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Sorry guys, I lost track of time while hanging upside down and watching other people hang upside down in more impressive fashion.

...if strog flips wolf do I still have to read his posts from today? :thinking:
 
Pins and needles to see if giving AM what she wanted was a good move or not.

AM it's starting to sound like you near yeet deadline you stopped believing in the Strog vote so why stay on it?
I never stopped believing in it or I would have left. He's gotten to a point where he needed to either provide new perspective or be yeeted for avoiding all relevant discussion. It just the game as a whole I'm concerned about. Not nearly enough people around like I had hoped.
 
Day 3

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As the days on the island rolled by, Sir David couldn't help but feel concerned about the wildlife he was there to see. During the days, the forest had been relatively quiet, making it difficult to find animals to film for the documentary, and locating nocturnal animals in the darkness was always difficult. The mountainous terrain was tiring him out; it was a lot of hiking.

After a long day of searching, he stumbled across another strange gathering of animals, mixed in species and size. They again seemed to be deep in discussion, one that he could observe but was obviously unable to participate in.

At the center of the circle was a small, yellow and black striped creature. "Although this looks like a hedgehog, it is called a tenrec. This one in particular is the lowland streaked tenrec, a truly unique animal because of how he communicates. The tenrec is able to rub his quills together to make noise, and can use it either to warn predators away or to communicate with its group."

"The streaked tenrec is not classified as diurnal or nocturnal; it is active pretty much whenever it wants. It's a tough little guy; it has to be to survive in the forest when it's this small."

As Sir David talked into the camera, the animals banded together and forced the tenrec to exit the circle. He was protesting and rattling his quills the entire time, but their minds were made up.

Set adrift is @Stroganoff , the lowland streaked tenrec and a VANILLA WOLF.

11 players remain.

1. @Animal Midwife
5. @samac
6. @Viscernable
7. @WildZoo
8. @PippyPony
9. @differentiating
10. @BobLoblaw78
13. @mkg323
14. @vetmedhead
15. @Crayola227
16. @genny

Set Adrift/Disappeared
3. @alleycat03, ring-tailed vontsira, vanillager
11. @Aprilthearab, Verreaux's sifaka, vanillager
12. @Zenge142, nano-chameleon, vanillager
2. @Stroganoff, lowland streaked tenrec, VANILLA WOLF

It is now Night 3. Deadline is at 9am EDT (8am CDT/6am fantasyland) or sooner.
Holy shyte

Also, that little creature is freaking adorbs
 
I never stopped believing in it or I would have left. He's gotten to a point where he needed to either provide new perspective or be yeeted for avoiding all relevant discussion. It just the game as a whole I'm concerned about. Not nearly enough people around like I had hoped.
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I didn't avoid ANY discussion, and I genuinely replied to everything as best as I could. You, however, never answered why you voted for me on D1 and kept ignoring mayo and bob and others, and you were rude and bossy to me, and that ruins a lot of the positivity in this game and for SDN as a whole.

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I didn't avoid ANY discussion, and I genuinely replied to everything as best as I could. You, however, never answered why you voted for me on D1 and kept ignoring mayo and bob and others, and you were rude and bossy to me, and that ruins a lot of the positivity in this game and for SDN as a whole.
Being dead best post in stars and leave the salt for dead chat. But Midwife has that affect on players it's true.

I'm sure some people also hate it when I get up on my horse too, to be fair. It's a game of war not puppies and kittens and lace.

Thanks for playing and putting up with us and wolfing ain't easy, that would be a boss bumper sticker, appreciate your participation.
 
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Wait why were you hanging upside down? Practicing to be a bat??
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I'm Batman, haven't you seen my bitmoji??


But really I was taking an aerial silks class!
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Being dead best post in stars and leave the salt for dead chat. But Midwife has that affect on players it's true.
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Cray, I don't need to be told to use stars. I played in the first games on this entire community. I genuinely didn't know I was dead, and I've been trying my very best to participate.

And I haven't even been playing as a wolf. My posts were just "me" Stroganoff playing.

That said, at least I can go back to closing up and avoiding negativity in my life and surrounding myself with things that bring me joy.
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Sorry y'all, fell asleep and my 5pm alarm was muted for some reason. :smack: Post-post strugs.

Glad strog was yeeted - yay for wolf! This a. still has me eyeing mkg, given that strog wasn't yeeted day 1 in huge part due to their vote for alley (vis shifted-off last minute, though was one of the first to vote here... though the last minute "should we switch off?" was interesting), and b. has me doubting that samac/Cyndia is indeed the supposed vanillager they claim, given that they also claimed a tenrec like our dear wolf here. Now, I know nothing about tenrecs so it's possible that roles/aligment were just distributed randomly, but that makes me feel less sure about them.

Feeling better about vmh.
 
Well I wasnt about to spend the last 5 minutes of the day writing a paragraph about my vote choice. I'd like to think you're just a villager thats stuck tunnelling on me but I'm having some issues with your reads list. People like AM, just for example, if she was a wolf she wouldnt be obvious, of course she (or anyone) is going to appear to be wolf hunting and asking questions. But if you think something is off with her tone or interactions, thats pretty important. So with that being said, if you think AM is off, I dont get why shes at the top of your village leans.
There's no organization within the categories, so I wouldn't say AM is at the top of my village leans. And of course nobody's going to be obvious about being a wolf - what I mean is that she's one of the posters contributing most to the discussion, even if it's via getting a rise out of someone. I didn't like her pressuring of Pippy in particular, but I also don't personally have that outweighing the general gist I'm getting. You're willing to on your own reads.

...There's also the fact that strog flipped wolf, but that's in retrospect. That certainly reassures me a bit on AM.

I'm not asking you to have written a paragraph, just why you went for "for funsies" instead of "has been pinging me as well" or something. I feel like it was a CYA-type comment. Between this and strog's flip, you're giving me many more wolfy vibes than villager ones, that's all. :shrug:
 
Hi its me, Samacdia/Cyndamac/Samacyndia.

I'm still slowly slogging through the last 24 hours of posts but will try to get some reads up on what I've seen so far later tonight!
I'll give you 10 mins. Then I demand your notes! And no, not organized how you think makes sense....organize them how I want!! And omg, do I even have to tell you to post them in the order of wolfiness? No, not ascending. Descending!! Are you an idiot!?! Don't anyone else answer for her, I was asking HER. There was a reason I was asking her the question.... grruuugghghhh.....

*shudders*falls to the ground*gets up slowly*

What happened guys? I feel like I was possessed by a demon.
 
So i'll bet some Wows! and Angrys! by the time this post is published (currently 8:23PM) AM will have called me out or asked for reads or threatened to whip me. Im sorry shes disappointed there are so many subs but at least ive been following the thread :shrug:

Not even really sure where to start here, and Im not the non stop quoting kind, so I'll just kind of throw it all out in one lump sum.

Alley - early yeet, didnt really pay much attention since she was an early kill, same with april

One thing that caught my eye early was the Zenge-Samac-Pippy situation. I'm a believer in the manufactured conversations/sketch strategy (holla @Coopah !) so it did pique my interest. At first I thought it may have actually been Zenge manufacturing the shade and that samac/pippy were v/v. Now thats he's flipped village, his pointing it out means he actually saw something was off there. I dont agree however that theyre necessarily w/w. I havent played with Samac but her style was coming off kinda wolfy, lots of excsues/deflections with a villagey post here and there. I judge pippy's affiliation by how much im intimidated by her, which this game has been absolutely 0. So in that exchange I'd side samac/cyndia to the wolf category, pippy village side.

In that same vein looking at samac as a wolf, I actually was on the genny is wolf train last night and that they could have been a pack. She had her vote conveniently and inconspicuously sitting on samac during a huge waffle. Well that theory went out the window when samac laid down a last minute vote on genny which could have easily eliminated her, meaning theyre probably not w/v. Also, I started to think theres no way wolf-genny would be this inactive, her pride is too much. Now that Im subbed in and basically got a free read (now a village!genny hybrid! so honored!), that leaves samac/cyndia as my top wolf read.

I'll be totally honest, the strog wolf flip surprised me. He's never been "intentionally obtuse" as someone pointed out, hes always that scatter brained and all over the place. I was yelling at one point to give the guy a break. Now looking back I can definitely see how that "i forgot all this stuff" attitude can easily work for an under the radar wolf play especially when you havent used it before, and when you havent played in a while and people want to give you a chance. I know that samac was on him but she was the 4th vote on a sinking ship, might as well pile on.

Next up: Mayola227. Village read here, along with AM. Me and AM fight the most when we are v/v and its the same for mayo/AM starting back in Canadian WWilds.

LAwpy is a moot point but had been a solid village read in my pile, will take into account his voting patterns, and have to say he's definitely improved on his defensiveness.

I cant read WZ and she cant read me (apparently?). Must be a family thing.

MK is interesting... another person I have no experience with but play seems kinda erratic, as well as voting. Wolf lean

Bob another I have no experience with but Ive liked the participation, and Im kinda partial to him now since he got screwed on his reads deal with AM. Welcome to the club Bob!

Diff always seems to have the wheels turning and an overall village feel. Nothing strikes me differently at the moment.

That leaves VMH who I might have to wolf lean from neutral because theres a good chance theres 4 wolves in this game, and even if not, one or many of my reads above is going to be total crap.

Viss seems an enigma. I think its the angry clock, when I try to read her posts I cant concentrate fully lol.


Well... good to be back!!!

contingency yeet samacyndia
 
aaaand we're back :bag:
I'm gonna put in a vote right now:

lynch AM

1. Dodging multiple questions on why she has voted for me. I generally find that suspicious and manipulative, as if to change the subject.
2. Being aggressive to me in multiple replies. When people do that to me, it comes across wolfy in my head. And it also really takes away from the fun and enjoyment of the game, which is the sole reason I'm here.
well now that Strog has flipped, rereading and trying to analyze all his posts today is really just a bunch of WIFOM, especially as there was little movement in votes and he had a clear lead when he posted this, but at the same time, I cant help but think his vote for AM looks good for her, I really dont think AM bussed him from the very start.
The "morning" sickness makes being on my phone reading or scrolling like impossible at times. I'm trying to keep up with the last page and can't. At least so far every day I've had hours basically free of the sickness, but it's sandwiched by sickness at the beginning and end of my day and comes in waves. I don't think my well window will be until after yeet close today.

I want to see what happens if AM is more on the board compared to Strog that what she is at this very minute.

I will do my best to keep up with thread gestalt before close but I'm pretty limited right now. I also like the Strog yeet mostly for resolving some questions.

Also serious sus on mkg, samac, Pippy. Probably others but I can't anymore this post omg.

##### yeet AM ####
interesting

I feel sure from tonight’s catchup that either strog is genuinely not in a pack chat or that he is being intentional yeet bait since they decided they couldn’t save him and need to bus. Still evaluating which.

What’s making me pause on seeing it w/w is that iirc vmh implied i switched D1 to protect strog. I don’t think she would throw that w/w accusation on her packmate at that point, but perhaps the intent was to flip me first and use that to quiet suspicions on strog. I might be misremembering and her suspicion was just for a late vote itself tho.
So how many people on the final vote do you think were bussing him?
#### unvote AM ###

###vote strog $$$####
what an odd swap, especially the timing and that the end vote was so skewed

Day 3

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As the days on the island rolled by, Sir David couldn't help but feel concerned about the wildlife he was there to see. During the days, the forest had been relatively quiet, making it difficult to find animals to film for the documentary, and locating nocturnal animals in the darkness was always difficult. The mountainous terrain was tiring him out; it was a lot of hiking.

After a long day of searching, he stumbled across another strange gathering of animals, mixed in species and size. They again seemed to be deep in discussion, one that he could observe but was obviously unable to participate in.

At the center of the circle was a small, yellow and black striped creature. "Although this looks like a hedgehog, it is called a tenrec. This one in particular is the lowland streaked tenrec, a truly unique animal because of how he communicates. The tenrec is able to rub his quills together to make noise, and can use it either to warn predators away or to communicate with its group."

"The streaked tenrec is not classified as diurnal or nocturnal; it is active pretty much whenever it wants. It's a tough little guy; it has to be to survive in the forest when it's this small."

As Sir David talked into the camera, the animals banded together and forced the tenrec to exit the circle. He was protesting and rattling his quills the entire time, but their minds were made up.

Set adrift is @Stroganoff , the lowland streaked tenrec and a VANILLA WOLF.

11 players remain.

1. @Animal Midwife
5. @samac
6. @Viscernable
7. @WildZoo
8. @PippyPony
9. @differentiating
10. @BobLoblaw78
13. @mkg323
14. @vetmedhead
15. @Crayola227
16. @genny

Set Adrift/Disappeared
3. @alleycat03, ring-tailed vontsira, vanillager
11. @Aprilthearab, Verreaux's sifaka, vanillager
12. @Zenge142, nano-chameleon, vanillager
4. @Lawpy, Indri, vanillager
2. @Stroganoff, lowland streaked tenrec, VANILLA WOLF

It is now Night 3. Deadline is at 9am EDT (8am CDT/6am fantasyland) or sooner.
uhh didnt someone else mention this animal? like Samac???

Sorry y'all, fell asleep and my 5pm alarm was muted for some reason. :smack: Post-post strugs.

Glad strog was yeeted - yay for wolf! This a. still has me eyeing mkg, given that strog wasn't yeeted day 1 in huge part due to their vote for alley (vis shifted-off last minute, though was one of the first to vote here... though the last minute "should we switch off?" was interesting), and b. has me doubting that samac/Cyndia is indeed the supposed vanillager they claim, given that they also claimed a tenrec like our dear wolf here. Now, I know nothing about tenrecs so it's possible that roles/aligment were just distributed randomly, but that makes me feel less sure about them.

Feeling better about vmh.
I mean I wasnt a fan of voting him off D1, but probably would have gone there if I was reading his posts in real-time tonight. But I'm glad someone else noticed the tenrec thing
 
Sorry y'all, fell asleep and my 5pm alarm was muted for some reason. :smack: Post-post strugs.

Glad strog was yeeted - yay for wolf! This a. still has me eyeing mkg, given that strog wasn't yeeted day 1 in huge part due to their vote for alley (vis shifted-off last minute, though was one of the first to vote here... though the last minute "should we switch off?" was interesting), and b. has me doubting that samac/Cyndia is indeed the supposed vanillager they claim, given that they also claimed a tenrec like our dear wolf here. Now, I know nothing about tenrecs so it's possible that roles/aligment were just distributed randomly, but that makes me feel less sure about them.

Feeling better about vmh.

Where was the tenrec claim? Ill admit the one thing I hadnt done was deeply read the write ups for clues, etc. Can make that my task for tomorrow. I will say I dont know much about this theme so Im not sure how much help it would be from my standpoint.
 
Ok since I’m on the tie chopping block I’ll say it again, I’m a vanilla villager. I’m the common or tailless tenrec.
Dubz I think is villlage.
mayo felt village.
Vissy feels village.
genny feels off.
there’s a wolf between pippy and Zenge. I feel it in my bones.
I don’t like those last minute low poster votes on me.
strog feels like he is being intentionally obtuse.

Where was the tenrec claim? Ill admit the one thing I hadnt done was deeply read the write ups for clues, etc. Can make that my task for tomorrow. I will say I dont know much about this theme so Im not sure how much help it would be from my standpoint.

It was their defense D2.
 
Sorry y'all, fell asleep and my 5pm alarm was muted for some reason. :smack: Post-post strugs.

Glad strog was yeeted - yay for wolf! This a. still has me eyeing mkg, given that strog wasn't yeeted day 1 in huge part due to their vote for alley (vis shifted-off last minute, though was one of the first to vote here... though the last minute "should we switch off?" was interesting), and b. has me doubting that samac/Cyndia is indeed the supposed vanillager they claim, given that they also claimed a tenrec like our dear wolf here. Now, I know nothing about tenrecs so it's possible that roles/aligment were just distributed randomly, but that makes me feel less sure about them.

Feeling better about vmh.

In regard to the claim - yes, I am a tenrec, but a different type of tenrec than strog was. Samac said it earlier, but specifically I'm a tailless tenrec, and it looks like Strog was a lowland streaked tenrec.

Fwiw, Verraux's sifaka and Indris are both lemurs in the same family (indriidae), so seems like there are least some roles that are related species.
 
this. i've been a big ball of stress and the one game I've been looking forward to for months has just left me with genuine sadness. sucks.
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Life unexpectedly got a lot better. 🎉

Good night. Happy wolfing.

- Still not a wolf.

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In regard to the claim - yes, I am a tenrec, but a different type of tenrec than strog was. Samac said it earlier, but specifically I'm a tailless tenrec, and it looks like Strog was a lowland streaked tenrec.

Fwiw, Verraux's sifaka and Indris are both lemurs in the same family (indriidae), so seems like there are least some roles that are related species.
I agree animal species may not be that helpful, villager code. If the wolves noticed they were all types of tenrec, would they really claim on thread?
 
Caught up.

I Zenge/Pippy reads v/w to me. Of the two, I'd rather flip Zenge. Pippy seems more on her meta to me.

I still have no read on Strog, but the weirdness with his wagon last night did ping me. Lawpy seems village, and I'm not sure why Vissy would try to create a counter wagon on him so late. If Strog flips wolf then so will Vissy and vice versa.

AM still feels more like the last time I saw her wolf than her usual village. If Strog or Vissy flip wolf then I'll back off of that.

I'd rather vote AM, but I doubt I'll get the traction.

I'm happy flipping Zenge or Vissy. We learn a lot about several other players with either flip.

Yeet Vissy
Attn to this again warranted
 
Okay, my thoughts thus far...

Agreed that it's weird Strog's long post never manifested... then again, I get being busy. It doesn't help that strog was in the lead for a good while yesterday before the vote petered out. It seems a little strange, but then again, the flip happening the way it did means that we'd be looking at some combination of mkg, vis, and/or lawpy as co-wolves going for the last-minute defense, and I'm not sure if I buy that yet either. I feel like mkg would be most suspicious of the three since she created the possibility for a change in leader by creating a tie and strog could switch it over with a self-prez vote.


I'm a little curious about samac's fixation on determining others' reliability on flips of who they voted for. It makes sense if the person flips wolf, but it also seems like flipping village wouldn't give much in the way of additional info... I don't think it's a wolfy thing to say necessarily, just a little strange to yeet someone due to suspicion of someone else imo.


This (and the whole post) feels like a bit of an overreaction given when it happened, especially considering that Pippy wasn't really ever on the chopping block yesterday. I'm honestly not opposed to a Pippy yeet since there've been a few things pinging me there, even if they're not highest on my suspicions currently.


Again, this makes a lot of sense to me, which makes me tempted to take my vote off of vis. Not sure where I'd place it, though - I'm also suspicious of vmh and a few others (mkg, bob), but I'm wary of tying things up close to deadline or causing some last-minute chaos like yesterday.


This is definitely weird. Why write so much/probe others while skipping out on your own reasoning? I honestly don't care about who the vote is for as much as that aspect of things.
And this about looking at mkg as well
 
Unyeet Strog
Yeet meats


Keeps coming in and liking my posts and not saying a word.

I'd prefer to vote Strog, but no one seems to want to vote for him despite a promised catch up that never came
Need to decide if Pip putting on a show about Strog or if she was for real
 
Night 3

Leaf-tail gecko 1.jpg



The animals were feeling more optimistic as the morning sun broke over the top of the mountains. Although they'd struggled to find the source of the disappearances, they'd finally found someone who was at least partially responsible. Spirits were bolstered as they headed to congregate at their morning meeting spot.

Meanwhile, Sir David was returning to his tent after a night hike. He'd spent the night searching for an animal that could be challenging to see because of her natural camouflage. Some naturalists liked to argue that the daylight hours were the best time to search for her because there was more light to see her with, but he knew better. She was always most active at night when she was hunting her insect meals. She also had quite a loud call that could sometimes help pinpoint her location, although he hadn't heard her overnight.

Sir David was perplexed. He'd seen her at the earlier gatherings of animals, and it had seemed like they were listening to her points; there wasn't a lot of argument from what he could tell. But he'd been unable to find her overnight, despite his expertise and innate ability to find the wildlife he was looking for.

As more of the group arrived, the other animals started to become concerned as well. She was nowhere to be seen. They finally sadly concluded that she was the latest victim, and vowed to renew their efforts to bring the killers to justice.

Vanished is @differentiating, the giant leaf-tail gecko and a vanillager.

10 players remain.

1. @Animal Midwife
5. samac --> @Cyndia
6. @Viscernable
7. @WildZoo
8. @PippyPony
10. @BobLoblaw78
13. @mkg323
14. @vetmedhead
15. holdthemayo --> @Crayola227
16. genny --> @cubsrule4e


Set adrift/Disappeared:
3. @alleycat03, ring-tailed vontsira, vanillager
11. @Aprilthearab, Verreaux's sifaka, vanillager
12. @Zenge142, nano-chameleon, vanillager
4. @Lawpy, Indri, vanillager
2. @Stroganoff, lowland streaked tenrec, VANILLA WOLF
9. @differentiating, giant leaf-tailed gecko, vanillager

It is now Day 4. Vote/Yeet closes at 9pm EDT, 6/8/2021 (~12 hours).
 
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Need to decide if Pip putting on a show about Strog or if she was for real
Wouldn't be the first time she put on a show like that with a packmate

I'm still wavering on the whole watcher thing. Wolves biding their time for us to decide to take her out and picking targets that they think are less likely to be watched seems plausible enough. Of course, her lying about her role is also 100% possible. But I don't want to be like "Well if she's not dead by day x we should yeet her" because that will tell wolves exactly how long to keep her alive.
 
Dang, the one time sheeping AM on d1 would have been a good idea, and I didn't do it

Vacances a Madagasikara Day 1 Yeet FINAL Tally

Zenge () -
AM (1) - mayo (cray)
April () -
Vissy () -
Stroganoff (3) - AM, alley, Pippy
mayo () -
alley (6) - Dubz, samac (cyndia), April, mkg, Strog, Lawpy
mkg (1) - Bob
differentiating () -
samac (cyndia) (1) - genny (cubs)
Lawpy (3) - differentiating, vmh, Vissy
Pippy (1) - Zenge


Andao Hianika Tendrombohitra Day 2 FINAL Tally

Vissy () -
Stroganoff (1) - AM
samac (cyndia) (3) - genny (cubs), Strog, vmh
Pippy () -
vmh (3) - Vissy, Pippy, diff
Lawpy (1) - Bob
genny (cubs) (3) - Dubz, Zenge, samac (cyndia)
mkg () -
Zenge (3) - mayo (cray), Lawpy, mkg


Ala Mando, Tsingy, Tendrombohitra, Vatohara Day 3 FINAL Tally

genny (cubs) (1) - mkg
Stroganoff (5) - AM, Viscernable, meats, samac (cyndia), Cray
mkg (1) - diff
Pippy (1) - Stroganoff
DubZ (1) - Pippy
AM (1) - Bob
meats (1) - Dubz


Missing: genny (cubs)
 
Wouldn't be the first time she put on a show like that with a packmate

I'm still wavering on the whole watcher thing. Wolves biding their time for us to decide to take her out and picking targets that they think are less likely to be watched seems plausible enough. Of course, her lying about her role is also 100% possible. But I don't want to be like "Well if she's not dead by day x we should yeet her" because that will tell wolves exactly how long to keep her alive.

Has anyone so far received any night results of any kind? Not trying to out anyone or any roles, but thatd be helpful... then again I guess there are games where no results are ever given, yes? What is that called again?
 
Has anyone so far received any night results of any kind? Not trying to out anyone or any roles, but thatd be helpful... then again I guess there are games where no results are ever given, yes? What is that called again?
No one has mentioned receiving any results, but yes some games are quiet (minimal night action notification) instead of loud
 
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