For those of you who don't know already, Twitch Plays Pokémon is a social experiment in which thousands of people around the world are all simultaneously playing Pokémon Red and controlling the same character with text inputs in the comments section. (Good luck trying to participate though. The comments section is clogged so badly that it can't even load.)

Have you ever heard that phrase "A thousand monkeys, given infinite time, will reproduce the works of Shakespeare"? Well this is the equivalent of giving one typewriter with only 7 keys to over 50,000 monkeys. Hilarity ensues and faith in humanity diminishes. You can read more about it by reading the description at the live stream I linked to earlier.

After 6 days, the bot being controlled has 4 badges and, at the time of writing this, is now fighting Giovanni.
Edit: And we just beat him! Hooray!

i have been following that for few days now and its really hilarious

A friend of mine told me about that, but I've never gave it much thought

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I just watched as they overwrote Thunderbolt with Swift.

Yep, this is pretty amusing. Thanks for cluing me in.

Doesn't interest me as much as I love Pokemon. I hate watching others play it.

I like to check in on it every now and again. I figure I must be missing the good parts because every time I've looked it's usually just getting stuck in the same 4 squares for hours at a time.
Fun to follow briefly, but it gets pretty frustrating to watch after a while. I prefer SaltyBet for my twitch satisfaction.

Okay, so now the adventure has ended, allow me to make an addendum to my previous statement.

I got SO hooked on this thing. I think when I dismissed TPP ten days ago, I had barely scratched the surface. I have never seen a fandom grow so fast and so complex. I have a pretty massive folder now of completely amazing TPP fan art. Some of the stories and moments that have come out of this have just blown me away. Frickin ATV, you god-damned hero.

There's talk of a follow up with Pokemon Gold Crystal, but I don't think it'll have the same impact of the first game. We've had our adventure, and carrying it any further will just confuse the narrative.
Then again, I've been wrong before!

Get yer T.P.P. merch ra't here! Original. Not an ad. Just thought it was awesome.

abadbird said:
Get yer T.P.P. merch ra't here! Original. Not an ad. Just thought it was awesome.

Don't worry, i dont think they'll advertise on a random furry porno site, filled with gore, cub, and other "horrible" things.
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