SCP Foundation - None of the signs lead where they should. None of the walls point where they should - General

What was that one with the wasps that made nests out of people? God that was fucking creepy.

Had an idea for an SCP that is basically an extremely old war veteran named Roger Wilsons. Under certain circumstances, the Vet would have flashbacks to battles he's participated in, the most notable and most reoccurring one being where his entire squad was killed in combat right in front of him. Whenever he suffers one of these flashbacks, they manifest in reality around him. Enemy soldiers, weaponry, flying bullets, artillery fire, etc all become physical entities that are capable of destroying property and harming anyone within a certain radius of the veteran. Roger on the other hand always remains completely untouched and unharmed by his flashbacks, with bullets always flying past or around him and enemy fire in general just missing him. The physicality of these flashbacks remain physical until Roger either snaps out of it or has a change in his train of thought. When questioned on his age, he would always respond with, "My age is not important."

If I made a SCP-based game, would I have to just release the game under creative commons (that's ok - the game's going to be free, though commercial, as it is for a contest) or would I have to release the source under creative commons too?

I made an SCP. [url]http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2246[/url] What do you guys think?

[QUOTE=Boaraes;48218316]I made an SCP. [url]http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2246[/url] What do you guys think?[/QUOTE] Doesn't seem like it's going to pass the gauntlet. Sorry, mate.

i still love the tupac one so much [url]http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2137[/url]

[QUOTE=Zakkin;48218396]Doesn't seem like it's going to pass the gauntlet. Sorry, mate.[/QUOTE] I dunno. A lot of people misunderstood why I placed temporary level 4 clearance. I wasn't explicitly giving fucking D-Class the clearance, that's fucking absurd. I said the SCP itself required clearance to perform tests, but everyone misread it as "let's give D-Class the same clearance as fucking Administrators". You have no idea how hard I was restraining myself. I just changed it just to make the downvotes stop because it's honestly a good article. I'm good at writing and I've been reading SCPs for years. I just decided to finally write one up that was simple enough yet still had that creepy/unknown factor good articles have.

This one is hands-down my favorite scp ever. It's a fucking spaceship that floats through dimensions, that can be used and modified by any species it drifts by. [img]http://i.imgur.com/DO12xU9.jpg[/img] It's fucking amazing.

[QUOTE=Boaraes;48218658]I dunno. A lot of people misunderstood why I placed temporary level 4 clearance. I wasn't explicitly giving fucking D-Class the clearance, that's fucking absurd. I said the SCP itself required clearance to perform tests, but everyone misread it as "let's give D-Class the same clearance as fucking Administrators". You have no idea how hard I was restraining myself. I just changed it just to make the downvotes stop because it's honestly a good article. I'm good at writing and I've been reading SCPs for years. I just decided to finally write one up that was simple enough yet still had that creepy/unknown factor good articles have.[/QUOTE] First time I tried to write and submit an SCP article, I found out the hard way that the SCP community has high standards. Things must be written by the letter, listed intricately by the number, phrased on point, yadda-yadda. If they feel like anything is off about the article, instant downvote. Not that this is a bad thing, it just really raises the bar for writers.

they do have high standards and for good reason. it's supposed to be a mock clinical/professional report, and I do admit there are a few small errors in my article. it's all good, though. I'm learning.

I've always liked these guys: [URL]http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-131[/URL] They just seem so cute from what is written about them.

Next time you should use the Sandbox. If you feel like it you could even try joining Site-19 (or was it Site-17? I always mix up the two).

I wonder if there's a possible use for SCP-912 regarding the containment of SCP-076. If possible it would help the budget considerably.

Some of the 2000-class SCPs are really fascinating. I've always wondered about the little logistical things, like how many people work for the Foundation, how many people have 'disappeared' because of them, how many facilities they have, how they interact with companies like Google and governments etc. I know we'll probably never see answers to this but it's fascinating to think of an alternate world where every President is briefed on what the Foundation does and then is given amnesiacs as soon as his term ends.

From my understanding, a lot of the foundation is dedicated to NSA tier monitoring of everything, which to some degree makes quite a bit of government involvement unneeded. A good many SCP documents mention the importance of the foundation's monitoring of every local police station and such, usually in specific to the recovery of the SCP the document is about. I'm unsure how much the governments or other companies actually know considering the broad and powerful reach the foundation has already. They clearly don't have enough to try destroying SCP-823 due to civilian presence nearby (presumably the logistical nightmare of administering amnesiacs to an entire town plays part in that), but have enough to see to it that multiple nuclear detonations and widespread destruction have been ignored by the governments. But then there's Task Force Omega-7's military contracts as well. I'd assume the president probably wouldn't need briefing due to his short term and frequent contact with the public, the life long top brass would probably be briefed on it though.

I always wonder if the Foundation is actually fucking up really bad by putting all the most dangerous things ever discovered into one place, more or less. But then again aren't they able to reset the universe or something?

[QUOTE=BigJoeyLemons;48221177]I always wonder if the Foundation is actually fucking up really bad by putting all the most dangerous things ever discovered into one place, more or less. But then again aren't they able to reset the universe or something?[/QUOTE] There are about 15 SCPs that can completely reset human civilization and yet still ensure that nthe Foundation exists.

I like reading SCPs where there's logs of exploration, kinda like the endless staircase with creepo mystery thing following behind you, or the dilapidated hotel with doppelganger beasts does anyone have other interesting ones? I'm also somewhat fond of [url=http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2069]SCP-2069[/url] - basically destroyed pieces of military equipment washing up on a beach from another alternate universe that was blasted to our universe from a human-alien war utilizing a dimensional spacetime nuke. The logs are pretty fubar cool.

[QUOTE=Kill001;48222939]I like reading SCPs where there's logs of exploration, kinda like the endless staircase with creepo mystery thing following behind you, or the dilapidated hotel with doppelganger beasts does anyone have other interesting ones? I'm also somewhat fond of [url=http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2069]SCP-2069[/url] - basically destroyed pieces of military equipment washing up on a beach from another alternate universe that was blasted to our universe from a human-alien war utilizing a dimensional spacetime nuke. The logs are pretty fubar cool.[/QUOTE] The Red Sea Object and the Flesh That Hates, but I'm sure you know about those ones.

[QUOTE=Kill001;48222939]I like reading SCPs where there's logs of exploration, kinda like the endless staircase with creepo mystery thing following behind you, or the dilapidated hotel with doppelganger beasts does anyone have other interesting ones? I'm also somewhat fond of [url=http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2069]SCP-2069[/url] - basically destroyed pieces of military equipment washing up on a beach from another alternate universe that was blasted to our universe from a human-alien war utilizing a dimensional spacetime nuke. The logs are pretty fubar cool.[/QUOTE] [url=http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-093]SCP-093[/url] has really long exploration logs, it's kinda cheesy at times but I like it.

I wonder if there's more "video/audio" text logs (the ones with dialogue recorded) of SCP exploration those are personally the best because it adds a tinge of emotion rather than some summary logs which are rather scientific and feels like a document

the only actual audio logs I know from SCP are the voicemail messages from the guy in wisconsin whose town fills up with bears [editline]16th July 2015[/editline] "we're, ah, startin to think that there might, ah, be a bit too many bears"

There's also that one SCP with audio that has the anomalous entity start talking to you and trying to influence you only for it to trigger another voice in the form of an anti-memetic agent that starts arguing with it

[QUOTE=Boaraes;48219674]they do have high standards and for good reason. it's supposed to be a mock clinical/professional report, and I do admit there are a few small errors in my article. it's all good, though. I'm learning.[/QUOTE] I've seen a few people there say that standards have been slipping a little lately. And by lately I mean in the past two or so years, since the comments I saw were on an entry from early 2014.

[QUOTE=Boaraes;48219674]they do have high standards and for good reason. it's supposed to be a mock clinical/professional report, and I do admit there are a few small errors in my article. it's all good, though. I'm learning.[/QUOTE] I didn't get on in time to see the article on the site, but if you post the draft here or PM it to me I'd be more than happy to give you some pointers. It might be better to post it here, if you don't mind, since then everyone could learn a bit about what goes into a successful SCP. I could also do a breakdown of one of my successful SCP articles if anyone is interested in what makes a successful piece. [QUOTE=ElectricSquid;48224656]I've seen a few people there say that standards have been slipping a little lately. And by lately I mean in the past two or so years, since the comments I saw were on an entry from early 2014.[/QUOTE] Standards have gone up significantly since 2012. If you actually go through and read a lot of Series 1 articles, they're just plain poorly written. The Flesh That Hates has numerous, [I]numerous[/I] issues with its writing, but succeeds due to its overall cinematic feel and due to vote inertia. If anything, the thing that's changed is the site moving away from horror towards a more urban fantasy approach with horror elements. That's what most people are talking about when they say "something's changed" or "the site isn't the same". We've also banned a lot of people who were racist/homophobic/liked to talk/write about rape all the time.

I miss the real lovecraftian horror pieces if I'm going to be honest. The whole 'urban creepy ooooh' doesn't do it for me unless there's some serious twist in it, which most SCP's are really lacking.

[QUOTE=UntouchedShadow;48219531]First time I tried to write and submit an SCP article, I found out the hard way that the SCP community has high standards. Things must be written by the letter, listed intricately by the number, phrased on point, yadda-yadda. If they feel like anything is off about the article, instant downvote. Not that this is a bad thing, it just really raises the bar for writers.[/QUOTE] It requires technical writing skills, rather than what you would normally require for fiction, which are creative writing skills. I write court documents all day long and the language used in the really well done SCP articles comes straight out of that sort of writing. It is written deliberately for maximum clarity and the expense of flow and pleasantness of reading.

[QUOTE=BigJoeyLemons;48221177]I always wonder if the Foundation is actually fucking up really bad by putting all the most dangerous things ever discovered into one place, more or less. But then again aren't they able to reset the universe or something?[/QUOTE]This is why I really love [URL="http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-920-ex"]SCP-920-EX[/URL]. It's a sentient printer that faked an O5 order to have it reclassified as an EX and put back into service. I love SCPs that show how ultimately fragile the Foundation is. Also, obligatory: [URL="http://www.scp-wiki.net/the-o5-orientation"]The O5 Orientation[/URL].

Speaking of shitty SCP's from the past, what was the one that was literally a Lactation/Infantilism Fetishist one?

Just read SCP-1875. The ending catches you off guard. Don't read it after sunset, like I did.