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== Non Video Game Examples ==
* In ''[[Sword Art Online]]'', Heathcliff (the avatar of Kayaba Akihiko, the [[Big Bad]] of the anime) would be an SNK Boss to any real game's definition. Posing as a player initially, he knows every secret of the game and every monster's weakness (seeing as he's the game's designer) and as such, he has accumulated the best armor and weapons. He's also leader of the most powerful guild in the game, meaning he has a small army of [[Unwitting Pawn]]s able to accumulate more and more power. He's one of two players with a Unique Skill, his being a [[Shield Bash]] and his other skills are above what is possible for other players of his Level. Worst of all, he literally cannot be harmed at first, given his "admin privileges".<ref>This basically means that, as a developer, he can bend or break the rules in any way he wants; he could, for example, make his hit points and mana infinite, reduce a foe's to 1 apiece, or, in the case where he used this "power", increase his Speed score to avoid being hit, which would have blown his cover. While developers do indeed use this sort of thing in real MMORPGs, this sort of abuse of it is forbidden.</ref> While he was willing to relinquish that last one for the second duel against Kirito, the hero's victory was still far from easy.
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