What is Npc?
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NPC (Non Player Character)
Usually used to refer to characters in an
Wow that NPC is selling cheap swords!
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Non-Player Character. In general, any character (human or otherwise) in a role-playing game that is not controlled by someone playing the game.
In a
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In single-player video game RPGs, NPCs are anyone who isn't your party. They generally aren't referred to as such in this context because "the guy next to the weapon shop" works just as well. These NPCs have a set dialog, and most will repeat the same thing they say every time you try to talk to them. Several webcomics have poked fun at this.
And in a
I need someone who's not playing a regular character to be a NPC today.
Talk to the NPC by the gates to start the item collecting quest.
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Unimportant people in life. Basically, people you never could or would care about. They may occasionally provide useful information, but they tend to repeat it over, and over, and over, until another important event occurs for them to talk about.
That guy is is such an NPC. What's his name? Never mind, I really don't care.
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National People's Congress - China's non-elected legislature, it's highest lawmaking body.
Fits perfectly with the common definition of NPC as "Non-Player Character" as the lawmakers in the NPC are government (computer?) controlled and not accountable to the Chinese people.
The NPC quashed hopes of universal suffrage in Hong Kong
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Fictitious persons who feature heavily in the social lives of some people.
I'm in love with that NPC.