Streamer’s Twitch Chat Beats Breath of the Wild in 25 Hours
Posted on March 17 2020 by Kristen G. Rosario
Over six years ago, the gaming social experiment known as Twitch Plays Pokémon (TPP) swept the world by letting the people watching a livestream of Pokémon: Red Version control the main character with chat commands. Since then, there have been many different variations of this experiment, all with varying results; because of the unique coding that TPP provided, players have tried this unique exercise with many different games. The latest experiment, provided to us by streamer Pointcrow, takes Breath of the Wild and flips it on its head.
From the man who brought us the “no-walking” challenge for Breath of the Wild, this new challenge wasn’t for the streamer himself, but rather, for his adoring Twitch viewers. He challenged Twitch to beat Breath of the Wild using input commands via chat. The one caveat to this challenge was that his chat could only control the game for five minutes at a time.
Between those moments, Pointcrow would take back control. He would then either point them to where they need to go or put them into a difficult situation. For example, he at one point left them in front of a Lynel for instance, so they were forced to backflip all the way to safety. In order to motivate viewers to complete specific tasks, Pointcrow rewarded his Twitch chat with free gift subscriptions.
Through all the trials and tribulations, Pointcrow’s Twitch chat was able to accomplish the goal in about 25 hours (roughly 17 hours were completed the chat, while 8 of those were completed by the streamer). About 600 viewers participated in this challenge, and there were around 80 deaths total.
What do you think of this news? Were you one of the 600 who participated in Pointcrow’s challenge? Let us know in the comments below!
Source: Polygon
Kristen G. Rosario is an Editor who joined Zelda Dungeon back in September of 2015. His current goal is to become a full-time video game journalist, hoping to eventually gain a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism. While he pursues that dream, he not only takes care of his adorable dachshund Angel, but also helps run a YouTube channel with his brother. The Zelda series is a quest he hasn’t fully completed yet, but hopes to get there one day.
