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[[ | [[fp]] has hosted '''holiday events''' on OWOT for major American holidays since New Year's Day 2019, ranging from redesigning the [[Center Console]] to staging more elaborate festivities. Other users have also produced holiday-themed creations, with some of the largest holiday events in OWOT's history being created by veteran user [[Poopman]]. | ||
== Valentine's Day == | == Valentine's Day == | ||
=== 2023 === | === 2023 === | ||
[[File: | [[File:Valentine's console 2023.png|thumb|From {{owoturl|Center_Console_History}}]] | ||
The center console was remodeled into the outline of a grey heart. An identical design was used for Valentine's Day in 2025. | |||
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== Pi Day == | == Pi Day == | ||
=== 2023 === | === 2023 === | ||
[[File:Pi console 2023.png|thumb|From {{owoturl|Center_Console_History}}]] | |||
[[File:Pi console 2023.png | |||
The center console was remodeled to take the shape of the Greek letter and mathematical constant {{wp|π}}. An identical design was used for Pi Day in 2025. | |||
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== St. Patrick's Day == | == St. Patrick's Day == | ||
=== 2023 === | === 2023 === | ||
[[File:Clover console 2023.png | [[File:Clover console 2023.png|thumb|From {{owoturl|Center_Console_History}}]] | ||
The center console was remodeled to take the shape of a grey {{wp|shamrock}}. | |||
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=== 2024 === | === 2024 === | ||
[[File:Clover console 2024.png | [[File:Clover console 2024.png|thumb|From {{owoturl|Center_Console_History}}]] | ||
The center console was remodeled to take the shape of a green {{wp|four-leaf clover}}. | |||
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== April Fools == | == April Fools == | ||
=== 2020 === | === 2020 === | ||
The Center Console was replaced by a [[ | [[File:April Fools' 2020 center console background.png|thumb|From {{owoturl|other/backgrounds/quad_prot.png}}]] | ||
The Center Console was replaced by a [[background image]] of four black circles arranged in a 2x2 square. | |||
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=== 2021 === | === 2021 === | ||
The Center Console was replaced by a variety of shapes throughout the day. These were rendered, | The Center Console was replaced by a variety of shapes throughout the day. These were rendered, as in the year before, using background images. | ||
File: | |||
File: | <gallery mode="packed" heights="200px"> | ||
File: | File:Donut of publicity.png|From {{owoturl|other/backgrounds/circle_prot.png}} | ||
File:Mandelbrot of publicity.png|From {{owoturl|other/backgrounds/nelson_mandelbrot.png}} | |||
File:April fools 2021 center consoles.png|Text-based replicas of {{owoturl|other/backgrounds/bigger_quad.png|three}} {{owoturl|other/backgrounds/unloaded_question.png|other}} {{owoturl|other/backgrounds/iphone_x.png|backgrounds}} from the event, made by [[cv]] in {{owoturl|Center_Console_History}} | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== 2024 === | === 2024 === | ||
[[File:Elon april fools 2024.png|thumb|Elon Musk background image]] | |||
For April Fools 2024, FP temporarily enabled cell background colors on the Mainpage, allowing users to run high resolution [[image pasters]] at [[Spawn]]. This feature would be permanently enabled later that year. | For April Fools 2024, FP temporarily enabled cell background colors on the Mainpage, allowing users to run high resolution [[image pasters]] at [[Spawn]]. This feature would be permanently enabled later that year. | ||
FP also put a background image of Elon Musk at Spawn. | FP also put a background image of {{wp|Elon Musk}} at Spawn. | ||
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=== 2025 === | === 2025 === | ||
[[File:Shotscreen.png|thumb|Posted in the #shotscreen channel (formerly #screenshots) on April Fools' Day]] | |||
For April Fools 2025, FP changed the | For April Fools' 2025, FP changed the name of every channel in the [[OWOT Discord]]. | ||
* #screenshot -> #shotscreen | * #screenshot -> #shotscreen | ||
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* tbd | * tbd | ||
* tbd | * tbd | ||
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== Easter == | == Easter == | ||
=== 2023 === | === 2023 === | ||
[[File:Easter console 2023.png | [[File:Easter console 2023.png|thumb|From {{owoturl|Center_Console_History}}]] | ||
The Center Console was remodeled to take the form of a hollow grey egg. | |||
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=== 2025 === | === 2025 === | ||
[[File:Carrion easter 1.jpg | [[File:Carrion easter 1.jpg|thumb|Egg of Publicity with [[The Carrion]]]] | ||
The Center Console was remodeled into a hollow egg shape with {{wp|pastel (color)|pastel}} blue, green, yellow, and red stripes. | |||
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== Earth Day == | == Earth Day == | ||
=== 2025 === | === 2025 === | ||
[[File:EoP main.png | [[File:EoP main.png|thumb|Earth background image for the Center Console]] | ||
The Square of Publicity was replaced by the Earth of Publicity, with a square-cropped {{owoturl|other/backgrounds/eop.png|background}} of the Earth to match. | |||
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== Independence Day == | == Independence Day (United States) == | ||
=== 2024 === | === 2024 === | ||
<gallery mode="packed" heights=" | On July 4th, 2024, the Center Console was remodeled to take the shape of the American flag. | ||
File:Flag of publicity paste.gif| | |||
File:Fp flag of publicity remove.gif| | <gallery mode="packed" heights="200px"> | ||
File:Flag of publicity paste.gif|The US has temporarily colonized the OWOT spawn to bring you the Flag of Publicity. | |||
File:Fp flag of publicity remove.gif|The American occupation of the OWOT spawn has proven too costly. We have reverted to the status quo. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== 2025 === | === 2025 === | ||
[[File:We the people of publicity.png | [[File:We the people of publicity.png|thumb|From {{owoturl|Center_Console_History}}]] | ||
On July 4th, 2025, the Square of Publicity was renamed "We the people of Publicity™", with Unicode characters used to imitate the handwriting of the {{wp|United States Declaration of Independence}}. | |||
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== Anniversary of OWOT's creation == | == Anniversary of OWOT's creation == | ||
October 8 marks the anniversary of the creation of the modern incarnation of OWOT, which was released by [[FP]] on October 8, 2017. It inherited the URL of a [[YWOT]] instance created by [[Andrew Badr]] in 2010, which was shut down in 2015. | |||
=== 2023 === | === 2023 === | ||
''Six years ago, <u>@FP</u> has released his clone of Your World of Text to the public. To celebrate its 6th anniversary, the community has come together to make and paste various OWOT logo artwork around spawn, some even protected! To add, the trademark on the center console is back after FP noticed the amount of artworks still keeping it. <u>@> ✨ᗩＩ ⟨ 𝓐ndrei𝓧𝓨𝓩 🌌 ⟩ ◭⟁◮</u> has also started a nickname party, which even had FP and Mr.Guy joining the train. Thank you for always supporting us throughout our journey. This news project would not have been possible without OWOT existing. We will forever keep this website in a special place in our hearts, and we will cherish all the memories together. | {{blockquote | ||
| text = <p>'''<big>Our World of Text turned 6 years old today!</big>'''</p><p>Six years ago, <u>@FP</u> has released his clone of Your World of Text to the public. To celebrate its 6th anniversary, the community has come together to make and paste various OWOT logo artwork around spawn, some even protected! To add, the trademark on the center console is back after FP noticed the amount of artworks still keeping it. <u>@> ✨ᗩＩ ⟨ 𝓐ndrei𝓧𝓨𝓩 🌌 ⟩ ◭⟁◮</u> has also started a nickname party, which even had FP and Mr.Guy joining the train. Thank you for always supporting us throughout our journey. This news project would not have been possible without OWOT existing. We will forever keep this website in a special place in our hearts, and we will cherish all the memories together.</p> | |||
| author = [[AndreiXYZ]] | |||
| source = [[OWOT Today]] | |||
}} | |||
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="Screenshots from ''OWOT Today''"> | |||
File:Owot 6th anniversary 1.jpg | File:Owot 6th anniversary 1.jpg | ||
File:Owot 6th anniversary 2.png | File:Owot 6th anniversary 2.png | ||
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An identical world appears every Christmas with countdowns for each timezone, see a recording [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYncEFZNtmc here]. After Christmas is over the world is permanently privated. | An identical world appears every Christmas with countdowns for each timezone, see a recording [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYncEFZNtmc here]. After Christmas is over the world is permanently privated. | ||
The first Christmas countdown was [https://ourworldoftext.com/owot/christmas2023 /owot/christmas2023].[[File:OWOT Christmas 2024.png|center| | The first Christmas countdown was [https://ourworldoftext.com/owot/christmas2023 /owot/christmas2023].[[File:OWOT Christmas 2024.png|center|313x313px|border|frameless]] | ||
=== 2021 === | === 2021 === | ||
[[File:Christmas consoles 2021.png|center|thumb| | [[File:Christmas consoles 2021.png|center|thumb|282x282px|From [https://ourworldoftext.com/center_console_history /Center_Console_History]]] | ||
=== 2022 === | === 2022 === | ||
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''*A mostly identical design was used for Christmas 2024.'' | ''*A mostly identical design was used for Christmas 2024.'' | ||
[[File:Christmas console 2022.png|center|thumb|From [https://ourworldoftext.com/center_console_history /Center_Console_History]]] | [[File:Christmas console 2022.png|center|thumb|From [https://ourworldoftext.com/center_console_history /Center_Console_History]|402x402px]] | ||
=== 2024 === | === 2024 === | ||
[[File:Carrion_december_20_2024.png|center|thumb| | [[File:Carrion_december_20_2024.png|center|thumb|348x348px|Wreath of Publicity with [[The Carrion]] (''December 20th, 2024'')]] | ||
=== 2025 === | === 2025 === | ||
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File:Banksy stink.png|Cont. | File:Banksy stink.png|Cont. | ||
File:Cat sock sing.png|Christmas day | File:Cat sock sing.png|Christmas day | ||
</gallery><gallery mode="slideshow" heights="150" caption="2025's [https://ourworldoftext.com/ChristmasWorld /ChristmasWorld] art contest"> | |||
File:Christmas world 2025 background.png|Background on | |||
File:Christmas world 2025 no background.png|Background off | |||
File:RSRC.png|The 2025 contest was won by [[Rscr]] | |||
</gallery><gallery mode="packed" widths="200" heights="200" caption="Animations by [[Animated scripts#Animations by Banksy|Banksy]]"> | </gallery><gallery mode="packed" widths="200" heights="200" caption="Animations by [[Animated scripts#Animations by Banksy|Banksy]]"> | ||
File:Center console christmas tree animation.gif|December 10th, 2025 | File:Center console christmas tree animation.gif|December 10th, 2025 | ||
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A (mostly<ref>With differences in background colors.</ref>) identical world appears every New Year's Eve with countdowns for each timezone, see a recording [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avAYxAhByzw here]. | A (mostly<ref>With differences in background colors.</ref>) identical world appears every New Year's Eve with countdowns for each timezone, see a recording [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avAYxAhByzw here]. | ||
The first New Year's countdown was [https://ourworldoftext.com/owot/2023countdown /owot/2023countdown][[File:2024 countdown.png|center| | The first New Year's countdown was [https://ourworldoftext.com/owot/2023countdown /owot/2023countdown][[File:2024 countdown.png|center|310x310px|border|frameless]] | ||
=== New Year worlds === | === New Year worlds === | ||
A new world is created every January 1st, featuring a unique design each year. | A new world is created every January 1st, featuring a unique design each year. | ||
This tradition started in 2019, and received a standardized naming format in 2023 alongside the creation of the New Year countdown worlds. | |||
* [https://ourworldoftext.com/2019/ny /2019/ny] | |||
* [https://ourworldoftext.com/year2021 /year2021] | |||
* [https://ourworldoftext.com/ny2022 /ny2022] | |||
* [https://ourworldoftext.com/owot/2023 /owot/2023] | * [https://ourworldoftext.com/owot/2023 /owot/2023] | ||
* [https://ourworldoftext.com/owot/2024 /owot/2024] | * [https://ourworldoftext.com/owot/2024 /owot/2024] | ||
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=== 2025 === | === 2025 === | ||
[[File:2025_of_publicity.png|center|thumb| | [[File:2025_of_publicity.png|center|thumb|303x303px|2025 of Publicity with [[The Carrion]]]] | ||
=== 2026 === | === 2026 === | ||
For New Year's Eve 2026, [[e_g.]] released a firework simulation at [https://ourworldoftext.com/e_g./ny2026 /e_g./ny2026]. | <blockquote>okay, you win '''- FP in reaction to e_g.'s New Year world''' </blockquote>For New Year's Eve 2026, [[e_g.]] released a firework simulation at [https://ourworldoftext.com/e_g./ny2026 /e_g./ny2026]. | ||
Read more at [[animated scripts#/e g./ny2026]]. | |||
The [[2025 color ban]] would persist into early 2026, though it was briefly lifted on January 1st. <gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | |||
File: | File:Screen Recording 2025-12-31 at 4.17.29 PM copy-ezgif.com-optimize.gif|[https://ourworldoftext.com/e_g./ny2026 /e_g./ny2026] | ||
File:Count to 500 fireworks uq.png|[[Ա]] trying to get admin status on the world | File:Count to 500 fireworks uq.png|[[Ա]] trying to get admin status on the world | ||
File:How fast can you spin.gif|Blue text: How fast can you spin? | File:How fast can you spin.gif|Blue text: How fast can you spin? | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[File:Katiserie 2026 of publicity.png|center|thumb|Unofficial 2026 of publicity by [[Katiserie]]]] | |||
[[File:Happy early new year.png|center|thumb|265x265px|By [[67x8]]]] | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||