broken my collarbone and right arm. The doctors have advised me to take the season off. My manager has also told me that it would be best to do that as well. I'm still young, so if I got a headstart at off-season training, I could be in very good form for the next season's early races. This doesn't help my contract negotiations though, as I don't know who I will be riding with next season, and I wont really have any results to show now. I'm supposed to fly fly home to Canada in a week or two, but it all depends on how well I can breathe, so it may wait a few more weeks.
Thanks for everyone thats supported me this season, and I look forward to telling you about my racing next season.
Goodbye.
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So thats it guys. Last update in this thread! Hopefully you guys dont hate me too much, but I wanted to make the switch now, and I also got a little sloppy with the report too 
Edited by valverde321 on 22-01-2012 04:00
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| Teddy The Creator |
Posted on 22-01-2012 04:07
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Oh what a cop out! 
Well that's it. PCM 11 it is! Can't wait for 2013!
P.S. That's just low valverde. Just low.
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 22-01-2012 04:28
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Nicely thought. What will be next, David moving to Katusha so you can literally do both stories at the same time?
Good luck converting the story, will be great to see this in PCM 11.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 22-01-2012 04:54
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Will we at least get a recap of the other results later in the season? And, yes a very cheap way to end this thread But hey it works Good luck on PCM11.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 22-01-2012 05:08
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@ Teddy -  I knew I should have thought of something else, except there really isn't any other way of doing it.
@ Luigi - Nicely thought? I can tell you that wont happen, but well..............
And Thanks.
@ Mre - Geez, hadn't thought of that. I've already started making the graphic so I can open the PCM 11 thread tonight I'll make sure its my first update in the new thread, although it will be brief, and I'll only cover PT stuff.
Agreed, its a cheap way of doing it, but I've now played 11, and PCM 10 pretty much sucks. It was torture playing P-R Thank though.
I knew I'd get hate for this. Atleast I didn't go ahead with the other idea....
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 22-01-2012 08:32
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I don't know why you should be hated for that. Let's look at it this way:
1. This story is great.
2. You prefer PCM11 over 10.
3. The more you enjoy playing, the more you enjoy reporting, the better the reports get.
First conclusion: The change to PCM11 will make this fantastic story even better.
4. There's no logic reason to wait with a fundamental improvement.
5. You didn't wait longer than you had to.
6. If crashing out, then in the probably most legendary race of all.
Second conclusion: You did the best thing possible.
Lawyer'd!
PS: As I already wrote in the 11 thread, I can't wait to see the story continue. And a short review of the "missed season" would be nice, I agree on this with mresuperstar.
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 22-01-2012 09:05
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Damn those ninjas who attacked Veilleux.  Anyway, it was an original way to "stop" this story, or maybe I should say season, but I hope David returns in good shape for 2014. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 22-01-2012 15:28
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@ Cunego - Well you know. Its kinda a cheap idea, but I'm glad you've looked at it, the same way I have Thanks!
@ Freitas - Haha, ninjas Thanks, glad you thought it was original.
And thanks to everyone for following this story. You're support kept me going, at least until things got really slow during school, and Fifa
But now that I have the PCM 11 thread, I look forward to seeing you there! Thanks.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 23-01-2012 07:49
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I also like this ending, it would be hard to make something better. And i completly agree with Cunego- this story was great and i think it will be great in PCM2011 too
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 23-01-2012 07:56
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Figured I should leave a comment here too. It's a bit sad to see such great story "ending", but on the other hand, I'm looking forward to the next season in PCM11.
Congrats to an awesome story. Let's go to part two!
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