PC Shuffle

The PC Shuffle is a term given to periods of time where little is accomplished and the stream merely moves their party around within the PC. Usually, releases are performed in the midst of a Shuffle. PC Shuffles usually occur when trying to retrieve a Pokemon deemed desirable or necessary or when trying to deposit a Pokemon that is deemed useless or detrimental to the success of the party.

Name
The first widespread use of the phrase 'PC Shuffle' was during Twitch Plays Pokemon Emerald, and has continued since then. However, that is not to say that PC Shuffles did not occur in Gens 1 and 2. In fact, what is likely the longest continuous and certainly most dangerous PC Shuffle was Bloody Sunday, during Twitch Plays Pokemon Red.

Length
PC Shuffles can vary greatly in length. For example, Bloody Sunday was roughly 9 hours of near-continuous PC usage. In contrast, the Gator Wars were over 20 hours in which uses of the PC were separated by periods of regular gameplay.

PC Shuffles can be as short as the Release of Abby and Jay Leno or the Release of C3KO, both less than 45 minutes, or as prolonged as Bloody Sunday or the Gator Wars. Or, they can be very short and heavily conflict driven, such as Ponyta Deposit Shuffle, which was under 20 minutes, but a lot of people wanted the Mr. Mime gone for good. Some others wanted Ponyta deposited/released.

Minor PC Shuffles
†This column denotes whether the PC Shuffle was primarily caused by factions within the stream with conflicting interests. For example, Bloody Sunday was driven not by conflict but by the captured Zapdos in the PC; on the other hand, the Gator Wars were caused by differing opinions on how to deal with LazorGator's overlevelling.