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00:00 Intro
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01:59 The First Release
03:52 The First LTS
06:01 The "Polish" era
08:01 Improvement Era
11:11 Unity Era
13:09 Dumb Moves Era
15:21 Nothing Era
16:44 Identity loss
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19:53 Refocusing
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