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80,000 players control single Pokemon game by chat

posted by LaminatorX on Tuesday February 18 2014, @11:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the infinite-Primapes-with-infinite-gamepads dept.

laserfusion writes:

"CNET is reporting on a massively-mono-player gaming experiment. From the article :

In what can only be described as the best thing to happen to Valentine's Day, about 12,000 people are participating in a collective game of Pokemon Red on the live game-streaming service Twitch, all by simply typing in directions in the comment box in a messy frenzy. Not every single one of the viewers is mashing in commands of course, but because anyone with a Twitch account can comment on a public stream, any viewer is a potential player in this wacky experiment.

Currently there are 80,000 players. Despite all the noise and trolls, they were able to make progress in the game and multiple goals have been achieved. Now there is a new control mode "democracy" in which the most popular commands in every 10 seconds are executed. "Democracy" and "anarchy" modes can be switched by a 75% vote."

 
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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by youngatheart on Tuesday February 18 2014, @11:26PM

    by youngatheart (42) on Tuesday February 18 2014, @11:26PM (#2013)

    There seemed to be an awful lot of potential information in this summary that didn't translate to me actually understanding what's going on.

    I did grasp that there is a game where huge numbers of people are responsible for controlling a single character and I found that very interesting. Can we call it Congress yet or is it too early and successful?

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by KibiByte on Tuesday February 18 2014, @11:46PM

    by KibiByte (1024) on Tuesday February 18 2014, @11:46PM (#2028)

    "There seemed to be an awful lot of potential information in this summary that didn't translate to me actually understanding what's going on."

    In short, it's anarchy controlled by a half-assed democracy at first, then it can go from either controlled democracy or absolute anarchy with regards to rules at any vote's notice.

    AKA enjoy your time there but don't be stupid as you're likely to be on the wrong end of the bullshit.

    Sounds like the scam that is EVE.

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    • (Score: 1) by tniemi on Wednesday February 19 2014, @01:15AM

      by tniemi (1639) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @01:15AM (#2065)

      I think scams are a required part of EVE.

      • (Score: 3, Funny) by KibiByte on Wednesday February 19 2014, @01:31AM

        by KibiByte (1024) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @01:31AM (#2070)

        That is why I'm against EVE and all advertising of such.

        If you get someone into EVE, you probably want to rob them.

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    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by crutchy on Wednesday February 19 2014, @09:07AM

      by crutchy (179) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @09:07AM (#2266) Homepage Journal

      controlled democracy

      never heard of anyone being able to control mob rule... take a minority position in a democracy and you get beaten to a bloody pulp

      • (Score: 1) by KibiByte on Wednesday February 26 2014, @11:32PM

        by KibiByte (1024) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @11:32PM (#7635)

        Speaking as a gay man, I would disagree with your position given the current changeover and Federal rulings of late.

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        • (Score: 1) by KibiByte on Wednesday February 26 2014, @11:38PM

          by KibiByte (1024) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @11:38PM (#7639)

          Oh, and let's add medical marijuana user.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 19 2014, @12:01AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 19 2014, @12:01AM (#2036)

    There seemed to be an awful lotta farts and semen dripping from the anus of soiledcuntnews.org

    Couldn't agree more!