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2.5 D (effect)
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2D
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3D (3D dimansions)
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3D Modelling
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3Ds Max
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AAA
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Across the map
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Action RPG
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Add-on
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Advergame
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AFK
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Aggro
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Agilité
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Aimbot
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Aliasing
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Anti-aliasing
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ARG (Alternate Reality Game)
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Art designer
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Artiste
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Blender
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BO (Build Order)
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Bonus
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Bootleg
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Boss rush
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Bot
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Bug
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Bullet Time
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Bundle
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Bureau de contrôle
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Cel-shading
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Character Design
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Cheat
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Cheat code
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Cheateur
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Checkpoint
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Cinéma
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Coherence
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Comic strips
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Commentary
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Conceptual art
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Créateur d’univers
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Creativity
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Croquis
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Death match
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Deathmatch
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Déco
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Demake
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Dessinateur
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Digital
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Director
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DLC (DownLoad Content)
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Doom-like
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Downgrade
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DPS (Damage per second)
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Drawing
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E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo,)
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Easter Egg
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Electronic sports
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Éléments graphiques
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Emulator
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Espace de travail (workspace ou workstation)
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F2P (Free to play)
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FFA (Free For All)
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Firmware
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Flash scope
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Flood
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FPS (First Person Shooter)
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Frag
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Frame Rate
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Franchise
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Freekill
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Freeze
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Full
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Game
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Game Over
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Gameplay
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Gather
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Geek
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GG (Good Game)
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GJ (Good job)
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GL [HF] (Good Luck Have Fun)
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Glitch
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Gosu
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Graphic arts
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Graphic environment
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Graphic research
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Graphic style
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Hack
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Hack and slash or hack ‘n’slash
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Handicap
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Hardscope
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HF (Hipe Fire)
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Hitbox
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Hitmarker
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HP
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IA (Intelligence artificielle)
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Illustration
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Immersion
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Individual creativity
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Inspirations
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Iterations
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Joypad
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Joystick
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Juggle
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Kicker
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Kiting
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Ladder
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Lag
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LAN Party
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Level of detail
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Licence
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Line-up
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LMS (Last Man Standing)
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Localisation
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Loot
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Lore
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Malus (video game)
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Mana
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Manette
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Matchmaking
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Mate ou teammate
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Matte painting
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Méta ou métajeu
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MJ (Maître du jeu)
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MMOFPS
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Mob
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Mod
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MP (Magic Point / Mana Point)
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MVP (Most Valuable Player)
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Nerf
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Newbie
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NextGen or Next-Gen
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NH (Nice Hand)
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No-life
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Notching
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NPC
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NS (National Television System Committee)
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NS (Nice Shot)
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Oeuvre
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Offline
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One-lifer
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OP
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OS (One shot ou oneshot)
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OTP (One Trick Pony)
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Pad
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PAL (Phase Alternated Line)
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Patch
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PdV or PV
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Peintre
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Peinture
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Personnages
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Pexer
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PGM (or Pro GaMer)
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Photoshop
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Ping
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Pixel
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Pjer
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PL (Power Levelling)
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Plow
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PNJ ( personnage non jouable)
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Pop
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Press forward
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Processus créatif
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Production
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Puzzle game
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PvE
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PvM (Players versus Monsters)
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Pvp (Player versus Player)
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QTE (Quick Time Event)
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Quake-like
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Rammer
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Ratio
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Rekt
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Rendu
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Roxor
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RP
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RPG
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RPS (role-playing strategy)
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RTS
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Rush
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Saut multiple (double saut)
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Screencast
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Sentiment général
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Shoot ’em Up
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Side
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Side-Scroller
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Skill
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Skin
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Smart Bombs
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Software
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SP (Single Player)
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Spam, ou spamming
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Special
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Special effects
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SpeedHack
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Speedrun
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Sprite
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Storyboard
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STR
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Studio
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Stuff
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Stylus
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Success
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Survival
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Survival Horror
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Tablette graphique
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TDM (team deathmatch)
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Team
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Theorycraft
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TPS (third person shooter)
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Trick Shot
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UI
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Univers graphique
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Upgrade
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Wacom
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Wargame
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Warn
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Warp zone
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WASD
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Whiner
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WP (Well played)
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XP (Experience points)