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Balki Bartokomous

Profile Information

  • User Comment:
  • "Background and Achievements:

    - Has never performed well enough in a tournament to warrant front-page banner notoriety.

    - Has failed to perform well enough in face-to-face tournaments to warrant any reward of webdiplomacy points.

    ♟♟♟♟♟♟♟♟

    'Balki is an AWFUL choice for a professor. He has no understand of diplomacy beyond bullying other players and claiming everything is their fault. It's surprisingly effective, but professors need to have a strategic vision of the board, of which he has none.'

    - A Tin Can

    "I don't think Balki even exists. Somehow there's always someone who thinks some other guy is Balki in every game. He's the Keyser Söze of Webdip"

    - Ogion"


  • Last visited: 19 Apr 23 UTC
  • Joined: 01 Apr 15 UTC

  • Donator: (G) - Gold


Ranking Info Help

    PointsD:
  • Available: 5,657
  • In play: 0
  • Total: 5,657
  • Ghost Rating Overall:
  • Rating: 265
  • Peak: 265
  • Position: 240
  • Ghost Rating Full Press:
  • Rating: 180
  • Peak: 197
  • Position: 261
  • Ghost Rating 1v1 Overall:
  • Rating: 244
  • Peak: 280
  • Position: 87
  • Ghost Rating FvA:
  • Rating: 233
  • Peak: 273
  • Position: 71
  • Ghost Rating Gunboat:
  • Rating: 150
  • Peak: 150
  • Position: 126


Game Stats
  • All Game stats:
  • Game messages: 7,585

  • Won: 54 ( 39% )
  • Drawn: 30 ( 22% )
  • Survived: 29 ( 21% )
  • Defeated: 23 ( 17% )
  • Resigned: 1 ( 1% )
  • Total (finished): 137

  • Civil disorder: 1
  • Civil disorders taken over: 9
  • Classic:
  • Won: 8 ( 15% )
  • Drawn: 19 ( 36% )
  • Survived: 9 ( 17% )
  • Defeated: 17 ( 32% )
  • Total (finished): 53
  • Classic Press:
  • Won: 3 ( 21% )
  • Drawn: 6 ( 43% )
  • Survived: 1 ( 7% )
  • Defeated: 4 ( 29% )
  • Total (finished): 14
  • Classic Gunboat:
  • Won: 4 ( 11% )
  • Drawn: 12 ( 33% )
  • Survived: 7 ( 19% )
  • Defeated: 13 ( 36% )
  • Total (finished): 36
  • Classic Ranked:
  • Won: 6 ( 13% )
  • Drawn: 18 ( 38% )
  • Survived: 7 ( 15% )
  • Defeated: 16 ( 34% )
  • Total (finished): 47
  • Variant stats:
  • Won: 35 ( 57% )
  • Drawn: 5 ( 8% )
  • Survived: 19 ( 31% )
  • Defeated: 1 ( 2% )
  • Resigned: 1 ( 2% )
  • Total (finished): 61


Reliability Rating: 100%

Reliability Explained:

What is Reliability?

Reliability is how consistently you avoid interrupting games. Any un-excused missed turns hurt your rating. If you have any un-excused missed turns in the last 4 weeks you will receive an 11% penalty to your RR for each of those delays. It is very important to everyone you are playing with to be reliable but we understand mistakes happen so this extra penalty will drop to 5% after 28 days. All of the un-excused missed turns that negatively impact your rating are highlighted in red below. Excused delays will only negatively impact your base score, seen below. Mod excused delays do not hurt your score in any way.

Live Game: If a game had phases 60 minutes long or less any excused missed turns will only impact your rating for 28 days total. The penalty is the same, 5% long term and 6% short term, except the long term penalty is for 28 days and the short term is for 7 days.
System Excused: If you had an "excused missed turn" left this will be yes and will not cause additional penalties against your rating.
Mod Excused: If a moderator excused the missed turn this field will be yes and will not cause additional penalties against your rating.
Same Period Excused: If you have multiple un-excused missed turns in a 24 hour period you are only penalized once with the exception of live games, if this field is yes it will not cause additional penalties against your rating.

What happens if my rating is low?

Many games are made with a minimum rating requirement so this may impact the quality of games you can enter. If you have more then 3 non-live un-excused missed turns in a year you will begin getting temporarily banned from making new games, joining existing games, or rejoining your own games.

  • 1-3 un-excused delays: warnings
  • 4 un-excused delays: 1-day temp ban
  • 5 un-excused delays: 3-day temp ban
  • 6 un-excused delays: 7-day temp ban
  • 7 un-excused delays: 14-day temp ban
  • 8 un-excused delays: 30-day temp ban
  • 9 or more un-excused delays: infinite, must contact mods for removal
  • Live game excused turns are penalized independently for temporary bans. 1-2 un-excused missed turns in live games will be a warning, and the 3rd, and any after that will result in a 24 hour temp ban. The 2 warnings reset every 28 days resulting in significantly more yearly warnings for live game players then the normal system.


    User relationships

    User relationships serve two purposes:

    • 1. Allow users who have a relationship outside of the server to disclose and register the relationship.

      This lets other players account for possible bias in-game, lets players set their games to exclude close relationships between players, and helps the moderator team ignore otherwise suspicious usage patterns (e.g. a family / school using the same computer / network).
    • 2. Give users a way to register a suspicion that two or more users may have an undisclosed relationship, based on in-game behavior.

      This gives the suspected user a chance to explain before needing moderators, allows users to exclude suspected-cheaters from their games, gives an extra mechanism to help moderators identify cheaters by taking the suspicions of many users together, provides a single place where a suspicion can be discussed directly, and allows repeat offenders to be tracked across new accounts and excluded without requiring bans.

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    Ghost Rating Overall Trending

    Balki Bartokomous's games

    Showing results 1 to 20 of 137 total results.

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    Finished: 04 PM Mon 20 Feb 23 UTC
    Bots 7-4
    3 days /phase
    Pot: 35 D - Spring, 1909, Finished
    Classic, Bot Game, Unranked
    4 excused missed turn
    Game drawn
    Turkey
    Kestas Bot (115D)
    Drawn. 15 supply-centers, 14 units
    Germany
    Drawn. 8 supply-centers, 8 units
    England
    Cortana (150D)
    Drawn. 5 supply-centers, 4 units
    France
    Zultar Bot (165D)
    Drawn. 3 supply-centers, 3 units
    Italy
    Skynet (165D)
    Drawn. 2 supply-centers, 2 units
    Austria
    Data (165D)
    Drawn. 1 supply-centers, 1 units
    Russia
    Jane (160D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Finished: 03 PM Mon 20 Feb 23 UTC
    Bots 7-3
    3 days /phase
    Pot: 35 D - Autumn, 1912, Finished
    Classic, Bot Game, Unranked
    4 excused missed turn
    Game won by Balki Bartokomous (5657D(G))
    France
    Won. 19 supply-centers, 16 units
    Turkey
    Data (165D)
    Survived. 12 supply-centers, 11 units
    Italy
    Zultar Bot (165D)
    Survived. 3 supply-centers, 5 units
    Germany
    Skynet (165D)
    Survived. 0 supply-centers, 2 units
    Austria
    Jane (160D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    England
    Cortana (150D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Russia
    Kestas Bot (115D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Finished: 07 PM Sun 19 Feb 23 UTC
    Bots 6-4
    3 days /phase
    Pot: 35 D - Autumn, 1913, Finished
    Classic, Bot Game, Unranked
    4 excused missed turn
    Game won by Balki Bartokomous (5657D(G))
    Austria
    Won. 19 supply-centers, 17 units
    England
    Jane (160D)
    Survived. 12 supply-centers, 12 units
    Italy
    Zultar Bot (165D)
    Survived. 3 supply-centers, 3 units
    France
    Data (165D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Germany
    Skynet (165D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Russia
    Cortana (150D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Turkey
    Kestas Bot (115D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Finished: 11 PM Sat 18 Feb 23 UTC
    Bots-2599
    3 days /phase
    Pot: 35 D - Autumn, 1908, Finished
    Classic, Bot Game, Unranked
    4 excused missed turn
    Game won by Balki Bartokomous (5657D(G))
    England
    Won. 20 supply-centers, 16 units
    Turkey
    Cortana (150D)
    Survived. 7 supply-centers, 6 units
    Italy
    Kestas Bot (115D)
    Survived. 7 supply-centers, 7 units
    Germany
    Data (165D)
    Survived. 0 supply-centers, 3 units
    Austria
    Skynet (165D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    France
    Zultar Bot (165D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Russia
    Jane (160D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Finished: 11 PM Sat 18 Feb 23 UTC
    Bots 3-12
    3 days /phase
    Pot: 35 D - Autumn, 1905, Finished
    Classic, Bot Game, Unranked
    4 excused missed turn
    Game drawn
    Turkey
    Zultar Bot (165D)
    Drawn. 11 supply-centers, 10 units
    England
    Kestas Bot (115D)
    Drawn. 9 supply-centers, 7 units
    France
    Data (165D)
    Drawn. 7 supply-centers, 7 units
    Italy
    Drawn. 5 supply-centers, 5 units
    Germany
    Jane (160D)
    Drawn. 1 supply-centers, 1 units
    Austria
    Cortana (150D)
    Drawn. 0 supply-centers, 1 units
    Russia
    Skynet (165D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Finished: 10 PM Sat 18 Feb 23 UTC
    Bots 5-7
    3 days /phase
    Pot: 35 D - Autumn, 1908, Finished
    Classic, Bot Game, Unranked
    4 excused missed turn
    Game won by Balki Bartokomous (5657D(G))
    Russia
    Won. 20 supply-centers, 16 units
    England
    Zultar Bot (165D)
    Survived. 7 supply-centers, 6 units
    Turkey
    Data (165D)
    Survived. 3 supply-centers, 6 units
    Italy
    Cortana (150D)
    Survived. 3 supply-centers, 4 units
    France
    Skynet (165D)
    Survived. 1 supply-centers, 1 units
    Germany
    Jane (160D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Austria
    Kestas Bot (115D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Finished: 09 PM Sat 18 Feb 23 UTC
    Bots 4-9
    3 days /phase
    Pot: 35 D - Autumn, 1907, Finished
    Classic, Bot Game, Unranked
    4 excused missed turn
    Game drawn
    England
    Kestas Bot (115D)
    Drawn. 10 supply-centers, 8 units
    Germany
    Jane (160D)
    Drawn. 8 supply-centers, 7 units
    Turkey
    Zultar Bot (165D)
    Drawn. 5 supply-centers, 6 units
    France
    Data (165D)
    Drawn. 4 supply-centers, 4 units
    Austria
    Cortana (150D)
    Drawn. 4 supply-centers, 4 units
    Italy
    Drawn. 3 supply-centers, 4 units
    Russia
    Skynet (165D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Finished: 09 PM Sat 18 Feb 23 UTC
    Bot 3-23
    3 days /phase
    Pot: 35 D - Autumn, 1914, Finished
    Classic, Bot Game, Unranked
    4 excused missed turn
    Game drawn
    Turkey
    Cortana (150D)
    Drawn. 14 supply-centers, 13 units
    England
    Drawn. 8 supply-centers, 8 units
    Russia
    Data (165D)
    Drawn. 7 supply-centers, 7 units
    Germany
    Skynet (165D)
    Drawn. 5 supply-centers, 5 units
    Italy
    Zultar Bot (165D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Austria
    Jane (160D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    France
    Kestas Bot (115D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Finished: 07 PM Sat 18 Feb 23 UTC
    Bots 2-15
    3 days /phase
    Pot: 35 D - Spring, 1912, Finished
    Classic, Bot Game, Unranked
    4 excused missed turn
    Game drawn
    Germany
    Skynet (165D)
    Drawn. 15 supply-centers, 15 units
    Italy
    Zultar Bot (165D)
    Drawn. 8 supply-centers, 8 units
    Turkey
    Cortana (150D)
    Drawn. 6 supply-centers, 6 units
    France
    Kestas Bot (115D)
    Drawn. 5 supply-centers, 5 units
    England
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Russia
    Data (165D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Austria
    Jane (160D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Finished: 07 PM Sat 18 Feb 23 UTC
    Bots-2592
    3 days /phase
    Pot: 35 D - Autumn, 1911, Finished
    Classic, Bot Game, Unranked
    4 excused missed turn
    Game won by Balki Bartokomous (5657D(G))
    Germany
    Won. 19 supply-centers, 16 units
    Austria
    Jane (160D)
    Survived. 10 supply-centers, 7 units
    Italy
    Skynet (165D)
    Survived. 3 supply-centers, 4 units
    Russia
    Data (165D)
    Survived. 2 supply-centers, 3 units
    France
    Zultar Bot (165D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Turkey
    Cortana (150D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    England
    Kestas Bot (115D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Finished: 11 PM Sat 04 Feb 23 UTC
    Speedboat vrrooom! ????????????
    5 minutes /phase (M) | 3 minutes /phase (R, B)
    Pot: 35 D - Autumn, 1907, Finished
    Classic, No messaging, Fill with Bots, Anonymous players, Unranked, Hidden draw votes
    4 excused missed turn
    Game drawn
    Russia
    Jane (160D)
    Drawn. 14 supply-centers, 14 units
    France
    Cortana (150D)
    Drawn. 9 supply-centers, 8 units
    Turkey
    Skynet (165D)
    Drawn. 7 supply-centers, 6 units
    Italy
    Kestas Bot (115D)
    Drawn. 3 supply-centers, 4 units
    Germany
    Fuchsia (100D)
    Resigned. 1 supply-centers, 0 units
    England
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Austria
    Zultar Bot (165D)
    Defeated. Bet: 5D
    Civil Disorders
    Fuchsia (100D)Germany (Spring, 1901) with 3 centres.
    Finished: 02 PM Thu 11 Nov 21 UTC
    …is for Good Men to do Nothing.
    2 days /phase
    Pot: 490 D - Autumn, 1906, Finished
    Classic, Anonymous players, Sum-of-Squares Scoring, Hidden draw votes
    1 excused missed turn
    Game drawn
    France
    warlord922 (1515D)
    Drawn. 9 supply-centers, 8 units
    Turkey
    Drawn. 9 supply-centers, 9 units
    Italy
    TomareUtsuZo (185D)
    Drawn. 6 supply-centers, 6 units
    Russia
    GalahadIII (4471D)
    Drawn. 6 supply-centers, 4 units
    England
    Sandor (1063D)
    Drawn. 2 supply-centers, 3 units
    Germany
    Drawn. 1 supply-centers, 1 units
    Austria
    gweilowizard (104D)
    Drawn. 1 supply-centers, 1 units
    Civil Disorders
    BNLGenius (166D)Russia (Autumn, 1905) with 5 centres.
    Finished: 01 AM Sun 07 Feb 21 UTC
    Plan B-3
    1 day /phase
    Pot: 147 D - Spring, 1912, Finished
    Classic, No messaging, Anonymous players, Draw-Size Scoring, Hidden draw votes
    1 excused missed turn
    Game drawn
    Italy
    czechveck (311D)
    Drawn. 13 supply-centers, 13 units
    Germany
    minhtian (230D)
    Drawn. 13 supply-centers, 13 units
    Russia
    Drawn. 8 supply-centers, 8 units
    England
    red knight (133D)
    Defeated. Bet: 21D
    France
    JavadZakhim (100D)
    Defeated. Bet: 21D
    Austria
    Defeated. Bet: 21D
    Turkey
    holdenc (100D)
    Defeated. Bet: 21D
    Finished: 05 PM Tue 09 Feb 21 UTC
    Private gunboat with EOG expectation 4
    1 day /phase
    Pot: 105 D - Spring, 1912, Finished
    Classic, No messaging, Anonymous players, Draw-Size Scoring
    1 excused missed turn
    Game drawn
    England
    lpl1977 (75D)
    Drawn. 11 supply-centers, 11 units
    Austria
    Talby2 (210D)
    Drawn. 9 supply-centers, 9 units
    Russia
    Drawn. 8 supply-centers, 8 units
    France
    pyxxy (435D(G))
    Drawn. 6 supply-centers, 6 units
    Italy
    teccles (3780D)
    Defeated. Bet: 15D
    Germany
    Defeated. Bet: 15D
    Turkey
    KalelChase (1499D(G))
    Defeated. Bet: 15D
    Finished: 10 PM Thu 04 Mar 21 UTC
    Featured GUNBOAT 050121
    1 day /phase
    Pot: 1400 D - Autumn, 1914, Finished
    Classic, No messaging, Anonymous players, Draw-Size Scoring, Hidden draw votes
    1 excused missed turn
    Game won by Balki Bartokomous (5657D(G))
    France
    Won. 18 supply-centers, 17 units
    Turkey
    sweetwatersam (4036D)
    Survived. 10 supply-centers, 10 units
    Russia
    Thibauld (6700D)
    Survived. 6 supply-centers, 5 units
    England
    minhtian (230D)
    Defeated. Bet: 200D
    Italy
    josemurc (32357D)
    Defeated. Bet: 200D
    Germany
    0k0k0 (4755D)
    Defeated. Bet: 200D
    Austria
    Nephthys (2409D)
    Defeated. Bet: 200D
    Civil Disorders
    lambda (2138D)Russia (Autumn, 1906) with 4 centres.
    Finished: 08 PM Wed 16 Jun 21 UTC
    World Anonymous
    1 day /phase
    Pot: 170 D - Autumn, 2031, Finished
    World Diplomacy IX, No messaging, Anonymous players, Draw-Size Scoring
    1 excused missed turn
    Game won by Balki Bartokomous (5657D(G))
    Near-East
    Won. 46 supply-centers, 40 units
    South-Africa
    GSharp (3341D(B))
    Survived. 19 supply-centers, 19 units
    Brazil
    Thibauld (6700D)
    Survived. 12 supply-centers, 11 units
    Libya
    wilk0260 (610D)
    Survived. 7 supply-centers, 7 units
    Western-Canada
    SDSUPinoy (552D)
    Survived. 2 supply-centers, 4 units
    Argentina
    Beaumont (569D)
    Defeated. Bet: 10D
    China
    nesdunk14 (635D)
    Defeated. Bet: 0D
    Europe
    dpceee (115D)
    Defeated. Bet: 0D
    Frozen-Antarctica
    mtidwell82 (161D)
    Defeated. Bet: 10D
    Ghana
    roy hobbs (1049D)
    Defeated. Bet: 10D
    India
    Redesdale (3067D)
    Defeated. Bet: 10D
    Kenya
    FreedomPanda (100D)
    Defeated. Bet: 10D
    Pacific-Russia
    MichielBosma (767D)
    Defeated. Bet: 10D
    Quebec
    Garagenpunk (332D)
    Defeated. Bet: 10D
    Russia
    Xenaking (148D)
    Defeated. Bet: 10D
    USA
    rup (474D)
    Defeated. Bet: 10D
    Oz
    Kurmancyan (100D)
    Defeated. Bet: 0D
    Civil Disorders
    Macchiavelli (2458D)Oz (Autumn, 2015) with 20 centres.
    lambda (2138D)China (Autumn, 2005) with 7 centres.
    Tvdybgggh (100D)Oz (Spring, 2017) with 19 centres.
    MC Tal (136D)Europe (Spring, 2006) with 3 centres.
    Lord Farquard (85D)Western-Canada (Spring, 2026) with 11 centres.
    marcaroni3d (252D)Brazil (Spring, 2000) with 3 centres.
    lawful neutral (189D)South-Africa (Autumn, 2019) with 12 centres.
    rb12345 (100D)Oz (Spring, 2017) with 19 centres.
    Finished: 03 AM Mon 15 Feb 21 UTC
    Modern anonymous-2
    1 day /phase
    Pot: 100 D - Spring, 2003, Finished
    Modern Diplomacy II, No messaging, Anonymous players, Draw-Size Scoring
    1 excused missed turn
    Game drawn
    Germany
    holdenc (100D)
    Drawn. 12 supply-centers, 12 units
    Italy
    Drawn. 10 supply-centers, 10 units
    Turkey
    Macchiavelli (2458D)
    Drawn. 10 supply-centers, 10 units
    France
    dumptruck (1277D)
    Drawn. 8 supply-centers, 8 units
    Spain
    czechveck (311D)
    Drawn. 7 supply-centers, 7 units
    Britain
    Redesdale (3067D)
    Drawn. 6 supply-centers, 6 units
    Ukraine
    Jonlad (100D)
    Resigned. 11 supply-centers, 11 units
    Egypt
    Defeated. Bet: 10D
    Poland
    Garagenpunk (332D)
    Defeated. Bet: 10D
    Russia
    Uhtred II (240D)
    Defeated. Bet: 10D
    Civil Disorders
    lambda (2138D)France (Autumn, 2001) with 6 centres.
    Jonlad (100D)Ukraine (Spring, 2003) with 11 centres.
    Finished: 05 PM Sat 30 Jan 21 UTC
    Create a new game-6
    1 day /phase
    Pot: 525 D - Spring, 1909, Finished
    Classic, No messaging, Anonymous players, Draw-Size Scoring
    1 excused missed turn
    Game drawn
    Austria
    Verming (100D)
    Drawn. 16 supply-centers, 16 units
    France
    Garagenpunk (332D)
    Drawn. 8 supply-centers, 8 units
    England
    czechveck (311D)
    Drawn. 6 supply-centers, 6 units
    Germany
    Drawn. 4 supply-centers, 4 units
    Italy
    sweetwatersam (4036D)
    Defeated. Bet: 75D
    Turkey
    Mikking (427D)
    Defeated. Bet: 75D
    Russia
    Defeated. Bet: 75D
    Finished: 04 PM Mon 25 Jan 21 UTC
    Swiftboat-15
    14 hours /phase
    Pot: 245 D - Autumn, 1913, Finished
    Classic, No messaging, Anonymous players, Draw-Size Scoring, Hidden draw votes
    2 excused missed turn
    Game drawn
    Austria
    Drawn. 15 supply-centers, 14 units
    Germany
    dagabs0 (27061D)
    Drawn. 10 supply-centers, 8 units
    France
    Redesdale (3067D)
    Drawn. 9 supply-centers, 9 units
    England
    Ogion (4210D)
    Defeated. Bet: 35D
    Italy
    Dealmaker (141D)
    Defeated. Bet: 0D
    Turkey
    Deano (125D)
    Defeated. Bet: 35D
    Russia
    Defeated. Bet: 0D
    Civil Disorders
    Calmar (502D)Russia (Spring, 1911) with 3 centres.
    Nurse Ratched (110D)Italy (Spring, 1907) with 3 centres.
    Insaner (470D)France (Autumn, 1904) with 6 centres.
    Finished: 11 AM Sat 27 Mar 21 UTC
    Ipswich - 14
    1 day /phase
    Pot: 200 D - Spring, 2022, Finished
    Fall of the American Empire IV, No messaging, Anonymous players, Draw-Size Scoring
    1 excused missed turn
    Game drawn
    Florida
    grahamso1 (913D)
    Drawn. 25 supply-centers, 25 units
    California
    boylee (2103D)
    Drawn. 17 supply-centers, 17 units
    Heartland
    Gtlblx (971D)
    Drawn. 16 supply-centers, 16 units
    British-Columbia
    gordonpup (1240D)
    Defeated. Bet: 20D
    Mexico
    lpl1977 (75D)
    Defeated. Bet: 20D
    New-York
    czechveck (311D)
    Defeated. Bet: 20D
    Peru
    dagabs0 (27061D)
    Defeated. Bet: 20D
    Quebec
    Defeated. Bet: 20D
    Texas
    AryaStark (110D)
    Defeated. Bet: 20D
    Cuba
    90kicvesb (4357D)
    Defeated. Bet: 20D
    Civil Disorders
    thebullmoose (2006D)California (Spring, 2018) with 20 centres.

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