Thoughts on TPP: The Fall of a Dictator. An Explanation
Explanation
So, could the creation of the Twitch Plays Pokémon be similar to over throwing a dictatorship?
Okay, stay with me here. In my lost blog I said about how when you play through Pokémon normally there is one mind controlling all the actions of the characters within the game. Whether it's the programmer controlling the NPCs or the player dictating in the movements and action of the main character, there is one person calling the shots.
The word 'Dictator' means some who 'behaves in autocratic way'
The word autocratic refers to a ruler with absolute power; power over the state, economy, politics, religion, the people, the lot. A dictator's word is law. But I'm sure you've got an idea of what a dictator is. We all know the famous ones. Hitler. Stalin. Sacha Baron Cohen.
But what does this have to do with TPP? One word. Revolution.
And I'm not talking about the TPP Canon Lore, AJ, Lazergator, Death of God Revolution here (But I will get there). I'm taking about the overturning of the linear playing style in favour of a new system. The Death of Pokemon. The Birth of TPP.
However you look at it, TPP isn't the Pokémon game that we all know and love. It's radically different because of the revolutionary way that it is played. The dictatorial system that we were all so comfortable with was forcibly overthrown in favour of the new way of the playing the game, where the mob/hivemind/trolls/rioters/revolutionaries/worshipers have an equal say in the way the game is played. The power is shared out among the masses.
Think about it, The Fall of Rome, The Arab Spring, The American War of Independence, The French Revolution, The Russian Revolution. Although some descended into chaos until a new social structure was put in place (government, religon, etc), all of these revolutions are example of where the masses are given the opportunity of the over throw their oppressors and completely change their world. The opportunity given to us by The Streamer.
It does just take one to change the way a world works. Yes, TPP isn't perfect. We all know that. And yes, there have been casualties, :'( But that's the piece you pay of having a voice in the masses and living/playing free of a dictatorship. And we've completed Red and Crystal which is certainly something.
And yes, we're still being channelled through the game by The Programmer, but isn't that a bit like life anyway. We are pre-programme to believe that things are meant to be finished, completed, for the story to have an end. Pokémon games, your favourite manga (Apart from Naruto ^___^) the bottle of milk in the fridge. The world itself? But hey, that's another topic for another day.
What do you guys think? It is TPP the first in a new revolution of way to play? Have we overthrown our oppressors? And will playing Pokémon ever be the same again?
Let me know
Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoyed it. FireRed will be up soon so fingered crossed will be able to smash the Hoenn Pokémon League and set A free from the voices in her head.
^____^
Start9. Start9. SelectBRA. 'Forgot Ice Beam and Learnt Hidden Power'
Praise Helix. Live the Revolution. Viva la TPP.