{"id":137287,"date":"2018-10-09T15:49:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T21:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/09\/oh-mmorpg-npcs-never-change.html"},"modified":"2018-10-09T15:49:27","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T21:49:27","slug":"oh-mmorpg-npcs-never-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/09\/oh-mmorpg-npcs-never-change.html","title":{"rendered":"Oh, MMORPG NPCs Never Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No, that was an observation, not a command.  This has always bugged me.<\/p>\n<p>[h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/103748887870095862080\" oid=\"103748887870095862080\">Les Jenkins<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"ot-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/s\/%23gaming\/posts\">#gaming<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><iframe type='text\/html' width='100%' height='385' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NdTF0FJJMkQ' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/iHmLWdYaMhD'>Original Post<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, that was an observation, not a command. This has always bugged me. 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