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== Square of Publicity ==
== Square of Publicity ==
At x0y0 is the Square of Publicity. It is a 2x2 chunk with a space to type in the center, with the rest being member-protected. The member-protected part hosts various links and scripts. It's usually the first target of spam since almost everyone wants to type in it and it's the first thing one sees upon joining OWOT.
At '''[https://ourworldoftext.com/ X: 0, Y: 0]''' is the Square of Publicity. It is a 2x2 chunk with a space to type in the center, with the rest being member-protected. The member-protected part hosts various links and scripts. It's usually the first target of spam since almost everyone wants to type in it and it's the first thing one sees upon joining OWOT.
 
As of November 16, 2024, the owner protection color is {{Color|#E8A9A1}} and the member protection color is {{Color|#A9C4D8}}. These are leftover from the [[Weekly Briefing Release 8 Oct 27 - Nov 3|2024 Halloween Event]].


== Ratings ==
== Ratings ==
At x3600y4500 is the Ratings poll. It hosts a selection of worlds that people can like or dislike. The world with the highest like:dislike ratio will be nominated WOTD.
At [https://ourworldoftext.com/#x:3600,y:4500 '''X: 3600, Y: 4500'''] is the Ratings poll. It is linked on the Square of Publicity and it hosts a selection of worlds that people are able to like or dislike. The world with the highest like to dislike ratio will be nominated WOTD.
 
== Frontpage Status ==
At [https://ourworldoftext.com/#x:1010,y:1010 '''X: 1010, Y: 1010'''] you can see how many people are currently online and how many views the page has.


== Other ==
== Other ==
Many other things one may see on '''''/''''' are counters, crawlers, timers, spam, among other things.
Here are other things one may see on '''''/''''':


=== Counters ===
=== Spam ===
Usually above or below the Square of Publicity are counter scripts, which host a steadily or logarithmically increasing number of something. The most common of these are "(user) has baked (number) of cupcakes" or "(user) has typed (number) times". Counters usually get a bad rap due to being eyesores or generally annoying.
'''''/''''' is commonly subjected to various spam attacks, whether big or small.
 
=== Image pastes ===
There may be images being pasted at times. A wide variety of images are pasted, including logos, stock images, and face reveals. Very rarely, porn is pasted, which has led to colors being turned off for all users near spawn several times and colors being disabled on TOR nodes indefinitely.
 
=== Spawn pub ===
Usually below the Square of Publicity, you will find the spawn pub (sometimes replaced with VYN bar). However, there is no official interior.
 
=== Stickmen ===
Occasionally, you will see stickmen doing various activities such as talking or interacting with each other. These stickmen also often accompany ASCII artworks such as vehicles or buildings. Sometimes, people use the stickmen for roleplay, such as the [https://owot.me/cmblore Combined Military Brigade], VYN, Baumer, lime.owot, and nonaem's stickmen interacting with each other.
 
=== lime.radio ===
Around ten tiles away from the Square of Publicity, currently to the east, you will find lime.radio, a script that communicates with its clients via [[Cmd|cmd commands]]. You can "tune into" the "radio" by running the script at its bottom right corner in your browser in an OWoT tab connected to the same world as the radio.


=== Crawlers ===
=== Crawlers ===
Rarely near Square of Publicity, crawler scripts are scripts that crawl a list of URLs. The most well-known one is at around x-3y3, which is a crawler script which has lasted the longest amount of time out of all of them. It crawls the internet, sorting links into different domains and topics. Many say it seeks to download the internet.
Rarely near Square of Publicity, crawler scripts are scripts that crawl a list of URLs. The most well-known one is at around x-3y3, which is a crawler script by [[yiff_plus]] which has lasted the longest amount of time out of all of them. It crawls the internet, sorting links into different domains and topics.


=== Timers ===
=== Progress bars ===
Usually around Square of Publicity are timer scripts which tell you how long until the day ends, how long until the week ends, month, year, etc.
At yiff_plus' crawler is a progress bar script by [[JustAnOWOTUser]] which tells you how long until the week and month ends. It used to be below the Square of Publicity, but after measures were taken to deter this, it moved to the crawler.


=== Spam ===
=== Counters ===
'''''/''''' is commonly subjected to various spam attacks, whether big or small.
Around early 2024, above or below the Square of Publicity were counter scripts, usually by [[Fernozzle]], which host a steadily or logarithmically increasing number of something. The most common of these are "(user) has baked (number) of cupcakes" or "(user) has typed (number) times". Counters usually get a bad rep due to being eyesores or being generally annoying.
 
=== Image Pastes ===
There's commonly a lot of images being pasted at times. A wide variety of images are pasted, usually logos, face reveals, and stock images. Sometimes CP is pasted, which has led to colors being turned off several times.

Latest revision as of 22:47, 16 November 2024

Main Page in 2023
Pika City at X: 0, Y: 92, founded on January 3rd, 2020
Teleportation Subway at X: 111, Y: 888, founded on June 4th, 2018
The WOTD ratings at X: 3600, Y: 4500, established on January 8, 2023, succeeding the WOTD poll

/ is the world that everyone first sees upon joining OWOT.

Square of Publicity

At X: 0, Y: 0 is the Square of Publicity. It is a 2x2 chunk with a space to type in the center, with the rest being member-protected. The member-protected part hosts various links and scripts. It's usually the first target of spam since almost everyone wants to type in it and it's the first thing one sees upon joining OWOT.

As of November 16, 2024, the owner protection color is #E8A9A1 and the member protection color is #A9C4D8 . These are leftover from the 2024 Halloween Event.

Ratings

At X: 3600, Y: 4500 is the Ratings poll. It is linked on the Square of Publicity and it hosts a selection of worlds that people are able to like or dislike. The world with the highest like to dislike ratio will be nominated WOTD.

Frontpage Status

At X: 1010, Y: 1010 you can see how many people are currently online and how many views the page has.

Other

Here are other things one may see on /:

Spam

/ is commonly subjected to various spam attacks, whether big or small.

Image pastes

There may be images being pasted at times. A wide variety of images are pasted, including logos, stock images, and face reveals. Very rarely, porn is pasted, which has led to colors being turned off for all users near spawn several times and colors being disabled on TOR nodes indefinitely.

Spawn pub

Usually below the Square of Publicity, you will find the spawn pub (sometimes replaced with VYN bar). However, there is no official interior.

Stickmen

Occasionally, you will see stickmen doing various activities such as talking or interacting with each other. These stickmen also often accompany ASCII artworks such as vehicles or buildings. Sometimes, people use the stickmen for roleplay, such as the Combined Military Brigade, VYN, Baumer, lime.owot, and nonaem's stickmen interacting with each other.

lime.radio

Around ten tiles away from the Square of Publicity, currently to the east, you will find lime.radio, a script that communicates with its clients via cmd commands. You can "tune into" the "radio" by running the script at its bottom right corner in your browser in an OWoT tab connected to the same world as the radio.

Crawlers

Rarely near Square of Publicity, crawler scripts are scripts that crawl a list of URLs. The most well-known one is at around x-3y3, which is a crawler script by yiff_plus which has lasted the longest amount of time out of all of them. It crawls the internet, sorting links into different domains and topics.

Progress bars

At yiff_plus' crawler is a progress bar script by JustAnOWOTUser which tells you how long until the week and month ends. It used to be below the Square of Publicity, but after measures were taken to deter this, it moved to the crawler.

Counters

Around early 2024, above or below the Square of Publicity were counter scripts, usually by Fernozzle, which host a steadily or logarithmically increasing number of something. The most common of these are "(user) has baked (number) of cupcakes" or "(user) has typed (number) times". Counters usually get a bad rep due to being eyesores or being generally annoying.