Livestreamer rigs up Borg-like collective of 6,000 gamers to play Pokémon

If 6,000 gamers were put in a room with an infinite amount of time, would they eventually beat Pokémon?

The heat death of the universe may come before we have the answer to that puzzling question, but that’s not stopping a bunch of fans from trying. Right now, over 6,000 gamers are collectively playing the original Pokémon on gameplay livestreaming site Twitch. How are they all playing at the same time? Well, someone set it up so that when people input a command into Twitch’s chat (like “up” or “A”) that gets relayed to the game itself.