Compiled by C. ARUNO, JUSTIN ZACK and R. ARAVINTHAN
SOME creators are raking in as much as RM4,000 a day as non-playable characters (NPC) on TikTok, repeating lines for donations, reported Harian Metro.
The social media trend has creators acting as video game side characters on TikTok streams and repeating set lines and movements after being sent donations.
While others have labelled it as a form of “e-begging”, for creators like Nazri Yahya, his supporters have helped push through these negative perceptions.
“I made the decision to do NPC content full-time after quitting my job in August and it has brought me personal satisfaction.
“I am aware of the insulting comments but I ignore them,” he said, adding that he once made RM4,000 after just three days of streaming.
Twins Chamiy and Faamiy Malik – known as Cha and Faa – said their biggest daily profit was around RM3,000 to RM4,000 from their NPC streams.
They said while it might seem easy, their routines required practice and training to be perfect.
“We train to ensure that our movements are always in sync, and to also improve and add on these based on the ‘gifts’,” said Chamiy.
She said their streams did not just cater to the local audience, with their schedules set to ensure that foreigners such as those from South Korea would be able to tune in as well.
“Our mother was the one who gave us the idea because it has become a trend but we did not expect it to garner this much attention,” she said.
> Berita Harian reported that residents at a housing area in Pasir Gudang, Johor, have resorted to pasting yellow tape on illegally parked cars as a show of their discontent.
The incident shared on TikTok showed two vehicles being plastered with yellow tape in the housing area.
Despite complaints to the municipal council and various summonses issued, residents said the cars continued to be parked illegally, blocking exit lanes.
The uploader of the video, which has since garnered over 200,000 views, said the residents had grown tired after their requests were ignored.
“Several neighbours have told the car owners nicely but these fell on deaf ears.
“When a reminder was sent in a neighbourhood Whatsapp group, that, too, was ignored,” said the uploader known as @hidayah3606.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
