70000 Gamers Play Pokemon Red at Once as Part of Mass Multi
By Maxine Wally | Feb 18, 2014 10:47 AM EST
At least 70,000 gamers participated in a mass multiplayer experiment on streaming website Twitch to see what transpired when the group tried to master 1996's Pokemon Red at once.
Tens of thousands of competitors have taken part in Twitch Plays Pokemon, an undertaking that allows all of the players to control one character simultaneously. Gamers play by using an emulator that switches chat text into in-game commands, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Each of the players have been logging their progress on a Google doc, AJC reported. For most, Pokemon Red has been moving at sluggish speeds, with hundreds of gamers giving commands every second.
The stream was first posted last Wednesday by an unnamed programmer from Australia.
The computer specialist told Polygon in an email that he started Twitch Plays Pokemon on a whim.
'I didn't really have any plans for it from the beginning,' he told the gaming website. 'I just wanted to put it up to see how many people would respond. I put it together and put it up on a dedicated server all within a few days.'
A representative from Twitch told GameSpot that he was impressed and excited by the twist on a retro game.
'This is one more example of how video games have become a platform for entertainment and creativity that extends way beyond the original intent of the game creator,' the spokesperson said.
The biggest issues gamers have encountered in Twitch Plays Pokemon are time lapses and a huge group of players who are attempting to thwart the experiment by messing with the online community's characters.
Some gamers said it took hours for their characters to get over ledges in certain areas of the Pokemon map because of the lag, or due to blockades created by players trying to derail the effort.
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