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If I opened that website to look up something I could spend 12 hours without noticing! Luckily I was too busy to open it lately.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@ahmadmangazap/9phloyxpx2jy55nchjfuye</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@ahmadmangazap/9phloyxpx2jy55nchjfuye</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ahmadmangazap]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2020 15:27:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5k2tWE6P7gjtWGNDHKvBHJvQxJLEPxxpcHg5sNxE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenge #02474-F284: Conceptual Pretzel]]></title><description><![CDATA[The mysterious mentor, the hero's best friend, a cast of stock characters to pad out the story. 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I do agree]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/games/@jacobtothe/role-playing-gamer-archetypes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/games/@jacobtothe/role-playing-gamer-archetypes</guid><category><![CDATA[games]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jacobtothe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Oct 2017 18:14:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EEEoA8oLaAxviyegDQXJhoLab1jEkrzKcc8gDCWHN9BB17cU6tpsvw8LnxbHouLN8MbNQdo5RNoQXJ9Y7PgxfijXdJY1VZqQLHv7eXc5mi44VSLWLdozm2JzibZ2Sw7RFHc6C1FsUAAY8mnLqp1jw?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tired Tropes: It’s Only A Flesh Wound]]></title><description><![CDATA[You’ve seen versions of the scene a hundred times before. Our Hero is engaged in a gunfight with The Villain. The Villain takes a potshot at Our Hero. Our Hero staggers. 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