NPCs be slowdowned.
 

Something currently seems to be wrong with the NPCs, basically none of them do anything anymore, which isn't too painful if you're already logged in, but is quite annoying when trying to log in, since it won't load 2002's controls either now.

The strangest part, however, is the fact that the NPC-Server is still online, but somehow isn't responding.

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Stranger even, the NPC-Server doesn't even say anything when you PM it.
I think it got trapped into some infernal loop and not knowing how to get out of it, or something.
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