Non-Player Character (NPC)

 

I’m a gamer. Not because I choose to not have a life but because I choose to have many.

Any gamer knows the term NPC. Game worlds are populated by their own characters some who work, some who provide a service and even some who’s only purpose it is to fill space. They are incapable of doing anything that they are not designed to do. They are there so that you as the player can save their lives or steal their belongings to serve your own purpose. In the end they are no more than meat that fills the world.

You got up today. Had breakfast. Jumped into your car. Drove to work. You are earning a salary. Tonight you will get home. Love your family. Have dinner. Watch some tv. Play games. Go to bed. This cycle will repeat until you get to the weekend. You’ll go to friends. Braai. Drink. Complain about the E-toll and our government. Crime in South Africa. Be a little bit racist but not really. Drink a little too much. Go home. Rinse repeat.

We complain about the world and its evils. We judge those who earn more than us for not being fair and those who earn less than us for being lazy. I complain that I cannot afford a home in my suburb and that I cannot move to a cheaper suburb because it is too dangerous. Go out. Get drunk. Rinse repeat.

I am resigning from being an NPC. I refuse. I am going to be a player in this world. Our middle class has failed South Africa because we accept that which is wrong. We complain without offering any solutions.

Here is my proposition: I am going to join the Lyttleton Police Station as a reservist. I will work with other like-minded individuals. I will serve for no less than 16hours a month. When I am satisfied that I have a powerful network of law enforcement that can defend my neighbourhood then I will buy my house in that area once considered too dangerous to live and I will raise my family there and our community of all races and creeds will prosper there.

If this seems impossible and you think I am unlikely to succeed or there is nothing you can do to help then I implore you to either consider that you are an NPC or to get out of my way.   

The origin of man

In the beginning there existed a single consciousness. It was simple and small but had infinite space.

Once it realised that it had infinity and that it was everything it decided to become more and thus

It formed energy. Now that it had energy and infinity it realised that everything is in one spot. Thus it added direction. The three axes was created and added to that everything now had energy and direction. So it went. The consciousness marvelled at it all and quickly realised that its creation is in chaos. So it created functions. The functions would govern the systems and control the outcomes but it was not conscious and thus the system was balanced and sustained. It did not grow. For the consciousness to grow it needed to experience and it could not do this if it's system did not grow so it made a function which was greater than all the others.

It created "problem" and it was good. The system started moving and growing and shaping. Where there was problem there was evolution. But problem quickly noticed its maker and it believed to be its equal for what would consciousness be without question? How could it ask without a problem? Thus consciousness bound problem with laws and this limited its ability and the system was once again balanced. Needing further growth the consciousness realised that it needed another consciousness but it could not, with the laws imposed on problem, create its own equal. Thus with all its power it added probability over time. Mass created planets. Friction, energy, and elements the earth was created. A self-sustaining system capable of creation and later life. Consciousness used time and probability and life prospered. The consciousness experienced amazing and beautiful things in its new paradise but because of the laws restricting problem it was soon balanced and there was no new growth.

Problem posed that if there were another consciousness then it too could experience. Limited by the laws governing problem the consciousness made man. It abided by all the laws but had a consciousness. It was the same. It could learn and experience like the consciousness. But there was a problem. Man was created and limited using the same laws governing problem. Thus problem asked why can man not be like the consciousness? There was one thing that it could have that could make it like the consciousness. Problem combined its own function with the consciousness of man and created man's imagination. Using this man learned how to manipulate the laws limiting problem and it experienced growth.

The consciousness realised that man could become strong. Using problem and its laws the consciousness made man realise pain, greed, fear, struggle and mortality. Thus man’s paradise was no more. The consciousness realised that man, being in his own image could still grow and it could still experience. Thus it made man understand hope, love, empathy and value. It was good.

The truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth so help yourself.

There are simple truths that you wont admit.


You secretly hate her/him. She/him takes up all your time and freedom and there is nothing you can do about it. You cannot change this and this makes you feel frustrated. You cannot abandon/leave/ignore her/him because that would cause the world to judge you and everyone around you to hate you so you hide this little secret with diligence sometimes even admitting quite the opposite. "You are wrong. I love her/him with all my heart." You are forced into this situation by society and your fate is sealed but what is good for the goose. . . Society doesn't have to know about everything you are doing...

Religion isn't as simple as they say it is.

The people around you want you to believe and you do. Without a doubt you believe. You are 100% faithful. Except you aren't. Have you ever doubted, questioned and didn't recieve the answer you wanted? I am 100% strong in my believe which in turn makes your believe 0% true. Do you believe or are you told what to believe. Can you admit the existence of God and prove his existence or does he exist merely because they demand he exists? The good news is that you can't be wrong because nobody is right.

You are normal. You are not a snowflake. You are not special. You do not have special powers.

I am proposing to this cartoon character.

You may be smart, sexy, nice etc but people do not find you attractive. This is because everyone in the world is trying to be special. The new fashion is being different. Seperate from the crowd. Radio adverts blurt out the phrase "Who wants to be normal?" at an alarming rate. The truth is everyone wants to shine and this makes everyone as dull as the next. Do you want to stand out? Do you want to be attractive? Then grow a pair. Stand up and shout your name in the middle of the street so that everyone can hear it. Stop threatening to write a book or start a blog and putting it off till tomorrow. Thats what normal people do. Stop complaining that you are too tired. Get up early to go to the gym. Stay up late to study or party or anything. Just don't give up and go to bed. Do not put it off until later. Spend money on fun toys. Save money for when you get into trouble. Stop wasting it on snacks, fast food, alcohol and cigarettes. Be bold. Make mistakes. Get into fights. Crush your enemy completely and then make him your best friend. Have one night stands. If you aren't single then add some adventure to your relationship. If you work from 8 to 5 get home do the dishes and go to bed rinse repeat then there is nothing special about you. You are boring and you will be until you take a chance.

Thank you 9gag for my extendid education. Hmmm... Nigella...