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[[File:MainPage2023.jpeg|thumb|The front page in 2023]] | [[File:MainPage2023.jpeg|thumb|The front page in 2023]] | ||
[[File:Tp-sub.png|thumb|Teleportation Subway at X: 111, Y: 888, founded on June 4th, 2018]] | [[File:Tp-sub.png|thumb|Teleportation Subway at X: 111, Y: 888, founded on June 4th, 2018]] | ||
'''/''', 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. | '''/''', 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. | ||
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== | == Common features == | ||
Some other things seen on '''''/''''' may include: | Some other things seen on '''''/''''' may include: | ||
=== Spam === | === Spam === | ||
{{main|Spam}} | |||
'''''/''''' is commonly subjected to various spam attacks, whether big or small, in various forms. | '''''/''''' is commonly subjected to various spam attacks, whether big or small, in various forms. | ||
=== Image pastes === | === Image pastes === | ||
{{main|Image Pasters}} | |||
Finding images being pasted near spawn is somewhat common to see. A wide variety of images are pasted, including logos, stock images, and face reveals. Very rarely, pornographic images may be pasted, which has led to text colors being temporarily turned off for all users near spawn several times and colors being disabled on TOR nodes indefinitely. | Finding images being pasted near spawn is somewhat common to see. A wide variety of images are pasted, including logos, stock images, and face reveals. Very rarely, pornographic images may be pasted, which has led to text colors being temporarily turned off for all users near spawn several times and colors being disabled on TOR nodes indefinitely. | ||
=== | === Animations === | ||
{{main|Animated Scripts}} | |||
Often located inside the Center Console. | |||
=== Stickmen === | === Stickmen === | ||
Occasionally, stickmen doing various activities such as talking or interacting with each other may also be seen. 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. | Occasionally, stickmen doing various activities such as talking or interacting with each other may also be seen. 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. | ||
=== | === Crawlers === | ||
Sometimes, near the Square of Publicity, crawler scripts, scripts that crawl a list of URLs, may be found. The most well-known example is found around X: 3 Y: 3, created by [[8811|yiff_plus]], remaining still active for the most extensive time of all previous scripts like it. It crawls various links across the internet, sorting crawled links by domain name. | Sometimes, near the Square of Publicity, crawler scripts, scripts that crawl a list of URLs, may be found. The most well-known example is found around X: 3 Y: 3, created by [[8811|yiff_plus]], remaining still active for the most extensive time of all previous scripts like it. It crawls various links across the internet, sorting crawled links by domain name. | ||
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Around early 2024, above or below the Square of Publicity were 'counter' scripts, usually run by [[Fernozzle]], hosted a linearly or logarithmically increasing number of an arbitrary unit or scale. The most common of these were "(user) has baked (number) of cupcakes" or "(user) has typed (number) times". Counters usually have a bad reputation due to being considered 'eyesores' or being annoyances to other users. | Around early 2024, above or below the Square of Publicity were 'counter' scripts, usually run by [[Fernozzle]], hosted a linearly or logarithmically increasing number of an arbitrary unit or scale. The most common of these were "(user) has baked (number) of cupcakes" or "(user) has typed (number) times". Counters usually have a bad reputation due to being considered 'eyesores' or being annoyances to other users. | ||
== Notable art/landmarks == | |||
=== lime.radio(and other infrastructure by [[lime.owot]]) === | |||
lime.radio was a script that communicated with its clients via [[Cmd|cmd commands]] located around ten tiles from the Square of Publicity. Users could "tune into" the "radio" by executing the JavaScript code linked on canvas in their browser in an OWoT tab connected to the same world as the radio.<gallery heights="150" widths="150"> | |||
File:Lime.radio.png|lime radio | |||
File:Lime radio animated.gif|lime's radio in motion | |||
File:Lime elevator animated.gif | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== [[Crawler|The Crawler]] === | |||
Created by [[8811]]. It has existed since 2022 at the latest, and is still running as of 2025. | |||
[[File:Crawler.gif|none|thumb|242x242px|The Crawler in June 2025]] | |||
=== 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. | |||
[[File:Pika_city_april_28_2025.jpg|center|thumb|591x591px|Entirety of Pika City as of April 28th, 2025]] | |||
=== Sylveon === | |||
Maintained for several weeks by the [[Sylveon|artist]] of the same name. | |||
[[File:Sylveon_art.png|center|thumb|959x959px]] | |||
[[Category:Worlds]] | [[Category:Worlds]] | ||
[[Category:History]] | [[Category:History]] | ||
Revision as of 15:41, 10 September 2025
/, 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
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
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.
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.
Miscellaneous content protected by frontpage members
Text protected by mainpage members can be found scattered around spawn.
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Common features
Some other things seen on / may include:
Spam
/ is commonly subjected to various spam attacks, whether big or small, in various forms.
Image pastes
Finding images being pasted near spawn is somewhat common to see. A wide variety of images are pasted, including logos, stock images, and face reveals. Very rarely, pornographic images may be pasted, which has led to text colors being temporarily turned off for all users near spawn several times and colors being disabled on TOR nodes indefinitely.
Animations
Often located inside the Center Console.
Stickmen
Occasionally, stickmen doing various activities such as talking or interacting with each other may also be seen. These stickmen also often accompany ASCII artworks such as vehicles or buildings. Sometimes, people use the stickmen for roleplay, such as the Combined Military Brigade, VYN, Baumer, lime.owot, and nonaem's stickmen interacting with each other.
Crawlers
Sometimes, near the Square of Publicity, crawler scripts, scripts that crawl a list of URLs, may be found. The most well-known example is found around X: 3 Y: 3, created by yiff_plus, remaining still active for the most extensive time of all previous scripts like it. It crawls various links across the internet, sorting crawled links by domain name.
Progress bars
Similar to crawlers, 'progress' bars may also be found at /. One notable example is a progress bar script by JustAnOWOTUser visualizing the time elapsed until the week and month ends. It was once found below the Square of Publicity, but after measures were taken to deter this, it moved nearby the crawler.
Counters
Around early 2024, above or below the Square of Publicity were 'counter' scripts, usually run by Fernozzle, hosted a linearly or logarithmically increasing number of an arbitrary unit or scale. The most common of these were "(user) has baked (number) of cupcakes" or "(user) has typed (number) times". Counters usually have a bad reputation due to being considered 'eyesores' or being annoyances to other users.
Notable art/landmarks
lime.radio(and other infrastructure by lime.owot)
lime.radio was a script that communicated with its clients via cmd commands located around ten tiles from the Square of Publicity. Users could "tune into" the "radio" by executing the JavaScript code linked on canvas in their browser in an OWoT tab connected to the same world as the radio.
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lime radio -
lime's radio in motion -
The Crawler
Created by 8811. It has existed since 2022 at the latest, and is still running as of 2025.
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.
Sylveon
Maintained for several weeks by the artist of the same name.
