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TwitchPlaysPokémonFromBulbapedia,thecommunity-drivenPokémonencyclopedia.JumptonavigationJumptosearch TwitchPlaysPokémon TwitchPlaysPokémonlogo Language English Status Active Run 2014-Present Dateopened February14,2014 Creator Anonymous Currentowner {{{owner}}} Forum TwitchPlaysPokémonsubreddit Mascot HelixFossil Website MainPage TwitchPlaysPokémon(oftenabbreviatedtoTPP)isachannelthatisknownforstreamingplay-throughsofPokémongames,usuallythroughtheuseofemulators.ItishostedbygamestreamingwebsiteTwitch.Unlikeotherchannels,wherethestreamerplaysthegamefortheaudiencetowatch,TwitchPlaysPokémongiveseveryviewerthechancetoparticipateviathebuiltinchat.ThechannelwentlivewithaplaythroughofPokémonRedonFebruary12,2014at23:16:01UTC,andreceivedwidespreadmediaattentioninternationallyforitschaoticnatureanduniqueconcept.Thechannelisnotoriousforitsfan-generatedlore,spawningthousandsofstories,images,videosandInternetmemes. Whenagameisnotbeingplayed,thechannelinsteadhostsrandomlygeneratedPokémonbattleswithPokémonBattleRevolution(previouslyPokémonStadium2).PlayerscanbetPokémonDollarsonaRedorBlueteamviathebuiltinchat,andinlaterupdatescouldvoteforwhatmovestheirteam’sPokémoncoulduse. Thechannelhadaround120,000simultaneousviewersatitspeak,withalmost36milliontotalviewsinthefirstrunalone.[1]Ithasreceivedseveralawards,includingaGuinnessWorldRecord.[2]Aftersuccessfulcompletionofthefirstrun,thechannelcontinuedstreamingotherPokémongames,withthestreamerplanningtocontinueaslongasinterestremains. Thestreamcelebrated500daysofnear-continuousrunninginJune2015followedby1,000daysinNovember2016and1,500daysinMarch2018. Contents 1Format 1.1Runs 1.2Bettingintermissions 1.3Sidegame 1.4Donationsandsubscriptions 1.5Intermissiongames 2Origins 3Seasonsandruns 3.1Sidegames 3.2Season1 3.3Season2 3.4Season3 4Impact 4.1Officialacknowledgement 5Awards 6Culture 6.1Community 6.2Strategy 6.3Lore 7Seealso 8Externallinks 9References Format TwitchPlaysPokémonisdividedintoseasonsandruns,therunsbeingtheequivalentofaseasonepisode.Accordingtothestreamer,therearetobefourrunsperseason,withseasonlastingaboutoneyear.Inbetweentheseruns,TPPbettingintermissionsareusuallyshown. ThestreamusesCoordinatedUniversalTime(UTC),knownasstreamtime,asitsbasetimeformat.Itisusuallydisplayedtothemillisecondinorderforplayerstoaccuratelycalculatehowlongthevideoisdelayed(onaverage,thisisaround20seconds).LikeUTC,streamtimeremainsconstantanddoesnotobserveanyDaylightSavingTime. Runs AnexampleofarunonthechannelontheNintendo3DS,PokémonAlphaSapphire,inanarchymode Duringarun,theequivalentofaseasonepisode,thechannel’sformatisfairlysimple.Aviewersimplyhastoinputthecase-insensitivecommandintothechatwindow,andthatcommandistranslatedtothegame.Forexample,ifoneuserweretotype'up'intothechat,thecharacteronscreenwouldmoveup.Usercommandsaregenerallyshownasareverse-waterfalllikescrollersituatedtotherighthandsideoftheframe.Theusernameofeachcommandcontributorisshownalongsideit.Allcontrolsarecase-insensitive. Thecontrolschemevariesdependingonwhichplatformisbeingused.Forexample,whenplayinggamesdesignedfortheGameBoyorGameBoyColor,only8commands(up,down,left,right,a,b,startandselect)areaccepted.WhenplayinggamesdesignedfortheNintendoDSandNintendo3DS,thesecommandsareexpandedtothetouchscreen(usersinputwithpairsofthree-digitcoordinates)andothercontrols(suchasthe3DS'sCirclePad). Duringruns,therearetwomainsystemsinuse,knownasAnarchyandDemocracy.Anarchysimplyinputscommandsassoonasthesystemreceivesthemintheorderinwhichitreceivesthem.Democracyholdsavoteforeachcommandtobeinput;onlythecommandwithmostvotesisinputtothegame.Bothsystemshavetheiradvantagesanddisadvantages,andtheyareoftenasourceofcontroversyinthecommunityastowhichsystem"should"beused. Bettingintermissions Typicalbattlebetting,usingamodifiedversionofPokémonBattleRevolution Whenthechannelisnotstreamingarun,itinsteadshowsrandomly-generatedPokémonbattlesknownasTPPBets.UsingPokémonBattleRevolution(andPokémonStadium2beforethat),twoteamseachofthreePokémonarepittedagainsteachother.PlayerscanplacebetsusingPokémonDollarsoneitherside,withbettingoddscalculatedaccordingly.Likethecurrencyusedinthegames,themoneyusedin-streamisfictional;noactualmoneyiseverspentonbetting.Ifaplayerrunsoutofmoney,theirfundsarereducedtoaminimumlimitof100andwillnotdropfurther.Morefeatureswereaddedtothebettingsystemastimewentby. Playerscanalsoobtaintokens,aseparatecurrencyunit,throughdonatingorsubscribingtothestream,byacceptingabribefromotherplayersviathesidegame(seebelow)andothermethods.Thesecanbespenttoinfluenceelementsofthestream,suchaschangingthenextmusictrack,enablingagloweffectaroundausername,andbettingthemonPokémonPinballgames.Playerscanalsousetheminastockexchange-likesystemonbettingmatches.Atthestartofeachhour,atokenmatchwillbegin,whereplayerscanbidtokenstochoosewhichsixPokémonwillbeinthenextbattle.Thesubmissionwiththehighesttokenbidwillbeselectedforthetokenmatch. Donationmatches,whereplayerswouldbidrealmoneytothestreamfortheirownPokémonmatchup,werereplacedwithtokenmatchessoonaftertheintroductionoftokens.Additionaltoken-basedgames,includingslotmachinesandtheabilitytowinarandomtokenbyparticipatinginthesidegame,wereretiredatthestartofSeason3. TherehavebeenthreemajorversionsofTPPBets,knownas:Stadium,PBR1.0and,mostrecently,PBR2.0.Allthreehaveinvolvedalargeteamofusersworkingtogetherwiththechannel'sstreamer,andarecontinuouslyadjustedandupgraded. Sidegame Thehost(nicknamed'Baba')competinginBlackthornGymintheVietnameseCrystal StartingaftertheconclusionofthefirstrunofSeason2(knownasAnniversaryRedVersionbyfans),arunofthePokémonVietnameseCrystalROMhackwasstartedasafillerinbetweenbettingmatches.Playerswereabletovoteforonlyonecommandatatime,afterwhichthegamewaspausedandonlyresumedafterthenextbettingmatch.Attheendofeachvote,aplayerwasrandomlyselectedtoreceiveatoken.Playerswhoalreadyhavetokenscouldchoosetodonatethemtothepool,causingmultiplerandomplayerstoeachreceiveatoken;thisisnicknameda'tokenstorm'. AfterthecompletionofPokémonVietnameseCrystal,arunofPokémonTradingCardGamewasstartedinitsplacewiththesameformat.Thiswaschangedtoanintermissiongameintherun-uptoSeason3,andcompletedjustbeforetheseasonbegan. StartingwithSeason3,thesidegameunderwentamajorchange.Insteadofvotingbetweenandbeingpausedduringmatches,thesidegameisnowconstantlyrunninginthelower-rightofthescreen.PlayersnowvotethroughtheTwitchprivatechatsystem(knownasWhispers),andthecommandwiththemostvotesisexecutedevery240seconds.Tokengiveawayswereretiredfortokenbribes,wherebyaplayerwouldoffertheirtokensasincentiveforotherplayerstovoteforacommandoftheirchoosing.Anewsidegame,PokémonMysteryDungeon:RedRescueTeam,wasstartedwiththisnewsystem. Donationsandsubscriptions AswellasTwitch'sstandardchannelsubscriptionmodelandspaceforcommercialadvertising,thechannelalsoacceptsindependentdonationstohelpitsupkeep.Donatorsarerewardedin-streamwithtokens,withtheequivalentofoneUSdollarequalingonetoken.Everytimeadonationisreceived,abannerisdisplayedwithananimation(usingsoundeffectsfromthePikachukickbackinPokémonPinball)countinguptheamountdonated.Ifthedonationisoveracertainamount,thedonatorcandisplayacustommessageonscreen. Subscribersarerewardedwithanicondisplayednexttotheirnameonscreen,a"welcomeback"messagewhenevertheylogin,accesstoasetofexclusivechatemotesandanincreaseintheminimumamountofin-streamcurrencytheycanhave(itwillnotdropbelow500,asopposedto100fornormalusers). Donationandsubscriptionbannersaredisplayedinbothrunsandbettingintermissions. Intermissiongames Thechanneloccasionallystreamsothergamesduringtheintermissionbetweenruns,oftenwithbetsplayingsimultaneously.Thesegamesareoftenwide-rangingandincludemanyfranchisesthatarenotlinkedtoPokémon,includingCatz,MarioGolf,DoomandWorms.Itisspeculatedthatthesegameswereintroducedasafieldtestofnewinputtingsystemsbeforenewrunsbegan.Sinceallmajorhand-heldplatformshavenowbeenplayedatleastonceonthechannel,intermissiongamesappearfarlessoften. Origins TwitchPlaysPokémonisoftenreferredtoasa'socialexperiment';toseeifitispossibletocreateorderfromcompletechaos.Parallelshavebeendrawnwithchaostheory[3]andtheinfinitemonkeytheorem[4],butsincethelatterwouldrequirecompletelyrandominputsthecomparisonremainsspeculative. Theoriginalcreatorofthestreamhaschosentoremainanonymous,thoughhasrevealedheisamalefreelanceprogrammerfromAustraliainhismid-twenties.Heisreferredtobythecommunityasthestreamer.Theactualactofhostingofthechannelisdonebyasmallteam,mostlyfromthecommunity.Programmingfortheonscreencontrolsystemisalsosharedamongstseveralpeople,thestreamerplayingalargerole.Otherwork,suchascreatingabettingsystemtoworkwithBattleRevolutionorcreatingROMhacksforthestreamisdonebydifferentgroupsofvolunteers. Thestreamerhimselfisrarelyseenon-streamandhasapolicyofnear-completenon-interference,withthedesireforthestreamtobeasorganicaspossible.Interventionisneededonseveraloccasions,suchasbreak-downsorgamecrashes,power-cutsandsoon.Thestreamer'sonlycorrespondenceareseenonTwitch,throughthechannel'ssubreddit,orinmediainterviews. Seasonsandruns Withthecompletionofthefirstseason,thechannel'sstreamerstatedthateachfutureseasonwillcompriseoffourruns,witheachseasonlastingaboutoneyear.Thefirsttenplaythroughswereretroactivelyreferredtoasthefirstseasonthereafter.Inthesamemannerasseasonsandepisodes,onecanrefertoaspecificplaythroughbyseasonandrun(e.g.S01R03). Season Run Game Startdate Completiondate 1 1 PokémonRed February12,2014 February28,2014 2 PokémonCrystal March2,2014 March15,2014 3 PokémonEmerald March21,2014 April11,2014 4 RandomizedPokémonFireRed April12,2014 April26,2014 5 PokémonPlatinum May2,2014 May20,2014 6 RandomizedPokémonHeartGold May23,2014 June11,2014 7 PokémonBlack June14,2014 June26,2014 8 PokémonBlazeBlack2 July6,2014 July25,2014 9 PokémonX July27,2014 August1,2014 10 PokémonOmegaRuby November22,2014 December1,2014 2 1 PokémonAnniversaryRed February12,2015 March23,2015 2 MoemonandTouhoumon May10,2015 May24,2015 3 RandomizedPokémonAlphaSapphire July12,2015 July26,2015 4 PokémonColosseum October12,2015 October19,2015 5 PokémonXD December12,2015 December21,2015 3 1 PokémonAnniversaryCrystal February14,2016 March16,2016 2 PokémonBrown June16,2016 June27,2016 3 RandomizedPokémonPlatinum July31,2016 August16,2016 4 PokémonPrism October9,2016 October26,2016 5 PokémonSun November18,2016 December2,2016 6 PokémonWaningMoon January13,2017 January27,2017 4 1 PokémonChattyYellow February12,2017 February23,2017 2 PokémonBlazedGlazed April8,2017 April25,2017 3 RandomizedPokémonWhite2 June3,2017 June20,2017 4 PokémonPyrite August12,2017 August26,2017 5 PokémonThetaEmeraldEX September30,2017 October15,2017 6 PokémonUltraSun November25,2017 December8,2017 5 1 PokémonDualRedandBlue February12,2018 February27,2018 2 PokémonStormSilver April14,2018 May4,2018 3 PokémonBronze June9,2018 June18,2018 4 RandomizedPokémonY August11,2018 August26,2018 5 PokémonFloraSky October13,2018 October29,2018 6 PokémonFusedCrystal December8,2018 December19,2018 6 1 PokémonBurningRed February12,2019 February22,2019 2 PokémonVoltWhite April13,2019 April25,2019 3 PokémonRandomizedColosseum June8,2019 June15,2019 4 PokémonXG July15,2019 July21,2019 5 PokémonTriHardEmerald August10,2019 August20,2019 6 PokémonRandomizedUltraMoon October12,2019 October23,2019 7 PokémonSword November23,2019 December1,2019 7 1A TheGauntlet-PokémonRed February12,2020 February19,2020 1B TheGauntlet-PokémonCrystal February23,2020 March3,2020 1C TheGauntlet-PokémonEmerald March7,2020 March18,2020 1D TheGauntlet-PokémonPlatinum March28,2020 April5,2020 1E TheGauntlet-PokémonBlazeBlack2 April12,2020 April27,2020 1F TheGauntlet-PokémonX May3,2020 May10,2020 2 PokémonSirius June13,2020 TBD Sidegames Sidegamesareplayedseparatelyfromseasonsandcanbereferredtobytheirorder-of-playnumber(e.g.SG01). No. Game Startdate Completiondate 1 PokémonVietnameseCrystal March24,2015 December11,2015 2 PokémonTradingCardGame December21,2015 February13,2016 3 PokémonMysteryDungeon:RedRescueTeam February6,2016 January9,2017 4 PokémonUltra August16,2016 October28,2016 5 PokémonDarkGraystone February24,2017 March13,2017 6 PokémonAshGray March13,2017 September29,2017 7 PokémonBootlegGreen October15,2017 April13,2018 8 PokémonSweet May4,2018 February10,2019 9 Hypno'sLullaby October30,2018 November12,2018 10 PokémonSpaceworld'97Demo March2,2019 March31,2019 11 PokémonMetronomeSapphire April3,2019 November21,2019 12 PokémonNavyBlue December1,2019 TBD 13 PokémonLightningSapphire May11,2020 TBD Season1 Mainarticle:TwitchPlaysPokémon:Season1 NavigatingtheSafariZoneintheoriginalrun Theoriginalrunof10gamesstartingatPokémonRedandendingwithPokémonOmegaRubycametobeknowncollectivelyasthefirstseason.Itwasduringthistimethatthechannelreceivedthemostmediaattention,sinceatthetimeoftheoriginalplaythroughitwaswonderedwhethercompletionwaspossibleandamarvelthatanyprogresshadbeenmadeatall.Itisalsotheseasonwherethevastmajorityofloreandmostwell-knownmemesoriginatedfrom.Theloreofthisseasonwasparticularlypotent,asfansdrewtogetheravast,overactingstorythatinterconnectedeverygame,incorporatingcharacterssuchascaughtPokémonandhostsandinterpretingin-streamevents. Thisrunintroducedmanyconceptswhichwouldbecomecoretothechannel'sformat,includingcommandinputsthroughthechat,anarchyanddemocracy,donations,commandstackingandthebettingintermission.ItalsointroducedtheideaofplayingROMhackversionsofofficialPokémongames,includingrandomizedrunsforremakessuchasPokémonFireRedandPokémonHeartGoldandaplaythroughoftheROMhackPokémonBlazeBlack2inplaceoftheoriginalPokémonBlack2.Anotablebreakthroughinthisseasonwasaspeciallymodified3DSthatcouldacceptinputsfromthechatandstreamoutvideoviaacapturecard.[5]Thiswasnecessary,as3DSemulatorswereunavailableatthetime.Severalconcepts,suchas"Demarchy"(ahybridoftheAnarchyandDemocracysystems),werenotretainedinlaterseasons. Fansgenerallyconsiderthefirsttworuns,PokémonRedandPokémonCrystalasthemostexciting,withplayersgraduallylosinginterestthroughRuns3and4(EmeraldandPlatinum).Acomparativelysmallergroupofdedicatedfanshavecontinuedtoplayandgeneratelore,withsomelorebecomingmore'niche'intheprocess.Astheseasonprogressed,andtheplayersbecamemoreadeptatthecontrolsystem,therunsbecamequickertoplay.ThisculminatedinRun10,OmegaRuby,takingonly9daystocompletecomparedtothefirstrun's16.ComplaintsthatthegameswerebecomingtooeasypromptedthestreamertopromiseamodifiedharderversionofaPokémongameforthestartofthenextseason. Season2 Mainarticle:TwitchPlaysPokémon:Season2 Playingtwogamessimultaneously,introducedforSeason2(TouhoumonandMoemon) ThesecondseasonstartedwithamodifiedversionofPokémonRedasahomagetotheoriginalrunandcelebratingayearonline.KnownasPokémonTPPVersion,itselfamodifiedversionoftheDexhackPokémonRed151,itwasthefirstPokémonROMhacktobespecificallydesignedforlivebroadcast,andintroducedalargenumberofgamechangesdesignedtomaketherunmorechallenging.Theobjectivewastocatchall151Pokémon(allmadeavailablein-game),aswellasbeataspecialfinalboss. Thisseasonintroducedtheconceptoftwogamesbeingplayedsimultaneouslywithbothgamesacceptingthesameinputs,withaplaythroughofthepopularMoemonandTouhoumon(bothmodificationsofFireRed)forRun2.ItalsointroducedarandomizedversionofaGenerationVIgame(PokémonAlphaSapphire)forRun3,somethingthatwascuttingedgeatthetime.RandomizedbattlesofSuperSmashBros.runningnativelyonaWiiUconsolewerealsointroducedwiththisrun,takingtheplaceofPokémonBattleRevolutionwhilstthebettingsystemunderwentanupgrade. Inafirstforthechannel,playerswerepolledonwhatgametheywouldliketoplayforthefourthrun.PokémonColosseum,thestream'sfirstNintendoGameCubegame,wasselected.ThegamewascompletedusingtheAnarchysystemonly,withnoadditionalcontrolfeatures.Inachangetotheoriginalfour-runschedule,PokémonXD(Colosseum'ssequel)wasannouncedastheseason'sfifthrun,whichstartedDecember12. Season3 Mainarticle:TwitchPlaysPokémon:Season3 New,moreinteractivelayoutandcommandshortcutsintroducedinSeason3 InasimilarmannertothestartofSeason2,Season3startedonFebruary14,2016,nearthestream'stwo-yearanniversary,withaspeciallymodifiedversionofPokémonCrystal.Abrandnewlayoutwasintroduced,incorporatingtwoadditionalgamesrunningsimultaneouslytomainrunaswellasshowcasingpopularpostsfromthecommunitysubreddit.Thesidegameelementiskept,switchingtoacontinuously-runningstateandpoweredbyTwitch'sprivatechatsystem(knownas'Whispers').Anewgame,acompletelyautomaticPokémonPinball,wasintroduced.Playerscanplacetokenbetsontheoutcomeofthepinballsession;ifitrisesaboveacertainscore,theyareawardedadditionaltokens.Badgesalsoreceivedanupgrade;aswellasabadgeindicatingtherunsaplayerhasparticipatedin,newPokémoniconsareawardedatrandomwheneverthatPokémoniscaughtduringapinballgame.Ayellow"learner"badgewasalsointroducedtoidentifynewerplayers.Theseasonopeneralsointroduced'MilitaryMode',anewcontrolsystemwhichusesshortcutsdesignedtomakebattleseasiertocontrolasopposedtonavigatingwithstandardcommands,however,itwasabandonedshortlyafter. Amajorrevisiontotheusualbettingintermission,knownas'PBR2.0',wasreleasedthisseason.Itwasrebuiltfromtheground-upwithnewandadditionalfeatures.ThestreamlayoutintroducedwithAnniversaryCrystalwaskept,demonstratingitsmultipurposedesign.Shortlyafterwards,theclassicROMHackPokémonBrownwasannouncedastheseason'ssecondrun.ThenexttworunstofollowwouldbePokémonRandomizedPlatinumandPokémonPrism,concludingtheseasonwithPokémonSunandMoon. Impact AvideoproducedbyTwitchforTwitchCon2015,featuringaprotagonisttrekkingthroughforestsanddesertstofindtheHelixFossil ThesuccessofTwitchPlaysPokémon’sfirstseasonhashadanotableimpactoutsideofthestream.ThoughitsparentsiteTwitchhadbeenknownamongstgamersforsometime,internationalmediacoverageofTwitchPlaysPokémonintroducedtheplatformtothousandsofnewusers;thestream’scommunity-basedrootsdemonstratinghowversatileTwitchcouldbe.Respondingtothesurprisesuccessofthestream,Twitch'sVPofmarketingMatthewDiPietrowrote"ThisisonemoreexampleofhowvideogameshavebecomeaplatformforentertainmentandcreativitythatextendsWAYbeyondtheoriginalintentofthegamecreator.Bymergingavideogame,livevideoandaparticipatoryexperience,thebroadcasterhascreatedanentertainmenthybridcustommadefortheTwitchcommunity.Thisisawonderfulproofonconceptthatwehopetoseemoreofinthefuture."[6] Theexposurethestreambroughthelpedlaunchtheplatformintothe"mainstream"(sometimescalledthe"CNNmoment"),becomingthedefactostandardinvideogamestreamingusedbygamersandmajorgamespublishersalike.ItsrapidexpansionwasalsoseenasthecatalystforGoogletolaunchitscompetingplatform,YouTubeGaming.Twitch’sstaffhavepraisedandthankedboththestreamanditscommunitynumeroustimesfortheirachievements[1],andpresenteditwiththeInnovationAwardatthefirstTwitchConeventin2015.[7] Theconceptofthestreamhasinfluencedlivegamestreamingasawhole,inspiringanumberofimitationsusingsimilarformats.NotableexamplesincludeFishPlaysPokémon,TwitchPlaysDarksoulsandTwitchPlaysOldSpice,thelatterusedasapromotionalcampaigngivinguserscontroloveranactualperson.Thestreamwasacknowledgedforhavingdevisedandpopularisedthe“CrowdPlaying”genre,withitssuccessenoughforTwitchtocreateawholenewcategorytoencompasssimilarstreams.[8] Officialacknowledgement Thechannel'snamewasusedasaredemptioncodeduringthe2014WorldChampionships TwitchPlaysPokémonhasarguablyhadanimpactonPokémonasawholebyintroducingnewuserstothegamesaswellasrekindlinginterestfromolderfans.WhileitisyettobespecificallyacknowledgedbyNintendo,GameFreakorThePokémonCompany,thechannelhasbeenreferencedbyregionalpartsofthePokémongroup.Thechannel'snamewasusedasaTCGOredemptioncodeduringthe2014PokémonWorldChampionships,enablingupto10,000playerstoredeemtheFuriousFistsboosterpack.AdirectreferencealsoexistsintheFrenchtranslationofPokémonOmegaRubyandAlphaSapphire;beforebeingbattled,Brawlysays,"J'aidécouvertlesecretdelavraiepuissanceenfixantunNautilependantdesjoursetdesjours...",referencingthepopularmemeinthefirstrun. AfurtherpotentialreferenceisseeninMr.Stone'sDevonCorporationofficeinthesamegames,inwhichtheplayerreceivesthePidgeotiteMegaStonewithaframedportraitofanOmanyteinthesameroom.Fansseeitasaveiledreferraltothestream’sBirdJesuscharacter(aPidgeotwhorepresentedtheOmanytegod),sincePidgeotisnotknowinglyassociatedwithMr.Stone,DevonCorporation,orfossilsinanyothercontext.Thisassociationremainsunconfirmed,however. GameFreak'sofficialFacebookpagemadeapotentialreferencetothestreamonFebruary11,2016(onedaybeforethestream'stwo-yearanniversary),postingaboutPokémonRedandGreen'sthen-upcomingVirtualConsolereleasebutaccompanyingthepostwithalargeartworkofOmanyte.[9] OnFebruary27,2016(the20thanniversaryofthePokémonfranchise),ThePokémonCompanyInternationalrana24-livestreamofthePokémonanimeonaTwitchchanneltitledTwitchWatchesPokémon!. Awards Award Type/Ceremony Date MostParticipantsonaSinglePlayerOnlineVideogame[2] GuinnessWorldRecord March2014 BestFanCreation[10] TheGameAwards December2014 InnovationAward[7] TwitchCon September2015 Culture TwitchPlaysPokémonhasadynamicandvibrantcommunityuniqueuntoitself,withitsownin-jokesandcustoms.Ithasbeennotedforitsfast-flowingandchaoticnatureaswellasitshighlevelsofcreativity.Interactionbetweencommunitymembersismainlyconcentratedinthestream’schatroomandRedditsite(knownasa"subreddit").Thoughthecommunityhasdownsizedconsiderablysincethefirstseason,asmallergroupofenthusiastscontinuetoactivelysupportthestreamandgeneratenewcontent. Community TheTwitchPlaysPokémonsubreddit-amaincommunitygatheringpoint Keepinginstepwiththechannel’soriginalconcept,TwitchPlaysPokémon'scommunitytendstohavealargelydecentralisedapproachtocommunityhubs.Thereisnosinglelocationdedicatedtoallaspectsofthestream;itisinsteadsharedbymultiplewebsitesrangingfromplatformssuchasGoogleSitesorWikiatoentirelyfan-createdwebsites. Apartfromthestream'sTwitchchannelpageandchatroom,therearenootherlocationsthatareconsidered"official"tothechannel.However,severalofthemorepopularhubsdoactasthecommunity’smainlocationtogather;theTwitchPlaysPokémonRedditsitebeingaprimeexampleastheclosestanalogytothestream'sofficialdiscussionforum.Documentingthechannel’sevents,loreandstatisticsissplitovermultiplesitesandcontributedtobythecommunity;examplesincludethestream’sTVTropespage,Helixpedia(aWikia-hostedwikiencyclopedia)andeventhisBulbapediapage.VideoandscreencapturesofthestreamareoftentakenbymembersofthecommunityandpostedonsiteslikeYouTube.Thishasbeenexpandeduponwithsophisticatedcapturingsystemsdesignedtoautomaticallyrecordanduploadvideoofthestreaminveryhighquality[11];communitymembershaveevensetupdedicatedcomputerstoperformthesetasks. Strategy Anexampleofamappostedbycommunitymemberstoaidin-gameprogress,showingasuperimposedrouteandthecommandsrequiredtonavigateitcorrectly. Playerswilloftenusecommunitychannelstoproposeplans,strategiesandtipsinordertoprogressinthecurrentrun.Thesearesometimesreferredtoas"operations"(althoughthistermhassinceexpandedtoincludecommunitycreativecollaborations).Forexample,ifacertaingymleaderiscausingproblems,aplanmaybeproposedonhowbesttodealwiththem.Ifacertainmapisprovingtrickytonavigate,aplayermaypostafullmapoftheareaforeasyreference,sometimeswithaproposedroutesuperimposedoverit.Whetheraproposedplaniscarriedoutornotisdependantonhowpopularitiswithotherplayers,aswellashowexposeditisthoseplayers.Sometimes,conflictingplansmaybeproposedwithplayerssidingtotheplanoftheirpreference;generallyspeakinginthesesituations,theplanwiththemostamountofsupportistheonethatiscarriedout.Itshouldbenotedthatnotallplansareproposedasformallyasthis;anideasimplyproposedinthechat,eveniforiginallyintendedasajoke,maytakehold.Aplanmayalsonotbeexecutedfully;playerscanquiteeasilychangetheirmindsenmassepart-waythrough. Executionofstrategiesandotherformsofco-ordinationaresometimesperformedbycertainkeyplayers,knowninthecommunityaschatleaders.Theyindicatetothechatwhichcommandtouseatagiventimeinordertoprogress,andoftenidentifythemselvesbyusinganemoticonpriortoanymessagetheypost.Chatleadersarenotincontrolofthechat,nordotheyhaveanyinfluenceoverthecommandsinanofficialcapacity,butareoftenutilisedbyotherplayerstoco-ordinateandprogressinparticularpartsofthegame.Theeffectivenessofachatleaderisentirelydependantonthemixofplayerswhoareonlineatthetimeandwhetherornottheychoosetofollowthesuggestionsthatareposted. Lore FanartdepictingTwitchPlaysPokémonlore Loreandfancreationsareconsideredanessentialpartoftheculturesurroundingthestream.Theunpredictableandchaoticnatureofthegameoftencausesviewerstomakeconnectionsandcreatestoriesbasedontheeventsthatunfold.Theinputcommandsareofteninterpretedas"TheVoices",oftencharacterizedbyUnown,whichonlytheplayercharacter(knownas"TheHost")canhear.Thecharacter'serraticmovementandunpredictabledecisionsisoftenusedtohumorouseffect,particularlyinanimatedmovies. Characternamesaresometimesromanizedversionsorinterpretationsoftheirin-gamenickname.Forexample,aPidgeotonRED'steamintheoriginalrunnamed"aaabaaajss"wastranslatedas"BirdJesus".Othercharacterswerecreatedinresponsetofreakevents.Forexample,theHelixFossil,somehowatthetopoftheItemlistwasinferredassomekindofconsultationinhardship,assinceitwasinthefirstitemslotitwasconstantlybeingselected.ThiswascompoundedwhenthefossilwasrevivedatthePokémonLab;fansinterpretedthisasa'resurrection',transformingthecharacterintoakindofgod.Otherpivotalcharacters,suchastheFalseProphet(aFlareon'blamed'byplayersfortheunintentionalreleaseofanumberofPokémon,includingtherun'sstarter),werecreatedinsimilarways.Loreisstillcreatedtodayundersimilarcircumstances. Generallyspeakingthereisnofixedcanon,withfansfreetointerpretdifferentlore,eventsandcharactershowevertheychoose.Thevastmajorityofcreativitytendstohappenoffthemainstreaminthechannel-focusedcommunityhubs,suchasthestream'sRedditpageandDeviantArtgroup. Seealso TwitchWatchesPokémon TwitchPokémonMarathon Externallinks Bulbanewshasanarticlerelatedtothissubject:GottaMeme'emAll:SpiralingOutofControl! TwitchPlaysPokémonofficialchannel TwitchPlaysPokémonarchivedfootage TwitchPlaysPokémon.orgProgressdocumentation Redditliveupdaterarchive Developerpage TwitchPlaysPokémononReddit TwitchPlaysPokémononTVTropes TwitchPlaysPokémononWikipedia References ↑1.01.1TPPVictory!TheThundershockHeardAroundtheWorld-TheOfficialTwitchBlog ↑2.02.1Mostparticipantsonasingle-playeronlinevideogame-GuinnessWorldRecords ↑"TwitchPlaysPokemon"isEithertheBestortheWorstThingtoEverComeOutoftheInternet-SparkNotes ↑TheInfinitePokémonTheorem-TheChiefly ↑TwitchPlaysPokémonEventWillContinueLivestreamSeriesWithGen6GamesOn3DS-iDigitalTimes(archivedlink) ↑Over60kpeoplewatchingTwitchplayPokemon-GameSpot ↑7.07.1TwitchplayspokemonwonMostInnovativeAwardatTwitchCon!-Reddit ↑Announcingthe"TwitchPlays"GameCategory-TheOfficialTwitchBlog ↑赤緑の思い出　～若手編⑦-GameFreakOfficialFacebookPage ↑HerearethewinnersofTheGameAwards2014-Polygon ↑TwitchPlaysPokémonCaptureBot-Anautomatedhigh-qualitysystem,createdbythecommunity,designedtocaptureanduploadvideofromthestream ThisarticleisapartofProjectFandom,aBulbapediaProjectthataimstowritecomprehensivearticlesoneveryaspectofthePokémonFandom. 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