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| {{Infobox Smasher
| | | name = Zhu |
| | name = Zhu | | | image = SmZhu.jpg |
| | image = Zhu.png | | | mainssbm = Falco |
| | mainssbm = Marth | | | otherssbm = Fox |
| | otherssbm = Falco | | | 2ndotherssbm = |
| | 2ndotherssbm = Fox | | | crew = |
| | moreotherssbm = {{SSBM|Sheik}}, {{SSBM|Pikachu}}, {{SSBM|Ice Climbers}}
| | | former crews = [[Baysians]], Team Gamecenter |
| | crew = BOXR | | | skill = Top professional |
| | former crews = Baysians, Team Gamecenter, Smash Practice | | | realname = Julian (Yue) Zhu |
| | rankingssbm = [[SSBMRank 2017]]: 66th | | | birthday = 24 |
| | bestrankingssbm = [[RetroSSBMRank 2009]]: 7th
| | | birthmonth = 5 |
| | winningsssbm = ~$5,104.02
| | | birthyear = 1990 |
| | realname = Julian (Yue) Zhu | | | location = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| | alias = Poor Zhu
| | | country = United States |
| | birthday = 24 | | }} |
| | birthmonth = 5 | | '''Zhu''' is a {{SSBM|Falco}} player from Southern California who currently resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, considered one of the best Falco players in the world. He was initially known most for [[self-destruct]]ing at crucial moments, dubbed "zhuiciding," and being the recipient of the original [[Wombo Combo]]. Zhu has made a series of combo videos named "Happy Feet," which showcase his Falco. At [[GENESIS]], he defeated renowned smasher {{Sm|Mew2King}} in losers' quarters for his placement. Zhu was formerly ranked 4th on the [[NorCal Power Rankings|NorCal Melee Power Rankings]]. |
| | birthyear = 1990 | |
| | location = Millbrae, California | |
| | country = United States | |
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| '''Zhu''' is a retired ''[[Melee]]'' player from Northern California who was considered to be one of the best Falco players in the world. He was initially known most for [[self-destruct]]ing at crucial moments, dubbed "zhuiciding," and being the recipient of the original [[Wombo Combo]]. Zhu has made a series of combo videos named "Happy Feet," which showcase his Falco. At {{Trn|GENESIS}}, he defeated renowned smasher {{Sm|Mew2King}} in losers' quarters for his placement. At {{Trn|EVO 2016}}, Zhu has a remarkable performance, defeating players such as {{Sm|Lucky}}, {{Sm|ChuDat}}, {{Sm|Laudandus}}, and {{Sm|Darkrain}} to get 9th place.
| | ==Notable tournament placings== |
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| He is currently helping to run [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtGeosEjh8wfMZifNfhospw SmashPractice] along with {{Sm|Cactuar}}.
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| Zhu was formerly ranked 1st on the [[Philadelphia Melee Power Rankings]], 5th on the [[NorCal Melee Power Rankings]], and 66th on [[SSBMRank 2017]].
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| On August 4th, 2018, Zhu announced that {{Trn|EVO 2018}} would be his last tournament as a competitor.<ref>https://twitter.com/boxrZhu/status/1025827543763415040</ref> In retirement, Zhu picked up Marth as his new main.
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| ==Tournament placings== | |
| ===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
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| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner | | !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner |
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| |[[Super Champ Combo]]||September 29th-30th, 2007||33rd||17th||Falcomist | | |[[Super Champ Combo]]||September 29th-30th, 2007||33rd||17th||Falcomist |
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| |[https://smashboards.com/threads/best-of-2007-san-bernardino-socal-12-29-results.133533/ SoCal Best of 2007]||December 29th, 2007||7th||2nd||{{Sm|DieSuperFly}}
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| |[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=361 UCSD Winter Smash II]||January 12th-13th, 2008||3rd||3rd||?
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| |[https://smashboards.com/threads/ucla-v-melee-strikes-back-03-01-08-results.151379/ UCLA V: Melee Strikes Back]||March 1st, 2008||3rd||4th||Falcomist
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| |[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=3412 UCLA VII: Avalanche]||November 9th, 2008||2nd||3rd||{{Sm|DEHF}}
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| |{{Trn|SCSA West Coast Circuit|g=SSBM}}||December 6th, 2008||4th||4th||Lucky
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| |[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=4716 UCLA Revival]||February 15th, 2009||2nd||1st||{{Sm|Lucky}}
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| |[[Revival of Melee]]||March 7th-8th, 2009||13th||7th||{{Sm|Drephen}} | | |[[Revival of Melee]]||March 7th-8th, 2009||13th||7th||{{Sm|Drephen}} |
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| |[[Mango Juice]]||March 21st, 2009||2nd||3rd||{{Sm|Forward}}
| | |[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=227090 Mango Juice]||March 21st, 2009||2nd||3rd||{{Sm|Forward}} |
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| |[http://smashboards.com/posts/7856964 SCSA West Coast Circuit #4]||May 30th, 2009||2nd (Split)||2nd||{{Sm|Mew2King}} | |
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| |[[GENESIS]]||July 10th-12th, 2009||4th||9th||{{Sm|MacD}} | | |[[GENESIS]]||July 10th-12th, 2009||4th||9th||{{Sm|MacD}} |
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| |[[Active Gamers]]||September 26th-27th, 2009||4th||2nd||Mew2King | | |[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=255468 Pat's House]||November 14th-15th, 2009||2nd||2nd||MacD |
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| |[[Pat's House]]||November 14th-15th, 2009||2nd||2nd||MacD
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| |[[R3]]||December 19th-20th, 2009||3rd||—||—
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| |[[Pound 4]]||January 16th-18th, 2010||7th||33rd||MacD | | |[[Pound 4]]||January 16th-18th, 2010||7th||33rd||MacD |
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| |[https://smashboards.com/threads/scsa-west-coast-circuit-5-1-30-10-results-on-first-page-and-thanks-for-coming.261420/ SCSA West Coast Circuit #5]||January 30th, 2010||5th||3rd||{{Sm|PsychoMidget}}
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| |[http://nintendodojo.com/event.aspx?id=8355 Tourney Play 5]||May 8th, 2010||5th||4th||MacD
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| |[[Good Shit German]]||July 24th-25th, 2010||9th||1st||Mew2King
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| |[[Apex 2010]]||August 6th-8th, 2010||7th||13th||{{Sm|VaNz}} | | |[[Apex 2010]]||August 6th-8th, 2010||7th||13th||{{Sm|VaNz}} |
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| |[[Don't Go Down There Jeff]]||December 18th, 2010||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|Hungrybox}} | | |[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=294211 Don't Go Down There Jeff!]||December 18th, 2010||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|Hungrybox}} |
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| |[[Winter Game Fest VI]]||January 22nd-23rd, 2011||4th||3rd||MacD
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| |[[Pound V]]||February 19th-21st, 2011||13th||9th||MacD | | |[[Pound V]]||February 19th-21st, 2011||13th||9th||MacD |
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| |[https://smashboards.com/threads/no-johns-july-2nd-results.306367/ No Johns 7/2/11]||July 2nd, 2011||3rd||2nd||[[Hax]]
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| |[https://smashboards.com/threads/no-johns-august-6th-results-50-oh-yea-melee-is-back.308515/ No Johns 8/6/11]||August 6th, 2011||1st||1st||Mew2King
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| |[[KTAR 6]]||August 14th, 2011||2nd||1st||Mew2King
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| |[[Apex 2012]]||January 6th-8th, 2012||13th||33rd||{{Sm|Hack}} | | |[[Apex 2012]]||January 6th-8th, 2012||13th||33rd||{{Sm|Hack}} |
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| |[[Winter Game Fest VII]]||January 15th, 2012||4th||2nd||{{Sm|Fly Amanita}}
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| |[[Rule 6: NorCal Regional]]||July 29th, 2012||9th||9th||Fly Amanita
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| |[[Kings of Cali]]||November 10th, 2012||17th||5th||{{Sm|Shroomed}} | | |[[Kings of Cali]]||November 10th, 2012||17th||5th||{{Sm|Shroomed}} |
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| |[[Apex 2013]]||January 11th-13th, 2013||13th||33rd||{{Sm|Silent Wolf}} | | |[[Apex 2013]]||January 11th-13th, 2013||13th||33rd||{{Sm|Silent Wolf}} |
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| |[[NorCal Regionals 2013]]||April 26th-28th, 2013||7th||—||—
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| |[[EVO 2013]]||July 12th-14th, 2013||17th||—||— | | |[[EVO 2013]]||July 12th-14th, 2013||17th||—||— |
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| |[[LanHammer 2013]]||August 17th-18th, 2013||5th||—||—
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| |[[Kings of Cali 3]]||December 14th-15th, 2013||17th||13th||{{Sm|Toph}} | | |[[Kings of Cali 3]]||December 14th-15th, 2013||17th||13th||{{Sm|Toph}} |
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| |[[The Big House 4]]||October 4th-5th, 2014||25th||9th||Cactuar | | |[[The Big House 4]]||October 4th-5th, 2014||25th||9th||Cactuar |
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| |[[Justice 4]]||October 11th, 2014||3rd||9th||{{Sm|Animal}} | | |[[Justice 4]]||October 11th, 2014||3rd||—||— |
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| |[[Do You Fox Wit It?]]||November 15th-16th, 2014||9th||9th||{{Sm|Flash}}
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| |[[Paragon Orlando 2015]]||January 17th-18th, 2015||13th||9th||Cactuar
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| |[[Apex 2015]]||January 30th-February 1st, 2015||17th||||Cactuar
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| |[[Shots Fired]]||February 28th-March 1st, 2015||3rd||3rd||{{sm|Velocity}}
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| |[[NeoNebulous 7]]||March 28th, 2015||3rd||3rd||Cactuar
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| |[[Super Nebulous 3]]||April 25th-26th, 2015||17th||5th||Cactuar
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| |[[HFLAN Melee Edition]]||May 9th-10th, 2015||5th||1st||{{Sm|Armada}}
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| |[[CEO 2015]]||June 26th-28th, 2015||9th||5th||Cactuar
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| |[[EVO 2015]]||July 17th-19th, 2015||33rd||—||—
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| |[[Super Smash Con]]||August 6th-9th, 2015||9th||17th||Cactuar
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| |[[PAX Prime 2015]]||August 28th-30th, 2015||9th||4th||Cactuar
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| |[[HTC Throwdown]]||September 19th, 2015||17th||17th||Cactuar
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| |[[The Big House 5]]||October 2nd-4th, 2015||17th||9th||Cactuar
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| |[[Smash the Record 2015]]||October 23rd-26th, 2015||—||4th||Cactuar
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| |[[Smash Summit]]||November 7th-8th, 2015||13th||7th||{{Sm|Westballz}}
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| |[[GENESIS 3]]||January 15th-17th, 2016||33rd||17th||Cactuar
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| |[[Shots Fired 2]]||March 5th-6th, 2016||5th||2nd||Mew2King
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| |[[Pound 2016]]||April 2nd-3rd, 2016||25th||—||—
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| |[https://start.gg/tournament/emerald-city-iii/brackets/12931/44233/147138 Emerald City III]||June 18th, 2016||5th||4th||{{Sm|Silent Wolf}}
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| |[[CEO 2016]]||June 24th-26th, 2016||25th||7th||MacD
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| |[[EVO 2016]]||July 15th-17th, 2016||9th||—||—
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| |[[Super Smash Con 2016]]||August 11th-14th, 2016||17th||—||—
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/di-another-day-2-a-western-australian-major/event/melee-singles/brackets/70410 DI Another Day 2]||September 8th-11th, 2016||2nd||1st||{{Sm|Spud}}
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| |[http://norcalhss.challonge.com/mmseptmelee Matador Monthly - September]||September 23rd, 2016||1st||—||—
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| |[[The Big House 6]]||October 7th-9th, 2016||33rd||25th||{{Sm|Nintendude}}
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| |[[Canada Cup 2016]]||October 28th-30th, 2016||5th||4th||MacD
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| |[[Smash the Record 2016]]||November 11th-14th, 2016||17th||9th||MacD
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| |[[GENESIS 4]]||January 20th-22nd, 2017||33rd||17th||Cactuar
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/the-norcal-classic/event/melee-singles/brackets/119277 The NorCal Classic]||February 25th, 2017||9th||—||—
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| |{{b|Royal Flush|tournament}}||May 12th-14th, 2017||25th||5th||Hungrybox
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/get-smashed-123/event/melee-singles/brackets/138155 Get Smashed 123]||June 20th, 2017||65th||—||—
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| |[[EVO 2017]]||July 14th-15th, 2017||65th||—||—
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| |[[Shine 2017]]||August 25th-27th, 2017||49th||25th||Nintendude
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| |[[GENESIS 5]]||January 19th-21st, 2018||97th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition|g=SSBM}}||April 7th, 2018||9th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|EVO 2018|g=SSBM}}||August 3rd-5th, 2018||65th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Rona Rumble: LACS Qualifier 1|g=SSBM}}{{OnlineIcon}}||July 11th, 2020||25th||—||—
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| |{{Trn|Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 2|g=SSBM}}{{OnlineIcon}}||July 25th-26th, 2020||33rd||—||—
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| ===''[[Project M]]''===
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| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
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| |[[Shots Fired]]||February 28th-March 1st, 2015||49th||—||—
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *Several tournament streams, and even the [[2014 SSBMRank]], jokingly list "Poor" as a sponsor of Zhu as a reference to the Wombo Combo. | | *Several tournament streams, and even the 2014 SSBM Player Rankings, jokingly list his sponsor as "Poor" as a reference to the Wombo Combo. |
| *Zhu is also known to have held a 2-year winning streak over {{Sm|Hax}}, not losing to him in bracket even once until No Johns 7/2/11, and defeating him in every encounter afterward until [[Revival of Melee 7]]. | | *Zhu is also known to have held a 2-year winning streak over {{Sm|Hax}}, not losing to him in bracket even once until No Johns 7/2/11, and defeating him in every encounter afterward until [[Revival of Melee 7]]. |
| *Zhu used the tag CG for some of his sets at EVO 2016, which is a reference to an [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKDlqdsw1i8 edited version] of the DK Rap by [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ecwl3FTG66jIKA9JRDtmg SiIvaGunner].
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| ==External links== | | ==External links== |
| *[https://twitter.com/boxrZhu Twitter account]
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| *[http://www.youtube.com/user/hylianlord YouTube channel] | | *[http://www.youtube.com/user/hylianlord YouTube channel] |
| *[http://www.smashboards.com/member.php?u=66087 SmashBoards profile] | | *[http://www.smashboards.com/member.php?u=66087 SWF profile] |
| | | *[http://allisbrawl.com/profile/Zhu.ai AllisBrawl profile] |
| ==References==
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| [[Category:Retired players]] | | [[Category:Falco professionals (SSBM)]] |
| [[Category:Northern California smashers]] | | [[Category:Fox professionals (SSBM)]] |
| [[Category:Southern California smashers]] | | [[Category:California smashers]] |
| [[Category:Pennsylvania smashers]] | | [[Category:Pennsylvania smashers]] |
| [[Category:Falco players (SSBM)]]
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| [[Category:Fox players (SSBM)]]
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| [[Category:VIP players]] | | [[Category:VIP players]] |
| [[Category:Back Room members]]
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| [[Category:Livestream commentators]]
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| [[Category:YouTubers]]
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