Explaining Cortisis: the fictional metal that confused so many fans 

Agreed

Using a cortosis helm this early is like a energy shield in world War 1 and the ww2 and ww3 its just never mentioned again its inconsistent and that's what's frustrating.

@@redphenix5679 The Sith were familiar with cortosis during the old republic era.

@@redphenix5679not very common, The Old Republic era had better tech than the high republic, the clone wars, galactic civil war and new republic eras. Cortosis is mainly used by bounty hunters

Agrred; The biggest mistake was one of the Jedi not saying, "His armor is Cortosis" or one of them asking about how he's able to do this and him mocking them about how cortosis properties and how its good for killing Jedi.

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​@@GenerationTech- _Many_ people will see the video title, not watch the video, and will think: see, even that GenerationTech guy says this show is Woke garbage!1!1!1 Your clickbait isn't helping.

Well, he did include that upside-down smiley at the end of the title. So,...

​@@cacogenicist... you must not have noticed the smiley.

​@@cacogenicist On the flipside, it might help serve it to more people prone to clicking on the ragebait he's talking about and maybe break their angry echo chamber up a bit. No doubt what you're saying will happen too, but idk which one will happen more than the other so I can't really say it's necessarily a net negative

Oh. good, I did spell that right.

It's also in the TTRPG games to help to keep normal grunt players from dying in one shot from a saber.

Their reasoning for it not disability sabers was that it was an alloy using a weave

​@@historicflame972 You're one of the few to point that out, as it was not ore.

​@@prince_nocturneGlad you never had to debate the cortsis slug vs if lightsaber deflects it debate.

that's because you are a star wars fan my dude!

@@GenerationTech I can only thank my dad for getting hooked into the franchise but also RU-vidrs like you sir expanding my knowledge on it lol. Though thank you! You too a true Star Wars fan and keep up the great work!

@@GenerationTech Movie Battles 2 decided to implement B2 battle droids that can have cortosis plating. It's hilariously effective vs jedi, especially with how a single slap from a B2 superbattle droid can knock anyone down except for a wookiee. So imagine this, you're storming down theed palace hallway, trying to dislodge enemy snipers to let your team advance. You notice an SBD firing down your line like the machinegun on 2 legs it is. You go in to kill it and... your lightsaber dies. You get bitchslapped and shot to pieces. Well, either that or a nearby stormie runs over and beats you up as you are flipping back onto your feet (it takes ~1 seconds - enough to punch a jedi to death with enough stormies). Also yes, you got jedi storming theed palace that's defended by SBDs and stormtroopers. It's an awesome game.

First off for q quick second i thought he was using the kyber disengagement trick that ahsoka knows but a mlre quick and aggressive use Then i realised it was when he used the armour to turn them off

Yay, someone who actually did their research! I’m not alone!

He also had a Cortosis gauntlet on his left wrist that he was using.

Qimir has a background in smuggling and trading also is said to be a collector of unique ancient artifacts! He probably built that helmet from ancient pieces collected over time and welded it together like Kylo tens helmet

My current theory is that he is using an old antique helmet and one gauntlet. Which is why it fell apart so easily after being smacked and why it looks like an incomplete set.

@@Peter_The_Great cortosis is also not know for its durability either. it is relatively frail. it defeats plasma weapons by dsetroying their magnetic field.

@@taddad2641 an excellent point.

Lol

isn't rent super high on Coruscant?

@@EwanLim depends on the altitude! If you can see sunlight, then for the most part it’s expensive. The more you descend towards the planet core, the cheaper it gets.

Kryptonite is totally awesome dude

I loved I Jedi, and cortosis is classic, but how is violating the rule of two not something that disney started? Before George Lucas sold the rights I never saw anything that violated the rule of two, in the extended universe there has always been many dark side force users, but they weren't actually sith. So it didn't break the rule of two, and sure there have been sith after Bane that didn't abide by the rule of two, but they were just disobeying the rule of two not deleting it from history.

@@BeanCasserole-wg7wu Palatine was actively recruiting a second apprentice while he already had an apprentice multiple times on the OG and Prequel trilogy. The Inquisitors are very clearly an even bigger violation of the rule of two as they're an entire team of dark side force users trained in the sith who first appeared in Clone Wars under Lucas.

People saying the rule of 2 blah blah you can't have more than 2!! Disney broke it.. no they didn't haha

@@BeanCasserole-wg7wu Darth Bane and Zannah were violating the rule of 2 like 20 minutes after they wrote it Darth Bane wrote a bunch of rules and IMMEDIATELY treated it as a checklist of stuff to do

I love the fighters that aren’t afraid to throw hands

@@nahlataha1744 or throwing head in this case 🤣

@@etazeta674 bad phrasing...

@@ironheadgaming6270 is it? 😈

No bad... just ass

“I was something beyond furious.”

"You wouldn't have been wrong to describe me as livid."

Yord is Yord!

He died like he lived: a chump Palpatine: "Ironic"

Hella RIP…he was growing on me for sure… oi

Was hoping for yord to die on a better note, but it happens 😅🤷

​@@GenerationTechYord will always be Jedi Master Kronk to me. May he never press the wrong level again.

Ok, now I want to draw Alan as the Sith

​@@dstovell"Dew it!"

@@CaptainTaggart "Drew it!"

They do kinda look alike, and we all know how Alan feels about the Jedi. 🤣

Yeah. Most of the other Star Wars channels nowadays are getting more negative by the day. Generation Tech is the Star Wars channel that, in my opinion, is the most positive out of all the other Star Wars channels.

@@orckingi1208 I appreciate how he gives the content a chance. He's able to talk about the filming process and the story. But separately. So each get a true review.

Meaning, people you agree with.

From a retard who didn't even know about cortosis? Ok... Sure

@@ericp1139 sometimes. A well thought point is preferred to just an argument. Even one I disagree with.

I know right? This show is my no means perfect and there are some very cringe worthy moments but the amount of hate this show is getting is ridiculous. I saw a graphic on Star Wars Meg that the 4 episodes had allready been reviewed 25,000 times! Thats more than all of Mando Season 2! its being review bombed and a lot of people don't like the producers/directors so they set out to find every single thing wrong with the show. Then the LORE geeks lose their mind because something might go against lore when not everything has been explained. Episode 3 Kid Amundi andany of the Jedi council never mentioned the word SITH! So lore wasnt really broken was it? They thought it must of been a Jedi who trained her. Anyways, maybe everyone is going to die and the secret sith or whatever he is doesnt make it to the outisde world. Another thing..its NOT THAT DEEP. I agree that Kid Mundi being in it is weak sauce but I can get over it with these awesome ass fight scenes! The sith was BRUTAL in killing the Jedi! Best live action scenes since Clone Wars! I would love to see a movie version of the sacking of mandalore or the Sith Wars with the Jedi. Anyways...I give the series a B so far. Diversity is goo...Lesbian Force users of color? Sure...why Not? Next week we get a wookie with a light saber! Sign me up!

I did the same thing 😁😁

Cortosis is in the 2nd disney thrawn trilogy, the book is thrawn alliance

As long as you don't think about anything happening at all, you can enjoy the show. But the instant you start actually focusing on whats happening you notice stuff. For instance in this episode, Osha tells Yord to turn off his saber as the flying animals/insects are attracted by the light. Did they attack her and Yord after she directly shone into them with her droid flashlight or did any Jedi or "Sith" get attacked for their ignited sabers? Or even the fight with Qimir as a whole. He would've unalived every Jedi after their first strike against his Cortosis helmet/gauntlet. Or how at the start they didn't overwhelm him with their numbers and only a few Jedi at a time even directly engaged him. It is all spectacle with minimal to no substance objectively speaking. It was correctly stated that the show isn't actually at ~13% Quality, but it doesn't get past 50% (objectively). And this is the crux of the situation, most Disney Star Wars projects are straight up mediocre when they all should be at least a 6/10.

@toastyrules8221 I agree, it's not without its faults, I see all that but I can still appreciate it for what it is. It's entertainment.

@@TooRissky That is the best stance to take in that regard. May the rest of the show be enjoyable to you.

@@toastyrules8221 This is the case in every LS battle , if you look close enough, there will be openings for a combatant to strike and win a deadly hit on the opponent. I mean every battle, so, if two or more are against one, the one in reality should lose. But this is not reality just entertainment with a few inevitable gaps, from time to time. For TooRissky and myself, we will continue to take it at face value and enjoy the action and ignore the gaps. Suspension of disbelief, to sum it up in three words.

I loved him in TGP. I would love to see him as a sith in something that isn't garbage. Too bad he's wasted in this crap.

What a twist!

What blew my mind was how big his arms are. Dude's got turbolaser batteries for biceps.

@@someone_one_one so, thaaaaats the mystery/twist/surprise of the show. cool.

He's a really great actor.

That scene sadly has major issues that detract from that. For instance why are all trees falling in the same direction away from the combatants when the cut would indicate they'd fall towards them or why is the remaining stump glowingly hot but not burning as if they were metal. It was the epitome of the show as a whole, style and no substance.

lol

Seriously it's so tiring, I honestly wish starwars wasn't so popular

It's not even a new thing either lol. Probably a contributing factor in why Lucas decided to sell the franchise.

@@LordDarthHarryand then these same people will turn around and say “we need george lucas back” almost worshipping him when you know that he wouldn’t agree with a single thing they say

"WE WANT STUFF FROM LEGENDS" "NOT THIS ONE AND NOT LIKE THIS!" xD yea. why i dont watch critiques and just watch it myself. worst i wasted half an hour a week.

„FAKE FANS MAKING BAD INACCURATE SHOW!!!!! CORTOSIS, MORE LIKE WOKE CUCKTARDTOSIS!!!!! I CANT BELIEVE KATHLEEN KENNEDY WOULD PERSECUTE US TRUE FANS BY INCLUDING SUCH CLEARLY LORE-BREAKING MATERIAL IN STAR WARS!!!!!! 😡😡😡😡😡😤“

Whos complained?

I hate this show for the writing but i liked that part

the cortosis is not the point, the point is that it's too op, he could literally just turn off everyone's weapon and kill them in one hit. so why bother playing paddy cake with the Jedis?

The thing is, it shouldn't matter what disney says is legends. We already saw what they tried to make canon

@@the_scarecrow3143 bro forgot how messed up legends actually was when it came to canon but ok

​@@the_scarecrow3143I will not allow the deletion of Luuke and Luuuke from "fans" bitching about how much better Legends was.

Messed up? All the EU novels went to Lucasfilm to be checked for continuity. Nothing was published with a green light. Disney just threw all canon in the garbage, declared that anything *they* produced would now be considered canon, then they fished out little ideas from the EU and scattered them around. Four decades of the work of creative people keeping Star Wars alive tossed aside like trash in order to make a Disney cash cow that has *lost* money. How can Star Wars *lose* money?

@@the_scarecrow3143hey remember when legends brought fucking orcs into Star Wars? Think again

This is probably the smartest clickbait title I've ever seen. It attracts the people who hatewatch and complain about everything to click and find out why they're wrong.

You will be one of the great ones.

@@AndreVeaseyJr Thank you.

This would be knowledge passed down to all Sith.

@@MyLibertyTV Sadly, if I recall correctly, cortosis is expensive to mine, which makes it equally expensive to get a hold off. The Sith would not get a hold of it in large quantities without considerable wealth.

Imperial Knights mentioned woo.

:-| imagine commenting before watching the video

yeah if you watch the video that's what it's about

Yeah. He Tardbaited us with this title/thumbnail

It depends on the concentration actually. Cortosis was already rare, difficult to work with and very expensive. A pure cortosis blade like the one Vader encountered could short out a lightsaber, but a mere weave which was more common (but still rare) would protect a sword or armor from getting wrecked by a lightsaber blade, similar to phrik or besker. But it wouldn’t short it out. Now I doubt the Disney showrunners know that, hell they might not even call it cortosis and just make up some other word or metal. But for now we can give them the benefit of the doubt and just call it “pure cortosis” in the Acolyte show until someone from Disney opens up their mouth and displays their ignorance. That still doesn’t detract from all the other legit criticisms and downfalls this show has: bad writing, bad acting overall, terrible pacing, lore breaking retcons with Ki-Adi Mundi and Anakin being the only “Force birth” etc.

​@christianscrogins663 I'll ask this here since it seems safer than other places... how is Ki-Adi Mundi's age a Canon fact? I don't think it's ever established in any movie or TV series to date. If we are talking about Legends material...I don't understand the controversy. They've already discarded Legends as Canon...unless they want to use it here and there.

Any examples?

disagree entirely there. there is plenty of legit. ti is lsot between the lines though.

@@ericp1139 complaining about diversity, having women in the story, the fact people are so media illiterate is staggering, take for instance the boys, from the beginning the were making fun of conservatives and liberals and it had to be spelled out for them for them to realize it, now its "bad writing" just like now, you just self snitched on yourself

@taddad2641 not sure you understand my point I am making here, I am saying people are unable to see context and sub plots

@@ev17dan I mean, do you have examples of content creators you can point to? Where was this phenomenon for Rogue One, Andor, Mando, or Ahsoka?

Whereas Disney itself wants Star Wars to fail for monopolistic reasons.

​@@user-tp7gy4dj4lthey obviously don't want it to fail if they wanted the money, that comment makes zero sense

Or it's just terrible writing

@@kadegetslaid634 Some people (I seriously hope most of em are just children) really think Disney is some kind of cartoon villain with a convoluted multidecade conspiracy to destroy Star Wars in order to destroy joy or some stupid shit like that instead of a company run by out of touch execs who fuck up every now and then in their quest for money.

@LordDarthHarry I have genginely seen people think Disney drove zach Snyder's daughter to suicide so he would leave justice leauge, some people want to make up wild fantasies instead of accepting Disney will do whatever makes money 💀 it's actually hilarious

I thinknits more of a creative decision. The constant hum in a longer scene could become distracting and annoying

@@captainfach hmm. Possibly

@@Clone-jz4zf that's because most are tired of people claiming something broke canon when it doesn't

@@lunakingsley.7247which is the point he made in the video about 20 seconds in lmao. So if you see a RU-vid title, click on the video, and immediately start commenting your opinion, you just want to make the most amount of noise and it’s obvious. Even if you jumped to defend the show, that’s sad.

@@concernedpigeon3219 or we so much bullshit that it's hard to tell when one isn't or is just another rage bait person screaming woke or something along those lines.

Because this channel is full of headcanon bs

​@@dancingvalkyrie Theeeeeee don't watch 🤡

Since New Hope George Lucas broke EU lore hella a lot of times. EU was never canon in the eyes of George Lucas and still isn't under Disney. Both George and Disney take what they like from EU, twist it sometimes and make it canon.

What is LFL

Use your brain and don’t use a random acronym know one uses.

​@@Amplifymagicuse context, Lucas films Ltd.

@@seanrea550 yeah no, obviously if I read this stupid comment I can piece that together, however, in 30+ years I have NEVER seen it abbreviated like that, no one puts LTD in an acronym ya dingus

Tru

He's not Ashla, he's not Bogan, he's Bendu.

I like Star Wars Meg. Screencrush isnt bad and Echarts ladder as well.

@jeffdrew7027 except him constantly getting things wrong. For example, this isn't a new thing and doesn't break canon. It doesn't even crack it.

Watch the vid first 😂

@@lunakingsley.7247dude did you actually watch the video?

Sooo, nobody is complaining about cortosis breaking cannon, Alan made a vid about something that specifically doesnt break cannon because most of the other stuff in the show does break cannon. A true sith would never reveal themselves like that, not without killing all witnesses. I dont like this show ive tried to give it a chance ive watched every episode and the cortosis helmet was the most logical/cannon thing in the whole show so far

@stevesmith42066 except everything you have mentioned happened in the old eu too. So no it doesn't break canon.

They don't need an excuse lol. A lot of things in Star wars happen without any explanation. No one explained how the force could lift objects in the OT, and it frankly has never been explained how it has in any movie or show since, nor how hyperspace actually functions. He explains the cals, but it took SOLO and TLJ for us to learn there's fuel for it. Some things don't need an explanation unless it's important to the plot or relevance. Without Legends, all we'd need to know is that he has a metal that shorts out lightsabers for a helmet and bracelet. In this particular case, I am sure they'd tell you why in a short conversation an episode or two later because ultimately it isn't important and only serves to make both the Stranger Unique, dangerous and more mysterious. The Mandalorian culture around Beskar is important to the character both for story reasons and the character's history. Beskar gets an explanation because it will be used in every episode and has entire plot points surrounding it. media literacy. Pretty god damn simple.

Admitting that you need everything explained to you is wild

@@lefloch9983 Not everything explained, just the important details. I saw people get pissed off that Disney was breaking lightsaber lore again, and I wasn't going to explain Cortosis to them because that's not my job. It is not that hard to include a tiny snippet of information. Perhaps this will change when the next episode comes out, but if they never address it at all, it is bad writing.

My guess is the audience will find out what it is next episode the same time Osha does.

Order 66, Battle of Geonosis:

Your definition of sane is "praising corporate media without question"?

@@spyrofrost9158 i've been alive for longer than you

@@bb0402 Not likely. You're just a deluded product of this society lol. Grow up and stop consuming products for the sake of it. I live longer than both of you. Year 55' here.

I was thinking that since the force was an energy field made and in all living things the cortosis is also highly resistant as well.

KOTOR/KOTOR 2 has implants and armour that interfere with the force. The entire concept of Yuuzhan Vong is objects interfering with the force.

My head canon is that it's easier to read someone's emotions when you can actually see their face and hear their real voice.

I interpreted that as him either making fun of or just straight out lying to the Jedi about the helmet. They'd already seen and been confused watching it short out their lightsabers so they knew they were dealing with something they didn't know about. Qimir could probably have told them it allows him to teleport to Coruscant and they would have hesitated trying to figure out if that's true or not, giving him another advantage in their fight.

The Sith can infuse objects with Force energy, this is how they build Holocrons.

dawg this shit is so bad

​@@AndresLopez-vf2fsna get outta here

@@AndresLopez-vf2fs Agreed, the amount of inconsistencies they manage to cram into every episode is just impressive at this point! Nothing makes any sense!

@@takemeseriouslyplx2124 no ones actions make any sense. I hate the 3 times they made this sith dude run away. I cringe at all the dialogue. “they turned you against me” bruhhhh

i mean honestly i think a lot of them aren't star wars fans, cortosis is pretty well known. Ive seen some star wars channels bring up good points about why the show's not great and i typically trust them more.

@@GenerationTech Also General Grievous employed the Techno Union during the Clone Wars to create the B-3 Ultra Battle Droids which use Cortosis in the construction. Which the factory was later destroyed by an infamous Jedi.

If there's one thing the Acolyte has taught me, it's that RU-vid commenters barely have a basic understanding of the either Legends or Disney lore.

@@GenerationTech I suppose it all depends what makes a good channel to you and what doesn't. Some are labelled as hatemongers despite having solid criticisms, some of course are just filled with plain hate. I watch a number of channels on both sides of the divide and it baffles me that most of the vitriol is spewed by the defenders of Lucasfilm as they attack channels by name. Oddly, the ones that criticise Lucasfilm never do that, so who is worse? And I have seen channels that come down hard on such shows as The Acolyte actually say nice things if they see them, for example the fight scenes in the most recent episode have been, if not praised, then at least complimented by people such as Nerdrotic and Critical Drinker, both of whom seem to be getting most of the flack from Lucasfilm defenders. Ok, they might criticise how the trees blocked a lot of the action from view, how dark it was making it harder to see the fight, but they still admit it was the best The Acolyte has offered so far. They do this while saying how weak the writing is, how some of the characters are badly developed, how there are plot holes that make no sense, but these are legitimate criticisms, but such things seem overlooked by the 'Defenders' who simply go on the offensive with a personal attack on the reviewers themselves.

With some of the comments, I definitely feel this. People complain about shit that was introduced in Jedi Knight: Dark forces-Outcast-Academy. Or was introduced in KOTOR 1/KOTOR 2. And these are like, super popular games.

That’s the joke

You commented before you watched didn’t you?

It's still poorly written, it just depends on your tolerance of bad writing vs your love of SW.

Well the background of headland and the message made it very easy for them

I get complaining about the story and writing and acting but nothing here as far a s I know is lore breaking so wehn everyone screams at that it's just stupid Ki adi mundi has no idea this guy is a sith, nor what he looks like. His age is just a random number that doesn't mean shit. Extending it by like 50 years doesn't even change anything. Plus if you really care for a random number somebody made up for the sake of having a number remember it was never canon. I do agree he didn't need to be in this film, but it's not something to rage about Smilo didn't even say he is sith, just implied he was a dark side user. He said the Jedi would call him a sith given his appearance. This does kinda contradict episode one where they don't believe qui gon tho but it's not lore breaking. Plus I think this guy is wrong in saying the Jedi would all collectively recognize him as sith when all they've heard is there's a guy with a red lightsaber. Remember, there are still 3 more episodes for them to explain it. Complain when their done cuz it ain't gonna change anything now if you whine Armor is cortosis, very rare so you rarely see it being used ever. Jedi had no idea how to effectively deal with it since they haven't seen it in god knows how long and don't bother teaching it to their knights since they probably would never see it anyways, especially used by someone who is life threatening like another force user. I will say the way they showed it makes it too op, but considering even Darth Vader struggled a little against only a blade I think it's fine. Nothing ever stated anakin was the only thing born out of the force. Even then, in this story the sisters weren't just willed into being by the force. There was obviously dark magic shenanigans behind their creation. And I doubt tenebrous would be too interested in this, even if he knew since his thing was with science and plagueis at this point either isnt alive or hasn't got too deep into creating life yet since he was born around when this show takes place in legends. Plus the sith don't know everything in such a vast galaxy. I will say however that this was just lazy writing. If you like legends you would know retcons have to happen since most stories were written by random people in ways where they contradict each other. Some small retcons from already legends material are fine compared to the huge ones like the sequel trilogy where they just completely scratched DE and every else. Even if they went with legends everyone would complain since DE palpatine kinda just came back too lol. I will also note that most people hates palpatine coming back because of lazy writingz but there are still people out there who hate it because it's lore breaking, which it is. Truth is, legends ain't the holy Bible y'all make it out to be. If somehow you take from this that I'm a fanboy for Disney then star wars is truly dead. Not only because of Disney but also because of the shittiest "fans" I've ever seen. People who judge a book by its cover and don't even bother reading it and also others who capitalize on these people by feeding them false info on said book. You can guess who I'm referring to (I watched this vid dw) Basically, the lore ain't the thing to complain about, it's the writing. It's just people need more reasons to hate this show so they downplay everything else, like the lore aspect and the choreography which I personally think is good. Could just be my low expectations though. Last edit lel it's fine if your coming into the show with low expectations, but if you come in already hating it then you'll only notice the bad parts and hate it more. That's the problem. Not that this show is getting too much hate (infact prob not enough given Disney budget) but instead how most of the hate is just for the sake of hating. Thank you for listening to my ted talk

​@@Minifutzi_o.O the vast majority of us had never heard of Headland before. Just some random TV writer

@@jamesarnold7253 well the haters often do their research when it comes to Disney and culture war issues

Things changed so she did don't think it weird Her master was gonna kill her she just wanted to get away at that point being taken captive by the Jedi would interfere with her escape.

I mean she been shown to be super unstable and extremely emotional to the point of being irrational. But maybe we just have seen enough of her insanity to make that as clear.

She wanted to turn herself in to the Wookie because she had dirt on him and would have gave her a lighter sentence the other jedi just want to lock her up

As Mae said her plan involved a living Kelnacca and The Master being very far away, and I don’t think she was aware The Master was that skilled.

I think it was the interaction she had with Osha that changed her mind. But we also don’t know what Mae’s plan is in impersonating Ohsa, Mae might be getting a feel for what the Jedi are like.

The way I see it, there had to be other Darksiders that cropped up over the years who weren't Sith. Why would the Jedi assume this time it's a Sith?

@@theazurefire91 yeah.

@@theazurefire91their was a legged comic where a Sith Holocron corrupted a Jedi Padawan so throughly they were even aware of the rule of 2. That’s also how they retconed it the Jedi order knowing about the rule of 2.

​@@theazurefire91exactly. It's seeing some dudes on horseback with bows and saying "the Huns are back!"

Fucking weak 😂😂😂😂

Both sides how? What's the great positives of this show? What characters' t-shirt will you be buying?

Weak

​@moabman6803 looks, choreography, plot, no plot-armor, i an not realy into byunig any merchandise

But the show is still garbage and most people were confused by the lightsabers going off as the show never tried explaining what cortosis was... I had to go thru a youtube video to get an explanation... The fight scenes looked good cause of all the effects and choreography but they also didn't make sense much like the garbage fast and furious actions sequences.

Or a force nutpunch.

This is literally said in the video.

I’ve been warning people for years

​@@GenerationTechIt all makes sense! We were fools to not listen!

Bingo