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Topic | Dissidia: Final Fantasy - Opera Omnia Topic 1: Dissidia in Turn Based Action |
SBAllen 02/15/18 10:33:54 AM #223 | Tried it again and got everything in except not getting broken, and that was just because I wasn't paying attention at one point. Should be able to get the full Complete soon enough. Might fiddle around with different teams, have being going with Cloud, Vaan, Vanille in previous attempts. Getting Ifrit up to lv11+ makes things a whole lot easier, too. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | does anyone else get random page rendering glitches (pic)? |
SBAllen 02/14/18 2:48:04 PM #14 | Every case I've looked into so far is someone using uBlock Origin on Firefox. Didn't your parents warn you about the dire consequences of blocking ads on the internet? --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | Dissidia: Final Fantasy - Opera Omnia Topic 1: Dissidia in Turn Based Action |
SBAllen 02/14/18 11:59:39 AM #219 | Just zipped through it, got Complete for all but the EX which is just stupidly hard for no reason, though I did at least clear it. Managed to beat the turn requirements too (ended at 144 of 145). I'll probably try again before the event's over but I'm not worried if it's too hard, the entry cost is low and the drops suck so I assume it's more of a bonus than anything. Also got Yda's 5* from another draw ticket, having some good luck with those today. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | Dissidia: Final Fantasy - Opera Omnia Topic 1: Dissidia in Turn Based Action |
SBAllen 02/14/18 10:37:22 AM #217 | Used the daily draw ticket this morning on the Cloud, Yda, Sazh banner hoping for a gun (I still don't have any gun above 3*) and pulled Firion's 5* instead. 0.02272% chance of that, go figure. Would've rather gotten a 4*+ gun.. Gonna try out the Ifrit stuff and see how that goes. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | Dissidia: Final Fantasy - Opera Omnia Topic 1: Dissidia in Turn Based Action |
SBAllen 02/06/18 11:44:07 PM #124 | The Mana Sword posted... Terra/Penelo/Rem is this weeks banner. Seems pretty skippable. I already got Terra from the 2500 pull banner so it's a hard pass for me, not interested in the other two. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | Dissidia: Final Fantasy - Opera Omnia Topic 1: Dissidia in Turn Based Action |
SBAllen 02/06/18 5:45:02 PM #105 | crazygamer999 posted... Granblue Fantasy Tried it, didn't care much for it. :( --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | Dissidia: Final Fantasy - Opera Omnia Topic 1: Dissidia in Turn Based Action |
SBAllen 02/06/18 5:42:27 PM #103 | I love mobile games, they are my guilty pleasure. Played FFRK for quite a while and FFBE for a little bit, too. Been playing Summoners War a few years and generally at least test out every new "gacha" genre game, can't help myself. I finished the event using Cloud, Vaan, and Squall. Just threw him in at Lv 1 and let him level up as I went. The last fight was rough but managed to fully Complete it in a single try after having to restart once due to a bad assumption that the miniboss's All attack worked like the boss's. ProTip: It doesn't, lol. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | Dissidia: Final Fantasy - Opera Omnia Topic 1: Dissidia in Turn Based Action |
SBAllen 02/06/18 4:33:36 PM #99 | BakusaiTenketsu posted... Ah, k, so I just need to pump more levels into my Enhancer for that. I'm at about 20/30 on it's levels right now. A 6* weapon maxes at 35, not 30. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | when I talk to girls I'm going to have to say I post on 'gamefaqs gamespot' now |
SBAllen 02/06/18 4:18:32 PM #3 | Do you normally say entire URLs when you talk about websites out loud? "Google dot com it, man!" --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | Dissidia: Final Fantasy - Opera Omnia Topic 1: Dissidia in Turn Based Action |
SBAllen 02/06/18 1:26:34 PM #91 | My Immortal posted... I think I've been doing pretty good with pulls overall. I'm trying to play conservatively. Saw the prices on gems and while I don't mind pumping a little money into these types of games (looking at you, Summoners War!), the gem prices are way too high for my liking. Right now from gacha I have Cloud x4, WoL x2, Vivi, Vaan, Terra, Squall, Cecil, Rem, Tifa, and Zidane with 37k gems to spare for future banners. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | Dissidia: Final Fantasy - Opera Omnia Topic 1: Dissidia in Turn Based Action |
SBAllen 02/06/18 1:23:36 PM #90 | The Mana Sword posted... How is the NT weapon? I'm a little annoyed that there's no easy way to redeem the code for that on iOS, but it seems like Ogrenix might just be better right now because it's easier to fully LB given the Cloud banner. It's great! When you stack on the passive from Ogrenix the Cross Slashes do insane damage. Can't wait to eventually 6* it. Not going to trash any 5* for orbs, though. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | Dissidia: Final Fantasy - Opera Omnia Topic 1: Dissidia in Turn Based Action |
SBAllen 02/06/18 12:28:30 PM #81 | Been playing this since it came out. Already completed everything so just waiting leveling up chars and trying to finish capping summons (only need one more level into Chocobo to have them all at their current cap so far). Current best char/rep is Cloud with 6* ogrenix passive and 1x LB'd NT weapon and crystal lv 48. Leveling is taking forever now. Almost have everyone to 30 aside from 3 or 4 more chars and have 4 maxed out at 50 (Cloud, Vaan, Squall, Vivi, all with their 5* weapons). Today has been good so far, used the free pull ticket from daily login and got 5* Tifa weapon, definitely didn't expect that, lol. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | Last day of GameFAQs.com topic |
SBAllen 01/25/18 3:30:53 PM #31 | armandro posted... wow so this is just all about the money Not entirely, but yes obviously if we can make more money it's silly not to. We're a business, not a charity. If we don't produce money, there's no reason for CBSi to keep the site alive. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | Last day of GameFAQs.com topic |
SBAllen 01/25/18 3:29:51 PM #29 | Not really a loss. GameFAQs is the larger site with the larger traffic, but GameSpot is the more marketable site because it's not UGC-based like we are. People who view UGC aren't as inclined to click on an ad as someone browsing news. Thus, while our site is bigger, our brand/domain is less valuable to advertisers. It's a shame, but it's the reality of internet advertising. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | Last day of GameFAQs.com topic |
SBAllen 01/25/18 3:25:18 PM #25 | Fight what? Because of this deal, I get to give out significantly more money to contributors and via site contests than before at the cost of a slightly longer URL. We did discuss alternative ways to get both sites on a single domain (including putting GS on our domain) but we chose the best one in terms of optimizing revenue gain. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | whew only lost 2 accounts during my warning |
SBAllen 01/25/18 11:57:22 AM #14 | Did you want to lose another one or something? Could do that for you if you really wanted me to. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | oh hey sballen says the next contest will be this summer |
SBAllen 01/24/18 8:10:21 PM #38 | CherryCokes posted... should be gamespot.gamefaqs.com imo https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/400-current-events/76238472/894732459 --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | oh hey sballen says the next contest will be this summer |
SBAllen 01/24/18 7:28:10 PM #29 | banananor posted... As long as gamefaqs.com domain links just redirect to the corresponding gamefaqs.gamespot.com paths then I don't see any issue with this specifically They will, yes. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 7:21:36 PM #363 | CableZL posted... Were the recent rule changes done in preparation for this move? Nope, this move is independent of all other things we've been working on. It's been in the plans for a while now and this was just the best time to do it. Tmk posted... What I remember from the merger is a reflex hostile reaction to "them GSers!" from GameFAQs people, but then people who were banned/suspended on GameFAQs for trolling and such just made a GS account and kept their trolling going, which greatly damaged perceptions of GS users and yet when an actual person who had been on the GS side well before the merger posted people freaked out like "OMG they seem so normal" like it was some amazing thing. All of this is true. There were many other problems as well. The boards were moderated by two separate sets of moderators who moderated in very different ways. The attempted merger of users into a single database resulted in all kinds of conflicts. GameSpot wasn't running the same anti-abuse code that we were, so when people attacked GameSpot, we went down too. GameSpot didn't cache like we did which often led to huge issues with caching of shared content. GameSpot forums had features that ours didn't, which upset our users. Trust me, I'm still really unhappy about it all and have a very huge write-up about it that I made sure everyone read before we even started discussions on combining the sites onto a single domain. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 7:15:30 PM #350 | P4wn4g3 posted... Let me restate then, will the site become ad free No, there isn't a financially viable way of doing that currently. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 7:12:39 PM #341 | Nomadic View posted... Can I still type GameFAQs.com and get here? Yes. P4wn4g3 posted... Will we see fewer ads here? Or at the very least less malicious ads? As mentioned, this should already be happening. Advertisers are scrambling to keep their ads up to snuff because of changes Chrome is rolling out next month. Remember, we aren't hand picking the ads that show up. I did a write-up on this recently: https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/6-gamefaqs-announcements/76171603 --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | wait wtf we are merging with fucking gamespot? |
SBAllen 01/24/18 7:09:24 PM #17 | KookyDetective posted... SBAllen posted...We aren't, the domain is just changing. See: comicvine.gamespot.com https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/400-current-events/76238472/894732459 --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | wait wtf we are merging with fucking gamespot? |
SBAllen 01/24/18 7:04:45 PM #7 | We aren't, the domain is just changing. See: comicvine.gamespot.com --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 6:58:48 PM #327 | Tmk posted... SBAllen posted...Persona 5. I dated Makoto. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 6:58:11 PM #326 | yoloyoloswagEMP posted... If @SBAllen apologizes for being condescending and unprofessional, I'll close my account. I'm sorry for being condescending and unprofessional when originally responding to you. You at least seem to understand why we're doing what we're doing which is good. You don't need to close your account. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 6:43:31 PM #308 | P4wn4g3 posted... SBAllen posted...P4wn4g3 posted...SBAllen posted...P4wn4g3 posted...What guarantee do we have that history won't repeat itself? The GameSpot fiasco simply started with a logo and more ad revenue. I don't think most people will be frequently typing in the site's URL that often. If they do, they can still just type gamefaqs.com and get redirected so it's not a problem. As is already the current case, the bulk of our traffic will be from search and won't actually be paying the slightest attention to what's in their URL bar. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 6:35:35 PM #291 | Spooking posted... Will GameFAQs be getting a Reddit upvote / downvote for posts? I asked before, but never got a response. Users have pretty universally panned this idea, so I wouldn't expect to see it show up anytime soon. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | oh hey sballen says the next contest will be this summer |
SBAllen 01/24/18 6:33:22 PM #23 | DeepsPraw posted... is giantbomb.gamespot.com next? GB's revenue stream is subscriber based, not advertising based. Does no good to anyone moving them onto GS domain. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 6:31:17 PM #281 | P4wn4g3 posted... SBAllen posted...P4wn4g3 posted...What guarantee do we have that history won't repeat itself? The GameSpot fiasco simply started with a logo and more ad revenue. I can't speak for him, honestly, but the people in charge of then CNET and the people who are in charge now are some very, very different people. I'm one of the few still left who lived through the first merger and they are scared to death of even attempting to do anything like that ever again. Honestly, the only fear they had about making this move was people comparing it to the debacle of 2003. No one wants to repeat that. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 6:27:54 PM #272 | Steve Nick posted... What is Sball's GOTY 2017 Persona 5. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 6:26:34 PM #269 | P4wn4g3 posted... What guarantee do we have that history won't repeat itself? The GameSpot fiasco simply started with a logo and more ad revenue. The GameSpot fiasco was going on for years before the logo branding. I was hired after the decision was made to combine the varying parts of the sites (this was decided in 2003, I was brought on in April 2004). The decision then was made specifically to share content on both sites. This time around, no content will be shared. It's simply a domain change. You can check out comicvine.gamespot.com for a living example. This site moved over a year ago with no repercussions and their userbase is almost as passionate as ours, albiet smaller. Look at their insane user powered wiki, for example. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 6:21:14 PM #261 | I have no problems responding to actual questions when I can. I see no point in subjecting myself to antagonistic posts for someone's entertainment. A few people here seem more interested to trying to insult me or whatever they are doing rather than actually talking about the topic at hand. tl;dr - The site isn't dying, this domain change makes us more revenue, and we're investing a lot of that revenue into our contributors and into site contests. If you have some kind of question about this that I can actually answer, feel free to ask. If you want to take out your anger on me for whatever reason, go nuts but don't get salty when I don't respond. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | oh hey sballen says the next contest will be this summer |
SBAllen 01/24/18 6:12:32 PM #11 | LusterSoldier posted... This domain name switch could help our declining vote totals No, it won't. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | oh hey sballen says the next contest will be this summer |
SBAllen 01/24/18 6:11:55 PM #10 | GranzonEx posted... I'm am disappointed that @sballen did not break this news to us directly I'm a bit busy at the moment, as you might be able to guess.. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 6:09:58 PM #245 | yoloyoloswagEMP posted... SBAllen posted...You don't seem to have any idea what you're talking about so I'll leave you be. You got us! Hahah! ....you were talking about SEO when I said that. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 6:02:39 PM #231 | Neoconkers posted... does this mean that the adverts will be less malwarey after this merge The ads should already be looking better due to advertisers having to comply with the upcoming Chrome changes or face making no money. We've been doing regular audits with Google and they haven't flagged us as having any problematic ads. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | GameFAQs going to become gamefaqs.gamespot.com or something |
SBAllen 01/24/18 6:00:34 PM #34 | Tomba42 posted... Great its going to ruin all my bookmarks. Your bookmarks will work in perpetuity. Tomba42 posted... Also this feels like the frog and the boiling water scenario. Sure this change isnt gong to kill the site (like SBAllen said there may even be some short term benefits) or the next small change, or even the next few. But one day Im gong to look back and realize Ive been boiled alive and theres no point in coming back here again. A small handful of extra letters in your URL bar in your browser is akin to being boiled alive? Dang, that's intense. :) --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 5:58:20 PM #226 | yoloyoloswagEMP posted... SBAllen posted...Spooking posted...Hmm... does that mean if somebody clicks an ad on GameFAQs, both GS and GFAQs get credit for the click? Double dipping? Hey, you're the marketing expert! :) As mentioned, it's not really my place to talk about how the company makes money so I kept things very basic. If they wanted me to discuss their marketing strategies, I would've been happy to elaborate. As they didn't, my keeping my job is pretty important to me so I'll stick to keeping it basic. :) --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | GameFAQs going to become gamefaqs.gamespot.com or something |
SBAllen 01/24/18 5:47:00 PM #26 | Hi --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 5:38:43 PM #205 | PiOverlord posted... casuals Casuals won't even look at the URL in their browser because casuals hit us from Google, get the answer to their question, then go back to playing their game. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 5:36:51 PM #202 | Spooking posted... Hmm... does that mean if somebody clicks an ad on GameFAQs, both GS and GFAQs get credit for the click? Double dipping? No. You can read yoloyoloswagEMP's post above as it touches on some of how it works. It doesn't cover all of the details but it gives you a high level view as to what will be going on. There's a lot more nuance to it, of course, but again it's not really my place to explain how CBS Interactive goes about making money. Nor should it be, of course. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 5:22:28 PM #163 | ChromaticAngel posted... however this removes some control SBAllen had over it previously It doesn't. We're still staffed by the same three people after the change as we were before. If anything, it will help in that we can leverage other CBSi employees more if we'd like to, but nothing is changing with the chain of command, just the url in your browser. ChromaticAngel posted... this is typically the beginning of a slope that leads to being eaten kirby style Quite the opposite, CBSi is further leveraging on us to make them more money. They'd be shooting themselves in the foot to destroy the brand. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 5:20:44 PM #159 | Eevee-Trainer posted... Can someone (Allen?) explain to me how "subdomain of GameSpot" translates to "more revenue to spend on FAQs?" It's complicated and I'm not the best person to explain it (and really it's more of a "company secret" anyway), but basically it revolves around how internet advertising works. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 5:07:47 PM #133 | yoloyoloswagEMP posted... So it's about easy transition, rather than performance? Nope, this is incorrect. I made my statement about the domain move. Like any other business in the world, we make a statement and we don't share every conversation had behind closed doors. I'm answering questions that make sense to answer and ignoring things that I don't see a merit to answering. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 4:50:47 PM #82 | Tadg30 posted... I bet anything that Gamefaqs is closed down/phased out within a year. I'll take that bet with you and anyone else interested. I always do like free money. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 4:47:31 PM #73 | HydroCannabinol posted... That means they will continue to pay for a domain they dont use, forever. Domain names are super cheap. CBS Interactive owns many domains that they do nothing with. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
Topic | gamefaqs.gamespot.com |
SBAllen 01/24/18 4:42:58 PM #55 | Asherlee10 posted... @SBAllen - do you think moving Gamefaqs a subdomain on Gamespot will increase traffic? Nope, but our traffic isn't a concern anyway as we still have year to year growth in all important traffic metrics. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS | http://twitter.com/GameFAQs |
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