Grand Mapper

"For the last time... I'll read the votes."

Ankhor, Grand Mapper

Grand Mapper is the first season of the Grand Mapper competition overall. It premiered on January 1st, 2019 via a YouTube livestream from an account owned by Ankhor, and it ended with Colonial Mapping winning the season on February 1st, 2019.

Phase 1
Season One started out after the live premiere from YouTube from the former The Mapping Community YouTube account. The premiere as of now has been deleted. It started out with two teams, or unions. Crux and Cygnus were the initial teams of the season.

The first challenge was won by Cygnus, sending Crux to the first elimination. Corsium would be the 1st person voted out in a 4-3-1 vote against BlackBird and Poisonous. After that, Yeast quit the game. In the second challenge, everyone had to do a flag map of different African countries. Crux lost yet again, facing the second elimination. At the beginning of the elimination, Colonial, who was in exile, stole a vote from Ares. Hugary received 5 votes, eliminating him from the game.

Phase 2
After the elimination, a new twist occured - a swap and a 3rd union - Sol.

In the third challenge players were tasked to guess how many dots are on a specific image that was sent in the union chats. Crux won it, sending both Cygnus and Sol to a joint elimination. It saw the first tie ever in the game - between BlackBird and Radiant, both having 2 votes. The tiebreaker was the amount of messages in an union chat, as Radiant had more messages, thus eliminating BlackBird. The fourth challenge won by Cygnus, sending Sol and Crux to a joint elimination. Korean was voted out after that.

In the next challenge, each union had to chose a a player that would draw a countryball of Swaziland. Sundalanian won it for Cygnus, sending both Sol and Crux to a joint elimination yet again. Bashkir was voted out with 3 votes.

Phase 3
Phase 3 began with yet another twist - a second swap, and a double elimination where the two players voted out will compete in a return challenge.

Cygnus voted out Colonial, while Crux voted out Checkmate. While the return challenge was ongoing, the next immunity challenge would begin, in which Crux had to send someone to elimination. Poisonous was voted out. After that, the results of the return challenge were revealed, as Colonial won the challenge, kicking Checkmate out of the game.

Phase 4
Phase 4 began with a new twist - the merge of Crux and Cygnus into the Zodiac Union.

The next challenges would have only one winner, who becomes immune in the following elimination. The first individual immunity challenge was won by Sundalanian, who submitted the best alternate flag for the UN. The following elimination then was crazy, as a 4-way tie occurred between Venant, Saschen, Orthodox and Radiant. Orthodox was the most inactive player, resulting in his elimination.

The second individual challenge was won by Colonial, who submitted a map of an alternate nation in Southeast Asia. Saxony would be the 10th person voted out and 1st member of the jury, with 5 votes against him.

The next challenge after that was a special one, in which the winner would be immune for the next two eliminations, and also win a special advantage. In result, Colonial got the victory, making his safety guaranteed for a while. The next elimination saw the reveal of a new twist introduced into the game - The Hidden Immunity Idol. In it, Sundalanian and Radiant would play that specific advantage, cancelling all of their votes, eliminating Venant with only 2 votes. After that, a new elimination occurs, resulting in a tie between Sundalanian and Radiant. Sundalanian had more messages than Radiant in the union chat, resulting to Radiant's elimination.

The fourth individual immunity challenge was won by Colonial yet again, keeping his challenge streaks. The next elimination sealed Sundalanian's fate, as he was eliminated in a 4-2 vote against Ares.

The fifth and final challenge was to make an alternate future video of South Africa. Colonial, unsurprisingly, won the challenge, winning 5 challenges in a row and guaranteeing himself a spot in the Final 2. He also got to choose who to eliminate, and in the end, Cloud would be the final person voted out.

At the live finale, Colonial was declared the winner of Grand Mapper, with every jury member voting for him. Ares, having 0 votes, became a runner-up.

Cygnus

 * Ares
 * Bashkir
 * Colonial Mapper
 * Hugary Countryball
 * Korean Mapping
 * Radiant Mapper
 * Saschen
 * Yeast Mapping

Crux

 * BlackBird
 * Checkmate
 * Cloud Mapping
 * Corsium
 * Orthodox Mapping
 * Poisonous Mapping
 * Sundalanian
 * Venant Mapping

Trivia

 * This is the first season of Grand Mapper.
 * This is one of the only two seasons to have only 16 contestants, the second being Grand Mapper: Diarchy.
 * The season rankings icon is actually incorrect, this is the same for Grand Mapper: Revenge & Redemption.
 * This season is the only season that premiered on Youtube.