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#372 kungfuchad / kungfuchad - Score: 16 - 10/28/14 @ 19:19 
:%s/[01:]/ /g|x<CR>

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#373 Steve Lazaridis / SteveLazaridis - Score: 16 - 11/03/14 @ 16:22 
:%s/[:01]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#374 Inndy / Inndy_tw - Score: 16 - 11/06/14 @ 16:38 
:%s/[10:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#375 jiangchuan / tommy_he - Score: 16 - 11/16/14 @ 19:31 
qqwvt]r 2wq3@qZZ

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#376 Martin Toma / MartinToma - Score: 16 - 11/16/14 @ 22:09 
:%s/[:01]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#377 Erik Buček / _EnterNameHere_ - Score: 16 - 11/18/14 @ 15:54 
:%s/[10:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#378 Dylan Tomas Meissner / ickypop - Score: 16 - 11/23/14 @ 01:28 
lqqvi]r <Esc>jq3@qZZ

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#379 Malte R / maltoe - Score: 16 - 11/30/14 @ 14:29 
:%s/[10:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#380 Test User / TestUserIgnore - Score: 16 - 12/04/14 @ 21:56 
qqlvt]r 2wq3@qZZ

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#381 Rao Zvorovski / RaoZvorovski - Score: 16 - 12/06/14 @ 19:20 
qqlvt]r +@qq@qZZ

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#382 Alex Serebryakov / Doc_Livesey - Score: 16 - 12/07/14 @ 15:21 
:%s/[01:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#383 Lunar Mayor / Lunarmayor - Score: 16 - 12/17/14 @ 22:21 
:%s/[1:0]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#384 Tact Overflow / muppling - Score: 16 - 01/07/15 @ 13:32 
:%s/[01:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#385 Raynard, Jordan / raynard_jordan - Score: 16 - 01/19/15 @ 21:22 
:%s/[1:0]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#386 Joshua Draper / JoshuaBDraper - Score: 16 - 02/15/15 @ 04:07 
:%s/[10:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#387 Dmitry Zudochkin / vredniy - Score: 16 - 02/18/15 @ 09:50 
:%s/[01:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#388 Christopher Giroir / kelsin5 - Score: 16 - 02/20/15 @ 21:00 
:%s/[10:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#389 Thiago Prado / 5k1pp3r - Score: 16 - 03/01/15 @ 20:16 
:%s/[01:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#390 Deepak Surti / dmsurti - Score: 16 - 03/16/15 @ 15:32 
:%s/[:01]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#391 Jeffrey Gu / Jeffrey_Gu - Score: 16 - 03/19/15 @ 22:00 
:%s/[01:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#392 VimGolf-suka / vg_suka - Score: 16 - 03/30/15 @ 13:26 
:%s/[01:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#393 William Ott / oddalot - Score: 16 - 04/08/15 @ 16:17 
:%s/[10:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#394 Andrew Larson / applarson - Score: 16 - 04/15/15 @ 13:33 
:%s/[10:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#395 Assaf Lavie / AssafLavie - Score: 16 - 04/18/15 @ 19:39 
:%s/[01:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#396 chvzvhn / chvzvhn - Score: 16 - 04/26/15 @ 06:38 
:%s/[:10]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#397 Alex Bartol / alexbartol - Score: 16 - 05/19/15 @ 17:42 
qqwvt]r j0q3@qZZ

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#398 Joel Gallant / joelg236 - Score: 16 - 06/09/15 @ 00:37 
:%s/\d\|:/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#399 Hendrik Lammers / hendriklammers - Score: 16 - 06/13/15 @ 08:39 
:%s/\d\|:/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#400 Teemu Okkonen / TeemuOkkonen - Score: 16 - 07/11/15 @ 16:08 
:%s/[1:0]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#401 McKay Ward / mckayward - Score: 16 - 07/28/15 @ 03:39 
:%s/\d\|:/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#402 Sergey Semushin / Predelnik - Score: 16 - 08/26/15 @ 06:23 
:%s/[01:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#403 alex / alexAngle8 - Score: 16 - 08/30/15 @ 08:56 
:%s/[^][]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#404 Mikołaj Morzy / MikolajMorzy - Score: 16 - 09/01/15 @ 21:11 
:%s/[01:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#405 Kiet Nguyen / kietnguyen86 - Score: 16 - 09/29/15 @ 14:34 
:%s/[0:1]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#406 Andrey / androzhk - Score: 16 - 10/15/15 @ 16:58 
:%s/[01:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#407 Gerald Tilma / GeraldTilma - Score: 16 - 10/17/15 @ 22:56 
:%s/[01:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#408 Anshu Avinash / anshu_avinash - Score: 16 - 10/18/15 @ 18:08 
:%s/[01:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#409 roboguy / roboguy - Score: 16 - 10/18/15 @ 22:57 
:%norm vi]r<C-V> <CR>ZZ

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#410 Ryan Marcotte / ryanjmarcotte - Score: 16 - 11/15/15 @ 17:49 
:%s/[10:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#411 Izabel Jelenić / IzabelJelenic - Score: 16 - 01/02/16 @ 21:00 
qq<Right>vt]r <Home><Down>q3@qZZ

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#412 fuck GFW / ravishGFW - Score: 16 - 01/05/16 @ 12:10 
:%s/[01:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#413 Etienne Tremel / etiennetremel - Score: 16 - 02/06/16 @ 13:49 
:%s/[01:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#414 Kevin Gisi / cheerskevin - Score: 16 - 02/24/16 @ 08:23 
:%s/\w\|:/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#415 ELINGUI Pascal Uriel / elinguiuriel - Score: 16 - 04/20/16 @ 12:34 
qa0lvt]r jq3@aZZ

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#416 Jason Pleau / JasonPleau - Score: 16 - 05/06/16 @ 02:14 
:%s#[01:]# #g<CR>ZZ

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#417 Steven Moazami / mong8se - Score: 16 - 05/10/16 @ 01:19 
:%s/[01:]/ /g|x<CR>

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#418 Andres Araya / arayaandresfco - Score: 16 - 05/15/16 @ 19:59 
:%s/[01:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#419 quiggy🌹 / quiggy - Score: 16 - 05/18/16 @ 14:20 
:%s/[:01]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#420 Ameen P / Ameen_P1 - Score: 16 - 06/23/16 @ 16:59 
:%s/[10:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#421 Timothy Caleb Nordlo / tnordloh - Score: 16 - 06/30/16 @ 04:03 
:%s/[01:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#422 André Peric Tavares / AndrePeric - Score: 16 - 07/24/16 @ 17:43 
:%s/[01:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#423 알카포 / alkpo12 - Score: 16 - 09/09/16 @ 07:46 
:%s/[1:0]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#424 Ian van der Linde / Ian_vdl - Score: 16 - 09/16/16 @ 16:16 
:%s/[:01]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#425 Ilya Ezepov / iezepov - Score: 16 - 12/05/16 @ 09:21 
:%s/[:01]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#426 Colin Jacobs / coljac - Score: 16 - 03/14/17 @ 11:52 
:%s@[1:0]@ @g<CR>ZZ

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#427 Stop and think / ms_uncountable - Score: 16 - 07/07/17 @ 11:14 
lqavf]hr jq3@aZZ

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#428 Gurukandhamoorthi / Gurukandhamoor1 - Score: 16 - 07/10/17 @ 14:06 
:%s/[10:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#429 Ron Alexssen / Ralexhere - Score: 16 - 11/08/17 @ 18:19 
:%s/[10:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#430 Spacesh1p / spacesh1pdev - Score: 16 - 01/04/18 @ 10:26 
:%s/[10:]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#431 Pereant osores / viniciusxp - Score: 16 - 04/30/18 @ 08:04 
:%s/[0:1]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#432 z0c / zerocabal - Score: 16 - 06/06/18 @ 14:00 
:%s/[1:0]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#433 RobertT / techrt2050 - Score: 17 - 07/22/14 @ 03:35 
l3r +l.+l..+l..ZZ

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#434 James Ryland Miller / longhornxtreme - Score: 17 - 07/29/14 @ 05:44 
l<C-V>G3lr Gf0<C-V>klr ZZ

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#435 Alex / ninjabassist777 - Score: 17 - 07/30/14 @ 23:16 
vi[r j.jvi[r j.ZZ

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#436 Justin Knag / justinknag - Score: 17 - 08/28/14 @ 12:07 
:%s/[0:1]/ g<Left>/<CR>ZZ

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#437 coryknapp / coryknapp - Score: 17 - 09/26/15 @ 02:31 
:%s/[10:]/ /g<CR><Esc>ZZ

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#438 Jakob Schöttl / jschoettl - Score: 17 - 12/20/15 @ 04:37 
vi[r j.jvi[r j.ZZ

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#439 Feras / faldah - Score: 17 - 04/24/16 @ 01:15 
:%s/[1:0]/ /g|wq<CR>

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#440 Julius Hövel / JulesFH - Score: 18 - 07/20/14 @ 15:16 
:%s/[^\[\]]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#441 Ryan O'Donnell / bt_ryanodonnell - Score: 18 - 08/08/14 @ 15:58 
:%s/[1:0]/ /g<CR>:wq<CR>

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#442 Jonas / j0na3 - Score: 18 - 09/13/14 @ 22:00 
:%s/1\|0\|:/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#443 Patrick Mitchell / jpmitche11 - Score: 18 - 10/10/14 @ 01:58 
:%s/[^\[\]]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#444 Yuval Goncz / YGoncho - Score: 18 - 12/24/14 @ 11:14 
w<C-V><Right><Right>3jr /0<CR><C-V><Down><Right>r ZZ

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#445 d1uckym d1uckym / d1uckym - Score: 18 - 02/16/15 @ 06:44 
:%s/[^\[\]]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#446 shugen / shugeno - Score: 18 - 03/16/15 @ 22:33 
:%s/[^\[\]]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#447 ɐʇnɥsɐpoʇ / todashuta - Score: 18 - 03/25/15 @ 09:02 
l<C-V>3j2lr /0<CR><C-V>jlr ZZ

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#448 Marcus Buffett / MarcusBuffett - Score: 18 - 10/05/15 @ 19:16 
:%s/[^\[\]]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#449 TS / tiredsounds - Score: 18 - 01/27/16 @ 05:09 
f0<C-V>Glr 3j<C-V>kf0lr ZZ

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#450 Micha / michman89 - Score: 18 - 08/14/16 @ 16:30 
l<C-V>Gf1r /0<CR><C-V>jlr :x<CR>

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#451 James Potter / JJPotterkowski - Score: 18 - 10/22/16 @ 04:13 
l<C-V>3j2lr 3Gw<C-V>jlr ZZ

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#452 Paul Inc / hiniol1982 - Score: 18 - 09/17/17 @ 16:54 
/\d\|:<CR>:%s// /g<CR>ZZ

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#453 Joseph Siddall / jbsiddall - Score: 19 - 07/30/14 @ 02:52 
<NL>:%s/[^\]\[]/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#454 Matthew Barrington / mbarrin - Score: 19 - 07/30/14 @ 21:25 
lqqvt]r qj@qj@qj.ZZ

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#455 Bobby Matson / bomatson - Score: 19 - 08/07/14 @ 16:59 
VG:s/[1:0]/ /g<CR>:wq<CR>

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#456 Jesse Morton / Jesse_Motion - Score: 19 - 11/03/14 @ 07:22 
qqlvt]r wwq@q@q@qZZ

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#457 Daniel Pham / dany_pham - Score: 19 - 10/16/15 @ 04:41 
:% s/1\|0\|:/ /g<CR>ZZ

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#458 Remi Bernotavicius / bobbobbio - Score: 21 - 07/18/14 @ 02:56 
:% s/1\|0\|:/ /g<CR>:wq<CR>

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#459 Halsey Smith / HalseySmith3 - Score: 21 - 10/10/17 @ 18:23 
w3r 3w3r 3w5r 3w5r ZZ

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#460 Mark / mowen01 - Score: 23 - 07/28/14 @ 05:56 
qqci]   <Esc>3wq3@qi  <Esc>k.ZZ

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#461 Simon Mölzer / h0wser - Score: 24 - 08/25/14 @ 15:15 
:%S<BS>s/[01:]/ / <BS>g <BS><CR>:wq<CR>

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#462 Christian Guenter / chris_guenter - Score: 37 - 05/31/15 @ 19:09 
<CR>q1<Right>R   <Esc>q<Down><Home>@1<Down><Home>@1<Down><Home>@ <Esc>@1<Right>R  <Up><Left><Left>  <Esc>ZZ

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#463 Felipe Apostol / flipjsio - Score: 40 - 10/06/14 @ 22:36 
lR   <Esc>jhhR   <Esc>jhhR     <Esc>jhhhhR     <Esc>:wq<CR>

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#464 luffy / raxcoi - Score: 75 - 08/01/14 @ 13:29 
:<Up><Up><Up>%s/[^\[\]]*/\=repeat()/g<Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Left>' ', strlen()<Left>submatch(0)<CR>:wq<CR>

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Created by: udioica

464 active golfers, 1482 entries

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#31 - Eric Lawless / eplawless

12/11/2014 at 09:32AM

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#32 - david hu / chin33z

12/14/2014 at 03:22PM

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#33 - Michael LeCompte / michaelslec

12/29/2014 at 10:33AM

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#34 - kimber gonzalez / kimberlycreates

01/09/2015 at 10:49PM

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#35 - low_ghost / low_ghost_clone

01/17/2015 at 10:08PM

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#36 - Naseem Al-Naji / NaseemAlnaji

02/20/2015 at 03:06AM

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#37 - Michael Giuffrida / mgiuffrida

02/22/2015 at 07:48AM

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#38 - Ala' Ibrahim / alaa_ibrahim

03/10/2015 at 09:50AM

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#39 - Matthew Pryor / HodgekaGames

03/10/2015 at 05:36PM

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#40 - DrHobo / _DrHobo_

03/11/2015 at 02:45AM

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#41 - Alexander Kazakov / volandkot

03/30/2015 at 07:20AM

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#42 - raghu erapaneedi / raghue9

06/22/2015 at 02:33PM

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#43 - Mutter Mumble / muttermumble

07/10/2015 at 10:28AM

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#44 - David Willming / wdialvmeo

07/17/2015 at 03:32AM

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#45 - Ferdev vimgolf / fergvimgolf

08/11/2015 at 08:06PM

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#46 - Liam Thurston / lthurston188

08/18/2015 at 04:28AM

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#47 - T A / SirAviles

08/31/2015 at 05:57PM

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#48 - Tamas Gal (Tom) / tamasgal

09/26/2015 at 09:35PM

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#49 - Mike Adams / davis_cromwell

09/30/2015 at 08:51PM

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#50 - Walker Boh / walker_boh

10/05/2015 at 10:42AM

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#51 - NuM / NuM314

10/24/2015 at 09:18AM

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#52 - Gabriel Lima / ewilazarus

11/24/2015 at 11:36PM

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#53 - Darius Smaliukas / daraz999

11/29/2015 at 04:32PM

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#54 - Wilmer Bandres / WilmerBandres

12/11/2015 at 06:46PM

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#55 - Jon Krause / jkrause314

12/30/2015 at 01:23AM

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#56 - Joseph J. Piché / jjpiche

01/04/2016 at 10:08PM

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#57 - Strabs / artistavenue

01/11/2016 at 03:55PM

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#58 - jackliusr / jackliusr

01/13/2016 at 09:21AM

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#59 - Roberto Carraretto / robcarraretto

01/27/2016 at 12:22AM

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#60 - Aleksey Zhidkov / AlexeyZhidkov

02/01/2016 at 04:22AM