Mapper Tournament 22

*To see what Mapper Tournament is, see Mapper Tournament on the **Mapping Wiki**.
This isn't about Mapper Tournament 22, more about the tournament from AZ Mapping's perspective.*

## Tournament Information

### Judges

Pilot, Logan, Jerseyite, Renaissance Productions, BasqueBall, Maharlika, SDM Arcugos, and Chrono

## Videos Submitted

### Finals

AFOW INFINITY, Episode 6: Double Fate

**Mapper Tournament 22**, abbreviated as **MT22**, is the 22nd Mapper Tournament to be hosted. This is the second Mapper Tournament AZ Mapping participated in.

## Involvement

AZ Mapping joined **Mapper Tournament 22** after Summer Mapping Fest 2022 ended, of which the server Summer Mapping Fest 2022 was hosted in was changed to **Mapper Tournament 22**.

The reception from the videos this time (Except AFODW, Episode 10: Chaotic Reality, the only video submitted to also be submitted in Mapper Tournament 21) were more positive, with the main criticism still being referring to the similarities to **VoidViper** in terms of graphics and questionable **plot** decisions, particuarly for Alternative Future of the World INFINITY submisions. AZ Mapping would narrowly win **Mapper Tournament 22** by 1.35 points, with Tempus being the runner up.

## Controversy

Throughout the tournament, is was believed that Averixine would win the tournament, due to them being 1st in the Quarter and Semi Finals and 2nd to the Auditions (With Barbell being 1st in Auditions, who has one of the best videos in mapping history, being El Mirador: Prologue). AZ Mapping had only come 2nd in the Quarter Finals, and 8th in the Semi Finals. However, due to the judge Chrono only giving Averixine a "1" for their plot in their submissions, they fell to 3rd place, 4 points behind AZ Mapping. This caused a lot of controversy around this tournament, particularly among the judges of Mapper Tournament 21, whom some were outraged due to the videos AZ Mapping submitted in Mapper Tournament 21 being a lot lower quality compared to the improved submissions in **Mapper Tournament 22**. These judges in particular still carry this sentiment, such as HydreGod leaving AZ Mapping out from their **365 Mapping Videos** playlist, due to them mentioning that they'd rather rewatch **VoidViper** than watch AZ Mapping.

There was also controversy around the decision to give Averixine a "1" for plot among Averixine and Chrono. With Averixine mentioning that they woudl've been fine with at least a "4" or "5" for plot, although these scores would've changed the tournament entirely. Chrono's note and criticism towards Averixine would later become a copypasta of sorts, being: (Contains Profanity)

*"Right, I wasn't going to write any long notes this round but I need to address this bullshit. Frankly, the plot of this episode is your worst yet and by quite some distance. First of all, there's the way Russia somehow knew that France and Germany were working together,  even while France was under Spanish rule. I don't give two shits whether "they had the help of Vlast", that clearly doesn't add up because Vlast didn't fucking exist in the early episodes! Secondly, there's the nonsense that Averixine (fuck off for naming a character after yourself btw) and Vlast couldn't find who murdered Transylvania. You're telling me that Vlast is somehow able to be aware of conversations that happened before they were \*even created\*, but can't find out who assassinated the leader of some irrelevant eastern country, even with the backing of the largest world superpower in the last century? A little logical consistency, that's all I ask. And finally we get onto the absolute sheer fucking dumpsterfire that is Russia annexing all of their puppets. The same Russia that caves in to SWEDEN the very same episode somehow has the  power and legitimacy to annex half the fucking continent? Tell me why there aren't revolutions breaking out the SECOND this shit  happens. Tell me why the German, Hungarian, Polish and French people are just perfectly happy with their nation randomly being annexed by Russia. Tell me how Russia faces NO international consequences for this barring a really larpy speech from the Concord. TELL ME HOW YOU THOUGHT THIS BATSHIT INSANE PLOT WOULD ACTUALLY FUCKING WORK!" -Chrono*

## Aftermath

AZ Mapping would change up the music used in the episodes following AFOW INFINITY, Episode 6: Double Fate. Other than that, not much was changed.

## Trivia

* AFOW INFINITY, Episode 6: Double Fate was in production during **Mapper Tournament 22**, and the video's quality was increased specifically for this tournament.