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timers

  • noun MUD2 on the VAX sometimes lost its external timing system, which meant nothing time-based advanced. Fights would pause, people would sleep indefinitely, and mobiles wouldn't move. This would lead to the cry, "the timers are stuck!". See hang, PC, demon.

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