It's already been more than a week since Twitter began its journey in the Game Boy classic Pokémon Red.
In case you missed it, users on this social media platform have been playing the original Game Boy title inside the avatar of Gameloft Montreal programmer Constantin Liétard's Twitter profile (@screenshakes).
So, what's the latest? The mastermind behind this social media experiment has just confirmed the Cerulean City Water-type Gym leader Misty has finally been defeated. Cascade Badge acquired!
It looks like the Level 18 Oddish (nicknamed CURSE) was able to pull through in the end.
The rest of the party is currently made up of a Level 16 Spearow (SPEAROW), a Level 14 Wigglytuff (POP), a Level 24 Wartortle (AMAYBE), a Level 16 Geodude (ABBPRI), and a Level 10 Abra named Alakazam.
Much like Twitch Plays Pokémon, it seems like the power of the internet will overcome all odds. We're sure Twitter will be crowned the Elite Four champion in no time. Did you play any part in this victory? Tell us down below.
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I hear Twitter Plays Pokemon still has to beat Misty.
(I wonder if this was a bad idea to make a Twitch Plays reference.)
Why is a bunch of random Twitter users better at Pokémon than me?
Please re-release this game on the Switch! Nintendo I beg of thee!
We may not have interstellar odysseys or flying cars, but we do have this!
@Don technically, they already did.
@Don You can already play Let's Go Pikachu / Eevee. It's the same game.
@sanderev Nah. The lack of random battles makes it feel very different (in a bad way, IMO).
@iulis84 you know that a private company is free to enforce whatever kind of user's policy and rules that they want, right?
@clvr While you say that, tons of businesses are being forced to accept customers they don't like, and forced to enforce all kinds of rules towards their customers. Also, alternative platforms are experiencing being shut out of the internet. Amazon is kicking partners off their platform for no reason. Payment services are refusing to work with people who don't conform. And here is the real systemic problem. It all traces back to the central banking system, which basically makes it impossible to actually maintain a free market as government is maintaining that system. There has not been a functioning free market in a long while. It started dying with the Federal reserve and similar central banks, and was given a lethal injection with Bretton Woods. Huge supernational organisations have their hands in everything today. Also, these corporations like Twitter are protected by government from responsibility, because they are supposedly neutral platforms like the postal service. Guess who was trying to take that protection away from them?
Guys...we have to beat Misty!
@Mortenb @iulis84
Never said that any of this is right or wrong; moral judgment is beyond the point of what I was saying, I'm just saying that Twitter has all the right in the world to do what they please on their own privately owned company, as long as that doesn't break any laws.
see, private companies do not have to accept any and all customers, or partners or whatever, that's what the much-touted American 1st amendment is all about.
It's funny because I've heard these same arguments by people who champion the 1st amendment, not realizing that the government not interfering in the companies' choices is exactly what it's all about.
So yeah, Twitter being able to ban Trump (or anyone else) according to their own terms of service is exactly the scenario that free speech exists to protect.
P.S.: I agree with @Mortenb that the system in general is absolutely broken and rigged in so many ways, so please don't take me as a corporate defender cause that's the last thing I am.
I just wanted to point out how, within the current system (and leaving aside any judgement on it cause that's a whole other can of worms), what Twitter has done is perfectly within their rights, and Trump supporters are spreading false narratives as usual, spouting nonsense about the 1st amendment as if it affected private companies (not saying you two are, obviously).
'Twitter Just Defeated The Water-Type Gym Leader Misty In Pokémon Red!'
"Is that good.?"
@clvr Well, the supreme Court has many times ruled that the 1st amendment does apply in private spheres open for the public on several occasions. One example was that a private community was not allowed to throw out people going door to door with religious messages. Regardless of the 1st, the government protections against responsibility for content is also meant to make it possible for private actors to have public spheres without being liable for everything that is said there, but only in so far as they actually are neutral to the content there. This is clearly being exploited, and the only guy who wants to make this actually work as intended is incidentally the president and is being thrown out from a supposedly neutral platform. It's long beyond the time to take away their protections, at the very least, and to start serious discussions if the 1st amendment shouldn't apply also in virtual public spaces, allthough I don't think that last one is actually necessary if just the protections are removed.
@Mortenb thanks for your informative reply!
You're absolutely right, the issue is way more complex than it may appear, it's just that I've seen many people reduce it to "Twitter bans X = abuse of power or some infraction of free speech" and that's just not how it is 😃
Thanks again, and have a good one 😄
how do you see what your doing tho?
@Don Bruh it's called Let's Go Pikachu and it's already out
Finally, news I actually care about
@redpanda0310 the Let's Go series is a watered down version of the originals. It's still a good game and functions well as a gateway game for Pokemon Go players into the mainline series. But it's just really not worth replaying imo.
The originals (and firered/leafgreen even more) are timeless classics.
This’ll be a safe comments section to look at I says to myself. 🤦🏻♂️
@Fandabidozi ‘Keep politics out of video games’, as that lot normally say. They then proceed to turn an article about Pokemon into a way to chow down on some sweet #45 chode.
Me: how novel, I must show my daughter this.
Also me: Yeah! Corporations suck and they just... Wait, did I turn 2 pages at once? are we still on pokemon?
@Don why not just buy a 2ds/3ds for 20 bucks and the game for 4 bucks?
Seeing how they can name Pokemon like Curse and Alakazam and even evolve Jigglypuff this is not that hard. Probably only 2 people playing or whatever.
@clvr Thank you. Your kind tone gives me hope for mankind and inspires me to be more careful how I present my own views.
You are right that people often have simplistic answers, on all sides.
Impressive talk on corporate rights.
And really neat idea to play Pokemon Red in Twitter.
And, I'm not really sure which information is fake anymore.
@dBackLash I guess so... Still it is something
@Mortenb hey, thanks a lot!
@nessisonett said the guy who never derailed a comment section once 😉
If mods say it's inappropriate, I have no problem erasing my two comments.
@Don Pokemon Let's go!
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