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Effete Snob

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6. They don't

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 17, 2023, 05:40 PM

Aug 2023

There is the "open" category and the women's category. The women's category was established to attract more women to the game.

They should simply eliminate the women's category.

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