One of the coolest parts of Twitch has been the rise of the “Twitch Plays” category, featuring a bunch of Twitch viewers taking on a game through remote inputs.<\/p>\n
We’ve seen them battle their way through all of the Pokemon titles and Dark Souls, but how would they perform in a more traditional game?<\/p>\n
It turns out pretty well, as Twitch viewers beat British Grandmaster Simon Williams, reports RockPaperShotgun<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n “Williams won the first two games, the second of which he was blindfolded for and keeping track of proceedings in his head.”<\/p>\n “However, in the third game \u2013 in which he was facing off against the collective will of 600 people, he lost”.<\/p>\n How did they do it? It’s more than likely that several of the viewers were running algorithms of their own in order to determine the best moves.<\/p>\n You can watch the full stream below:<\/p>\n