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[Torknick]

So, right now there are 15000 people playing the same game of pokemon, at the same time through Twitch, here's the link: http://www.twitch.tv/twitchplayspokemon

You "play" by typing things like "left" "right" "b" and "a" into the chat and when lots of people type the same thing, the pokemon trainer does it.
It's a pretty cool concept and it's been going on nonstop for 2 days, 2 hours and 37 minutes.

[Pnx]

Because none of us are as dumb as all of us.

[UltraValican]

It sounds great in concept, but in reality its just a huge cluster fuck of people intentionally trying to prevent progress. Its probably going to hit a brick wall at the safari zone

[Thexor]

They made it through Mt. Moon. They beat Misty. Heck, I watched live as they caught a Drowsee. I really think these guys might make it!

(Though probably only at night, when there are fewer people playing....)

EDIT TO AVOID DOUBLEPOST: There's also http://www.twitch.tv/xkeeper_. This guy's using the "Twitch plays Pokemon" inputs, and is feeding them into Tetris. Honestly, I feel the Tetris game is almost going better... not sure what that says about the quality of the Twitch chat inputs.

[Itnetlolor]

This is probably what it looks like inside our brains, when we play games and decide on the next action in the millisecond.

[Furtuka]

Turns out someone has made a Gold stream. It's at a much more manageable 100 peoples right now, so try not to spread it around too much.
 http://www.twitch.tv/piapwns

[Thexor]

Someone mentioned... there are two evolved Pokemon, a Pidgeotto and a Charmeleon. A single B-button press cancels evolution. How'd the trolls fail to cancel them?

EDIT: Welp, blacked out to the rival on the SS Anne. Turns out that spamming Sand Attack and constantly switching Pokemon isn't a viable strategy, and even consulting the almighty Nugget couldn't save us.
In retrospect, it's a little like watching two AI trainers battle it out, both sides using completely random moves and hoping for the best.

[Furtuka]

Maybe counterspammers spam A in advanced just enough to push them out of the way long enough?

[sluissa]

I was watching earlier today when they attempted Misty. It was... bad.... to say the least. I heard the first attempt ended with them repeatedly rubbing their moon stone on the pidgeotto and then trying to run from the trainer fight. The fight I watched proceeded a little more logically. Sand attack ruled the day followed by several tail whips and finally a few actual attacks. Attempts to consult the helix fossil and the nugget proved useless. At some point between the two attempts the moon stone had gotten lost. I feel like that might have been the biggest obstacle in their way with regards to the Misty fight.

[Thexor]

I wasn't there, but I heard they tossed the Nugget too. The Nugget survives! The almighty Helix Fossil will remain until the end of time as well!

Interestingly, reanimating the fossil will grant a guaranteed Surf-capable Pokemon. If the chat can make it back to Pewter City with Cut, at least. I still think that's more likely than another successful capture... which at this point would also entail acquiring a few Pokeballs, and probably require a fishing rod as well. Still doesn't help them get the Surf HM, though.

[Elephant Parade]

I expect that Twitch will complete the game around the same time a thousand monkeys with a thousand typewriters finish Shakespeare's plays.

Except that there are more than a thousand people inputting commands, so the monkeys will probably finish first.

[Mech#4]

I wonder that this seems to speak rather ill of a human hivemind. It'd be like all of your limbs having their own mind and trying to move off in different directions.

[Iceblaster]

I think they're trying to actively fuck it over

Just went in and holy shit is it a cluster fuck hehe.

[Seriyu]

That's twitch in a nutshell, yep.

"pray to the helix fossil" fantastic.

[Nighthawk]

I imagine that when thousands of people inhabit the brain of one guy, this is what happens.

And it is hilarious to watch.