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

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    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. Like a background character or ...

  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. 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 ...

  5. Dialogue tree - Wikipedia

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    The concept of the dialogue tree has existed long before the advent of video games.The earliest known dialogue tree is described in "The Garden of Forking Paths", a 1941 short story by Jorge Luis Borges, in which the combination book of Ts'ui Pên allows all major outcomes from an event branch into their own chapters.

  6. Control character - Wikipedia

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    In computing and telecommunications, a control character or non-printing character (NPC) is a code point in a character set that does not represent a written character or symbol. They are used as in-band signaling to cause effects other than the addition of a symbol to the text.

  7. Wulfgar (Forgotten Realms) - Wikipedia

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    As described in The Crystal Shard in almost medical terms, [5]: 66 Wulfgar is roughly 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m), blond-haired and blue-eyed (common for the barbarian tribes he hails from), and developed his awesomely muscled physique when he was in servitude to the dwarf Bruenor Battlehammer for five years—working alongside dwarves, who are renowned for being tireless.

  8. NPC - Wikipedia

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    NPC (cable system), linking Japan and the US; Fujicolor NPC 160, later Fujicolor Pro 160C, photographic film; Nickel Plated Copper. The plating is applied to wire products due to its excellent corrosion resistance properties and in particular, its durability and stability at extremes of temperatures.

  9. List of video games with LGBT characters: 2010s - Wikipedia

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    Ciri, a secondary playable character, when asked about her feelings towards Skjall (a male NPC), the player may answer that she prefers women. She also had a girlfriend named Mistle in the books [64] that the games are based on. Mislav Gay Mislav is a gay hunter encountered in the prologue. [65] Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege: Flores Gay