12 Days of Mapping

The 12 Days of Mapping is a mapping tournament held yearly on Google+ (2016-2018), Discord (2019) and Reddit (2019)
The competition was first established on October 16, 2016 by Captain Patagonia and is Christmas competitio
n where mappers have to do mapping challenges (Usually upload a video on a certain topic) every day for 12 days. The challenges take place every year during the days leading up to Christmas.
During the 2016, 2018, and the coming 2019 Tournaments, The 12 Days of Mapping YouTube Channel provided daily updates on the competition, while telling a story about the contestants. Contestants are required to provide a countryball while applying for the competition, as this countryball is used to represent the contestant during the YouTube videos.
The competition typically had smaller mappers participate, however, the competition had a number of promediant figures participate over the years including: 
* Ankhor (2018)
* Colonial Mapper (2018)
* Caritasi (2016)
* Cube Mapping (2017)
* Obscurium (2017)
* Buckeye Mapping (2017-2018)
* Antarctica Mapping (2016)
* Neim (2017)
* Northern Mapping (2016)
== 12 Days of Mapping: 2016 ==
For the first competition there were 8 contestants, 7 days, and the winner was Antarctica Mapping, who beat Lay Mapper in the finale.
Day	Placing	Contestant 	Type Of Elimination	Challenge
Day 1 
December 17	8th 	Trinidad and Tobagoball	Didn't Upload 	Alternate Future of Arabia
Day 2 
December 18	7th 	Jubal's Mapping 	Popular Vote 	Alternate Future of the Balkans
Day 3 
December 19	6th 	Evergreen Mapper 	Didn't Upload 	Alternate Future of the Baltics
Day 4 
December 20	5th 	Hugary -countryball 	Popular Vote 	Alternate Future of Iberia
Day 5 
December 21	4th 	Caritasi 	Popular Vote 	Alternate Future of China
Day 6 
December 22	3rd 	Northern Mapping 	Didn't Upload 	Alternate Future of Canada
Day 7 
December 23	2nd 	Lay Mapper 	Popular Vote 	Alternate History of Rome
Day 7 
December 23	1st 	Antarctica Mapping 	Winner 	Alternate History of Rome
== 12 Days of Mapping: 2017 ==
For the second competition there were 15 contestants, 12 days (6 break days), and the winner was ARIS-Komuniszt, who beat Radiant Mapper in the finale.
Day	Placing 	Contestant 	Type Of Elimination	Challenge
Day 1
December 6	15th 	Bristolian 	Didn't Upload 	The Story Of Asafeia: Part 1
Day 1
December 6	14th 	Celez Mapping 	Didn't Upload 	The Story Of Asafeia: Part 1
Day 1
December 6	13th 	Trinidad and Tobagoball	Didn't Upload 	The Story Of Asafeia: Part 1
Day 2
December 8	12th 	Cube Mapping 	Didn't Upload 	Alternate History of The British Empire
Day 3
December 10	11th 	Captain Greninja 	Popular Vote 	Alternate History of The Cold War
Day 4
December 11	10th 	Prodigium 	Didn't Upload 	The Story Of Asafeia: Part 2
Day 5
December 13	9th 	Obscurium 	Didn't Upload 	Alternate History of the Mongol Empire
Day 5
December 13	8th 	Buckeye Mapping 	Didn't Upload 	Alternate History of the Mongol Empire
Day 6
December 15	7th 	Neim 	Didn't Upload 	The Idterram: Part 2
Day 7
December 16	6th 	Lay Mapper 	Didn't Upload 	Alternate History of Peru
Day 8
December 17	No Popular Vote	No Popular Vote 	Non-Elimination 	The Story Of Asafeia: Part 3
Day 9
December 19	5th 	Yeast Mapping 	Popular Vote 	Alternate History of Antarctica
Day 10
December 21	4th 	Hugary -countryball 	Popular Vote 	Alternate History of the Roman Empire
Day 11
December 22	3rd 	Lux 	Popular Vote 	The Story Of Asafeia: Part 4
Day 12
December 23	2nd 	Radiant Mapper 	Popular Vote 	The Idterram: Part 1
Day 12
December 23	1st 	ARIS-Komuniszt 	Winner 	The Idterram: Part 1
== 12 Days of Mapping: 2018 ==
For the third competition there were 9 contestants, 12 days, and the winners were Colonial Mapper and Lay Mapper. This year's competition took a step away from the popular vote form of elimination and toward judge elimination. The three judges were:
* Captain Patagonia: Creator, Coordianator, and 2016 Champion
* ARIS-Komuniszt: 2017 Champion
* Lux: 2017 3rd Place Winner
Day	Placing 	Contestant 	Type Of Elimination	Challenge
Day 1
December 13	9th 	Ankhor 	Didn't Upload 	Alternate History of Patagonia
Day 2
December 14	Hugary -countryball	Hugary -countryball	Non-Elimination 	United States Map
Day 3
December 15	8th 	Buckeye 	Didn't Upload 	Mageja: Session 1
Day 4
December 16	Olympus 	Olympus 	Non-Elimination 	Alternate Future of Brazil
Day 5
December 17	7th 	Olympus 	Didn't Upload 	Countryball Collection
Day 6
December 18	Lay Mapper 	Lay Mapper 	Non-Elimination 	Alternate History of the Soviet Union
Day 7
December 19	6th 	Hugary -countryball	Popular Vote 	Mageja: Session 2
Day 8
December 20	5th 	BlackBird 	Didn't Upload 	Alternate Future of Anatolia
Day 9
December 21	4x Productions 	4x Productions 	Non-Elimination 	Write a Review
Day 10
December 22	4th 	4x Productions 	Judge Elimination 	Alternate History of Australia
Day 11
December 23	3rd 	Yeast Mapping 	Judge Elimination 	Alternate Future of Greenland
Day 12
December 24	1st 	Lay Mapper 	Judge Elimination 	Alternate History of the Faroe Islands
Day 12
December 24	1st 	Colonial Mapper 	Judge Elimination 	Alternate History of the Faroe Islands
* On the 2nd day, Hugary -countryball survived a Popular Vote Elimination
* On the 4th day, Olympus survived a Popular Vote Elimination
* On the 6th day, Lay Mapper survived a Popular Vote Elimination
* On the 9th day, 4x Productions survived a Judge Elimination
Teams 	Teams 	Teams 	Teams 	Teams 	Teams
Team #1 	Team #1	Team #2 	Team #2	Team #3 	Team #3
Lay Mapper 	1st 	Buckeye 	8th 	Blackbird 	5th
Yeast Mapping	3rd 	Ankhor 	9th 	Hugary -countryball	6th
Olympus 	7th 	4x Productions	4th 	Colonial Mapper 	1st
== 12 Days of Mapping: 2019 ==
Information about the fourth competition will come as December approaches.Category:Google +