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Esports Media Guide OPENING WEEK ESPORTS SCHEDULE (OCTOBER 26-31) Blizzcon Is Home to Major International Tournaments for All of Blizzard’S Esports Titles

Esports Media Guide OPENING WEEK ESPORTS SCHEDULE (OCTOBER 26-31) Blizzcon Is Home to Major International Tournaments for All of Blizzard’S Esports Titles

Esports Media Guide OPENING WEEK SCHEDULE (OCTOBER 26-31) BlizzCon is home to major international tournaments for all of Blizzard’s esports titles. This year, those tournaments include , Fall Championship, Overwatch , StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals, and World of Arena World Championship. OPENING WEEK Throughout the course of the year, the best of the best have battled it out across the globe to earn their coveted seats at BlizzCon. The esports action kicks off with Opening Week from October 26-31, where teams will fight against their global rivals in hopes of climbing to the grand finals of their respective esports at BlizzCon November 4-5. ALL OF THE ACTION DURING OPENING WEEK (OCTOBER 26-31) WILL BE STREAMED LIVE AND FREE OF CHARGE ON BLIZZCON.COM, .TV AND MLG.TV, AS DETAILED BELOW:

Times listed are PDT 10/26 10/27 10/28 10/29 10/30* 10/31 WoW Arena 11:00 a.m. Heroes 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Overwatch 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. Hearthstone 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. StarCraft II 8:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. *Daylight Savings Time ends in the EU.

2016 BlizzCon Esports Media Guide — 2 BLIZZCON ESPORTS SCHEDULE (NOVEMBER 4-5)

FRIDAY: NOVEMBER 4, 2016 SATURDAY: NOVEMBER 5, 2016

World of Warcraft & Hearthstone & Hearthstone StarCraft II StarCraft II Overwatch Arena Heroes of the Storm Tournament Overwatch Arena Heroes of the Storm Tournament Tournament Arena Tournament Arena --- HALL C --- Tournament Stage Stage --- HALL C --- Tournament Stage Stage --- THE ARENA ------THE ARENA ------HALL B ------HALL A ------HALL B ------HALL A --- Time Time 9:00 WoW Arena World 9:00 9:15 Championship – 9:15 9:30 Venue Opens 9:30am Group A Elimination Venue Opens 9:30am Arena Opens 9:30am 9:30 Venue Opens 9:30am Arena Opens 9:30am 9:45 9am-10am 9:45 10:00 WoW Arena World 10:00 - Bronze 10:15 Championship – 10:15 Medal Match WoW Arena World 10:30 Group B Elimination 10:30 10am-11am Championship – Finals 10:45 10am-11am 10:45 Hearthstone World 10:00am-11:30am 11:00 11:00 Overwatch World Cup - Finals Championship – 11:15 11:15 Preshow Semifinal #1 Simulcast Opening Ceremony: 11am-12pm 11:30 11:30 10:30am-12pm 11:45 11:45 StarCraft II Exhibition Overwatch World Cup – Hearthstone StarCraft II WCS Global Finals 11:15am-12:30pm 12:00 Preshow WoW Arena World 12:00 Preshow – Preshow 12pm-12:15pm Championship – Hearthstone World 12pm-12:30pm 12:15 Group A Decider 12:15 Heroes of the Storm Championship – Hearthstone World Overwatch World Cup - Finals 12:30 12pm-1pm 12:30 Fall Championship – Semifinal #2 Overwatch World Cup – Championship – 11:30am-2:15pm 12:45 12:45 Semifinal #1 12pm-1:30pm Quarterfinal #1 Quarterfinal #1 StarCraft II WCS Global Finals StarCraft II WCS Global Finals 1:00 WoW Arena World 1:00 12pm-2pm 12:15pm-1:45pm 12:15pm-1:30pm – Quarterfinal #1 – Semifinal #1 1:15 Championship – 1:15 12:30pm–2pm 12:30pm-2pm 1:30 Group B Decider 1:30 Hearthstone Finals Hearthstone World 1:45 1pm-2pm 1:45 Preshow Championship – 2:00 2:00 Overwatch World Cup – WoW Arena World Quarterfinal #2 2:15 2:15 Quarterfinal #2 Championship – 1:30pm-2:45pm StarCraft II WCS Global Finals StarCraft II WCS Global Finals Heroes of the Storm Hearthstone World 2:30 1:45pm-3:15pm Semifinal #1 2pm-3pm – Quarterfinal #2 2:30 – Semifinal #2 Fall Championship – Championship – Finals 2:45 2pm–3:30pm 2:45 2pm-3:30pm 3:00 3:00 Semifinal #2 2pm-3:45pm WoW Arena World 3:15 3:15 2pm-4pm Championship – Semifinal 3:30 Hearthstone 3:30 StarCraft II WCS Global Finals Overwatch World Cup – #2 3pm-4pm 3:45 Exhibition 3:45 – Championship Preshow Quarterfinal #3 StarCraft II WCS Global Finals 4:00 2:45pm-5pm 4:00 3:15pm-4:45pm – Quarterfinal #3 4:15 Heroes of the Storm 4:15 3:30pm–5pm 4:30 Fall Championship – 4:30 4:45 Group A Elimination 4:45 Heroes of the Storm StarCraft II WCS Global Finals 4pm - 5:30pm Hearthstone Preshow Fall Championship – 5:00 Overwatch World Cup – 5:00 – Championship 5:15 5:15 Finals Quarterfinal #4 Hearthstone World StarCraft II WCS Global Finals 4pm-6:30pm 5:30 5:30 4pm-6:30pm 4:45pm-6:15pm Championship – – Quarterfinal #4 5:45 Heroes of the Storm 5:45 Quarterfinal #3 5pm–6:30pm 6:00 Fall Championship – 6:00 5:15pm-6:30pm 6:15 Group B Elimination 6:15 6:30 5:30pm-7pm 6:30 Overwatch World Cup – Hearthstone World 6:45 6:45 Semifinal #1 Championship – 7:00 7:00 6:15pm-7:45pm Quarterfinal #4 StarCraft II Exhibition 7:15 Heroes of the Storm 7:15 6:30pm-7:45pm 6:45pm–8pm 7:30 Fall Championship – 7:30 Closing Ceremony Simulcast: 6:30pm-9pm 7:45 Group A Decider 7:45 8:00 7pm-8:30pm 8:00 Overwatch World Cup – 8:15 8:15 Semifinal #2 8:30 8:30 7:45pm-9:15pm Hearthstone 8:45 8:45 Heroes of the Storm Fall Exhibition 9:00 9:00 Championship – Group B 7:45pm-10pm Overwatch World Cup – 9:15 Decider 9:15 Post-show 8:30pm-10pm 9:30 9:30 9:45 9:45 10:00 Show Closes: 10pm

2016 BlizzCon Esports Media Guide — 3 OPENING WEEK SCHEDULE: Matches begin at 11 a.m. PDT Friday, October 28

The following matches will be hosted on the Blizzcon World of Warcraft Tournament Stage, Hall B. Friday, November 4 WORLD OF WARCRAFT ARENA » 9:00 a.m. – Group A Elimination WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (Venue opens at 9:30 a.m.) » 10:00 a.m. – Group B Elimination After successfully making it through their » 12:00 p.m. – Group A Decider respective Regional tournaments, the top eight World of Warcraft Arena teams from around the » 1:00 p.m. – Group B Decider world are traveling to BlizzCon to compete for » 2:00 p.m. – Semifinal #1 their share of a prize pool of $250,000. This year’s » 3:00 p.m. – Semifinal #2 teams include three apiece from Europe and North Saturday, November 5 America, plus one each from and KR/TW. » 10:00 a.m. – Finals Ahead of the Grand Finals at BlizzCon 2016, the top eight World of Warcraft Arena teams will battle it out during Opening Week in a best-of- CLICK BELOW FOR MORE WORLD OF WARCRAFT five format. The Grand Finals will ramp up the ARENA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP competition with best-of-seven bouts. VIEW PHOTOS MORE INFO The first battle of each match will be fought in Nagrand Arena, and thereafter the losing team WATCH A LIVE STREAM OF THE EVENT will choose an eligible map for the next . BLIZZCON.COM TWITCH.TV MLG.TV Battles will end when one team is eliminated or when 25 minutes have elapsed.

PRIZE POOL DISTRIBUTION $250,000

1ST: $120,000 5TH – 6TH: $12,000 2ND: $50,000 7TH – 8TH: $8,000 3RD – 4TH: $20,000

2016 BlizzCon Esports Media Guide — 4 Longzhu Gaming (TW/KR) Panda Gaming (China) Shipit Hwan Park Darkarchonyo Jusi Bai Shotky Jongmun Shin Dou Guangyu Zhao VITDUBU Jin Hyung Park Soo PPcat Pan Yan Sagiy Dongjian Fu

Method (Europe) Panda Global (North America) Chas Josef Stoianov CMG Ethan Gibeaut Froffsy Thomas Pullen Jax Kyle Keller Nolifer Youness Dorqoch Rubcub Andrew Woods Praii TRimo Gruneisen Wealthyman Marcel Rodriquez

Method (North America) (Europe) Bean Michael Gyure Boetar Simon Heinks Cdew Charles Dewland Fabss Fabio Nardelli Smexxin Nick Dalsoglio Swapxy René Pinker Snutz Kelvin Nguyen

Northern Gaming Blue (Europe) (North America) Minpojke Jonathan Andersson Chanimal Adam Chan Raiku Shaun Meaney Gorecki Ryan Hannan Whaazz Oscar Wulff Jahmilli Damon Bligh Zunniyaki Mathias Esterlechner Pikaboo Jason Smith

2016 BlizzCon Esports Media Guide — 5 OPENING WEEK SCHEDULE: Matches begin at 9 a.m. PDT Wednesday, October 26 Thursday, October 27 Friday, October 28

The following matches will be hosted in the Blizzcon Heroes of the Storm Tournament Stage, Hall B. HEROES OF THE STORM Friday, November 4 FALL CHAMPIONSHIP » 4:00 p.m. – Group A Elimination » 5:30 p.m. – Group B Elimination There’s a prize pool of $1,000,000 on the line in the Nexus, and after months of competition leading » 7:00 p.m. – Group A Decider up to this moment, the Heroes of the Storm Fall » 8:30 p.m. – Group B Decider Championship will culminate at BlizzCon. The 12 Saturday, November 5 qualifying teams will include the season’s winners » 12:00 p.m. – Semifinal #1 and runners-up from China and Korea; two Regional event winners each from Europe and North America; » 2:00 p.m. – Semifinal #2 and the winners from /New Zealand, Latin » 4:00 p.m. – Finals America, South East Asia, and Taiwan.

Qualifying teams will face off in a dual tournament CLICK BELOW FOR MORE group stage until only four remain. Then, when only HEROES OF THE STORM FALL CHAMPIONSHIP the best of the best are still standing, they’ll do battle in a single-elimination bracket until only the VIEW PHOTOS MORE INFO champions are left standing.

WATCH A LIVE STREAM OF THE EVENT PRIZE POOL DISTRIBUTION BLIZZCON.COM TWITCH.TV MLG.TV $1,000,000

1ST: $300,000 5TH – 6TH: $75,000 2ND: $150,000 7TH – 8TH: $50,000 3RD – 4TH: $100,000 9TH – 12TH: $25,000

2016 BlizzCon Esports Media Guide — 6 Astral Authority (North America) eStar Gaming (China) Please Buff Arthas (Taiwan) cattlepillar Ben Bunk Misaka Lizhong Zhou AlphaLuna Chun Yu Wu CauthonLuck Rori Bryant-Raible qianxiao Qian Li Baphomet Chi Hua Li Fury Manuel Medina tiger Hanfei Chen GoDDog Yu Yen Su Jun Jun Jang tumi Zhihao Wu Scroll Yung Hsiu Lai psalm Harrison Chang Xingchen Lunhan Kang ZoLa Chun Hao Fan

Ballistix () (Europe) Reborn (Australia & New Zealand) Jeongha Jeong Ha Lee Breez Pontus Sjogren Arcaner Curtis Simpson NaCHoJin Jin Su Park Quackniix Dob Engström Benjamin94 Benjamin Davies Noblesse Do Joon Chae scHwimpi Simon Svensson Daspurtz Zac Peters sCsC Seung-Chul Kim Smexystyle Filip Liljeström Ninja Shane Ellem Swoy Seung Won Kim Wubby Jonathan Gunnarsson robadobah Robert Purling

Burning Rage (Latin America) Imperium Pro Team (Philippines) Team (Europe) betogg Roberto Alves Harharrr John Raizo Ichikawa Atheroangel Lawrence Harper Jschritte Juan Passos Mirr Michael Luo Bakery James Baker murizzz Murilo Tuchtenhagen Nsj Neil San Juan JayPL Jerome Trinh Surprise Joseph Caro Stronger Ronel Tan Mene Thomas Cailleux Vieira Rodrigo Lopes Zeys Bjorn Ong Snitch Joshua Bennett

Denial Esports (North America) MVP Black (South Korea) ZeroPanda (China) aPm Francis Gilbert-Brodeur KyoCha Jeong Won Ho gemini Guo Jiayi Glaurung Mike Fisk merryday Yi Tae Jun m Pu Hao iDream Kun Fang Rich Lee Jae Won melodyC Xiangzhi Zheng k1pro Keiwan Itakura Sake Yi Jung Hyuk Six Yiran Xu KingCaffeine John Paul Lopez Sign Yoon Ji Hoon sk Jize Song

2016 BlizzCon Esports Media Guide — 7 OPENING WEEK SCHEDULE: Matches begin at 12:00 p.m. PDT Saturday, October 29 Sunday, October 30 Monday, October 31 2 016 The following matches will be hosted on the Blizzcon Overwatch Arena, Hall C. Friday, November 4 » 12:00 p.m. – Preshow » 12:15 p.m. – Quarterfinal #1 OVERWATCH WORLD CUP » 1:45 p.m. – Quarterfinal #2 Months after they were assembled following a » 3:15 p.m. – Quarterfinal #3 community vote, teams representing nations and » 4:45 p.m. – Quarterfinal #4 regions from around the globe will compete for » 6:15 p.m. – Semifinal #1 glory at BlizzCon. Sixteen teams will compete in best-of-three, round-robin group stages during » 7:45 p.m. – Semifinal #2 Opening Week, all hoping to progress to the » 9:15 p.m. – Post show single-elimination finals and play on the BlizzCon Saturday, November 5 2016 stage. Teams competing in the latter stages » 10:00 a.m. – Bronze Medal Match of this exhibition will include six from the Europe » 11:00 a.m. – Finals Preshow game region, six from the Asia-Pacific game regions, and four from the Americas. » 11:30 a.m. – Finals Which nation or region will forever be remembered as the first to win the Overwatch World Cup? CLICK BELOW FOR MORE OVERWATCH WORLD CUP

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WATCH A LIVE STREAM OF THE EVENT BLIZZCON.COM TWITCH.TV MLG.TV

2016 BlizzCon Esports Media Guide — 8 Australia* South Korea* Muselk (c) Elliott Watkins zappis (c) Joonas Alakurtti Miro (c) Jin Hyuk Gong HeyKatie Jackson Fussell hymzi Kalle Honkala EscA In Jae Kim Kura Sean Kovacs LiNkzr Jiri Masalin MiGArHaN Weon Hyeop Jeong Refz Sam Rogers mafu Lauri Rasi MiGTaiRong Tae Yeong Kim termo Jake Hickman Taimou Timo Kettunen Yoo Jei Hong Jei Hong Yoo yuki James Stanton Tseini Jani Kähkönen zunba Joon Hyuk Kim

Brazil* BRKsEDU (c) Eduardo Benvenuti AlphaCast (c) Sébastien Ferez iddqd (c) André Dahlström Flawz Filipe Mendes DeGuN Laurent Prinderre chipshajen John Widlund Insanityz Yuri da Silva Ribeiro dos Santos Kitty Riley Frost cocco Roger Jonsson Kyo Brunno Cunha KnOxXx Jean-louis Boyer TviQ Kevin Lindström Nextage Alan Ferreira Kryw Jonathan Nobre Zave Kalle Nilsson Soulive James Romano Mickalow Mickaël Maurin Zebbosai John Olsson

Canada* Germany Surefour (c) Lane Roberts INTERNETHULK (c) Dennis Hawelka oPuTo (c) Ubon Dara HuK Chris Loranger art1er Artur Bischof keRLos Vatunyoo Suwannapisit iid Andrew Trulli EISSFELDT Arthur Marx KOKFC Kirtthee Tammaphant LoganDaBest Logan Lim kr4tosdigga Tarek Ekmekci Mickie Pongphop Rattanasangchod Poke Georgie Karam Ruster Dominik Waffler NzNr Sasalak Wannarak Roolf Randal Stark skipjack Nicholas Rosada Zalphx Peerapat Pannasuriyaporn

Chile * Vardoc (c) Nicolas Liñan de Ariza Rubikon (c) Ruben Zurabyan Seagull (c) Brandon Larned Blanco Pablo Alvarez Ballesteros cYpheR Aliaksei Yanusheuski Adam Adam Eckel Roarscrach Matías Lucero Godspeed Stepan Serov Gods Daniel Graeser Shal Tomás Villalón Redzzzz Aleksandr Grigorev MESR Adam De La Torre SIRPETTERNOW Fernando Arancibia ShaDowBurn George Gushcha ster Steven Lange yibraN Yibran Urtubia uNFixed Andrei Leonov Talespin Ronnie DuPree

China* Singapore *Invited Jamlee (c) Li Yingjie Dest (c) Han Zhong Wei Linkin Yuede Guan Colbat Kenneth Ho MengMao Xiaolong Zhou Doubted Joel Tan Nai8 Jia Jia Pamyu Koon Kit Toh Pangge Yu Zhou RebornZ Ong Wei Qing YjjPP Haojia He Revenant Marcus Tan

Chinese Taipei BabyNie (c) Yu-Lun Nieh linepro (c) Ivaylo Krasimirov Kolev Danny Chun-Wei Ho BromaS Jose Antonio Ramos Gonzalez EDIBOSS Te-Hsuan Fang HarryHook Jonathan Tejedor Rua LazyTitan Wei-kai Wang neptuNo Alberto Gonzalez Molinillo Lilgho Tsung-Yu Huang Pescanova Fernando Garcia Cusso Zonda Jung-Da Lu Winghaven Sergi Torras Aragon

2016 BlizzCon Esports Media Guide — 9 OPENING WEEK SCHEDULE: Matches begin at 9 a.m. PDT Wednesday, October 26 Thursday, October 27 Friday, October 28 Saturday, October 29 Sunday, October 30

The following matches will be hosted in the Blizzcon Hearthstone Tournament Stage, Hall A. Friday, November 4 » 12:00 p.m. – Preshow HEARTHSTONE WORLD » 12:15 p.m. – Quarterfinal #1 CHAMPIONSHIP » 1:30 p.m. – Quarterfinal #2 The biggest Hearthstone tournament in the world » 2:45 p.m. – Exhibition Match #1 will conclude at BlizzCon when 16 exceptional » 5:15 p.m. – Quarterfinal #3 players from around the globe—hailing from » 6:30 p.m. – Quarterfinal #4 Europe, China, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas— » 7:45 p.m. – Exhibion Match #2 come together to duel not only for the title of World Champion, but also for their share of a Saturday, November 5 $1,000,000 prize pool. Four groups of four players » 10:30 a.m. – Semifinal #1 (one from each region) will compete in a dual- » 12:00 p.m. – Semifinal #2 tournament format until only eight remain, at » 1:30 p.m. – Finals Preshow which point the competition will shift to a single- elimination bracket. All matches will be played in » 2:00 p.m. – Finals a conquest format with a ban.

CLICK BELOW FOR MORE PRIZE POOL DISTRIBUTION HEARTHSTONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP $1,000,000 VIEW PHOTOS MORE INFO WATCH A LIVE STREAM OF THE EVENT 1ST: $250,000 5TH – 8TH: $50,000 BLIZZCON.COM TWITCH.TV MLG.TV 2ND: $150,000 9TH – 16TH: $25,000 3RD – 4TH: $100,000

2016 BlizzCon Esports Media Guide — 10 Amnesiac Bbgungun Breath CheOnsu

William Barton Hao Li Yuxiang Chen Kim Cheonsu AMERICAS WINTER CHAMPION AMERICAS LAST CALL GOLD SUPER LEAGUE SPRING CHAMPION ASIA PACIFIC LAST CALL

Cydonia DDaHyoNi DrHippi Hamster

Julien Perrault-Harvey Sang Hyun Baek Artem Kravets Zhuo Wang AMERICAS SPRING CHAMPION ASIA PACIFIC WINTER CHAMPION EUROPE SUMMER CHAMPION GOLD SUPER LEAGUE FALL CHAMPION

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IlMook Kang Edwin Cook Bin Zhou Olzhas Batyrbekov ASIA PACIFIC SPRING CHAMPION AMERICAS SUMMER CHAMPION GOLD SUPER LEAGUE SUMMER CHAMPION EUROPE WINTER CHAMPION

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Zheng Lin Pavel Beltiukov Thijs Molendijk Chun-Pong Ng GOLD SUPER LEAGUE FALL CHAMPION EUROPE LAST CALL EUROPE SPRING CHAMPION ASIA PACIFIC SUMMER CHAMPION

2016 BlizzCon Esports Media Guide — 11 OPENING WEEK SCHEDULE: Matches begin at 8:30 a.m. PDT Thursday, October 27 Friday, October 28 Saturday, October 29

Match begins at 9:30 a.m. PDT Sunday, October 30

The following matches will be hosted in the Blizzcon StarCraft II Tournament Arena. STARCRAFT II WORLD Friday, November 4 CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES » 12:00 p.m. – Preshow GLOBAL FINALS » 12:30 p.m. – Quarterfinal #1 » 2:00 p.m. – Quarterfinal #2 After a year of intense WCS competition Blizzard » 3:30 p.m. – Quarterfinal #3 has invited the top 16 players—seven major tournament winners plus nine based on WCS » 5:00 p.m. – Quarterfinal #4 points—in the world to compete in the Global » 6:45 p.m. – Exhibition Match Playoffs. The eight players who make it through Saturday, November 5 the double-elimination groups will then advance » 11:15 a.m. – Exhibition Match to the Global Finals at BlizzCon. » 12:30 p.m. – Semifinal #1 Proceedings will get underway with a ruthless single- » 2:00 p.m. – Semifinals #2 elimination bracket, and matches will employ a best-of-five format until the final. The eventual winner » 3:30 p.m. – Championship Preshow must dominate a best-of-seven series to be crowned » 4:00 p.m. – Championship the WCS Global Champion and earn $100,000!

CLICK BELOW FOR MORE STARCRAFT II WORLD PRIZE POOL DISTRIBUTION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES GLOBAL FINALS

$500,000 VIEW PHOTOS MORE INFO

WATCH A LIVE STREAM OF THE EVENT 1ST: $200,000 5TH – 8TH: $15,000 BLIZZCON.COM TWITCH.TV MLG.TV 2ND: $100,000 9TH – 16TH: $10,000 3RD – 4TH: $30,000

2016 BlizzCon Esports Media Guide — 12 Team Expert (Korea) Afreeca Freecs (Korea) PSISTORM (Korea) ByuN Hyun Woo Patience Ji Hyun TRUE Bang Tae Soo

SK Teleco (Korea) mYinsanity (France) KT Rolster (Korea) Dark Park Ryung Woo PtitDrogo Théo Freydière TY Jun Tae Yang

Samsung Galaxy (Korea) Millenium (Germany) Team EnVyUs (Korea) Dear Dong Jun Baek ShoWTimE Tobias Sieber viOLet Hwan Dong Kim

True eSport () (Norway) KT Rolster (Korea) Elazer Mikolaj Ogonowski Snute Jens Aasgaard Zest Joo Sung Wook

Ting (United States) Samsung Galaxy (Korea) Neeb Alex Sunderhaft Solar Kang Min Soo

EURONICS Gaming (Poland) KT Rolster (Korea) Nerchio Artur Bloch Stats Kim Dae Yeob

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