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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2013-09-18T17:57:55Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="218" pageid="280" ns="0" title="Deck Building" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Altren" timestamp="2016-12-18T01:33:34Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1715" prev="1714" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="217" pageid="280" ns="0" title="Deck Building" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Altren" timestamp="2016-12-18T01:32:04Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1714" prev="1145" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="216" pageid="0" ns="0" title="Bugs" type="delete" action="delete" user="Altren" timestamp="2013-11-24T22:32:57Z" comment="all those were fixed a while ago. and this in to good place to store bugs" />
      <item logid="215" pageid="274" ns="0" title="Battle Draft" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Altren" timestamp="2013-10-29T08:38:15Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1713" prev="1640" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="214" pageid="0" ns="0" title="BattleDraft" type="delete" action="delete" user="Altren" timestamp="2013-10-28T18:40:02Z" comment="content was: &quot;In a Battle Draft all the cards are shared between both players. You each see the same hand of 14 cards. When one person plays a card it is gone for both players. The dec...&quot; (and the only contributor was &quot;[[Special:Contributions/Jed|Jed]]&quot;)" />
      <item logid="213" pageid="562" ns="0" title="Global Functions" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Altren" timestamp="2013-10-27T03:21:55Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1712" prev="1644" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="212" pageid="675" ns="0" title="Rewards" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Altren" timestamp="2013-09-22T15:39:37Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1702" prev="1701" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="211" pageid="675" ns="0" title="Rewards" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Altren" timestamp="2013-09-22T15:38:56Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1701" prev="1696" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="210" pageid="574" ns="0" title="FAQ" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Altren" timestamp="2013-09-20T17:26:58Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1700" prev="1699" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="209" pageid="574" ns="0" title="FAQ" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Altren" timestamp="2013-09-18T17:58:28Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1699" prev="1698" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>