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[Todd Simpson]

Well Said! Harmonic Minor is all through Classical Music and of course Neo Classical as well. Minor construction gets adoring treatment in massive amounts of religious music and in folk music as well. Swedish folk comes to mind for it's use of minor themes to a great extent and Polish Folk as you mentioned as well!

On to the Debrief!!!
MEDALS OF HONOR
TRICKY PICKING BITS : There are some truly tricky picking bits on this one. Bits with up strokes etc. It's thick with all manner of tricky picking and you never missed a strike!
COMPLEX SYNCH BITS : As if the picking bits weren't tricky enough, the riffs combine synching an open string riff with a scale bit and you have to keep it all in synch. No Problem!!
SCALES AS RIFFS: We throw some scales in here as part of the riff. As if the open / closed fretting were not enough, you have to end with a scale run.

The only thing I'd like to see if you try to loop the last drill, but it's not a deal killer. Try it to see how it feels!!
Your playing continues to improve. You just..
LEVELED UP!!!!!
*You are STILL our TOOOOOOPPPPPP DAAAAAWWWWGGGG!!!!!!!

YOU RAWK!!!!!
Sarge

It makes a lot of sense. In Poland some of folk songs evolved into "forbidden" anti-communist songs people chanted during soviet occupation decades and one of the melodies made its way to Metallica's To live is to die (clean section's Hetfield solo). I doubt he learned it as the anti-soviet song, so he must have heard its folk predecessor
I like Irish melodies and folk rock/metal bands but probably the most popular Polish folk you are likely to hear comes from The Witcher 3, as it got really big world-wide.
And it's true about the shredding part - I tried a few tunes and they all resembled shredding pieces I'm familiar with. But thinking backwards, electric guitar shred had to originate somewhere before electric instruments were invented, so in a sense we should be thankful to all the folk artists! In Polish culture many highlanders' non-religious songs involve Harmonic Minor scale and this specific interval. On the contrary, the oldest as well as modern religious songs rarely use anything besides Natural Minor and on rare occasions Natural Major. But the Church has a thing for order and harmony to a point they even considered diminished fifth as evil. And since it originated from Gregorian choir, it's slow and steady. I guess that's how a duality in culture is born

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[Adam]

Well Said! Harmonic Minor is all through Classical Music and of course Neo Classical as well. Minor construction gets adoring treatment in massive amounts of religious music and in folk music as well. Swedish folk comes to mind for it's use of minor themes to a great extent and Polish Folk as you mentioned as well!

On to the Debrief!!!
MEDALS OF HONOR
TRICKY PICKING BITS : There are some truly tricky picking bits on this one. Bits with up strokes etc. It's thick with all manner of tricky picking and you never missed a strike!
COMPLEX SYNCH BITS : As if the picking bits weren't tricky enough, the riffs combine synching an open string riff with a scale bit and you have to keep it all in synch. No Problem!!
SCALES AS RIFFS: We throw some scales in here as part of the riff. As if the open / closed fretting were not enough, you have to end with a scale run.

The only thing I'd like to see if you try to loop the last drill, but it's not a deal killer. Try it to see how it feels!!
Your playing continues to improve. You just..
LEVELED UP!!!!!
*You are STILL our TOOOOOOPPPPPP DAAAAAWWWWGGGG!!!!!!!

YOU RAWK!!!!!
Sarge

I could loop it and in fact it appeared again in today's lesson. I hope that's good enough! It's a great exercise for many areas and it's a great addition to daily practice routine! In one of the exercises I couldn't chain multiple positions in one go, I had just enough stamina to play these once before I had to shake off tension from my hand.
Sabaton uses scales as riffs quite much but they are common in Finnish power metal or even vintage Blind Guardian. With that said, I'm looking forward to master this aspect

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This post has been edited by Adam: Aug 30 2019, 11:24 PM

[Todd Simpson]

Nicely Done ! I see that you did loop it and did so quite smoothly. That riff has a very power metal vibe as many such tunes are part riff and part scale. It makes them wads of fun to play A way to challenge your fingers is to take a riff like that and try to double pick it. Play each note twice. Eventually, even quad pick it, playing each note four times. Yet another way for the joys of finger torture

Onward! Let's Debrief!
MEDALS OF HONOR
BETTER AND BETTER: With each and every Mission I can see you getting better Soldier!! Keep drilling and killing!!!!

MODAL MADNESS: You burn through the scale bits here with style and grace. Using the PINKY POWER that you've gained to get good reach. Nice!

ROCKS AND SHOALS: That Riff is NOT an easy bit to loop as it switches back to a groove right after a scale run, you had zero problem. Score!!!
You keep knocking em down Soldier!!! You just..
LEVELED UP!!!!
*You are still the TOP DAWG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sarge

I could loop it and in fact it appeared again in today's lesson. I hope that's good enough! It's a great exercise for many areas and it's a great addition to daily practice routine! In one of the exercises I couldn't chain multiple positions in one go, I had just enough stamina to play these once before I had to shake off tension from my hand.
Sabaton uses scales as riffs quite much but they are common in Finnish power metal or even vintage Blind Guardian. With that said, I'm looking forward to master this aspect

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[Adam]

Nicely Done ! I see that you did loop it and did so quite smoothly. That riff has a very power metal vibe as many such tunes are part riff and part scale. It makes them wads of fun to play A way to challenge your fingers is to take a riff like that and try to double pick it. Play each note twice. Eventually, even quad pick it, playing each note four times. Yet another way for the joys of finger torture

Onward! Let's Debrief!
MEDALS OF HONOR
BETTER AND BETTER: With each and every Mission I can see you getting better Soldier!! Keep drilling and killing!!!!

MODAL MADNESS: You burn through the scale bits here with style and grace. Using the PINKY POWER that you've gained to get good reach. Nice!

ROCKS AND SHOALS: That Riff is NOT an easy bit to loop as it switches back to a groove right after a scale run, you had zero problem. Score!!!
You keep knocking em down Soldier!!! You just..
LEVELED UP!!!!
*You are still the TOP DAWG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sarge

I noticed a bunch of similarities between this riff and power metal riffswhile playing it in loop

I have lot of time to think at work and I just thought about our recent conversation abiut folk. It's also VERY noticeable in Irish rock. Sounds simple but when I tried playing it, it's nothing but shred. If I reverse what you said, learning folk should help me embrace non-classical aspects of shred which means I'm in! Folk melodies and score sheets are super easy to get and cheap too. Such drills could also help me to learn to read and use score sheet a-vista, so it's nothing but profits!

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[Todd Simpson]

Very true! Irish music has very identifiable melodies that stand out. Irish Rock Music borrows from that same tradition. Vocal melodies and lead guitar melodies in Irish Rock can be traced back to irish folk. Same with many of the other european folk traditions.

In much of Modern Power/Folk Metal, it's blatantly similar on purpose

I think you are spot on, learning Folk music is a good thing for any musician. It's a great source of melody and harmony inspiration. Do share as you learn new bits!
Todd

I noticed a bunch of similarities between this riff and power metal riffswhile playing it in loop

I have lot of time to think at work and I just thought about our recent conversation abiut folk. It's also VERY noticeable in Irish rock. Sounds simple but when I tried playing it, it's nothing but shred. If I reverse what you said, learning folk should help me embrace non-classical aspects of shred which means I'm in! Folk melodies and score sheets are super easy to get and cheap too. Such drills could also help me to learn to read and use score sheet a-vista, so it's nothing but profits!

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[Adam]

My thesis advisor gave me a fail grade for his subjects because I didn't submit my thesis week ago, as we both agreed on. The system says it's the first term, so maybe something can be still done about it. I don't really care about master's because I already have a bachelor's and neither is much use outside the world of philology and translations. I spent past 4 days trying to finish the whole thing and I might do so by the morning but it may be pointless now. Still, I'm going to do one more all-nighter and give it my best. I studied in a system that didn't require me to pay anything besides the fuel costs to get there and exam re-takes, so it won't be a huge loss if this grade is a final one.

I had a bad time concentrating on it, being loaded with other duties in personal and professional life. Coming home tired from training at gym and outdoors or after 16hrs shifts didn't really help either and even after I took a break in activities I could afford to, it still didn;t help much. I myself don't care that much but being a disappointment to my family is going to sting for next few years.

The good news is, regardless of tomorrow's outcome, I will finally afford to re-subscribe to GMC and push my progress a lot more than I have over the past weeks. It's really hard to pay with just a part-time job but I got lots of overtime in August and that's enough to let me invest in my true passion. I know the monthly fee isn't much but I'm in a situation where every bit counts, so I'm really happy about it.

Update: tables keep turning around, or whatever the saying was, and I'm close to losing my job. I spend whole night to finish the dissertation and wasted half of day trying to submit it and no printing service was open near a big campus in the center of a huge city at the peak hours. I'll have to ride there again in the morning, hoping my advisor will accept it despite the huge delay. While at it, my mind was occupied with college and I forgot i had a night shift today. I got there two hours late but boss who replaced me let me keep the job. Though one tiny mistake or slip up and I'm out, even if it's just an unanswered phone call. I am stuck at work until morning, sleep-deprived for days because of the thesis and all these minor things happened too and i wonder what will come next.

I feel there should be a limit of bad stuff happening per day because today i got like a whole month's share of bad luck.

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[Todd Simpson]

Very sorry to hear I finally completed my masters degree after getting in a near fatal car wreck in my final year of the program and breaking my back. I also had a severe concussion and amnesia for a week with later memory loss. Going back to school was hard after the wreck. My brain just didn't work right anymore. It took me an additional 2 years to complete my thesis project but I finally did. I hope your school issues smooth out and you can enjoy learning as much as possible I actually miss graduate school sometimes and think about going back for a Ph.D or M.F.A, some type of terminal/final degree. But, I'm happy to study on my own and I don't need a Ph.D.
I do hope your works smooths out as well! never fun to have work issues All these things life throws at you can really get you down. Try to enjoy even the bad times if possible, as any day above ground is a good day.
Todd

My thesis advisor gave me a fail grade for his subjects because I didn't submit my thesis week ago, as we both agreed on. The system says it's the first term, so maybe something can be still done about it. I don't really care about master's because I already have a bachelor's and neither is much use outside the world of philology and translations. I spent past 4 days trying to finish the whole thing and I might do so by the morning but it may be pointless now. Still, I'm going to do one more all-nighter and give it my best. I studied in a system that didn't require me to pay anything besides the fuel costs to get there and exam re-takes, so it won't be a huge loss if this grade is a final one.

I had a bad time concentrating on it, being loaded with other duties in personal and professional life. Coming home tired from training at gym and outdoors or after 16hrs shifts didn't really help either and even after I took a break in activities I could afford to, it still didn;t help much. I myself don't care that much but being a disappointment to my family is going to sting for next few years.

The good news is, regardless of tomorrow's outcome, I will finally afford to re-subscribe to GMC and push my progress a lot more than I have over the past weeks. It's really hard to pay with just a part-time job but I got lots of overtime in August and that's enough to let me invest in my true passion. I know the monthly fee isn't much but I'm in a situation where every bit counts, so I'm really happy about it.

Update: tables keep turning around, or whatever the saying was, and I'm close to losing my job. I spend whole night to finish the dissertation and wasted half of day trying to submit it and no printing service was open near a big campus in the center of a huge city at the peak hours. I'll have to ride there again in the morning, hoping my advisor will accept it despite the huge delay. While at it, my mind was occupied with college and I forgot i had a night shift today. I got there two hours late but boss who replaced me let me keep the job. Though one tiny mistake or slip up and I'm out, even if it's just an unanswered phone call. I am stuck at work until morning, sleep-deprived for days because of the thesis and all these minor things happened too and i wonder what will come next.

I feel there should be a limit of bad stuff happening per day because today i got like a whole month's share of bad luck.

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[Adam]

Very sorry to hear I finally completed my masters degree after getting in a near fatal car wreck in my final year of the program and breaking my back. I also had a severe concussion and amnesia for a week with later memory loss. Going back to school was hard after the wreck. My brain just didn't work right anymore. It took me an additional 2 years to complete my thesis project but I finally did. I hope your school issues smooth out and you can enjoy learning as much as possible I actually miss graduate school sometimes and think about going back for a Ph.D or M.F.A, some type of terminal/final degree. But, I'm happy to study on my own and I don't need a Ph.D.
I do hope your works smooths out as well! never fun to have work issues All these things life throws at you can really get you down. Try to enjoy even the bad times if possible, as any day above ground is a good day.
Todd

I'm sad to hear it! I hope you are alright now! Back injuries are very dangerous. It's good though that you can still rock a guitar and managed to finish your thesis! Brain takes some time (especially after a comma) to put the events/memories in proper order and we perceive it as amnesia and sometimes we hallucinate during that process too. I know Iwould probably be heartbroken beyond repair if I lost my skills at guitar after an injury or worse, be unable to re-learn it and keep playing, so I really am glad you can still do it!!!

I submitted my thesis and I'm praying that it will be accepted and I'll be allowed to graduate (I missed the deadline by a week) and I won't ask for a good final grade, just a positive passing one will be enough!

My work issues settled, hopefully. Nobody even talks about it and I don't mention it either. Like it never happened. Even my boss gave me a father-like speech explaining my mistakes and how I can avoid it next time but next time I mess up I'll get fired for sure.

I had a bit of problem with the last one (had to download tabs to make sure I play it right way) and I hope that's good enough! It really is tough in 100+ section but it's also fulfilling to clear it. I just don't know if I'd get halfway here without the thumbless technique. It's like a cheat code and a game-changer!

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[Todd Simpson]

Well fought Soldier!! Yeah, these Missions past the 100 stage are the deep end of the pool!! You've earned your way this far and are doing great. Keep going! Your finger dexterity is getting better and smoother with each one.

Let's Debrief!!
MEDALS OF HONOR

FANCY FINGER WORK : These bits are real finger twisters. There is a lot of back an forth going on which can make it hard to play. You did a great job of keeping it together.
SYNCH MASTERY : Handy synch gets more and more important as you go forward. Slip up even a bit and the licks fall apart. Good news, no slip ups!!
FUIDITY: I see more fluidity in your playing which is great. Good playing flows like water. It takes lots of practice to get to that point.
In other words you just...
LEVELED UP!!!
You also are still our TOP DAWG!!!

Sarge

I'm sad to hear it! I hope you are alright now! Back injuries are very dangerous. It's good though that you can still rock a guitar and managed to finish your thesis! Brain takes some time (especially after a comma) to put the events/memories in proper order and we perceive it as amnesia and sometimes we hallucinate during that process too. I know Iwould probably be heartbroken beyond repair if I lost my skills at guitar after an injury or worse, be unable to re-learn it and keep playing, so I really am glad you can still do it!!!

I submitted my thesis and I'm praying that it will be accepted and I'll be allowed to graduate (I missed the deadline by a week) and I won't ask for a good final grade, just a positive passing one will be enough!

My work issues settled, hopefully. Nobody even talks about it and I don't mention it either. Like it never happened. Even my boss gave me a father-like speech explaining my mistakes and how I can avoid it next time but next time I mess up I'll get fired for sure.

I had a bit of problem with the last one (had to download tabs to make sure I play it right way) and I hope that's good enough! It really is tough in 100+ section but it's also fulfilling to clear it. I just don't know if I'd get halfway here without the thumbless technique. It's like a cheat code and a game-changer!

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[Todd Simpson]

There he is doing his thing!!! These are tricky bits bud and you nailed em. You may have noticed that once you crossed the 100 barrier that things get a pinch more tricky in all directions. After 100, you should have all the skills needed to play these bits. You've earned your way here bud. Congrats and well done! Let's Debrief!
MEDALS OF HONOR
SQUIRRLEY BITS: These drills are squirrley. You adapted quite well to these and didn't miss a beat.

MOVING BITS: Not just tricky, but these move!! So you gotta move your hand around, no problems here!!

TRICKY BITS: IT's all tricky from here on out bud and you and more than ready.

You just ...
LEVELED UP!!!!!

Sarge

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[Adam]

There he is doing his thing!!! These are tricky bits bud and you nailed em. You may have noticed that once you crossed the 100 barrier that things get a pinch more tricky in all directions. After 100, you should have all the skills needed to play these bits. You've earned your way here bud. Congrats and well done! Let's Debrief!
MEDALS OF HONOR
SQUIRRLEY BITS: These drills are squirrley. You adapted quite well to these and didn't miss a beat.

MOVING BITS: Not just tricky, but these move!! So you gotta move your hand around, no problems here!!

TRICKY BITS: IT's all tricky from here on out bud and you and more than ready.

You just ...
LEVELED UP!!!!!

Sarge

If number 113 was supposed to be an endurance/focus test, it did its job perfectly!

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[Todd Simpson]

NICE!! 113 is a BEAR of a Mission. The drills go from high to low string and back again. Then we do some multi picking and then scale inversions. So yeah, if you have not gotten a good grip on relaxing your arms as you play, then booth arms will get burnout. You do a good job here of NOT tensing up which takes a LOT of work to get used to. You've put in the work so now you can play without TENSING! I don't know if you remember, but you struggled with tensing, as everyone does, at first. It's great to see you no longer struggling but playing it like a pro!!!
Let's Debrief!!
MEDALS OF HONOR

ENDURANCE: As you noticed, this one is an endurance marathon. Without having built up your endurance over the past 100 plus Missions, playing these drills might have melted your arm off The good news is that you aveh been diligent and built up your endurance over time, the only way that it can be!

KEEPING PACE: Despite being very complex, you keep pace just fine and are starting to hear the metronome in your head I think!!! It takes a while to hear the click in the mind but I think you are finally getting it!!!!!! Congrats.
PINKY POWER: Great to see you using the pinky so well. I remember way back when, you fought with the pinky, as we all do. Not anymore!!!!!
Congrats man you are kicking Ass and taking names!!!!!
You just....
LEVELED UP!!!!!
You are still the TOOOOOOPPPPP DAAAAWWGGG!!!!

Keep up your momentum!!
Sarge

If number 113 was supposed to be an endurance/focus test, it did its job perfectly!

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NICE!! 113 is a BEAR of a Mission. The drills go from high to low string and back again. Then we do some multi picking and then scale inversions. So yeah, if you have not gotten a good grip on relaxing your arms as you play, then booth arms will get burnout. You do a good job here of NOT tensing up which takes a LOT of work to get used to. You've put in the work so now you can play without TENSING! I don't know if you remember, but you struggled with tensing, as everyone does, at first. It's great to see you no longer struggling but playing it like a pro!!!
Let's Debrief!!
MEDALS OF HONOR

ENDURANCE: As you noticed, this one is an endurance marathon. Without having built up your endurance over the past 100 plus Missions, playing these drills might have melted your arm off The good news is that you aveh been diligent and built up your endurance over time, the only way that it can be!

KEEPING PACE: Despite being very complex, you keep pace just fine and are starting to hear the metronome in your head I think!!! It takes a while to hear the click in the mind but I think you are finally getting it!!!!!! Congrats.
PINKY POWER: Great to see you using the pinky so well. I remember way back when, you fought with the pinky, as we all do. Not anymore!!!!!
Congrats man you are kicking Ass and taking names!!!!!
You just....
LEVELED UP!!!!!
You are still the TOOOOOOPPPPP DAAAAWWGGG!!!!

Keep up your momentum!!
Sarge

I did have a bit of muscle tension at the end of the practice but that probably came from a long session that I had while recording the video. I still need more practice to play in such pace completely relaxed.

I'm really exhausted today. My friends all gathered today since forever because everyone has a different work schedule and we've played a long session of Heroes of Might and Magic 3. It was a lot of fun but I didn't feel the time passing and I barely had a while to shoot the Bootcamp video. It was nighttime before I could shoot Quick Licks for today, so I guess I'll skip it today.

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[Todd Simpson]

WELL FOUGHT!!! This one is all about working your SINGLE STRING technique. Traverse is a critical skill, but so is being able to focus on a single string or even a single note.

let's Debrief!!!
MEDALS OF HONOR

LINEAR MECHANICS: This one is all about staying focused on a single string. There are many ways to run a scale on one string. These drills are intended to open your mind to the idea of linear scales. One set of intervals on one string. You can single, double, quad pick, or use all of the above. It's a great way to integate pedal point licks in to your playing. As long as what your are playing makes use of one of the open string notes, any scale will work. You have this technique well in hand.
MUTE: Just like nearly every drill, this requires muting while alternate picking. Nothing sounds quite as cool imho as a strong mute while doing some fancy picking. Well played!!
PACE: it can be tempting to rush or lag given stress and other factors, you don't let yourself drift in time and instead keep a steady and even pace. Nice!!
In short you made short work of this one and ..
LEVELED UP!!!!!
*You also still are our TOP DAWWWWWGGG!!!!!!

Sarge

I did have a bit of muscle tension at the end of the practice but that probably came from a long session that I had while recording the video. I still need more practice to play in such pace completely relaxed.

I'm really exhausted today. My friends all gathered today since forever because everyone has a different work schedule and we've played a long session of Heroes of Might and Magic 3. It was a lot of fun but I didn't feel the time passing and I barely had a while to shoot the Bootcamp video. It was nighttime before I could shoot Quick Licks for today, so I guess I'll skip it today.

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This one was pretty hard and it wasn't even the stretch that made it so. The inversion part took me some time before my brain could process what was going on there.

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[Todd Simpson]

Well Fought Soldier!!!! This one is yet another BEAR of a Mission. Not only are there several bits that you have to play, but you gotta do fret and string traverse as well. Not to mention you gotta stick the landing with the pinky. Great too see you reaching for pinky power and using everything you've learned to pull off something like this!!!
Let's Debrief!!!

MEDALS OF HONOR
STRETCH AND STICK: For starters, right out of the gate, you gotta stick the landing with the pinky and you gotta keep loose so you can reach all the notes. I see you using the THUMBLESS technique!! Well done.
MULTI PICKING MADNESS: Just for fun, we have some MULTI PICKING!!! You fought with multi picking for a short bit but now you have no problem at all with it. Nice!!
INVERT ME: Also, no problem with scale inversions. Inversion playing is just complex and many players struggle ith i. You have clearly put the time in are reaping the benefits.It's great to see you doing so well in Bootcamp Soldier!!! These are NOT easy bits and you are ripping through them like an old Pro! Keep it up! You just..

LEVELED UP!!!

*Also, you are still our TOP DAWWWGGGG!!!!!!!!

Sarge

This one was pretty hard and it wasn't even the stretch that made it so. The inversion part took me some time before my brain could process what was going on there.

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[Adam]

I've fallen asleep yesterday in front of computer trying to process the video, hence I'm posting it today.

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[Todd Simpson]

Well Fought Soldier!!! This one has a LOT of moving parts. Well done on getting every single bit of it working well!!

Let's Debrief!!!

MEDALS OF HONOR

MULTI PICKING: I remember when you first hit multi picking! You have come a long way. You had no trouble at all with the multi picking. Score!!
STICKING THE LANDING: This one requires a LOT of traverse. Fret traverse and string traverse. Miss one note, start over. You don't miss a single note for the entire vid. Double Score!!
PINKY POWER: You do a great job of using your pinky on these Soldier. You have really got PINKY POWER these days. It only takes about 100 missions, then bam!! Seriously, well played.
In other words you just..
LEVELED UP!!!!

Sarge

I've fallen asleep yesterday in front of computer trying to process the video, hence I'm posting it today.

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