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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <searchinfo totalhits="4" />
    <search>
      <p ns="0" title="Beta" snippet="The [[EE Staff]] decides what will be tested, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; that not everything will be tested before it is released, but the testing l&#10;" size="3841" wordcount="615" timestamp="2020-08-31T12:04:28Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Magic Class" snippet="...by collecting [[Magic Coin]]s. In prior versions, Magic decayed over time &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; that it was possible to drop a class when the players are not active. Magic&#10;" size="3158" wordcount="484" timestamp="2018-06-15T00:53:01Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="God Mode" snippet="...o a player using God Mode. A player in God Mode cannot be [[Kill|killed]], &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; that the [[Zombie]] and [[Curse]] Effects will peacefully expire when the t&#10;" size="1556" wordcount="232" timestamp="2018-06-19T04:18:52Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Potion" snippet=":This potion makes you have a skull floating over your [[smiley]]&#039;s head, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; that you have the curse. In order to transfer it, you must touch another pl&#10;" size="4356" wordcount="654" timestamp="2018-06-28T03:53:49Z" />
    </search>
  </query>
</api>