The Story of r/place 2022

[@JonnyRaZeR]

Originally Uploaded April 29, 2022

[@Lamboredofit]

Hey why is this is the shorts channel??

[@pneusur]

French are now ANGRY(even more)

[@Legithiro]

Pog

[@hardiystreams9878]

God thanks, I thought I was getting an reality check

[@TrainerGre3n]

​@@Lamboredofit the shorts channel is the same as the regular videos

[@kyledilbert6424]

I loved every second of participating in this event. I was one of the guys working on “nanachi”, the blue colored rabbit figure in the Ukraine flag. It originally had its own little square, but was taken over by some other guys. We fortunately came to an agreement with the guys making the Ukraine flag, a space for our little bunny, in exchange for maintenance of their flag.

[@ThatWelshGuy.]

I loved this event too although i only participated in half of it I was one of the brave defenders of the welsh flag defending against the polish who were trying to expand their own flag there were more poles than us so they won eventually

[@RocksAreEverythingInTheEnd]

BFDI!

[@bababooeyanimations]

@@RocksAreEverythingInTheEndBFDI!

[@Floppa294]

Wait blue.....GOD DAMMIT IT'S RIGG-

[@InFlightAce]

Is it in Minecraft or a website?

[@jordanandrew6382]

I was part of the Canadian group. We had a few people who jumped the gun and kept trying to expand the area we had, some were just trolling by trying to add weed leaf, and the banana lords invasion. The rest of us were just trying to rebuild constantly.

[@jordanandrew6382]

We had the flag perfect five times. Then the trolls would arrive

[@Supremely_Stupid]

@@jordanandrew6382 we also had bots destroying the flag :(

[@LawsofLuke44]

Man You guys sucked, We germans completed it in a couple minutes, meanwhile you took the entire event.

[@Anto-kb5ck]

The tales of the story recount that, sadly, you've forgot how to draw the leaf of your own flag, what a sad war againts yourself!!

[@jordanandrew6382]

@@Anto-kb5ck you have a fair point I guess.

[@Blackrider2076]

Being there for the end was wild. No one knew what was happening at first, and by the time the realization set in, you start watching everything slowly disappear into a white void.

[@pxndaa]

"We're fragile as fuck, but for some reason you still can't take us out" 💀💀

[@Swimmie]

xQc being like the Fire Nation while Moist is just enjoying his little corner and watching the war play out

[@BonkedCat]

xQc is firelord sozin and moist is Aang in the iceberg

[@Frostblitz96]

xQc attacked the MLP fandom to no avail. Harmony persists

[@XxSleepy91xX]

Just kill the fucking tranz flag already

[@BonkedCat]

@@Frostblitz96 the fire nation attacking the water tribe be like

[@Frostblitz96]

@@BonkedCat Harmony always wins in this fandom~

[@mistycle1538]

I remember fighting for the Hermitcraft community. One of the coolest things I think we did was make a nether portal that the game stop stocks went through to avoid plowing through what we had made

[@dregooon]

and then we almost got destroyed by brazil just before the 1st expansion

[@Door227]

Yo I’m late but where was the hermitcraft stuff on the overall map?

[@Arch-Vex]

as a spanish person I love that moment when the canvas expanded where we tried desperately to make another flag but everyone was like "No fuck off" and immediately when the timezone hit and most of us went to sleep it got immediately obliterated

[@SloweDogMusic]

Honestly, the osu community was a great antagonist to XQC, from a video a saw on them, they were basically making alliances with everyone, except the people who would destroy art, they were truly one of the few that were truly dedicated to making this a better experience for everyone, not just themselves.

[@somo4227]

botters

[@MikeRees]

@@somo4227 false

[@SloweDogMusic]

@@somo4227 incredibly false, for osu, apparently, this things is the most important thing for them, (besides their game) so about 80& of their playerbase will be with them on this, along with the countless amount of allies they made along the way

[@spongebread]

"Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?" "No." "I thought not. It's not a story the Jedi would tell you. It's a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis... was a Dark Lord of the Sith so powerful and so wise, he could use the Force to influence the midi-chlorians... to create... life. He had such a knowledge of the dark side, he could even keep the ones he cared about... from dying." "He could actually... save people from death?" "The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities... some consider to be unnatural." "Wh- What happened to him?" "He became so powerful, the only thing he was afraid of was... losing his power. Which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew. Then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. It's ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself." "Is it possible to learn this power?" "Not from a Jedi." ―Darth Sidious and Anakin Skywalker

[@Nguyenzander]

Why

[@G1psum]

@@NguyenzanderDuck you that’s why

[@aurelemacaigne9414]

Because

[@beedlehigh-hill5568]

The Bronies had a counter by the end for every time they got wiped and came back that ended up at something like 22

[@sunryze3318]

I was a part of the OMORI group, both sections, primarily the one in the bottom right. I formulated the designs and templates for most of the pieces. Still can't believe it but this couldn't have been done without the rest of our community.

[@DarkDOLLYumi]

was part of the technoblade community taking part and he included pictures of r/place in his last video. i miss technoblade and im so glad i was able to take part in this event

[@planetrdc]

I dont know why but the hand that said "Don't" over it slowly expanding before it consumes the entire canvas was an oddly poetic way for r/place to end. We literally have no idea who created the hand whether it was admins, hackers, just random people, or something else, it was still really cool to see.

[@krushhhh]

Late reply but it was the idea of turkish youtuber Porçay (r/burdurland) and with the help of Elraenn they made the hand and "DONT" sign just before the end.

[@TheInvisibleCactusYT]

r/place is the internet It perfectly represents everything online

[@UnableToucan]

Glad I was part of this. I was part of the celeste community and it was just so much fun. Going to different subreddits to talk with the neighbours and getting allies and making pacts We ended up being strong allies with the Dutch and Omori. It was just great fun!

[@Pixelcraftian]

Can't wait for next r/place where people have to figure out how the heck Vista's taskbar is gonna work considering it's transparent Awesome!!!! video!!!!!!

[@xaviidk]

Pls revive the Kirby animations

[@Fireyblade7]

😔

[@Ash-uv8us]

Fun fact: after the genshrek the genshin subreddit relocated with the chinese title for anonymity and it managed to get to the end without major griefing afterwards.

[@Kahve-yl6jv]

turkey destroying xqcs void with a lemon was amazing to watch

[@glitchingbee]

The funny thing is is that the bots on Canada were actually trying to fix the flag, but the algorithm couldn’t calculate the pixels correctly so it just kept getting distorted

[@Zamtrios245]

I was part of the Undertale/Deltarune part of it, thankfully we were next to OSU!, so we had an Alliance to keep our lil guys safe. (Germany taking Asriel's body not withstanding) We also kept trying to make the One Piece jolly roger (and any other skull) have the Sans Undertale eye flame.

[@MindofNooah]

as someone who was involved in the hermit heads its always so cool seeing people make videos on r/place and knowing that in the back you can see me placing pixels to fix a bunch of minecrafters heads

[@Luke-st8bc]

Sadly I wasn't part of any of it but at 10:22 and 10:34 it caught me completely off guard to see Sunny disappear from the Omori section in the bottom right

[@BenDover-sl8bs]

How did I not notice that’s a really cool detail

[@TGMons]

Imagine if they did a r/place starting on Jan 1st ending on Dec 31st aka for a whole year

[@ThePmso]

I still have the medal of "I cleaned Messi butt in r/place" that the Argentina group made for us (Portugal group). The collabs were beautiful. Other collab I helped with was the trio of writers in Portugal, Italy and Spain

[@Mikuhater]

I love how Jack manifold change the colours of the eyes on the void Demon thing, and then when it became massive, all the other eyes were multicoloured. I’m not sure if it has to do with him but probably does.

[@amastelaire]

It was the homestuck community! They tried to pqke the void resemble their fav (w/ the eyes and the horns)

[@Freke-wz7bj]

I love How belgium just got ingored and no one tried to change it

[@Metonoktaexe]

We defended the Turkish Flag, one of 3 resisters of the purple void, we wrote ENOUGH on the final expansion, we fought with the Netherlands, we put a lemon and the purple elephant. We made the peace sign and the man under it, and we made the hand inside the demon at the end. We, Turkish played a big role in 2022 r/place

[@esmemurnane4341]

the fact that silksong/hornet lasted up to the end makes me happy

[@hotdogbananaman]

I remember r/place, I remember clicking on Ludwig's stream and watching the artful chaos unfold, for I could not participate in most of it since someone else was using the home computer and I was not logged into reddit on the device I was watching the stream on. However, it was all still beautiful watching it all play out before me. I participated in the event when I could, and still have many screenshots saved of amazing artwork, and one screenshot that I took mere moments after the event had ended and you could only place white. I have screenshots of the last few pixels I placed, saving each as if they were the final one, but I kept going back for more. 'Twas a wonderful time, I loved every second of it!

[@flutefox3177]

What is the most powerful force? 1. Dark Void 2. Purple Void 3. White Void 4. France 5. Meteors

[@aquaenjoyer1612]

glad to be a part of the osu! logo and the komi, it was one of the best experiences ive had online

[@krakentoast]

Challange me: Drink a shot for every impostor you see in this video.

[@ThePmso]

You don't need all video. Only in the Portuguese sea there are 23 impostors hidden

[@H9092-2]

Was happy to take part in this for the "Read Another Web Serial" thing and r/PGTE. Fuck Worm, Read Another Web Serial!

[@ImPrettySureThisIsMax]

Meanwhile the terraria community making a giant moon lord pixel art that stayed up for the rest of the event after it was build barely ever getting hit that hard by griefers:

[@ChaosMind55]

My community (neopets) placed 3 different pixel art. A yellow kacheek telling you to feed your pets, a faerie aisha and a slorgs (those slugs next to the pink among us at 1:29)

[@xX_JarotGaming_Xx]

2:50 try focusing on that roblox character next to france

[@TheMiningMeteor]

1:40 I know this was supposed to be talking about the chess board, but my eyes instantly went to “ *P* O R N”

[@nesatcatic1303]

When the hand reaches up as a sign of death and the end was epic

[@sickojoseph9377]

The fact that even smaller countries, like Lebanon, were there. Thar was absolutely awesome!

[@PatrickJoestar0]

I remember drawing jetstream sam,such fun times

[@riddler7276]

I love the Roger picture saying “He Laughed” it looked so good and I’m glad to see it was not getting destroyed until the end

[@marster772]

I remember the end of r/place i was sitting in vc with my friends in the r/mcc alliance we were just sitting back watching the canvas slowly turn white as we listened to music and chilled, good times

[@deeznutz7255]

I hope r/place returns one day. I would say it would be cool to be here forever, but I feel like that the small amount of time we have with R/Place made it special. A small amount of time with chaos. Although it’s stupid, it’s also kind of a beautiful representation of the chaos of the internet.

[@kaydengames3341]

It is back!!!!!

[@AnOnlineDweller]

​@@kaydengames3341Although sadly just to draw attention away from the protests

[@Carnifier]

The new r/place sucks, there isn't nearly as much of cool art and communities as last year's and it's mostly filled with boring flags.

[@AnOnlineDweller]

@@Carnifier Check it out now though

[@Blackrider2076]

Bro, recreating that Kirby with Ludwig was so difficult. We had power, but there were many communities much stronger. But as you said, eventually lots the good art stood the test of time.

[@Magic-bigscary]

Gotta be one of the best Jonny razer videos

[@MandrakeGuy]

i was part of the pxls space logo, we had our own set of fun moments including being fookin DEMOLISHED by XqC, allying with osu, and being helped by Btmc somehow... i still cant quite process all of it. i swear half of the event didnt even happen 💀 was fun though.

[@MandrakeGuy]

if anything the biggest difference between last r/place and this one is *everyone is fucking horny for-* some reason

[@Your_Daily_Apple]

I love how Gol.D.Roger survived the entire thing

[@kanekaiiishoyo3378]

The war France Vs Spain is literally the greatest war of this millennia

[@rpawesomeness397]

Loved the video! Great job on it and the explanation was great :D

[@cocaineman2788]

R/place 2022 was suuuuper fun for me. I was participating to make builds for a lot of my favourite content creators like Big Moist, Rubber Ross, etc, and at the end of it all it just felt really cool to be a part of that last big finish

[@Wh1teNoise616]

I like how the void is still here but it’s used more for a force of good this time, giving room for a bunch of smaller communities to thrive.

[@PLAYER42_ready]

See that Luigi behind Mario on Rainbow ride at 13:31 the one above Sonic and Tails, fun fact: I suggested that heheh. And also, I think Australia has the smallest flag on the canvas

[@crocogator665]

I have a trophy on my Reddit account for still having a pixel placed when /r/place 2022 ended. I'm honored to be part of Reddit history with my single white pixel, which was part of the small conflict over how the eye should look like on the Bad Dragon logo (if you don't know what that is... uh, don't Google it).

[@monsterupdatewhen]

I was one of the people working on LISA: The Painful's appearance in the canvas, and we eventually got in kahoots with OMORI's sub. r/fuckcars were idiots though, never trust those fuckers if there's another r/place event. Yes, I'm still mad about it. They don't know what they're doing. We agreed to appear in their corner with the main dudes up there in the discord, they got a whole ass announcement, we said multiple times it's not a grief and they still wouldn't give up a measly 6x20 area in the lot. The place we eventually got next to OMORI was really good though, Brad was everywhere for some time. Good times.

[@ScruffyAnt]

The “let that sink in” got me rolling on the floor

[@mariea_sc]

I was fighting to keep the little Guatemalan flag in the tortilla land part. We were little and often consumed by the void but we were present and that’s what matters.

[@ToastLord2611]

6:20 still waiting for silksong

[@ThatDiamondGuy1565]

I'm glad to say I fought for a blue dog in R/Place 🪖

[@tanishqrawat6293]

This man's commentary 👏🏻

[@serzaknightcore5208]

It's funny how r/place is different depending on the point of view You mentionned france like a small event inside a pool of events, but in france we pratically only heard about the france battle. There is just so much small events, that are as interresting as the big ones, the r/place will never run out of content

[@kirachandler6289]

2:56 my friend helped make the one piece " he laughed" reference.

[@greenalien0701]

r/ place is like giving a class of five y/o free range over a mural

[@hey_dhar_mann_fam]

Wow, this was over a year ago! I remember going to school and logging on to Reddit at 8am when the event started, just to place my pixels lol. It was fun to represent some of the communities I was a part of

[@jdbtabouret.218]

Talking about Redit mods, you should do a video on this year's r/place.

[@tjgaming412]

My favourite art piece was the bad apple animation which played for a lot of the new r/place

[@eggbulb]

This whole thing was so much fun, I really hope they do it again sometime.

[@zwodderVA]

Being apart of this was the best thing ever

[@samueltrusik3251]

No mention of how everyone was bullying the bronies the entire time, and the bronies STILL stayed on the site.

[@ashdroidgamer3878]

I was excited to watch this, but the moment I saw it was from Jonny, I was like- YES

[@TheEmbrs]

Bro, I’m happy. I saw my favorite game (sea of theives) get pretty much never griefed this whole time (even though the logo was small)

[@Caliber918]

This might be my favorite video on KZbin ❤️

[@SOYSOUCSE]

I have not received my training and education on place studies as of yet, but it seems to me that no one fucked with silk song the entire time, even though it was right next to some giant events!

[@pixelemonade]

r/place 2023 is pretty cool so far too, terraria artpiece looks great and i saw the goomy earlier then the whole terraria community saw it and Incorporated it into the build which was really cool

[@thespacedingoking]

i am honestly surprised you didn't mention germany once or anything about their absolute conquest of the map and establishment as an existing power, near untouchable.

[@duggggggg]

I believe he touched on it once at the beginning but nothing huge.

[@Redprinted]

German were not that impressive compared with France, but They were still good

[@matus2506]

The end is like flashbang.

[@nataliekelly9870]

i could seriously watch a timelapse of r/place for hours just watching each area develop

[@Klezzr]

8:15 / 15:49 i was there defending that cartoon dog and boy was it cursed for a while

[@hamotin1michael160]

My favorite pieces were the two hootys one being more complete then the other

[@POPCORNITBEPOPIN]

0:06 if you look at the right middle section you can see Firey (from bfdi) right before he gets consumed by Ukraine Edit: also Leafy

[@Derpduck.]

This is better than ANY world history class.

[@stephaniequinn7398]

1:04 you can see the void creature at the bottom

[@SearaChar]

7:49 TRUTH BEAUTY AND HATRED??????? JONNY’S A MAN OF CULTURE Edit: 9:50 GRIMM???????????

[@Jason_Altea]

Never forget when xQc got punked out _multiple times_ by a bunch of weebs and circle clickers.

[@LouX453]

You forgot to mention that the spanish (or whoever was agaisnt France) were ready to use BOTS to counter us We weren't the villain, we were the defenders

[@newpatick117]

Three voids Total i think, pure void(kept continuing back), purple void(shoots around) and the white void

[@MaxLovesNascarOfficial]

It’s so funny how Canada couldn’t make their leaf and then Germany did it first try 😭

[@Lamboredofit]

2017 was 5 years ago?? Damn I'm Old...

[@Legithiro]

Six now actually

[@Lamboredofit]

@@Legithiro Damn I'm really really

[@sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555]

1:28 Who made the villager do boo-womb? Who was it?!!

[@dont_really_care0]

#4:50 SOLDIERS THE RAINBOW ROAD IS SPREADING

[@Thatviiguy-ym6dd]

14:54 look next to his left shoulder

[@conboi124]

10:11 the antagonist isn't the good guy, just the person the story is about

[@WD_RatLad]

You mean protagonist, right?

[@ManaGoober]

moral of the story: bridges = peace with half the r/place community

[@saturnsmoonies]

From 0:00 to 0:57 had the best music ever.

[@TahkodaPlaysGaming]

ITS BACK R/PLACE 2023

[@EctoEcho]

The longer videos are my favorite

[@largestudent198]

I grieved over the evisceration of a baby Yoda art I was working by the Tragedy of Darth P and knew right then that I was not fit being a father.

[@Melancholy1-23]

Probably the coolest thing in my opinion in r/place was the bad apple animation

[@Arti_adorable]

9:47 OH BOY THAT HOLLOW KNIGHT BOSS MUSIC

[@TheJackedMutant]

0:44 bfdi Firey in R/Place