Editing The r/place Romanian Trollface (section)

=== 2022 ===
==== Preparation for r/place 2022 ====
It isn't known when the OKPR v2 server was first notified about this event (although on the opening day the server members were already aware a few hours before the start), nor who was the first person to announce the server about this experiment. It is certainly known that [[RomanianMemer|Mihailul]], Netflix's son and Edward were some of the event initiators.

==== Independent attempts ====
[[File:2vpYCzKp2Q.png|thumb|200px|A meme showing the unfinished Romanian trollface and the advancing Ukrainian flag, whose creators are depicted as hungry pigs. This image represents the earliest known depiction by an OKPR member of the trollface's drawing progress.]]
The canvas was opened to the public at 13:00 UTC. There wasn't an immediate response from the OKPR server, as the members have not decided what to draw. After brief dscussions, everybody agreed on drawing the well-known subreddit symbol, the Romanian trollface. Mihailul created the first and only sketch of the pixelated trollface, which will become the official one. The design was prepared and the members were ready. All they needed was a place to begin.

After some 90 minutes, it was proposed to create the artwork at around the coordinates <code>785,530</code>, and so it began the first attempt. There were some fears about the brutal advancement of the Ukrainian flag towards the trollface, but the project didn't stop. Eventually at around 15:30 UTC, while the chin of the trollface was completed, the flag was next to our artwork, bringing with it certain death.<ref name="2022_atlas_5">https://2022.place-atlas.stefanocoding.me/#/5/785/530/10</ref> It didn't last long for the trollface to be covered by blue and yellow pixels, lowering the morale of OKPR members at the moment.

There was a second attempt at recreating the OKPR symbol, although there are currently no direct evidences or media files to prove it. One thing for sure is that the second iteration would have been recreated near the Foxhole artwork, as some members have suggested. While working on the first attempt, there were already some Reddit users creating another pixelated trollface at coordinates <code>650,620</code>,<ref name="2022_atlas_5" /> that eventually would be casted under the shadow of the [https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets r/wallstreetbets] artwork.<ref name="2022_atlas_7">https://2022.place-atlas.stefanocoding.me/#/7/650/620/10</ref> It was also discussed to draw the trollface somewhere near the transgender flag, which laid a few pixels above the Ukrainian flag, but this didn't materialize due to the high risk of being griefed again.

==== Canvas expansion & r/pMegu alliance ====
On the second day at around 16:30 UTC, following the huge wave of redditors joining r/place, the canvas expanded to the right, adding another 1000x1000 pixels. This was the perfect opportunity to revive the project and draw the trollface once again. It was redrawn at coordinates <code>1690,175</code> and the second attempt finished in an hour, but this achievement did not last long as a new challenge arose. 

r/pMegu, a Reddit subreddit focused on recreating Megumin (one of the main characters from the anime series Konosuba)<ref>https://konosuba.fandom.com/wiki/Megumin</ref> on r/place canvas, decided to draw her next to the trollface. The initial plan provided for Megumin's staff to be drawn right to the coordinates where OKPR's artwork was located. Thus it followed a series of attacks from r/pMegu that OKPR members faced for several hours, until around 20:30 UTC when the latter gave up and the artwork was completely griefed.

As a result of this troubled situation, OKPR members tried to keep in touch with r/pMegu members, with some of the former joining the latter's server as diplomats. There were some long discussions with pMegu members that ended well due to the peaceful intentions of both communities, eventually leading to the formation of an alliance that lasted throughout the rest of the event. Following this agreement, on the third day, at about 9:30 UTC, the third attempt of drawing the trollface started with the support of pMegu members,<ref name="2022_atlas_89">https://2022.place-atlas.stefanocoding.me/#/89/1690/195/7</ref> being finished in less than an hour.

==== Xqc's attack ====
[[File:Screen Shot 2022-04-04 at 4.02.07 PM.png|thumb|250px|A diagram showing all the griefing instances made by Twitch streamers up until April 4]]

==== Poland's invasion ====