Twitch Plays Pokemon was a chaotic social experiment in 2014 where millions of internet users typed inputs into a chat room to collectively control a single game of Pokemon Red.

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Twitch Plays Pokemon was a chaotic social experiment in 2014 where millions of internet users typed inputs into a chat room to collectively control a single game of Pokemon Red. Against all odds, logic, and human decency, the screaming digital hive mind managed to beat the entire game in sixteen days, despite spending hours walking in circles and accidentally releasing their best characters. It essentially served as a modern, digital proof of the infinite monkey theorem, demonstrating that if you put enough screaming trolls in a chat room, they will eventually stumble their way to victory. The event remains a beautiful, terrifying testament to the sheer unstoppable power of weaponized internet chaos