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  2. Terraria - Wikipedia

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    NPCs prefer to be around certain biomes and with certain other NPCs, and will raise and lower their prices and sell special items depending on if they are sufficiently happy. "Expert" and "Master mode" are difficulty modes that increase the challenge of the game in exchange for some exclusive items.

  3. Non-player character - Wikipedia

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    A non-player character (NPC), also called a non-playable character, is a character in a game that is not controlled by a player. [1] The term originated in traditional tabletop role-playing games where it applies to characters controlled by the gamemaster or referee rather than by another player.

  4. Your teen is calling you ‘NPC’: What it means - AOL

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    The slang word “NPC” explained. Are you an “NPC”? Check with your teen! The acronym stands for “non-player character,” which in video game culture, is a figure not controlled by a player.

  5. Role-playing game - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, many indie role-playing games experiment with different structures of play, such as sharing the responsibility for creating setting details and NPCs among all players. [ 20 ] The first commercially available RPG, Dungeons & Dragons ( D&D ), was inspired by fantasy literature and the wargaming hobby and was published in 1974. [ 21 ]

  6. NPC (meme) - Wikipedia

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    The NPC (/ ɛ n. p i. s i /; also known as the NPC Wojak), derived from non-player character, is an Internet meme that represents people deemed to not think for themselves. It may refer to those who lack introspection or intrapersonal communication, or whose identity is deemed entirely determined by their surroundings and the information they consume, with no conscious processing or ...

  7. List of examples of convergent evolution - Wikipedia

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    It also fills a similar ecological niche and is found in the same biomes. [8] Members of the two clades Australosphenida and Theria evolved tribosphenic molars independently. [9] The marsupial thylacine (Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf) had many resemblances to placental canids. [10]

  8. UPC and NPC - Wikipedia

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    UPC and NPC are normally performed on a per Virtual Channel (VC) or per Virtual Path (VP) basis, i.e. the intervals are measured between cells bearing the same virtual channel identifier (VCI) and or virtual path identifier (VPI). If the function is implemented at, e.g., a switch input, then because cells on the different VCs and VPs arrive ...

  9. Ecological niche - Wikipedia

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    However, niche differentiation is a critically important ecological idea which explains species coexistence, thus promoting the high biodiversity often seen in many of the world's biomes. Research using mathematical modelling is indeed demonstrating that predation can indeed stabilize lumps of very similar species.