https://www.polygon.com/2019/2/12/18221792/twitch-plays-pokemon-anniversary > On Feb. 12, 2014, Twitch Plays Pokémon began with a strange but simple premise. The pitch: A Twitch bot would play and complete Pokémon Red, controlled entirely by viewers who ordered the bot to press certain buttons by typing commands in the live chat. Chaos of the most entertaining order broke out. Thousands overran the chat with simplistic orders of button inputs in the hopes of getting this bot to capture, name, battle, and heal Pokémon. > Twitch Plays Pokémon demanded frequent check-ins and hours of participation from viewers. It was an event stream unlike most others on Twitch — think something rare and akin to Ninja playing Fortnite with Drake live — and Twitch Plays Pokémon ran it on an aggressively daily basis.