BIG Academy undergo core changes ahead of WePlay League kick-off

3-1-2022 14:02

Only two members from the 2021 BIG Academy have remained as the new team is set to kick off the campaign in WePlay Academy League S3.

BIG Academy have undergone core changes heading into 2022, the German organization has announced. Nico "⁠Aqua⁠" Kembitzky and David "⁠prosus⁠" Hesse are the only players to keep their spot from the previous roster, as Alexander "⁠glaVed⁠" Pletz, Luca "⁠pr1metapz⁠" Voigt, and Niklas "⁠NIKZEj⁠" Burmeister have exited the team.

Karim "⁠Krimbo⁠" Moussa is making his return to the organization, having represented BIG Academy in one of their earlier iterations before making a move to ALTERNATE aTTaX in 2021.

Rounding out the team are Elias "⁠s1n⁠" Stein and Marcel "⁠hyped⁠" Köhn, who have been making the rounds in local and regional competitions over the past year, coming from NLG and Sissi State Punks, respectively.

The organization has also signed a new coach in Markus "⁠Anhuin⁠" Paeseler, a former in-game leader of the academy division and ex-teammate of prosus and Krimbo.

With the new roster, BIG Academy will look to improve their track record in the WePlay Academy League after placing fourth in both of the previous seasons. Season 3 kicks off on January 3, with the German side placed in Group A and facing an entirely new iteration of NAVI Junior in the opening match of the round robin.

BIG Academy now boast the following squad:

Germany Nico "⁠Aqua⁠" Kembitzky
Germany David "⁠prosus⁠" Hesse
Germany Marcel "⁠hyped⁠" Köhn
Germany Elias "⁠s1n⁠" Stein
Germany Karim "⁠Krimbo⁠" Moussa

Germany Markus "⁠Anhuin⁠" Paeseler (coach)

Germany Nico 'Aqua' Kembitzky
Nico 'Aqua' Kembitzky
Age:
19
Team:
BIG Academy
Rating 1.0:
0.89
Maps played:
48
KPR:
0.61
DPR:
0.71
Germany Elias 's1n' Stein
Elias 's1n' Stein
Age:
19
Team:
BIG Academy
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
87
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.66
Germany Alexander 'glaVed' Pletz
Alexander 'glaVed' Pletz
Age:
19
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.97
Maps played:
53
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.67
Germany Luca 'pr1metapz' Voigt
Luca 'pr1metapz' Voigt
Age:
21
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.91
Maps played:
45
KPR:
0.63
DPR:
0.70
Germany David 'prosus' Hesse
David 'prosus' Hesse
Age:
18
Team:
BIG Academy
Rating 1.0:
0.95
Maps played:
201
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.72
Germany Niklas 'NIKZEj' Burmeister
Niklas 'NIKZEj' Burmeister
Age:
19
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.79
Maps played:
42
KPR:
0.53
DPR:
0.70
Germany Karim 'Krimbo' Moussa
Karim 'Krimbo' Moussa
Age:
19
Team:
BIG Academy
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
240
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.65
Germany Marcel 'hyped' Köhn
Marcel 'hyped' Köhn
Age:
20
Team:
BIG Academy
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
14
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.64
#2
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India Lunat1c777
Second
2022-01-03 14:03
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#3
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Armenia KotpeHead
3
2022-01-03 14:03
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#4
Germany Die_Linke
Wow really unexpected
2022-01-03 14:03
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#5
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Finland ForgFromFinland
Oof
2022-01-03 14:03
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#6
Mayhem | 
Mongolia learn_english_its_men_not_mens
wow actually looks pretty strong
2022-01-03 14:04
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#7
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India Lunat1c777
Let's hope they work on the real BIG as well.
2022-01-03 14:04
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7 replies
#9
tiziaN | 
Germany kaeschdle
wat, they announced faven a few days ago, thats enough change for now
2022-01-03 14:05
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6 replies
#10
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India Lunat1c777
Wat
2022-01-03 14:05
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4 replies
#11
tiziaN | 
Germany kaeschdle
edited #9
2022-01-03 14:05
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3 replies
#43
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India Lunat1c777
Yeah let's hope he works like XANTARES, BIG was amazing to watch with him
2022-01-03 14:27
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2 replies
#64
tiziaN | 
Germany kaeschdle
i think BIGs problem wasnt really -xantares (although +gade honestly did not help) but -tow b so i'm still a tiny bit skeptical but i obviously hope for the best
2022-01-03 15:10
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1 reply
#79
k0nfig | 
Croatia dffg321
+krystaL as a coach Easy #1
2022-01-03 16:16
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#60
spooke | 
Other Troladas
+1
2022-01-03 14:54
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#12
tiziaN | 
Germany kaeschdle
lineup is looking insane for an academy team
2022-01-03 14:05
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4 replies
#27
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Denmark kbye_
are these kids famous or wot? or you made this statement based on the looks
2022-01-03 14:10
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1 reply
#53
tiziaN | 
Germany kaeschdle
Krimbo for the main team would probably be every BIG fan‘s dream choice After xantares left, if faven wouldn’t exist s1n is a great player as well, although lacking international experience I don’t know much about hyped but at least his stats speak for him
2022-01-03 14:46
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#29
sh1ro | 
Saint Lucia carnivoorecs
dunno why glaived got kicked, he seemed pretty interesting i think
2022-01-03 14:11
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1 reply
#58
Faceit level 10  | 
Margo | 
Austria k1LLASSS
good rifle, but he had to play AWP last season and he got a nice team offer
2022-01-03 14:50
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#13
Revolverheldin | 
Sweden reVOLVOer
lul
2022-01-03 14:05
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#14
NAF | 
Germany JangoUnbrained
Very good changes imo, Krimbo is probably the best talent in Germany at the moment
2022-01-03 14:05
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12 replies
#22
United Kingdom callum_1201
+1 hopefully he does well and replaces K1to or tizian
2022-01-03 14:09
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5 replies
#31
NAF | 
Germany JangoUnbrained
Yeah, I like k1to and tiziaN but if they don’t step up their game in a massive way they can’t stay on the roster anymore
2022-01-03 14:12
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3 replies
#39
United Kingdom callum_1201
K1to needs better roles to succeed IMO maybe in a slightly worse team
2022-01-03 14:19
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2 replies
#40
NAF | 
Germany JangoUnbrained
Yeah I think K1to would absolutely tear in Sprout instead of faveN, maybe this can happen if he ends up getting replaced
2022-01-03 14:21
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1 reply
#54
United Kingdom callum_1201
Yeah I agree
2022-01-03 14:47
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#57
anjing | 
Indonesia Fazaa
+1
2022-01-03 14:49
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#42
MartinezSa | 
Bhutan x676
I heard krimbo likes to smell his own farts
2022-01-03 14:27
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5 replies
#48
NAF | 
Germany JangoUnbrained
Okay bro
2022-01-03 14:29
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#65
tabseN | 
Germany YellowDude
I like also to smell my own farts
2022-01-03 15:10
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#73
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United States oBo_top1_2024
mobile.twitter.com/KrimboCS/status/14780..
2022-01-03 15:53
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#76
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Faroe Islands H1PSTER_the_GOD
Twitter confirmed
2022-01-03 16:02
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1 reply
#80
MartinezSa | 
Bhutan x676
told you :)
2022-01-03 16:30
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#15
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New Zealand HihiPeop1e222
cool, im excited
2022-01-03 14:06
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#16
North America TheLockSmith
wow now they announce it.... after bet
2022-01-03 14:06
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#17
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Germany iBUYPOLAND
exciting!
2022-01-03 14:06
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#18
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Germany Tereax
Mouz is on another level, but I think BIG AC and the NIP roster are the only serious contenders
2022-01-03 14:07
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1 reply
#72
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Portugal I_was_a_potato
Mouz aca is going to lose a few players to the main team so NIP is prob the strongest lineup (as this squad will take time as will the new NAVI Junior squad) Meanwhile Astralis still sucks...
2022-01-03 15:49
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#19
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Finland Cucumber))
Krimbo could be in Sprout already
2022-01-03 14:07
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#20
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Italy CiroDiMarzio
All academy teams buffing their roster it seems to compete with Mous NXT
2022-01-03 14:07
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5 replies
#28
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Denmark kbye_
while mouz nxt sending their academy roster to main
2022-01-03 14:11
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1 reply
#32
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Italy CiroDiMarzio
they change max 2 players, maybe after this tournament...
2022-01-03 14:12
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#34
NAF | 
Germany JangoUnbrained
It’s a very good thing imo, Mouz really created an incentive to put effort into your academy team
2022-01-03 14:16
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1 reply
#89
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Ukraine BachaBoom
Navi junior is really succesfull academy project as well.
2022-01-04 08:02
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#47
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Russia ToughGuy
Well it's hard to beat non-academy team for academy teams
2022-01-03 14:29
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#21
suicide | 
Germany notfromgermany
0/4 in groups disband
2022-01-03 14:09
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#23
f0rest | 
Nepal Newfag_but_old
20 THIRD
2022-01-03 14:09
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#24
Indonesia deadSQUAD
krimbo will tear this academy tournament, man even deserve to play on the main team and replace k1to
2022-01-03 14:09
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3 replies
#33
NAF | 
Germany JangoUnbrained
+1 unless some unknown new player comes out of nowhere, Krimbo is probably the best player outside of Mouz NXT
2022-01-03 14:15
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2 replies
#52
anjing | 
Indonesia Fazaa
Regali?
2022-01-03 14:44
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1 reply
#56
NAF | 
Germany JangoUnbrained
Regali is a beast as well, no doubt, but I feel like Krimbo is a bit more experienced and would come out on top in a head-to-head
2022-01-03 14:49
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#25
Germany Mackzcellent
Nice! Good luck!
2022-01-03 14:10
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#35
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Ivory Coast JameBestawpEU
This is a pretty good roster, they can win it this time
2022-01-03 14:16
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#36
hades | 
Poland PolarisSKY
why did they keep bot aqua
2022-01-03 14:17
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#37
RIPablo Escobar | 
Finland HerrWinklaaa
I have been waiting for this announcement. Very exciting news
2022-01-03 14:18
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#38
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Russia TYLOOYONGYUANZAIWOXINZHONG
Well, now it's a opponent for mouz tbh. s1n kr1mbo and hyped are very good players
2022-01-03 14:19
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#41
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10  | 
TOKYOPEEK | 
Kyrgyzstan inv1ctusntd
prosus instead tiziaN plz
2022-01-03 14:25
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#44
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Greece RedWinter
Anhuin sounds like an elf in LOTR
2022-01-03 14:27
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#45
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Yugoslavia 1WINGOAT
ANHUIN COACH?!
2022-01-03 14:28
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#46
dupreeh | 
Denmark Erudite_Dane
Of course, Aqua is their best player lmao. He's got the skills.
2022-01-03 14:28
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#49
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Europe ScriptPixel
good team, very talented players. skyye is another great talent in german cs.
2022-01-03 14:31
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#50
United States BirdBath
At this level better players make a big difference but still need time to jell. Rush B I guess.
2022-01-03 14:37
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#55
sdy | 
Finland AliSabid
nice nice
2022-01-03 14:48
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#59
Faceit level 6  | 
JamYoung | 
Germany Pellinskii
Sad abt glaved tbh, thought he looked pretty good
2022-01-03 14:53
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#61
tO0RO | 
Turkey TR_top_1
EF coach Tugux
2022-01-03 14:55
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#62
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Egypt BomberMan_
expect big things from Krimbo
2022-01-03 15:00
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#67
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Germany karniggel
nice
2022-01-03 15:18
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#68
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Poland LaLaLaLaLaLaLaLa
nice 5 hours before their academy league match :D
2022-01-03 15:22
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#69
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Europe shitshow
rip cowana((
2022-01-03 15:28
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#70
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Korea queendom
looking strong
2022-01-03 15:32
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#71
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Brazil you_is_low_about
Krimbo has been tearing shit up for some time now, I'm surprised Sprout didnt try to pick him up
2022-01-03 15:36
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1 reply
#78
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Ukraine Patrizio
I'm suprised he went back to Academy.What a waste of his time.
2022-01-03 16:04
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#74
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Faroe Islands H1PSTER_the_GOD
Krimbo and prosus The great career route: from big academy in 2020 to big academy in 2021 and 2022
2022-01-03 15:59
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1 reply
#75
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Faroe Islands H1PSTER_the_GOD
Oh and anhuin from big academy in 2020 to big academy coach in 2022
2022-01-03 16:00
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#77
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Ukraine Patrizio
Krimbo i don't understand u man.U could played easly in Sprout or other tier 2 tea m but u rather struggle with others in Academy....
2022-01-03 16:04
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#81
Netherlands Astralis_6_majors
Thats cool, hyped!
2022-01-03 16:49
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#82
FIXEDINHO | 
Hungary Shiron212
gl boys
2022-01-03 16:51
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#84
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
France breezy0
skyye is missing but strong roster! :) Gl
2022-01-03 17:41
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#85
ropz | 
Denmark HEADSHOT_Mach1ne
Really the German cs scene is a joke
2022-01-03 17:54
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#86
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United States Teztyment
Let's go baby. German CS = Elite CS
2022-01-03 18:43
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#87
United States PaulaHub
Hi
2022-01-03 19:07
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#88
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Hungary szia
Sucks betting on a team only for the team to get totally overhauled hours before their match :P
2022-01-03 23:35
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#90
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Germany FreakingPikachu
XD
2022-01-10 10:51
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