AZ Mapping

* 2020-Present
* 2017-2020

**AZ Mapping**, formerly known as **InnerAgentZ**, is an affiliated channel of AZ that focuses on countryball mapping with cutscenes, the cutscene's backgrounds being done with a software called **Garry's Mod**.

## History

### InnerAgentZ ~ GMOD (2017-2018)

Before AZ Mapping began mapping, the channel consisted of random Garry's Mod videos based around *Mario and Splatoon* related animations or AZ messing around with the physics gun. All of these have since been taken down, with none remaining as AZ Mapping has since deleted these video files. The most popular video released at this time (And the last one to be taken down) was a video created for SMG4's 2 Million Sub Special, which did not make it into the special. The video had over 1K views before being taken down.

### InnerAgentZ ~ Countryballs + Mapping (2019-2021)

On June 8th 2019, after a long break from YouTube, AZ produced and released the countryball animation Mussolini invades greece, which was their first ever countryball animation and is still viewable. A few more countryball animations were released following that video, mostly countryball animations on popular memes at the time. Then, somewhere in September 2019, after being inspired by mappers such as Canadian Mapping and West Virginian Mapping, AZ briefly aired their first ever mapping video, being Alternative Future of Asia. Then, on the same day, the second episode of the series was uploaded, both only around one minute long. These only lasted for one day, before being taken down the following day. On November 3rd 2019, AZ released their first mapping video that still remains, being Alternative Future of the Imperial World (AFOIW), which at the time was called "Alternative Future of the World" without "imperial". Then, on November 30th 2019, AZ released their next series, being Alternative Future of Europe (AFOE). Both series continued throughout 2019 through to 2020, where in Janurary 2020, AZ began to lose motivation to map, causing a 7 month gap between episodes 9 and 10 for the AFOW series, being the longest wait between episodes yet. Between episodes 9 and 10, AZ experimented with multiple other types of content, which have all been taken down today. Some content included Ace Attorney animations, specifically Phoenix Wrong short videos, a few Paper Mario: The Origami King memes, and some Henry Stickmin videos. Once Episode 10 for AFOW was released on August 22nd 2020, AZ took a hiatus from mapping, and continued posting other content, with the only few remaining being How Henry Stickmin can get into Smash Bros., Stealing the Diamond OST: Fire Proof 1 Hour Loop, Alternative Future of the Imperial World Movie, and your trial of communism has ended. Finally, on May 23rd 2021, 9 months after AZ's AFOW came to an close, AZ returned to the AFOE series and posted Episode 4. Then, AZ produced and prepared to release 3 videos through July, with the videos being 3-4 days apart. Those videos were the finale to AFOE: Episode 5, Alternative Future of Europe Movie, and the introduction to AZ's next series: Alternative Future of the Disconnected World. It was made with lots of inspiration from a recent mapper they had watched, that being VoidViper Mapping Animation Productions. While this series was airing, December saw 5 uploads, with 1 more episode for AFODW, and four other series were announced, those being Alternative Future of the World: The Vampire, Alternative Future of the Imperial World: INTERACTIVE, and Alternative History of WW1, meaning AZ was going to stay as a mapper. Around here, the original AFOW was changed to add "Imperial" to the name, being Alternative Future of the Imperial World (AFOIW). The last video to be released in December 2021 was the 5th new series, being Alternative Future of the World INFINITY, beginning the next era for AZ.

### AZ Mapping (2022-Present)

In January 2022, AZ made the decision to change the channel name from "InnerAgentZ" to "AZ Mapping", with "AZ" standing for AgentZ. AZ Mapping continued to upload AFODW and AFOW INFINITY as usual, and on January 1st 2022, the first video to be released in 2022, AFODW Episode 6, was the first time AZ used Garry's Mod for mapping. Then, on May 1st 2022, AZ participated in a tournament called Mapper Tournament 21, and made it to the Semi-Finals before placing 11th. Mapper Tournament 21 gave AZ lots of criticism, particularly regarding the similarities between AZ Mapping's grahpics and storyline in AFODW to VoidViper. And, after a while of no progress on story for the series, AZ cancelled and took down the one episode of Alternative History of WW1. Then, AZ would participate as a presenter in Summer Mapper Fest 2022, where AFODW Episode 11, and trailers for AFOW: The Vampire and AFOW Season 2: Interactive. On June 27th, after Summer Mapper Fest 2022 came to a close, AZ would participate in Mapper Tournament 22, and took criticism from his submissions and fixed most of the problems in the video AFOW INFINITY, Episode 6: Double Fate, which was released in the middle of the tournament on July 31st 2022. With the help of ideas from various fans, AZ managed to win the tournament. AZ would judge the private Mapper Tournament 23, and has not had any involvement in any future Mapper Tournaments since.

## Trivia

* AZ has had 2 cancelled series so far, those being Alternative Future of Asia, and an Alternative History of WW1.