THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Great Rumbler on February 21, 2014, 12:37:03 AM

Title: Thousands on Twitch are playing the same game of Pokemon simulatenously
Post by: Great Rumbler on February 21, 2014, 12:37:03 AM

And the result...is 8 days and counting of utter madness.

http://www.twitch.tv/twitchplayspokemon

(http://i.imgur.com/7W8hL3X.jpg)

Title: Re: Thousands on Twitch are playing the same game of Pokemon simulatenously
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on February 21, 2014, 12:40:05 AM

I was watching on the second day and saw them beat Misty. What's all this democracy/anarchy business about? They didn't have that when I was watching before.

Title: Re: Thousands on Twitch are playing the same game of Pokemon simulatenously
Post by: Great Rumbler on February 21, 2014, 12:41:52 AM

Anarchy means one input per person per chat line, democracy means people vote on what the next input is. Anarchy reigns, though.

Title: Re: Thousands on Twitch are playing the same game of Pokemon simulatenously
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on February 21, 2014, 12:43:27 AM

Interesting. I'm hoping they accidentally open the status screen so I can see how many gyms they've done in 8 days. I have no idea where they currently are.

Title: Re: Thousands on Twitch are playing the same game of Pokemon simulatenously
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on February 21, 2014, 12:45:08 AM

Just saw. 4 badges. Pretty impressive.

Title: Re: Thousands on Twitch are playing the same game of Pokemon simulatenously
Post by: Rufus on February 21, 2014, 12:45:09 AM

You can vote for anarchy which is the same chaos as when it started and executes anything if possible or democracy, which turns commands into votes for that command to be executed. I think. Haven't been following that closely.

Have a look at the sub-reddit. Utter insanity.
http://www.reddit.com/r/twitchplayspokemon

Title: Re: Thousands on Twitch are playing the same game of Pokemon simulatenously
Post by: headwalk on February 21, 2014, 12:49:38 AM

this has sat on my second monitor for the last three days. it's probably the most socially insightful thing i've ever witnessed and a glorious and colossal waste of everyone's time.

a blueprint for the future, if there ever was one. beating gary will be our generation's moon landing.

Title: Re: Thousands on Twitch are playing the same game of Pokemon simulatenously
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on February 21, 2014, 12:55:58 AM

Quote from: Rufus on February 21, 2014, 12:45:09 AM

Have a look at the sub-reddit. Utter insanity.
http://www.reddit.com/r/twitchplayspokemon

:lol Holy hell people are invested in this.

Title: Re: Thousands on Twitch are playing the same game of Pokemon simulatenously
Post by: ToxicAdam on February 21, 2014, 12:57:23 AM

Yea, I've been quietly fascinated by it also. I would seriously read a (short) book about it down the road.

Title: Re: Thousands on Twitch are playing the same game of Pokemon simulatenously
Post by: Great Rumbler on February 21, 2014, 01:00:01 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2RPlWVMf-w

Title: Re: Thousands on Twitch are playing the same game of Pokemon simulatenously
Post by: The Sceneman on February 21, 2014, 03:55:36 AM

this is insane  :lol

Title: Re: Thousands on Twitch are playing the same game of Pokemon simulatenously
Post by: The Sceneman on February 21, 2014, 04:01:12 AM

just saw the status screen, 5 badges! How in the fuck