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Twitch Plays is a strange beast. You’d think that allowing loads of viewers in Twitch chat control all the actions in a video game might be a disaster, and yet the hivemind never seems to disappoint. Twitch chat has tackled Pokémon,(kinda) beat Dark Souls, and they even managedto beat a chess grandmasterat his own game. But now they’ve taken to the skies inMicrosoft Flight Simulator, managing to perform a barrel roll and even land a plane together.Over the weekend, game developer Rami Ismail of Dutch indie duo Vlambeer (who recently announced they’re going their separate ways), held Twitch PlaysMicrosoft Flight Simulatorover onhis Twitch channel.The key to the success of this was probably that the chat wasn’t quite as large as your typical Twitch Plays events. Even still, it’s no small feat that the viewers managed to pilot a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner around for an entire hour, with a successful take-off and landing. Sure, there may have beensome arguments about whether or not they should just crash the plane, but it all worked out in the end. They even managed a cheeky barrel roll.“Twitch Plays Flight Simulator” is insane, I cannot believe we survived this maneuverhttps://t.co/w9SGR4aFswpic.twitter.com/hPql7iSGRs— theGunrun (@theGunrun)September 13, 2020To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsCatch the full flight below, if you like. Twitch Plays' journey took them from Košice, Slovakia and back again, and honestly I’m impressed with how organised chat was in getting it done.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsFlight Sim has loads more good stuff going on - from playersfixing broken monuments with the help of Google maps, to mods thatplonk Godzilla in San Francisco Bay.

Twitch Plays is a strange beast. You’d think that allowing loads of viewers in Twitch chat control all the actions in a video game might be a disaster, and yet the hivemind never seems to disappoint. Twitch chat has tackled Pokémon,(kinda) beat Dark Souls, and they even managedto beat a chess grandmasterat his own game. But now they’ve taken to the skies inMicrosoft Flight Simulator, managing to perform a barrel roll and even land a plane together.Over the weekend, game developer Rami Ismail of Dutch indie duo Vlambeer (who recently announced they’re going their separate ways), held Twitch PlaysMicrosoft Flight Simulatorover onhis Twitch channel.The key to the success of this was probably that the chat wasn’t quite as large as your typical Twitch Plays events. Even still, it’s no small feat that the viewers managed to pilot a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner around for an entire hour, with a successful take-off and landing. Sure, there may have beensome arguments about whether or not they should just crash the plane, but it all worked out in the end. They even managed a cheeky barrel roll.“Twitch Plays Flight Simulator” is insane, I cannot believe we survived this maneuverhttps://t.co/w9SGR4aFswpic.twitter.com/hPql7iSGRs— theGunrun (@theGunrun)September 13, 2020To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsCatch the full flight below, if you like. Twitch Plays' journey took them from Košice, Slovakia and back again, and honestly I’m impressed with how organised chat was in getting it done.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settingsFlight Sim has loads more good stuff going on - from playersfixing broken monuments with the help of Google maps, to mods thatplonk Godzilla in San Francisco Bay.

Twitch Plays is a strange beast. You’d think that allowing loads of viewers in Twitch chat control all the actions in a video game might be a disaster, and yet the hivemind never seems to disappoint. Twitch chat has tackled Pokémon,(kinda) beat Dark Souls, and they even managedto beat a chess grandmasterat his own game. But now they’ve taken to the skies inMicrosoft Flight Simulator, managing to perform a barrel roll and even land a plane together.

Over the weekend, game developer Rami Ismail of Dutch indie duo Vlambeer (who recently announced they’re going their separate ways), held Twitch PlaysMicrosoft Flight Simulatorover onhis Twitch channel.

The key to the success of this was probably that the chat wasn’t quite as large as your typical Twitch Plays events. Even still, it’s no small feat that the viewers managed to pilot a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner around for an entire hour, with a successful take-off and landing. Sure, there may have beensome arguments about whether or not they should just crash the plane, but it all worked out in the end. They even managed a cheeky barrel roll.

“Twitch Plays Flight Simulator” is insane, I cannot believe we survived this maneuverhttps://t.co/w9SGR4aFswpic.twitter.com/hPql7iSGRs— theGunrun (@theGunrun)September 13, 2020

“Twitch Plays Flight Simulator” is insane, I cannot believe we survived this maneuverhttps://t.co/w9SGR4aFswpic.twitter.com/hPql7iSGRs

— theGunrun (@theGunrun)September 13, 2020

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Catch the full flight below, if you like. Twitch Plays' journey took them from Košice, Slovakia and back again, and honestly I’m impressed with how organised chat was in getting it done.

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Flight Sim has loads more good stuff going on - from playersfixing broken monuments with the help of Google maps, to mods thatplonk Godzilla in San Francisco Bay.