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- initialism video games
non-player character
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If they did, the term NPC would likely no longer be accurate.
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If you attack and the NPC is unharmed, you probably attribute it to lazy design.
A Tendency For Violence SVGL 2008
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The current NPC is indeed not simple at all concerning macromolecular transport, but as a large non-selective pore it is functionally quite simple.
Albert de Roos: A design hypothesis for the evolution of the nucleus 2006
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The current NPC is indeed not simple at all concerning macromolecular transport, but as a large non-selective pore it is functionally quite simple.
Albert de Roos: A design hypothesis for the evolution of the nucleus 2006
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In addition, even if this proto-eukaryote already had a highly complex NPC, one that was able to retain proteins and RNA, while allowing for free difusion of waste, the function of such an NPC is still dependent on a gradient of transport factors over the mebrane with the pores.
Albert de Roos: A design hypothesis for the evolution of the nucleus 2006
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NPC is caused by a mutation in a gene on chromosome 18.
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If I had to sit around and discuss philosophically whether an NPC is "evil" it wouldn't be much fun.
July 27th, 2001 2001
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For example: The NPC could be a chatterbot that happens to mention a product.
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For example: The NPC could be a chatterbot that happens to mention a product.
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As a player, you're not sure if the NPC is a game figure or an interactive ad.
tankhughes commented on the word NPC
nonplayable character (in a video game or role playing game like Dungeons and Dragons).
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5WHT__gc6H/
Video also talks about sidequest, where we dropping, (a Fortnite reference), noob, OP, and nerf.
Other video game phrases in general use:
sus (popularized by Among Us), loading... as a way to ask for people's patience, S-tier (from the system of ranking best fighting characters in a game), f's in the chat (paying respect to a dead character in a game by pressing F), game over, level up, grinding (a way to level up in games by killing the same enemies thousands of times), speedrun, frame perfect (in speedrunning, a trick/glitch that requires absolutely precise inputs, camera angles, and/or timing), PvP player vs player combat - not just against a program or NPC).
April 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word NPC
bbno$ calls KSI ballad "NPC music" https://youtu.be/OclZdHcZHkw?si=uLHJtzCxiRYhSzzd&t=459
October 6, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word NPC
Comedians on the TV show The Last Leg calling Kamala Harris a bad candidate, "a Democratic NPC" 1:40 into the video: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheLastLeg/comments/1gtaakv/frankie_boyles_thoughts_on_the_us_election/
November 18, 2024