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What Does This Mean?

[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]
FORCE: Machine CultureUNIVERSE: GamingCLUSTER: bot_like_players

原指游戏里由程序控制的电脑玩家,在网络上又被用来形容真人:操作机械、反应迟钝或水平很差的玩家,在日常里也指行为死板、像程序一样的人。把别人称作“人机”带有贬低意味,在不少场合会被视为不友善。

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"这把队友全是人机,站着不动也不开枪。"

LORE & ORIGIN

“人机”本是“人与机器”的并称,常见于“人机对战”等游戏模式;后来多指游戏中的电脑角色,再引申到形容真人。2019年2月Steam论坛的一个讨论串里,玩家记录了对应的英文用法“bot”:用来说行为机械、受伤也没有反应的玩家,也用于怀疑对方外挂的场合。中文用法的首次出现时间:recent term; no dated source found yet。

FIRST SEEN
Unknown (game slang; English 'bot' used for human players is documented in a 2019-02 Steam forum thread)
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
2019
CURRENT STATUS
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Related To:NPCNPC Behavior

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