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DE: Tips And Tricks On Movement

Archon School is the best School.

I'm going to be traveling on business soon so I want to get this one out to you guys ASAP.  This is a quick article on some tips and tricks when it comes to vehicle-heavy play.  As you can see in a lot of my lists, it has a lot to do with vehicles.  However, in order for DE players to get the most out of their vehicles and the units inside them, you have to be very careful in how you play them.

Dark Eldar vehicles are powerful because they have Fly and great movement, however, they are fragile and if you use them incorrectly, they will die like bitches and so will your dudes.  If you're going to die, you better kill a lot of shit to make your death worthwhile.

Before we begin, here are some useful terms for you to remember:

Falling Back
Units starting the Movement phase
within 1" of an enemy unit can either
remain stationary or Fall Back. If you
choose to Fall Back, the unit must end its
move more than 1" away from all enemy
units. If a unit Falls Back, it cannot
Advance (see below), or charge (pg 182)
later that turn. A unit that Falls Back
also cannot shoot later that turn unless it
can FLY.

Open-topped: Models embarked on this model can attack
in their Shooting phase. Measure the range and draw line
of sight from any point on this model. When they do so,
any restrictions or modifiers that apply to this model also
apply to its passengers; for example, the passengers cannot
shoot if this model has Fallen Back in the same turn,
cannot shoot (except with Pistols) if this model is within
1" of an enemy unit, and so on. Note that the passengers
cannot shoot if this model Falls Back, even though the
Raider itself can.

Hovering: Instead of measuring distance and ranges to and
from this model's base, measure to and from this model's
hull or base (whichever is closer).

Airborne: This model cannot charge, can only be
charged by units that can FLY , and can only attack or be
attacked in the Fight phase by units that can FLY.

Look at this threat range man.

OK, now we're ready to begin.  First, I want you to look at this picture for at least 5 minutes.  Look at the measuring tape, and then bask in the glory that is DE movement and threat range.  You get out of the vehicle by measuring from the hull (including the tip of that Shock Prow) for 3".  You move 7" with your Warriors and 8" with your Wyches.  You then have roughly 1" because you measure to the edge of your 25mm base, so you have a total movement hull to edge of base of 11".  You then have a Rapid Fire range of 12", your Blasters reach out to 18", and the rest of your shit that matters literally hits from a mile away.  Just with Rapid Fire Splinters mean you have a total threat of a little over 23" out of a transport when you measure from the base.  This is why Obsidian Rose is so worth it to me, because it extends the threat range of this bullshit even further.

Before we continue, I want to say that if you're playing with Warriors in a gunboat, you want to stay in that gunboat as long as possible.  This is because the Raider is Open-topped and you can get much more mileage out of it with better durability (T5 10W 4+/5++/6+++) than shooting at paper armor Warriors out in the open.  You have much greater threat range inside a Raider as well, since the damn thing can move 14" and you can still Rapid Fire out of it measuring from the hull.  That means you have a threat range of 26" of threat, which is a few inches greater than your Warriors walking on foot.  Yes, you heard that right, your Warriors move almost as fast as your Raiders.  Let it sink it good and long.

So why get out?  Because your Archon's aura doesn't work while you're inside the Raider.  It only works when you're outside which is why it's very worthwhile to sometimes unload all of your shit within 3" of your Raider (so they can quickly jump back in next round), get within 6" of that sweet ass bubble of the Archon, and then unload like crazy.  It's like having Flayed Skull's re-roll 1s for all of your weapons.  If you have Writ of the Living Muse while using Black Heart, here's all those crazy re-roll 1s to Wound as well.  However, if you don't need the re-rolls, just sit in the Raider for as long as possible because even if the Raider is engaged, you can still disembark from it and not count as Fallen Back for your Warriors.  You just have to get out first before your Raider Falls Back.

Get out, get buff, shoot, get scooped.

This is what I mean when I say get out, get the bonus from the Archon, and reap the whirlwind.  You're still within 3" of your Raider so you can taxi back in next movement and your Archon is still in range because 6" from base to base is actually ridiculously long.  The biggest thing I want you to take away from this picture is that I angled the camera downwards deliberately here.  Your Warriors can fire from beneath your Raider because Line of Sight is a real thing (model's point of view).  Sure, they can probably only see something in front of them, but LoS is one of those things I will bring up time and time again with Dark Eldar.  LoS really matters for them because denying damage while doing damage is the key hallmark of the faction.

Another subtle tip from this example is that the Archon has 2 units in front of him before he can be shot at if your opponent doesn't have any flyers of their own.  Be very wary when there are flyers on the map because they can zoom across the battlefield and eat you alive if you're not careful.  Those damn Hemlocks of mine have claimed so many careless generals' lives.

Weapon ranges are important.

There is a lot going on in this picture so I'm going to try to explain piecemeal.  The first thing I want you guys to look at is the range and coherency of the models.  Note that all my units in the front drawing red are in Rapid Fire of that unit of Wraithguard while the most valuable damage weapons, the Blasters, are in the back marked yellow.  The reason why I chose to show this off is that when you pull models, you can pull the extra rifles from the front to possibly deny a charge, and to preserve your longer ranged weapons whenever possible.  As a shooty army, you should preserve as much damage whenever you can, however you can.

The second thing I want to show here is the placement of the Raider in front of the Wraithguard.  Yes, I know they're WG and they shoot like crazy, but pretend they aren't for a second and I'm just using them as models.  The Raider is long, a little over 7" and acts as a perfect defensive obstacle for units that want to charge your paper armor duders in the back.  By putting a Raider in front of them, you form an artificial wall for your opponents to go around.  Therefore, you prolong the charge distance of your enemies and keep your Warriors alive another round (possibly).  Sometimes, this means you have to make sacrifices.  For Dark Eldar, I strongly encourage you to employ such tactics because, for us, it's any means to the end.  It's both fluffy and is perfectly applicable in-game.

Here's where Fly comes in handy.  If you have units inside the Raider, once you Fall Back with the Raider, they cannot shoot.  What you do here instead is:  Disembark your Warriors out of the Raider first and then Fall Back with your Raider so they can both shoot.  You just need to be mindful that you're more than 1" away from the enemy when you get out.  If your Warriors are caught in the open and are now in melee, they can't Fall Back and shoot (not conventionally at least).  Try and avoid this at all costs.  Your Raider, however, has the Fly rule and can Fall Back and shoot.  This is why if they don't kill the Raider, they won't stop it from firing on them.  The same applies to our Ravagers as well.

Now you're in range, now you're not.

Next picture is just more salt to injury.  Let's pretend those WG don't auto-hit the Razorwing and therefore will murder him.  Instead, let's treat them like TH/SS Terminators or something.  They see a juicy target, or rather, multiple juicy targets to charge.  Hmm, that Raider is 9" away, and those Warriors are a little under 12 so it's not impossible.  Oh boy, here comes a flyer 1" away.  Yup, I just increased the charge distance of those Terminators to barely possible on the Raider and not possible at all on the Warriors.  It gets even sadder because if you declare the charge because you're not careful and account for the distance traveled, I can still Overwatch even if you fail.  This is the advantage of the Airborne special rule that flyers have.  Unless that unit has Fly, you should do this and make your opponent really upset.

MSU is wonderful when used correctly.

OK, this little picture shows you the value of having multiple units in a Raider.  The above there is 2 units of 5 Warriors (2x5 config) with Blasters in a single Raider.  Everything is in Rapid Fire range and the Blasters are slightly in the back (like they should be).  Red and blue symbolizes the first movement action I take, then the second, and yellow presents where the Raider goes everyone disembarks so I can scoop up blue squad next round if they're still around.  Always have an exit strategy and a follow-up plan.  Too many times I see players just do what's in the moment and not plan ahead.  This is not how Dark Eldar plays because misplays or stupidity can literally end the game for us.  You have to be methodical, cunning and smart with how you play the game.  Now that my plan is laid out, I lay into my targets with firepower.

MSU is an abbreviation for Multiple Small Units.  This has been around forever and I've played way too many years of DE, High Elves, Dark Elves and other MSU-based armies to understand the value of it.  For Dark Eldar, this has some great uses because it allows you to do shit like the above picture.

Here are some of the other benefits of having 2x5:

• Can split up squad as and when needed
• Same number of Blasters as 10-man units
• Can double up on PGLs or other sergeant weapons
• Less vulnerable to Ld
• Can build Brigades fast, but you also fill slots quick

The biggest boon is your ability to split up:  Your opponent has to shoot one squad to death instead of 2 so he can oversaturate fire and potentially waste shots.  This is mainly because when you declare targets, you have to declare where all your shots are going and from which guns before you roll dice.  This means if you really want a squad dead, you have to commit.  Not that it takes a lot to kill off DE infantry units in the open, but being frugal on shots or some lucky 6+++ saves means that a sole Blaster dealing S8 AP-4 D6 damage is going to go around shooting you in the dick.

Likewise, if you spread wide enough, he now has 2 targets to charge instead of 1.  Look at the distance between the two units above.  He's definitely going to commit to one side if he wants a good chance, and even if he charges one squad, that's still another Blaster that's free to shoot and not in Fall Back mode.

It all comes together to make your opponents' life miserable.

We're almost done guys, hang in there.  Look at this example above:  I placed the Archon within buff range of both units while placing two Raiders there to form the Great Wall of bad decisions.  They obviously cannot go around to assault my dudes because that's an impossible charge.  They can't fire on the Archon because there are multiple units in front of him.  The only logical target there is the Raiders, and if they charge into them, Raiders are wide enough (almost 3") to stop any follow-up Consolidation prize in the Warriors in the front.  The only thing they can do is Consolidate into the other Raider, in which case I'll Fly away and shoot him with my entire army next turn.

Now imagine I had about 4 more squads of Warriors in the back there by my Archons ready to go too.  That is a lot of units now ready to follow-up, amplified damage via the Archon's bubble, and ready to lay waste to the units who over-extended and are now in Rapid Fire range of a lot more guns.  This is an instance where charging the enemy is actually bait because it draws them in closer to the kill.  What looks like suicidal Raiders at first are now very worth it because you might have traded an 85-point Raider that is now fodder, with 225 points of key damage dealers.  That is a huge points swing in your favor.

Great, now you're playing like Dark Eldar, or in fact, any Eldar:  There is a reason why you think you're superior to all your enemies and have this outrageous arrogance around you.  You want to force as many decisions for your opponent as possible because the more decision trees you construct, the more paths there are to failure.  Shore this up with baits, feints, LoS, cover, outranging, and movement shenanigans, and you're one step closer to becoming a better Eldar player.

Be mindful of your opponents' most potent weapons and their range.

We're going to take a brief moment here and explore what it means to charge the right way and charge the wrong way.  This is because we have to be constantly reminded me of our opponents' weapon ranges and what that means for our more fragile units.

What I'm going to attempt to do here is to charge my Raider first so I can tie up those units so my lightly armored Wyches can get in there unhindered and do their thing without having to worry about Overwatch.  This is very important for all Dark Eldar players unless you're playing Coven; in which case you probably don't give a fuck because T6 4++ FNP 4W Grots are balanced units.

For example, the Wraithguard up there all have 8" D-Scythes.  They will eat me alive if I charge in there while I'm in range of all their weapons.  Likewise, picture a unit of 10-man Space Marines with Meltaguns in there as well.  This is where your knowledge of weapon ranges come into play.  You know the range of the Meltagun (12", 6" melta range) and you know where the meltas are located.  Great, now don't be within their melta range and position your Raider so that you outrange his greatest chance to hurt you.  Bolters aren't shit compared to a lucky melta shot.

This is how you do it.

Vroom, 14" of movement later, now we're talking:  Look at the position of the Raider here after I relocated.  Now, only ONE of the FIVE Wraithguard with D-Scythes have range onto my Raider.  If I'm feeling extra cheeky, I can be at 8.1" away from him so he can't OW me at all (if you're out of range, you can't declare OW).  But then again, my charge will be a little longer, so there's a risk vs. reward scenario there.  However, I want to mention that my Wyches are positioned the same way, concaved a little because now only 2 of the WG can hit the closest Wyches vs. everyone else who was conveniently placed 8.1" away.  I will pull from the back, of course, allowing my closer Wyches to get the charge and bring the rest of the girls in.  If I'm running a 2x5 squad of Wyches, the principle here still stands.  To min-max, you move the Wyches in a checkerboard formation so both squads have the same chances to get in.  Remember again; measure twice, move once.  That is the Dark Eldar way.

Alright guys, this should be good for now.  Of course, there are a bunch more tricks that I know, but I think these are the main ones that'll help get you stated.  Keep in mind that I'll be more sporadic in the next week when it comes to posting!

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Gobliins 2 - Magic Mushrooms

By Ilmari

Last time, I had just arrived at the castle, where the titular Prince Buffoon was held as a prisoner by demons. My first task was to get rid of a guard in front of the entrance. Luckily a nearby tower held important provisions.

Bombs!

My my, he's gone to pieces

Unfortunately, another guard was waiting in the dark doorway, so I still couldn't enter. The manual had mentioned that the best way to infiltrate the castle was a sea passage under it, so perhaps I had tried a wrong approach.

Wise man Soka was meditating on castle grounds. I couldn't yet talk to him, but needed a carpet to fly where Soka was levitating. There was one carpet on the screen, and I just had to use a few bombs to make it fly to where my goblins were. Now I could fly and learn what Soka had to say - I had to find some sand of time and throw it to trenches.

Fingus, that's a serious case of #nymphtoo!

Winkle, are you sure you want to use that word?

I had two other screens to choose from. First, I came to a room, where resided Kael, a walking apple-tree, whom the demon king had cursed to be always thirsty. I gave him some water from my bottle and asked his advice.

Kael told me that I should try to enter the home of Vivalzart, music-mad heron who looked for mushrooms to help his insomnia - you can see his house at the upper left corner of the screen. Kael added that the small nymph could help me to find the proper mushroom. My task was thus clear.

I started by reviving the nymph with some water, and she flew to a branch of one of the trees. I could follow her, by taking a ride with a bee, which was hiding in a hole under one of the rocks.

To bee or not to bee

What to do with the nymph then? Well, Kael and the bee were both helpful with this. Kael would lift me to one of his branches, where I could pick a flower. The bee, on the other hand, could make some honey from that flower. I just had to take care Winkle wouldn't touch the honey, because he would eat it all, and let Fingus deliver this gift to the nymph, who would then point me to the correct mushroom to give to Vivalzart.

I wonder whether that vulture is Vivalzart's son or pet

Once inside Vivalzart's home, he urged me to put the mushroom in his musical dream machine and taste the product. Problem was that the machine was blocked by a clothes pin, which was so high I couldn't reach it. I started solving this problem with the most reliable method in this game - poke everything and see what happens. Here's a can of worms - let's take one. Here's a piranha - don't put your finger into its bowl. Here's a button and when I push it, this platform rises for a while - so, let's try to put another goblin on the platform and…

...he almost grabs a piece of meat from the vulture. Almost

This sequence was a bit frustrating, since there's so little time to try anything, when a goblin is hanging from the piece of meat. Eventually, I lucked out and the vulture was distracted enough by a worm, so that I managed to grab the meat. Who might want some meat? Perhaps the piranha who just tried to bite my finger off? Indeed it wanted, leaving me with a bone to pick.

What to do with the bone then? Well, in another round of trying everything I gave the bone to Vivalzart who opened a trashcan and dropped the bone in there. Believe it or not, one of the goblins could take advantage of this and the opening lid of the trashcan would catapult him onto the shelf. There, I could remove the clothes pin and also take a bottle of elixir. Now I could turn the machine on again and drink the droplets it produced.

Taking a little trip

Vivalzart's mushroom potion had taken me into a musical mushroom land. It wasn't at first clear what I was trying to do here, but the goblins were asking the band members to play some tunes, so apparently that was my task.

Even more so than before, the screen was filled with all sorts of weird shenanigans. Put-goblin's-hand-in-a-hole-and-see-it-coming-out-somewhere-else was by now a familiar sight, and this time it rewarded me with a drumstick, which together with a stocking cap produced a net. There was also a spring, where one goblin jumping created for a few seconds a bicycle pump, which the other goblin had to grab through the same hole. When both of the goblins jumped on the same spring, it opened another hole, which a goblin could use to get on top of the smiling mushroom.

No more goblins jumping on a spring

The smiling mushroom was just a few steps away from the guitarist, but the way was blocked by a blue hose, which sprouted water on a goblin if he took a step too close the musician. Luckily, I had just the thing to stop the flow of the water - the clothes pin. Once I got to talk with the guitarist, he was happy to play me one of his tunes. This produced a bunch of notes I could interact with for a couple of seconds, and using my net, I could capture them.

I was clearly meant to get notes from the saxophonist and drummer also. Saxophonist did not reply anything when I tried to ask him to play. Instead, Fingus could use the bicycle pump to blow some notes out of his saxophone.

The drummer was too high to talk to. Luckily, when Winkle used the pump on the saxophonist, the man blew out a mosquito. By putting the mosquito through the many-timed used hole, I could get it near the drummer, who started to flail his drum stick, trying to hit the mosquito and at the same time producing notes. I now owned a whole melody.

Basketball + player = ?

After this short side trip I returned to the regular world. My next destination was this village of tree houses. The player did not want to speak with me, and the ball was just a tad too far away. Throwing my trusty stone on the ball moved it to a more accessible place, but then a small kid appeared and took the ball inside to one of the houses. The kid moved to a new house, when I tried to capture him, but eventually I could corner him by moving in from two fronts.

When I gave the ball to the player, he threw it in a basket and the ball returned to me. Maybe I had to do something with the ball, while it was flying into the basket? I put one of the goblins under the basket, and just as the ball was entering the basket, the goblin jumped and the ball bounced to one of the houses, and its resident, the mayor of the village, came out.

Mayor advised me to knock on the door on the upper right corner, which housed the village clock maker, Tom. We asked Tom for an hourglass, but he first asked us to replace the tock of village clock with a melody. I just happened to have one, so I quickly got myself an hourglass. The hourglass contained the sands of time I needed for getting within the castle walls.

I see the line in the sand

Next step of the quest

After walking on a bridge of sand and sneaking in through a window, I met a blacksmith, who told me I should get an imprint of a lock on a chest with carved fish, so that he could make a key for the chest. This seems a good place to stop.

Inventory: Elixir

Session time: 5 hours

Total time: 9 hours

How Free Games Like Pubg Earns Money?

Have you ever thought that how freely available games like PUBG or COC end up earning more money than paid games? So here how it earns money : 

There are actually below given ways through which such games earn money.

1. In-app purchases: 

              You might have seen that PUBG allows the player to buy many additional skills and guns with real life money. The same applies to other online games also. They are mainly cosmetic upgrades but still rake in quite a lot of cash.

2. Ads driven revenues : 

               While playing some games or using some apps you might have seen that there are ads or pop-ups. These are actually the primary way of earning money for such games.

                     Though games like PUBG earn less by in-game ads so they focus on earning money through in-app purchases.

3. Targeted ads : 

                          It is rumored that the big companies sell your data (in PUBG it is primarily the voice chat ) to the ad-companies for money. By listening into the audio devices they pick up keywords which are in-turn sold to advertisers for a large profit. 

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By Blood, Short Film, Review And Interview

With the feel of a classic fantasy tale By Blood tells the story of confronting death. This film is well set and well told.

By Bloodwas screened at the 2019 FilmQuest film festival (website). It was nominated for Best Score and Best Costumes.

I would recommend this film to those who enjoy a good sword and sorcery style tale. Below Jonathan Delerue and Guillaume Enard shared more information about where they developed from and what it took to bring it to the screen to share. They also give a hint about what they have coming in the future and some tidbits about their past.

Synopsis: Once a ruthless war lord who won his land by his sword, Mort-Lieu is now a sick old man. A mysterious knight appears; Mort-Lieu believes the stranger is Death himself coming to get him. Facing his own end, Mort-Lieu has to confront his legacy.

What was the inspiration for By Blood?

We're Jonathan Delerue and Guillaume Enard. We are the director, writer and producer of the short movie "By Blood.". "Par le Sang" in French.

The story is loosely based on the iconic French knight DuGuesclin's story. DuGuesclin was an illegitimate child. He defeated anonymously all his father's men in a tournament to gain the right to bear his name. When he ended up confronting his father, he knelt down before him. It's a powerful and moving story! However, we quickly realized it was much better if narrated through the father's point of view, especially if the man is sick and facing his own death. You could build the story around the mystery and the threat of the Dark Knight. When we first considered about making a medieval film, we agreed to envision it as a western. We believe that the medieval genre should be to us French audience like western and samurai movies for the American and Japanese spectators.  We can call it a "Ratatouille Sword & Armor Western!" J

However, making a historical short film in France is extremely challenging because the industry believes producing this kind of feature is too complicated. The first two years we applied to the funding institutions in France with no results because of the scope of our film. If the French movie industry assumes making a historical movie is very expensive, we knew we could do it within a decent budget. When we understood that no one in France would make a bold move with such an unusual production, we decided to jump and fully self-finance it—and we created Claymore Films and we searched for a co-producer to take over the shooting...

What project(s) do you have coming up you're excited about?

We're started working with a well-known French Production Company on a full feature horror film. It's about an iconic French grim reaper… We also have a very ambitious project. It's a medieval thriller, something between The Silence of the Lambs and Name of the Rose.

What was your early inspiration for pursuing a career in film?

Filmmaking is a particular art, a unique way to tell stories. You deal with costumes, sets, acting, light, music and so much specific, artistic craftsmanship. You can't achieve a film by yourself, you need to work with very talented people. It's a team effort to create a realistic fantasy world and bring one's vision to the big screen.

What would be your dream project?

It's a medieval movie based on a dark period of French History. We don't want to be too much historically accurate. We want to use History to tell our story. It's a siege movie with something of Shane and Mad Max 2 in it.

What are some of your favorite pastimes when not working on a movie?

Jonathan likes to go trekking in the Northern countries. He's a true Stark! I like to read and watch movies myself.

What is one of your favorite movies and why?

Robin and Marian, directed by Richard Lester, with Sean Connery as Robin Hood and Audrey Hepburn as Marian. Returning to Sherwood from the crusades, old Robin Hood tries to ignite a new rebellion against King John like the old days. It's an amazing love story and a melancholic, fun movie about old age and the passing of time…

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Sergio Leone… it's an epic, fun and very clever western that uses the three main characters' lust for gold to tell us about the mess that war brings…

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Brave Browser the Best privacy-focused Browser of 2020

Out of all the privacy-focused products and apps available on the market, Brave has been voted the best. Other winners of Product Hunt's Golden Kitty awards showed that there was a huge interest in privacy-enhancing products and apps such as chats, maps, and other collaboration tools.

An extremely productive year for Brave

Last year has been a pivotal one for the crypto industry, but few companies managed to see the kind of success Brave did. Almost every day of the year has been packed witch action, as the company managed to officially launch its browser, get its Basic Attention Token out, and onboard hundreds of thousands of verified publishers on its rewards platform.

Luckily, the effort Brave has been putting into its product hasn't gone unnoticed.

The company's revolutionary browser has been voted the best privacy-focused product of 2019, for which it received a Golden Kitty award. The awards, hosted by Product Hunt, were given to the most popular products across 23 different product categories.

Ryan Hoover, the founder of Product Hunt said:

"Our annual Golden Kitty awards celebrate all the great products that makers have launched throughout the year"

Brave's win is important for the company—with this year seeing the most user votes ever, it's a clear indicator of the browser's rapidly rising popularity.

Privacy and blockchain are the strongest forces in tech right now

If reaching 10 million monthly active users in December was Brave's crown achievement, then the Product Hunt award was the cherry on top.

The recognition Brave got from Product Hunt users shows that a market for privacy-focused apps is thriving. All of the apps and products that got a Golden Kitty award from Product Hunt users focused heavily on data protection. Everything from automatic investment apps and remote collaboration tools to smart home products emphasized their privacy.

AI and machine learning rose as another note-worthy trend, but blockchain seemed to be the most dominating force in app development. Blockchain-based messaging apps and maps were hugely popular with Product Hunt users, who seem to value innovation and security.

For those users, Brave is a perfect platform. The company's research and development team has recently debuted its privacy-preserving distributed VPN, which could potentially bring even more security to the user than its already existing Tor extension.

Brave's effort to revolutionize the advertising industry has also been recognized by some of the biggest names in publishing—major publications such as The Washington Post, The Guardian, NDTV, NPR, and Qz have all joined the platform. Some of the highest-ranking websites in the world, including Wikipedia, WikiHow, Vimeo, Internet Archive, and DuckDuckGo, are also among Brave's 390,000 verified publishers.

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