Official EVO North Results as they Happen!

[Keits]

as for open stations. you try running 2 huge brackets, 8 stations total, taking registration for another game and sorting the money, and creating a 3rd bracket, and trying to see what stations are open through the sea of people, then trying to remember of the 8 matches you called up to play, to keep track of all of em, so you dont start calling the matches again. i dont think you guys understand the amount of work it takes to do such a thing with only 1 other person. then you gotta deal with the people that dont fucking listen and pay attention, or decide to take off for an hour when they should be playing. thats what really holds a tourney up and leaves stations open. i DQ’ed a lot of people cuz of this. i dont fuck around with this stuff.

I dont think anyone is saying that the open station problem was intentional or due to negligent tournament running, so dont take it that way.

Myself, I’ve run 32 man weekend long multigame tournaments with little to no help (Pretty much just me and Jose from Columbus)… I know how stressful and unfun running a tourny is. I did it for 6 years. But I’ll tell you guys, if its a staffing problem, I’ll throw my name in the hat the help out next year. Its like I told Cole… Im more of a tournament organizer than I am a tournament winner.

So come next year, if you guys need a hand, I should be able to lend mine.

[JeRon]

Ok between 40+ hours on Greyhound and playing so much at Midwest I just got home and am completley drained! I will give my shouts and comments about the tournament later when im rested up a little.
Midwest Championships is great!

[rusteezzy]

Ok between 40+ hours on Greyhound and playing so much at Midwest I just got home and am completley drained! I will give my shouts and comments about the tournament later when im rested up a little.
Midwest Championships is great!

This dude is real serious with Nakaruru good shit in Cvs 2 are match’s were crazy.

[DreamTR]

Keits and Humbag: I think the point Sabre is trying to get across is that not only was 3s going on, but so was CVS2. Managing 2 64 man bracket tournaments along with chasing people down is the big issue. I don’t see why anyone is bringing up the tourney running late. A lot of times this happens because there are latecomers, or other tourneys (like Tekken 5) run late. Console tournaments take the most time, not arcade, and running a major like this is a lot easier than running one tournament where you know everyone is in the same place at the same time. Believe me, I’ve been running these for 12 years…

Humbag: I’m sorry you don’t like the setup at Nickel City, but that is far from a shit arcade. If you can tell me another arcade within 2 states that actually has the proper cabinets and gets fighting games for their players, you should definitely let everyone know. Amar and Wes work very hard to keep those games up and running and I don’t know any other place that has the pure amount of fighting games and Q Sound cabinets that they do. You disrespecting the place like that because you are not accustomed to sitting or standing because from what it sounds like you are a console player, is basically the equivalent of coming into my house and just shitting on it. That arcade means a lot to many people, and historically is the longest running tournament going. I still don’t know of any other location where you can play a crazy amount of arcade games and wait for matches as opposed to sitting on the floor with joysticks between our legs.

Humbag, if you think arcade sitting or standing is uncomfortable, how can you say console is with the setups we are forcing on people? 20 inch TVS, sitting on floor, sticks unstable; I could go on and on, and if that’s comfortable for you, more power to ya, but I am just under the impression a nice stable environment with the same height for both players is the way to go. THey do it in Japan and they used to do it here until we all becamse console crazy.

Shady: shame you did not play on the other cabinets in the tourney when we had them running. 2 and 3 were fine, 1 had that weird issue, but you guys are correct, time to retire that cabinet.

[Keits]

Keits and Humbag: I think the point Sabre is trying to get across is that not only was 3s going on, but so was CVS2. Managing 2 64 man bracket tournaments along with chasing people down is the big issue. I don’t see why anyone is bringing up the tourney running late. A lot of times this happens because there are latecomers, or other tourneys (like Tekken 5) run late. Console tournaments take the most time, not arcade, and running a major like this is a lot easier than running one tournament where you know everyone is in the same place at the same time. Believe me, I’ve been running these for 12 years…

Oh I know. Im not trying to detract from you guys at all. But if things can be spend up slightly with a little more help, count me in. Even if its just watching to see which cabinets/consoles are now open, ya know?

I had a great time and it was a great event.

[DreamTR]

Keits: Thanks for the offer. Believe me, this tourney did not run late by any means. ECCs and other ones were going at 6am in some instances, and one year we ran GGXX on arcade. Ended at 330am.

[rusteezzy]

Keits and Humbag: I think the point Sabre is trying to get across is that not only was 3s going on, but so was CVS2. Managing 2 64 man bracket tournaments along with chasing people down is the big issue. I don’t see why anyone is bringing up the tourney running late. A lot of times this happens because there are latecomers, or other tourneys (like Tekken 5) run late. Console tournaments take the most time, not arcade, and running a major like this is a lot easier than running one tournament where you know everyone is in the same place at the same time. Believe me, I’ve been running these for 12 years…

Humbag: I’m sorry you don’t like the setup at Nickel City, but that is far from a shit arcade. If you can tell me another arcade within 2 states that actually has the proper cabinets and gets fighting games for their players, you should definitely let everyone know. Amar and Wes work very hard to keep those games up and running and I don’t know any other place that has the pure amount of fighting games and Q Sound cabinets that they do. You disrespecting the place like that because you are not accustomed to sitting or standing because from what it sounds like you are a console player, is basically the equivalent of coming into my house and just shitting on it. That arcade means a lot to. many people, and historically is the longest running tournament going. I still don’t know of any other location where you can play a crazy amount of arcade games and wait for matches as opposed to sitting on the floor with joysticks between our legs.

Humbag, if you think arcade sitting or standing is uncomfortable, how can you say console is with the setups we are forcing on people? 20 inch TVS, sitting on floor, sticks unstable; I could go on and on, and if that’s comfortable for you, more power to ya, but I am just under the impression a nice stable environment with the same height for both players is the way to go. THey do it in Japan and they used to do it here until we all becamse console crazy.

Shady: shame you did not play on the other cabinets in the tourney when we had them running. 2 and 3 were fine, 1 had that weird issue, but you guys are correct, time to retire that cabinet.

That place was Great! i’ll be back next year offtops sticks seems great but what do i know i play on Japaneses sticks, thx again to Sabre, DreamTr for making this shit happen i had a great time and met sum great players.

[JeRon]

Ok here well I’ll just go and do this since im bus lag recovered some hehe…So I guess I’ll start things off by saying I had a great time at Midwest. Getting to play new and old faces. Meeting really nice people and the atmosphere was refreshing. Now about the tournament itself honestly I dont get into the who beat who and why this person lost to that but I’ll make an exception this time since its the internet and people are always gonna find things to talk about regardless. ST I lost to Cole 2-1 then was kocked out by Flash. AE I lost to David Sirlin first round then came back to take 4th losing to Wilson. CVS 2 I only lost once technically. After top 8 I played Rustee and I wasnt suppose to play him. Instead I was suppose to play Wilson for top 5 but they made a mistake with the brackets and after I lost Wilson played Rustee for top 5 instead. I didnt sweat it though because it was an honest mistake and Wilson and Sabre were kind enough to give me my entry fee back so I appreciated the gesture and hold no qualm over it.

With that aside again I had fun at one of the best majors of the year imo. I just want to let people know that Im not so anti-console, Im just very very pro arcade and I appreciate the substance and history of Midwest and aracdes in general. I breifly read through some of the stuff in this thread and like its already been mentioned countless times this was MIDWEST CHAMPIONSHIP with the added bonus fopr Evo Quals. I remember talking with a guy outside and he said it was one of his first tournaments and how it didnt have the presentation of an evo and I told him the Evo name was just slapped on there and if you wanted an Evo feel/experience he would have to gone to East, West or World. Like i said before the console/arcade contingent will go on forever. Console players really cant grasp to why aracde players (mostly og’s) shit on console etc. Everyone should just respect eachothers games on theyre own playfield wether it be aracde or console…but enough of all the drama. Heres my shouts…

VDO and the MI crew: VDO its always cool playing you and seeing your p in action and to the rest of the crew its been so long since I’ve seen all yall since that MI tournament it was good to see you all again come in full force. Hope to see you guys at Big Evo.

Mario (Mighty Mar): We had some kick ass casuals in VS on saturday and yeah that sucked that we couldnt play on sunday but nonetheless VS is da shit and we’ll definetly throw down again in vegas.

Camerun: It was fun playing casuals with ya bruh. Good shit on qualifying with top 5 in 3S man. Keep it up.

Cole: We had to have played eachother in 4 different tournaments! It was and always will be a pleasure hookin up with you and chillin man. CF muthafuckin E! Those were some fun ass games.
lol@ when you started playing 3s and said you needed you CFE dash! rofl Big ups on holding down ST like I knew you would. See you in Vegas man.

Adam Heart: Yooo thanks alot again for letting me use your stick for the tournaments man really. You got up there too in ST. Hold it down and hopefully I’ll see you at World.

David Sirlin: It was nice to play you again. You got your revenge from Evo East in AE. Good games in A2 too.

Dark Gesse: You got me again man. Dont worry Im gonna get a copy of Battle Collisium soon so i can give you more of a challenge. Props for running everything there and doing what you do best.

Floe: Thanks for the housing on Friday. Your house is godlike!!! lol Good shit in 3S too. See you soon.

NKI: As always you did your thing. We didnt get to play too many casuals but it was cool playing the few games we did play. See you in Vegas bruh!

Sabre: I was looking for you when we were playing VS but yeah you were entirley too busy with things. I can imagine how stressful running a major like Midwest is and all the props to you and Jason. Also I didnt know you knew about Smash either, its gonna be crazy at Worlds.

Jesse Howard: It was nice talking with you for a brief moment. You seem like a cool guy. Nice stuff on top 4. See you around.

Wes: Also nice talking with you and playing you in casuals. Take care.

Simon: Didnt get to talk too much but you did your thing no doubt. See you in a few months man.

Min: Always cool chillin with you man. I’ll proprably see you at CF soon and good stuff in cvs.

DXP: Good to see you at Midwest after so long. Hope you enjoyed yourself too. See you at Evo World.
ps: Wrestling sucks these days doest it!?

SinjiGohan: Only got a few games in EX 3 and we should have played more since thats your powered up version! hahaha Next time though! Thanks for picking me up as always and thanks for the offer back. Take it easy man.

Juicy G: Cool to see you again. You should play more ST. Anything goes in the Savage Lands! lol

Fubarduck: It was cool to talk to you and play you for the first time in 3S see you at Evo.

Eric V: Im glad everything was cool for you. Nice talks and hopefully we could get some CFE in this time in vegas if you go.

Blazinfo: Thanks for letting me crash with you and Cole. Hope you got home safe.

Rustee: Even if we werent suppose to play eachother when we did GG’s. It was nice to meet you and hopefully I’ll see you in Vegas soon. Take it easy man.

Wilson: You always throw a fun tourny in that of Midwest. For 2 years in a row I played in the mystery tournament and for the second year the mystery tourny glory has eluded me. Maybe you can explain to me how I lost when I clearly outplayed DXP in 2/3 of the games in the finals. ehh Regardless win or lose it was really fun and Im glad you came up with the idea to run it at Midwest.

Watson… I appreciate the comment man really. Honestly I wish I had the time to go to Cali and play you in AE. Noone in NY plays or wants to practice with me for some reason. Despite the fact I knew I was good enough to at least get Top 4. Anyway hopefully we can get some games in HF in Vegas since I hear you’ve been playing that latley. See you in a couple months bruh.
We’ll I tried my best to get everyone and if I didnt then I apologize but either way everyone made Midwest a cool experience once again.Also although I came short on numerous occasions there…I tried my best and I’ll do better next time. So I’ll see you all on the grandeststage of em all. Evo World!!

Jeron

[A-Dhalsim]

Sup everyone. yo MWC was off the chain. Only beef i had was with machine 1 and 2 of 3rd strike. Always nice trying to avoid jumping while playing a serious match hehe. Other than that…this tourney was way to fun. Hopefully when HD ST comes out we will see more kats trying to come up in the old skool.

Blazinfo - Props for throwin the card on the room yo, you are cool peeps bro and I got ya when you come to the west coast.

Jeron - Always fuckin NINJA kickin with ya bro. Peeps dont know about that CFE my nig!! fools were hatin, but as soon as they jumped on the game nigs were pullin off shit like they played everyday lol. C F E!

Nebraska Kats: All you brothas are chill, man Cameron u got me in 3rd…caught me sleepin. Simon, finally got ya back for taking me out in 2k4 from. Butch, was dope finally meeting ya bra , il mos def try and get that urien tape out to ya…im gonna have to steal some of your tacics tho heh. Datrik/Jamal - didnt get to play to many games with u all but was always chill choppin it up.

Wilson - your rules for ST in mystery tourney were garbage, that final game was calling for me, that shit should of been all ME!!!

Sabre - Man, I just found out how to backflip out of Sarah flamingo, you are DONE SON!!! Im coming for that Akira

Danny L - man bro, was TOO GOOD seeing u pop up in the mix, had no idea u were even comin. Was mad chill kickin it with you bro. We will have to try and get some practice sessions before Evo West for sure. Next time, drinks are on me.

Dark Geese - chill ass brotha right here, got me wanting to play all those snk games.

Gergo - You were mad chill bro. thanks for goin on that 2 hour Beer Run mission from fuckin hell lol. But 100% success rate, so its all good. Finding the liquor store right at 1:55am was priceless. Keep reppin that Oro dirty style

Justin muther fuckin Wong - You are lucky i wasnt in a2 and i had no patience for A3 lol Good shit in your wins man, but im a little dissapointed in not seeing you in ST. Dont hide from your roots son! The Female and club scene was non existant in northbrook so i guess we will just have to par-lay out in San Diego my friend. Peace

Flash - Man flash, one of these events we gotta get our drink on. Always talkin about it but shit never goes down, try and make it out to evo west yo. You got me in 3s, but ill be more then ready for you if i see you in the brackets again. btw, you should of went ken on floe (chun vs chun is booty).

Fubarduck - Much props on 2nd and repping SBO this year for 3s. Your chun is getting pretty scary and i cant be mad at ya for joining the ranks of Guess Parriers lol Guess parry for the Mutha fuckin WIN!!! lol Im def a fan =D

VDO - Man, my brotha…was NOT…i repeat NOT ready for that level of P groove. Its been a long muther fuckin time since i played a smart P groove player. Much Props on the placing in Cvs2. If you get out to EVO West we def gotta get some more fights on the battlefield yo. Stay up my brotha.

Nki and Crew - Was hopin to play agaisnt you in tourney NKI but maybe at World. Flash just had everyones number i guess, brotha was on a mission lol. Good stuff none the less. We still need to handle or money match for kicks yo. Rex - you came out of nowhere bro but saved a lot of lives lol you def need to start playing again. Much props to your boy for letting me snag that coax cable every night, that shit saved the day.

Very good event, glad i went. Just wish northbrook had a night life scene. If i missed out anyone, mybad. Dont hate on a brotha, im gettin old =P lol See everyone at EVO West

J-Cole

[rusteezzy]

Sup everyone. yo MWC was off the chain. Only beef i had was with machine 1 and 2 of 3rd strike. Always nice trying to avoid jumping while playing a serious match hehe. Other than that…this tourney was way to fun. Hopefully when HD ST comes out we will see more kats trying to come up in the old skool.

Blazinfo - Props for throwin the card on the room yo, you are cool peeps bro and I got ya when you come to the west coast.

Jeron - Always fuckin NINJA kickin with ya bro. Peeps dont know about that CFE my nig!! fools were hatin, but as soon as they jumped on the game nigs were pullin off shit like they played everyday lol. C F E!

Nebraska Kats: All you brothas are chill, man Cameron u got me in 3rd…caught me sleepin. Simon, finally got ya back for taking me out in 2k4 from. Butch, was dope finally meeting ya bra , il mos def try and get that urien tape out to ya…im gonna have to steal some of your tacics tho heh. Datrik/Jamal - didnt get to play to many games with u all but was always chill choppin it up.

Wilson - your rules for ST in mystery tourney were garbage, that final game was calling for me, that shit should of been all ME!!!

Sabre - Man, I just found out how to backflip out of Sarah flamingo, you are DONE SON!!! Im coming for that Akira

Danny L - man bro, was TOO GOOD seeing u pop up in the mix, had no idea u were even comin. Was mad chill kickin it with you bro. We will have to try and get some practice sessions before Evo West for sure. Next time, drinks are on me.

Dark Geese - chill ass brotha right here, got me wanting to play all those snk games.

Gergo - You were mad chill bro. thanks for goin on that 2 hour Beer Run mission from fuckin hell lol. But 100% success rate, so its all good. Finding the liquor store right at 1:55am was priceless. Keep reppin that Oro dirty style

Justin muther fuckin Wong - You are lucky i wasnt in a2 and i had no patience for A3 lol Good shit in your wins man, but im a little dissapointed in not seeing you in ST. Dont hide from your roots son! The Female and club scene was non existant in northbrook so i guess we will just have to par-lay out in San Diego my friend. Peace

Flash - Man flash, one of these events we gotta get our drink on. Always talkin about it but shit never goes down, try and make it out to evo west yo. You got me in 3s, but ill be more then ready for you if i see you in the brackets again. btw, you should of went ken on floe (chun vs chun is booty).

Fubarduck - Much props on 2nd and repping SBO this year for 3s. Your chun is getting pretty scary and i cant be mad at ya for joining the ranks of Guess Parriers lol Guess parry for the Mutha fuckin WIN!!! lol Im def a fan =D

VDO - Man, my brotha…was NOT…i repeat NOT ready for that level of P groove. Its been a long muther fuckin time since i played a smart P groove player. Much Props on the placing in Cvs2. If you get out to EVO West we def gotta get some more fights on the battlefield yo. Stay up my brotha.

Nki and Crew - Was hopin to play agaisnt you in tourney NKI but maybe at World. Flash just had everyones number i guess, brotha was on a mission lol. Good stuff none the less. We still need to handle or money match for kicks yo. Rex - you came out of nowhere bro but saved a lot of lives lol you def need to start playing again. Much props to your boy for letting me snag that coax cable every night, that shit saved the day.

Very good event, glad i went. Just wish northbrook had a night life scene. If i missed out anyone, mybad. Dont hate on a brotha, im gettin old =P lol See everyone at EVO West

J-Cole

This dude is serious i just run away and build meter, thx for letting me use ur stick i think it’s time to retire my shitty ass tekken stick, neways i might be going to evo west so i’ll see u out there man

[PaRt2]

Oh shit I just remembered about the “Just Ownage” guy.

He was talking to me when Justin Wong and one of his friends pulled him away for an on-camera interview. I NEED to see this interview. That guy was totally hillarious… highlight of the weekend in some ways.

Friday night, someone (I’m not sure who) was filming him jibba jabbin’ on and on while I was standin’ outside with Eric and Justin. If that video comes up, I’d love to see it.

That kid kills me, Seriously! It hurts me to hear him speak. He asked me to hold his “sceptor” while he adjusted his backpack and I did, he then asked me if I could “Feel the power running through my body!” and apologized when he took the power away from me.

[tindiamond]

Was there any videos for mvc2?

[Counterhit]

Sup everyone. yo MWC was off the chain. Only beef i had was with machine 1 and 2 of 3rd strike. Always nice trying to avoid jumping while playing a serious match hehe. Other than that…this tourney was way to fun. Hopefully when HD ST comes out we will see more kats trying to come up in the old skool.

Blazinfo - Props for throwin the card on the room yo, you are cool peeps bro and I got ya when you come to the west coast.

Jeron - Always fuckin NINJA kickin with ya bro. Peeps dont know about that CFE my nig!! fools were hatin, but as soon as they jumped on the game nigs were pullin off shit like they played everyday lol. C F E!

Nebraska Kats: All you brothas are chill, man Cameron u got me in 3rd…caught me sleepin. Simon, finally got ya back for taking me out in 2k4 from. Butch, was dope finally meeting ya bra , il mos def try and get that urien tape out to ya…im gonna have to steal some of your tacics tho heh. Datrik/Jamal - didnt get to play to many games with u all but was always chill choppin it up.

Wilson - your rules for ST in mystery tourney were garbage, that final game was calling for me, that shit should of been all ME!!!

Sabre - Man, I just found out how to backflip out of Sarah flamingo, you are DONE SON!!! Im coming for that Akira

Danny L - man bro, was TOO GOOD seeing u pop up in the mix, had no idea u were even comin. Was mad chill kickin it with you bro. We will have to try and get some practice sessions before Evo West for sure. Next time, drinks are on me.

Dark Geese - chill ass brotha right here, got me wanting to play all those snk games.

Gergo - You were mad chill bro. thanks for goin on that 2 hour Beer Run mission from fuckin hell lol. But 100% success rate, so its all good. Finding the liquor store right at 1:55am was priceless. Keep reppin that Oro dirty style

Justin muther fuckin Wong - You are lucky i wasnt in a2 and i had no patience for A3 lol Good shit in your wins man, but im a little dissapointed in not seeing you in ST. Dont hide from your roots son! The Female and club scene was non existant in northbrook so i guess we will just have to par-lay out in San Diego my friend. Peace

Flash - Man flash, one of these events we gotta get our drink on. Always talkin about it but shit never goes down, try and make it out to evo west yo. You got me in 3s, but ill be more then ready for you if i see you in the brackets again. btw, you should of went ken on floe (chun vs chun is booty).

Fubarduck - Much props on 2nd and repping SBO this year for 3s. Your chun is getting pretty scary and i cant be mad at ya for joining the ranks of Guess Parriers lol Guess parry for the Mutha fuckin WIN!!! lol Im def a fan =D

VDO - Man, my brotha…was NOT…i repeat NOT ready for that level of P groove. Its been a long muther fuckin time since i played a smart P groove player. Much Props on the placing in Cvs2. If you get out to EVO West we def gotta get some more fights on the battlefield yo. Stay up my brotha.

Nki and Crew - Was hopin to play agaisnt you in tourney NKI but maybe at World. Flash just had everyones number i guess, brotha was on a mission lol. Good stuff none the less. We still need to handle or money match for kicks yo. Rex - you came out of nowhere bro but saved a lot of lives lol you def need to start playing again. Much props to your boy for letting me snag that coax cable every night, that shit saved the day.

Very good event, glad i went. Just wish northbrook had a night life scene. If i missed out anyone, mybad. Dont hate on a brotha, im gettin old =P lol See everyone at EVO West

J-Cole

I hope we play again next year in case i don’t go to evo world, good shit man, I was the guy using akuma and Ryu against yor Urien.

[humbag]

Well, i kinda take back saying nickels is shit. It is the best we have by far, its just that the small cabinets were rough.

Im passed this now. I had a great time nevertheless.

[rusteezzy]

Well, i kinda take back saying nickels is shit. It is the best we have by far, its just that the small cabinets were rough.

Im passed this now. I had a great time nevertheless.

The chicks were hot tho… the ones that were working neways proply jail baits :smokin:

[System_1]

Please tell me Drephen used Luigi to win this tournament, or just post the video of the finals.

[Arsenal]

wtf is up with people quoting BIGASS shoutouts? stop doing that shit, it’s too annoying. Just cut/paste the section you’re replying to, not the whole god damn thing. seriously.

[Warrior_s_Dreams]

Oh shit I just remembered about the “Just Ownage” guy.

He was talking to me when Justin Wong and one of his friends pulled him away for an on-camera interview. I NEED to see this interview. That guy was totally hillarious… highlight of the weekend in some ways.

Just Ownin (JO from here) - “The answer to every question is ownage. Now let me ask you a question. What is batman’s secret identity?”

Damien (Buddy of mine) - “Umm… Ownage?”

JO - “No, its Bruce Wayne.”

Damien - “Okaaaaaay…”

JO - “No, you are doing it wrong. You are supposed to argue with me that the answer is ownage because the answer IS ownage!”

That guy was nuts.

I saw him playing ST alone and went to play him, and said “Im going to tell you my entire strategy so you know whats coming. First, ill choose chun li. Next, ill walk at you and press medium punch. Then, you will lose. Ready?”

Ate him alive.

I was talking to Just Ownage, and I dont think 2Ds are his thing though. No disrespect to the man, but we must’ve played like 20 matches of Double Impact and 30 matches of Super Turbo, and I pretty much dominated him in 98% of those matches. He really didnt seem to have a handle on Ryu (his only character he played) at all. Unless he was seriously holding back, 2D fighters doesnt seem to be his thing.

Now 3D fighters, man, that guy talked up a storm about DOA4 for like half an hour! I learned some things from him about that game. My feeling is that he would completely own me in DOA and Tekken, but if he ever reads this, I wouldnt mind learning from him about these games.

[System_1]

As usual, Jason Wilson runs a stand-up fun-ass tournament. If only I could still play on american controls, it would have been perfect. Too used to Japanese stuff though. Oh well.

Up next EVO West!

[System_1]

chaos;4050802’]Please tell me Drephen used Luigi to win this tournament, or just post the video of the finals.

I’m 99.9% sure he used Sheik. They said the youtube vid will be up sometime soon.