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The four-minute short charts high among Youtube's most-viewed gaming videos of the week ending April 7.
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Most-viewed gaming videos for the week ending April 7:
YouTube's most viewed (all-time views)
1) Lee Sin, the Blind Monk - League of Legends character (1,014,382)
2) Brothers Mario 2: Kong Country (857,130)
3) Minecraft: Wolves and Cookies! (835,270)
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1) ' Advance (Console) Wars 3' (517,131)
2) ' Worst portable game of the year' (388,103)
3) ' Furious father breaks internet quiz' (224,120)
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1) I'm MT Season 4 Episode 3 (854,868)
2) DOTA Tutorial: Haitao and Longdd (788,236)
3) DOTA: Super-clear class improvement guide (492,344)
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