Editing Mass Effect

Mass Effect is a series of third-person shooter/role-playing games that first debuted in 2007.  The first three games in the series are well-known for the protagonist Commander Shepard and the many choices the player could make throughout the trilogy in terms of with whom Shepard allied, which crew member(s) Shepard romanced, and controversially, the way in which the game ended.  

{{MainArticle| [[N7 Logo]]}}

=====First Iteration=====

The black outline went up quickly for the logo, but it quickly became apparent that there were other groups attempting to utilize the same space.  After sending dozens of messages to the users that were placing those pixels, the owners of the Pig, the Duck, and the Carrot reached agreements to relocate with our assistance and protection going forward.  By 1:00 pm EDT the N7 logo was complete and focus shifted to maintaining it while attempting to help allies.  In the mean time, our Keepers expanded the left black border to 6 pixels wide and would not let anything else be built there though we tried multiple times to let other groups take that space.  

   

===== Second Expansion=====

The newer reds seemed to match the actual N7 logo much better than the original so both of them were changed to reflect this.  The entire logo shifted up and the border was adjusted to one pixel to make room for the Normandy SR2 below to satisfy the terms of an agreement that was reached with Italy.

At 11:21 am EDT on April 4th, the reds were updated with the newest additional color option to match the N7 armor stripe and be more accurate to the color of the real logo.

{{MainArticle| [[Tali’Zorah]]}}

=====The Struggle Begins=====

=====Cleaning Up=====

{{MainArticle| [[Mass Relay]]}}

=====Creating the Relay=====

[[File:FirstRelay.png|thumb|First version of the Relay]]

=====Red, Blue, or Green?=====

[[File:Mass Relay.png|thumb|Final Mass Relay ]]

{{MainArticle| [[Normandy SR2]]}}

=====Southern Expansion=====

=====Design=====

===== Paint It Black=====

At 5:44 pm EDT Italy finally returned to negotiations and conceded the rows 1017 and above.  The design was adjusted to have less border so that it would fit in this area and work began at 6:12 pm EDT.  The N7 logo was moved up and given a smaller border to give the Normandy additional space as well.  It was completed within the hour.         

{{MainArticle| [[N7 Armor Stripe]]}}

[[File:N7 Stripe new.png|thumb|N7 armor stripe]]

{{MainArticle| [[Garrus Vakarian]]}}

The Garrus Vakarian chibi head came together very quickly once enough people were back online on April 4th at 11:00 am EDT.  There was some grief concerning the pink pixel for his scar but it was defended until the end.     

{{MainArticle| [[N7 Helmet]]}}

[[File:Helmet Garrus.png|alt=|thumb|No Shepard without Vakarian]]

The initial design was to be the female version of Commander Shepard, but in order to more accurately represent all players, the helmeted version of Commander Shepard was decided on instead.  This art began immediately following Garrus Vakarian and was finished within the hour.

{{MainArticle| [[The Citadel Council]]}}

=====Pig=====

[[File:pig.png|thumb|400x400px|Metamorphosis of the Pig due to griefing]]

[[File:174.jpg|thumb|Drum and bass beats per minute]]

At 1:15 pm on April 4th, the group that had created pig added additional art to the canvas that Mass Effect helped to create and maintain.  The 174 is a reference to the beats per minute in the Drum and Bass style of music of which the Pig group are fans.

=====Duck=====

[[File:Moondye7.png|thumb|200x200px|Moondye7]]

=====Moondye7=====

Fans of the Twitch streamer Moondye7 created his logo below the pig and also received a lot of grief.  They initially contacted Mass Effect at 5:25 pm EDT to facilitate an alliance during the Eminem Invasion.  Their logo was briefly overwritten by MT6 before it was returned to the original state.  At the second expansion, they added Moondye7's custom Twitch emote below the logo.

=====Flowers=====

[[File:LivFlower.png|thumb|LivLive's flower]]

At 2:32 pm EDT on April 4th, discord used LivLive asked the group if a flower could be placed above MT6 in honor of the user's mother who had just learned about r/place and was excited by the idea of having something on the canvas.

=====St. Louis Blues/Edmonton Oilers =====

Many blue pixels began to appear in the area of the N7 logo and contact was finally made with a representative of the St. Louis Blues at 1:28 pm EDT on April 1st.  Their intentions were to overwrite the area with their logo.  Once they learned that the coordinates had been claimed by Mass Effect with a large number of supporters, they asked that Mass Effect shift the N7 logo to the left.  Mass Effect refused to encroach on territory already claimed by large countries.  The N7 would not move and STL resized their logo to fit in the area above N7.  They then became an ally of Mass Effect.

=====Eminem Invasion=====

=====Italy=====

When the second expansion occurred, Mass Effect's plans for the Normandy SR2 expansion went into motion, only to be thwarted by r/Italy creating another flag.  Quickly running out of options, the decision was made to focus on making the entire area black rather than trying to build the ship.  Nineteen rows of black pixels later, Italy pleaded with Mass Effect to make the black stop. On behalf of Mass Effect, u/jericho5589 entered a voice chat with 400 Italians and told them that "we '''will''' have the space".  A peace treaty was reached giving Mass Effect the rows 1017 and above.  Mass Effect successfully built the Normandy SR2 and continued to defend the border and Normandy/Italy as well as the Italian flag when most users from r/Italy were offline.

-r/foofighters