Twitch Plays Pokémon ends, “new adventure” begins tomorrow morning
Twitch Plays Pokemon is a Pokemon Red mod that allowed Twitch viewers to control the game's main character Red by entering commands in the streaming platform's chat window. The event began on February 12 and reached 75,000 concurrent viewers after five days of play. There were plenty of doubts that players would even be able to cross the Safari Zone in the game, let alone view its ending credits, though the game's creator told Joystiq that "even when played very poorly it is difficult to not make some progress in Pokemon."
The community that gathered around Twitch Plays Pokemon upheld a narrative that extended beyond Pokemon Red's initial scope and included the Twitter-trending Bird Jesus (Pidgeot) and the spiritual consultant and deity Lord Helix (Omanyte). Joystiq also talked with MIT associate professor T.L. Taylor about the event's place in network and game culture, who said it tapped into "something I think is very compelling. So I don't think we're going to see [crowd-play] go away as a genre."
Considering how entertaining this has been, we certainly hope not.
Update: As it turns out, the Twitch Plays Pokemon stream now features a countdown timer ticking away roughly 26 hours and 25 minutes as of this writing that notes, "A new adventure will begin." That pegs the start of what seems to be the next version of Twitch Plays Pokemon at 7:00 a.m. EST Sunday morning.
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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/01/twitch-slays-pokemon-ends/
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DV8Posted:
Invictus I can't wait for this I'm pumped.
I don't know what you mean by this, they already finished the event and it is over now.
DV8Posted:
PityOBE This looks pretty cool, wish i was a part of the mess. With that many people i'm shocked at how they'd manage to get anywhere.
Don't bother to try and type in the chat. It is such a mess, and I'm shocked to that they beat the game.
I am surprised you could even type, I am sure there was countless amounts of spam going on during the gameplay.
XenoChristPosted:
OBE This looks pretty cool, wish i was a part of the mess. With that many people i'm shocked at how they'd manage to get anywhere.
Don't bother to try and type in the chat. It is such a mess, and I'm shocked to that they beat the game.
SnotPosted:
This looks pretty cool, wish i was a part of the mess. With that many people i'm shocked at how they'd manage to get anywhere.
NoDoubtPosted:
Your telling me that the 60K+ people spamming in the chat actually finished the game!
I am very surprised!
I am very surprised!
MawderzPosted:
Kopa i hate pokemon to be honest its terrible
I like pokemon, not as much as I did though.
I remember spending hours playing pokemon on my DS.
DV8Posted:
VITAftercastCalyx I don't like Pokemon, seems a little childish to me.
Actually a lot of adults still play, it maybe it just wasn't part of your childhood like it was for many others.
most kids played and plays pokemon a side from mario brothers, as how my childhood went.
Never got into Pokemon I thought and still do think the game is pointless and pure stupidity.
TravitorPosted:
AftercastCalyx I don't like Pokemon, seems a little childish to me.
Actually a lot of adults still play, it maybe it just wasn't part of your childhood like it was for many others.
most kids played and plays pokemon a side from mario brothers, as how my childhood went.
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