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[Orayn]

So I kinda just found out about this channel: Twitch Plays Pokemon

Basically, someone set up an emulator to take all of its inputs from Twitch chat. It only understands the basic directional inputs, A, B, Start, and Select, and it shows which inputs are actually being used in real time, as well as a timer that records the adventure. It's been going for one day and seven hours, and the party currently consists of a level 22 Charmeleon and a Pidgey. They somehow managed to beat the first gym and are currently working on Mt. Moon.

This is beautiful in an incredibly stupid and entertaining way. It's like the internet is becoming collectively self-aware through Twitch chat, and it turns out the internet is an idiot. Join me, GAF! Let us watch this amazing journey into futility!

Mod edit:
Google Doc on status: https://sites.google.com/site/twitchplayspokemonstatus/
Kotaku article on how it works: http://kotaku.com/the-miraculous-progress-of-twitch-plays-pokemon-1524605696
Knowyourmeme article: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/twitch-plays-pokemon

Hail Helix:

#teamanarchy

 

[BakedYams]

I'd be surprised if we can finish this!

 

[MattPeters]

This is hilarious, I cant stop laughing.

 

[Foshy]

What about the lag? It can be pretty extreme on Twitch.

The idea is amazing though.

 

[Ricerocket]

lol. It's so silly, I don't think it will progress anywhere from that same spot at all.

 

[PAULINK]

This is amazing, I love this.

 

[Orayn]

I made a GIF to give people some idea of what it looks like and capture the true essence of Twitch's struggle against itself.

 

[red731]

Wow. Now this is awesome.
This day should go faster now!

ed: Someone wants to exit lol

 

[Gintoki]

Thats hilarious. The second creative way to use twitch after Saltybet.

 

[Syf]

I'm legit amazed they beat a gym.

 

[Setvan2734]

Seems cool, but how do i get twitch to play for more than 10 seconds without freezing?

 

[Pau]

Level 22 Charizard?

 

[Usobuko]

I'm legit amazed they beat a gym.

Must have took days.

 

[JBourne]

Giving stream monsters power. This will surely damn us all.

 

[Orayn]

Seems cool, but how do i get twitch to play for more than 10 seconds without freezing?

I don't know the specifics of the setup, but if you're talking about the game itself I'm guessing they limit the number of simultaneous inputs either by putting them into a queue or discarding them when too many come in at once. To the best of my knowledge, they're not capable of resetting the game via A+B+Start+Select, though I could be wrong.

Level 22 Charizard?

Charmeleon, good catch. Was too busy giggling to notice the slip up.

 

[Bagu]

Must have took days.

The timer says they've only been playing for one.

 

[The Xtortionist]

Oh my god

I laughed my ass off when it got into battle

 

[Frolow]

Must have took days.

Only took about a day since the view count was drastically lower before.

 

[Syf]

The name of that Charmeleon, lol.

 

[Murder. She Wrote]

This is genius

 

[red731]

Wow

YES!

 

[Setvan2734]

I don't know the specifics of the setup, but if you're talking about the game itself I'm guessing they limit the number of simultaneous inputs either by putting them into a queue or discarding them when too many come in at once. To the best of my knowledge, they're not capable of resetting the game via A+B+Start+Select, though I could be wrong.



Charmeleon, good catch. Was too busy giggling to notice the slip up.

I mean, whenever i try to watch anyone on twitch, i can watch the video fine for about 5-10 seconds, then the screen just goes blank and says loading, and stays like that forever

 

[Mushroomer25]

I don't know why, but I laughed harder at this than anything I've seen all week. It's the Octodad of PokeMon. The brilliance of this is that it can only be productive while nobody is watching.

 

[The Xtortionist]

I don't think this is the time to use that.

 

[dragonlife]

This is great. Thanks, Orayn.

 

[Bagu]

I'm going to rename my Charizard 'ABBBBBBK C'
Glorious name!

 

[Speedwagon]

I don't think this has a chance of progressing any further.

 

[Antilurker77]

The future of Let's Plays.

Kind of a shame they aren't recording their broadcast. Would love to see how the hell they managed to get past the first gym.

 

[Pau]

Charmeleon, good catch. Was too busy giggling to notice the slip up.

No worries. I was wondering if they somehow found a glitch in the game. D:

I'm pretty damn surprised they managed to catch a Pokemon.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

I can't.

I can't.

 

[Azure Dream]

This is cool. Incredibly frustrating to watch, but cool.

 

[JBourne]

No worries. I was wondering if they somehow found a glitch in the game. D:

I'm pretty damn surprised they managed to catch a Pokemon.

Must've been before it was getting attention. I don't think any progress is possible now.

 

[Orayn]

No worries. I was wondering if they somehow found a glitch in the game. D:

I'm pretty damn surprised they managed to catch a Pokemon.

The fact that they've captured a Pokemon and beaten a gym indicates that they're theoretically capable of doing anything. The process might even be self-correcting since extended periods of making no progress could cause people to leave and give the remaining viewers more control.

 

[El Sloth]

WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF THE GRASS

SPEAROW PLZ

 

[NotDreamcast]

"Red! This isn't the time to use that!"

 

[JBourne]

Does Twitch still have the 60 second delay going?

 

[GiantEnemyGoomba]

I'm amazed Oak's Parcel even got delivered.

 

[linko9]

Wow, they got a Charmeleon, that means they had the discipline to not press the b button while it was evolving, right? Impressive.

 

[Linkhero1]

wow. this is awesome lol.

 

[daydream]

It's like the eternal struggle between good and evil. (altern. title: Ash can't make up his mind)

 

[FataIChoice]

I can just see them going up and then dropping down over a ledge. How the hell they managed to even get into the first gym amazes me.

 

[Reversed]

Just wait for Victory Road.

They're not gonna make it.

 

[Clawww]

amazing

 

[Trike]

This is amazing. They should do this with more games. Would love to see them try to beat a JRPG. Or a fighting game. Could be a new evolution of SaltyBet.

 

[Jamie OD]

This must be what limbo is like.

 

[Orayn]

They're back into the grass.

 

[QisTopTier]

Does Twitch still have the 60 second delay going?

Yeah so that makes this even funnier LOL

 

[MicH]

This is hilarious.Forever stuck in that grass

 

[El Sloth]

They're back into the grass.

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Gonna have a Charizard by the time we get out of here.

 

[Kriken]

Oh my God this is amazing

Edit: I imagine it'll take hours for the game to get to Misty at this rate