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The bug doesn't trigger when the counter resets to zero, the bug triggers when the counter reuses a previous value.

So:

A) There is no reason whatsoever to randomize the counter B) Even if they did, it wouldn't be a problem because it would still take an absurdly long time to loop around to the starting positions.




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