If some did not know, in April 2022, France won a major digital world war, called “Pixel War”. And this Friday, the Reddit platform launched a new volume of this collaborative game. The objective is simple: to impose his digital graffiti on a large white canvas of 4 million pixels in a format of 2,000 x 2,000. And to fill this playing area, a group strategy is crucial, since each Internet user can color only one pixel every five minutes using one of the 32 authorized colors.
In 2022, the different communities had tried to impose their symbols. Some had reproduced famous “memes”, such as that of ex-Formula 1 driver Nico Rosberg, or even cinema scenes, such as the final duel between Anakin Skywalker and his master Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith. But what was obvious was the great presence of the French on this canvas.
Thomas Pesquet, Zinedine Zidane….
Thanks to the large esports community, led by the streamer Kameto, whom some called “General”, the French had beaten the other nations hands down. With the help of other content creators like Squeezie, Inoxtag, Amine or Rebeudeter, the French community had covered a total of 185,000 pixels, or nearly 5% of the fresco, according to the media. Intrld. That year, these “gamers” had honored astronaut Thomas Pesquet, Daft Punk, rapper Nepal, who died in 2019, or even the immense Zinédine Zidane, who had personally thanked Kameto for this gesture at the end of the competition.
However, some fear that this 2023 edition will be less popular than the previous one, like Kameto himself, who said during a recent stream: “I’m waiting to see how it’s going to be. Don’t Think It’s Gonna Be Pixel War [de 2022]. I’m afraid it’s not as natural as before. It’s too early. […] Me, I’m not as hyped as before.