After obtaining a creation ticket, one would have the ability to build their own "Virtual reality" within the Blue Star blockchain and link it to all NLCs that are connected to the internet. Essentially, the Blue Star Alliance built a "Blue Star Verse" (about the size of the solar system of my previous world) with their ticket which includes a few planets within VR. This is the current residence for all of humanity who are now living out their virtual lives. The families of NOVA (not including mine) chose to build similar solar systems with their tickets and linked them to the "Blue Star Verse". They made this decision in order to facilitate the population of each of their VRs with people since at that time they didn't see AI's as living beings, although that sentiment as sense changed. However, once you create a "plain" in your VR let's say, the blockchain will not allow you to make sweeping changes once it has been made public. Small changes are not a problem but complete reshaping or changing of the fundamentals is not allowed so these VRs are "stuck" to a certain extent.
Of course, with such power comes greed and many of the families saw infighting as they wanted to inherit the right to "Rule their Reality", as a result, the Vent and Allen families were decimated and all heirs were killed. The result is that their VRs now exist as un-ruled realities and due to this much of the VR populace chose to migrate to these solar systems since people don't like the feeling of oppression. The BSA observed this phenomenon and publically gave control of the BSV back to the blockchain and it can never be recovered now, the only universe that is still "ruled" in a sense, is the Norman's VR but they seem to be fine with little to no public traffic and are content living in their reality with the AI as their populace since they see AI as real people, which to be honest is almost the truth with the current technology. ' If they just had a soul... but what is a soul? eh, never mind, let's leave that to the "Will of the Multiverse" or whatever. '
Now we come to the Oscars, my family. They never used their Creation Ticket and I still can use it to create an entire universe. My father had no interest in "ruling a reality" nor did my mother so they never used it, they died due to an NLC malfunction (due to my father's continuous tinkering and improvements with his device) which resulted in him and my mother being poisoned slowly over time by contaminated nutrient fluid. I wasn't old enough to use the device at the time or I would have died as well. As the last remaining heir to the Oscars and with my Creation ticket, I must applaud the "Great Will" (Or whatever ;) for their foresight and maneuvering. I don't feel bad at the loss of my new parents, I didn't know them and they lived a good life moreover, my current body was just a shell and his feelings were never genuine, only a reflection of normal behavior.