Reddit r/Place 2022 Event Comes to an End

The Reddit r/place 2022 event, which glued countries, streamers, and gamers all over the world to their computers for the past several days, has finally come to an end. Streamers held out until the final seconds, wanting to protect their creations both for themselves and for their countries. Large teams were formed, countless pieces of pixel art were drawn, and the entire canvas ended up covered in pixel art made by every country involved. Reddit, which hosted a genuinely beautiful sight, also brought people from different countries together under one roof. What happened on r/place Reddit 2022? Which were the best pieces of art?

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What Happened on r/Place Reddit 2022?

The event, which began on April 1, 2022 as a social experiment (it first started back in 2017), quickly drew in a huge number of people once streamers got involved. Some streamers created their own logos, while others drew their countries' flags and symbols. There were also people who created pixel art of game and cartoon characters, movie characters, political figures, and paintings by famous painters. Streamers made each of these pieces of pixel art by teaming up and placing tiles on the canvas together.

Turkish War of Independence Movement

Of course, some minor incidents also occurred during the event. Some streamers wanted to destroy other pieces of pixel art and replace them with their own. In particular, the event's main flashpoint was streamer xQc attacking the Turkish flag and Turkish artwork. Elraenn and other Turkish streamers banded together and, with a total of 125,000 people, launched a fight back. In the end, the defense of the Turkish artwork was praised by many other countries.

How Did r/Place Reddit 2022 End?

To bring the event to a close, Reddit let users rework the massive artwork they had built pixel by pixel using only white pixels. With this "you can erase what you made yourself" approach, some corners of the community wondered whether this was meant to send a message. The message some read into it was this: "We're the ones who start and beautify this world, and we're the ones who destroy it too." One of the r/Place admin users also posted the following message as a farewell to the r/Place subreddit.

"Maybe the real art was the friends we made along the way."

"Maybe the real art was the friends we made along the way."

We at Gamer Papers extend our endless thanks to the Reddit admins who gave us these meaningful messages, and especially to you, our valued users in Türkiye who protected your creations like the apple of your eye, for giving us this wonderful experience. Through this kind of community effort, Türkiye once again showed its strength to the nations of the world. Here's hoping we can show this same solidarity on every occasion.

What Are the Best r/Place Reddit 2022 Artworks?

Works such as a portrait of Atatürk, Fil Necati, the flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the Pqueen emblem, Anıtkabir, the Turkish flag, the BBL logo, Barış Manço, the French flag, the Mona Lisa, Star Wars, The Tortoise Trainer, and the Enough image left their mark on the event.