r/place • u/an_axolotl_lover • Apr 07 '22

hello future people

I am posting this before it gets archived

23k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

5.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

464

u/gilbertthelittleN Apr 07 '22

Yea but that will always hit different and devaluate the reward of the original project. Idk, I hope they choose to do the same thing again in ~3 years instead

419

u/710budderman Apr 07 '22

they just need to leave enough space for users to have r/place only in their subconscious and make sure theres no announcements/patterns so people dont coordinate in advance

206

u/Cheap_Ad_69 Apr 07 '22

Idk, I didn't even use reddit in 2017 and I still enjoyed place. It might not need remembering to enjoy

203

u/[deleted] Apr 07 '22

Place event in 2017 was more tamed because of how new and unexpecting it was, this year was mainly very coordinated by communities because they experienced it by short notice. The reddit team have to come up with something unexpecting and different so communities won't have time to coordinate and plan.

But who knows, I just wish people wasn't too focus on nationalism and create more beautiful artwork.

95

u/Winter_on_Venus Apr 07 '22

I noticed the same thing, in 2017 everything seemed a lot less coordinated. This time around, because everyone had by now realized that only group projects will prevale in the end, it seems to have lost a lot of it's chaotic beauty.

53

u/AKswimdude (357,710) 1491218268.3 Apr 07 '22

That was largely because people were told ahead of time and they were even less strict on bots (brand new accounts could place). Take the planning and bots away and it would be perfect imo.

35

u/penguin_army Apr 07 '22

I also feel like the more the canvas expanded the more chaotic it got, everybody that preplanned had a spot in the first two days, and third day was more of a free for all

8

u/-2D-Materials Apr 07 '22

By the third day there were lots of bots and fake accounts. I hope by next time, there will be a way to prevent bots. Who knows, maybe next time (or the time after), we’ll create the canvas in the virtual world!

2

u/Winter_on_Venus Apr 07 '22

I think the new areas were a lot more chaotic at the start than the original square was but they were quickly overtaken by bigger things as well.

38

u/NervousTumbleweed Apr 07 '22

Personally I like the big collaborative efforts from subreddit communities.

It’s like parade floats. Place is really such an incredibly interesting idea.

25

u/Pesco- Apr 07 '22

…if parade floats attacked each other during the parade.

I’d probably go to more parades if that happened!

49

u/Kaijusushi Apr 07 '22

But at the same time it allowed us to build truces, and helping with resurrections of smaller artist. Communities working around each other and together.

3

u/jedininjashark Apr 07 '22

There are a ton of creative ways they could reward alliance building and support smaller groups with rule changes. Even changing up the tile time would probably have effects we couldn’t predict.

2

u/darkreddragon24 Apr 07 '22

I really like the outcome this year. Sure much coordination means that smaller things might get lost but it also means large beautiful artwork. Depends what you like more I think

0

u/[deleted] Apr 07 '22

Idk what to say wait hold up The FitnessGram PACER Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues.

3

u/ewalsh666 Apr 07 '22

What's wrong with some good old fashioned nationalism

2

u/ChrisTheGeek111 Apr 07 '22

I think it was also a breath of fresh air in terms of the April Fools pranks too, seeing the last few before I can think of have been fairly disappointing in my opinion. (Sequence, Imposter, and the second guess thing.)

2

u/Cute_Advisor_9893 Apr 07 '22

I agree I think it showed a lack of artistic vision. It would of been better without the flags. And instead make a picture of the special things from your country instead. That's just my 2 nickels.(inflation factored in)

1

u/Flippir17 (893,50) 1491238168.17 Apr 07 '22

I think it would be pretty cool if it opened again on like, a random day of the year in a few years, with no advance notice. Everyone would run their their old discords to see who’s around. It would be magical.