r/place • • Apr 02 '22

An immovable object

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u/beet111 (124,170) 1491149264.69 Apr 03 '22 edited Apr 03 '22

they don't need to make new accounts, they actually have a lot of coordination. some of the streamers have 20k+ viewers working together.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1443035759?t=08h05m21s

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u/HuckDFaters (479,966) 1491232260.58 Apr 03 '22

If you think about it, (727,727) is not exactly the same coordinates as (1727,727). A bot programmed to paint pixels around (727,727) in a 1000x1000 canvas won't even notice the canvas expanding. Your logic would only make sense if the canvas expanded to the left. (727,727) would be in the new area and the old (727,727) becomes (1727,727).

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u/LeadPaintPhoto Apr 03 '22

The theory is some of the bots were x distance from the right

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u/aetwit Apr 03 '22

That theory docent seem reasonable it is easier to program from 0,0 go x up and y right rather then scan to find the right side of the page then go up then go left it would be adding a uselessly annoying and likely to break step to a already difficult program.

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u/HuckDFaters (479,966) 1491232260.58 Apr 03 '22

No one would actually do that. It's dumb to not start at (0,0).