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[[File:MainPage2023.jpeg|thumb|The front page in 2023]]
'''/''', commonly known as the '''front page''' or '''main page''', is the world shown when accessing [[OWoT]]'s {{wp|root directory}}—i.e., at the URL <code>https://ourworldoftext.com/</code>. It was created at 9:24 AM on October 8th, 2017, and has over 8.7 million views as of February 18, 2025.
[[File:Pikacity-0 92.png|thumb|Pika City at X: 0, Y: 92, founded on January 3rd, 2020]]
[[File:Tp-sub.png|thumb|Teleportation Subway at X: 111, Y: 888, founded on June 4th, 2018]]
[[File:Wotd-poll.png|thumb|The WOTD ratings at X: 3600, Y: 4500, established on January 8, 2023, succeeding the WOTD poll]]
'''/''' is the world accessible at the URL <code>https://ourworldoftext.com/</code>.


== Square of Publicity ==
== Member protected areas ==
{{See also|Spawn}}
Indestructible areas placed by [[FP]] or the multiple [[:Category:Main world members|main world members]].
At the center of the / world (i.e., <code>X: 0, Y: 0</code>) is the '''Square of Publicity'''. It is a section two [[tile]]s wide and two tiles tall with a space to type in the center, 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]].
=== Center Console/Square of Publicity ===
[[File:Center console history.jpg|358x358px|thumb|[https://ourworldoftext.com/center_console_history /center_console_history]]]{{main|Center Console}}At the center of the / world (i.e., <code>X: 0, Y: 0</code>) is the Square of Publicity (SoP), also known as the Center Console. It is a section two [[tile]]s wide and two tiles tall with a space to type in the center, with the rest being member-protected. The member-protected section hosts various links and scripts, as well as the WOTD. Upon page load, users on / are greeted with the Square of Publicity, making it a common spam target.


== Ratings ==
Worlds such as [[/center_console]] and [https://ourworldoftext.com/Center_Console_History /center_console_history] have been created to document and archive the history of the Square of Publicity.
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 ==
[https://ourworldoftext.com/center_console_history /center_console_history] is a world created by [[AndreiXYZ]] to [[Archive Worlds|archive]] changes made to the SOP.
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.
[[File:Center_Console_May-2025.png|none|thumb]]


== Other ==
=== Ratings ===
Here are other things one may see on '''''/''''':
{{main|World of the Day}}At [https://ourworldoftext.com/#x:3600,y:4500 '''X: 3600, Y: 4500'''] is the Ratings poll. Also linked via the Square of Publicity, it hosts a selection of worlds users can like or dislike. The world with the highest like-to-dislike ratio may be nominated as WOTD, however, some users have raised concerns alleging that some worlds on the poll may be rigged or automated for or against their rating.[[File:Wotd-poll.png|thumb|The WOTD ratings at X: 3600, Y: 4500, established on January 8, 2023, succeeding the WOTD poll|center]]


=== Spam ===
=== Frontpage Status ===
'''''/''''' is commonly subjected to various spam attacks, whether big or small.
At [https://ourworldoftext.com/#x:1010,y:1010 '''X: 1010, Y: 1010'''], users can see how many total connections are currently active, as well as the page's total view count.
[[File:Frontpage status september 10 2025.png|center|thumb|502x502px]]


=== Image pastes ===
=== Fake world of the day box that claims to be run by the hindu goddess durga ===
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.
[[File:Fake world of the day box that claims to be run by the hindu goddess durga.png|border|right|frameless]]
<blockquote>"''Did you know that on this page there's a fake world of the day box that claims to be run by the Hindu goddess Durga?''"</blockquote>A plain member protected square at X: 100.  


=== Spawn pub ===
It is unknown which [[:Category:Main world members|mainpage member]] created this, or when it was last updated, but the box was first mentioned in early 2021.
Usually below the Square of Publicity, you will find the spawn pub (sometimes replaced with VYN bar). However, there is no official interior.


=== Stickmen ===
Clicking on "me" links to an image of the [http://web.archive.org/web/20160204051737if_/http://dekhnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Happy-Durga-Puja-2015.jpg Hindu goddess Durga], who is said to run the account. Clicking on source leads to an image of a [https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/2da5af7e-4019-4b60-8d88-1b89b3e1fc1a/d19zk5n-930017ef-29fb-4f52-bb89-fc20065ad0f1.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwic3ViIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTpmaWxlLmRvd25sb2FkIl0sIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiIvZi8yZGE1YWY3ZS00MDE5LTRiNjAtOGQ4OC0xYjg5YjNlMWZjMWEvZDE5ems1bi05MzAwMTdlZi0yOWZiLTRmNTItYmI4OS1mYzIwMDY1YWQwZjEucG5nIn1dXX0.MR6kBV9SULzmaorMbCvTVtfYPnGgYWHOFIilRHrvXM4 mystic spiral], which can be interpreted as either proof for the validity of the box, or as the source of existence itself. And as of 2025, the current world of the day links to a video titled [https://www.youtube.com/embed/cM58ipl6TJE ''Bad Milk''].
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 ===
=== Miscellaneous content protected by frontpage members ===
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.
{{main|Member}}Text protected by mainpage members can be found scattered around the Mainpage.<gallery>
File:Five nights at franks.webp|Protected by [[Tap20]]
File:So the king gave us.webp
File:Introduction to kabbalah.webp
File:Lime ported from textwall.png|Made by [[lime.owot]], protected by [[Poopman]]
File:Polonez vib rabbit.png|Made by [[Polonez]], protected by [[Poopman]]
</gallery>


=== Crawlers ===
== Geography ==
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 ===
=== Spawn ===
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.
{{main|Spawn}}
The frontpage's spam filled center region, and also the home to 90% of its content.
[[File:Egg spawn july 2025.png|center|thumb|1178x1178px|[[Large OWOT Screenshots|Large screenshot]] of Spawn by [[E g.]]]]


=== Counters ===
=== Roads and lines ===
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.
Can go on for really long distances, but are mostly lacking in content.
 
=== Farlands ===
[[File:GlitchLands2023.jpeg|thumb|249x249px|GlitchLands in 2023 with a bit of glitching]]
{{main|Glitchlands}}
The '''Glitchlands''' is a place located at X:1000000000000000, Y:1000000000000000, you can only teleport to the GlitchLands using [https://pastebin.com/g1WrCQ2D this script]. The place is like the farlands in minecraft, The reason why its so glitched is because of a [[wikipedia:Floating_point_error|floating point error]]. Most of the '''Glitchlands''' has been spammed.
 
=== World border ===
tbd
 
== Notable art/landmarks ==
See also [[List of cities on OWOT]].
 
=== Heey's Teleportation Subway ===
{{main|Heey's Teleportation Subway}}
Teleportation Subway at X: 111, Y: 888, founded on June 4th, 2018.[[File:Tp-sub.png|thumb|none]]
=== Map of OWOT ===
The Map of Our World of Text, located at [https://ourworldoftext.com/#x:500,y:500 X:500, Y:500] is, as its name states, a map of Our World of Text. Its scale is 20 XY per 1 tile, and shows data all the way to 1020 XY.
 
The map was presumably created by the member [[Happyworld392]] in 2019.
[[File:Map of owot 500xy.png|center|thumb|442x442px]]
 
=== Happyworld's Kingdom ===
Created by Happyworld to archive art.
 
Located at [https://ourworldoftext.com/#x:390,y:390 X:390 Y:390].
[[File:Happyworlds kingdom.png|center|thumb|603x603px]]
=== Pika City ===
A city located at Y:92. Pika City was founded by [[Tap20]] on January 3rd, 2020 and has since become the largest OWOT city, thanks to the contribution of many users over the years.
 
Pika City is one of the most frequently griefed landmarks and has been restored numerous times.
[[File:Pika_city_april_28_2025.jpg|center|thumb|591x591px|Entirety of Pika City as of April 28th, 2025]]
 
== Gallery ==
=== OWOT timelapses ===
tbd
 
(i'll link mine when it accumulates enough screenshots)
 
=== Large screenshots ===
{{main|Large OWOT Screenshots}}<gallery mode="packed" heights="300" caption="Large Mainpage screenshots by [[FP]]">
File:Frontpage april 4 2019.png|Mainpage snapshot by FP from April 9th, 2019. This image used to be accessible via <u>www.ourworldoftext.com/static?file=6.</u>
File:Mainpage december 14 2021.jpg|December 14th, 2021(''4,000 tiles up and down).'' This image is accessible via https://ourworldoftext.com/static/files/img_1000_dec14-2021.png.
File:Fp big mainpage screenshot july 8 2024.jpg|With color. The colorful scribbles were a script that would generate winding roads on the Mainpage. These roads have long since been deleted.
</gallery>
[[Category:Worlds]]
[[Category:History]]

Latest revision as of 20:11, 14 October 2025

"Main world" redirects here. For /main, see /main.

/, commonly known as the front page or main page, is the world shown when accessing OWoT's root directory—i.e., at the URL https://ourworldoftext.com/. It was created at 9:24 AM on October 8th, 2017, and has over 8.7 million views as of February 18, 2025.

Member protected areas

Indestructible areas placed by FP or the multiple main world members.

Center Console/Square of Publicity

/center_console_history
Main article: Center Console

At the center of the / world (i.e., X: 0, Y: 0) is the Square of Publicity (SoP), also known as the Center Console. It is a section two tiles wide and two tiles tall with a space to type in the center, with the rest being member-protected. The member-protected section hosts various links and scripts, as well as the WOTD. Upon page load, users on / are greeted with the Square of Publicity, making it a common spam target.

Worlds such as /center_console and /center_console_history have been created to document and archive the history of the Square of Publicity.

/center_console_history is a world created by AndreiXYZ to archive changes made to the SOP.

Ratings

Main article: World of the Day

At X: 3600, Y: 4500 is the Ratings poll. Also linked via the Square of Publicity, it hosts a selection of worlds users can like or dislike. The world with the highest like-to-dislike ratio may be nominated as WOTD, however, some users have raised concerns alleging that some worlds on the poll may be rigged or automated for or against their rating.

The WOTD ratings at X: 3600, Y: 4500, established on January 8, 2023, succeeding the WOTD poll

Frontpage Status

At X: 1010, Y: 1010, users can see how many total connections are currently active, as well as the page's total view count.

Fake world of the day box that claims to be run by the hindu goddess durga

"Did you know that on this page there's a fake world of the day box that claims to be run by the Hindu goddess Durga?"

A plain member protected square at X: 100.

It is unknown which mainpage member created this, or when it was last updated, but the box was first mentioned in early 2021.

Clicking on "me" links to an image of the Hindu goddess Durga, who is said to run the account. Clicking on source leads to an image of a mystic spiral, which can be interpreted as either proof for the validity of the box, or as the source of existence itself. And as of 2025, the current world of the day links to a video titled Bad Milk.

Miscellaneous content protected by frontpage members

Main article: Member

Text protected by mainpage members can be found scattered around the Mainpage.

Geography

Spawn

Main article: Spawn

The frontpage's spam filled center region, and also the home to 90% of its content.

Large screenshot of Spawn by E g.

Roads and lines

Can go on for really long distances, but are mostly lacking in content.

Farlands

GlitchLands in 2023 with a bit of glitching
Main article: Glitchlands

The Glitchlands is a place located at X:1000000000000000, Y:1000000000000000, you can only teleport to the GlitchLands using this script. The place is like the farlands in minecraft, The reason why its so glitched is because of a floating point error. Most of the Glitchlands has been spammed.

World border

tbd

Notable art/landmarks

See also List of cities on OWOT.

Heey's Teleportation Subway

Main article: Heey's Teleportation Subway

Teleportation Subway at X: 111, Y: 888, founded on June 4th, 2018.

Map of OWOT

The Map of Our World of Text, located at X:500, Y:500 is, as its name states, a map of Our World of Text. Its scale is 20 XY per 1 tile, and shows data all the way to 1020 XY.

The map was presumably created by the member Happyworld392 in 2019.

Happyworld's Kingdom

Created by Happyworld to archive art.

Located at X:390 Y:390.

Pika City

A city located at Y:92. Pika City was founded by Tap20 on January 3rd, 2020 and has since become the largest OWOT city, thanks to the contribution of many users over the years.

Pika City is one of the most frequently griefed landmarks and has been restored numerous times.

Entirety of Pika City as of April 28th, 2025

Gallery

OWOT timelapses

tbd

(i'll link mine when it accumulates enough screenshots)

Large screenshots

Main article: Large OWOT Screenshots
  • Large Mainpage screenshots by FP
  • Mainpage snapshot by FP from April 9th, 2019. This image used to be accessible via www.ourworldoftext.com/static?file=6.
    Mainpage snapshot by FP from April 9th, 2019. This image used to be accessible via www.ourworldoftext.com/static?file=6.
  • December 14th, 2021(4,000 tiles up and down). This image is accessible via https://ourworldoftext.com/static/files/img_1000_dec14-2021.png.
    December 14th, 2021(4,000 tiles up and down). This image is accessible via https://ourworldoftext.com/static/files/img_1000_dec14-2021.png.
  • With color. The colorful scribbles were a script that would generate winding roads on the Mainpage. These roads have long since been deleted.
    With color. The colorful scribbles were a script that would generate winding roads on the Mainpage. These roads have long since been deleted.
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