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=== Roombas === | === Roombas === | ||
In their early days on the site, [[Catha'Vi]] was known for creating ASCII roombas which would move around the canvas and delete everything in their paths. | |||
Catha'vi's roombas were modeled after an [https://yourworldoftext.wiki/Roombas earlier script] from [[Your World of Text]]. They would regularly deploy their creations at YWOT's spawn throughout early 2024, sparking much backlash from the site's userbase. | |||
The roombas suffered a similar level of backlash when they were eventually ported over to OWOT. On one instance, [[Fp|FP]] himself ordered Catha'vi to shut down their script, complaining that they needlessly erased text and left ugly patterns all over Spawn.<gallery widths="200" heights="200"> | |||
File:Moth cult roomba.png|March 27th, 2024 | |||
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=== /movienight === | === /movienight === | ||
[https://ourworldoftext.com/movienight /movienight] was a world | [https://ourworldoftext.com/movienight /movienight] was a world which hosted scheduled broadcasts of various movies. | ||
It played films at | It played films at ~5 fps using a grid of 80x25 characters. Graphics were initially rendered using colored full blocks(█), but later updated to a combination of half blocks(▀, ▄) and cell background colors for double the resolution. Subtitles were included to make up for a lack of sound, though they were often out of sync with the scenes. | ||
/movienight hosted several screenings throughout 2024, featuring movies such as: | /movienight hosted several screenings throughout 2024, featuring movies such as: | ||