Gaming
twitch plays pokemon
What does twitch plays pokemon mean?
A crowdsourced social experiment where Twitch chat collectively inputs commands to play a single Pokemon game. Everyone types moves, the game reads them, and pure chaos follows. It became a phenomenon and birthed its own lore.
"Beating the Elite Four on Twitch Plays Pokemon took an army of strangers spamming 'up up start a' for weeks."
Origin
Launched in February 2014 by an anonymous Australian programmer, running Pokemon Red. It went viral instantly and spawned countless copycat 'Twitch Plays' streams.
Frequently asked questions
What is Twitch Plays Pokemon?
It's the chaos experiment where thousands of viewers control one Pokemon game at once.
How did Twitch Plays Pokemon work?
Viewers typed commands into Twitch chat that were fed as inputs to a single game, so thousands of people effectively played together in chaos.
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