Mikarific
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Mikarific[1] (or just Mika) was a Pxls user who joined the site on October 29, 2019, with the account Mikarific[2]. She is known for leading Pride Faction, creating the Stem Place Pxls Clone, serving as a councilor in LOF, creating the Toki Pona faction, and serving as a Pxls moderator and developer[3]. She was also the center of multiple controversies over the years, one of which led to her being banned from the platform.
Pixels Placed Graph
Affiliated Factions
| Faction | Position | Time | Notes |
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| Pride Faction | Leader | Canvas 33 - 80 | The Pride Faction faction tag is the 7th largest with 193 members |
| Stem Place/Crimson Dawn | Elite Member/Trusted | Canvas 33 - 42 | The Time column is the stretch of canvases where Mika's ego was present on the template |
| League of Factions | Councilor | Canvas 37 - ? | Was one of the founding faction members and later became a councilor. Crucial to many major operations and wars |
| Toki Pona | Leader | Canvas 58 - ? | (someone with more knowledge of this time should finish this row) |
Pxls Development Work
- Improvements to mod lookup
- Virginmap and heatmap excluding non-placeable pixels
- Custom chat emoji framework
- Toki Pona translation
- 3 years as a Pxls developer
- Various bug fixes
Controversies
Comments on Russian culture
In May 2021 Mikarific made offensive comments in Pxls chat regarding Russian culture. This caused Legion, 2chers, and other Russian Pxls users to demand the immediate demotion of Mikarific and a public apology, along with proposing staff reforms. Mikarific was suspended from moderator for a month and then reinstated, however, she retained the staff role during that time and was added as a developer. The comments also helped trigger the brutal Second 2ch–LOF War on Canvas 46.
Staff Leaks and Platform Ban
In May 2024 it came to the attention of Pxls Staff that Mikarific had been involved in a group dm in late 2023 which included the sharing of staff discussions and other information. The group dm had to do with discontent about the way Pxls was being ran and included potential plans on how to approach a staff reform. After Pxls Staff was made aware of the GC a 4 day investigation commenced, then Pxls staff announced Mika would be permanently banned from the platform and followed up by doing a Q&A session to address questions (which can be found here.)
History
Canvas 28
Mikarific joined Pxls as part of a search to find an open source r/place clone to be able to host her own "r/place" for her school. Pxls developers helped her set up Stem Place. Mika did not build anything on Pxls itself this canvas.
Canvas 33
On this canvas Mika returned to Pxls, creating Pride Faction and making her name in the Stem Place corner. Pride Faction was targeted by several raids, which were all fought off by the end of the canvas.
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Mid-canvas Stem Place Corner
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Stem Place Corner at the end of the canvas
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Pride Faction c33 final
Canvas 34
Notes
- ↑ "Mikarific" is a portmanteau of "Mika" and "Terrific."
- ↑ For unknown reasons she created two alts on day one: PeeHongKong and PeeHongKong2
- ↑ Mikarific joined the staff team on September 25, 2020, at 25k pixels.