Update: And to top it all off, the leader of Celadon City’s Grass-type gym has just been defeated. Rainbow Badge received!
Another week has passed, so what’s happening in the social media experiment that Twitter is playing Pokémon Red… inside a talented programmer’s avatar? Well, read on!
After defeating Cerulean City leader Misty of the Water Gymnasium, Twitter climbed on the SSAnne in Vermilion City and took on its former rival Blue. According to reports (via the Disagreement channel for this experiment on social media), The Twitter party was not in the best condition to fight everyone on board and did not bother to heal before the big game. Fortunately, it was a relatively easy battle with Fearow, now known as “CHAD”, which eventually gave a super-effective battle against Blue’s Ivysaur.
Not long after this HM01 (Cut) was acquired, and a few days after the big win against Misty, Twitter allowed Vermilion’s gym leader, lt. Surge, avoid Electric. Despite all the odds, Twitter was able to solve the Gym’s mystery with the first attempt, and he quickly worked on the coaches’ main floor. In the fight against Lt Surge, Twitter hosted the Geodude of the Rock series. It wiped out the entire party of Surge and defeated his last pocket monster, Raichu, in one hit. The reward, of course, was the Thunder Badge.
Since then, Twitter has been acquired by Diglett Cave, acquired HM05 (Flash), developed a Geodude and Oddish, made its way through Rock Tunnel, and recently achieved HM02 (Fly) and achieved a free Eevee.
The current party consists of a Level 27 Fearow (CHAD), Level 27 Graveler (ABBPRI), Level 30 Wartortle (AMAYBE), Level 28 Alakazam, Level 22 Gloom (Curse) and a Level 25 Eevee (DHY).
So there are three badges at the time of writing – who knows what Twitter will achieve in the game by the end of next week. Are you as impressed as we are with the progress the internet has made so far as it plays into someone’s Twitter avatar? Leave a comment below and for more feedback on this wild social media experiment, check out last week’s post.