MMORPG bots

A MMORPG bot is a software application for automating certain actions (such as gaining experience and virtual supplies or adding custom features and interactions to the game) in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Bot can control existing game client's inputs, outputs and/or network streams or act as a client by itself.

Due to versatility of general purpose bots, their usage sometimes called "cheating" and discouraged. There are many MMORPG bots that have enabled people to sell the earned in-game currency for real life profits.

Some games openly permit bots, like Magic World Online, Angels Online and Shattered Dimension Online. GodsWar Online has a programmed bot in its client known as AFK mode.

See also

Betty Botter

Betty Botter is a tongue-twister written by Carolyn Wells. It was originally titled "The Butter Betty Bought." By the middle of the 20th century, it had become part of the Mother Goose collection of nursery rhymes.

Construction

The construction is based on alliteration, using the repeated two-syllable pattern /'b__tə 'b__tə 'b__tə/ with a range of vowels in the first, stressed syllable. The difficulty is in clearly and consistently differentiating all the vowels from each other.

Lyrics

When it was first published in "The Jingle Book" in 1899 it read:

But a bit of better butter Will make my batter better.” so she bought a bit of butter

NB: THIS VERSION here IS THE ORIGINAL. Please CHECK the source material before editing; only add variations in the variations section.

Variations

"Betty Botter" has some variations, but most are very similar.

Alternative versions may add extra words to clarify the meaning, such as "I would like to make some ... tasted her butter and said... and threw away her ..." in this Caribbean version, which focuses on the story content instead of the tongue-twister content:

Nursery rhyme

A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for young children in Britain and many other countries, but usage only dates from the late 18th /early 19th century. In North America the term Mother Goose Rhymes, introduced in the mid-18th century, is still often used.

History

Lullabies

The oldest children's songs of which we have records are lullabies, intended to help a child sleep. Lullabies can be found in every human culture. The English term lullaby is thought to come from "lu, lu" or "la la" sound made by mothers or nurses to calm children, and "by by" or "bye bye", either another lulling sound, or a term for good night. Until the modern era lullabies were usually only recorded incidentally in written sources. The Roman nurses' lullaby, "Lalla, Lalla, Lalla, aut dormi, aut lacta", is recorded in a scholium on Persius and may be the oldest to survive.

Many medieval English verses associated with the birth of Jesus take the form of a lullaby, including "Lullay, my liking, my dere son, my sweting" and may be versions of contemporary lullabies. However, most of those used today date from the 17th century. For example, a well known lullaby such as "Rock-a-bye, baby on a tree top", cannot be found in records until the late-18th century when it was printed by John Newbery (c. 1765).

Baby Songs

Baby Songs is one of the first, and longest-running, American, independent children's home video series. Since 1985, more than 4 million copies of Baby Songs have been sold.

History

In 1985, Amy Weintraub and Brooks McEwan founded the company Backyard Productions, now Backyard Enterprises, Inc., to release Baby Songs. Inspired by the music videos on MTV, Weintraub and McEwan created the first collection of music videos for babies and toddlers.

They partnered with American children's musician Hap Palmer, a recording artist since 1969, to create Baby Songs. The videos starring Hap Palmer feature the singer performing either his original songs or adaptations of folk, nursery rhymes and popular songs to live children. The songs are separated by short animated video segments. Baby Songs also released videos without Hap Palmer, or starring other singers, such as John Lithgow's Kid Size Concert.

The company has released 12 titles on VHS and DVD, and four audio compilations.

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