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;Mob: An [[NPC]], in particular one who performs limited ranges of simplistic behavior.  Used in online [[RPG]]s to identify NPCs who are automatically controlled by the game program, rather than those who are played by human [[GM]]s.   
 
;Mob: An [[NPC]], in particular one who performs limited ranges of simplistic behavior.  Used in online [[RPG]]s to identify NPCs who are automatically controlled by the game program, rather than those who are played by human [[GM]]s.   
 
:Origin:  Short form of ''mobile'', the term coined by Richard Bartle for these characters in early computer RPGs.  On reading the research paper which coined the term, one of the reviewers is said to have thought this a "beautiful analogy to those hanging toys used in baby's cribs, which move around seemingly as if alive, in spite of being constructed of mechanical parts".  Bartle replied that this was indeed a beautiful analogy, and he would have been delighted if he had thought of it; he used the term "mobile" simply to indicate that they could move, which other computer-controlled objects couldn't.
 
:Origin:  Short form of ''mobile'', the term coined by Richard Bartle for these characters in early computer RPGs.  On reading the research paper which coined the term, one of the reviewers is said to have thought this a "beautiful analogy to those hanging toys used in baby's cribs, which move around seemingly as if alive, in spite of being constructed of mechanical parts".  Bartle replied that this was indeed a beautiful analogy, and he would have been delighted if he had thought of it; he used the term "mobile" simply to indicate that they could move, which other computer-controlled objects couldn't.
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;(blank)-monkey:In RPG terms, a character who is so centered around (blank) that that basically defines their character, often but not always at the expense of everything else.  Examples: "skill-monkey", someone who has learned a lot about many things; "dex(terity)-monkey", a character who has sharpened their reflexes and/or hand-eye coordination to ridiculous levels; and "combat-monkey", a character who seems to do nothing but fight, and is therefore very good at it, seemingly to the exception of everything else.
 
  
  

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