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How TikTok Creators Make Thousands Acting As NPCs on Livestreams
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7/19/2023
This bizarre NPC trend has taken over TikTok. Users online have been acting as non-playable characters from video games during live streams making more than thousands of dollars.
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This bizarre NPC trend has taken over TikTok.
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Users online have been acting as non-playable characters
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from video games during live streams,
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making more than thousands of dollars.
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And now others are hopping on the viral sensation.
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Users online are making big money live streaming
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as non-playable characters or essentially a computer.
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- Thank you so much.
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- A glizzy?
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(babbling)
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- During these live streams,
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viewers are sending monetary tips to creators
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appearing on screen as cartoons
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and creators are reacting in real time.
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It's Daniel Lawley reporting, "Lawliet Details."
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♪ Hey TikTok, you don't stop ♪
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♪ Hey TikTok ♪
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- These users online are making thousands of dollars.
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The trend dubbed as the NPC live stream
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has viewers sending in gifts for streamers
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to react to them in real time.
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For each gift, creators earn an influx of tips
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equivalent to real cash dollars.
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These non-playable characters
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are essentially standard features of many video games.
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- It is worth it because I'm getting paid $100 an hour
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to do this.
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- Now this phenomenon has grown so big
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that some users like Pinkydoll spends at least six hours
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a day on TikTok making NPC content.
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- You're so good.
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Yes, strong woman.
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Yes, strong woman.
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- Pinkydoll says when she first started her live streams,
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she was making close to $250 per day.
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Now the creator is earning up to $7,000 per day.
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Even big names like Trisha Paytas
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has also joined in on the trend.
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- Hi, Dawson, hi, Dawson, hi, Dawson, hi, Dawson, hi,
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Dawson, dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble,
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dribble, dribble.
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- Reaction to see non-playable character live streams
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on social media have pointed out how fascinating
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and bizarre the trend can really be.
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The robotic nature of these characters
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have driven users to send mass amounts of gifts
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where some can't even keep up at times.
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- Can I stop?
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Is this enough content?
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Is this enough content?
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- Others have noted that they are making more money
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doing this than their standard day jobs.
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Aside from the mass amount of money
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coming into the platform and creators,
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some people have trolled the trend online.
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- Bunny hop, bunny hop, spicy pepper.
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- There's not been any official word from TikTok
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on how much traffic this has brought to the platform,
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nor on how much users are spending
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on gifts for live streams.
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This is such an interesting topic.
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I personally have been stuck on these live streams as well,
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but obviously for more trending news,
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find us at whatstrending.com.
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