Very nice SCP. I saw a small typo that was easier to just fix myself.
"Everyone involved as administered class-c amnestic"
My favorite part was the Dr. Malcom bit, even though that's a fairly commonly used name.
Ill give it a +1
Very nice SCP. I saw a small typo that was easier to just fix myself.
"Everyone involved as administered class-c amnestic"
My favorite part was the Dr. Malcom bit, even though that's a fairly commonly used name.
Ill give it a +1
Some formatting issues, like:
foundation satellites.
foundation personnel
one (1) slice of turkey
one-hundred (100)
everyone involved was administered class-c amnestic
Also:
The residents were financially compensated
Missing period, and were they compensated by the restaurant or the Foundation?
Overall interesting enough scip for a +1.
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That said, this isn't a bad idea overall, but it's just not refined enough for my liking.
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I bet you're a little salty now that this article has +22 now and wasn't a flop like you predicted lol
There’s no need to gloat here, +22 is good but it’s probably lower than you would see if you’d sought feedback and crit before posting as suggested.
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They didn't write the article, but still. This could have done a lot better if the author would have done these things (though it seems like the author did have a sandbox page before posting). Not getting criticism is nearly always a death sentence for first SCPs.
Hey buddy this isnt my article. And its not gloating. Just stating facts. He was very blunt about it being bad and he turned out to be wrong, I'm just saying no reason to be so blunt
He was very blunt about it being bad and he turned out to be wrong
Reverend Fox specifically stated that it wasn't bad overall. The rest of his post is general stuff that's true (typically, cold-posted articles don't survive very long).
And its not gloating. Just stating facts.
I'm just saying no reason to be so blunt
This admittedly feels a little disingenuous.
That said, I think the author can feel accomplished in their work without there being a huge issue over what's essentially just a copypasta post made with good intentions. Let's keep the discussion focused on the article content from here on.
Feels rather haphazard in its construction, both in concept and in writing. Didn't quite add up to the sum of its parts for me.
I wanna start off by saying this idea is really creepy + neat, but there's a few things that bother me while reading (text is collapsed):
"SCP-4129 refers to an unmarked deli away from populated areas with a preference to locations it has visited before."
This line is really confusing, took awhile to comprehend. You don't mention anywhere else in your article that it reappears places, not even in the catalog of its appearances. So what does it mean when you say "a preference to locations it has visited before"?
"Anything within SCP-4129 that is not touching the floor or an object that is, such as a stool or table, will be left behind when SCP-4129 changes location. "
I seriously have no clue what this means either. It just makes me think you're saying both everything not touching the floor and touching the floor stays. It's redundant. Just say "everything within the building will be left behind"
SCP-4129 is known to appear within a one-hundred (100) kilometer radius of subjects who have not eaten for a period of twenty-four (24) hours or longer. Locations in which SCP-4129 materializes are completely random, the only criteria being that it appears in the direction the subject is moving towards and that it is obscured from the view of everyone within the area.
What is the relevance of a starving subject and them moving to it hundreds of kilometers away? And why do you go from saying that it needs to be "obscured from view" to then saying it appears on a highway, and several feet off the ground with people noticing?
SCP-4129-2 are patrons of SCP-4129 ranging from ages six (6) to eighty-seven (87)
This range should be irrelevant since it is able to change, as shown that subjects can leave if there is a maximum number reached and more can come. I think actually you can build your article to be more interesting based off of the subjects.
Note from SCP-4129 Containment Overseer, ██████: I cannot stress how important it is that we carefully choose our phrasing in the future when dealing with this anomaly. We cannot afford to send our researchers out into the field and not have them return. See that this does not happen again.
This is interesting but it is not clear enough that the staff member conducting the interview became an instance of SCP-4129-2. This is something that doesn't need to be subtle; and again, something that if expanded upon can make your article more interesting.
SCP-4129 appeared, still coated in ███████ from the previous incident. Both officers exited the building with meals and no longer acknowledged the overwhelming amount of ███████ SCP-4129-1 was seen scraping off.
Again, it is in no way clear what this is alluding to since the last incident was marked "[DATA EXPUNGED]" so this isn't really necessary unless given a narrative or purpose.
So all in all this idea is good, article is meh. Not a flop, but definitely a little confusing/lacking an actual story. I think this got the votes it did because there are traces of a story but there is not enough here. +1, but hope to see this expanded upon :-)
Hmmm, yeah, I can agree that this one needs some cleaning up. The idea is interesting, but the execution's pretty rough. The incident log's really weird, also; the pieces don't quite connect well, and the redaction is in a really bad place, killing the pace right before the proper end.
So yeah, not a fan of this one. -1