Thousands on Twitch are playing the same game of Pokemon simulatenously

[Great Rumbler]

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

http://www.twitch.tv/twitchplayspokemon

[BobFromPikeCreek]

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.

[Great Rumbler]

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

[BobFromPikeCreek]

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.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Just saw. 4 badges. Pretty impressive.

[Rufus]

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

[headwalk]

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.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

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

Holy hell people are invested in this.

[ToxicAdam]

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

[Great Rumbler]

[The Sceneman]

this is insane 

[The Sceneman]

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