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== Community reception == | == Community reception == | ||
[[File:1052 art.png|thumb|165x165px|By [[Guest-1052]]]] | [[File:1052 art.png|thumb|165x165px|By [[Guest-1052]]]]Image paste abuse is one of the most obtrusive forms of spam on OWOT and also one of the most common. By late 2024/early 2025, images have begun to regularly outnumber other forms of text at [[Spawn]], prompting several users to jokingly call the site "Our World of Image Pastes." | ||
' | Furthermore, image pasters are frequently used to display offensive and/or graphic content. Pornographic spam has always been a recurring problem on OWOT and the lack of measures against it have led to fierce criticism against the site's [[moderation]]. This issue was only made worse in November 2024, when image pastes achieved significantly higher resolutions with the addition of customizable cell colors to the front page. A breaking point was reached in December 2025, when [[FP]] made the decision to [[The Great Color Ban of 2025/2026|disable color]] on the front page in order to limit the clarity of NSFW image pastes. The color ban will stay in place until he is able to implement a feature that automatically hides images from the canvas. | ||
Despite all these issues, image pasters are not outright despised by the community. Many scripters still enjoy finding new ways to render images on the canvas, and the creation of new image pasters is usually received positively so long as it doesn't result in more spam. Nevertheless, there is an informal ban on the distribution of such scripts which [[Lemuria]] refers to as the "OWOT Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Image Pasters." | |||
At the same time, there are many users who tolerate image pasters even when they are used for spam, seeing it as an example of spammers exercising their freedom on the canvas. | |||
== Types of image pasters == | == Types of image pasters == | ||
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=== Full block | === Full block === | ||
Using the full block "█," it is possible to render one color in each text cell. Two cells can also be combined to form a square pixel. | Using the full block "█," it is possible to render one color in each text cell. Two cells can also be combined to form a square pixel. | ||
Full block pasters used to be the primary form of image pasters in OWOT, but have grown out of fashion ever since November 2024, when a variety of higher resolution methods were made possible by the introduction of [[Tile format#Color & Background color|customizable cell colors]] to the mainpage. | Full block pasters used to be the primary form of image pasters in OWOT, but have grown out of fashion ever since November 2024, when a variety of higher resolution methods were made possible by the introduction of [[Tile format#Color & Background color|customizable cell colors]] to the mainpage. | ||
[[File:Owot family eggs.png|center|thumb| | [[File:Owot family eggs.png|center|thumb|301x301px|Example of a image rendered using full blocks]] | ||
=== Mixed full blocks === | |||
Represents contrasts in color using the additional full block characters "░ ▒ ▓." This method is more common on YWOT. | |||
[[File:Smug jug.png|center|thumb|332x332px|Smug jug]] | |||
=== Half block === | === Half block === | ||
By using the half block symbols "▀" and "▄," it is possible to divide each text cell into two pixels of different colors, with one color being the half block itself and the other being the cell background color. <gallery mode="packed" heights="300"> | By using the half block symbols "▀" and "▄," it is possible to divide each text cell into two pixels of different colors, with one color being the half block itself and the other being the cell background color. <gallery mode="packed" heights="300"> | ||
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=== Octant === | === Octant === | ||
Using [[Octant|octant characters]], it is possible to divide each text cell into eight pixels, though only two colors can be present in any given cell. Octants allow for higher resolution images than half blocks, though the two color limitation means that some amount of distortion will be visible at smaller scales.<gallery mode="packed" heights="300"> | Using [[Octant|octant characters]], it is possible to divide each text cell into eight pixels, though only two colors can be present in any given cell. Octants allow for higher resolution images than half blocks, though the two color limitation means that some amount of distortion will be visible at smaller scales. | ||
Octant pasters were rare at first, but have become the most common type of image pasters by mid 2025.<gallery mode="packed" heights="300"> | |||
File:Octant paste 1.png | File:Octant paste 1.png | ||
File:Octant paste 2.png | File:Octant paste 2.png | ||
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=== Quadrant === | === Quadrant === | ||
Can display four colors per cell, but faces the same limitations as octant pasters. Quadrant pasters are almost never seen.<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="Quadrant paster by [[Haster]]"> | |||
File:Quadrant cat color.webp | File:Quadrant cat color.webp | ||
File:Quadrant cat no color.webp | File:Quadrant cat no color.webp | ||
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=== Sextant === | === Sextant === | ||
Can display six colors per cell. Almost never seen.<gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> | |||
File:Team bald.png|Image paste using uncolored sextants | File:Team bald.png|Image paste using uncolored sextants | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== SLC === | === SLC === | ||
Images can also be rendered using [[Symbols for Legacy Computing]], giving them a blurry but stylistic appearance.[[File:Slc goat paste.png|center|thumb| | Images can also be rendered using [[Symbols for Legacy Computing]], giving them a blurry but stylistic appearance.[[File:Slc goat paste.png|center|thumb|325x325px]] | ||
=== Horizontal fractional blocks === | |||
An extremely rare form of image pasters. | |||
The images they produce look similar to full/half block pastes at large scales, but turning off color will reveal distinct horizontal patterns. | |||
Unlike half and full block pastes, these images are fully discernible even without color.<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="By [[Banksy]]"> | |||
File:Banksy image paster january 14 2026 2.png | |||
File:Banksy image paster january 14 2026 3.png | |||
</gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="Test"> | |||
File:Banksy image paster january 14 2026 4.png | |||
File:Banksy image paster january 14 2026 5.png | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== Vertical fractional blocks === | |||
Also extremely rare.<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="By Banksy"> | |||
File:Banksy image paster january 15 2026 1.png | |||
File:Banksy image paster january 15 2026 2.png | |||
</gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="Mixed fractional blocks (also by Banksy)"> | |||
File:Banksy image paster january 15 2026 3.png | |||
File:Banksy image paster january 15 2026 4.png | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== Emoji === | === Emoji === | ||
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File:Emoji paste november 7 2025.png | File:Emoji paste november 7 2025.png | ||
File:Emoji paste november 22 2025.png | File:Emoji paste november 22 2025.png | ||
</gallery>[[File:Windows xp background ywot.png|center|thumb| | </gallery>[[File:Windows xp background ywot.png|center|thumb|332x332px|From [[YWOT]]]] | ||
=== Links === | === Links === | ||
This type of image paster renders coloured images using URL and coordinate links. This allows coloured images to be pasted in worlds where coloured text is disabled, albeit you are limited to 4 colours: black, white, blue, and green. | This type of image paster renders coloured images using URL and coordinate links. This allows coloured images to be pasted in worlds where coloured text is disabled, albeit you are limited to 4 colours: black, white, blue, and green. | ||
== | First began popping off during the [[2025 color ban]].<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
File:Egg dithering.png|By [[e_g.]], red emojis are added in an attempt to render other colors via trichromatic [[wikipedia:Dither|dithering]] | |||
File:Kesherian skies 3.png|By [[Catzcute4]], dithering is used to render different (shades of) colors | |||
File:Link paste december 29 2025.png|For best effect, zoom out as far as possible | |||
</gallery> | |||
<gallery mode="packed" widths="300" heights="150" caption="Early tests for link pasting by [[Dupy]], created in [https://www.aseprite.org Aseprite] and ported to OWOT using an image paster"> | |||
File: | File:Demo wave.webp|alt=In pixel art, a waving stickman is on green plains during daytime, with blue skies and three clouds. The stickman says "hi."|"Demo wave" | ||
File:Sorrow for a bygone era.webp|alt=In pixel art, a crying stickman is against a blue & green checkerboard pattern. Tears are coming out of his eyes, more so from his closed left eye, and he says "The world used to be so colourful... now it's monochrome."|"Sorrow for a bygone era" | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="Black and white full block pastes that also use other symbols"> | |||
=== More unorthodox characters === | |||
Many unicode sets contain characters with varying amounts of negative space, allowing them to create different shades for image pastes. Most of these are incredibly fuzzy and stylistic.[[File:Weird thing made out of unicode.png|center|thumb|405x405px|Using various unicode and SLC, by [[Haster]]]]<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="Using card unicode, by [[Banksy]]"> | |||
File:Banksy card paste 2.png | |||
File:Banksy card paste.png | |||
</gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="Using horizontal blocks, also by Banksy"> | |||
File:Banksy image paster january 16th 2026 1.png | |||
File:Banksy image paster january 16th 2026 2.png | |||
</gallery>[[File:Cjk paste cat.png|center|thumb|523x523px|Using [[wikipedia:CJK_characters|CJK]], by [[e_g.]]]] | |||
=== Hybrid pasters === | |||
Using multiple types of characters.<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="Black and white full block pastes that also use other symbols"> | |||
File:W image paste.png | |||
File:This man paste.png | File:This man paste.png | ||
File:Rubiks cube paste.png|From YWOT | File:Rubiks cube paste.png|From YWOT | ||
File:Apple paste.png|From YWOT | File:Apple paste.png|From YWOT | ||
</gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="An image paste which utilizes a mix of quadrants and triangle unicodes(''Created by [[Caioz]]'')"> | </gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="An image paste which utilizes a mix of quadrants and triangle unicodes(''Created by [[Caioz]]'')"> | ||
File:Quadrant triangle paste 1.png | File:Quadrant triangle paste 1.png | ||
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The paster was mainly used to render photos of cats on the canvas, though on several occasions [[Crazy Cat Lady|CCL]] also used it to post face reveals at Spawn. | The paster was mainly used to render photos of cats on the canvas, though on several occasions [[Crazy Cat Lady|CCL]] also used it to post face reveals at Spawn. | ||
CCL had planned to release the script to the community, though several users(including [[Fp|FP]]) advised her not to.<gallery mode="packed" heights="300"> | CCL had planned to release the script to the community, though several users (including [[Fp|FP]]) advised her not to.<gallery mode="packed" heights="300"> | ||
File:Ccl_image_paste_color.png|Colors on | File:Ccl_image_paste_color.png|Colors on | ||
File:Ccl_image_paste_no_color.png|Colors off | File:Ccl_image_paste_no_color.png|Colors off | ||
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The script can render images using both full blocks and octants, and allows users to customize the dimensions of image pastes. | The script can render images using both full blocks and octants, and allows users to customize the dimensions of image pastes. | ||
[[File:Cathavi image paster.gif|center|thumb|500x500px]]<gallery mode="packed" heights=" | [[File:Cathavi image paster.gif|center|thumb|500x500px]]<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
File:Cathavi image paster august 17 color.webp | File:Cathavi image paster august 17 color.webp | ||
File:Cathavi image paster august 17 no color.png | File:Cathavi image paster august 17 no color.png | ||
</gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights=" | </gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> | ||
File:Cathavi image paster september 15 color.png | File:Cathavi image paster september 15 color.png | ||
File:Cathavi image paster september 15 no color.png | File:Cathavi image paster september 15 no color.png | ||
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=== Haster's image paster === | === Haster's image paster === | ||
Contains modes for full blocks, half blocks, quadrants, sextants and octants. Image dimensions are adjustable just like with Catha'vi's image paster. | Contains modes for full blocks, half blocks, quadrants, sextants and octants. Image dimensions are adjustable just like with Catha'vi's image paster. | ||
[[File:Waller ameno image paster.png|center|thumb| | [[File:Waller ameno image paster.png|center|thumb|320x320px]] | ||
=== SLC paster from November 2025 === | === SLC paster from November 2025 === | ||
Comes with the ability to rotate images. | Comes with the ability to rotate images. | ||
The creator of this | The creator of this script, an anon who would later be known as [[Banksy]], also made a series of [[Spam#SLC spam|SLC-based spam scripts]] at around the same time.<gallery mode="packed" heights="300"> | ||
File:Slc paste blue coral.png | File:Slc paste blue coral.png | ||
File:Slc paste blue coral no color.png | File:Slc paste blue coral no color.png | ||
</gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights=" | </gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="250"> | ||
File:Slc paste goldship.png | File:Slc paste goldship.png | ||
File:Slc paste goldship no color.png | File:Slc paste goldship no color.png | ||
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=== Image paster with a circular pasting pattern === | === Image paster with a circular pasting pattern === | ||
Appeared in December 2025. The creator was a spammer who used it to paste porn and other offensive content. | Appeared in December 2025. The creator was a spammer who used it to paste porn and other offensive content. | ||
[[File:Circular image paster.gif|center|thumb| | [[File:Circular image paster.gif|center|thumb|404x404px|Colors turned off due to NSFW content]] | ||
=== Banksy's image paster === | === Banksy's image paster === | ||
An | An octant paster that pastes from bottom to top. The creator is a former anon named [[Banksy]], who also created a number of [[Animated scripts|animations]] at Spawn around that time. | ||
The script was first seen on December 19th, 2025, where it was used to paste [https://umamusume.fandom.com/wiki/Gold_Ship Gold Ship] art and Bansky murals. It has the capacity for color, but was rendered monochrome on the frontpage due to a [[The Great Color Ban of 2025/2026|temporary color ban]] that was announced on the same day.<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | |||
File:Banksy paste.gif|Unique pasting style | File:Banksy paste.gif|Unique pasting style | ||
File:Big gold ship.png|December 19th, 2025 | File:Big gold ship.png|December 19th, 2025 | ||
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File:Emoji paste computer.png | File:Emoji paste computer.png | ||
File:Emoji paste fox.png | File:Emoji paste fox.png | ||
</gallery> | |||
=== Banksy's emoji paster === | |||
Two image pasters created by Banksy on December 24th, 2025, one that uses emojis and one that breaks images down to simple outlines. | |||
The former paster uses a particular set of emojis that gives images a vaguely shiny/glossy look.<gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> | |||
File:Image paste december 23 2025 1.png | |||
File:Image paste december 23 2025 2.png | |||
File:Image paste december 23 2025 3.png | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== [[JustAnOWOTUser|JustAnOWOTUser's]] 1SPaster === | |||
An image paster made by JustAnOWOTUser in 2023. Originally, it only supported full-block pastes, although half-block and link pasting were added to it in 2025. | |||
The main feature that makes it stand out from other pasters is its ease of use and simplicity, as its controlled by only one button and invisibly guides you through the pasting process in stages. | |||
[[File:1SPaster being used.gif|center|thumb|420x420px|1SPaster in action]] | |||
=== Link paster from December 2025/January 2026 === | |||
The most high quality link paster to have appeared as of early 2026. While the images it generates are hard to make out from up close, they can be startling lifelike when looked at from afar (i.e. at a lower zoom). | |||
The creator of this script is likely also responsible for the next image paster.<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | |||
File:Link paste forest.png|December 29th, 2025 | |||
File:Link paste beach.png|January 6th, 2026 | |||
File:Link paste telephone pole.png|January 6th, 2026 | |||
</gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> | |||
File:Banksy shell.png|December 24th, 2025 | |||
File:Link paste blue shell.png|January 6th, 2026 | |||
File:Jbl.png|January 10th, 2026 | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== Emoji paster from January 1st, 2026 === | |||
Created during the color ban, which was intended to end on New Year but was extended into 2026. | |||
The script overlays a sparse grid of colored emojis on top of a black and white octant paste, so as to give off the impression that it is fully colored. The quality of this illusion improves the farther you are zoomed out. | |||
The user behind this image paster also made the green koopa shell from the link pasters section, though both that script and this one were initially misattributed to Banksy.<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | |||
File:Image paste january 1 2025.png|January 1st, 2026 | |||
File:Image paste january 5 2026.png|The creator of the script talking with Banksy on January 5th, 2026 | |||
File:What this actually is.png|January 8th, 2026 | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== Miscellaneous === | === Miscellaneous === | ||
Various other image pasters(''mostly by anonymous users'') with different styles. [[File:Imagepaste horse.png|center| | Various other image pasters(''mostly by anonymous users'') with different styles. [[File:Imagepaste horse.png|center|327x327px|thumb|"''Vibe coding makes an image paster.''" ]]<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="Various types of octant pasters"> | ||
File:Octant paste 5.png|(''Created by [[Caioz]]'') | File:Octant paste 5.png|(''Created by [[Caioz]]'') | ||
File:Octant paste 6.png|(''Created by [[Caioz]]'') | File:Octant paste 6.png|(''Created by [[Caioz]]'') | ||
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File:Octant paste 10.png | File:Octant paste 10.png | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[File:Test world.png|center|thumb| | [[File:Test world.png|center|thumb|315x315px|Massive image pastes in [[/test]], the largest of which is 19 coordinates tall and 38 coordinates wide.]] | ||
== Art created by modifying image pastes == | == Art created by modifying image pastes == | ||
{{main|Art}} | |||
While image pasters are usually a form of spam, there are rare instances where people use them to make something creative. | |||
=== Using OWOT as a photo editor === | === Using OWOT as a photo editor === | ||
<gallery mode="packed" heights=" | <gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> | ||
File:Paw tuah.png|December 4th, 2024 | File:Paw tuah.png|December 4th, 2024 | ||
File:The father.png|July 25th, 2025 | File:The father.png|July 25th, 2025 | ||
File:Image paste eyes october 29 2025.png|October 29th, 2025 | File:Image paste eyes october 29 2025.png|October 29th, 2025 | ||
File:Sitting on owot.png|October 29th, 2025 | File:Sitting on owot.png|By [[Guest-1052]] (October 29th, 2025) | ||
File:Trump.png|November 2nd, 2025 | File:Trump.png|By [[Rscr]] (November 2nd, 2025) | ||
File:Trump shrine.png| | File:Trump shrine.png|Cont. | ||
File:This cooler is for 2 things.png|November 10th, 2025 | File:This cooler is for 2 things.png|By Rscr (November 10th, 2025) | ||
File:Orange teeth.webp|November 16th, 2025 | File:Orange teeth.webp|By Rscr (November 16th, 2025) | ||
File:Orange eat earth.png|November 17th, 2025 | File:Orange eat earth.png|By Rscr (November 17th, 2025) | ||
File:Screenshot 2025-11-22 at 9.16.09 PM.png|November 22nd, 2025 | File:Screenshot 2025-11-22 at 9.16.09 PM.png|By Rscr (November 22nd, 2025) | ||
File:Fp plane.png|December 3rd, 2025 | File:Fp plane.png|December 3rd, 2025 | ||
File:Three overpowered kings.png|December 7th, 2025 | File:Three overpowered kings.png|December 7th, 2025 | ||
File:Owot manga.png|December 17th, 2025 | File:Owot manga.png|December 17th, 2025 | ||
File:Long legs.png|By Rscr (January 14th, 2026) | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[File:Nalani proctor evolution.png|center|thumb| | [[File:Nalani proctor evolution.png|center|thumb|358x358px|[https://ourworldoftext.com/archivetests#x:87987988,y:87987978799 /archivetests#x:87987988,y:87987978799], by Guest-1052]] | ||
[[File:Popsicle spear.png|center|thumb|November 7th, 2025]] | [[File:Popsicle spear.png|center|thumb|By Rscr(''November 7th, 2025'')]] | ||
=== Tracing over image pastes using [[Symbols for Legacy Computing|SLC]] === | === Tracing over image pastes using [[Symbols for Legacy Computing|SLC]] === | ||
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File:890 logos 8.png|alt=The video in question | File:890 logos 8.png|alt=The video in question | ||
</gallery><gallery mode="packed"> | </gallery><gallery mode="packed"> | ||
File:Slc goldship.png | File:Slc goldship.png|By [[Banksy]] | ||
File:Slc backroom.png | File:Slc backroom.png|By [[JanTechPL]] | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== Adding manual touches to image pastes === | === Adding manual touches to image pastes === | ||
<gallery mode="packed" heights=" | The following images were created by [[Banksy]] during the [[2025 color ban]], when (''excluding emojis'') only coordinate and URL links could be used for color. With this limited palette in mind, Banksy made purposeful decisions to highlight important parts of these monochrome image pastes, giving them an artistic quality in the process. The relative rarity of color would have also made these additions all the more eye-catching for users active during the color ban.<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption=""> | ||
File:Banksy blue 1.png | File:Banksy blue 1.png | ||
File:Banksy blue 3.png | File:Banksy blue 3.png | ||
File:Banksy green 1.png | File:Banksy green 1.png | ||
File:Banksy green 2.png | File:Banksy green 2.png | ||
File:Goo fp.png | File:Goo fp.png|Slime effect by [[Rscr]] | ||
File:Banksy blue 5.png | File:Banksy blue 5.png | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[File:Banksy owot coloring book.png|center|thumb|Banksy coloring in a monochrome image paste using their [[Banksy#Blobby Paint|paint script]] (January 9th, 2026)]] | |||
== Text-based video players == | == Text-based video players == | ||
{{main|Animated Scripts}}Videos can be rendered onto the canvas in the same way as static images, though scripts that allow for this are much rarer.<gallery mode="packed" heights=" | {{main|Animated Scripts}}Videos can be rendered onto the canvas in the same way as static images, though scripts that allow for this are much rarer.<gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> | ||
File:Movienight 1.png|[[Catha'Vi]]'s movie night script rendered films using half blocks. It ran exclusively in a dedicated [[Worlds|world]], where the higher rate limit allowed footage to be played at a relatively smooth ~5 fps. | File:Movienight 1.png|[[Catha'Vi]]'s movie night script rendered films using half blocks. It ran exclusively in a dedicated [[Worlds|world]], where the higher rate limit allowed footage to be played at a relatively smooth ~5 fps. | ||
File:Mr black bad apple.gif|During September 2024, [[Mr. Black]] would use [[octant]]<nowiki/>s to render black and white videos in the [[Center Console]]. Frame rate was capped at 2 fps due to stricter rate limits at Spawn. | File:Mr black bad apple.gif|During September 2024, [[Mr. Black]] would use [[octant]]<nowiki/>s to render black and white videos in the [[Center Console]]. Frame rate was capped at 2 fps due to stricter rate limits at Spawn. | ||
File:Octant video player color off.gif|Another octant-based video player which rendered footage in full color, albeit at a much lower frame rate. | File:Octant video player color off.gif|Another octant-based video player which rendered footage in full color, albeit at a much lower frame rate. | ||
File:Dancing boykisser.gif|Braille-based video player during the [[2025 color ban]]. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[Category:Scripts]] | [[Category:Scripts]] | ||
[[Category:Spam]] | [[Category:Spam]] | ||