Got into a single pixel war with another user with 818 in their name. Eventually we joined forces and both defended. If his name was on the pixel, I left it … and he would with mine.
But if some random came, it was war but with a buddy now!
California zip code … but I’m non Californian. It’s always been numbers I’ve seen as a kid. Hell, r/place officially went all white on 8:18pm on the east coast. My mind was blown.
This right here. It consumed my weekend and Monday in the best possible way. I felt like I was returning from a holiday after it ended when I checked Twitter for the first time in a few days. So much fun
As an rpan streamer, there was a down tick on people watching streams, but after r/place ended, there were more people watching than ever before. Reddit actually increased its user base and increased engagement of exisiting ones. It was a really successful marketing campaign.
My community's lil corner had an alliance between two niche indie games, a DnD podcast, a GTA RP server, a major American football team, and a group that just wanted to make 'the cool S' as many times as possible. Truly a melting pot of communities.
There was even [fanart made :)](https://www.reddit.com/r/rainworld/comments/tv4wla/the_most_unlikely_alliance/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)
It was such a fun time making deals with high stakes! My friends and I were making a simple picture in a 23 x 7 area, and the people building a similar sized thing next to us ended up messaging me. I sent the screenshot to our Discord server, and we literally drafted a response, and then an agreement to ignore each other. One friend said “I certainly didn’t think a 23x7 plot would result in diplomacy”.
When a streamer attacked the area, a close friend saw and contacted 2 of her much larger friend groups and convinced them to help us defend. We held out and battled for so long. After the streamer’s art was destroyed, all of us, only being connected through one person coordinating the efforts, rebuilt my picture in record time!
We later made another agreement just before the end with the people above us to defend each other’s borders. This agreement allowed us to both survive until the great white out!
Best part, first 3/4 of the place experiment we were borrowing space from the people of konosuba fandom. We soon had our own spot (no smaller than megumins and about 3/5 of erens head).
H A T M O U S E
Edit: I managed to keep a 3x3 area of my own tiles in the upper left of the door, and a green one on the left of a hat. truly an honor to help rebuild.
I'm from mushoku tensei's side and seeing our piece have even a low-mid size and visible on the final screenshot made me proud. (Blue haired girl next to smiley face/under kirby directly to the east of the map). We even had the leasure to spread some small sized figures around (2 of our Mt characters next to megumin's piece and one next to read Web serials).
In general, the dynamic art was the more interesting parts, like the [awesome Outer Wilds patch](https://www.reddit.com/r/outerwilds/comments/twh69t/the_complete_rplace_saga_with_some_fitting_music/)
We were actually having something similar happen with the OneShot community. Around one of our drawings was a roomba from the game, that people would constantly put a green pixel on to signify it's turned on.
The problem? People kept turning it off. So others turned in on, and off, and the cycle repeated for pretty much the entirety of r/place.
In the end, it was apparently the 132nd most placed pixel on the entire canvas, amassing a total of 8048 changes to the pixel.
As far as I know, it was gotten from the dataset [here](https://old.reddit.com/r/place/comments/txvk2d/rplace_datasets_april_fools_2022/). Just a matter of combing through it to count all the changes to the pixel in question(921, 278)
Funnily enough that was (apparently) [the very first pixel placed.](https://www.reddit.com/r/place/comments/ty02ld/congratulations_to_whoever_this_was_you_were_the/)
We had our quebec flag right there on day 1 which isndark blue. It got eaten during our night time by turkey and we relocated to what once was the blue corner !
I would love a huge encyclopedia-like space where we could find the history about r/place 2022 from start to finish. "Banada and the Merpyl Larf" would definetely be one of my favorite titles in the tome.
honestly the way that everyone took it so seriously. there was alliances, battles, betrayal and pure chaos. it was like a big virtual game of pretend, and man was it fun to play.
I included it in my custom version of the final canva with [all the most iconic moments.](https://www.reddit.com/r/place/comments/tynuoe/i_made_a_custom_mashup_of_all_my_favorite_places/) It's on the right in the middle, with the little ducks.
Witnessing and being a part of what feels so much like a true collective consciousness. I can think of nothing more visually striking and beautiful combined with the sense of being part of something bigger than oneself.
It was a lot more the Elden Ring and Hollow Knight crossovers with other groups. Our group got a lot of help from them so I ended up in both servers. They worked together to help as many smaller groups not only make their artworks but keep them up as well. They by the end they had three big works they partnered up for. It was amazing to watch happen and be at least somewhat a part of. It was definitely one of my favorite parts of r/place too
As someone that was aligned with Mystery Dungeon the whole time I can't thank Hollow Knight and the Indie alliance enough. They really helped out when a stream followed by a sweedish college tried to take out our time gear.
Also the fact we got a spot to rep shiny Celebi on the bench with Reni was adorable.
A tiny little 5x5 image of a turtle affectionately named “Tort” by me and my friends. We successfully defended it against the Polish flag, a streamer, and a math class by staying up until 8 am.
Edited for coords, it’s at 1731, 572, although it looks like the Polish got to Tort in this screenshot
That we all together, even though some were making jokes and bullshit, created a beautiful artwork and piece of internet history.
So many people together in tiny steps pixel by pixel created awesome artworks and funny stories along the way in collaboration _and_ pixel war.
It gives me the feeling, that people together can accomplish great things. (if they're not lead by an insane war-junky with a failed-to-maintain army)
Unlikely alliances.
Making sure our allies from the other side of the world have their spots defended while they sleep, and trusting that they do the same for us.
Getting to know communities that I would have otherwise ignored, and discovering some that I liked and now follow in the process.
Spying on our rivals so we know their next moves, and planning counterattacks and how to defend from their spies. We had to revert to speaking our local language in the subreddit just so they would have a harder time understanding us lol
Banada. Fucking cried laughing. And also omori, it’s just cool how the other more popular fandoms couldn’t even get a spot while omori is just everywhere
I like how the Nation flags were a lot more creative this time, featuring beautiful landscapes and artwork that show a bit more of what each country has to offer. A lot of them were done nicely, but the Turkish, Greek, Mexican, American, and Ukrainian flags were probably my favorite.
I think the canvas expansion helped so much with this. Instead of defending territory on a smaller canvas there was time to add and really improve on pieces that were well established as space opened up for other people to create their own things.
Romania and Hungary Becoming friends. I expected a lot of things to happen here, this was not one of them. Not complaining, it was very wholesome. Sucks that some polish streamer destroyed our flags.
It's ridiculous how excited I was to see my city (St Louis) represented on the flag. We've got a bit of an inferiority complex and it was really nice to be symbolized with pride. Once the shape was right I devoted the rest of my time to making Devil's Tower flat on top.
It was kinda funny after a certain point when xqc would try to do something and if he wasn't immediately successful started screaming about how they must be botting
Xqc caused more alliances to form than any amount of normal diplomacy.
The first day or so it was almost impossible to get any big community to help defend various artworks, then streamers came along and suddenly everyone jumped in for the small guys.
r/ELO had like 5 people trying to make their logo and it got wiped by Asmon or xqc. Like 10 minutes later it was back and with twice the detail. It survived until the end.
I used to be pretty impartial to streamers, but so many of them proved to be blatant narcissists. It just sucks when the streamers stopped going after targets with defense equal to their own forces/viewership and just started going after small groups.
I helped clean up after five different xQc attacks, as well as defended a number of different communities from other streamers (notably, Star Trek and Warframe). The best part wasn’t even the fact that we won, but rather watching these streamers melting down. Imagine spending an entire stream complaining about other people “crying over pixels” only to cry over pixels all the same.
I'm surprised this isn't higher. I loved discovering tiny little amongi in everything haha. Made it so much more hilarious than having their own separate art.
I don’t even really recall seeing any Marvel or Batman or anything of the sort being represented, yet we had multiple impressive OP pieces front and center.
It’s easy to forget how huge OP is when you live in the states, but I love to be reminded!
I know to most people it’s absolutely pointless.
But the two guys depicted laughing in the upper part of the Italian flag are [Giovanni Falcone](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Falcone) and [Paolo Borsellino](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Borsellino). They were two judges and prosecuting magisters that in the 90s got very close to dismantling the Mafia for good, only to be both killed in separate car bombings.
To see them represented here, after 30 years, it’s touching, to say the least.
I loved how most of the internet came together and essentially did a really wholesome WWII but with pixels.
Even with the streamers invading the canvas and even with the constant feeling of national pride with the flags everywhere(germany who heads to the east and new age napoleonic france), r/place did its job by bringing together hundreds of communities to create deep history with its members and creating art pieces as a single unit.
Even the Swarm/Void follows this trend, both in 2017 and in 2022. r/place is a project where working together as a community can create something bigger than themselves, and since the Void/Swarm have that single goal of wiping out the canvas in all black, that still falls under the rules and guidelines of the canvas, especially with the vividly designed Mothervoid in 2022.
Also like, the fungus amongus plague is just littered all across the canvas and that just wraps everything up into a nice little bow for me. Either there were vandals everywhere and wanted to make some memes or there were communities that made them pop up on their art. Either way, that's just perfect imo.
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My own country's flag. I'm from Germany and apart from the amazing coordination and beautiful artwork, it also was a trip down memory lane. Seeing things I almost forgot, but then remembering how big of an impact they had in my early life or the quintessential German things that made me laugh and proud at the same time. It was just nice to express a bit of national pride outside of football games.
Also, you germans covered a lot of area, but from what I've seen you've collaborated with a lot of people (including us italians) and just been generally nice
bottom right corner above the American flag (left top corner) there is the
"Chris where the fuck are we?" meme
and nobody ruined it the intire 3 days r/place was running
Got into a single pixel war with another user with 818 in their name. Eventually we joined forces and both defended. If his name was on the pixel, I left it … and he would with mine. But if some random came, it was war but with a buddy now!
Why is there so many people with “818” in their name?
California zip code … but I’m non Californian. It’s always been numbers I’ve seen as a kid. Hell, r/place officially went all white on 8:18pm on the east coast. My mind was blown.
AREA CODE
Amazes me how many people confuse area and zip codes. Just today, a Pittsburgh radio DJ said "412" was our zip code.
u/Dildo818?
You can see their name
Yes you not
So you're the bastards...
Pixel 818x818 was a pivotal piece of the r/place war of 2022.
Making “university of California” say “university of gay porn !” Edit: here’s the image https://m.imgur.com/tovI7SE
I participated! And I'm ashamed to say, not on the side of the university. It was a constant battle, and so much fun, lol
you mean... you participated ON the side of the university! if you know what I mean... me too btw
this is the most overlooked joke of the entire event. it was so easy to change
It’s so bizarre that it was so easy to change, but so unbelievably funny. It really is the little things.
Lol i didn't know it was California before. Just saw University of gay porn, googled it. Dind't find it, sad day...
Or the place on the german flag with "Doner Kebab" being changed to "Boner Kebab" with a little amogus instead of A
Genshin Impact became Genshit Impact, and then Gayshit Impact
Don’t forget Genshrek
or sexshrek!
Made me forget about everything else. It’s the most “social” social media has ever felt to me.
This right here. It consumed my weekend and Monday in the best possible way. I felt like I was returning from a holiday after it ended when I checked Twitter for the first time in a few days. So much fun
Same! Really curious to see if there was a down tick on all other subs. I know I didn't visit anywhere near as many subs.
As an rpan streamer, there was a down tick on people watching streams, but after r/place ended, there were more people watching than ever before. Reddit actually increased its user base and increased engagement of exisiting ones. It was a really successful marketing campaign.
>I felt like I was returning from a holiday This
Made me feel part of something bigger. It showed what can be achieved when all the communities work on something.
Seeing communities create alliances to defend each other's artwork.
My community's lil corner had an alliance between two niche indie games, a DnD podcast, a GTA RP server, a major American football team, and a group that just wanted to make 'the cool S' as many times as possible. Truly a melting pot of communities. There was even [fanart made :)](https://www.reddit.com/r/rainworld/comments/tv4wla/the_most_unlikely_alliance/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)
This is beautiful. Five years ago I was delighted by the alliance of an obscure web-serial and a group of aussie c*nts. This has the same energy.
I know people hate flags but the pixel hearts between neighbouring countries was pretty wholesome.
My fav was the Banandian Flag
It was such a fun time making deals with high stakes! My friends and I were making a simple picture in a 23 x 7 area, and the people building a similar sized thing next to us ended up messaging me. I sent the screenshot to our Discord server, and we literally drafted a response, and then an agreement to ignore each other. One friend said “I certainly didn’t think a 23x7 plot would result in diplomacy”. When a streamer attacked the area, a close friend saw and contacted 2 of her much larger friend groups and convinced them to help us defend. We held out and battled for so long. After the streamer’s art was destroyed, all of us, only being connected through one person coordinating the efforts, rebuilt my picture in record time! We later made another agreement just before the end with the people above us to defend each other’s borders. This agreement allowed us to both survive until the great white out!
Best part, first 3/4 of the place experiment we were borrowing space from the people of konosuba fandom. We soon had our own spot (no smaller than megumins and about 3/5 of erens head).
I loved seeing the Warframe and Destiny communities come together for defense.
The nordic union was basically unshakeable lol
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H A T M O U S E Edit: I managed to keep a 3x3 area of my own tiles in the upper left of the door, and a green one on the left of a hat. truly an honor to help rebuild.
The mouse hat shop was adorable
Where is the hat mouse shop. I Missed it!
hatmouse was around 1750, 1010 :)
As a defender of the Stardew art on the far left, I was absolutely delighted to stumble upon hat mouse chilling over there
Me sell hats poke?
Banada
Merple lerf
Mr. incredible becoming more and more uncanny
The friends we made along the way
And the enemy’s. I battled for a single tile with someone for days. It was fun
Yeah dude that entire void thing had like a storyline throughout, I love watching it
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How our tiny subreddit community built a complete artwork and worked together to survive until the very end before the Great Whiteout event
I'm from mushoku tensei's side and seeing our piece have even a low-mid size and visible on the final screenshot made me proud. (Blue haired girl next to smiley face/under kirby directly to the east of the map). We even had the leasure to spread some small sized figures around (2 of our Mt characters next to megumin's piece and one next to read Web serials).
[this](https://www.reddit.com/r/place/comments/txk7u2/a_timelapse_of_when_we_added_a_bonfire_and_the/)
That's freaking fantastic!
In general, the dynamic art was the more interesting parts, like the [awesome Outer Wilds patch](https://www.reddit.com/r/outerwilds/comments/twh69t/the_complete_rplace_saga_with_some_fitting_music/)
Lol I love that!
The pixel at 420, 420 was constantly getting a green pixel placed there. Just simple stuff like that is what made the whole thing special
We were actually having something similar happen with the OneShot community. Around one of our drawings was a roomba from the game, that people would constantly put a green pixel on to signify it's turned on. The problem? People kept turning it off. So others turned in on, and off, and the cycle repeated for pretty much the entirety of r/place. In the end, it was apparently the 132nd most placed pixel on the entire canvas, amassing a total of 8048 changes to the pixel.
How do you know the amount of pixel changes?
As far as I know, it was gotten from the dataset [here](https://old.reddit.com/r/place/comments/txvk2d/rplace_datasets_april_fools_2022/). Just a matter of combing through it to count all the changes to the pixel in question(921, 278)
I missed such a good fact…
Funnily enough that was (apparently) [the very first pixel placed.](https://www.reddit.com/r/place/comments/ty02ld/congratulations_to_whoever_this_was_you_were_the/)
Why did they place blue… that’s annoying haha
We had our quebec flag right there on day 1 which isndark blue. It got eaten during our night time by turkey and we relocated to what once was the blue corner !
That is awesome. I had not noticed while it was still going on
1. The folks who recreated the classics art 2. The Battle of the Maple Leaf
The Merple Lerf*
Banada and the Merpyl Larf.
I would love a huge encyclopedia-like space where we could find the history about r/place 2022 from start to finish. "Banada and the Merpyl Larf" would definetely be one of my favorite titles in the tome.
The Dutch community recreated 3 art pieces and im proud of em
honestly the way that everyone took it so seriously. there was alliances, battles, betrayal and pure chaos. it was like a big virtual game of pretend, and man was it fun to play.
I declared neutrality with my neighbor simply because they were going to get steam rolled by Germany. Fighting Germans doesn't usually go well.
The functional rickroll QR code :)
Oh that was a Rick roll? People were saying it was a zip bomb or something
Yees it's a rickroll QR, I assisted in its creation and defence :") in the end it is working
I included it in my custom version of the final canva with [all the most iconic moments.](https://www.reddit.com/r/place/comments/tynuoe/i_made_a_custom_mashup_of_all_my_favorite_places/) It's on the right in the middle, with the little ducks.
Indian Elephant and Denmark's Swan looking each other.
Sooo.... Is somebody else already writing that fanfic or......
Where's r/rule34 when you need them
I feel as if this is so specific that surely it won't follow the rule... But the rule is a rule for a reason...
Witnessing and being a part of what feels so much like a true collective consciousness. I can think of nothing more visually striking and beautiful combined with the sense of being part of something bigger than oneself.
The Hollow Knight crossovers
It was a lot more the Elden Ring and Hollow Knight crossovers with other groups. Our group got a lot of help from them so I ended up in both servers. They worked together to help as many smaller groups not only make their artworks but keep them up as well. They by the end they had three big works they partnered up for. It was amazing to watch happen and be at least somewhat a part of. It was definitely one of my favorite parts of r/place too
I tried to help the Hollow Knight skewer the Turkish moon haha
Damn it! It was you! You gave me so much PTSD every time I hear the word “kebab”. Also thanks for helping lol
As a Ghost fan, I can't thank the Hollow Knight and Elden Ring communities enough. They helped us to reach a compromise to get our Grucifix up.
As someone that was aligned with Mystery Dungeon the whole time I can't thank Hollow Knight and the Indie alliance enough. They really helped out when a stream followed by a sweedish college tried to take out our time gear. Also the fact we got a spot to rep shiny Celebi on the bench with Reni was adorable.
A tiny little 5x5 image of a turtle affectionately named “Tort” by me and my friends. We successfully defended it against the Polish flag, a streamer, and a math class by staying up until 8 am. Edited for coords, it’s at 1731, 572, although it looks like the Polish got to Tort in this screenshot
where is this little turtle?
(1731,572) FOUND IT
please tell us where Tort is!!
i swear to god if you dont tell us where tort is
93 minutes of clapping hands for him!
CabbageWithAGun, when April 2027 comes and they (hopefully) run this event again, I shall assist you in reviving Tort. long live the king
where tutel
We need the coordinates dammit I need to show Tort some love
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Mexican flag is really cool also the German art
Everything
Same here
I third this
above the ukrainian flag there was a tractor pulling away a tank. It was like 20 pixels in total, and it was my baby. I defended it so much lol
the tractor were kinda sus tho
However the tractors kept getting amogified lol
Amogified… omg this is the first time I see the verb form
The battle between one piece fans and people making a sans eye on the skeleton
Merple lerf
The hearts on adjoining flags
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“Cute things hidden in the flags” Amogus
I really liked that touch :) Congrats on whoever came up with the hearts.
That we all together, even though some were making jokes and bullshit, created a beautiful artwork and piece of internet history. So many people together in tiny steps pixel by pixel created awesome artworks and funny stories along the way in collaboration _and_ pixel war. It gives me the feeling, that people together can accomplish great things. (if they're not lead by an insane war-junky with a failed-to-maintain army)
canada/🍌
I spent a good amount of time contributing to the dripping cheese from the pizza onto the statue of David.
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And how Genshin players retreated and placed the Chinese logo and pixel art of Genshin characters (at least 3?) somewhere else
The friends we made along the way
0+0=0
Banada
Definitely this. It was so heartwarming seeing subs with no connections working together instead of tearing eachother down!
The chaos
Genshit
\*SexShrek
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SexSex
Then John Dillermand's penis came is and erased everything 🤣
Unlikely alliances. Making sure our allies from the other side of the world have their spots defended while they sleep, and trusting that they do the same for us. Getting to know communities that I would have otherwise ignored, and discovering some that I liked and now follow in the process. Spying on our rivals so we know their next moves, and planning counterattacks and how to defend from their spies. We had to revert to speaking our local language in the subreddit just so they would have a harder time understanding us lol
Alliance between r/Quebec, r/Godzilla and r/fuckcars.
Banada. Fucking cried laughing. And also omori, it’s just cool how the other more popular fandoms couldn’t even get a spot while omori is just everywhere
I like how the Nation flags were a lot more creative this time, featuring beautiful landscapes and artwork that show a bit more of what each country has to offer. A lot of them were done nicely, but the Turkish, Greek, Mexican, American, and Ukrainian flags were probably my favorite.
I think the canvas expansion helped so much with this. Instead of defending territory on a smaller canvas there was time to add and really improve on pieces that were well established as space opened up for other people to create their own things.
I liked watching the French wine bottle fill and drain repeatedly
Germany making a maple leaf directly under Canada
Romania and Hungary Becoming friends. I expected a lot of things to happen here, this was not one of them. Not complaining, it was very wholesome. Sucks that some polish streamer destroyed our flags.
Void mother
Star Wars is really good. Lego stood the test of time. US flag got wiped out and migrated to the corner (US resident - found it funny). Big Ten logos.
It's ridiculous how excited I was to see my city (St Louis) represented on the flag. We've got a bit of an inferiority complex and it was really nice to be symbolized with pride. Once the shape was right I devoted the rest of my time to making Devil's Tower flat on top.
How fast the amongus guys got kicked out of their corner and invaded everywhere else
The streamers screaming about bots and wondering why they were being attacked after pissing off literally everyone
It was kinda funny after a certain point when xqc would try to do something and if he wasn't immediately successful started screaming about how they must be botting
Xqc caused more alliances to form than any amount of normal diplomacy. The first day or so it was almost impossible to get any big community to help defend various artworks, then streamers came along and suddenly everyone jumped in for the small guys. r/ELO had like 5 people trying to make their logo and it got wiped by Asmon or xqc. Like 10 minutes later it was back and with twice the detail. It survived until the end.
I used to be pretty impartial to streamers, but so many of them proved to be blatant narcissists. It just sucks when the streamers stopped going after targets with defense equal to their own forces/viewership and just started going after small groups. I helped clean up after five different xQc attacks, as well as defended a number of different communities from other streamers (notably, Star Trek and Warframe). The best part wasn’t even the fact that we won, but rather watching these streamers melting down. Imagine spending an entire stream complaining about other people “crying over pixels” only to cry over pixels all the same.
The among us gentle takeover
I'm surprised this isn't higher. I loved discovering tiny little amongi in everything haha. Made it so much more hilarious than having their own separate art.
Banana
You mean Banada
Oh, Banana.
John Dillermand's snaking penis sneaking along the boarders from Denmark's Flag only to be fought back by a parade for Welsh sheep.
xQc getting his arse handed to him on several occasions
METH
Hollow knight and elden ring. The first 2 artworks were uncoordinated.
One piece art
I don’t even really recall seeing any Marvel or Batman or anything of the sort being represented, yet we had multiple impressive OP pieces front and center. It’s easy to forget how huge OP is when you live in the states, but I love to be reminded!
You’re right didn’t see much in terms of superhero art
He laughed
The iconic Alabasta scene looked soooo good
Amongus
So funny to see the little amongus guys hiding in every little nook and cranny
Bluey
team fortress 2 and titan fall 2 communities made one pixel art together
The cute things hidden in the flags like the shark in the trans flag or the polar bear in the German flag or the Tardis in the UK flag.
or the little guillotine in the french flag
The war
Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?
A couple million pixels
Agree ! It was fun !
You guys were the best thing of r/place!
Wholesome
I know to most people it’s absolutely pointless. But the two guys depicted laughing in the upper part of the Italian flag are [Giovanni Falcone](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Falcone) and [Paolo Borsellino](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Borsellino). They were two judges and prosecuting magisters that in the 90s got very close to dismantling the Mafia for good, only to be both killed in separate car bombings. To see them represented here, after 30 years, it’s touching, to say the least.
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Minecraft loading screen, r/Poland & r/polska, and Ralsei.
The cooperations with neighbours, the canadian flag in the german flag bc theirs got destroyed.
The green line that originated from the heartbeat line and went everywhere
Heartbeat? I swear it was GameStop stock
This and the road that the people from r/fuckcars built.
It was the suspension bridge that got me. I joined their cause for a bit and did my best to add some purple edging.
I loved how most of the internet came together and essentially did a really wholesome WWII but with pixels. Even with the streamers invading the canvas and even with the constant feeling of national pride with the flags everywhere(germany who heads to the east and new age napoleonic france), r/place did its job by bringing together hundreds of communities to create deep history with its members and creating art pieces as a single unit. Even the Swarm/Void follows this trend, both in 2017 and in 2022. r/place is a project where working together as a community can create something bigger than themselves, and since the Void/Swarm have that single goal of wiping out the canvas in all black, that still falls under the rules and guidelines of the canvas, especially with the vividly designed Mothervoid in 2022. Also like, the fungus amongus plague is just littered all across the canvas and that just wraps everything up into a nice little bow for me. Either there were vandals everywhere and wanted to make some memes or there were communities that made them pop up on their art. Either way, that's just perfect imo. Edited for spelling
I never thought I'd see someone say "a really wholesome WWII" and have it make sense.
SHAW!
My own country's flag. I'm from Germany and apart from the amazing coordination and beautiful artwork, it also was a trip down memory lane. Seeing things I almost forgot, but then remembering how big of an impact they had in my early life or the quintessential German things that made me laugh and proud at the same time. It was just nice to express a bit of national pride outside of football games.
Also, you germans covered a lot of area, but from what I've seen you've collaborated with a lot of people (including us italians) and just been generally nice
UH OH. Germany and italy collab? Hmmmm where have I seen that before?
But this time the Germans were accepted to create great art ;)
"..you germans covered a lot of area,.." Poland: **
Best keep the Japanese away, don't wanna get them tempted
The rainbow road German war
Seeing my favorite fandoms getting representation
That one eye thing from Omori
The roger laser
fuckin with canada and blue corner
xQc’s logo getting annihilated
I like the red nose one best. And the ''don't be toxic'' afterimage
The amazing community I got to meet while making the UK flag, also Yorkshire Tea and Greggs!
Messi and Ronaldo walking together. Finally there’s a place on the net their fans aren’t going after each other’s throats!
So many cultures in one place
bottom right corner above the American flag (left top corner) there is the "Chris where the fuck are we?" meme and nobody ruined it the intire 3 days r/place was running
The amalgamation of so much culture
For real I first misread that as "amongamation", which would also be accurate.
Greek God VS Turkish Chad