Twitch Plays Pokémon - Wikipedia

Twitch Plays Pokémon (TPP) is a social experiment and channel on the video game live streaming website Twitch, consisting of a crowdsourced attempt to play ... TwitchPlaysPokémon FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch SocialexperimentandchannelonTwitch Commandsidentifiedbythegameengineshownon-screen(rightofimage)areappliedtotheplayercharacterinPokémonRed(left) TwitchPlaysPokémon(TPP)isasocialexperimentandchannelonthevideogamelivestreamingwebsiteTwitch,consistingofacrowdsourcedattempttoplayGameFreak'sandNintendo'sPokémonvideogamesbyparsingcommandssentbyusersthroughthechannel'schatroom.ItholdstheGuinnessWorldRecordforhaving"themostparticipantsonasingle-playeronlinevideogame"with1,165,140.[1] TheconceptwasdevelopedbyananonymousAustralianprogrammerandlaunchedon12February2014,startingwiththegamePokémonRed.Thestreambecameunexpectedlypopular,reachinganaverageconcurrentviewershipofover80,000viewers(withatleast10%participating).On1March2014,thegamewascompletedaftermorethan16continuousdaysofgameplay;Twitchestimatedthatover1.16millionpeopleparticipated,withpeaksimultaneousparticipationat121,000,andwithatotalof55millionviewsduringtheexperiment.[2]On5December2014,TwitchPlaysPokémonreceivedaGameAwardinthe"BestFanCreation"category.[3] TheexperimentwasmetwithattentionbymediaoutletsandstaffmembersofTwitchforitsinteractivity,itserraticandchaoticnature,theuniquechallengesfacedbyplayersduetothemechanicsofitssystem,andthecommunityandmemesdevelopedbyparticipants.Twitchasacompanyusedtheexperimenttoexplorehowtheycouldmakestreamingmoreinteractiveforviewersandexpandingtheirofferings.FollowingthecompletionofRed,thebroadcastercontinuedthechannelwithmanyothergamesinthePokémonseriesalongwithunofficialROMhacks.ThebroadcasterhasplanstocontinuewithotherPokémongamesaslongasthereremainsinterestinthechannel.ThesuccessoftheexperimentledtoanumberofsimilarTwitch-basedstreamsforothergames,andledTwitchtopromotemorestreamswithsimilarinteractivitywithwatchers. Contents 1Premise 2Progressionandfurthergames 3Viewership 4Community 5Reception 6Legacy 7Gamecompletion 8Seealso 9Furtherreading 10References 11Externallinks Premise[edit] InspiredbyanotherTwitch-basedinteractivegame,SaltyBet(awebsitewhereuserscouldwagerontheoutcomeofrandomizedM.U.G.E.N.matches)[4]anddescribedasasocialexperiment,thesystemusedbythestreamwascodedbyananonymousAustralianprogrammer,colloquiallyknownasthe"Streamer",consistingofanIRCbotwritteninPythonandtheGameBoyemulatorVisualBoyAdvance.Thescriptcapturesspecificmessages(directionalcommands,"B","A","select",and"start")sentintothestream'schatroombyusers,andsendsthemtotheemulatorasbuttoninput,thuscontrollingthegame.AnadditionalwebappcodedusingJavaScriptisusedtodisplayalivetallyofmovesthatareshownwithinthestream.TheStreamerchosePokémonRedandBluefortheproject,citingnostalgiafortheearlygames,[5]thefactthat"EvenwhenplayedverypoorlyitisdifficultnottomakeprogressinPokémon",[6]andbecauseitscurrentcontrolstructure"[wouldn't]workwithanygenrethatisn'taJRPG",particularlytargetingits"forgiving"turn-basedstructureandlackofreaction-basedgameplay,compensatingforthelargeamountofinputlagbetweenthegameandthestream.TheStreamerusedaneditedversionofthegame,whichclaimstomakealltheoriginal151Pokémonaccessible,inhopesofmakingcompletionofthePokédexapossibility.However,theeditedversionusedwasunfinishedandhasnogameplaydifferenceswhencomparedtotheoriginalgame.[5][7][8][9][10][11] Theerraticnatureofthecontrolschemehasmadethegamelongerandhardertoplaythanundernormalcircumstances;anArsTechnicawritercommentedthat"(Red)getsstuckincorners.Hewalksincircles,compulsivelycheckinghisPokédexandsavingoverandoveragain.Commandsstreaminfromthechatchannelfasterthanthegamecanpossiblyprocessthem,makingprogressdifficult-to-impossibleevenwithoutthelagfactororthe'help'ofgleefultrolls."Recurringdifficultieshaveoccurredwithareasofthegameinvolvingmazesandledges(areaswiththelattertakingaslongasseveralhourstonavigateduetousersintentionallysending"down"commandstojumpofftheledges),theaccidentalreleaseofseveralPokémon(includinganincidentreferredtoas"BloodySunday,"whereatotaloftwelvePokémonwereaccidentallyreleasedwhilsttryingtoobtainaZapdosfromthePC),[12]andusersrepeatedlysending"start"commandstoopenthepausemenu,oftenfollowedbyopeningthecharacter'sinventorytoselectrandomitems.[4][13][14]AsystemtothrottleinputsontheStartbuttonwasaddedtomitigatethisparticulareffect.[15] Despitetheseeminglyerraticprocessofplayingthegame,playershaveattemptedtocollaborateandstrategizethroughvariousmeans,includinginfographicsandauserscriptwhichhidescommandmessagesfromthechatwindowtoallowconversation.ThiswasnecessaryfortheplayerstoprogressasseveralareasofthegamerequirecoordinatedactionstogainPokémonwithaspecificskillneededtoclearobstaclesinRed'sway,andearlierattemptswithoutsuchcoordinationresultedinmissingoutonspecificopportunitiesearlyonintheplaythrough.Inessence,themajorityofplayershaveattemptedtocounteracttrollstryingtoimpedeprogress.[4][13][16]Acomputerprogramwasevencreatedtoautomaticallyidentifythesetrolls.[17] TheStreamerhassincecollaboratedwithotherstocontinuepreparingtoolsforthegamesfortheTwitchchannel.Thisgrouphadaddedlivecommentaryonthegamesastheywereplayed.Asaresultofintra-grouphostilityfromsomeofthecollaborators,theStreamersteppeddownfromhisroleasleadforTwitchPlaysPokémonon22November2017,andgavecontroltoanothercollaborator.[18] Progressionandfurthergames[edit] On18February2014,afterencounteringmajordifficultieswithapuzzleintheTeamRockethideout,anewmechanicwasintroducedinanefforttomakethegameeasiertoplay,Democracymode.Initially,allmovementsbecamesubjecttoavote:allinputsreceivedoveraperiodoftime(usually30seconds)weretallied,andthewinningcommandwouldbeexecutedattheendofthattime.Userscouldalsoappendtheirmovementswithnumberstospecifythelengthofthemotion,suchas"right3"tomeanthreeconsecutive"right"inputs.ManypeoplewereoutragedoverthisnewsystemandprotestbrokeoutintheTwitchchat,manyofthemusingthecommand"start9"(whichwouldopenandclosethepausemenuninetimestoslowdownprogress)tofightthesystem.Thisbecameknownas"Thestart9protests."Thebroadcasterlaterreworkedthemechanicsothatuserscouldvotetoswitchbetweentwomodes:"Anarchy",thepreviousdefault,andthisnewmode"Democracy."[19][20]However,achangetoDemocracymoderequiresasupermajorityvote,whileachangetoAnarchymoderequiresonlyamajorityvote,asindicatedbyanon-screenmeter.Thischangewasconsidereddivisivebyplayers,whobelievedthatDemocracymodeconflictedwiththeoriginalconceptofthestreamandeliminatedthepotentialforrandomnesswhichhadhelpedtodrivetheelaboratenarrativeandmythologythathadbuiltuparoundtheplaythrough.[4][5][15][20][21][22] FollowingthecompletionofPokémonRed,anewgamebeganon2March2014,thistimewiththesecondgenerationgamePokémonCrystal.[23]ThedevelopersetadeadlineforthecompletionofCrystalwiththeplantostartPokémonEmeraldonafixeddate,thoughtheplayerswereabletocompleteCrystalwellbeforethispoint.[24]WiththechangetoCrystalalsocameachangetothevotingsystem;theDemocracymodewasautomaticallyactivatedatthetopofeachhour.[25]By14March2014,playershadreachedamajorbattleonMt.SilveragainstRed,atrainerrepresentingtheplayer-characterfromRedandBlue;however,thegamewasalsomodifiedsothatRed'steamwouldconsistofthesamePokémonthatwereusedtobeattheEliteFourintheTwitchPlaysPokémonplaythroughofPokémonRedearlier.[26]ThedeveloperstatedthatheintentionallychangedthegamedataofCrystaltobehaveinthisway,asitwasGameFreak'soriginalintentwhencreatingthegamethattheplayerwouldfaceRedinCrystalusingthePokémontheyhadfinishedRedwith.[24]Crystalwasbeatenon15March,withmorethan13daysofplaytime.[27][28]ThedeveloperstatedthateventhoughfewerviewerswatchedPokémonCrystalcomparedtoPokémonRed,hewillcontinuethestreamwithotherPokémongamesaslongasthereremainsinterestintheexperiment.[24][29] PokémonEmeraldwasstartedon21March2014.WiththeshifttoEmerald,theDemocracymodewasinitiallydisabledentirely.[30]Emeraldwasrepeatedlyrestartedduetoitssoftresetability,butwaslaterfixedbythebroadcaster.[31] TheshifttoPokémonX—the1stinstallmentinthefranchisefortheNintendo3DS,broughtchangestothestream'ssetup.AstherewasnoPC-basedemulatorforthe3DSatthetime,thestreamwasconductedonactual3DShardwareusingahardwaremodificationknownasthe3DSStreamingConsolewithExternalControlInterface(3xtDS);developedbyReddituserdekuNukem,alsoknownasTwitch_plays_3ds(whohasalsodesignedanautomatedrigfor"chaining"anddetecting"shiny"Pokémon),[32]themodallowsdirectcontrolofinputsonthedeviceviaaUSB-basedinterface,andaddedthevideooutputrequiredforcapturingthescreens'content.ThechangetonativehardwarealsoallowedthestreamtousetheWi-Ficapabilitiesofthedevice;otherplayersofPokémonXandYcoulddirectlyinteractwiththestream'splayerviaNintendoNetworkandthegame'sinternet-enabledfeatures,suchasonlinebattles,trades,andO-Powers.[33]Followingitsrelease,PokémonOmegaRubywasalsoplayedinthestream.[34] Inhonouroftheone-yearanniversaryoftheoriginalrun,anewplayingofPokémonRedbeganinFebruary2015.Thegoalwastocompletethegame'smainstorylineandtocatchall151Pokémon,thelatterwhichtheydidinaround39days.[35][36] Tocelebratetheproject'sfourthanniversary,thechannelstartedanewplaythroughofbothPokémonRedandPokémonBluesimultaneously.PlayersintheTwitchchannelcanspecifywhichgametheircommandisfor,butotherwisecommandsareissuesalternatingbetweenthetwogames,andwhenthegame'sdemocraticmodeison,thecommandvotedonisusedinbothgames.[37] Astheexperimentmovedintoitsfifthyear,havingexhaustedalltheofficialPokémongames,thechannelbeganusingmorefan-createdmodsofthePokémongames.[38] Inhonorofrunningforsixyearsstraight,thestreamranagauntletof6gamesinarow. Viewership[edit] Launchedon12February2014asa"proofofconcept",thestreamwasrelativelyinactiveforthefirstdayandahalfofplaying.[6]However,thestreamquicklywentviralafterthat,reachingatotalviewershipofaround175,000by14February(whenplayersmanagedtobeatthefirstofeightGymleaders).[39]By17February,thechannelhadreachedover6.5 milliontotalviews.By20February,thechannelhadover17 milliontotalviews,andwasaveragingconcurrentviewershipbetween60and70 thousandviewerswithatleast10%participating.Bythen,theplayershadmanagedtocatch12differentspeciesofPokémon,andmadeitpastthefourthgym.[9][10][11]OnthecompletionofRed,thechannelhadreached36 milliontotalviews,withapeakconcurrentviewershipof120,000,andanestimated658,000hadparticipated.[40][41]TheRedstreamwaseventuallyrecognizedbytheGuinnessWorldRecordsforhaving"themostparticipantsonasingle-playeronlinevideogame"with1,165,140.[1]Thelargeamountofactivityonthestreamresultedin"enormous(andunforeseen)stress"onTwitch'schatsystem,requiringthesite'sengineerstomovethestream'schattoahigher-capacityservernormallyusedduringmajore-sportsevents,whileworkingonimprovingtheinfrastructure'sscalability.[42]Thedeveloperhimselfsaid,"Ididn'tthinkitwasgoingtobethispopular,Ithoughtitwouldgainonlyasmallgroupofdedicatedviewersandmanyotherswouldcheckitoutbrieflybeforemovingontootherthings.It'soverwhelminghowpopularithasbecome."[6] Community[edit] "Bible"publishedbycommunitymembers AnactivecommunityofplayersalsoemergedoncommunitiesandsocialnetworkssuchasReddit,whichhavelivebloggedtheproceedingsanddevelopedmemesandotherworksaroundoccurrencesinthegame.OneiteminRed'sinventoryfromthestartofthegamewastheHelixFossil,whichwasusedlaterinthegametoreviveOmanyte,butisotherwisefunctionless.TheHelixFossilwasselectedsofrequentlythatitbecameaninsidejokeamongplayers,andattimeshumorouslycallingitadeitywhichtheplayer-characterwasconstantlyconsultingforadvice,anditquicklybecametheplayers'"religion".PlayerswentasfarastreatingthefossilasasymbolrepresentingasectwhichsupportsAnarchymode,whiletreatingitscounterpart,theDomeFossil(whichrevivesKabuto),asadeitytothosewhosupportDemocracymode.[4][13][22][40]Fansevenpublished"bibles"fortheHelixreligion.[43][44]CertainPokémoncapturedbyRedduringthegameplayhavealsogainedfanfollowings.TwoPokémonthatwereobtainedearlyinthegame,andthenlateraccidentallyreleasedweretheCharmeleonandRattata,"ABBBBBBK("and"JLVWNNOOOO",furthernicknamed"Abby"and"JayLeno".[4][13]Theteam'sPidgeot,oneofthehighestlevelPokémoninthegroupandoftensuccessfulinbattles,wasnamed"BirdJesus"bythecommunity;concurrently,theteam'sZapdoswasnicknamed"AA-j"butreferredtoas"ArchangelofJustice"or"AnarchyBird".[4][13][45]TheirFlareonwasdubbedthe"FalseProphet",asplayershadaccidentallyobtaineditinsteadofVaporeon,whichwasneededsotheycouldteachitthe"Surf"moveneededtotravelonwater,andithadlatercausedthereleaseoftheCharmeleonandRattata.[46]Duringtheeleventhdayoftheevent(23February),whichfellonaSunday,theplayersinadvertentlyreleasedadozenofthecapturedPokémon,effectivelydeletingthecreaturesfromthegame,aneventthatlaterbecameknownas"BloodySunday".[47]ThepracticeofnicknamescontinuedintoCrystal,whichincludedanewPidgeotnicknamed"Brian",andaFeraligatrnicknamed"Lazorgator".[45] Reception[edit] Mediaoutletshavedescribedtheproceedingsofthegameasbeing"mesmerizing,""miraculous,"and"beautifulchaos,"withoneviewercomparingitto"watchingacarcrashinslowmotion."[4][13][14]ArsTechnicafeltthatitencapsulated"thebestandworstqualitiesofouruser-driven,novelty-hungryage,"providinghoursofarguabletime-wastingentertainmentthroughaword-of-mouthviraldistribution.[4]Thestreamhasbeencomparedtotheinfinitemonkeytheoreminthateffectivelyrandominputtoagamestillultimatelycomesoutwithforwardprogressinthegame.[48][49]TwitchvicepresidentofmarketingMatthewDiPietropraisedthestream,consideringit"onemoreexampleofhowvideogameshavebecomeaplatformforentertainmentandcreativitythatextendsWAYbeyondtheoriginalintentofthegamecreator.Bymergingavideogame,livevideoandaparticipatoryexperience,thebroadcasterhascreatedanentertainmenthybridcustommadefortheTwitchcommunity.Thisisawonderfulproofofconceptthatwehopetoseemoreofinthefuture."[9] Legacy[edit] TwitchPlaysPokémonhasalsoinspiredimitatorswithothervideogames,suchasPokémonBlue,QWOP,Tetris(includingonewhichusedtheactualcommandinputsfromtheoriginalTwitchPlaysPokémonstream),[6][50]StreetFighterII,[9][10][13][21][51]Halo:CombatEvolved(itselfmadesignificantlydifficultbyitsnatureasafirst-personshooter),[52]MetalGear:GhostBabel,[53]DarkSouls,[54]Fallout3,[55]PlayerUnknown'sBattlegrounds,[56]TeamfightTactics,[57]TheLegendofZelda:BreathoftheWild,[58]PokémonGo(whichusedlocationspoofingtosimulatethemovementofarealpersoninresponsetoviewers'commands),[59]andMicrosoftFlightSimulator.[60]SimilarTwitchPlayshavebeenusedfortakingcareofavirtualpetTamagotchi,[61]andinstallingArchLinuxontoavirtualmachinethroughtextcommandsenteredoneletteratatime.[62]Inspiredbythislastapplication,anotherexperimental"StockStream"wasstartedinMay2017toallowTwitchviewerstovoteeveryfiveminutesonthetradingofstocksontheNewYorkStockExchangefromaninitial$50,000fundprovidedbythestream'sdeveloper,placingsomerulestoavoidtriggeringanyfinancialregulations.[63]AsimilarapproachusingTwitter,withtheTwitter'susericonservingasthegame'soutputandusercommandstakenfromtweetssenttotheaccount,waslaunchedinJanuary2021usingPokémonRed.[64] Theterm"crowdplay"hasbeenascribedtosimilargameswheretheactionsofthecrowddirectlyinfluencethegameplay.[65]tinyBuildusedthe"TwitchPlays"modeltoreleasePunchClub,holdingbackreleaseofthegameuntileitherapresetdateorcompletionofthegamerunningviaapublic"TwitchPlays"stream.[66]PunchClublateraddedtheabilityforviewerstobetonin-gamefightsusingvirtualTwitchcurrency,followingasimilarbettingmodelusedbyOxeyeGameSystemsforCobalt.[67][68]TelltaleGamespremieredanew"crowdplay"featureforitsadventuregamesstartingwithits2016Batmangame,allowingstreamviewerstovoteonselecteddecisionswithinthegame.[69]InJanuary2016,Twitchcreatedaspecializeddirectoryforvarious"TwitchPlays"streams,withtheirVPofDeveloperSuccessKathyAstromoffstatingthatthecompanyhasrecognizedthegrowthofsimilarexperiments,andenablingsuchexperimentstobeeasilyfoundbyitsuserbase.[70]Further,inMarch2016,Twitchannouncedanew"streamfirst"initiativetohelpdeveloperscreategamesthatareaimedforintegrationofstreamingandchatatopmoretraditionalgameplay,basingtheformatonthepriorsuccessofTwitchPlaysPokemonstreams.[71]Amazon.com,whichacquiredTwitchin2014,developedtheAmazonLumberyardgameenginethatincludesdirectsupportforTwitchstreamingtoallowviewerstoinfluencegamesviatheassociatedchat,takingcuesfromthepopularityof"TwitchPlays".[72] Anotherhomage,FishPlaysPokémon,surfacedinAugust2014aspartofaHackNYhackathon.Thestream,whichconsistsofafishcaminwhichthepositionofabettafishinafishbowlisusedtocontrolPokémonRed,peakedaround20,000concurrentviewers.[73][74][75] AHelixFossilemotewiththeshortcut"PraiseIt"waslatermadeavailableasaTwitchchatemoteincelebrationoftheoriginalPokémonRedrun.[76] Gamecompletion[edit] Season Game Start Completed Completiontime Notes Season1 PokémonRed 12February2014 1March2014 16days,9hours,55minutes,4seconds Intendedtouseamoddedversion,butanunmodifiedversionwasmistakenlyloadedinstead.[citationneeded] PokémonCrystal 2March2014 15March2014 13days,2hours,2minutes,55seconds Usesamoddedversion,with251speciesofPokémonavailableandthefinalbossRed'steamconsistingofthesameteamfromTwitchPlaysPokémonRed. PokémonEmerald 21March2014 11April2014 20days,21hours,55minutes,41seconds PokémonRandomizedFireRed 11April2014 27April2014 15days,2hours,1minute,54seconds UsedamoddedversionwithapseudorandomnumbergeneratortochangethepredeterminedPokémon,items,andmoves. PokémonPlatinum 2May2014 20May2014 17days,11hours,38minutes,47seconds PokémonRandomizedHeartGold 23May2014 12June2014 18days,20hours,33minutes,51seconds UsedamoddedversionwithapseudorandomnumbergeneratortochangethepredeterminedPokémon,items,andmoves. PokémonBlack 15June2014 27June2014 12days,18hours,34minutes,59seconds PokémonBlazeBlack2 6July2014 22July2014 19days,2hours,15minutes,37seconds UsedaROMhackofPokémonBlack2calledPokémonBlazeBlack2andfeaturedtheabilitytoobtainallPokémonavailablewithinGenerationVaswellasothergameplaytweaks.[77][78] PokémonX[77] 27July2014 1August2014 5days,5hours,44seconds PokémonOmegaRuby 22November2014 29November2014 8days,13hours,29minutes Season2 PokémonAnniversaryRed 12February2015 23March2015 39days,19hours,27minutes,12seconds Usedamodded,moredifficultversionwhichmakesall151speciesavailable;goalistocompletethePokédex. PokémonVietnameseCrystal 23March2015 10November2015 37weeks,3days,3hours,21minutes AbootlegversionofPokémonCrystal.ThisversionisnotoriousamongPokémonfansforitsrampantmistranslations.[79]Unlikepreviousgames,thisversionwasnotplayedconstantlyandinsteadwasinterspersedbetweenPokémonBattleRevolutionmatches. TouhouPuppetPlay1.8Enhanced 10May2015 24May2015 13days,15hours,44minutes UsestwomoddedversionsofPokémonFireRedatonceknownasTouhouPuppetPlay1.8EnhancedwhichusescharactersfromtheTouhouProjectgameseriesinplaceofPokémonisutilized,aswellasthehackMoémon.Bothwerebeingcompletedsimultaneously. Moémon PokémonRandomizedAlphaSapphire 12July2015 26July2015 14days,1hour,17minutes UsedamoddedversionwithapseudorandomnumbergeneratortochangethepredeterminedPokémon,items,andmoves.SuperSmashBros.forWiiUmatches,playedbycomputerAIs,werestreamedalongsidetheAlphaSapphireplaythrough. PokémonColosseum 12October2015 18October2015 6days3hours,27minutes PokémonXD:GaleofDarkness 12December2015 20December2015 8days4hours9minutes PokémonTradingCardGame 20December2015 13February2016 7weeks,6days,25minutes,6seconds SimilarlytoPokémonVietnameseCrystal,thisgamewasplayedintermittentlythroughoutPokémonBattleRevolution.ThegamewascompletedduringtheAnniversaryCrystalintermission. PokémonTradingCardGame2 13February2016 8April2016 7weeks,6days Startedduringthepre-AnniversaryCrystalintermission.Finishedduringpost-AnniversaryCrystalintermission. Season3 PokémonAnniversaryCrystal 14February2016 16March2016 30days,4hours,33minutes SimilartoAnniversaryRedinwhichamoddedversionisusedandit'srequiredtocatchallPokémontocompletethegame. PokémonMysteryDungeon:RedRescueTeam 12February2016 27January2017 50weeks,2hours,24minutes PlayedasasidegamebothalongsidePokémonBattleRevolutionandotherruns.ItwastemporarilyreplacedbyPokémonUltra. PokémonBrown 16June2016 27June2016 11days,2hours OneoftheoriginalseriousROMhacksbasedonPokémonRed. PokémonRandomizedPlatinum 31July2016 16August2016 15days,4hours,2minutes UsedamoddedversionwithapseudorandomnumbergeneratortochangethepredeterminedPokémon,items,andmoves. PokémonUltra 16August2016 28October2016 10weeks,3days,11hours,41minutes ApoorlymadeROMhackbasedonPokémonLeafGreen.LikePokémonVietnameseCrystalandthePokémonTradingCardGamebeforeit,itisasidegameandisplayedbetweenPokémonBattleRevolutionmatches. PokémonPrism 9October2016 26October2016 16days,23hours,18minutes ThesequeltoPokémonBrown.ItdebutedonTPPafterbeingindevelopmentforalmosteightyears.[80] PokémonSun 18November2016 2December2016 13days,22hours PokémonWaningMoon 13January2017 26January2017 13days,11hours,37minutes Usedamodded,moredifficultversionofPokémonMoon. Season4 PokémonChattyYellow 12February2017 24February2017 11days,19hours Thethirdanniversaryrun.UsesamodifiedversionofPokémonYellowcenteredaroundChatot,whichutilizesscriptingtotakequotesfromusersinthechattoreplacein-gamedialogueinrealtime.[81] PokémonDarkGraystone 24February2017 13March2017 2weeks,3days,4hours,4minutes,57seconds UsesamodifiedversionofPokémonGold.PlayedasasidegamelikeVCandUltra. PokémonAshGray 13March2017 29September2017 28weeks,4days,28minutes,6seconds UsesamodifiedversionofPokémonFireRedbasedontheeventsofthePokémonanime.Playedasasidegame. PokémonBlazedGlazed 8April2017 25April2017 16days,16hours UsesamodifiedversionofanexistingmodifiedversionofPokémonEmerald,knownasPokémonGlazed. PokémonRandomizedWhite2 3June2017 20June2017 16days,18hours,11minutes UsedamoddedversionwithapseudorandomnumbergeneratortochangethepredeterminedPokémon,items,andmoves. PokémonPyrite 12August2017 26August2017 14days,7hours,58minutes UsesamodifiedversionofPokémonCrystalfeaturingincreaseddifficultyandotherchanges. PokémonThetaEmeraldEX 30September2017 15October2017 15days AmodifiedversionofPokémonEmeraldwhichfeaturesincreaseddifficulty,721Pokémonaswellasvariousotherchangesfromlatergenerations. PokémonGreen 15October2017 13April2018 25weeks,5days,3hours,45minutes,36seconds Badlytranslatedbootleg.Playedasasidegame. PokémonUltraSun 25November2017 8December2017 13days,4hours,7minutes Season5 PokémonRedandBlue 12February2018 27February2018 14days,1hour,50minutes AdualruninwhichPokémonRedandPokémonBlueareplayedsimultaneously.Unlikethepreviousdualrun,inputsaresplitbetweenthetwogamesanduserscanchoosetoinputspecificallyforonegameorletitalternatebetweenthem. PokémonStormSilver 14April2018 4May2018 19days,3hours AromhackofPokémonSoulSilverinwhichallPokémonfromuptothefourthgenerationareavailableaswellasvariousotherminorchanges. PokémonSweet 4May2018 10February2019 40weeks,1day,23hours,56minutes,23seconds AromhackofPokémonFireRedwith"candified"PokémonknownasPokéSweets.Playedasasidegame. PokémonBronze 9June2018 18June2018 8days,8hours,21minutes AromhackofPokémonGold. PokémonRandomizedY 11August2018 26August2018 14days,11hours,26minutes UsedamoddedversionwithapseudorandomnumbergeneratortochangethepredeterminedPokémon,items,andmoves. DetectivePikachu 8September2018 10September2018 1day,22hours,47minutes PokémonFloraSky 13October2018 29October2018 16days,2hours,42minutes AromhackofPokémonEmeraldfeaturinganoriginalstoryandPokémonfromthefourthandfifthgenerations. Hypno'sLullaby 30October2018 12November2018 1week,5days,23hours,55minutes,43seconds AromhackofPokémonFireRedbasedonthecreepypasta,Hypno'sLullaby.Playedasasidegame. PokémonCrystalRandofuser 8December2018 19December2018 10days,9hours,1minute AromhackofPokémonCrystalwhichfusesdifferentPokémontogether. Season6 PokémonBurningRed 12February2019 22February2019 9days,13hours,33minutes UsedaromhackwiththeabilitytoswitchbetweenPokémonRedandPokémonFireRed.Pokémon,moneyandmostitemsaretransferredbetweenbothgames. PokémonGoldSpaceWorldDemo 2March2019 30March2019 4weeks,23hours,33minutes,15seconds AnearlydemoofPokémonGoldthatwasplayableatNintendoSpaceWorld1997featuringPokémonthatareunusedinthefinalgame.Playedasasidegame. PokémonMetronomeSapphire 31March2019 19December2019 TBD UsesamoddedversionwithapseudorandomnumbergeneratortochangethepredeterminedPokémonandsetsthemalltoLevel100withonlythemoveMetronome.Endedasafull-runandcontinuesasasidegameasof3April2019. PokémonVoltWhite 13April2019 25April2019 11days,21hours,16minutes AromhackofPokémonWhitefeaturingallPokémonfromthefifthgenerationavailableaswellasvariousotherchanges. PokémonRandomizedColosseum 8June2019 15June2019 6days,5hours,34minutes,21seconds UsedamoddedversionwithapseudorandomnumbergeneratortochangethepredeterminedPokémon,items,andmoves. PokémonXG:NeXtGen 13July2019 21July2019 8days,1hour,40minutes AromhackofPokémonXD:GaleofDarkness. PokémonTriHardEmerald 10August2019 20August2019 9days,21hours,34minutes AromhackofPokémonEmeraldwheredefeatedPokémonarepermanentlyremovedfromtheparty,similartoaNuzlockeChallenge.Themaindifferencebeingthatuponlossofabattle,thegamereversestoaprevioussave.MeaningthatremovedPokémoncantechnicallyberestoredatthecostofalossofprogress. PokémonRandomizedUltraMoon 12October2019 23October2019 10days,16hours,2minutes,17seconds UsedamoddedversionwithapseudorandomnumbergeneratortochangethepredeterminedPokémon,items,andmoves. PokémonSword 23November2019 1December2019 7days,23hours,57minutes PokémonNavyBlue 1December2019 Ongoing TBD AromhackofPokémonFireRedplayedasasidegame.Extremelypoorlymadegame,withmanypoorlymadefanPokémon. Season7 PokémonGauntletRed 13February2020 19February2020 6days,18hours,43minutes TheGauntletisarerunofmostofthegamesplayedduringSeason1playedoneaftertheother. PokémonGauntletCrystal 23February2020 3March2020 8days,16hours,19minutes,43seconds PokémonGauntletEmerald 7March2020 18March2020 11days,20hours,10minutes,15seconds PokémonGauntletPlatinum 28March2020 5April2020 8days,14hours PokémonGauntletBlazeBlack2 12April2020 27April2020 14days PokémonGauntletX 3May2020 10May2020 7days,5seconds PokémonLightningSapphire 5May2020 10December2020 30weeks,2days,22hours,38minutes,3seconds AbadtranslationofPokémonSapphire.Wasthefinalsidegamebeforeavotetoremovethem. PokémonSirius 13June2020 23June2020 10days,1hour,12minutes,54seconds AromhackofPokémonEmeraldandtheprequeltoPokémonVega. PokémonRisingRuby 8August2020 21August2020 12days,22hours,16minutes AromhackofPokémonOmegaRubyincludinghigherdifficultyandallsixthgenerationPokémonobtainable. PokémonVega 12December2020 25December2020 12days,11hours,14minutes AromhackofPokémonEmeraldandthesequeltoPokémonSirius. Season8 PokémonChattyCrystal 14February2021 8March2021 21days,3hours,40minutes Theseventhanniversaryrun.UsesamodifiedversionofPokémonCrystalcenteredaroundUnownandChatot,whichutilizesscriptingtotakequotesfromusersinthechattoreplacein-gamedialogueinrealtime. PokémonRenegadePlatinum 10April2021 21April2021 10days,19hours,50minutes AromhackofPokémonPlatinumincludinghigherdifficulty,balancechangesandallgenerationIVPokémonobtainable. PokémonGreen 8May2021 10May2021 1day,3hours,32minutes,15seconds AcollaborationbetweentwootherTwitchPlaysstreamsinwhichtheyracedtoseewhocouldcompletePokémonGreen,PokémonBlueandPokémonRedrespectively. TwitchPlaysPokémonplayedPokémonGreenandcameinfirst. TwitchPlaysPaperMarioplayedPokémonBlueandcameinsecond. TwitchPlaysSpeedrunsplayedPokémonRedandcameinlast. PokémonBlue 1day,7hours,22minutes,42seconds PokémonRed 1day,11hours,3minutes,13seconds DragonBallZTeamTraining 13May2021 N/A TBD AromhackofPokémonFireRedfeaturingcharactersfromtheDragonBallZanimeseriesinplaceofPokémon.Playedasasidegame. PokémonRandomizedBlack 3July2021 12July2021 8days,4hours,56minutes AromhackofPokémonPlatinumincludinghigherdifficulty,balancechangesandallgenerationIVPokémonobtainable. PokémonRandomizedBlack2 12July2021 29July2021 17days,7hours,35minutes UsedamoddedversionwithapseudorandomnumbergeneratortochangethepredeterminedPokémon,items,andmoves. PokémonEmerald 13August2021 17August2021 3days,9hours,48minutes,21seconds PokémonBlazingEmerald 21August2021 N/A N/A AromhackofPokémonEmerald. FromPlatinumtoBlack2,thestreamshowedasecondgame,PokémonStadium2,alongsidethemaingame.Unlikeothergames,inputsforStadium2werechosenatrandomandwerenotcontrolledbythechat.Instead,playersonthechatweregivenvirtualcurrencythatcouldbeusedtoplacebetsontheoutcomeofStadium2matches.[82]AfterPokémonXconcludedon1August2014,asimilarsystemwasimplemented,withPokémonBattleRevolutiontakingtheplaceofStadium2,asitaddedmorefeaturessuchasbettergraphics.Thistime,insteadofinputsbeingentirelyrandom,playerswhobetonthecurrentmatchcouldvoteonwhichmovewouldbeusedbytheirteameachturn;thesystemwouldrandomlychooseoneofthebettors'choices,butplayerswhohadplacedhigherbetshadahigherchanceoftheirmovebeingchosen.[citationneeded]ThedeveloperhascreatedamoddedversionofPokémonBattleRevolutionknownasPokémonBattleRevolution2.0.Itismeanttofixglitchesandaddvariousimprovementssuchasadditionalbattlearenas.[citationneeded]Duringtheinterim,thestreamshowedHarvestMoonGB,PokkénTournament,EarthBound,RoboponSun,andsavestatesofthefirstfourrunsinreverseorder. Inaddition,anextragameisshowcasedtothesideofanygamecurrentlybeingplayed.ThisgameisaromhackofPokémonPinballdubbedsimplyPokémonPinballGenerations,whichaddstwonewboardsbasedonthesecondgenerationofPokémon.Assuch,allPokémonfromGenerationIIarenowobtainablein-game,andPokémonbadgesareawardedrandomlywhenaPokémoniscaughtduringaPinballplaythrough.[83] Seealso[edit] Slowtelevision Furtherreading[edit] Marley-VincentLindsey,ThePoliticsofPokémon.SocializedGaming,ReligiousThemesandtheConstructionofCommunalNarratives,HeidelbergJournalofReligionsontheInternet(2015) James,EricAndrew,UsingRhetoricalCriticismtoTrackTwitchPlaysPokémonFans'AttachmenttoSacrifice,TransformativeWorksandCultures,Vol.28(2018) JennySaucerman&DennisRamirez,PraiseHelix!ChristianNarrativeinTwitchPlays:Pokémon,HeidelbergJournalofReligionsontheInternet(2016) Kyriakou,H.,andNickerson,J.V..TwitchPlaysPokémon:AnExploratoryAnalysisofMassSynchronousCrowdCollaboration,CollectiveIntelligence(2016) LazCarter,PokémonandaFandomofNostalgia,ReflexiveHorizons,24March2014. 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