The r/place Romanian Trollface: Difference between revisions

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">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.

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 les than an hour.

Unexpectedly, the server membership count grew at an exponential rate, bringing with it both Romanian and foreign members from tens of different comunities and subreddits involved in r/place. Some of the Romanian communities that helped were r/placeromania, the PixelRO Discord server, the IRaphahell fandom and r/Romania. The server focused on maintaining the Romanian flag and protecting the artworks of the allied communities, without it being easy for them. The server faced many challenges, such as the Brazilian and 'Fuck spez' assault of the first flag or Bratishkinoff griefing the second flag. The server also got much more popularity thanks to Romanian streamers like IRaphahell and Highman, although they weren't helping the PlaceRO's cause.