{"id":10803,"date":"2023-07-19T15:38:26","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T13:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/19\/7000-a-day-for-five-catchphrases-the-tiktokers-pretending-to-be-non-playable-characters\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T15:38:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T13:38:26","slug":"7000-a-day-for-five-catchphrases-the-tiktokers-pretending-to-be-non-playable-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/19\/7000-a-day-for-five-catchphrases-the-tiktokers-pretending-to-be-non-playable-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"$7,000 a day for five catchphrases: the TikTokers pretending to be \u2018non-playable characters\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are anarchic, erotic undertones to \u2018NPC streaming\u2019, the trend in which ordinary people play video-game characters<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t seen them yet, the videos are mesmerizing. A content creator with long, straight hair sits at her kitchen table, rapidly stringing together nonsense catchphrases, over and over with the same cheerful expression and tone. \u201cYes yes yes. Mmm, ice cream so good. Ooh, you got me feeling like a cowgirl. Gang gang. Mmm, ice cream so good. Yes yes yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The trend is called \u201cNPC streaming\u201d \u2013 named after the non-playable characters in video games that awkwardly repeat pre-programmed phrases and movements. Its most recognizable face is Pinkydoll, a Montreal content creator whose \u201cice cream so good\u201d clips went viral this week. Those phrases are actually her real-time reactions to gifts from her thousands of viewers, who send over digital ice-cream cones, roses, doughnuts and hearts, which pop up as cartoon graphics on the screen. The gifts are worth anywhere from half a cent to a few dollars \u2013 but with a big audience it adds up. In a full day of NPC streaming, Pinkydoll says she\u2019s netted more than $7,000.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jul\/19\/tiktok-npc-streaming-live-stream-pinkydoll\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/8557b8ab7161001e3fad6196c988ed175e6e0c93\/0_0_2000_1200\/master\/2000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a90db7a57e550e1118fdd5414231f7f4\" title=\"$7,000 a day for five catchphrases: the TikTokers pretending to be \u2018non-playable characters\u2019\" \/>There are anarchic, erotic undertones to \u2018NPC streaming\u2019, the trend in which ordinary people play video-game characters<br \/>\nIf you haven\u2019t seen them yet, the videos are mesmerizing. A content creator with long, straight hair sits at her kitchen table, rapidly stringing together nonsense catchphrases, over and over with the same cheerful expression and tone. \u201cYes yes yes. Mmm, ice cream so good. Ooh, you got me feeling like a cowgirl. Gang gang. Mmm, ice cream so good. Yes yes yes.\u201d<br \/>\nThe trend is called \u201cNPC streaming\u201d \u2013 named after the non-playable characters in video games that awkwardly repeat pre-programmed phrases and movements. Its most recognizable face is Pinkydoll, a Montreal content creator whose \u201cice cream so good\u201d clips went viral this week. Those phrases are actually her real-time reactions to gifts from her thousands of viewers, who send over digital ice-cream cones, roses, doughnuts and hearts, which pop up as cartoon graphics on the screen. The gifts are worth anywhere from half a cent to a few dollars \u2013 but with a big audience it adds up. In a full day of NPC streaming, Pinkydoll says she\u2019s netted more than $7,000. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are anarchic, erotic undertones to \u2018NPC streaming\u2019, the trend in which ordinary people play video-game characters If you haven\u2019t seen them yet, the videos are mesmerizing. A content creator with long, straight hair sits at her kitchen table, rapidly stringing together nonsense catchphrases, over and over with the same cheerful expression and tone. \u201cYes &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/19\/7000-a-day-for-five-catchphrases-the-tiktokers-pretending-to-be-non-playable-characters\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">$7,000 a day for five catchphrases: the TikTokers pretending to be \u2018non-playable characters\u2019<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10803"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}