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r/place was a collaborative project and social experiment hosted on Reddit on April Fools' Day 2017 and repeated again on April Fools' Day 2022. The experiment was based in a subreddit witt the same name, in which individual users could place a single colored pixel on an online canvas of one million ( | r/place was a collaborative project and social experiment hosted on Reddit on April Fools' Day 2017 and repeated again on April Fools' Day 2022. The experiment was based in a subreddit witt the same name, in which individual users could place a single colored pixel on an online canvas of one million (1000x1000) pixel squares, and wait a certain amount of time before placing another. | ||
In 2017, the waiting time varied from 5 to 20 minutes throughout the experiment, and the user could choose their pixel's color from a palette of sixteen colors. In the 2022 edition, the canvas was eventually expanded to four million ( | In 2017, the waiting time varied from 5 to 20 minutes throughout the experiment, and the user could choose their pixel's color from a palette of sixteen colors. In the 2022 edition, the canvas was eventually expanded to four million (2000x2000) pixel squares, and the palette gradually gained sixteen more colors for a total of 32.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/place</ref> | ||
On July 19, 2023, following the huge success of the last canvas edition and the recent turmoil on Reddit, the r/place subreddit announced the decision to reinstate the third edition of the canvas. Next day, at around 16:10 local time (14:10 UTC), the canvas opened to everyone.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/153vw8z/better_late_than_never/ </ref> | On July 19, 2023, following the huge success of the last canvas edition and the recent turmoil on Reddit, the r/place subreddit announced the decision to reinstate the third edition of the canvas. Next day, at around 16:10 local time (14:10 UTC), the canvas opened to everyone.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/153vw8z/better_late_than_never/ </ref> | ||
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==== Canvas expansion & r/pMegu alliance ==== | ==== 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 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 (a character from the anime series Konosuba) 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. | |||
==== Xqc's attack ==== | ==== Xqc's attack ==== | ||