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Geoffrey Lazer Ramsey (born Geoffrey Paul Fink; June 19, 1975 in Mobile, Alabama) is an American independent filmmaker, actor and voice actor, producer, writer, show and podcast host, content producer, comedian, as well as an Internet and YouTube personality who is best known for being the co-founder and prominent staff member of Rooster Teeth and Achievement Hunter. He is known for being very competitive and apparently always willing to prove fellow staff member Burnie Burns wrong. Ramsey voices character Dexter Grif in Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles and was a very popular character with his fans. He is also the co-founder of Achievement Hunter. He currently lives in Austin, Texas and lives with his wife and fellow Rooster Teeth employee (until November 2011) Griffon Ramsey, and their daughter Millie.

Early life and education: Pre-Rooster Teeth

Geoff grew up primarily in the Mobile, Alabama area where he attended elementary and high school, but lived in Florida and the outlying areas of New Orleans when he was younger. He was a semi-pro bowler in his teenage years, and enlisted into the United States Army before graduating high school, beginning basic training at Fort Jackson in South Carolina shortly afterwards. His service lasted from 1993 to 1998, though he would go on to serve as a photojournalist in Kuwait, he was based out of Fort Hood during that time.[1][2]

In April 2003, Ramsey, along with several of his friends, created the Internet Machinima series Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles, filmed using the Xbox video games Halo and Halo 2. Ramsey is popular with the staff and says that he is very reliable, although some staff members may disagree. Geoff served as a United States Army photographer journalist in Kuwait. He has mentioned on the Rooster Teeth Podcast Episode 4 on August 5, 2009 that his military career involved urinating in another soldiers rucksacks, and also pushing another female reporter out of the way to shield himself from flying phosphorous. He later worked at an IT company and enjoyed playing video games. This lead to him creating a website with best friend Gustavo Sorola called Drunkgamers.com. At this company, he applied for a home loan, which resulted in him meeting Burnie Burns. Burnie was a manager above Geoff and Gus at the time, and wanted to meet the man who was trying to buy a home on an hourly salary.

Career

Geoff co-created Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles with his friend Burnie Burns in 2003. Since then, Geoff has become an Internet celebrity, regularly showing up at conventions such as PAX and Comic-Con. Besides working on Red vs. Blue, Geoff also frequently works with Gustavo Sorola and Burnie Burns on the Rooster Teeth Podcast, previously known as "The Drunk Tank".

Geoff also works on series such as Achievement Hunter (which he started and runs), with his usual co-host Jack Pattillo, which shows people who watch the shows how to earn Xbox achievements. The series is usually up to date with the latest games and focuses on the most difficult or confusing achievements to get. They then created a weekly update/news show called Achievement Hunter Weekly Update (a.k.a. AHWU).

In late 2010, Geoff and Jack created a game through Halo: Reach's Forge mode called Achievement HORSE, similar to the basketball game that it was named after. This series came out every Wednesday. Gamers sent in maps they had created and Geoff and Jack played them. The first to complete the map wins while the other loses. The loser gains a letter (e.g. Geoff wins round 1, Jack gets the letter H). The loser overall is the person to have lost 5 rounds first, completing the word "horse". Sometimes, Geoff or Jack couldn't attend one of the weekly rounds, and the game was changed to PIG with either Geoff or Jack playing against someone else in the company.

In addition to Achievement HORSE, Geoff and Jack started the very popular Fails of the Weak series. Here, fans could send in funny or interesting video clips containing gameplay footage from Halo games. Each Friday, Geoff and Jack organized a montage of fails and narrated them with their usual antics.

These shows helped jump-start Geoff's success with Achievement Hunter. He currently participates in a majority of the Let's Play videos, which involve him and fellow Achievement Hunters playing a game together, either competing against each other and/or deciding to goof around in the game.

Geoff announced on February 27th, 2017 in an episode of AHWU that he would be taking a sabbatical from Rooster Teeth.[3] He still plans to appear in certain videos, such as Heroes & Halfwits.

Filmography

Actor

Year Date Title Role Notes
1994 June 3, 1994 Renaissance Man Soldier (voice) Uncredited background voice role[4][5][6][7]
2003–present April 1, 2003-present Red vs. Blue Dexter Grif (voice)

Himself (one episode)[8][9]

Also producer.

Voiced Grif for more than 10 seasons

2003–2006 The Strangerhood (Web Series)  The Omnipotent Voice (voice)

Mister Mystery (voice, as Geoff Lazer Ramsey)

Also producer
2003-2006 April 1, 2003 - April 1, 2006 Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles (TV Series)  Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice) 70 Episodes

- The Arrival (2006) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Two for One (2006) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Things Are Looking Down (2006) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Right to Remain Silenced (2006) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Under the Weather (2006) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Getting Debriefed (2006) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Sneaking In (2005) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Getting All Misty (2005) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Exploring Our Differences (2005) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Looking for Group (2005) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Previous Commitments (2005) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Lost in Triangulation (2005) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Fair Competition (2005) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Fight or Fright (2005) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Hunting Time (2005) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Familiar Surroundings (2005) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- The Storm (2005) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Calm Before the Storm (2005) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Defusing the Situation (2005) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Hello My Name is Andrew (2005) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Let's Come to Order (2005) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Have We Met? (2005) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Episode 50 Part 2 (2005) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Silver Linings (2005) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Roaming Charges (2005) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Heavy Metal (2005) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- It's a Biological Fact (2005) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- The Last Episode Ever (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- We're Being Watched (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- New Toys (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- We Must Rebuild (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Make Your Time (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- You're the Bomb, Yo (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Let's Get Together (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Best Laid Plans (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- K.I.T. B.F.F. (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Dealer Incentive (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Nut. Doonut. (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- What's Mine Is Yours (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Aftermath, Before Biology (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- An Audience of Dumb (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Me, Myself, and You (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Room for Rent (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- I Dream of Meanie (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Radar Love (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Nine-Tenths of the Law (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Nobody Likes You (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Last Words (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Sweet Ride (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- The Joy of Toggling (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Red vs Bleu (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Motion to Adjourn (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Everything Old Is New Again (2004) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- The Rookies (2003) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- 1.21 Giga-Whats (2003) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Last One Out, Hit the Lights (2003) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Points of Origin (2003) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- A Slightly Crueler Cruller (2003) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- How the Other Half Lives (2003) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- SPF 0 (2003) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Roomier Than It Looks (2003) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Human Peer Bonding (2003) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Down, But Not Out (2003) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- After Church (2003) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Knock, Knock. Who's There? Pain. (2003) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Don't Ph34r the Reaper (2003) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Check Out the Treads on That Chick (2003) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- The Package Is in the Open (2003) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Red Gets a Delivery (2003) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

- Why Are We Here? (2003) ... Pvt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)

2005 September 30, 2005 - October 19, 2005 P.A.N.I.C.S. (People Acting Normal In Crazy-Ass Situations) Alpha Squad Member (voice)
2007 June 7, 2007 - July 4, 2007 1-800-Magic Troll 1 (voice)
2007 September 25, 2007 Halo 3 (Video Game) Additional Voices (UNSC Marine voice, as Geoff Lazer Ramsey) On "Heroic" difficulty[10]
2008 May 30, 2008 Red vs. Blue: Reconstruction (Video) Sgt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)
2008-present July 6, 2008-present Achievement Hunter Himself (host, video game entertainer Rooster Teeth gaming division
2009 February 26, 2009 - March 25, 2009 Captain Dynamic Himself Also producer
2009 November 23, 2009 Red vs. Blue: Recreation (Video) Sgt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)
2009-2011 November 24, 2009-November 15, 2011 Rooster Teeth Shorts Geoff/Himself 3 Volumes
2009 November 24, 2009 Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume One (Video) Geoff (as Geoff Fink)
2010 September 28, 2010 Red vs. Blue: Revelation (Video) Sgt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Fink)
2010 November 22, 2010 Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Two (Video) Geoff (as Geoff Fink)
2011 November 15, 2011 Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Three (Video) Geoff (as Geoff Lazer Ramsey)
2011 November 15, 2011 Red vs. Blue: Season 9 Sgt. Dexter Grif (voice, as Geoff Lazer Ramsey)
2011 January 2012 The Best Red vs. Blue. Ever. Of All Time Grif (voice)
2012 November 5, 2012 Red vs. Blue: Season 10 Grif (voice, as Geoff Lazer Ramsey)
2013 November 12, 2013 Red vs Blue: Season 11 Grif (as Geoff Lazer Ramsey)
2014 April 28, 2014 Red vs Blue: Season 12 Grif (as Geoff Lazer Ramsey)
2014 December 4, 2014 - December 18, 2014 X-Ray and Vav (Web Series) The Corpirate (voice) 3 episodes

- Storm the Tower (2014) ... Corpirate (voice, as Geoff Lazer Ramsey)

- Evil Unlocked (2014) ... Corpirate (voice, as Geoff Lazer Ramsey)

- Operation: Rescue Friend (2014) ... Corpirate (voice)

2015 Red vs. Blue: Season 13 Grif (as Geoff Lazer Ramsey)
2015 January 8, 2015 On the Spot (Web Series) Himself (as Geoff Lazer Ramsey) 1 episode

- Team Clunge Plunge vs. Team Clunge Sponge (2015) ... (as Geoff Lazer Ramsey)

2015 October 4, 2015 Rooster Teeth: Entertainment System (Web Series) Guest (Himself) 1 episode

- Titanic 2 World Premiere (2015) ... Guest (Himself)

2016-present June 9, 2016-present Heroes & Halfwits (Web Series) Bo Jingles/Himself All episodes
2016 July 30, 2016 Death Battle (WebSeries) Grif (voice) 1 episode

- The Meta VS Agent Carolina (2016) ... Grif (voice)

2016 August 23, 2016 Worms W.M.D. (Video Game) Worm voices
2016 December 1, 2016 Let's Play - Uno: The Movie (Film) Geoff
2017-present January 16, 2017-present The Eleven Little Roosters (Web Mini-Series) Boomerang Geoff 6 episodes

- Born Identities (2017) ... Boomerang Geoff

- Rogue Nation (2017) ... Boomerang Geoff

- The Most Dangerous Game (2017) ... Boomerang Geoff

- Recon Rebirth (2017) ... Boomerang Geoff

- Honor Among Assasins (2017) ... Boomerang Geoff

- Spy Games (2017) ... Boomerang Geoff

Producer

Yeat Date Title Credit Notes
2003 April 1, 2003 Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles (Web Series) (co-producer - as Geoff Fink)
2015-present November 2015-present The Off Topic Podcast (executive producer - 43 episodes) 43 episodes

- I'm Woefully Straight (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Geoff's on the Fussy Bus! (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Hey! You Dead?! (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Do You Miss Being Depressed? (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Are They Wiping the Lube? (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Flumes of Destiny (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Never Forget (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Kill All the Rabbits (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Vomit King (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Dickgate (2016) ... (executive producer)

- I Hear Someone Crying (2016) ... (executive producer)

- The Sound of 3000 Disappointed People (2016) ... (executive producer)

- I Didn't Think It Would Pass (2016) ... (executive producer)

- I Pissed Myself, Actually (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Are You in a Cult (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Is This Your Card? (2016) ... (executive producer)

- I Love My Boobs (2016) ... (executive producer)

- An Element of Blanchard (2016) ... (executive producer)

- That's a Hard No (2016) ... (executive producer)

- The Branding (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Make Austin Great Again (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Mistake on the Lake (2016) ... (executive producer)

- The Mattress and the Pea (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Shitting Chicken Out of Your Mouth: The Brandon Farmahini Story (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Where Art Thou Sand? Robot Hand! (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Whiny High Pitched Millennial (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Nun Jun (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Kids Need Handjobs (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Never Skip Ass Day (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Don't Stick Things in Things (2016) ... (executive producer)

- You've Aged Like a Heroin Addict (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Diet Coke and Commitment (2016) ... (executive producer)

- You're All My Slaves Now (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Toilet Bowl of Humans (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Tom Cruise Has Never Made a Bad Movie (2016) ... (executive producer)

- RTX Australia Special (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Who's Dead? Who's Dead? Somebody's Dead. (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Michael's Proudest Moment (2016) ... (executive producer)

- Welcome to 2016 (2016) ... (executive producer)

- The Trouble with Jack's Pants (2015) ... (executive producer)

- Blow-tergeist (2015) ... (executive producer)

- If Your Pee Could Cure Cancer (2015) ... (executive producer)

- Still No Shirt (2015) ... (executive producer)

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Trivia

Let's Play Minecraft

  • Geoff was the first person to kill another person in Let's Play Minecraft. (Michael)
  • Geoff's Minecraft skin is Master Chief.
  • His pig was originally named Pig, but he soon changed it to Giplicker.
  • Geoff makes mating calls when creepers are close.
  • In Episode 44, he was the first one to find the Tower of Pimps, but when he threw an Ender Pearl to head back, he accidentally teleported into lava WITH the Tower and died, forcing the lads to have to reset the game.
    • He landed in lava in the next run as well but he didn't get the Tower at that moment.
  • Geoff currently has the longest gap between Tower wins; his last Tower win was in Episode 32 and he would not win the Tower again until Episode 71 (Over 9 months after his previous Tower win). He has since won Episodes 86, 92 and 102.
  • Most every man for himself Minecraft Tower of Pimps episodes have Geoff not competing, stating he has an unfair advantage in those competitions. That unfair advantage wasn't present in Episode 86 because although he and Gavin created the episode's safe house, he never placed any target materials into the world.
  • Lately Geoff has been playing the role of a shopkeeper, since Episodes 93 and 99 required players to buy their stuff from him to complete the challenges and he was the banker in Episode 95, 110, 120(Monopoly). Ryan's attempts in Episode 93 to steal money from Geoff's Farming and Mercantile Supply store was referenced in Episode 99 when Geoff said his Nether branch was Ryan-proofed.
  • Even before a change in build height limit, Geoff's house in Downtown Achievement City was clearly the tallest, often referred to as a 'monolith'. Episodes 81, 83, and 85 were spent increasing his house's height back to the build height limit. Ray later revealed a few episodes later that they had to trim it down quite significantly as Geoff's house at the new build limit actually broke the game and made it almost unplayable.

Other

  • He "knighted" himself in Let's Play Fuel Part 2.
  • Geoff is known to be very protective of his daughter, Millie, normally unable to watch or play games that involve a little girl in peril. This is shown when he was unable to get past the first 20 seconds of the Dead Island Announcement Trailer. It is also for this reason that he refuses to play the campaign of The Last of Us, though he has taken part in the Let's Plays featuring it's multiplayer mode.
  • Geoff has had a previous marriage prior to his marriage to Griffon. The circumstances of this marriage are rarely discussed, although he has openly regarded it as a very negative time in his life.
  • Geoff is known for his body art, particularly the numerous tattoos that cover his arms and hands.
  • Geoff had stated in podcasts that he will never play The Last Of Us due to a co-worker giving away the beginning of it. This is due to him being very protective of Millie, and as a result, even refuses to look at the game's cover.
  • Geoff is sometimes called Go-eff by Gavin after getting his name wrong on a sign in a Early Let's Play. The Fake AH Crew then named Geoff's car ''The Go-eff'' which is also his license plate for the car.
  • In an early 2014 episode of AHWU, Geoff announced that he no longer drinks. However, in Let's Play Minecraft Episode 92 (Iron Golem), he stated that he started again after he and Griffon established a "designated drinking day."
  • Cops and Crooks Part 1 didn't fare too good on Geoff; his HUD was off in round one, Jack waited for him to get into his car in round two which resulted in both Gents getting killed, he respawned in front of an incoming Michael (who had just killed him seconds prior) as Ryan was going by in round four, Michael killed him just as he got into the getaway boat in round six (after Ryan took out Ray, the first lad there, to give Geoff some time), was killed from behind by Ray in round seven while trying to hide from Gavin and Michael, and twice in the episode he and both his teammates were simultaneously blown up by a non-Gavin-wielded RPG (Ray in round five, Michael in round eight; Gavin was behind the wheel of a nearby vehicle both times). He would later be team-killed twice in later Cops 'n' Crooks episodes (by Jack in the second-to-last game of Part 4, which resulted in his team winning that game, and once by Ryan in three separate team-killing incidents in Part 3).
  • In Lone Wolf Biker Geoff earned the title of Lone Wolf Biker twice without killing the previous Lone Wolf, who would kill him with Ray nearby both times it happened (Ryan died in an explosion with Michael, Ray, and Gavin hot on his tail the first time - only Michael, who killed Ray by accident, survived the chaos as Gavin exploded almost immediately upon entering the equation - and Michael died on contact with a low wall the second time). On four separate occasions in the episode Geoff ended up driving into water, one of which he was immediately joined by Lone Wolf Biker Ray (which resulted in one of Gavin's Fail-Filled Moments), and immediately flipped a car once he got it. His round two time as Lone Wolf Biker was under ten seconds - considering there were less than ten seconds left in the game when he took the title, avoiding a tie with Gavin (whose only Lone Wolf Biker-related death was by Michael, who had been the Lone Wolf at the time).
  • In Minecraft Episode 111, Geoff stated that he wet the bed until age 7.
  • In VS Episode 72: Lindsay vs. Geoff, Millie revealed to the world that Geoff's Favorite Color is actually Blue, contradicting his role as Grif on the Red Team in RvB.
  • During the Saints Row 3 Let's Play with Michael,Geoff only killed enemies and pedestrians by punching them in their groin. During later episodes Geoff began to forget about this.
  • He is left handed.
  • Geoff has repeatedly stated he is the only member of Achievement Hunter cast to not have a role in RWBY. Jack voices Junior, Ryan voices Professor Port, Gavin voices Scarlet, and Micheal voices Sun Wukong (as well as Lindsay voicing the lead, Ruby). Only Jeremy has yet to appear. 
  • In episode 15 of "Happy Hour", titled Piper Cleaners and Dog Tags, Geoff displayed his ability to make his dog tag chain go through his nose and out his mouth, but clogged the sink with vomit in the process, which thoroughly pissed Griffon off. 
  • His character from X-Ray and Vav, the Corpirate, originated from WWE '13 as his custom character. The character returned for WWE 2K14 as vacation-themed 'Yarrgarita', and his cousin Sloth would appear in the Corpirate's place in WWE 2K16.
    • The Corpirate is the only one of five main X-Ray and Vav characters with an origin to himself; Mogar (Michael) and the Mad King (Ryan) both originated from Minecraft, as did the running joke that led to TWO Flynt Coal characters (one in X-Ray and Vav, with a pet rock named after Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, and one in RWBY), while an achievement guide for Halo 4 led to the titular duo. 

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