Can Twitch Chat beat A SINGLE LEVEL of Mario 64? - Summary

Summary

The video features a streamer, DougDoug, attempting to beat a level of Super Mario 64 using only commands from Twitch chat. After multiple failed attempts and various plan changes, the chat is eventually able to beat the level "Peach's Slide" using a combination of coordinated commands and a system where different users control different actions based on the first letter of their username or if they have been to Disneyland. The successful completion of the level takes around 5 hours and multiple attempts.

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1. The host, Doug, attempts to beat a level of Mario 64 using Twitch chat commands.
2. Over 300 people participated in the attempt.
3. To set this up, Doug wrote some Python code that translates messages in Twitch chat to actual game commands.
4. The goal was to collectively beat a single level of the game, specifically Peach's Slide level.
5. Peach's Slide level was chosen because it is relatively short and has the least 3D movement.
6. It took almost 30 minutes for Twitch chat to get Mario to the beginning of the video game.
7. A normal 3D level was deemed too difficult, so the slide level was the best option.
8. To beat the slide level, Twitch chat needed to have one star.
9. Doug took over to get the first star for Twitch chat.
10. With one star, everything was in place to play and beat the slide level.
11. A two-phase team plan was devised to coordinate the viewers' movements.
12. The plan involved organizing viewers into different teams and responsibilities based on the first letter of their username.
13. The plan was later modified to only allow light left and light right movements.
14. The modified plan was nearly perfect and only needed a few more tries to finally get the victory.
15. The attempt took around 5 hours, with hundreds of failures and seven different plans.
16. The host recommends using a controller instead of Twitch chat commands to play Mario 64.