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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 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, | 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. | ||
The next few months saw Rscr make further journeys to 10,000 coordinate landmarks in the other three cardinal directions. This was all done while the Mainpage was read-only, however, and he could not leave any messages behind. But the site's Subworlds were still open, and he explored them until January 6th, 2021, when the Mainpage was abruptly reopened. | The next few months saw Rscr make further journeys to 10,000 coordinate landmarks in the other three cardinal directions. This was all done while the Mainpage was read-only, however, and he could not leave any messages behind. But the site's Subworlds were still open, and he explored them until January 6th, 2021, when the Mainpage was abruptly reopened. | ||
Upon | 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. | ||
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 active users into the community, of which he has become the oldest active member as of 2024. | |||
His most notable activities over the years have been creating a [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZOfcnSHN_cNZdzf1_psHa_S1YqJgeNm_ YWOT timelapse], contributing to the [https://yourworldoftext.wiki/YWOT_Fan_Works#YWOT_Wiki_Collages newly-founded YWOT Wiki], and steadily improving his ASCII art. | |||
=== OWOP === | === OWOP === | ||