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We who have never stooped to petty larceny know that the oars had been placed there at the direction of his evil genius bent upon facilitating his descent into the avernus of crime.
The Black Bag Louis Joseph Vance 1906
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But if you play a tanking support (avernus, etc) then you can expect to die more often than get kills, though if you're a tank, you should probably only expect to die a few times per game.
AusGamers :: News 2010
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