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+# test001
+
+
+```
+     _     __ _            ____  _                _     __  _______ 
+    / \   / _| |_ ___ _ __/ ___|| |__   ___   ___| | __ \ \/ / ____|
+   / _ \ | |_| __/ _ \ '__\___ \| '_ \ / _ \ / __| |/ /  \  /|  _|  
+  / ___ \|  _| ||  __/ |   ___) | | | | (_) | (__|   <   /  \| |___ 
+ /_/   \_\_|  \__\___|_|  |____/|_| |_|\___/ \___|_|\_\ /_/\_\_____|
+```                                                                 
+
+**AfterShock XE (AfterShock Extended Edition)** is a (hopefully temporary) 
+fork of the AfterShock mod for [OpenArena](http://openarena.ws/) FPS game.  
+AfterShock is a mod that brings more competitive features and
+customization to OpenArena.  
+The need for this fork arised because the development of AfterShock
+stopped and the AfterShock developers are currently out of reach, 
+but we needed to add new features and fix bugs.
+
+AfterShock XE codebase is available @ https://github.com/Irbyz/aftershock-xe
+
+You can currently get in touch with us on vihmu OpenArena team Discord 
+server that you can access with this invite link: 
+https://discord.gg/fd79Ktf
+or alternatively on IRC: [#vihmu @ irc.quakenet.org](irc://irc.quakenet.org/vihmu)
+