Twitch Plays Pokémon: Difference between revisions

During runs, there are two main systems in use, known as '''Anarchy''' and '''Democracy'''. Anarchy simply inputs commands as soon as the system receives them in the order in which it receives them. Democracy holds a vote for each command to be input; only the command with most votes is input to the game. Both systems have their advantages and disadvantages, and they are often a source of controversy in the community as to which system "should" be used.

When the channel is not streaming a run, it instead shows randomly-generated Pokémon battles known as '''TPP Bets'''. Using [[Pokémon Battle Revolution]] (and [[Pokémon Stadium 2]] before that), two teams each of three Pokémon are pitted against each other. Viewers can place bets using [[Pokémon Dollars]] on either side, with betting odds calculated accordingly. Like the currency used in the games, the money used in-stream is fictional, and no actual money is spent on betting. If a player runs out of money, their funds are reduced to {{PDollar}}100 and will not decrease below that. More features were added to the betting system as time went by.  

Starting after the conclusion of the first run of [[Twitch Plays Pokémon/Season 2|Season 2]] (known as [[Twitch Plays Pokémon/Season 2#R01: Anniversary Red|Anniversary Red Version]] by fans), a run of the [[ROM hacks#Pokémon Vietnamese Crystal|Pokémon Vietnamese Crystal]] [[ROM hack]] was started as a filler in between betting matches. Players are able to vote for only one command at a time, after which the game is paused and resumes after the next match. At the end of each vote, a player is randomly selected to receive a token. Players who already have tokens can choose to donate them to the pool, causing multiple random players to each receive a token; this is nicknamed a 'token storm'.

As well as Twitch's standard channel subscription model and space for commercial advertising, the channel also accepts independent donations to help its upkeep. Donators are rewarded in-stream with tokens, with the equivalent of one US dollar equaling one token. Every time a donation is received, a banner is displayed with an animation (using the sound effect from the Pikachu kickback in [[Pokémon Pinball]]) counting up the amount donated. If the donation is over a certain amount, the donator can display a custom message onscreen.  

Donation and subscription banners are displayed in both runs and betting intermissions.

The channel occasionally streams other games during the intermission between runs, often with bets playing simultaneously. These games are often wide-ranging and include many franchises that are not linked to Pokémon, including Catz, Mario Golf, Doom and Worms. It is speculated that these games were introduced as a field test of new inputting systems before new runs began. Since all major hand-held platforms have now been played at least once on the channel, intermission games appear far less often.

The streamer himself is rarely seen on-stream and has a policy of near-complete non-interference, with the desire for the stream to be as organic as possible. Intervention is needed on several occasions, such as break-downs or game crashes, power-cuts and so on. The streamer's only correspondence are seen on Twitch, through the channel's subreddit, or in media interviews.

With the completion of the original run, the channel's streamer stated that each future season will comprise of four runs, with each season lasting roughly one year. The first ten playthroughs were retroactively referred to as the first season thereafter. In the same manner as Season and Episode, one can refer to a specific play through by Season and Run (i.e. S01R03).

! style="background: #D6ADFF; {{roundytl|5px}}"| Season

! style="background: #D6ADFF" | Run

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| 4

| April 12, 2014

| April 26, 2014

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| 6

| May 23, 2014

| June 11, 2014