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== History == | == History == | ||
Rscr had known about OWOT since late 2020—not too long after he | Rscr had known about OWOT since late 2020—not too long after he discovered Your World of Text—but was not interested in the site at first. Like many YWOT users, he used to think that OWOT was a spammier website that lacked most of YWOT's charms. | ||
From January 2021 to June 2024 he joined the [[OWOT Discord]] a whopping 11 times, each time looking around for a bit before leaving immediately. It wasn't until June 11th, | From January 2021 to June 2024 he joined the [[OWOT Discord]] a whopping 11 times, each time looking around for a bit before leaving immediately. It wasn't until June 11th, 2024 that he permanently joined the server, after another YWOT user named [[Yosicat]] raised awareness that there were valuable pieces of YWOT history(''Ex. [[InfraRaven|InfraRaven's]] 2010s activities'') in the OWOT server. From then on he would sporadically search the Discord's message history for information about the early days of the [[Related Sites|Three Sites]]. | ||
Rscr only became active in September thanks to the efforts of two scripters: [[MothCultLeader| | Rscr only became active in September thanks to the efforts of two scripters: [[MothCultLeader|Catha'vi]] for their [https://yourworldoftext.wiki/OWOT-YWOT_Bridge OWOT-YWOT bridge], and [[Mr. Black]] for their variety of animated creations, which Rscr recorded and uploaded to the OWOT Discord. From then on he discovered a wide range of creative worlds, ranging from [[Meimei|Meimei's]] [https://ourworldoftext.com/computer.yes /computer.yes] to the [[Symbols for Legacy Computing|SLC]] art in [[/main]], that made him realize that OWOT was more than just a site for spamming. | ||
Ever since then Rscr had been active on both YWOT and OWOT, studying and archiving the history of both ''World of Text'' sites. On May 16th, 2025 he was given editing rights for the OWOT wiki and was able to double the wiki's image count within less than a month. | Ever since then Rscr had been active on both YWOT and OWOT, studying and archiving the history of both ''World of Text'' sites. On May 16th, 2025 he was given editing rights for the OWOT wiki and was able to double the wiki's image count within less than a month. | ||
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=== YWOT === | === YWOT === | ||
Rscr found Your World of Text on August 11th, 2020 from a [https://x.com/Orteil42/status/1293330316204154881 tweet] by the ''Cookie Clicker'' developer, who described the site as an "''open-world text processor.''" Coincidentally, this had happened just one day after the YWOT Mainpage was [https://yourworldoftext.wiki/Brazilpocalypse made read-only in response to anti-Brazilian spam]. | Rscr found Your World of Text on August 11th, 2020 from a [https://x.com/Orteil42/status/1293330316204154881 tweet] by the ''Cookie Clicker'' developer, who described the site as an "''open-world text processor.''" Coincidentally, this had happened just one day after the [https://yourworldoftext.wiki/Mainpage YWOT Mainpage] was [https://yourworldoftext.wiki/Brazilpocalypse made read-only in response to anti-Brazilian spam]. | ||
After exploring the read-only canvas for a while, Rscr stumbled upon YWOT's South Road and followed it all the way to the settlement of "Deep City" at Y:-1000. This awakened his interest in traveling, and over the next two days he would make a longer trip to the Northern outposts of "Sky City" and "Nirvana," which he had heard vague mentions of on his journey down South. The Nirvana pilgrimage proved to be a greatly rewarding experience and was ultimately what got Rscr hooked on YWOT. In particular, he harbors fond memories of the messages left by past travelers, who seemed to form a close community despite not being present at the same time as one another; and of the many hours spent scrolling along a seemingly endless road, not knowing what lies at the end but persisting despite the massive time sink. | After exploring the read-only canvas for a while, Rscr stumbled upon YWOT's [https://yourworldoftext.wiki/South_Road South Road] and followed it all the way to the settlement of "[https://yourworldoftext.wiki/Deep_City Deep City]" at Y:-1000. This awakened his interest in traveling, and over the next two days he would make a longer trip to the Northern outposts of "[https://yourworldoftext.wiki/Sky_City Sky City]" and "[https://yourworldoftext.wiki/The_Nirvana Nirvana]," which he had heard vague mentions of on his journey down South. The Nirvana pilgrimage proved to be a greatly rewarding experience and was ultimately what got Rscr hooked on YWOT. In particular, he harbors fond memories of the messages left by past travelers, who seemed to form a close community despite not being present at the same time as one another; and of the many hours spent scrolling along a seemingly endless road, not knowing what lies at the end but persisting despite the massive time sink. | ||
The next few months saw Rscr make further journeys to the Southern, Eastern and Western Roads of YWOT. At the time he was possibly the first user in the history of the site to go 10,000 coordinates down all four major roads. This was all done while the Mainpage was read-only, however, and he could not leave any messages behind. | The next few months saw Rscr make further journeys to the Southern, [https://yourworldoftext.wiki/East_Road Eastern] and [https://yourworldoftext.wiki/West_Road Western] Roads of YWOT. At the time he was possibly the first user in the history of the site to go 10,000 coordinates down all four major roads. This was all done while the Mainpage was read-only, however, and he could not leave any messages behind. Because of this, Rscr spent the majority of his time on YWOT's still-public [https://yourworldoftext.wiki/Subworlds subworlds]. This changed on January 6th, 2021, when the Mainpage was abruptly reopened. | ||
Upon learning of the Mainpage's return Rscr immediately made a second journey to Nirvana. Finally he was able to leave messages of his own among the countless travelers who came before; though he was 14 at the time and not accustomed to writing stuff on the internet, so as of 2025 Rscr cringes heavily at the mere thought of his older writings. A few days later he was invited into the YWOT Explorers community along with several prominent North Road travelers, and this was when his presence on the site truly began. | Upon learning of the Mainpage's return Rscr immediately made a second journey to Nirvana. Finally he was able to leave messages of his own among the countless travelers who came before; though he was 14 at the time and not accustomed to writing stuff on the internet, so as of 2025 Rscr cringes heavily at the mere thought of his older writings. A few days later he was invited into the YWOT Explorers community along with several prominent North Road travelers, and this was when his presence on the site truly began. | ||
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Over the next four years he contributed to a variety of projects under the YWOT Explorers. In particular, they have a massive art project which Rscr expanded multiple times over the years. He also recruited a number of users into the community, of which he has become the oldest active member as of 2024. | Over the next four years he contributed to a variety of projects under the YWOT Explorers. In particular, they have a massive art project which Rscr expanded multiple times over the years. He also recruited a number of users into the community, of which he has become the oldest active member as of 2024. | ||
His most notable activities | His most notable activities have been creating a [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZOfcnSHN_cNZdzf1_psHa_S1YqJgeNm_ series of YWOT timelapses], contributing to the [https://yourworldoftext.wiki/YWOT_Fan_Works#YWOT_Wiki_Collages newly-founded YWOT Wiki], and steadily improving his ASCII art. | ||
=== OWOP === | === OWOP === | ||