Twitch Plays Pokemon Crystal Updates and a New Democracy is Born

It has been a day and a half since Twitch Plays Pokemon moved on from conquering Pokemon Red and picking their new hero for its run in Pokemon Crystal.

So far, AJ and the thousands or so viewers playing the game have already entered the Goldenrod City and have just retrieved the SquirtBottle from the flower shop. According to the moderators of the live feed update, the team currently has the following lineup: Lazorgator the Croconaw, Brian the Pidgey, Love Bug the Caterpie, Prince Omelette the Togepi and the MyStErIoUs Egg.

The current goal of the team is to use the SquirtBottle on Sudowoodo, and with a day and a half of playing Pokemon Crystal, Twitch Plays Pokemon second generation has already obtained three badges and released one Pokemon, ADiiiiihhh or VV, the Admiral Sentret.

Having learned from the previous experience (albeit hilarious for some and devastating for others) like the Bloody Sunday, it seems that participants of Twitch Plays Pokemon are now more aware of the dangers that come with operating the PC.

In the game, Twitch Plays Pokemon gamers seem to panic at the thought of coming into contact with the PC. As of this writing, the live updates over at Twitch Plays Pokemon Reddit states, "AJ is innocently standing in front of the PC as thousands of voices in his head screech 'LEFT!!! DOWN!!! B!!!"

This is probably the reason why new mechanics for a smoother system was created for the game. The Google docs providing a documentation of the updates of Twitch Plays Pokemon for Pokemon Crystal has already detailed a quick guide to using Democracy effectively.

A new democracy for Twitch Plays Pokemon

"Democracy is good for navigating tricky or dangerous areas or interfaces such as the PC, but it suffers from the effects of the stream lag. This can make it unintuitive and frustrating to use, since people's current votes tend to take effect in the next voting round."

To compensate for this, it helps for viewers to know how democracy can be used effectively. Note that the stream lag lasts for around 20 to 25 seconds, and since the democracy voting period is only for 30 seconds, there are cases wherein the votes may have tallied up on the screen, making it too late to change one's choice.

What Twitch Plays Pokemon participants can do is to decide in advance what button you will press come the following voting cycle, and press it 10 to 15 seconds before the actual vote cycle begins. Those who get to do this will be assured that their votes will be the first tallied. Hopefully, this will help make democracy an even better tool.

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