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- verb/0 To gain points only by killing. MUD1 had a special 'berserk' command which gave double points if you killed anything and endowed you with a higher stamina, but you couldn't swamp T and couldn't flee from fights. People who entered berserk mode like this (ie. berserkers) could make it to a reduced-power 'berserk wiz' level. See Mist.
- verb/0 To indulge a sudden blood-lust, usually against large numbers of vastly inferior opposition (dwarfs, rats, lowlifes etc.), until sated. T and the like is ignored until the player returns to his or her senses. "Don't bother Toeknee just now, he's berserking".
- adjective What you are when you're berserking. People tend to apply this to players rather than personae - a persona would be a berserker, whereas a player would be berserk. However, when a persona enters berserk mode the process is still referred to as going berserk.
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