Oh the memories. I actually started in the Void, went into the pony subreddit to see how they shucked off our first attack, and ended up switching sides. Guess that makes a reformed villain or something.
Things like the void are easy to engage in because of their simplicity. This gives them a simple advantage. And I actually appreciate a little conflict because it gives us something to fight for. But don't tell them that.
I know why the moderator replied with a rabbit! In christianity, Jesus dies but then rises from the dead in the days. After the three days, the day he rises is the day we celebrate easter and bunnies represent easter. So the bunny symbolizes 3 days.
I only just discovered this event just now, but I gotta say, I... I'm appalled. I'm appalled that I didn't find this sooner! This was absolutely amazing to see so many dedicated pixel artist groups forming together for a single purpose! It's things like these that make me proud that I am a brony, to see such openness with other factions and ultimately becoming united to find victory, and preserve art, that we can all enjoy.
The normal people are fine. I worked with a group that were allied to the bronies and they were all chill with them. Everyone understood that attacking for the sake of attacking is counterproductive and tactically a death sentence. It's the streamers and their countless parasocial minions that capitalized on destroying things because flashy stunts like that are good for content, and cry when things don't go their way.
You should hear about Stalingrad. The socialist subs made a USSR flag and a bunch of anarchist flags called "the far left side" and /r/the_donald and all the alt-right subs invaded and tried to destroy them. It was some of the most intense fighting in the whole event.
Fluorescent Memer the whole point of the void was to refresh everything - if an area was particularly ugly the void would take over and make it look nicer again
I would have ether been a diplomat of some sort, or maybe try to spy on neighboring artworks in case they would attack us. Could you imagine the amount of party stories someone could tell that start with the words "I represented the Green Lattice in the world conference" or "I'm a veteran of the great Osu!-Void war". Someone could and should write a book about this stuff, I'd buy it!
No not really if it was the entire board would be destroyed within a matter of minutes using the sheer force of hacking and bots and every Anon's retard strength
It happened 2 years ago in Reddit. We were all exited to see this years april fools event but it was just some shitty button sharing thing that was days later then april 1st
I always find it crazy when something this big happens on the internet and it makes the internet seem like it's own world, like a whole planet with all these connected peoples and groups, and it's own historical events. I have yet to be a part of any such events though.
The blue shield is actually the logo of the University my cousin was in. IST means Instituo Superior Técnico. Now I feel weird to know that my own country nearly took over the Pony Faction.
I find it extremely ironic that Rainbow Dash didn't lose a wink of sleep while the brony fandom sacrificed their own sleep and well-being to protect Dash from the villainous void.
I also find it somewhat ironic that the "black border" that was ment to be a mere "extra" became so big and important for the later "estability" and diplomacy with other factions [eventually being used to encode extra information in the form of cutiemarks].
Dude, you should consider being a history teacher... this was fantastic! A riveting story I never would have know about otherwise, and felt like an actual war documentary! (Only far more interesting and absurd) I always love it when you do different kinds of videos like this! Keep it up! /)
I'm not a brony, but this is still pretty intense. All I can gather was that r/place was the original PUBG before PUBG. Also, 1:56 *N Y E H H E H H E H ! I T I S I T H E G R E A T P A P Y R U S*
This is something that makes me respect the hell out of bronies. They could tried to expand or cave but you guy's dug in deep. This one of the documentary's I could actually recommend to people
Even better. Germany and France flag formed, then Germany attacked France, France gave up the territory and fled north, a rainbow bridge flew across the collision and the EU was formed :D
I love how melodramatic you've made this. And hearing that Halo and MLP were "allies" and nearly faced "war" was a fist pump moment for me. My two favorite franchises.
Future grandkids: Did you ever fight in a war? Future Me: No, I never fought in on. But let me tell you a story of the greatest war in my Fandoms history...
i was actually a greek /r/place soldier, the invasion by turkey was completely different in real life though, they started vandalizing the flag with red with us already knowing who it was, we were well cordinated which is why we were the ones who had them to send a sort of peace treaty.
I was part of the void. We fought hard and we tried and tried yet we failed as others built. It was a hard and good battle. Especially Dashie. Respect for all you.
THE FAKE PIE you completely missed the point of the Void ahaha. As I see it, it was used for destruction, yes, but it also bringed a fresh canvas so that new factions could emerge
I tried to imagine a motivational speech for the bronies before the beggining of this war, and that's what I imagine: "Boys and girls... Man, womans and non-binaries... Today is not just any day. Today, we can fight for what we believe. They think we are crazy. Mad. Stupid. Today, it's time for us to show that we are better than they think. It's time to show everything we learned. To be kind, even if it mean to look like we're not. Because kindness is not weakness. To be generous, even if the world is not. Because generosity doesn't mean being naive. To be loyal, even if it mean to abandon your dreams. Because sometimes, being loyal mean to say "Thanks, but no thanks". To spread laughter, even if you have to accept to see someone else replace you. Because joy is more important than egoism. To be honest, even if you have to minus one's trust in himself. Because if you don't, he may never be able to stand whitout a lie. To always believe in friendship. Because a true friend is more worthy than all the power in the world. And that's why we won't lose. Because we won't win by crushing others. We are not some stupids adults who watch a stupid show for little girl. We are Generosity. Honesty. Laughter. Kindness. Loyalty. And we carry within us the most powerful magic of all. We are Pegasisters. We are Bronies. And we know two things: Friendship is Magic... And history will remember us!"
roxas4930 Brony here, just came to say I loved most of the Halo franchise, even though I haven't played anything past Halo 2 and a half hour of ODST. Safe to say a lot of the MLP community enjoys Halo as well!
Holy crap, I have heard about this whole project, but I had NO IDEA it was so massive and well organized. I absolutely love social experminets like this one, so thank you for bringing it to my attention. Also, the presentation of this video was perfect. And, as a Runescape fan, I was so happy to see a DC box in the top left corner :D
i was part of the tiny tardis faction it was great as lots of people kept vandalising it but we always pulled through until the blue shield.. RIP all my bros and bro-ettes :)
If there was a SCP drawing somewhere i would have helped over there, but if not i would have just become part of the void and helped destroy the bronies.
Manly Advice It's a red herring. Instead of referring to the modern Easter it was referencing the Christian Easter, which was when Jesus rose on the third day since his execution. r/Place ended on the third day of its creation.
Well. Day one is not even up yet, and we aren't performing very well. Our beloved Dashie was sliced in half by Ukraine, and Dashie slowly crumbled from there. Derpy was going strong until a Twitch streamer organized a mass griefing resulting in her disappearance. I'm afraid to say I was affected enough by this slow demise of Dashie, but it ultimately led to me saying things I didn't mean and being banned from Manechat. While I am isolated from what ideas we have in the days to come, I'll try my hardest to protect what is left of our art.
Best brony history i've ever seen dedicated to defend for many days to come and this should've been in top 10 facts about the brony fandom. I really enjoyed this one and you make a great narration too littleshyfim Have a great day to you littleshyfim👏👏👍🎊
while the void was a neat concept, i have to wonder if that rainbow faction actually did the most damage. It easily covers about 1/4th of the screen 9:09
@@darthsithlord3718 no, as mentioned in the video, the tiny tardis had an alliance with the bronies, so the bronies bots were keeping tardis safe. That's why the brony image is a perfect rectangle and not branching out into other territory, the void no longer had control there. The flaw of the void was they were trying to cover the entire screen and their spread out bots weren't able to keep up with the faction's super focused-in-one-spot bots
the rainbow one let ALL other factions to go over them also it was called rainbow road and rainbow road core in the hearts one it had a few lines of rainbow hearts probably because both teams were nice and put some of their art work inside with permission
This was so cool to listen to. I implore you to make more videos like these, just talking about Brony history. I enjoyed this video very much and reminded me that this community could be one of the most amazing ones out there when it comes to certain things. It's very inspiring to hear and see the valiant efforts the bronies made to ensure Dashie got a good night's sleep, and protected her soundly as the storm raged around her.
I'm not a brony myself, but this is considered a grand milestone for ALL communities and the internet as a whole. It really shows that an entire Earth's worth of history can be summarized in 3 days on the internet, with decisions like "enemy/ally" or "fight/surrender" being really prevalent both in this subreddit and human nature. It's like history repeating itself in one little page.
They fought hard to preserve the image that brought them through the tough times and that put smiles on their faces and how the different fandom's got together to fight the void
I had no idea this happened. But its fascinating. Just the whole concept, and even more so that it worked out like this. The Internet is a really messy place, I didn't expect such amazing efforts in structuring and organizing something that basically started as a free-for-all Battle Royale. Not just the Ponies, EVERYTHING on this canvas is a sign of many, MANY people working together, and I am amazed it kept balance until the very end. It's particularly interesting to see that the void was continuously fought back every time it surfaced, I was sure something as simple and strongheaded would easily make a significant destructive impact on the whole thing. But at the end, it just ended up being this great mosaic of people, fandoms and whole cultures working together, helping another and overall probably having a better relationship than our real-life countries. I really can't express just how amazing it is seeing all of these things come together. Really.
I was one of the veterans of r/place. I lead the void's attacks, and i had quite a fun time. I did not agree with the attacks on bronies, but the void was mostly people from /pol/ and other boards. There was a replacement for r/place and void was wiped from it by the owner and many bots. We are now just a shitposting gaming server, but hey it was fun none-theless. Edit: So i went back to watch this video again, 3 months later, and realized you can hear my voice in the recording! At 0:42 ~ish the person doing the countdown is me! Jesus i sounded like a pussy back then. I also was in charge of some diplomatic authority, and i was the main negotiator between the void and r/dwarffortress considering i liked both, i actually managed to save dwarf fortress, and we had gained an ally in that if we helped defend dwarffortress from r/rainbowroad and other attackers, they would help us in our efforts. Edit 2: If you want, i can elaborate on some of the attacking formations of how the void worked. As littleshy said, our main form of attacking was by tendrilling out, and building cores. It was frowned upon to start a core from some random part of the map that the void was not connected to. However we had more than just a few cores. Most of them were jokes when people were starting to lose hope, like "homer core" in which we transformed one of homer simpson's eyeballs into a void, it was quickly destroyed. We also tried to take over the command prompt in the top left of the map, that was shut down after a while. Eventually however after people began losing moral, some left the discord server (one killed himself in voice chat, rest in peace my man.) but, all who stayed, deprived themselves from sleep and all, just to defend the core in it's final moments. I guess i got a little off track there, but anyways, back onto how we actually attacked, whilst i was in charge. We would all get in voice chat, and most would just spam their mics, but i would announce after around 5 minutes, that we are going to prepare for an attack. Then i would state a month. "If you were born in january, go", wait a couple of seconds, "february, go" etc. This spawned the meme of when i was so sleep deprived i said "TUESDAY, GO", and the chat went into a mishmash of spam, headache inducing noise, and of course laughter. As for channels in the old void discord, we had #general, #warplans, #diplomacy, #memes and #propoganda, as well as 5~ish voice chats and channels for our groups to focus on such as defense, attack, etc. In the end, the void was a fun experiment, and i'm proud to have taken part in it. God damn it i sound like a faggot
It is amazing how much about history, preferences, tastes, news, trends, community etc a small 1000 x 1000 image can tell. Every piece of art on this canvas tells his own story and has it's own background. Some storys are more silly and funny and others are very serious. This picture sums up all of the internet community.
You really NEED to do more of these.! 😋 Helps keep track of what's going on with the fandom. Also, low-key love the black glow effect you added to the void's presence. Makes it a lot more threatening! 🤣
This just shot back some reminiscent memories. I was originally a soldier for The Void, but by the 2nd day, ended up deserting The Void to protect Rainbow Dash.
Epic factions, through-the-night defense, shaky alliences, eminent betrayal, constant threat of destruction, suspense, teamwork and fun.... Sounds like my mind of deal! Wish I could have helped dashie survive
So, did a little reasarch to find out exactly how long Dashie lasted using the longest time lapse of /r/place I could find. /r/place lasted 72 hours. Dashie appeared 6 hrs and 51 mins (approximately) after /r/place was underway. Lasting until the end, she lasted an astounding 65 hours and 9 minutes. The only major non-nationalistic factions in play that would make it until the end were Rainbow Road, Green Lattice, and Blue Corner. (I mean, Blue Corner technically survived. Barely.) Her only neighbor at the end to have been on the board before her was Papyrus. This is something the video didn't say, but Dashie was among the first factions to form that was neither nationalistic nor color based. And she actually makes it to the end. Damn...
Moon Blaze was not even informed of this :( Would have valiantly fought for the Brony Nation. And after your fact checks, it just shows the unity and friendliness of Bronies not only to each other, but others like "Tiny TARDIS" and such :3
Well. r/place 2 has ended, and I have to say, this may be one of the greatest underdog stories in history. Despite our losses on day 1 and me ultimately getting banned from Manechat, I'm happy to say that I defended pony artwork till the very end. We were able to take on anyone that tried to stop us, and we had tons of our artwork stretched across the canvas. While it was sad to see the event go yet again, I'm very happy we've made our mark yet again, and it was nice to see the fandom unite together again. Some who left the fandom came back to help us in our struggles, and overall, this was more than just a bunch of pixels. It was an experience to live this out with everybody. As Sharon Carter said: "Even if everyone is telling you that something wrong is something right. Even if the whole world is telling you to move... it is your duty to plant yourself like a tree... look them in the eye and say no, you move."
I watched my squad die in the Second Battle of the Blue Corner. The trenches were covered in cold, blue blood. I won’t ever get those images out of my head.
I was entirely unaware of /r/place while it was happening, and wish I could have served. But having the history of Dashie displayed like this, I'm so proud of the brony community for it's conduct. We not only left our own mark but helped others leave theirs as well. Even helping Tiny TARDIS restore itself over our own expansion plans. I even saw a comment in there from a guy who was still assisting /r/halo at the end. Even after their serious discussion on invading our territory we held no grudge. This is what Harmony is all about, and we showed it well through our actions. I'm so proud.
It is also a great example of what to do when your good neighborghs are invaded and their buildings destroyed: You take the place back and make it your own, then allow them to rebuild if they can sustain themselves.
cd5ssmffan Hey. Listen. I'm gonna need you to go find someone who means something to you and give them a hug. If they're resistant, let them know you're short on love and tolerance and need a little help. Don't be afraid, you'll find your deficiency is filled quickly.
Let me make a correction: The Sans Faction was actually just part of a larger faction, Undertale. (This is visible by Papyrus, Flowey, and a Red Soul) Usually once anything Undertale shows up Sans follows quickly and is essentially the control tower of the Undertale Faction.
Soldier in the /r/place war checking in! This was an awesome event, and if it came down to it I would have slogged it out for weeks. /r/place also changed my life immeasurably. Good work everypony who also fought alongside me to defend our right to poni! [](/rdsalute) [](/dashheart)
there were atleast 4 "official" brony art pieces and we also helped quite a few other comunities with their art and there also was atleast one "unoffical" brony art piece (by official i mean the biggest group of bronies working together)
I have no idea how Reddit works, so this was fascinating. And your narration actually had me concerned Dashie wasn't going to make it. Nice work to everyone that was involved.
I saw the outer waves of this back then. "Join the void", "Protect Dashie", but never tagged along. Dang, such an battle missed. Well fought, people; well fought. And great video Littleshy, I wouldn't mind if you did more of these ... "internet/brony history" kind of videos.
When they release the sequel to this, I already know Asmongold and xqc are gonna be the main *antagonists. lol. Keep up the great work everypony. Make Love, not war. From this we will gain new allies and harness new friendships.
okay, this is actually the first time i watch pony stuff and this basically just changed the way i think about the fans. im amazed with the passion and the teamwork they had :3
This video actually got me interested in ponies again back in 2017 I think. Used to watch in middle/ high school, but videos like this got me back into it. Thank you brony youtubers, God Bless the fans.
Wow, that was pretty awesome. I had no idea this event was even going on, having nothing to do with Reddit. Wonder why eqd never posted about that (or did they). I really liked that video, would love to see more such stuff, reviews of / insights into cool events such as this.
ganondorfchampin Because I am Void beaches!!!I was there When Pinkie Pie was dealt with damn how I tried to get rid of The Blue Menace but unfortunately the rest of us were kind of tired and we don't really pay that much attention to time so what kind of spaced out about the whole RaibowDash Ting you just got Lucky dont think you're the only one we're dealing with.
ganondorfchampin You win this round Brony,BUT!! Remember the void is always there the void is always watching you aren't safe for long.. we've already won you just don't know it do whatever you want to do but every let's say to you great shows have their end like a stack of dominoes the more fans you add up the funnier it is to see them all crumbling down when the show is over for good!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHSSHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH,XD,XD,XD,XD,DD,DD,DD,XD,DR,XD,XD,XD,XD,DD,DD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD
I'm looking at the map at one in the morning. Apparently Germany and France had a fight before having peace, Britain and Italy were buds, Mexico got destroyed and oh god im stuck in an internet rabbit hole when i should be sleeping plz halp.
Hi there. I made a much bigger, much more in-depth video for 2022's event! ruclips.net/video/q4qyeRAmC94/видео.html
Yes
yes
Not a brony or even someone who was in r/place but this makes me proud that people can still come together.
Same
Me too.
I can relate lol
Same!
History of Russian pixel battle in VK. ( beetwen facebook and twitter in Russia ). ruclips.net/video/cRPgmHca_rc/видео.html
Oh the memories.
I actually started in the Void, went into the pony subreddit to see how they shucked off our first attack, and ended up switching sides.
Guess that makes a reformed villain or something.
Discord!
(I am referring to the character)
@@ConfuSomu exactly
Help us. Place is back and it brought the void with it.
I think a lot of people start off with the void, just enjoying the chaos; until they find their purpose.
Things like the void are easy to engage in because of their simplicity. This gives them a simple advantage. And I actually appreciate a little conflict because it gives us something to fight for. But don't tell them that.
I know why the moderator replied with a rabbit! In christianity, Jesus dies but then rises from the dead in the days. After the three days, the day he rises is the day we celebrate easter and bunnies represent easter. So the bunny symbolizes 3 days.
smart thinking dude
I only just discovered this event just now, but I gotta say, I...
I'm appalled.
I'm appalled that I didn't find this sooner! This was absolutely amazing to see so many dedicated pixel artist groups forming together for a single purpose! It's things like these that make me proud that I am a brony, to see such openness with other factions and ultimately becoming united to find victory, and preserve art, that we can all enjoy.
“Bots protecting Dashie”
*Crush, Kill, Destroy, Swag*
**Dabz**
Xdd
I should’ve expected it. It makes sense.
A man/mare of culture i see
*Crush,*
I'm not even a brony and this was probably the most interesting thing I've watched all day.
You've earned a well deserved like.
Same....
World warIII:The Void
Same
@@bigmacboi1667 See now
same but this is 2nd most interesting because i watched FitMC talk about the pros and cons of old 2b2t
Grandpa: You kids never experienced war.
Me:
Grandpa
You don't know what we've been through
And was hard.
LIES
Damn right we’ve seen war.
XD
This needs a sequel. We're not even a day into r/place 2022 but the Rainbow Dash art already rose, fell, then came back again.
Glorious. Derpy, the book of the twin sisters, twilight sparkle, sunset shimmer, and many more pixelated characters have joined their ranks since.
Good news! New video just premiered :)
somebody make something like this again I'm still salty I missed it
pxls.space is a pretty damn good clone of r/place
V- Makubesu r/layers is pretty cool
It can be a 3 year things
There's a world map like it called pixels world war I forget what the website name is tho
@@memeicusgaming2197 pixelplace.io
I am a proud veteran of this event. I fought for the runescape faction. I don't regret it one bit.
You have done well. That "Connection Lost. Please wait - attempting to reestablish" message was easily one of the most creative factions.
I fought for halo and proposed fix mcc
*salute*
I fought for the void
@@Drearayne Of course an edgy boiyo named sithis would fight for the void.
I'm no brony, but I must say that your presentation for this video was really great! Keep up the amazing work!
Same here, m8.
Same
After r/place 2, the hatred towards the Bronies in various subreddits back in 2017 seem tame...
What you mean?
@@calebtherandom8017 when r/place 2 happened a streamer tried to nuke any and all brony art, but we prevailed.
It was Rubberross.
The normal people are fine. I worked with a group that were allied to the bronies and they were all chill with them. Everyone understood that attacking for the sake of attacking is counterproductive and tactically a death sentence. It's the streamers and their countless parasocial minions that capitalized on destroying things because flashy stunts like that are good for content, and cry when things don't go their way.
Accepts if it’s the command of the Twitch streamer
This better end up in a history book or I’m rioting
Mr Neddlemouse It will... one day... We should start writing History of the Brony Fandom.
@@Sircreepington9th no fuck that fan base full of pussies
@@capndank I would like if you were serious.
@@kinky613 mmmm let me fix that up
Edit:done
oke oke oke ! yes
This is so fascinating. Strange how I could spend hours listening to internet history but get bored and fall asleep only minutes into history class.
You should hear about Stalingrad. The socialist subs made a USSR flag and a bunch of anarchist flags called "the far left side" and /r/the_donald and all the alt-right subs invaded and tried to destroy them. It was some of the most intense fighting in the whole event.
The Great MC AAAAA!Screw you
Nathan Dehnel I like the N part but up yours Brony
The Great MC your teacher needs to get a soundtrack.
I’m surprised that no one made the Soviet Union
Wow
They did. There's "The Far Left Corner"
Considering the current state of Reddit, it will probably be there next time they do something like this
@@Scatmanseth it was there, together with anarcho communism flag
I was part in trying my friends and i well 1 h in and its lost
I was an anti-void soldier in place. I literally just went around and replaced their pixels with random ones
I was part of the void, it was fun and good job on beating us
That’s GRIEFING if you did that on pixelplace.io you would be torn to shreds lol Void on there has 280 members and Anti-Void has 12 lol
Void is cancerous tho
Fluorescent Memer the whole point of the void was to refresh everything - if an area was particularly ugly the void would take over and make it look nicer again
Not exactly I was just having fun by playing as the "villain" and trying to clear the whole thing in black
As someone who isn’t a brony, I don’t really care if it’s brony shit or not, THAT SHIT WAS AMAZING
IK
I dont know why I'm here
@@spookyskyes7661 The bronies had tiny tardis and sans as allies and stragety
True, this is amazing!
*Super smash bro’s but it’s a bunch of characters with big fandoms*
im not a brony but this was a cool internet story that I wish I could have been a part of
I know right? I'm so sad I didn't find out about this when it was happening.
I would have ether been a diplomat of some sort, or maybe try to spy on neighboring artworks in case they would attack us. Could you imagine the amount of party stories someone could tell that start with the words "I represented the Green Lattice in the world conference" or "I'm a veteran of the great Osu!-Void war". Someone could and should write a book about this stuff, I'd buy it!
Bronies are such a nice fanbase. Its a cool show to get into
True...me too
me too
I was a bot coder for sans! We appreciate the help during the war much love❤️
Michael Rhyan Vlogs Gay
Un 100tifikoh rude much?
Slushywolf28 Aj Ye
@@stickbroneh much gay
Un 100tifikoh Homophobic Much?
r/place soldier: i was apart of a war that could end all wars
2b2t veteran: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?!
@@aidanbbm Survival of the FITtest.
Ok, rusher saved 2b2t I stopped playing during the backdoor but when rusher made his vidio the sever was saved
But we were bulling kids
@@nebu1a441 But then we provoke a gang war that made 2b2t inevitably active and rusher basically saved 2b2t
I had to get some popcorn because it's like watching a documentary about history
Sanse You eat popco rn to a documentation about history?
Technically it is history. Internet history
This is a history worth educating about.
lol
It's really like watching empires fall and rise and stay in power.
And we all knew the Void was from 4Chan
No not really if it was the entire board would be destroyed within a matter of minutes using the sheer force of hacking and bots and every Anon's retard strength
They didn't like Bronies gaining Independence
No the void IS 4chan it's trying to spread we must prepare
:)
...RD was from 4chan back then!
«Why are we attacking our own forces!?»
This was FASCINATING. I heard nothing of this event, and you did a great job explaining its intricacies.
It happened 2 years ago in Reddit. We were all exited to see this years april fools event but it was just some shitty button sharing thing that was days later then april 1st
2060: *kids come home and start playing on their I-phone 69*
Me: *back in my day we had to go out and defend pixel horses*
i'm sad me when I did not know about it but then did:Kids come
Kids:GRAMPA what I was going to play smash boys 111
Me:watch this video
Brian Stabile grandpa*
IPhone *noice*
Kids in 2020: ...
@Leonard M bro the hell you doin on this video then pptptptptppttp
God, I wish I was there
Yeah me 2. I would support little tardis or Niko ;3 .
Eventually Void.
don't know if they do this again, like 'r/place: the next session'
I would have supported the void if I was there
I would've made my own
I always find it crazy when something this big happens on the internet and it makes the internet seem like it's own world, like a whole planet with all these connected peoples and groups, and it's own historical events. I have yet to be a part of any such events though.
I think it's because unlike the real world, the little things don't matter
The blue shield is actually the logo of the University my cousin was in. IST means Instituo Superior Técnico. Now I feel weird to know that my own country nearly took over the Pony Faction.
ricardofr-200 imagine unironically being a brony yikes
wait you from portugal
I Love the Stroy of the Eruopean flag where France and Germany meet.
After a long war both parties negotiated peace and placed the flag of the EU!!!!
I find it extremely ironic that Rainbow Dash didn't lose a wink of sleep while the brony fandom sacrificed their own sleep and well-being to protect Dash from the villainous void.
I also find it somewhat ironic that the "black border" that was ment to be a mere "extra" became so big and important for the later "estability" and diplomacy with other factions [eventually being used to encode extra information in the form of cutiemarks].
To be fair, Dashie is known for her laziness.
Element of loyalty, everyone.
Fuzzy Stripetail Fuck you
Argamis (SilverComet) suck it
Dude, you should consider being a history teacher... this was fantastic! A riveting story I never would have know about otherwise, and felt like an actual war documentary! (Only far more interesting and absurd) I always love it when you do different kinds of videos like this! Keep it up! /)
Chiara Guglielmo we the Halo fan Community always wins at the end
Night Shade Dude, are you okay? You've been posting hate comments all over.
Halo and MLP were allied anyway.
I'm not a brony, but this is still pretty intense. All I can gather was that r/place was the original PUBG before PUBG.
Also, 1:56 *N Y E H H E H H E H ! I T I S I T H E G R E A T P A P Y R U S*
Minecraft was the of pubg
That was agario
NYEEET
Annoyedwolf 1o1 FFS why UnDeRTale
i don't understand how r/place was a battle royale thing, please explain someone tnhankz
This is something that makes me respect the hell out of bronies. They could tried to expand or cave but you guy's dug in deep. This one of the documentary's I could actually recommend to people
Personally don’t get the whole Brony thing at all but this was a very well made video and kept me interested
DNK what do you mean?
(Btw awesome man:)
It’s a odd thing for grown men to like lol
@@funtimessometimes8748 By that logic, that means an adult watching a cartoon is very odd
And that's how Equestria was made.
Mehless And with it, came Trollestia :3 *Seinfield Theme*
And that’s that’s made
"Wha--huh?"
9thRoyalPirateAssassin (Mystic Stirling) cringe -.-
Mehless ehhh
I helped fix the “PONIES” sign so many times 😂😂
Ok, this is awesome, it's like watching a documentary for actual war, and this is the coolest war I've ever seen
I still love that after a war of the french and german flag, a EU flag was made to celebrate their union.
Even better. Germany and France flag formed, then Germany attacked France, France gave up the territory and fled north, a rainbow bridge flew across the collision and the EU was formed :D
I also negotiated with some of the german flag people to help let megumin's staff overlap with the right side.
This should be a book.
I love how melodramatic you've made this.
And hearing that Halo and MLP were "allies" and nearly faced "war" was a fist pump moment for me. My two favorite franchises.
Spritz pony version of the hentia profile,
I love it
Future grandkids: Did you ever fight in a war?
Future Me: No, I never fought in on. But let me tell you a story of the greatest war in my Fandoms history...
I fought and won the great meme war!
somehow i never heard about r/place please do more brony history this was awesome
i was actually a greek /r/place soldier, the invasion by turkey was completely different in real life though, they started vandalizing the flag with red with us already knowing who it was, we were well cordinated which is why we were the ones who had them to send a sort of peace treaty.
I was part of the void. We fought hard and we tried and tried yet we failed as others built. It was a hard and good battle. Especially Dashie. Respect for all you.
Why is the void and the void prism separated?
Jäger WFA The void attacked in different directions, this was used to spread quickly.
THE FAKE PIE you completely missed the point of the Void ahaha. As I see it, it was used for destruction, yes, but it also bringed a fresh canvas so that new factions could emerge
THE FAKE PIE hey pass me some of that salt for my french fries lol
Justin Y?!
I tried to imagine a motivational speech for the bronies before the beggining of this war, and that's what I imagine:
"Boys and girls... Man, womans and non-binaries... Today is not just any day. Today, we can fight for what we believe. They think we are crazy. Mad. Stupid. Today, it's time for us to show that we are better than they think. It's time to show everything we learned.
To be kind, even if it mean to look like we're not. Because kindness is not weakness.
To be generous, even if the world is not. Because generosity doesn't mean being naive.
To be loyal, even if it mean to abandon your dreams. Because sometimes, being loyal mean to say "Thanks, but no thanks".
To spread laughter, even if you have to accept to see someone else replace you. Because joy is more important than egoism.
To be honest, even if you have to minus one's trust in himself. Because if you don't, he may never be able to stand whitout a lie.
To always believe in friendship. Because a true friend is more worthy than all the power in the world.
And that's why we won't lose.
Because we won't win by crushing others.
We are not some stupids adults who watch a stupid show for little girl.
We are Generosity. Honesty. Laughter. Kindness. Loyalty. And we carry within us the most powerful magic of all.
We are Pegasisters.
We are Bronies.
And we know two things:
Friendship is Magic... And history will remember us!"
Nice speech
This deserves an Oscar
Dude if this was a real war speech everyone would be so determened that the enemy side would join us.
Brony warcries*
bro...thats deep O-O
I love how the Halo community was like “Dude, don’t even try it. Those guys are crazy.” When they thought about expanding Master Chief.
Cyber00 Eat shit
Cyber00 considering the community for mlp... we'd overthrow them in a hour
roxas4930 Brony here, just came to say I loved most of the Halo franchise, even though I haven't played anything past Halo 2 and a half hour of ODST. Safe to say a lot of the MLP community enjoys Halo as well!
You Slumber, Cucumber I know that I'm just saying in the situation of r/place they'd lose
Despite the fact that I don't like mlp whatsoever, this was interesting
Same.
@@cn2673 the show its self isint bad in my opinion i like the show, i just don't watch it
@@cn2673 people like what they wanna like dosent mean people have to be hated for it
Carson Dss
Rating something you never watched.
How perfectly reasonable and fair. Flawless logic.
Carson Dss watch more than 3 episodes of the show before judging it, your rating on character development is blatantly false
Holy crap, I have heard about this whole project, but I had NO IDEA it was so massive and well organized. I absolutely love social experminets like this one, so thank you for bringing it to my attention. Also, the presentation of this video was perfect.
And, as a Runescape fan, I was so happy to see a DC box in the top left corner :D
In r/place, in r/place
we work as a team
You can't have a nightmare
if you never dream
i was part of the tiny tardis faction
it was great as lots of people kept vandalising it but we always pulled through
until the blue shield..
RIP all my bros and bro-ettes :)
Gonna be honest if I new this existed at the time I would have helped the void
profile picture checks out
Same, I mean, they are so organized they can work as a goddamn PLAGUE
You wouldn't have helped you would be the VOID...
If there was a SCP drawing somewhere i would have helped over there, but if not i would have just become part of the void and helped destroy the bronies.
I was a member of the void
I think the rabbit might mean the true meaning of Christian Easter which is Jesus would rise in the third day.
Good point, somehow I missed that.
What does a rabbit have to do with Jesus or Christianity?
Oooh, that makes sense
Manly Advice It's a red herring. Instead of referring to the modern Easter it was referencing the Christian Easter, which was when Jesus rose on the third day since his execution. r/Place ended on the third day of its creation.
Ooooohh
Holy moly the last pixel war was like a border skirmish compared with what we've got going on right now. This is insane XD
Holy shit, didn't know this community was still so strong going. Sweet.
It's nice to see where still going strong!
Scyrina! Huge fan! (Sorry I had to)
the only reason the void never touched RD was due to it being 4chan
those guys *_clops_* to ponies, so why ruin it?
Me Neither!
I don’t really like brownies 😕
I was a tiny tardis warrior.
Verdigry potato TINY TARDIS
so tiny...
I was with r/Halo
Well. Day one is not even up yet, and we aren't performing very well. Our beloved Dashie was sliced in half by Ukraine, and Dashie slowly crumbled from there. Derpy was going strong until a Twitch streamer organized a mass griefing resulting in her disappearance. I'm afraid to say I was affected enough by this slow demise of Dashie, but it ultimately led to me saying things I didn't mean and being banned from Manechat. While I am isolated from what ideas we have in the days to come, I'll try my hardest to protect what is left of our art.
Well, this aged poorly, but I guess that’s good for every pony fan. Cause ponies had a huge presence on the board at the end!
I didn’t even know this event was a thing! Great video!!!
A fascinating piece of Internet history that I had never known about until now. Thank you for it.
Best brony history i've ever seen dedicated to defend for many days to come and this should've been in top 10 facts about the brony fandom.
I really enjoyed this one and you make a great narration too littleshyfim
Have a great day to you littleshyfim👏👏👍🎊
doctor hunter Eat my shit,Halo rules
Night Shade your fandom was allied with the Brony fandom during the war now your not allies?
This year it's just full blown harassment. By twitch streamers
It blows my mind that this is just one story out of the literal hundreds or possible thousands on r/Place
while the void was a neat concept, i have to wonder if that rainbow faction actually did the most damage. It easily covers about 1/4th of the screen 9:09
Soko Moko well they were generous enough to give back the tinytartus space. They could of easily just get rid of them and not give them back space
@@darthsithlord3718 no, as mentioned in the video, the tiny tardis had an alliance with the bronies, so the bronies bots were keeping tardis safe. That's why the brony image is a perfect rectangle and not branching out into other territory, the void no longer had control there.
The flaw of the void was they were trying to cover the entire screen and their spread out bots weren't able to keep up with the faction's super focused-in-one-spot bots
Definitely not a 1/4th. It's not that big.
the rainbow one let ALL other factions to go over them also it was called rainbow road and rainbow road core in the hearts one it had a few lines of rainbow hearts probably because both teams were nice and put some of their art work inside with permission
This was so cool to listen to. I implore you to make more videos like these, just talking about Brony history. I enjoyed this video very much and reminded me that this community could be one of the most amazing ones out there when it comes to certain things. It's very inspiring to hear and see the valiant efforts the bronies made to ensure Dashie got a good night's sleep, and protected her soundly as the storm raged around her.
I'm not a brony myself, but this is considered a grand milestone for ALL communities and the internet as a whole. It really shows that an entire Earth's worth of history can be summarized in 3 days on the internet, with decisions like "enemy/ally" or "fight/surrender" being really prevalent both in this subreddit and human nature. It's like history repeating itself in one little page.
They fought hard to preserve the image that brought them through the tough times and that put smiles on their faces and how the different fandom's got together to fight the void
That's deep 😮
:-)
Anybody coming back to this after 2022 place?
yup. Rewaching this after a long time
That gut feeling when you didn't hear anything about this and missed out on your own fandom.
Can't wake up.
I finally watched this after being recommended for a few months and I can say that I wasn’t disappointed
Jamm lol same I had doubts about clicking but was satisfied
I had no idea this happened. But its fascinating. Just the whole concept, and even more so that it worked out like this. The Internet is a really messy place, I didn't expect such amazing efforts in structuring and organizing something that basically started as a free-for-all Battle Royale. Not just the Ponies, EVERYTHING on this canvas is a sign of many, MANY people working together, and I am amazed it kept balance until the very end. It's particularly interesting to see that the void was continuously fought back every time it surfaced, I was sure something as simple and strongheaded would easily make a significant destructive impact on the whole thing. But at the end, it just ended up being this great mosaic of people, fandoms and whole cultures working together, helping another and overall probably having a better relationship than our real-life countries. I really can't express just how amazing it is seeing all of these things come together. Really.
amen
Can't wait for a 2022 version of this, The experience in these is wild😭😭
I was one of the veterans of r/place. I lead the void's attacks, and i had quite a fun time. I did not agree with the attacks on bronies, but the void was mostly people from /pol/ and other boards.
There was a replacement for r/place and void was wiped from it by the owner and many bots. We are now just a shitposting gaming server, but hey it was fun none-theless.
Edit: So i went back to watch this video again, 3 months later, and realized you can hear my voice in the recording! At 0:42 ~ish the person doing the countdown is me! Jesus i sounded like a pussy back then.
I also was in charge of some diplomatic authority, and i was the main negotiator between the void and r/dwarffortress considering i liked both, i actually managed to save dwarf fortress, and we had gained an ally in that if we helped defend dwarffortress from r/rainbowroad and other attackers, they would help us in our efforts.
Edit 2: If you want, i can elaborate on some of the attacking formations of how the void worked. As littleshy said, our main form of attacking was by tendrilling out, and building cores. It was frowned upon to start a core from some random part of the map that the void was not connected to. However we had more than just a few cores. Most of them were jokes when people were starting to lose hope, like "homer core" in which we transformed one of homer simpson's eyeballs into a void, it was quickly destroyed. We also tried to take over the command prompt in the top left of the map, that was shut down after a while. Eventually however after people began losing moral, some left the discord server (one killed himself in voice chat, rest in peace my man.) but, all who stayed, deprived themselves from sleep and all, just to defend the core in it's final moments.
I guess i got a little off track there, but anyways, back onto how we actually attacked, whilst i was in charge. We would all get in voice chat, and most would just spam their mics, but i would announce after around 5 minutes, that we are going to prepare for an attack. Then i would state a month. "If you were born in january, go", wait a couple of seconds, "february, go" etc. This spawned the meme of when i was so sleep deprived i said "TUESDAY, GO", and the chat went into a mishmash of spam, headache inducing noise, and of course laughter. As for channels in the old void discord, we had #general, #warplans, #diplomacy, #memes and #propoganda, as well as 5~ish voice chats and channels for our groups to focus on such as defense, attack, etc.
In the end, the void was a fun experiment, and i'm proud to have taken part in it. God damn it i sound like a faggot
Virgin
It is amazing how much about history, preferences, tastes, news, trends, community etc a small 1000 x 1000 image can tell. Every piece of art on this canvas tells his own story and has it's own background. Some storys are more silly and funny and others are very serious.
This picture sums up all of the internet community.
You really NEED to do more of these.! 😋 Helps keep track of what's going on with the fandom.
Also, low-key love the black glow effect you added to the void's presence. Makes it a lot more threatening! 🤣
oh shit the next r/place video is going to be 30 min or something 💀
I did enjoy this video immensly. If this is like a "history of fandom" thing, I'd gladly tune in for more.
This just shot back some reminiscent memories. I was originally a soldier for The Void, but by the 2nd day, ended up deserting The Void to protect Rainbow Dash.
What a dumb decision
Magicu void pony.
NO GOD PLEASE NO
that was stupid
Magicu YES SATAN PLEASE YES!
Epic factions, through-the-night defense, shaky alliences, eminent betrayal, constant threat of destruction, suspense, teamwork and fun.... Sounds like my mind of deal! Wish I could have helped dashie survive
Can’t wait for the long awaited sequel that is sure to have more drama and excitement
This is awesome wouldn't mind seeing you do more pony fandom history videos in this style bravo
So, did a little reasarch to find out exactly how long Dashie lasted using the longest time lapse of /r/place I could find.
/r/place lasted 72 hours. Dashie appeared 6 hrs and 51 mins (approximately) after /r/place was underway. Lasting until the end, she lasted an astounding 65 hours and 9 minutes.
The only major non-nationalistic factions in play that would make it until the end were Rainbow Road, Green Lattice, and Blue Corner. (I mean, Blue Corner technically survived. Barely.) Her only neighbor at the end to have been on the board before her was Papyrus.
This is something the video didn't say, but Dashie was among the first factions to form that was neither nationalistic nor color based. And she actually makes it to the end. Damn...
Moon Blaze was not even informed of this :( Would have valiantly fought for the Brony Nation. And after your fact checks, it just shows the unity and friendliness of Bronies not only to each other, but others like "Tiny TARDIS" and such :3
That's true patriotism right there 🏳🌈
It's very appropriate too, since she embodies loyalty.
What is this, Internet Historian:Brony Edition?
I dig it
Historians: I can't still wait for Despacito 2.
Well. r/place 2 has ended, and I have to say, this may be one of the greatest underdog stories in history. Despite our losses on day 1 and me ultimately getting banned from Manechat, I'm happy to say that I defended pony artwork till the very end. We were able to take on anyone that tried to stop us, and we had tons of our artwork stretched across the canvas. While it was sad to see the event go yet again, I'm very happy we've made our mark yet again, and it was nice to see the fandom unite together again. Some who left the fandom came back to help us in our struggles, and overall, this was more than just a bunch of pixels. It was an experience to live this out with everybody. As Sharon Carter said: "Even if everyone is telling you that something wrong is something right. Even if the whole world is telling you to move... it is your duty to plant yourself like a tree... look them in the eye and say no, you move."
I watched my squad die in the Second Battle of the Blue Corner. The trenches were covered in cold, blue blood. I won’t ever get those images out of my head.
We all lost good men that day. Never forget.
Nevertheless, a massive victory was achieved over the bronies that day.
I was entirely unaware of /r/place while it was happening, and wish I could have served. But having the history of Dashie displayed like this, I'm so proud of the brony community for it's conduct. We not only left our own mark but helped others leave theirs as well. Even helping Tiny TARDIS restore itself over our own expansion plans. I even saw a comment in there from a guy who was still assisting /r/halo at the end. Even after their serious discussion on invading our territory we held no grudge.
This is what Harmony is all about, and we showed it well through our actions. I'm so proud.
It is also a great example of what to do when your good neighborghs are invaded and their buildings destroyed: You take the place back and make it your own, then allow them to rebuild if they can sustain themselves.
I've once made dashie in Minecraft
Moon Blaze I always win Halo forever
cd5ssmffan Hey. Listen. I'm gonna need you to go find someone who means something to you and give them a hug. If they're resistant, let them know you're short on love and tolerance and need a little help. Don't be afraid, you'll find your deficiency is filled quickly.
is there a problem?
Sweet Celestia, this sounds like the Small Pixel Skirmish compared with what we just went through.
y e p.
2017 Dash was heId strong
omg, did streamers decide we shouId go ten times over.
Let me make a correction: The Sans Faction was actually just part of a larger faction, Undertale. (This is visible by Papyrus, Flowey, and a Red Soul) Usually once anything Undertale shows up Sans follows quickly and is essentially the control tower of the Undertale Faction.
Soldier in the /r/place war checking in! This was an awesome event, and if it came down to it I would have slogged it out for weeks. /r/place also changed my life immeasurably.
Good work everypony who also fought alongside me to defend our right to poni! [](/rdsalute)
[](/dashheart)
Misty Shadows thank you for your service
Ye good work they wasted them precious life
Nice work soldier! You deserve a medal, along with the others who served along side you
Thank you for your service *salutes*
You are a true Equestrian hero. (also i hope finals went well :))
I was proud to serve in the pixel war.
FlyingSixtySix was there pixel training?
I support our troops
Thank you for your service
It was an exciting time. I was there clicking to the last second.
FlyingSixtySix Hahahaha!Eat my shit Halo Rules
this is legitimately so pure and amazing. i love seeing fandoms work together like this, especially ones that i'm in.
There are so many different brony art pieces this year. I counted at least four, but there could be more.
there were atleast 4 "official" brony art pieces and we also helped quite a few other comunities with their art and there also was atleast one "unoffical" brony art piece (by official i mean the biggest group of bronies working together)
It's really awesome to see that the Brony community is still pretty strong after all this time.
I have no idea how Reddit works, so this was fascinating. And your narration actually had me concerned Dashie wasn't going to make it. Nice work to everyone that was involved.
I saw the outer waves of this back then. "Join the void", "Protect Dashie", but never tagged along. Dang, such an battle missed. Well fought, people; well fought.
And great video Littleshy, I wouldn't mind if you did more of these ... "internet/brony history" kind of videos.
When they release the sequel to this, I already know Asmongold and xqc are gonna be the main *antagonists. lol. Keep up the great work everypony. Make Love, not war. From this we will gain new allies and harness new friendships.
Or antagonist
@@jamstarr lmao
@@jamstarr Dude, that's what I get for not proof reading out loud.
Don't forget Mizkif!
The Antagonist Trio: Mizkif, Asmongold and xQc
I am out of popcorn and the suspense is through the roof.
Edit: oh hahaha Penies
Edit edit: a soldier never gives away its secrets: well.. Sometimes.
Philip J. Fry II Eat my shit
Night Shade Thanks for the offer, but no thank you.
Black Metal Dash One and only Skelly.
Black Metal Dash sure has. You should visit me so we can catch up, or vice versa.
well fuck I've been doing it all wrong i give out all the info the the enemy's
We are evil
We are nothing
We are...
THE VOID!
You do realize you called yourself nothing, right?
Yes I am nothing..that’s why I was involved with a lot of the void projects we even had a project to attack from the top bottom and sides.
*is it’s leader W.D gaster*
@@coffee-tz3lm *No it’s Voldemort*
we are nowhere and everywhere
okay, this is actually the first time i watch pony stuff and this basically just changed the way i think about the fans. im amazed with the passion and the teamwork they had :3
This video actually got me interested in ponies again back in 2017 I think.
Used to watch in middle/ high school, but videos like this got me back into it. Thank you brony youtubers, God Bless the fans.
Wow, that was pretty awesome. I had no idea this event was even going on, having nothing to do with Reddit. Wonder why eqd never posted about that (or did they).
I really liked that video, would love to see more such stuff, reviews of / insights into cool events such as this.
Thanks! I was really surprised that EQD never even mentioned it; at least not that I saw.
Not that I know of either. If you feel like it, do you suppose you could drop an announcement video when something like that happens, again?
Awesome! I remember when this happened but did not participate. Really cool seeing a bit of history of the fandom!
Scootertrix Studios Eat my shit
Why hasn't this pervert been banned yet?
ganondorfchampin Because I am Void beaches!!!I was there When Pinkie Pie was dealt with damn how I tried to get rid of The Blue Menace but unfortunately the rest of us were kind of tired and we don't really pay that much attention to time so what kind of spaced out about the whole RaibowDash Ting you just got Lucky dont think you're the only one we're dealing with.
Ki bom. Sore loser much?
ganondorfchampin You win this round Brony,BUT!! Remember the void is always there the void is always watching you aren't safe for long.. we've already won you just don't know it do whatever you want to do but every let's say to you great shows have their end like a stack of dominoes the more fans you add up the funnier it is to see them all crumbling down when the show is over for good!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHSSHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH,XD,XD,XD,XD,DD,DD,DD,XD,DR,XD,XD,XD,XD,DD,DD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD,XD
I'm looking at the map at one in the morning.
Apparently Germany and France had a fight before having peace, Britain and Italy were buds, Mexico got destroyed and oh god im stuck in an internet rabbit hole when i should be sleeping plz halp.