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TENCHI MUYO FAQ/WALKTHROUGH
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v1.01
Added notes on getting Azaka and Kimidake
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Written by Mstr, 24. April, 2000 - anime@email.si
Copyright 2000 by Mstr
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CONTENTS
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1. CHARACTERS
1.1 DESCRIPTIONS
1.2 WHERE TO FIND THEM
1.3 MOVES AND EFFECTS OF MOVES
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2. GAME COMMANDS
2.1 GAME SCREEN
2.2 SELECT SCREEN
2.3 BATTLE WINDOW
2.4 COMMANDS
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3. WALKTHROUGH
3.1 MAZAKI HOUSE
3.2 SPACESHIP
3.3 RYO-OHKI
3.4 MOON
3.5 FINAL
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4. MINOR NOTES
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5. CREDITS AND GREETINGS
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1. CHARACTERS
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1.1 DESCRIPTIONS
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There are a total of 12 characters in the game. You start with 4 of them,
later you find the others. Here are the descriptions:
_Tenchi_
Young man, fights with wooden sword. He'll be in you party from begining
till end, and you'll likely use him most often (after all, this game is
called Tenchi Muyo, right? :) He is very strong, has a good defense, moves
3 spaces and does lots of damage, especially in the begining. He doesn't
move very often though, and lacks moves that have long range. Still very
very useful.
_Aeka_
Girl with purple hair in kimono. She's also there from the beginning till
the end. She's very useful in the begining, as she gets a healing move at
level 2. She has average attack and defense values, moves 3 spaces and
does medium damage. She moves rather often (at least in the begining) and
has nice range, but since she'll be healing mostly, so she'll take a while
to level up.
_Ryoko_
Girl with grey spiky hair. Another starter, most useful in the begining.
She teleports when she moves, and she floats, meaning you can put her most
anywhere on the field. She has some of the best attacks and is also quite
strong, but she has a low defense. She moves 3 spaces, 4 when powered up.
She moves averagely often.
_Mihoshi_
Last of the starters, Mihoshi is a girl with yellow hair. She is the only
character whose attacks can miss, but they are powerful and she gets lots
of critical hits. She is strong, but like Ryoko she is poor in defense.
Her attacks all have huge range, but she moves only 2 spaces, and not very
often. She can be extremely effective or not at all, depending on how
lucky you are.
_Ryo-ohki_
Half cat, half rabbit. He starts very weak, but becomes very strong later.
He has a poor defense but attacks well. He moves 4 spaces and jumps, which
is the same as teleport. Moves very often. Nice if you manage to level him
a few times.
_Youkinojou_
A pink robot. Definetly the worst character in the game. Has low hits and
defense, moves only 1 space, and his lowest attack takes 4 power points.
On the up side, he moves very often, and his attacks do decent damage, but
he (or is it she, i'm not sure on this one) still sucks.
_Grandpa_
Old man with glasses and mustache. He has the best attack and defense in
the game, but you won't be using him much if you're like me. His attacks
have very short range, usually only 1 space, and he moves very slowly. He
moves 2 spaces. Too bad he moves so slowly, or he'd have been the best
character in the game (his power fill move is nice).
_Azaka_
Looks like a wooden block with blue markings. Nice, since the attacks do
lots of damage, and his defense is high. Moves often too. Moves only 1
space though. Still nice, but you should have better guys (or more likely
girls) at hand.
_Kimidake_
Same as Azaka, but with red markings. Stats are also much the same, but he
does healing moves mostly. Good if you need a healer, otherwise Azaka is
a lot better.
_Sasami_
Girl with blue hair. Sasami makes a nice support character. She heals well
and moves often, unfortunately only 2 spaces (3 when powered up). She is
poor in attack, defense and hits though, so be careful.
_Washu_
Girl with red hair. Washu is the best support character in my opinion. She
can heal, raise attack, she teleports, and has strong attack and defense.
She moves 2 spaces (3 when powered up), but not too often. Really nice to
have along, but you'll get her rather late in the game.
_Mizuki_
Green haired girl. You'll be fighting her for much of the game. She's also
great, with huge attack and defense numbers, teleporting 4 spaces and
moving often. She'll be the last one you get, and it will take a long time
to level her up decently, but it might be worth it.
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1.2 WHERE TO FIND THEM
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Here are detailed instructions on how to find the characters in the game.
_Tenchi, Aeka, Ryoko, Mihoshi_
They'll be with you from the begining. No need to look (get it? :)
_Ryo-ohki_
You'll find him in the garden, fighting some carrots. Never let your mom
tell you carrots are good for you again :)))
_Youkinojou_
You'll find him the second time you go see Mihoshi's spaceship.
_Grandpa_
You find him on the lower left, fighting some monsters.
_Azaka, Kimidake_
You'll find them if you go to the spaceship by the upper path. They'll
join after the battle. They join you at level 2. (NOTE: I've received
a lot of emails from people saying they can't get them. It seems that
you have to set a flag somewhere in the game to get them to join. If
someone knows exactly what this flag is, let me know. I suggest going
to every location on earth before going to the spaceship, this should
do it)
_Sasami_
You can either go to the spaceship by the lower path and rescue her there
(she joins at level 3), or inside the spaceship in the jail (she joins at
level 4).
_Washu_
Find her on the spaceship, upper right area. She'll join you before the
fight (at level 4).
_Mitzuki_
She joins after the boss fight in the spaceship. Starts at level 1 :(((
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1.3 MOVES AND EFFECTS OF MOVES
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First some notes. There are 4 basic attack moves that determine who can or
can't be hit. Here is a description.
- (in the game a straight arrow from left to right) these are projectile
attacks. They only hit if both the character and the targer are on the
ground, and there is no obstacle between them. They do a lot of damage
\ (in the game a curved arrow going up then down) these are arc attacks.
They also hit only in a straight line, but ignore any obstacles.
| (in the game a filled arroy pointing down) these are area attacks.
They can hit enemies who are not in a straight line from you.
ALL (in the game ALL) these attacks hit all enemies within the radius.
This includes diagonals.
Also, attacks collored green are healing or status raising moves, and
don't damage enemies. There are 4 different green attacks.
HEAL - these attacks heal hitpoints. Amount healed depends on level and
attack power.
P-UP - these attacks raise attack power by half + 1 point of the current
attack power. Very effective at high levels.
?-UP - these are attacks that Sasami uses. I'm not sure what exactly they
do, but I think they either raise speed od cause less damage from
enemies. Not very useful either way.
FULL - this is an attack by Grandpa. If he uses it he fills his power to
the max (8 power points). Can't use it on others :(
Finaly, you will gain an attack for each level you gain. Maximum level for
all characters is 8. Youkinojou, Azaka and Kimidake only have a total of 3
attacks, as they can't power up, so they gain their final attack at level
4. Mitzuki also can't power up, but since she is no machine she gets 4
normal attacks, the final at level 6. The power up attacks are gained at
levels 3 (first level when you can actually power up), 5, 7 and 8. In the
powered up state, you do not restore power points each round.
Ok, so now finaly, the moves. If you want to know what the signs mean,
look a little higher in this faq. Oh yeah, first number is range, second
is power points used to do the attack. Also, Washu's level 3 attack drains
hits from enemies, so it also heals Washu.
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Lv. TENCHI AEKA RYOKO MIHOSHI |
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1. \1-1 \1-1 \2-1 -3-1 |
2. ALL1-3 \3-2 HEAL -3-2 \3-2 |
3. \1-2 \1-2 |2-2 -3-2 (Power up)|
4. \3-4 -2-3 \1-3 |3-3 |
5. \3-4 \2-4 -3-2 -4-4 (P-UP) |
6. \1-6 \3-6 ALL2-6 \4-6 |
7. \1-6 -3-4 |3-4 \4-4 (P-UP) |
8. ALL2-8 ALL2-8 \1-6 ALL3-6 (P-UP) |
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Lv. RYO-OHKI GRANDPA SASAMI WASHU |
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1. \1-1 \1-1 \3-1 -1-1 |
2. \2-2 \1-3 \2-2 ?-UP |2-2 HEAL |
3. \1-2 \1-2 \3-2 \1-2 drain (P-UP)|
4. |3-3 0-3 FULL |2-2 HEAL |2-3 P-UP |
5. ALL1-4 0-2 P-UP ALL2-2 ?-UP |3-4 HEAL (P-UP)|
6. ALL2-6 \2-5 ALL3-4 HEAL -3-4 |
7. ALL2-6 \3-4 ALL2-6 ALL3-4 P-UP (P-UP)|
8. ALL3-8 \2-6 ALL3-6 HEAL ALL3-6 (P-UP)|
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Lv. YOKINOJOU AZAKA KIMIDAKE MIZUKI |
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1. -4-4 \2-1 -1-1 \1-1 |
2. \4-5 ALL1-1 |2-2 HEAL -3-2 |
4. -3-8 \4-6 |3-6 HEAL |2-4 |
6. ------ -------- ----------- -2-6 |
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2. GAME COMMANDS
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2.1 GAME SCREEN
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The game screen is where you move around different locations and save your
game. A little Aeka will appear at your location, and Kimidake will be in
locations you can move to. The first command will let you save your game,
the second is used to move on without saving. After that, you choose where
you want to go next.
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2.2 SELECT SCREEN
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The select screen is where you choose who will fight in the next battle.
You can select up to 4 characters. Depending on the order you put them in
they will appear on the battle screen. I suggest you put characters who
can teleport in the back, so they can move past other characters if they
are blocking them. If you want to fight with less then 4 characters,
press A again when over the picture of the person you selected last. This
is nice since you will mostly use only a few characters, since they gain
levels quicker this way as they get more kills. Nevertheless use at least
2 characters in battle and I would suggest that at least one of them can
heal.
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2.3 BATTLE WINDOW
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The battle window is where you'll be spending most of the time in the game
as the story also develops there. Since the game is simple and most of the
things are easy to figure out just a few notes. In the upper right you'll
see the stats for the character you currenty control, namely attack power,
defense power and hitpoints. If you want a more detailed description, go
to the status screen by pressing SELECT when a character can move. If you
press A, you will find the command menu on the left. Here you select what
you want the character to do. If you want to undo your selection just push
B. After you finish giving orders to a character (either by having them
attack or doing nothing) you can no longer undo and will move to the next
character. In the first round your characters will move in the order you
placed them in the select screen, then they move depending on their speed.
Every round characters gain 2 power points unless they are powered up.
When powered up they gain no power points.
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2.4 COMMANDS
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These are the commands you can use on the battle screen:
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| MOVE | | MOVE | | ATTACK |
| ATTACK | | ATTACK | | BACK |
| DO NOTHING | | POWER U/D | | DO NOTHING |
| | | DO NOTHING | | |
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normal commands when you have 8 PP after moving
before moving (if you can P-UP)
or are powered up
MOVE - you can move a character as many spaces as he can. Some can only
move 1 space, while others can move as many as 5.
ATTACK - use one of the characters attacks. If you have too few P. points,
some attacks will be grayed out. Also, to use the attack the
enemy or ally must be in the line of attack for that move.
DO NOTHING - ends the turn for the character.
BACK - moves the character back to before moving. You can choose again from
the begining.
POWER U/D - if a character can power up, and has all 8 power points, you
can power him or her up. When powered up they no longer gain
any power points, they get different attacks, their attack and
defense are raised slighlty and some gain more movement. When
you use up all 8 power points you revert to normal, or you can
use the command again. When powering up or down, you will loose
one turn, but not if you run out of power points. You can only
power up or down at the begining of the turn. If you move you
cannot power up that turn.
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3. WALKTHROUGH
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I won't be going into the story in this walkthrough, just point out the
basic direction you ought to be heading in. Just a quick word on leveling.
In this game you gain levels by getting kills. The number of kills gets
higher for each level. To get to the next level, you need as many kills as
the number of the next level; to get from level 1 to 2, you need 2 kills,
from 2 to 3 you need 3, from 3 to 4 you need 4 and so on and so on... So be
sure to finish the enemies with the character you wish to level. As you
gain a level you will get full hitpoints, so keep this in mind. If you wait
in battles, more enemies will appear. They only appear once you have killed
at least one of the enemies, since there will never be more than 4 of them
on the screen at once. This is actually nice, since you will get more kills
this way in a shorter time. Enemies generaly respawn about every two turns.
Also enemies seem to generally attack your strongest character, so you
want to keep someone with healing nearby.
OK, now let's get to the walkthrough!
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3.1 MAZAKI HOUSE
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The first battle isn't tough, so you should use it to level Aeka, since she
will get a healing move at level 2, which you will need badly early on. For
the other character, you should level Mihoshi or/and Ryoko. Tenchi can wait
since he is very strong already.
Next comes another battle. You can win easily by simply hitting Mizuki once
or you can gain some more levels, which I recomend. Level up the rest to 2,
and if possible raise Ryoko or Mihoshi to 3, to gain defense. Once you hit
Mizuki you can explore outside.
Next you can choose 3 paths, all of which will gain you another character.
Going up to the garden will get you Ryo-ohki, going down will get you
Grandpa, and going to the middle twice will get you Yokinojou (if you even
want that piece of junk). Anyway, collect whom you want. The carots seem
easiest since they have low hp, but they move fast and attack from 3 spaces
away, so you should level up your weaker guys in the middle at Mihoshi's
spaceship. The red guys there pack a punch, but move very slowly, so they
aren't much of a problem. The bottom offeres blue guys, who will be your
hardest opponents so far. They don't move at all, but can attack 2 spaces
away, do quite some damage, plus projectile attacks don't work on them.
I would suggest leveling all the guys you want to use to at least level 3
here, preferably to level 4, but it might become tedius.
Ok, next, you get to choose which way you will take to the spaceship. If
you want Azaka and Kimidake go up (READ THE SECTION ON HOW TO GET THE
CHARACTERS!) It's shorter and the enemies are easier (except the final
battle which can be a pain if you're not at least level 4 by now).
If not, go down. Some funny scenes here, but it is longer and the enemies
are tougher. You get Sasami sooner this way, but miss Azaka and Kimidake.
If you want some advice, go up, as Azaka and Kimidake are nice in
this part of the game (plus you REALLY want to gather all the characters,
right? :))) The enemies for this part are mostly birds. The grey ones are
harmless, but the red ones pack a mean punch, so beware. The final upper
battle features red birds and golden yeti-type creatures, neither of which
are easy. Still, if you're at least at level 4 you shouldn't have much of a
problem (besides, if you haven't figured it out by now, the battles are
extremely easy, at least for now). The final bottom battle features two
kinds of robots, both not too tough. Well, time to explore the spaceship.
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3.2 SPACESHIP
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Ok, so you're in now. The enemies here are a bit tougher, but you're not in
serious problems if you're reasonably leveled. Here you'll want to find
Washu and Sasami, who will be your best support characters for the rest of
the game. You can preety much forget Aeka for healing now, those two do it
a lot better. Washu is in the upper right jail. The enemies there are quite
tough actually. Get rid of the flying buggers first, as they pack a mean
punch. The scorpions are incredibly armored, but their attack is almost
nonexistent. Did someone say "Level up"? :) Just a quick note, if you come
back here later, Washu won't fight in the battle. It still is a nice place
to gain some levels. Sasami is being kept in the other jail (dark place,
in the middle of the screen. Well, by now you should have encoutered those
green robots, right? They are about the toughest opponents at this stage,
so once you can beat them with 2 punches easily, you are ready to go on.
Or, if you like a challenge, go on as soon as you get those two. You'll
want to go to the upper right. There, Mizaki challenges Ryoko, and they'll
fight one on one. Should be an easy one, as Ryoko is at least level 5 by
now. Once you win Mizaki runs away, only to be beaten up by her boss,
Kusumi. Kusumi kidnaps Ryoko, then you get your first boss fight.
This part is tricky if you don't know what you're doing, as she's much
tougher than anything you've seen so far. To win you need to defeat the
middle section. If you go at her with an all out attack, you'll loose fast.
The sides throw fire at you if you are in front of them, and he middle
will throw a ball that hits anywhere if close enough. There are two ways
of beating her. First the easy way; level up until you are at a high level.
Then wait before charging her untill you have full power points. You will
need to hit her a few ALL attacks, to defeat her, so you'll need Sasami
and Ryo-ohki at level 7 and 5 at least. When ready, rush her, pull off your
attacks when in range and heal any who got hurt. At your high levels, you
won't be hurting much anyway. She'll go down after 2 or 3 attacks. Ok,
now the hard way. Obviusly, if you go at her all at once you'll get killed.
So first, wait untill you have full power and if Washu is there raise the
attack of your attackers. In this fight you'll need someone with high hits,
attack and defense, two people who can heal and one guy that can attack
from at least 3 spaces away. I would suggest Tenchi or Grandpa, Washu, Aeka
or Sasami (whoever is at a higher level), and Mihoshi. Now you will make a
line and attack, first in line Tenchi or Grandpa, who will get in close and
attack the middle (Grandpa might be better if he is at a high level, since
he can refill his power quickly), next in line a healer (Aeka or Sasami),
next Mihoshi and finaly Washu, who'll be worn out after raising attack. You
need to raise the first and third guy in the row, since they will do most
of the attacking. What you do is, you attack with the first guy, heal with
the second (or attack if possible, but I doubt it you'll have the time),
attack with the third guy by range and have the last as a backup healer.
Since you are standind in a line, you'll only be attacked once per turn, so
you should be able to heal the damage. Don't move left of right as you'll
get fried by the flames. It will be a long fight but you should make it.
After the fight Mizuki joins you. She's a great character, but starts at
level 1. Anyway, you now need to follow Kusumi to her base on the moon. You
will be using Ryo-ohki to get there, so you can't use him in the next part.
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3.3 RYO-OHKI
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Not much going on in this part except battles. First you'll need to split
your guys into two groups of 4 (or less). You'll fight several battles and
you can't change characters between battles, so choose wisely. If you want
to level up Mizuki, put her in the first group, since the fights are a bit
easier there. You should be able to level her to level 6 if you let her get
all the kills, at which point she should be really strong. Anyway, be sure
that you have at least one person who can heal in each group, and level
only the guys you are planing on using in the final parts. I'd use Tenchi,
Washu, Mihoshi and Sasami, but it really depends only on your preferences.
Anyway, after some lenghty battles you arrive on the moon. One final fight
and this part is finished. By now you should have picked out your main
characters, since the final monsters are tough if you are not at level 6 at
least.
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3.4 MOON
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Another short part in the story. You have only 3 places you can go, so just
go to the far right. You meet Kusumi again, and you have to fight her again
only this time she is a bit tougher. Use the same strategy against her as
the first time you fought her, and you should win easily. Next you find
Ryoko, but she attacks you and is joined by clones of Ryoko. This is a
tricky fight, since you may not hit the real Ryoko and the clones are quite
tough. The real Ryoko is the one in pink. Still, watch your targeting. She
joins you after the fight. Kusumi gets pissed and transports you. You are
now in the final part of the game.
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3.5 FINAL
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Now is the time to use your best characters, preferably the ones who can
attack multiple enemies. The best ones would be Ryoko and Ryo-ohki, but
they may not be at high enough levels at this time, since you couldn't use
them for a while. As a rule, anyone you use here should be at least level 6
as the monsters are really tough. You fight several fights (at least this
time you can switch between fights), then you fight Kusumi again. This time
she is a lot tougher, since it is harder to use the row tactic, as she can
fire a beam that hits everyone in the row close enough. At this point you
are strong enough to spread your guys around and use strong attacks that
damage all. Again, after you defeat the middle part you win. Ok, so now you
have to fight her again. This is the final and toughest fight in the game.
You fight Kusumi and 3 clones of Mizuki. Luckily Kusumi doesn't move around
since she hits for huge damage and has huge range. If you want to live a
while longer, wait for the Mizuki clones to advance and kill them off. Now
heal and power up. Then rush Kusumi hitting her with the strongest attacks.
After a few solid hits she is defeated and you have won the game. Easy,
wasn't it?
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4. MINOR NOTES
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I haven't bothered finding out all the secrets of the game, but you might
want to try the following things to see what happens. Besides, the game is
so easy you might like a challenge.
- Go to the spaceship without picking up Ryo-ohki
- Get any of your characters killed in the last battle
- Go to the boss fight in the spaceship without picking up Washu or Sasami
- Find out exactly what that darn move Sasami does really does
- Try to level up past level 8 :)
If you want to see the bad ending, simply loose any of the battles or hit
the real Ryoko in the battle with the clones.
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5. CREDITS AND GREETINGS
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Not many thanks really, only thanks to sailor mimic for not bothering to
finish that FAQ so long I actually had to make my own :)
That's it. You're done. So go play.
