Twitch Plays Pokemon: Suck it, anarchists

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Mr. Locke: Jul 28, 2010

joats posted:

I think this was an old myth that has since been proven wrong.

It's actually been found in the code that pretty much everything that is supposed to be 'auto-hit' on an enemy Pokemon actually has 255/256 accuracy, or a 1/256 chance to completely miss. This includes Swift and the Master Ball at all times (both of which are supposed to always connect) as well as any 'natural 100%' accurate attacks like the 95-power elemental line.

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# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:25

Remora: Aug 15, 2010

fits posted:

Blinn posted:

I can't decide which is better.

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:27

FFSabin: Jul 3, 2004; ぐるぐる

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:28

theCalamity: Oct 23, 2010; Cry Havoc and let slip the Hogs of War

How many times have they tried to get into the daycare?

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:28

The 7th Guest: Dec 17, 2003

Ledge 3: Rise of the Ledgi

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:28

Congratulations! You Won.: Mar 21, 2007; THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN

Mr. Locke posted:

It's actually been found in the code that pretty much everything that is supposed to be 'auto-hit' on an enemy Pokemon actually has 255/256 accuracy, or a 1/256 chance to completely miss. This includes Swift and the Master Ball at all times (both of which are supposed to always connect) as well as any 'natural 100%' accurate attacks like the 95-power elemental line.

I'm pretty sure both Swift and the Master Ball skip the accuracy check, so they avoid the 1/256 bug.

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:30

Pyroi: Aug 17, 2013; gay elf noises

Ba Donk a Bonk posted:

I'm pretty sure both Swift and the Master Ball skip the accuracy check, so they avoid the 1/256 bug.

They would normally, but this is Gen 1.

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:32

HellCopter: Feb 9, 2012; College Slice

Quest For Glory II posted:

Ledge 3: Rise of the Ledgi

I dunno, we've been successful in getting into the Daycare all other times.

Of course we just fumble around before walking out again but still

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:33

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fits posted:

The fanart this thing generates is loving bonkers.

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:33

joats: Aug 18, 2007; stupid bewbie

Mr. Locke posted:

It's actually been found in the code that pretty much everything that is supposed to be 'auto-hit' on an enemy Pokemon actually has 255/256 accuracy, or a 1/256 chance to completely miss. This includes Swift and the Master Ball at all times (both of which are supposed to always connect) as well as any 'natural 100%' accurate attacks like the 95-power elemental line.

Again, this is not true about master ball.

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:33

Arsonist Daria: Feb 27, 2011; ^{Requiescat in pace.}

theCalamity posted:

As much as I love the real fan art I have a massive weakness for the photoshops of pokemon heads glued onto people's shoulders

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:37

Congratulations! You Won.: Mar 21, 2007; THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN

Yeah, Game Freak made some absolutely terrible coding mistakes (Focus Energy multiplying the user's crit rate by .75 instead of 1.75 is pretty squarely in "lol" territory), but they managed to make sure the master ball actually works as advertised.

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:38

Admiral H. Curtiss: May 11, 2010; I think there are a bunch of people who can create trailing images. I know some who could do this as if they were just going out for a stroll.

Blinn posted:

Awww

This is the cutest thing. :3:

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:40

ziasquinn: Jan 1, 2006; Fallen Rib

RBY are too annoying to play anymore without running shoes. It's true.

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:42

rudatron: May 31, 2011; by Fluffdaddy

I wake up, and Big Dig is gone.

:negative:

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:46

Tenebrais: Sep 2, 2011

So... has anyone figured out what these guys are trying to do right now? They've ended up on the route between Saffron and Vermillion.

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:46

Bombogenesis: Mar 27, 2010; Mekkatorque 2016; Dinosaur Gum

rudatron posted:

Wake up and Bid Dig is gone.

He dug his way out of the PC because he was tired of all this poo poo. Let nobody tell you otherwise. :colbert:

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:46

Dr. Dos: Aug 5, 2005; YAAAAAAAY!

fits posted:

Is there a source on this? It looks awesome as hell.

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:46

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Your Dead Gay Son posted:

RBY are too annoying to play anymore without running shoes. It's true.

VBA has an on-demand "speed this the gently caress up" button. Sure you careen into walls at warp speed but the only thing it's gonna gently caress up is your play time (or any poisoned pokemon)

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:47

Blueberry Pancakes: Aug 18, 2012; Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!

Your Dead Gay Son posted:

RBY are too annoying to play anymore without running shoes. It's true.

You mean roller skates. :v:

Seriously, though, I can't go back to still sprites after Gen V and VI.

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:50

The 7th Guest: Dec 17, 2003

Lumberjack Bonanza posted:

VBA has an on-demand "speed this the gently caress up" button. Sure you careen into walls at warp speed but the only thing it's gonna gently caress up is your play time (or any poisoned pokemon)

Someone needs to figure out which key does that and spam it in the chat.

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:52

CraigK: Nov 4, 2008; by exmarx

i really, really wish they'd pause the playthrough for like an hour and add anything still throwing in commands to the ban list, it seems like every 30 seconds the stream vomits up a page long string of anarchy votes

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:55

Arsonist Daria: Feb 27, 2011; ^{Requiescat in pace.}

Quest For Glory II posted:

Someone needs to figure out which key does that and spam it in the chat.

Well if they were using a GBA emulator it'd probably render in color. Fair bet this is a custom or heavily modified emulator expressly for the purpose of doing this.

Besides, we already can't handle cliffs. Imagine that at 8000% speed

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:56

The 7th Guest: Dec 17, 2003

Lumberjack Bonanza posted:

Well if they were using a GBA emulator it'd probably render in color. Fair bet this is a custom or heavily modified emulator expressly for the purpose of doing this.

Besides, we already can't handle cliffs. Imagine that at 8000% speed

I'm pretty sure it's just a python script.

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:57

Ablative: Nov 9, 2012; Someone is getting this as an avatar. I don't know who, but it's gonna happen.

Hobgoblin2099 posted:

You mean roller skates.

Seriously, though, I can't go back to still sprites after Gen V and VI.

Gen V was still sprites :ssh:

# ? Feb 24, 2014 01:59

Tengames: Oct 29, 2008

Lumberjack Bonanza posted:

Well if they were using a GBA emulator it'd probably render in color. Fair bet this is a custom or heavily modified emulator expressly for the purpose of doing this.

Besides, we already can't handle cliffs. Imagine that at 8000% speed

Nah its most likely just visual boy advance running in black and white color mode.

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Amidiri: Apr 26, 2010

I'm not even sure what they're trying to accomplish anymore. Are they heading to Seafoam?

# ? Feb 24, 2014 02:05

Congratulations! You Won.: Mar 21, 2007; THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN

Yeah, people are really misunderstanding how much the streamer created. The main thing they did was create a script to read the twitch chat room and convert certain words into actions, and then later the democracy/anarchy stuff that was added after Spinnergateazi.

Everything else seems to be "off the shelf," so to speak. The stuff from the script is being fed into a regular version of some emulator (VBA?) set to original Game Boy mode for nostalgia purposes. The ROM itself is probably just a Red Romhack that's been floating around for a while, and the Safari Zone "hack" was just going to be memory editing stuff via the emulator's built in cheat editor.

Don't get me wrong, it's still impressive. But it's more of a good idea that the streamer had instead of something that was extremely difficult to create.

# ? Feb 24, 2014 02:06

Maple Leaf: Aug 24, 2010; Let'en my post flyen true

Ablative posted:

Gen V was still sprites

No, they were sprites, but they were animated. Gen IV was still sprites.

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Rhycool: Jul 15, 2012

theCalamity posted:

I was briefly going to ask for a quick summary, but now I understand everything. :allears:

# ? Feb 24, 2014 02:09

CraigK: Nov 4, 2008; by exmarx

Welcome to "A Bunch Of Bored Nerds with IRC Bots Play Pokemon"

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boredsatellite: Dec 7, 2013

What are they doing here? Where are they going?

# ? Feb 24, 2014 02:11

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CraigK posted:

i really, really wish they'd pause the playthrough for like an hour and add anything still throwing in commands to the ban list, it seems like every 30 seconds the stream vomits up a page long string of anarchy votes

# ? Feb 24, 2014 02:13

Arsonist Daria: Feb 27, 2011; ^{Requiescat in pace.}

Quest For Glory II posted:

I'm pretty sure it's just a python script.

Well that's boring

# ? Feb 24, 2014 02:13

Admiral H. Curtiss: May 11, 2010; I think there are a bunch of people who can create trailing images. I know some who could do this as if they were just going out for a stroll.

boredsatellite posted:

What are they doing here? Where are they going?

I think they're going for Mt. Moon but I have no idea how they ended up here that way.

# ? Feb 24, 2014 02:14

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Amidiri posted:

I'm not even sure what they're trying to accomplish anymore. Are they heading to Seafoam?

boredsatellite posted:

What are they doing here? Where are they going?

I think they're trying to get to the daycare so they can drop off a Pokemon there, and then they'll just be able to spam 'a' to get Zapdos out of the PC.

# ? Feb 24, 2014 02:16

Rei_: May 16, 2004; The difference between confinement and rest is a shift in perspective

CraigK posted:

Welcome to "A Bunch Of Bored Nerds with IRC Bots Play Pokemon"

If you actually look a vast majority of any system votes are just being done by bots now. Somewhere Max Weber is giggling in his loving grave.

edit: That tipped my hand as someone doing an MA in the humanities at lot harder than I wanted it to.

Rei_ fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Feb 24, 2014

# ? Feb 24, 2014 02:16

Rhycool: Jul 15, 2012

Enilev posted:

I think they're trying to get to the daycare so they can drop off a Pokemon there, and then they'll just be able to spam 'a' to get Zapdos out of the PC.

And as always, it'll be a joy to see how everything goes predictably wrong in an unpredictable manner.

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Reiley: Dec 16, 2007

I wasn't sure if those numbers were the program giving unique names a numerical ID or if those are the actual names but if all those names are <name><number string> then they're obviously all bots.

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