Hello everyone!

First, we want to thank you for your feedback and positive reactions for the release of The Prison Update. We feel like we went back on tracks and we are much more confortable with the current state of the game than we were before.

Let's talk about the future of The Slormancer.
The Mage Academy Update (Major Update n°2) will be divided in 3 smaller Updates. Each one bringing its share of new content, reworks and bug fixes.

Keep in mind that this is a very raw short-term Road Map and that things may change over time.

The Mage Academy Update, Part.1

• 20 New Slorm Reapers
  
• Materials Tab in Inventory
  
• 5 New Enemies
  
• The Mage Academy environment in Expeditions

The Mage Academy Update, Part.2

• Act III
  
• New Level Cap
  
• New Ancestral Legacy Tier
  
• Act I Rework
  
• New Cataclysms & Exaltations

About the rework of Act I: This is a major issue for us, because a lot of players just stop right there after a couple of hours and never get to see the rest of the game, which is where the content is. So we want to make it less tedious, probably shorter, increase the variety of enemies now that we have some, and introduce a bunch of Exaltations as well as Named Elites. We're not going to start over, just make it better.

The Mage Academy Update, Part.3

• New Endgame Content

It was previously called "Trials of Grit" in the Road Map, we internally call it "The Great Forge" now. I can't tell you much about it but it's going to be related to Reapers, and should introduce a great amount of variety to them...

We currently have no date to communicate. But it's probably safe to say that Part 1 should be available around January. :)


We are currently working on Part.1 and this is what we're going to talk about next, starting with Slorm Reapers.

Before we begin, please remember that designs and numbers are not final. We are currently implementing new Reapers in the game and we have yet to test them. Also, while I code their behavior, the rest of the team (being one other guy) is currently working on updating the look of Reapers, so they are a better match for their effect. This means that the skin of pretty much all Slorm Reapers down below will be different for release.

We are bringing 20 new Slorm Reapers to The Slormancer and I believe we took the time to dig a bit deeper and find more visually appealing and/or original effects. We also tried to give some love to stats and/or builds that deserved it.



Fate-Crusher, Reaper of the Seven is a new concept that takes advantage of all Reaper bonuses available on your equipment. Reaper bonuses also directly affect the effects of this Slorm Reaper.

Reaper of Retaliating Foresight was built with the idea of removing the "passive defense" behavior of Retaliation and be active with it.

Reaper of Inner Strength is a simple yet quite fun Reaper, that will hopefully enable Inner Fire builds.



Sovereign Reaper of Great Necromancy is our way to introduce some sort of Summoning skills to the game while people wait for a possible official Necromancer class. :)

New ways to unlock Slorm Reapers
We are trying to diversify the way you get Slorm Reapers. As of right now, there's only one Slorm Reaper (Aurifurious, Reaper born of Fusion) that can't be found through loot. And we really like the idea and would like to push into that direction.
With this Update, 3 out of the 20 Slorm Reapers will only be unlocked by other ways than loot.

Behold! The Elder Staff of The Slorm Temple. This one will be purchasable from Olorin, at an outrageous (yet reasonable) Pure Slorm price.



Primordial Slorm Reapers
Since we're talking about Slorm Reapers, I'd like to address the Primordial Slorm Reaper issue:

We've yet to come up with a solution but we are well aware that the current amount of farm required to unlock one (or even multiple) Primordial Slorm Reapers is a problem, plus the fact that you have to grind it back up to a decent level once you've unlocked it. Nothing is set in stone but we have various ideas. And we will hopefully be able to implement a solution for this Update.

This part is ready and implemented. I'm reusing screenshots from very old devlogs, but here's what it looks like.






Aren't you tired of having sort your inventory? Don't you get angry when you have to give a Greater Slormite to another one of your characters? And that room space lost with that absurd amount of crafting materials?

Say no more! We're introducing the Materials Tab to The Slormancer, where everything is easy and properly sorted. Infinite stacking! Shared among your characters! A haven of peace. YOUR haven of peace.



That's it for now. We have nothing to share about new enemies since we've yet to work on them.
Merry Christmas everyone!

Working on detail model and folaige model.

12/8 Extension of the Maintenance Finish Time Added 12/8 14:29 JST

The scheduled end time of the current maintenance will be extended to 16:00 JST.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and thank you for your cooperation.
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[12/8] Change of Maintenance Time Added 12/7 22:20 JST

There will be a change in the end time of the maintenance due to the update.
Before change: 12:00 - 14:30 JST
After the change: 12:00 - 15:00 JST

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and thank you for your cooperation.
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We will be updating the game between 12:00 PM and 2:30 PM JST on Wednesday, 12/8.
The game will be unavailable for play during maintenance.
We apologize for the inconvenience.

[Major Changes]
・Diagonal movement is now possible.
・Boost movement can now be stopped by letting go of the button.
・Gunfire will no longer stop intermittently when the fire button is held down.
・Gun damage is increased.
・Blood splatters on your TSF can now be turned on/off.
・Adjusted freeze-frame time when hitting enemies.
・Added play guide
・Game can now be played without logging into Z-aN (Only Story and Frontier Mode)
・Added a warning about passing items between seasons in Frontier Mode.
・Added Target Filter to PvP Mode.

■Bug Fixes■
・Fixed an error where the Fubuki and Fubuki[UN] TSFs had their affiliations reversed.
・Fixed an error where the wrong items were listed for the Story Mode development mission for the Su-27.
・Fixed an error where BETA would stack on the outer walls of a hive map.
・Fixed an error where opening the Item List under certain conditions would cause items to be displayed improperly.
・Fixed an error where Control Assist Units were not dropping in Frontier Mode.
・Fixed an error where performing certain actions while firing would stop a step cancel from occurring.
・Fixed an error where targets would not switch when target filtering.
・Fixed an error where NPC real-time dialogue would interrupt assault cannon firing when the mouse button was held down.
・Fixed an error where text and voice didn’t match in the prologue, as well as other assorted spelling errors and English-language changes.

Please see the full patch notes for more information.

Commanders!

It’s been a while since we added a new PvP map, but the time has come to welcome another new battlefield in Armored Warfare – Carson City!



Despite its name, this charming small town knew little of true city bustle until a newly-built interstate highway skirted its territory. It became a major transportation hub practically overnight, attracting first the attention of major corporations and subsequently various armed groups eager to take control of it and with it the traffic flow from the east to the West Coast.



The bases on this map are located in the south-western and north-eastern corners and the whole Nevada-based map can be split into three areas.



The south-east is occupied by the Carson City itself. A labyrinth of streets awaits you with a lot of cover, but also some flanking opportunities. Is a group of MBTs holding a particular position? Go around the block in order to appear right behind them. Situational awareness will play a key role in this area because you’ll never know what awaits you around the corner.



Moving north, the center of the map is filled with a large lake with a small island in the middle of it. You can get there of course and if you do, you’ll be able to fire pretty much all across the map. This area will be suitable for fast vehicles such as Light Tanks and Tank Destroyers as the MBTs trying to go there or around the island will be slowed by the lake’s water significantly.



And last but not least, the north is walled off from the rest of the map by a group of cliffs, making the area a long, wide mountain corridor for heavily armored MBTs to push through. There’s also a narrow path leading around the lake to the north where lighter, smaller vehicles can slip through.



This map will be available in the Standard mode (two bases) as well as the Encounter mode. In the Encounter mode, a single base will be located on the island in the middle.

We hope that you will enjoy the map and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!

Thank you for your support along the way. Enjoy, spread the word and leave a review!

Hi Bandits!

The launch has been BANANAS, and we’ve been overwhelmed by your amazing support. Thank you!

Given that Rubber Bandits is still brand new, we’ve encountered some teething issues that we’re issuing a fix for within the next couple of days. This fix will aim to correct the reported blinking or unresponsive character bugs.

The devs are working hard on improving input latency - we’ve done some backend fixes over this last weekend to improve these, and we’re prioritising more improvements as the week goes on.
There are a few more extra quality-of-life improvements coming, and we’ll be sure to give you more details when we have them!

I have found a bug/issue! What do I do?

Don't panic! In order for the Rubber Bandits devs to get on the case with a fix, here's a few things you need to do:

• Report the bug to the #bug-report channel on Discord: https://discord.gg/Bm749g4uFv
  
• If you're playing on console: let us know what platform you're on, and give a description of the issue
  
• If you're playing on PC: give us a description of the issue, and a Player.log (you can find this in: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\LocalLow\Flashbulb\Rubber Bandits)
  
• Top tip from the devs: it's important to explain what happened BEFORE the issue, so we can dig into reports properly and quickly

Thanks again for your patience while we’ve been taking your feedback onboard and putting these fixes into practice, and we’ll update you again very soon!

— The Rubber Bandits Team 🍌

EU: December 9, 2021 at 07:00 CET through January 10, 2022 at 07:00 CET (UTC+1)
NA: December 9, 2021 at 03:20 PT | 05:20 CT | 06:20 ET through January 10, 2022 at 03:20 PT | 05:20 CT | 06:20 ET
ASIA: December 9, 2021 at 12:00 UTC+8 through January 10, 2022 at 12:00 UTC+8



Knock-knock, Commanders! Come with me… if you want to celebrate! If you have been waiting this whole year for an action hero, your wait is over!


The amazing season of miracles is around the corner, and I thought, why not spend it with you? It’s time for the long-awaited Holiday Ops—with a magical atmosphere, festive bonuses, special combat missions from me, and tons of other wonderful surprises. Follow me to get your share of joy, holiday spirit, and wonderful rewards! Alright, team—let's kick some ice!

• Holiday Ops 2022 kicks off on December 9, 2021, at 07:00 CET and runs until January 10, 2022, at 07:00 CET (UTC+1).
  
• Complete Missions From Arnie to earn Small Boxes and additional rewards, including an exclusive 2D style and Arnold Schwarzenegger himself as a custom commander.
  
• You can also get Small Boxes by completing the standard daily and Advent Calendar missions, as well as receive them in parcels from your friends through the Holiday Post.
  
• In the previous Holiday Ops events, decorations had levels from I to V. This year, all decorations in the event have no level and are of equal value. They’re all magnificent and feature their own beautiful story. Let’s call them Standard Decorations.
  
• Small Boxes contain Shards instead of decorations, so you can craft yourself the decorations you want and for the slots you need with the Large Holidron Decorider. Put up your decorations and fill your Garage with fairy lights and magic!
  
• Earn Holiday Stamps for completing missions to send surprise parcels containing Small Boxes to your friends through the Holiday Post. You can send each of your friends one parcel with one Small Box once a day.
  
• By sending Small Boxes to your friends, you get Friendship Tokens, which help you receive special customization rewards.
  
• Every day, one new Mission From Arnie will be available for you to complete in Random Battles (including Grand Battles) in Tier IV vehicles and higher. There are 32 missions in total, and you’ll receive Small Boxes and Holiday Stamps for completing each of them. Upon completing a certain number of missions, you will receive rewards, including a unique medal, cool inscriptions, a decal, a spectacular 2D style, Arnold Schwarzenegger himself as a tank commander, and more.
  
• In addition to the Standard Decorations, outfit your Garage with four Large Decorations. Each Large Decoration will help you earn 2.5% more credits in Random Battles.
  
• Craft decorations in the Decorider and place them in their respective slots on the decorative objects—Christmas Tree, Fair, Installation, and Large Decorations—to earn Festive Atmosphere Points and improve your Festive Atmosphere Level.
  
• All the decorations you obtain are arranged into four thematic Collection Albums. Assembling a full Collection Album nets you an exclusive 2D style and a unique decal.
  
• Building Collections and increasing the Festive Atmosphere gives you a Random Battle bonus to credits of up to 40%. Each Large Decoration gives you a bonus 2.5% to credits earned.
  
• Once you reach Festive Atmosphere Level X, you will be able to complete the Collections from previous years’ Holiday Ops events (2018–2021).
  
• This year, the Holiday Ops vehicles branch will consist of three slots. You will get two of them upon improving your Festive Atmosphere Level, after reaching Levels V and X. You will unlock the special third "Arnie's slot" when you complete five Missions From Arnie. But, most importantly, now all slots work the same, and you can select any of the bonuses available: +50% to Combat XP, +100% to Crew XP, or +200% to Free XP.
  
• Holiday Ops vehicles will continue to enjoy their slot bonuses from January 10 at 07:00 CET until January 24 at 07:00 CET (UTC+1). Plus, they will receive the highest bonus to credits you achieved during the event.

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The day the event kicks off on December 9, your Garage will turn into a snowy Square full of magic, all dressed up in fairy lights and garlands. You’ll instantly find here a festive gift: the brand-new T3 Convertible, a Tier III Premium American vehicle. This is a variant of the famous Christie tank, which was used in the development of the Soviet T-34 and other vehicles. It’s a fast and maneuverable medium with a menacing gun, and it comes with a 100% trained crew and a Garage slot.

You will also find several interactive objects in your Garage, including a special celebrity area where you can receive combat Missions From Arnie and track your progress in completing them. And, of course, there will be four magnificent decorative areas: the Christmas Tree, Fair, Installation, and Large Decorations. Show off your talents and decorate them to create a magical atmosphere!


You can outfit your Garage with amazing decorations. This year, decorations have no level and are of equal value—let's call them Standard. No more useless decorations! Each of the decorations has its own beautiful story, and each one is fancy and charming.

Among the decorations there will be several very special ones, closely related to our incredible guest. For example, "Monorail" will remind you of the legendary action film (can you guess which one?) starring Arnie, and his "Mr. Olympia" Sculpture will remind you that nothing is impossible for a person who has the desire, motivation, and will to win.



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As before, you will receive Small Boxes as a reward for completing:

• Daily missions: 1–4 boxes
  
• Special Missions From Arnie (read below for details): 3 boxes
  
• Advent Calendar Missions: 1 box (and 3 boxes for the final mission)

You can also get parcels with Small Boxes from your friends through the Holiday Post, a festive system of giving and receiving presents within the game client (read below for details).

This year, Small Boxes contain Shards instead of decorations. You can use Shards to craft both Standard and Large Decorations you want and for the slots that interest you most with the Large Holidron Decorider.

In addition to Shards, all Small Boxes will include useful in-game items (credits, consumables, directives, etc.). If you’re lucky enough, you may even find decorations inside these boxes.




But that’s not all! Thanks to the Holiday Post, you and your friends can now help each other assemble Collections and improve your Festive Atmosphere by sending each other gifts of Small Boxes—parcels. You can find the Holiday Post here:



Earn Holiday Stamps for completing missions to send parcels to your friends. You can send each of your friends one parcel with a Small Box once a day. To do this, you need one Holiday Stamp, a special event currency.



You can earn Holiday Stamps in the following ways:

• For completing Missions From Arnie (3 Holiday Stamps for each completed mission)
  
• Upon reaching certain Festive Atmosphere Levels
  
• For completing standard daily missions

You can only send parcels to players who are on your friends list. If it's empty, now is the perfect time to help your clanmates or find friends in battle when playing in dynamic Platoons.

By sending parcels to your friends, your thanks will be some nice customization items. Send 10 parcels per day to earn one Friendship Token. Treat your friends to presents and collect Friendship Tokens to receive:

• a cool inscription (×6, 4 Friendship Tokens required)
  
• a spectacular decal (×6, 8 Friendship Tokens required)
  
• an amazing 2D style (×1, 12 Friendship Tokens required)

You will unlock these rewards sequentially as you collect the required number of Friendship Tokens for each customization item. You can only obtain one Friendship Token per day. Your progress in accumulating sent parcels is reset the next day.

Arnie usually works alone and never minces his words. But now that you are part of his team, let our incredible guest of honor brief you on the surprises he has prepared!

You have to see yourself winning before you win. And I can easily see you completing my challenge, so take on these missions and prove that you can become real heroes, too!

Every day, one new mission will be available for you to complete in Random Battles (including Grand Battles) in Tier IV vehicles and higher. All missions are cumulative and can be performed at the same time. If you skip several missions, you can complete them all in one go.

There are 32 missions from me in total, and you’ll receive Small Boxes and Holiday Stamps for completing each of them. Upon completing a certain number of missions, you will receive rewards, including a unique medal, cool inscriptions, a stunning decal, and other great stuff. In addition, completing missions from me will grant you credit discounts on researchable tanks.

You’ll unlock these discounts gradually as you complete missions. The first discount on purchasing Tier II vehicles will become available after completing two missions. As you progress, the tier of vehicles covered by the discount will also increase. To earn a discount on purchasing researchable Tier X vehicles, you need to complete all 32 tasks of the challenge.



Think a particular mission is too challenging for you? NO PROBLEMO! Use 1,000 Shards to simplify it for easier conditions and receive rewards more quickly. This option is available once per mission.

Once you have completed 23 missions, you'll get my exclusive 2D style that features special Marks of Excellence that will replace the default marks on the vehicle's gun. Take a look.



I promised to be back, and I kept my word! Once you have completed 27 missions, you'll be able to recruit me in the Barracks. I will become the commander of one of your vehicles, and I hope it will be your best and favorite of all the ones you have in your Garage!

I come with three skills—Sixth Sense, Repairs, and Brothers in Arms as a zero perk—plus enough experience to learn a fourth skill of your choice, so someone's gonna have bi-i-ig problems on the battlefield. And it won’t be me or you! And yeah, no matter what happens in battle, keep cool—my voice will always cheer you up!


Apart from the Standard Decorations, you can outfit your Garage with Large Decorations that will make it even merrier. There are four Large Decorations in the event, and all of them provide a 2.5% bonus to credits when fighting in Random Battles. You can either get Large Decorations in Small Boxes (if you’re lucky) or craft them in the Decorider. Check it out.

Once you have all 4 Large Decorations, their crafting is blocked. You can't duplicate Large Decorations in the Decorider.

UPDATED 08.12: The number of Festive Atmosphere Points you earn for obtaining new decorations for your Collections was increased from 2 to 3.

There are 10 levels of Festive Atmosphere, which define your progress in the event and provide you with rewards. At the start of Holiday Ops 2022, you’ll have Festive Atmosphere Level I.

Since all Standard Decorations are of the same level this year, you need to earn special Points to level up the Festive Atmosphere. You can get these points in two ways:

• By obtaining new decorations for your Collections (you receive 3 Points for each new Decoration)
  
• By installing decorations in slots (check out the infographics below)

*Duplicate Standard Decorations will earn you one additional Point, according to the rules above.

Here is the number of Festive Atmosphere Points required to reach each Festive Atmosphere Level:

Example

• If you fill all slots with decorations, you will get 54 Points.
  
• If you place all Large Decorations in their respective slots, you will receive 20 Points.
  
• If you collect all 70 Standard Decorations for one Collection, you will earn 210 Points.
  
• And if you complete all the Collection Albums of the event, you will get 840 Points.

By increasing your Festive Atmosphere and reaching each new level, you will earn a host of in-game items: Personal Reserves, a bunch of national and universal fragments, Antiduplicator Charges, and more. You will also be able to recruit four unique female crew members.

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All Standard Decorations you can earn are arranged into four festive-themed Collection Albums:

• New Year
  
• Christmas
  
• Lunar
  
• Magic

Building each full Collection nets you an amazing holiday-inspired 2D style and a decal. Plus, after collecting all the Large Decorations, you'll also get another cool decal. Complete all four sets and all Large Decorations to earn all four of the spectacular 2D styles and decals available during Holiday Ops 2022!

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But styles and decals are not all that Collections can bring you! Building Collection Albums and increasing the Festive Atmosphere gives you a bonus to credits that will increase gradually up to 40%. In addition, each Large Decoration placed in its slot gives you a bonus 2.5% to credits earned. Thus, your total bonus to credits when playing in Random Battles can reach up to 50%!


Once you reach Festive Atmosphere Level X, you’ll have a chance to complete your Collections from previous years—from 2018 through 2021. Use Shards to craft the decorations you need separately or the entire Collection at once, and get the corresponding style and other customization items as rewards.

The cost of one missing Decoration in Shards depends on its level. Check it out:


You can create new Standard and Large Decorations in the special Large Holidron Decorider. There is no decoration level selection in the Collider this year, but you can still choose the Type and Collection—specific or random.

• Random type and Collection: 1,000 Shards
  
• Specific type or Collection: 1,250 Shards
  
• Specific type and Collection: 1,500 Shards

If you want a 100% chance of getting a decoration that you don't have in your Collection, use Antiduplicator Charges. Remember: after each use, the Antiduplicator turns off and you need to turn it back on manually to craft a new decoration without duplication.

As an alternative to using Charges, you can spend 2,000 more Shards (on top of the cost of the decoration itself) and craft a new decoration that you don't already have in your Collections. You can use the Antiduplicator or an alternative method if you have a specific type and a specific Collection selected!



Once all Collection Albums are 100% complete (excluding Large Decorations), all Charges will be automatically converted into Shards at the following rate: 1 Charge = 150 Shards. Plus, each new free Charge you receive will also be automatically converted into Shards.


This year, the Holiday Ops vehicles branch will consist of three slots, which you can unlock in the following ways:

• For completing five Missions From Arnie
  
• For reaching Level V of Festive Atmosphere
  
• For reaching Level X of Festive Atmosphere

All vehicles can be placed in these three slots—regardless of their tier, nation, and type—except for Premium and rental vehicles. Now, all slots work the same, and for each slot, you can assign any of the following bonuses to XP you earn in Random Battles:

• +50% to Combat XP
  
• +100% to Crew XP
  
• +200% to Free XP

Initially, you will only be able to place any Tier V vehicles in the slots. But each new Festive Atmosphere Level will increase the tier of vehicles that can be assigned to your Holiday Ops vehicles branch.



Each slot has an individual cooldown of 30 minutes for tank changes. If, after assigning a tank to a slot, you sell it or remove it from your Garage, the slot will be freed automatically at the end of the cooldown.


What presents would fellow commanders like most during Holiday Ops 2022? Large Boxes, of course! Choose Boxes from four different Collections, stuffed with valuable in-game items to treat yourself to! Each Box contains one Standard Decoration and 250 Gold. Plus, a Box has a chance of dropping even more gold, credits, and days of WoT Premium Account. But if Lady Luck’s on your side, you might also find a formidable Tier VIII Premium tank, a Tier II–V vehicle, or a spectacular 3D style.


Like all good things, the holidays will come to an end sooner or later. But in World of Tanks, they last a bit longer than usual! You’ll still be able to use your Holiday Ops vehicles until January 24 at 07:00 CET (UTC+1). You will have as many Holiday Ops vehicles slots as you manage to unlock during the event.

During the event extension:

• Vehicle cooldown will increase (from 30 minutes to once per game day), but by spending a few credits, you can change them after each battle.
  
• All tanks currently placed in your Holiday Ops vehicle branch will continue to receive their credit and chosen XP bonuses.
  
• The amount of bonus to credits will be equal to the highest value you achieved during the event.

Get ready to decorate your Garage, enjoy festive gifts, and celebrate the holidays with me, Commanders!

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另外修改了几个bug。欢迎大家继续反馈。

It’s December, dear Townscaper lovers, and ‘tis the season to be building.

As usual, we are taking a moment to highlight some of your best builds from the past couple of weeks. Let these towns from Twitter, TikTok and Steam inspire you!

TWITTER
1. Tentacles by @ScaperofTowns
This tentacle-type town fashioned out of arches is a sight to behold!




2. Liminal Spaces by @ViOliveiraArt0
I get the feeling I’ve been here before... Perhaps in a nightmare?




STEAM

1. Texas by Faramir’s Rangers
It is, quite literally, a town the shape of Texas. Videogames are amazing.



2. Townshell by HegemonJoy
This monstrous creation is seemingly structurally sound, but I don’t think I'd survive the trek up that incline.



TIKTOK

1. G by @jeff._.101
Yet another exciting challenge from the community; a house in the shape of a letter G. Yet another build I’d dread climbing to the top of.



2. Haunted Mansion by @townscapermaker1
This simple yet effective build oozes gothic charm. An architectural classic!





Happy holidays, and see you soon!

It's finally that time of the year! and to make it even more special, you can win up to 24.000.000 chips in the Happy Holidays Hold'em! 🤑 Buy in for 8 million chips and bust your opponents to earn ring points for the Happy Holidays ring. 💍⁠⁠