6/08/08 – Temporary Health has changed names and is now known as Destructible Defense.
Luapman
Server Down
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Ninja Missions
Posted by santosgeo on June 6, 2008
Ninja missions are tasks that can be done to unlock more characters.
Step-by-step guide to do a mission:
- 1) Be the required rank or higher.
- 2) Have any required missions completed.
- 3) Press the Start Playing button.
- 4) Select any characters involved in any missions you wish to work on.
- 5) Play the game normally.
- 6) Finally understand that missions are not a seperate game but work in the background passively.
The D and C Rank Missions are assigned to new and unexperienced ninja. With these missions you are able to unlock notably the Sound ninja.
The B Rank Missions are only assigned to to experienced ninja. With these missions you are able to unlock villians and subordinates of the most dangerous ninjas.
The A Rank Missions are only assigned to to highly experienced ninja. With these missions you are able to unlock teamleaders.
The S Rank Missions are only assigned to the best of the best. With these missions you are able to unlock legendary ninja and hokages.
The Shippuuden Missions are the newest missions in town! With these missions you are able to unlock many new characters and upgrades to existing characters.
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The ninja ladder
Posted by santosgeo on June 6, 2008
Experience
Experience forms the basis of your level, ninja rank and ladder rank. Every player starts the game with 0 experience points. By playing ladder games, you will be able to raise your experience. Your experience is an indication of your skill.
Your experience will increase when you defeat an opponent. The amount of experience you gain depends on the level difference and expected skill between you and your opponent. By beating an opponent with a much higher level you will receive a large amount of experience. Beating an opponent of a much lower level will grant you only a small amount of experience. The experience gained from a battle can range from 15 to 600.
Your experience can also be decreased by losing a battle. Much like gaining experience, this amount depends on the level difference between you and your opponent. By losing from a much higher level opponent you will lose very little experience. Losing from a much lower leveled opponent will cost you a very high amount. Aside from you opponent, the experience you lose in a battle also depends on your own level. During the first 25 levels, players will lose less experience from losing agame. This is done to help the less skilled players also progress in the ladder. The experience lost from a battle can range from 0 to 600. At this point there is no experience decay for inactive players. This may be introduced in the future.
Levels
As you gain more experience, you will also increase in level. Each player starts at level 1. To reach level 2, you will need 200 experience. With each level the experience that is required will increase, making it harder and harder to progress, whereas level 50 requires 50.000 experience points.
Ninja rank
As you rise in level, you will also gain new Ninja ranks. Each player starts the game as an “Academy Student”. From here on, you will receive a higher rank every five levels. This rule applies to all Ninja ranks except for the rank of “Hokage”. The “Hokage” rank is only given to the very best player. Aside from being number 1 in the ladder, this player must also be at least level 46. With each new Ninja rank, your icon and player card will change.
The following Ninja Ranks can be achieved with the specified levels:
Level 1-5: Academy Student
Level 6-10: Genin
Level 11-15: Chuunin
Level 16-20: Missing-Nin
Level 21-25: Anbu
Level 26-30: Jounin
Level 31-35: Sannin
Level 36-40: Jinchuuriki
Level 41-45: Akatsuki
Level 46-50: Kage
Level 46-50 + Rank #1: Hokage
Ladder rank
The ladderrank is the position a player has in the ladder. The more points a player gains, the higher the player is ranked. Rank #1 is always kept by the player with the most points.
Players get a ladderrank as soon as they are in the top 1.000 of the ladder. The ladderranks are updated every 15 minutes. The player that has reached Kage level and is Rank #1 on the ladder may call himself/herself the Hokage of Naruto-Arena.
Matchup System
When you start a ladder game, you will be automatically matched up against an opponent of equal skill level. Your skill level is determined by your level and your performance in the last couple of games. If you are performing extremely well, you will be matched against players of a higher level then your own. This will make rising to your “real” level in the ladder go much quicker.
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Major bug fixes, custom backgrounds and more!
Posted by santosgeo on June 6, 2008
Balance change: the defence reduction on Gaara’s desert coffin now lasts 3 turns.
Finally, an update many of you have been waiting for! We have been working hard to fix many of the bugs and glitches in the game, and this update is the result. We have made some major adjustments to the engine, and most of the bugs and glitches people found should be gone now.
These are just a few examples of the bugs that are fixed:
- The problem of incorrect rounding of damage and improve effects which caused Lee to die in gates and caused Toad Bind to incorrectly increase damage.
- Ino’s Mind Body Disturbance is able to hit through invulnerability effects again.
- Sasuke’s Sharingan now works properly again.
- Sakura’s Inner Sakura now works properly.
- And far more!
The flash has also received a small upgrade. There is now an extra sound fx when a character dies and buttons have been added to reduce and increase volume.
The biggest upgrade is the ability to adjust the backgrounds of the flash. Next to the regular moving background, the flash now also features a lite version. In the lite version the background is static, and thus requires less processing power from your computer. (Please note that the lite version does not reduce lag in anyway, this is a problem on the server side.) Lastly the flash also features custom backgrounds. You are now able to select your own background picture for both the character selection and the battle screen!
Next on the list is acquiring more servers!
You can discuss the update and ask questions here.
The Naruto-Arena Staff
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Latest Balance Change
Posted by santosgeo on June 4, 2008
4/21/07
Dosu
Melody Arm Tuning now costs 1 ninjutsu. (Change done by GT. May or may not be altered in the future)
4/22/07
Lee
5th Gate Opening now only causes lee to lose 75% of his current health.
Dosu
Melody Arm Tuning now costs 1 random chakra, lasts 4 rounds and has a cooldown of 3 rounds.
Sound Manipulation now does 10 damage per round.
Kimimaro
Dance of the Clematis now does 50 damage.
Dance of the Seedling Fern now does 45 damage.
Tsunade
Creation Rebirth now heals Tsunade 75 health and cooldown is 4 rounds.
Orochimaru
Kusanagi now does 35 damage.
Sandaime
Fire Dragon Flame Missile now deals 20 damage the first round, 10 damage the next, and 5 damage the following round. Cannot target an enemy already affected by the skill. Cooldown removed.
4/29/07
Dosu
Vibrating Sound Drill now leaves the target unable to defend for one round.
Jiraiya
Major Summoning Gamabunta now improves the damage of Great Fireball Technique to 45 damage for its duration.
Tsunade
Painful Sky Leg now has a 1 round cooldown.
4/30/07 – Sannin Re-working
Jiraiya
Major Summoning Gamabunta makes Jiraiya invulnerble for it’s duration rather than negating the opponent’s defense and giving him damage reduction.
*BOOST* Toad Mouth Bind now costs 1 genjutsu and 1 random. *EDIT* Duration and cooldown decreased by one round.
Tsunade
Creation Rebirth heals 35 health with a 1 round cooldown and a cost of 1 ninjutsu chakra.
Orochimaru
Cursed Seal Technique now does 25 undefendable damage and gives 2 extra chakra with a 1 round cooldown. It is no longer permanent.
Kusanagi now costs 1 bloodline and 1 random chakra and has a 1 round cooldown but does 5 damage less. *EDIT* Damage reduced to 20, cooldown removed. *RE-EDIT* Damage is 25 but 1 round cooldown returned.
5/02/07
Gai
Counter Punch now lasts 2 rounds. Cooldown and cost remains the same. *EDIT* Cooldown reduced 1 round.
Tsunade
Painful Sky Leg now does 25 damage cost 1 taijustu and 1 random chakra but has no cooldown.
*EDIT* Creation Rebirth now has no cooldown.
Orochimaru
Kusanagi has been returned to it’s original state of 35 damage and 1 chakra destroyed with no cooldown for 1 bloodline and 1 taijutsu chakra. Explanation Here
Major Summoning Manda no longer gives back 1 chakra.
Sandaime
Fire Dragon Flame Missile now deals 20 damage followed by 10 damage the next round. All other aspects remain unchanged.
5/05/07
Kin Tsuchi
Unerving Bells no longer stuns the enemy team.
Orochimaru
Major Summoning Manda leaves Orochimaru unable to use a skill the following round.
5/12/07
Naruto
Uzumaki Naruto Combo now does 10 damage but can be used without shadow clones.
Shadow Clones now increases the damage of Uzumaki Naruto Combo 300 percent.
Shino
Chakra Leach now does 12 damage.
Zabuza
Great Waterfall Technique now does only 5 damage.
Asuma
Finishing Blow now does 25 damage to each target.
Orochimaru
Cursed Seal Technique now does 30 damage to the target.
5/15/07 Manda/Shiki Rework
Orochimaru
Major Summoning Manda now does 50 undefendable damage to one target, removes 2 chakra and leaves them unable to use a skill for one round. It no longer insta-kills the target nor stuns Oro.
Sandaime
Shiki Fuujin now removes half of the target’s current health and removes 25% of Sandaime’s current health. Cost is now 2 random chakra and it has a cooldown of 2 rounds.
5/17/07
Shino
Bug Wall now lasts 3 rounds but cooldown is increased by one round.
**EDIT – Dunno what I was thinking here.. should not balance change when I’ve been up 20+ hours straight. This has been returned to it’s original state.**
Chakra Leach now does 15 damage instead of 12.
Orochimaru
Cursed Seal Technique now costs 1 random chakra and does only 25 undefendable damage.
Sandaime
Shiki Fuujin now has a cooldown of 3 rounds.
5/19/07
Asuma
Flying Swallow now reduces damage to Asuma’s team by 25%.
6/14/07
Tsunade
Painful Sky Leg now does 30 damage.
Orochimaru
Major Summoning Manda no longer stuns but removes an extra chakra for a total of 3 chakra destroyed.
Sandaime
Shiki Fuujin (Rework) now costs 3 random, the target cannot defend or use any skill for the rest of the game and takes 40 damage every round unless Sandaime is killed or unable to use a skill. Sandaime loses 20 health every round and can no longer use another skill once Shiki Fuujin is in use.
Shodaime
Birth of the Trees now lasts only 4 rounds, cooldown is also decreased one round.
Tree Strangulation has a cooldown of one round.
Branch Manipulation’s cooldown is reduced by one round.
Nidaime
Bringer of Darkness costs 1 genjutsu and 1 random and has a cooldown of 5 rounds.
Water Collision Destruction’s cooldown has been reduced by one round.
6/20/07
Kurenai
Reworked
Asuma
Finishing Blow now costs 1 taijustu and 2 random and is back to 30 damage.
Kakashi
Sharingan Copy’s cooldown is reduced 1 round.
Raikiri now does 60 damage.
Orochimaru
Kusanagi now does 40 damage.
Sandaime
Fire Dragon Flame Missile now does 25 damage the first round and 15 the second.
Kyuubi Naruto
Reworked
Cursed Seal Sasuke
Reworked
Shodaime
Birth of the Trees now lasts 5 rounds. Cooldown remains the same.
Branch Manipulation now has no cooldown but does 5 less damage.
Nidaime
Bringer of Darkness now costs 2 genjustu.
6/22/07
Kyuubi Naruto
Damage from Kyuubi Rage is now affected by damage reducing skills.
Zabuza
Hidden Mist Technique now reduces damage only 25% to Zabuza.
Kankuro
Poison Bomb is back to 30 damage over 3 rounds with a 3 round cooldown.
Cursed Seal Sasuke
Katon: Goukakyuu does 20 damage to all enemies for 1 ninjustu 1 random. The damage is unaffected by damage reduction.
Corrupt Chidori now costs 1 ninjustu 2 random.
Nidaime
Water Collision Destruction now costs 1 random less to use.
Shodaime
Birth of the Trees only costs 1 bloodline to use.
6/24/07
Shikamaru
Shadow Bind improves Shadow neck bind damage a total of 150% now.
Cursed Seal Sasuke
Cursed Seal Activation no longer deals damage to CS Sasuke.
Shodaime
Birth of the Trees is back to lasting only 4 rounds.
Nidaime
Bringer of Darkness now reduces the defence of the enemy team by 100% for 3 rounds.
6/26/07
Nidaime
Bringer of Darkness now reduces the defence of the enemy team by 25% for 6 rounds and has an 8 round cooldown.
6/29/07
Sandaime
Shiki Fuujin’s stun and defence negation is no longer permanent. It will drop temporarily when he is stunned and go away permanently when he dies (assuming the target is not already dead).
6/30/07
Sandaime
Major Summoning Enma now does 15 damage to the enemy team each round and Sandaime’s team takes 25% less damage during it’s duration in addition to its original effect.
7/5/07
Kidoumaru
Summoning Kyodaigumo now does 12 damage per round for 60 damage total.
Orochimaru
Cursed Seal Technique’s cooldown is increased one round.
7/10/07
Orochimaru
Kusanagi is back to 35 damage.
7/13/07
Zabuza
Hidden Mist Technique now gives Zabuza 33% damage reduction.
7/22/07
Kyuubi Naruto
Kyuubi Rasengan can now has a cooldown of 1 round.
Kyuubi Rage now lasts 3 turns but does 54 damage over those 3 rounds.
Kyuubi Chakra now lasts only 3 rounds, heals KN 20 damage per round, and gives KN 50% damage reduction.
Cursed Seal Sasuke
Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu now does 30 damage during CS1 and 60 damage during CS2 but no longer ignores damage reduction. The cooldown has also been removed.
8/04/07
Kakashi
The cooldown of Sharingan Copy was lowered by 1 round.
Anko
Dual Pin no longer does damage to Anko.
Twin Snakes Mutual Destruction has been reworked. It now does 15 damage per round to the target, 5 damage per round to Anko, costs 1 ninjutsu, and the effect is permanent. It no longer has a cooldown but cannot be used on a target already affected and still requires Dual Pin on the target to be used.
Yoroi
Energy Drain now does 10 damage.
Draining assualt now costs 1 taijutsu and 2 random chakra, and does 15 damage per round.
8/07/07
Yoroi
Draining Assault has been reduced to 12 damage per round.
8/16/07
Kakashi
Raikiri now does 55 damage but has no cooldown.
Hinata
Gentle Fist’s cooldown increased by 1 round.
8/21/07
Kakashi
Raikiri now costs 1 ninjustu and 1 taijutsu and has a 1 round cooldown. (Note the cooldown may be increased or removed based on how much his wins increase or decrease.)
8/24/07
Jiraiya
Toad Mouth Bind’s cooldown was increased by 1 round.
Iruka
Shield Ally no longer does damage to Iruka, and now has a cooldown of 1 round, but Iruka gains 50% damage reduction during its duration.
Demon Brothers
Bladed Gauntlet now only does 25 damage.
Chain Wrap now only does 10 damage initially.
Oboro
Haze Clones now cost an additional random chakra and its cooldown is increased by 1 round.
8/27/07
Jiraiya
Gamabunta now only doubles the damage of Great Fireball Technique
Anko
Twin Snakes Mutual Death can now be used multiple times on the same target.
Demon Brothers
Chain Shred now does 100 damage rather than instantly killing the target.
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Characters and Skills
Posted by santosgeo on June 4, 2008
Uzumaki Naruto
Using his signature move, Shadow Clones, Naruto is able to perform powerful moves such as the Uzumaki Naruto Combo and Rasengan.
Haruno Sakura
Due to her recent training as a medical ninja with
Uchiha Sasuke
The sole survivor of the Uchiha clan massacre. Using his sharingan, Sasuke is able to anticipate incoming attacks and is capable of advanced offensive moves.
Inuzuka Kiba
Aburame Shino
Hyuuga Hinata
Nara Shikamaru
Akimichi Chouji
Yamanaka Ino
Hyuuga Neji
Rock Lee
Tenten
Tenten is a true weapon master. Within seconds, she can throw hundreds of projectiles at one or more targets without a single miss.
Gaara of the Desert
Gaara has the demon Shukaku within him, which enables him to use sand for fighting. This sand can either form an ultimate defence or kill an opponent instantly.
Kankuro
Kankuro is a master puppeteer, and uses only puppets for fighting. His puppets can deal damage as well as poison enemies.
Temari
Dosu Kinuta
Perhaps the strongest of the three sound genin, Dosu Kinuta uses his implanted Melody Arm to amplify sound waves and increase the power of his taijustu.
Kin Tsuchi
One of the three sound genin who took part in the chuunin exams, Kin Tsuchi uses strings and the sound of bells to confuse and incapacitate her foes.
Zaku Abumi
Zaku Abumi is one of the three sound genin sent to the chuunin exams. He was surgically altered with hollow tubes in his arms, allowing him to create waves of compressed air.
Haku
Haku is the sole survivor of his clan and is the subordinate of Momochi Zabuza. His bloodline ability allows him to potentially disable and attack all his enemies.
Demon Brothers
A duo of Mist Nin who work for Zabuza, the Demon Brothers specialize in assassinating their targets with their shuriken chain. Created and Submitted by PiemanX
Momochi Zabuza
Zabuza is a missing-nin from the Hidden Mist Village. He is a frightening opponent attacking his enemies out of the fog he creates.
Oboro
A Rain Genin in the Chuunin exams, Oboro specializes in distracting his opponents with illusions and attacking when unexpected. Submitted by jhaybirdsz.
Shigure
A Genin from the Village of Rain,
Jiroubou
Jiroubou is the largest member of the Sound four. His fighting style involves powerful physical attacks in combination with manipulation of earth.
Kidoumaru
Kidoumaru has spider-like skills. He has 6 arms and has the ability to create weapons and traps with a strange golden web-like liquid.
Sakon
Tayuya
Tayuyas only weapon is a flute with which she can cast Genjutsu or control three summoned demons, The Doki.
Kaguya Kimimaro
One of Orochimarus top ninjas, Kimimaro has very strong offensive abilities but his disease is slowly killing him.
Umino Iruka
Iruka is one of the instructors at the Konoha ninja academy. He is a well rounded ninja with diverse abilities and skills. Created and submitted by OMGWTFitzBEN.
Akadou Yoroi
Part of the three man team of
Mitarashi Anko
Once a student of Orochimaru and a bearer of the Cursed Seal of Heaven, Anko is now a special Jounin who oversees the second portion of the Chuunin exams.
Shizune
Yakushi Kabuto
Kabuto was once found on the battlefield, was taught medical ninjutsu, and now assists Orochimaru. He uses his medical skill for both offence and defense.
Hatake Kakashi
Yuhi Kurenai
Yuhi Kurenai is a jounin and team leader of Hinata, Shino and Kiba. She is a genjutsu master who is able to both disable and attack her enemies with illusions.
Sarutobi Asuma
Sarutobi Asuma is the leader of Team 10. He uses trench knives extended by his chakra to fight and protect his teammates.
Maito Gai
Baki
Orochimaru
Orochimaru is one of the Legendary Sannin. He can increase his teams chakra for a price and summon powerful snakes to beat his enemies.
Jiraiya
Jiraiya is one of the Legendary Sannin. With his various frog-based jutsus he is able to both hinder and damage all of his opponents.
Tsunade
Tsunade is the Godaime Hokage and a Legendary Sannin. Her skill with medical ninjutsu allows her to do significant damage and heal herself and teammates.
Sandaime Hokage
Sandaime Hokage, known as the God of Shinobi, was the strongest Kage to ever live. He is able to concentrate on one opponent while his summon, Enma, confronts others. When all else fails he can summon the death god.
Shodaime Hokage
The First Hokage and the founder of the Hidden Village of Konoha, Shodaime has the ability to create and manipulate trees. This ability to give life shows the extent of his power.
Nidaime Hokage
Gaara Rehabilitated
After his fateful encounter with
Kyuubi Naruto
Drawing upon the strength of the Kyuubi demon sealed inside him, the power of Naruto explodes, and he becomes a virtual army onto himself.
Cursed Seal Sasuke
When Sasuke releases the full power of his cursed seal his body and chakra become a twisted vision of his inner self and his strength is amplified greatly.
Hoshigaki Kisame
Formerly one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist Village,
Uchiha Itachi
The only other surviving Uchiha,
Uzumaki Naruto (S)
After nearly three years of secluded training with
Rock Lee (S)
After nearly three years
Maito Gai (S)
The continued leader of Team
Deidara (S)
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Server Down
Posted by santosgeo on June 4, 2008
Please be sure to regularly check both the Character Revamp and Latest Balance Changes sections of the forums at least once a day right now. Changes to older characters are occuring on a near daily basis right now. Also this should be finished in the next 4 to 5 days.
Luapman
Balance Change Update: All four currently released Shippuden characters have had a least one balance change occur. Please check their character page or the Latest Balance Changes (in News & Announcements) section of Naruto-Boards for more info.
Luapman
EDIT: Good news! Arena3 is back up again.
Hi all,
Last weekend one of our game servers, arena3, went down because of overload. It is not sure what got damaged yet. Although we are trying to expand and get more servers, we have just lost one. We hope to see it back online soon. Meanwhile you can expect slow load times. It might not be good to play ladder games till Arena3 is backup (if you care about your statistics).
Sorry for the inconvinience.
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Major bug fixes, custom backgrounds and more!
Posted by santosgeo on June 4, 2008
Balance change: the defence reduction on Gaara’s desert coffin now lasts 3 turns.
Finally, an update many of you have been waiting for! We have been working hard to fix many of the bugs and glitches in the game, and this update is the result. We have made some major adjustments to the engine, and most of the bugs and glitches people found should be gone now.
These are just a few examples of the bugs that are fixed:
- The problem of incorrect rounding of damage and improve effects which caused Lee to die in gates and caused Toad Bind to incorrectly increase damage.
- Ino’s Mind Body Disturbance is able to hit through invulnerability effects again.
- Sasuke’s Sharingan now works properly again.
- Sakura’s Inner Sakura now works properly.
- And far more!
The flash has also received a small upgrade. There is now an extra sound fx when a character dies and buttons have been added to reduce and increase volume.
The biggest upgrade is the ability to adjust the backgrounds of the flash. Next to the regular moving background, the flash now also features a lite version. In the lite version the background is static, and thus requires less processing power from your computer. (Please note that the lite version does not reduce lag in anyway, this is a problem on the server side.) Lastly the flash also features custom backgrounds. You are now able to select your own background picture for both the character selection and the battle screen!
Next on the list is acquiring more servers!
You can discuss the update and ask questions here.
The Naruto-Arena Staff
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Old Engine Character Revamps
Posted by santosgeo on June 4, 2008
That’s right. While Mark and GT are off working out all the bugs and glitches in the engine I am revisiting the older characters (with player feedback) and in some cases the older characters will see minor, but likely not major, changes. This is partly to bring the old engine characters more in-tune with the new engine and in some cases for balance. The first change is to Naruto’s Shadow Clones. I do not plan to make a news post for each revamp that occurs so be sure to regularly check the Character Revamp section of the forums. It can be found in the Latest Balance Changes section which is in the News and Announcements section.
Have Fun,
Luapman
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The week after
Posted by santosgeo on June 4, 2008
Here we are now, roughly a week after the big release. We are very pleased to say the feedback on the big update has been generally very positive. The staff worked very hard on it so we are happy to see our work has paid off.
But (as expected) there are still quite a few bugs and glitches. Most have to do with the servers being completely overloaded, and some are errors in the engine. We are currently working very hard to fix all of these issues, so keep the feedback coming!
First item on the list is making some final adjustments to the engine. We are almost done, so hopefully we will be able to tackle most of the engine related bugs next week.
We are also in the process of acquiring new servers again (we hoped the previous server upgrade would have been enough for now, but obviously it wasn’t). This should address the major loss bugs, and make the game run a lot faster.
The moment the new servers arrive, we will release the new set of shippuuden characters. (Since releasing new characters on the current severs would mean a crash, we won’t be able to release anything before that time.)
We are also working on some extra features like a lite version of the flash and custom in-game backgrounds! (I know, I know, you have been waiting far too long for this… but it finally coming!)
As for a release date, well… I really shouldn’t say anything (thinking about the uproar it caused last time…), but we will gradually be making the updates along the upcoming two to three weeks.
Discuss the post or ask questions at the forums here.
Lastly, on behalf of the entire Naruto-Arena Staff I would like to thank all of you loyal players for sticking with us all this time, and we all hope to see everyone on the site for a long time to come. Without you we would never have made it this far!
And now it’s back to work again for us!
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