r/place: an Incomplete History (2017)

Take a look for yourself:
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[@themcbobgorge]

A lot of people are commenting, asking if I'm going to remake this video for 2022. The answer is no, I don't think place is as organic or interesting this time around, although it is still fun. Other people out there will no doubt make similar videos, once the dust has settled I'll share my favorite here.

[@frafrakyky6049]

Yeah everyone is so angry over someone taking over their place in the canvas. There's barely no change over the course of the event except for some exciting parts here and there on some few hours that occurred. It was so exciting before cuz' there's always war happening and not much of that today.

[@anaclarissabandico6309]

22 minutes ago moment

[@ImBozz]

Dude wasted his moment to shine cuz its 'not organic' lmaoo ☠

[@faerie6209]

I'm not sure i agree that this place was less organic (bar the botting) but i understand not making a video. In many ways this place was largely similar to 2017, just on a larger canvas with different factions and cultural trends. It was an absolute blast to partake in though.

[@Ttegegg]

Cmon man. People would like it

[@bythefireside9447]

>makes German flag >immediately expands into neighboring France You cant make this shit up

[@asdf-gx4gh]

>greentext on youtube

[@afroman849]

would have been funny as fuck if france just turned into a white flag right away

[@hellothere_1257]

Actually, it's much better than that: 1. Germany invades France 2. France rebuilds itself after being invaded 3. Germany and France finally make peace, forming the EU 4. Other European countries join in on the EU idea and start building their flags nearby 5. The EU is going pretty strong but has lots of infighting because there are at least three different designs for how the stars are supposed to look. 6. Other countries, especially Italy and Spain keep accusing France and Germany of trying to control the EU by hogging all the prime space near the EU flag. Literally all of this matches real history so closely it's seriously uncanny.

[@rodger3352]

Xdddd

[@rodger3352]

@@hellothere_1257 lol

[@LomiKo]

I'm still salty that I missed this

[@plben8343]

me2

[@seanmunis82]

Zer0 / My friend showed it to me the day it started it was lit

[@divide3116]

there is a new project pxls spce or something is the website

[@JordanBeagle]

Zer0 / You missed this! ; )

[@Dero_Zero]

same

[@IvailoStoychev]

This image of r/place should be a physical image and to be put into a time capsule to be opened 50 years from now

[@noobo569]

Yes

[@ryderscott8217]

And then 50 years from now they can make another r/place

[@rickypham9453]

I like to think everything on the internet is a time capsule

[@AZCaveMan480]

No one cares about reddit tho

[@thymetravler4911]

AZCaveMan yet ur watching?

[@taureon_]

"Germany felt bad for invading france the fourth time in mordern history" lmao hahahaha

[@DisguisedRory]

r/de tried to defend the french flag against the r/all mob. after the all mob moved on, the french tried to get the territory back and the people from r/europe decided to make a EU flag between them

[@IndigenousRealGuy]

@@w花b it’s probably the Franco-Prussian War

[@Kaiserboo1871]

First Time: Victory Second Time: Defeat Third Time: Victory?

[@wuznab5109]

When Germany takes over France and they retreat.

[@kabouterlui5935]

WuzNab OoF

[@winglol879]

Story repeats itself *Again*

[@steph77491]

But this time france counter attack

[@maryland7586]

I caught a glimpse of ppl drawing the Cross of Lorraine on the new french flag, paying homage to Free/Exiled France during WW2 lol

[@wandloafkitler9640]

We shall win

[@brickbrother11]

I find it just hilarious that the German flag engulfed and invaded the French flag, but then created the European Union flag in the middle.

[@sb9246]

@K4nler That is 1 to 1 recreation of history

[@Adhjie]

@K4nler the enemy of your enemy is my friend

[@CeeJayTheeQueen]

France surrendered but they moved north in a flash.

[@PixelBytesPixelArtist]

*4chan makes the void* *void attacks the trans flag* I see what you did there 4chan

[@DragonSparks]

It's interesting that they let it be there for a while before deciding to cover it last.

[@LlZARD25]

the hero we needed

[@nojatha4637]

4chan is a beautiful place of chaos. In contrast to the chaos, they also have order and work together.

[@seantaggart7382]

*Well i guess they really didnt mean that but hey PART OF CHARACTER SHHH*

[@seantaggart7382]

@@nojatha4637 Yes because seriously look at some of the internet search teams man they are good

[@kyy3724]

"germany invaded france, and france escaped to the north" sounds familiar

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

Well Dunkirk was mostly British evacuations. Very few French escaped during Dunkirk itself. The French stayed to defend for the mostly British retreat. French volunteers from Vichy France went to the UK to form the Free French forces, which is after Dunkirk.

[@cazed1]

Does no one realize r/place is said or means 'Our Place'

[@yunghart]

One Eyed Monky omg. Nobody has said that before and I just realized it. That’s actually deep.

[@kadiboudacz5500]

R is pronounced Our

[@derpplayer2292]

Hour is pronounced r

[@derpplayer2292]

@Military History is a joke

[@waterderp7477]

Holy shit

[@thekeibotconcept3119]

Towards the end of /r/place the Void disguised itself as Rainbow Road and tried to take over the American Flag, causing Rainbow Road to team up with American Flag to defend it. That was my favourite part of the whole thing, the defenses and alliances.

[@thetrashman5381]

That was legendary. r/AFlagInPlace and r/The_Donald recreated Fort McHenry and held that flag up. My other favorite part is how the Ohio State fans ninja'd two pixels onto the Michigan "Go Blue" to turn it into "Go Bloe". Such clever shit!

[@milesgaunt6767]

the void pretended to be a lot of subreddits- rainbow road, bronies, sweden, etc

[@vacciniumaugustifolium1420]

Usa flag*

[@deftrascal1626]

The strategy of disguising yourself was honestly genius

[@4shi10]

The KeiBot Concept As a member of the void, Yes, that was what we did.

[@luukas6063]

"The german flag was the second to appear after Argentina" Finland's flag to the right of Argentina: Am I a joke to you?

[@ls200076]

@Manuel Salokangas Finnish

[@alvarez7779]

This reminds me of 2b2t, a completely free and fully explorable server on Minecraft that, like the place, had many colonies and wars and tribes and stuff. The map also had a huge water corner that was over a mile in Minecraft blocks wide. 2b2t still exists, but has a non freedom server.

[@moth6966]

ThE oLdEsT AnArChY sErVeR oN mInEcRaFt

[@sheeloesreallycool]

my vegetable romance oh no

[@youpviver6773]

Nope, it’s still anarchy

[@pie6029]

@@moth6966 *FitMC intesifies*

[@Topunito]

Fun fact, the 2b2t logo was built inside the dark side of the moon cover art but was destroyed briefly after.

[@Centzzzz]

i like how millions of peoples works together to form something cool .. like the German flag invansion haha

[@bigsoap186]

CenTz I wish they made canada

[@random_guy8098]

Wir deutschen sind wie immer im krieg am start

[@funkys7229]

At least they didn't made the USSR flag.

[@laROSEetLOLIVIER]

ELITOS Burritos well I have good news for you

[@edvinkarlstrom5672]

Unexploited 5572 They made the USSR flag. On the left side

[@lastinspace2103]

better than real history 11/10

[@themcbobgorge]

Joe Wals if only it lasted another week or so...

[@KevJac]

xD

[@andreidanilov9925]

They should make it a monthly thing imo

[@danielgorzel7222]

I don't think so,the rarity of it makes it so cool.

[@andreidanilov9925]

twoja stara Maybe every half a year then? Even though I do not think monthly is that frequent

[@arandomzoomer4837]

I actually kinda like the idea of the void. It sounds so ominous, and it rallied people together to fight back against it

[@veryimportantreview9250]

A lot like Ukraine! Slave Ukrayini! Слава Україні! It will be great to see r/place make a comeback this year! 4•1•2022

[@arandomzoomer4837]

@@veryimportantreview9250 God bless America and our Ukrainian homies lol. Javelins make short work of tanks

[@Dovark]

@@veryimportantreview9250 holy shit you predicted it

[@vicious99]

Common enemy

[@certifiedapeist4651]

@@veryimportantreview9250 you Ukrainian neo-nazis will be slaughtered, you have already lost so much land to Russia!

[@spencerwhite3400]

It absolutely blows my mind that individuals, clicking once every 5 minutes, can create the complex stuff that was made.

[@IscariotHeartwork]

I want a version with unlimited clicks. Absolute chaos.

[@SebLeFrenchie]

Reaper Panda it would be technically hard to do man, they posted a technical post abt how they built it, espc in the backend

[@WZen0]

Bots would spam the shit out if it

[@potatogamer1877]

Search OWOP

[@potatogamer1877]

It exists

[@adrianbeli3076]

Pixelplace.io its the most active one

[@snooderblade315]

Im suprised that you didnt cover anything about the great Swedish, Norwegian and Dutch Union that took up the entire northern part of the canvas.

[@themcbobgorge]

+Snooderblade that was next on the list, fist real release of two countries working together.

[@ross-ij6qn]

Or Slovakia and Czech republic which was Czechoslovakia till the early 90's, we built a road between them to symbolize our brotherhood.

[@unoriginalenby4311]

the dutch just put their national anthem on it, and now it is in r/place forever

[@Fleurig-xr5mm]

Hidde Vente The Dutch anthem, the flag, the king and queen, national animal, bikes and the national weapon lol

[@jhonnoilcringeincarnato8593]

themcbobgorge im surprised that you didn't cover anything about the brony faction that where considered one the most numerous and the most cordinated of the factions

[@Killbayne]

2:49 I love how there was a tiny Österreich (Austria) that immediately got eaten up by Germany

[@Saztog1425]

Jokes aside, this entire project is genuinely one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.

[@overthelight1914]

I wish there were more places like the original r/place, were a sense of community was strong

[@potatogamer1877]

OWOP

[@drendex7384]

Not even related to r/place. Get out.

[@potatogamer1877]

@@drendex7384 It's painting too. Pixels. It may not be similar, but looks similar. So shut up and YOU get out.

[@RisingOnion]

@@drendex7384 QWOP is the game, not sure what OWOP, qwop is with the q

[@drendex7384]

Then he should've said qwop

[@pixxel8637]

+1 background music

[@oyveyshalom]

s a d b o y s

[@twr4555]

pixxel Kyoto

[@jacobstraut5601]

pixxel The void wasn't from 4chan. That was just one subreddit that decided to do that. But it was resisted because others hated it.

[@DaDARKPass]

all of the blue corner remained. it just was filled with art

[@skitini1]

Lil Jeep its gatorade g

[@whitehonda2874]

“Germany expanded and invaded France and France had to move north to escape. The Germans felt bad about invading France for the 4th time in history so they built a eu flag.”

[@arandomcrusaderonjerusalem5840]

Grandson:did you join a war? Grandpa:yes Grandson:what war? Grandpa:the war of the blue corner

[@deadheadok14]

Proud to be a part of this great social experiment. I was a defender of the American flag when the void tried to invade

[@tarkka6145]

Thank you for your service

[@evasoru1254]

Barry B Benson Do you have PTSD?

[@lindabailey2701]

BARRY THE AMERICAN FRONT WILL SALUTE AND CHANT YOUR NAME (gives medal of honor)

[@chadangeles3856]

ew america is fucking succ

[@xai8666]

A true American hero

[@Aristas-zd5vd]

Wait...did the million dollar homepage owner actually sell all the pixels?

[@CaptainMug]

Yea he did, some pixels for even more than $1 per pixel... I think he gained about 1.2 mil, but thats just from the top of my head lol google it....

[@LomiKo]

Oh my god...

[@TwiggehTV]

Wow, gratz to that dude for his stroke of genius & luck

[@CaptainMug]

Lets not talk about the dude who became "sleeping rich"... He literally just livestreamed himself sleeping all day (with occasional bathroom breaks) and earned a lot of money due to advertisements.

[@ViktorLox]

nick mccord he did it to pay for university I believe

[@asgerchristensen2362]

2:00 = bender covered in blue: "This is fine"

[@fatyoshi7621]

Bruh you mean bender

[@asgerchristensen2362]

The legendary wolf nah

[@Donnerino]

The defense of the American Flag against the Void will remain probably one of the most patriotic moments on r/place in my opinion.

[@xavierrodriguez2463]

LeTrollFace21 personally, fuck the U.S.

[@BrandoMan]

Xavier Rodriguez So silly

[@YGK-tu8cy]

Xavier Rodriguez Let the salt flow over you

[@Peusterokos1]

I can't say Im a big fan of America myself, but dang you guys America'd the fuck out of the void. You guys did amazing.

[@nuclearmonster8084]

Ah yes let the rage flow through you my child

[@ward3898]

1:41 I love how the rainbow violates Heeman in the top left

[@Emblazened]

4:47 OSU! GOT SOME RESPECT UP IN HERE!!

[@alexnsiw]

c l i c k t h e c i r c l e s

[@jexiagalleta4712]

@@alexnsiw t o t h e b e a t

[@HaristheBosniak]

Absolute HIME moment

[@FFILLEN]

Absolutely loved the raid

[@shivanshiit-jee5537]

W E L C O M E T O O S U

[@trendgaming4276]

ITS COMING BACK BABY!!! OSU LOGO HERE WE GO AGAIN

[@5tr4nge75]

No mention of the far left side? That little bit of red was more fought over than anywhere else on place.

[@ATP980]

David Alexander I missed it but which one was fought harder, the far left or osu?

[@5tr4nge75]

Definitely TFLS, osu was just bots, TFLS was real people.

[@astraspec]

David Alexander Not bots People like me replenished it and the main people even had a discord

[@bastiboyza]

>osu >not bots Pick one

[@bastiboyza]

It was fucking gigantic too. Never was taken over, they must have had a "Special Strategy"

[@misteridiot]

"Felt bad for invading France for the fourth time in history..." I lolled.

[@MrBaconandlegs]

I love watching these and remembering it, I feel like /r/placehearts always gets left out of the retellings though. There was a whole conflict with the French which ended with us creating themed hearts. Eventually that set a standard for whenever our "territory" crossed other factions. Placehearts represented a pretty sizable portion of the canvas.

[@semotari311]

Rainbow: Persian Empire Blue Corner: Roman Empire The Void: The Mongols

[@Supershadow301]

2:50 WWII in a nutshell.

[@issober0110]

Lul

[@Malos_]

SEIN VATERLAND MUSS GROSSER SEIN

[@dinandv1178]

Ye France had to sadly retreat to German teritory

[@jonamedhatten]

Okay so you have a historylesson and do not mention the biggest flag on the canvas, Sweden, that is way bigger than Germany. You also didn't mention the green lattice, which was the only real challenger to the blue corner and rainbowroad in the beginning, and ended with more covered space than the blue corner

[@themcbobgorge]

+jonamedhatten Sweden is the thumbnail!

[@protonjinx]

Sweden FTW

[@TrocaTheNero]

CARL GUSTAF THE KNUGEN ON IT AS WELL

[@emPtysp4ce]

Or the covenant between /r/sweden and /r/maryland over flag placement that still stands to this day

[@hekipeki]

only time i want to learn history

[@kyleduddleston4123]

I love how the American flag was the center of attention and was almost destroyed, but old faithful survived.

[@Bruss390]

And we’re back

[@kolovip1]

nothing about comeback of great green lattice? DISAPPOINTED

[@Cedarium]

Yeah cmon

[@senif684]

Vizirrr *disaPOINTED!!!!!! It's a joke from the guy that yells DISAPPOINTED like disa, POINTED!!!

[@ayelmao4258]

2:52 *WW2*

[@AKASkobble]

A capsule of time of old memes, conflict, teams, and betrayal. Germany invades France then makes the EU as the void consumes... Truly a masterpiece for all to see...

[@thingsareabouttogetgrusome5092]

Germany invaded France, France had to move north to avoid further invasion, After a few fights they formed the eu, This is so accurate.

[@ItsDevinJ]

Every r/place videos: Random colors in the middle. The Middle: I am pee pee

[@ias8961]

IT'S BACK. TIME TO COMPLETE THIS MASTERPIECE

[@sogeking6680]

/r/Formula1 fought hard against the black hole but we were defeated. We quietly took our place below the infamous Falcons 27-3 Patriots scoreboard top left.

[@AceOfBlackjack]

Us bronys got involved when we wanted to create a brony themed f1 car as a gift

[@SRPhantoms]

I just realized that if this were to even occur again or continue from the leaving point, then this whole thing won't have that feel to it, like that sense of accomplishment you get for getting such a great product the first time you do something.

[@slugofborg6532]

It would also definitely be full of scripters the second time around.

[@jagerzaku9160]

You were right, it was shit.

[@f4fphantomii468]

I Love how Germany just attacked and then Allied with France. And then they build the "EU".

[@helpmereach690subscribers3]

France: babe come over! Germany: can’t. France: I have uninvaded land... Germany: 2:52

[@g-9175]

I love how the people started to turn the void on the dark side of the moon cover, Genius

[@cdf360]

This is a fantastic video. Excellent work

[@themcbobgorge]

cdf360 thank

[@glucky9046]

*Reddit doesn't go big on april fools jokes* mhm. just like at this timeline 2005 Unknown 2006 Unknown 2007 Unknown 2008 Every front page video redirected you to the rick roll 2009 Everything looks like Digg. Redigg. 2010 Everyone's got admin 2011 Reddit Mold 2012 /r/timereddits 2013 /r/periwinkle /r/orangered 2014 /r/headdit 2015 /r/thebutton 2016 /r/joinrobin 2017 /r/place

[@muhammadhussain356]

What happened in 2018, I missed it

[@Imilmano]

2019: r/sequence

[@BowieProYT]

Muhammad Hussain circle of trust

[@seantaggart7382]

Ok 2020 R/PLACE *_2.0_*

[@bleach9508]

2018: r/woooosh 2019: r/hentai

[@iszatso]

It’s a shame the dark side of the moon cover never got finished, that would have been awesome

[@uff5657]

3:00 i love how hes talking so monotone all the time but at this moment when he sayed "they formed the eu" he couldnt hold himself

[@yugiboy3927]

When Germany invaded France “WW3 has started”

[@hugo57k91]

"German flag was second to appear after Argetina" HMMMMMMMMMMMM

[@oonflore]

I've had this in my recommendations many times but only this time I realized you got Gud beats as background music. Awesome :)

[@ogi1337]

Is that Kyoto I hear in the background? truly amazing

[@Nate-wf5hk]

Yung Gud’s production is so good

[@dariff5840]

The start of the universe.

[@technidol2617]

At least the UT community survived. Poor azzy thou. The mlp and UT community were literally hugging each other for survival.

[@joshuaareta2001]

yep plus the halo on top and the tiny tardis on the side we joined forces trying to protect each other

[@verminbones]

I like how the moment Germany noticed France, they shot straight at it

[@plasticballs]

(video starts) (zooms in on the "DREDDIT IS RECRUITING" area) (video ends)

[@iiovemiku]

forgot to mention the voids impersonation of rainbow road to pave over and attack on the american flag, then the real rainbow road joining forces with the american flag to take over the voids attack and the fake rainbow road.

[@cyrilrenault2592]

Being french i cried without knowing if it was laughter or sadness when the german flag took over the french one

[@thetruth3068]

I can already feel someone is going to sell it as NFF

[@cyril6277]

In Russia, The biggest social network Vkontakte started basically the same thing as r/place, it's called VK Pixel Battle, and its annual since 2017, you can look it up and see some timelapses, its funny how the twitch streamers in russia are ruling the Pixel Battle, but in r/place, there's no one specific ruler, but just some people that have united because they had the same interests.

[@vesselsel]

Holy sh*t r/place is an awesome idea! I really like the result! I will use it as a wallpaper lol

[@hibba6629]

this video was so enjoyable to watch good job dude!

[@themcbobgorge]

+Hibba glad you liked it!

[@TheMattsem]

Oh my God I was living under the stone for 4 years

[@maiamaya6083]

XD

[@uncoolbob9653]

1:00 I like how the first thing the internet did when they where given the ability to make drawings was to make a penis. Truly man kind at its peak

[@itsmikemccall]

You can't just miss out a story on the Windows start bar, We collaborated with many teams to incorporate designs as one team

[@borisshirvanian1120]

I'm just imagining a screen but as a painting in your house and just people being able to edit it, it will probably wont end well

[@SluggardRaccoon]

This is actually amazing. TONS of people got together and made a dope ass art piece. I wanna hang that on my wall to indicate coming together. Shits crazy

[@sirbossk]

Man, I was thoroughly obsessed with this thing for the entire 72 hours. I really wish I could experience that for the first time again.

[@Spongyboi897]

It's back!

[@demoknight.]

Okay, of all the things KZbin has been recomending me, this is by far the most impressive shit I've ever seen on this platform. Man, KZbin's recommendations are weird but I cannot say that I hate it.

[@holo379]

Almost as much history as.... THE OLDEST ANARCHY-

[@epicpeegaming2438]

ABushInDisguise the oldest anarchy server on minecraft

[@bacjam6139]

How rainbow road interacted with other art was so fascinating such a large and creative group working together with everyone

[@jorgnyoa3561]

The best part in my opinion. Is norway and sweden having their flags beside eachother. Making a heart.

[@maeple8699]

Teacher: Ok, class. Pick a event in history that you would like to research. You may have groups. Me and the intellectuals: *smug reddit user noises*

[@yeeaahboii1634]

Hello from 2022! The algorithm blesses you.

[@sfisher923]

One thing i loved that Homestuck and Madoka Magica got along and they have common Plot Elements as well

[@cnotes4254]

3:04 I love how the mustard looks like its dripping off the sausage.

[@apacheattackhelicopter5823]

This reminds me of the *OLDEST ANARCHY SERVER IN MINECRAFT*

[@davishatler1874]

I love how, in the end, it was filled with beauty and art, despite being controlled by the Internet

[@Valentina-rj7pf]

Watching back on this is so nostalgic. I was apart of the Red Corner, and then the Darth Plageous The Wise. It's fun looking back on these days :)

[@michaelpolsinelli641]

this is like an alternate history that i love

[@thegrammarcrusader4085]

Was definatly recommended this after watching RTgame's new video.

[@Adenyar1]

Do me, I'mma do me

[@themcbobgorge]

+Aden bitch I grind bitch I grind

[@Sean-kc4ob]

themcbobgorge S A D B O Y S see me in the club, with it tatted on my chest

[@thomaswilson5195]

Fuck the rest we the best

[@nathanquan8781]

I’m wario when I’m in Mario kart

[@zacharyb9636]

The way the void spread out looked so cool

[@Sirkolakola]

GOOD VIDEO, AMAZING BACKGROUND MUSIC

[@sp00tnik26]

-When 2b2t updates to be 2D- Woah this is like 2b2t but its reddit edition

[@griffinmyers6618]

Twitch has taken over

[@CrazyGorillaXyt]

This is my first time seeing this. This is absolutely beautiful. Legendary.

[@arstotzka333]

Theres second r/place on reddit thats gonna end this day

[@guywhosellsvapes4595]

It's like watching bacteria grow.

[@sophie6878]

I love the German French war with the outcome being the EU. So wholesome

[@jonathonferrell4944]

Respect you for the background music. +1 sub

[@Vskord]

ive finally found this video again after 5 years

[@jamesonsmith3567]

5 years later, r/place is back!