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BLAST Paris Major showmatch rosters revealed

21-5-2023 13:17

Christopher "⁠GeT_RiGhT⁠" Alesund, who participated in the IEM Rio Major showmatch in November, is set to join the server once more.

BLAST has announced the lineups for the upcoming showmatch between France and BLAST Dream Team, the latter of which was drafted by viewers at home.

Date Matches
Showmatch CS
21/05/2023
France
15:00
BLAST Dream Team
 Match

The two squads' best-of-one bout will be played on stage in front of the Accor Arena, with the fixture, set to take place on Nuke, scheduled to begin at 15:00 ahead of the grand final between Vitality and GamerLegion.

A notable feature of the showmatch is that viewers are able to directly influence in-game settings via an online voting system. This includes halving the bomb timer from 40 seconds to just 20 seconds, introducing infinite grenades, and forcing the players to play with an inverted mouse setting.

GeT_RiGhT will play for the BLAST Dream Team ahead of the grand final

Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy, who was announced as a member of France alongside Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon and Audric "⁠JACKZ⁠" Jug in a preview of the showmatch on BLAST's website, is set to return to the server for the first time in over two years. The Frenchman was benched from Vitality in April 2021, before going on to retire for the final time in September of that year.

Also joining the French-only roster is Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub, who announced his retirement from competition on stage just before Vitality's semi-final affair versus Apeks on Saturday. The Frenchman leaves Counter-Strike with 11 LAN victories and a Major trophy, as well as being recognized as a top-20 player on five separate occasions.

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kennyS announces retirement from competition

Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev headlines the BLAST Dream Team, and the Ukrainian superstar was spotted in the crowd throughout Saturday's semi-finals. The 25-year-old narrowly missed out on a spot in the BLAST.tv Paris Major playoffs after Natus Vincere were defeated by FaZe in a hard-fought three-map series in the 2-2 pool of the Legends Stage.

GeT_RiGhT, who participated in the IEM Rio Major showmatch back in November, will once again take to the stage to help out the BLAST Dream Team. The international roster will be looking to upset the French crowd early ahead of Vitality and GamerLegion's grand final brawl at 17:00 .

France has the following roster:

France Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon
France Audric "⁠JACKZ⁠" Jug
France Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy
France Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub
France Alexandre "⁠bodyy⁠" Pianaro

Whilst BLAST Dream Team consists of:

United Kingdom Owen "⁠smooya⁠" Butterfield
United Kingdom Cai "⁠CYPHER⁠" Watson
Sweden Christopher "⁠GeT_RiGhT⁠" Alesund
Ukraine Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev
Slovakia Martin "⁠STYKO⁠" Styk

France Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy
Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy
Age:
33
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.97
Maps played:
1497
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.68
United Kingdom Owen 'smooya' Butterfield
Owen 'smooya' Butterfield
Age:
23
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.18
Maps played:
924
KPR:
0.79
DPR:
0.62
Sweden Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund
Age:
32
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
1747
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.64
France Richard 'shox' Papillon
Richard 'shox' Papillon
Age:
30
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
2066
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.66
United Kingdom Cai 'CYPHER' Watson
Cai 'CYPHER' Watson
Age:
20
Team:
Into the Breach
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
499
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.71
France Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro
Age:
26
Team:
Falcons
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
1494
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.68
Slovakia Martin 'STYKO' Styk
Martin 'STYKO' Styk
Age:
27
Team:
Apeks
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
1784
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.66
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France Audric 'JACKZ' Jug
Audric 'JACKZ' Jug
Age:
30
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
1180
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.67
Ukraine Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev
Age:
25
Team:
Natus Vincere
Rating 1.0:
1.24
Maps played:
1681
KPR:
0.85
DPR:
0.63
France Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub
Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub
Age:
28
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.12
Maps played:
1976
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.63
#1
Faceit level 10  | 
mir | 
Indonesia Friedge
mid smooya only exciting player there other than gtr and kenny
2023-05-21 13:19
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9 replies
#32
s1n | 
Finland Khroni
These rosters are usually just whatever sucker stuck around after being eliminated anyway
2023-05-21 13:27
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4 replies
#41
oskar | 
Canada MiLkBaGzz
no NAF even though he was the in the crowd. I really thought he would be in it considering hes the 3rd highest rated player. Unlucky
2023-05-21 13:31
0
3 replies
#65
Germany MGenius
maybe he didnt want to play but rather chill and watch :)
2023-05-21 13:55
0
2 replies
#66
Faceit level 6  | 
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India MIBR_CANT_EVEN_WIN_DH_OPEN
or maybe they didnt take him because they want french players to win
2023-05-21 13:56
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#70
oskar | 
Canada MiLkBaGzz
I assume he turned it down yeah, still a shame.
2023-05-21 13:57
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#48
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United Kingdom chrose
L take
2023-05-21 13:33
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#67
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Europe zedd0462
They stay because of the showmatch not other way around lmao
2023-05-21 13:56
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#84
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United States Virgin Islands first_time_here
Imagine being stuck with get right in 2023 Even his Twitch viewership has dropped by 75% compared to 2020
2023-05-21 14:13
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#88
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Spain pi3trAs
no way LE TANK is no exciting
2023-05-21 14:25
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#2
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Denmark RandomRambo's file
gl shox
2023-05-21 13:18
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#3
jL | 
Europe forze_major_winners
LETS GOO
2023-05-21 13:18
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#4
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Other i_r8_ur_b8
SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYA
2023-05-21 13:18
0
#5
dupreeh | 
India prix45
Pog
2023-05-21 13:18
0
#6
Aleksib | 
Finland JutixHD_YouTubez
SMOOYA LMAOO
2023-05-21 13:18
0
#7
rain | 
Norway IPLEB
Smoooya
2023-05-21 13:18
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#8
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Kenya pumk1n1
ez 4 goat cypher
2023-05-21 13:18
0
#9
RIPablo Escobar | 
Poland realPOLOK
Boring xd
2023-05-21 13:19
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#10
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Pakistan LoOuU2
Ayooo I was not expecting Smooya on here. He should have been against Simple instead lmao.
2023-05-21 13:19
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#11
pashaBiceps | 
Poland sosiad
again s1mple xD im sad for his teammates
2023-05-21 13:19
0
2 replies
#37
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Costa Rica YeAreGods
At least simple can top frag here
2023-05-21 13:30
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1 reply
#44
pashaBiceps | 
Poland sosiad
yeah, he is probably gonna tryharding there
2023-05-21 13:32
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#12
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Poland 6ruhwhatn4m31sntt4k3n
Pasha was literally right there and they choose fucking SMOOYA?
2023-05-21 13:19
0
18 replies
#18
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Hong Kong Naffer^
should have kicked cypher, but wouldn't pasha be tired after cycling from Wawrsaw to Paris, I don't think he have the energy to play cs in front of 20k people
2023-05-21 13:21
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#23
stavn | 
Denmark basedname
+1
2023-05-21 13:23
0
#27
kennyS | 
France dasfddddfsfsfsfsfsfsfsf
pasha went back to Poland bro
2023-05-21 13:24
0
#30
NEO | 
Indonesia Kapa_13
Apparently papito went back to Poland for family celebrations, some things are more important than CS
2023-05-21 13:25
0
14 replies
#35
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Poland 6ruhwhatn4m31sntt4k3n
Oh shit fuck I forgot, I did hear it was like his wife's bday coming up. Nah if that's the case that's way more important
2023-05-21 13:30
0
7 replies
#43
oskar | 
Canada MiLkBaGzz
hes gonna miss his wifes birthday because it will take him 2 weeks to get back 😭
2023-05-21 13:32
0
6 replies
#46
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Poland 6ruhwhatn4m31sntt4k3n
Dw Papito will find a way
2023-05-21 13:33
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#81
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Saint Lucia Ratatuls)))
He went back by plane
2023-05-21 14:07
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4 replies
#82
oskar | 
Canada MiLkBaGzz
Well obviously. I was making a joke
2023-05-21 14:11
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3 replies
#91
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Saint Lucia Ratatuls)))
Missed it sry
2023-05-21 14:49
0
2 replies
#92
oskar | 
Canada MiLkBaGzz
No worries man, enjoy the major
2023-05-21 14:49
0
1 reply
#96
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Saint Lucia Ratatuls)))
you too!
2023-05-21 17:02
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#49
kike | 
Zimbabwe Negus69
So he cycled 1000 something km and didn't even attend?
2023-05-21 13:34
0
5 replies
#55
Faceit level 10  | 
rain | 
France Telt
Real Gigachad, doing it for the sport
2023-05-21 13:41
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#77
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Other KittyVN
he probably would have stayed if 9ine were still in it
2023-05-21 14:02
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3 replies
#90
kike | 
Zimbabwe Negus69
9ine went out before he even began lol
2023-05-21 14:48
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2 replies
#93
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Other KittyVN
Yeah so? He already had it planned at that moment of course he would still do it then. But if they were still in it he would have a reason to stay in paris
2023-05-21 15:21
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1 reply
#95
kike | 
Zimbabwe Negus69
I'm joking, chill a little. But it's still stupid that he didn't attend the grand final
2023-05-21 15:31
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#13
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Israel IdoXD
Pog
2023-05-21 13:20
0
#14
GUM | 
China DELUSIONAL_STEWIE2K_FAN
ez4french
2023-05-21 13:20
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#15
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Russia Cl0XxY
G2 ????? Or france team
2023-05-21 13:20
0
#16
Brazil _ghr
>smoya >dream team omegalul
2023-05-21 13:21
0
2 replies
#68
Jee | 
Germany Forsaken_Pog
+1
2023-05-21 13:56
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#80
arT | 
Europe DoktorEgg
They didn't say it was a good dream... :-D
2023-05-21 14:06
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#17
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
dupreeh | 
Denmark emze
RpK is truly missed for the CS scene, best anchor to ever come out of france Gonna be hype watching this game!
2023-05-21 13:21
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#19
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Singapore Kranos
Le Tank is back
2023-05-21 13:21
0
#20
ZywOo | 
India GodXiWu
Where is Pasha? btw happy to see Le Tank again
2023-05-21 13:22
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#22
Faceit level 10  | 
rain | 
Czech Republic Guczy
why is it on csgo :(
2023-05-21 13:23
0
#24
Faceit level 9  | 
sjokz | 
Poland Tony12PL
POG
2023-05-21 13:23
0
#25
Keoz | 
Belgium jorneiro
I want to hear the comms between s1mple and smooya
2023-05-21 13:24
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#28
Faceit level 9  | 
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Greece Noocklas
KennyS will top frag who cares if he stopped competing
2023-05-21 13:24
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#29
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India shoom123
tf is s0mple doing here
2023-05-21 13:25
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#31
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Norway CheNaLii
Am I the only one getting tired of seeing GeT_RiGhT in every showmatch every tournament? I respect him and he is a legend of the game, but would much rather have forexample Pasha or any other player tbh
2023-05-21 13:26
0
5 replies
#47
nicoodoz | 
Philippines M@GNU5
pasha went back to Poland
2023-05-21 13:33
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#63
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Poland Quote_when_FaZe_choke
+1
2023-05-21 13:53
0
#74
spooke | 
Other Troladas
+1
2023-05-21 14:02
0
#79
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Greece 1926
my thoughts exactly,he's on every single showmatch
2023-05-21 14:04
0
#83
oskar | 
Poland GasparD707
Have same feel
2023-05-21 14:12
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#33
ness | 
Canada ssau
Why smooya? Lol
2023-05-21 13:28
0
#34
ropz | 
Turkey Brave5
smooya thinks he on the team
2023-05-21 13:28
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#36
COCAINE | 
Romania Pala26
I hope this comes with a big announcement for cs2 or something cuz otherwise is pretty boring lol. Dreamteam with smooya, s1mple and getright play every showmatch anyway, cypher and styko while i respect their run and had insane performances for a showmatch doesnt feel right either, inwpuldnt call bodyy a legend at the calibre of the other 4 french either
2023-05-21 13:30
0
#39
Stewie2K | 
United States sxncDMF
oh boy here come all the showmatch threads
2023-05-21 13:31
0
#40
Faceit level 10  | 
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Ireland KarLybop
WTF is Smooya doing there?
2023-05-21 13:31
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#42
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Sweden Wick_xD
Nice, but it should've been verygames vs 2014 NiP/VP tbh
2023-05-21 13:31
0
#45
Gandalf | 
France stunnop
s1mple going to tryhard again like in rio
2023-05-21 13:32
0
#50
Faceit level 10  | 
Ireland riaN05
why tf is it on CSGO lol
2023-05-21 13:35
0
#51
NEO | 
India i_camp_at_b
why no cs2
2023-05-21 13:39
0
2 replies
#60
Cape Verde rationale
No modding yet. This match will again have crazy stuff that you cannot enable in CS2 yet.
2023-05-21 13:47
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1 reply
#86
NEO | 
India i_camp_at_b
understandable ig
2023-05-21 14:15
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#52
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India ASTRA116_NEVER_FORGET
Cypher entry god
2023-05-21 13:40
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#53
ZywOo | 
Poland GIGACHADenjoyer
If s0mple tryhards I leave
2023-05-21 13:40
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#54
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Germany |imperator
lmao s0mpel again, showmatches = only place where he can topfrag
2023-05-21 13:40
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#56
h4rn | 
Bulgaria scrooll0706
is it gonna be cs2 or cs:go?
2023-05-21 13:45
0
1 reply
#59
Cape Verde rationale
CSGO
2023-05-21 13:47
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#57
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Belgium wokebrobansko
why smooth
2023-05-21 13:45
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#58
Cape Verde rationale
BLAST Dream Team will win. Too many washed out players on the French side.
2023-05-21 13:47
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#62
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Poland Quote_when_FaZe_choke
2 awpers what a joke team
2023-05-21 13:50
0
1 reply
#64
Cape Verde rationale
s1mple zywoo and shiro are all among the best riflers on the scene.
2023-05-21 13:54
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#69
ZywOo | 
Brazil LeTANK
nice
2023-05-21 13:57
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#71
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South Africa Criticle
Oh no, the tryhard is playing another FUN game. Glad to see Kenny have one more match in front of an awesome crowd tho <3
2023-05-21 13:59
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#72
NiKo | 
Czech Republic Carl_xd
SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYA
2023-05-21 14:00
0
#73
Europe rage2k1990
no ZywOo ? big L
2023-05-21 14:01
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1 reply
#76
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India innocent_killer
Bro will be playing finals .
2023-05-21 14:02
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#75
spooke | 
Other Troladas
goat s1mple will teach some kids
2023-05-21 14:02
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#78
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India innocent_killer
Why always get_right, why not f0rest ?
2023-05-21 14:03
0
#85
Switzerland SwissChad
God damn what a french lineup.
2023-05-21 14:14
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#94
Faceit level 10  | 
Italy Ote||o
I wished there was happy in the French squad and olofmeister/pasha/Zeus in dream team. Would have been great
2023-05-21 15:27
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#97
Girthquake | 
Hungary DELUSIONAL_XOTIC_FAN
smooyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
2023-05-21 17:30
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#98
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
jackasmo | 
Russia *Tpo-_-JI.b*
Congratz! Enjoy the moment!
2023-05-21 19:33
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