SCP-2153 / Discussion

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Waterfire 25 Jul 2015 20:13

Coming in at 471 words, I present to you all my Short Contest entry, and my first SCP in like 8 months.

Thanks to azzleflux for brainstorming with me, and to everyone else in the chat who critiqued this!

The picture of the four leave clover is by Valerie Giguere from Wikimedia Commons and licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:4LeafClover.JPG

dankaar 25 Jul 2015 20:52

www.trefolium4good.███

Was that last blackbox really necessary? .com, .org, .gov can all be guessed to go there…

Decibelles 25 Jul 2015 21:04

SCP-1584 does the same thing, considering that the website got actually registered at one point. Easier to blackbox than not.

Scorpion451 25 Jul 2015 21:22

There's actually a slight legal grey-area thing about using complete web addresses that you don't own, sort of like using a complete non-555 area code (or regional equivalent) phone number. One of those "There's no rule against it, but you can still get sued over it" things.

MrWrong 26 Jul 2015 03:06

So you went for nice!Foundation.

Pros:

• I like the edits you made to the last portions of the procedures. It feels cleaner now.
• The effect in itself is whimsical and that's cool.

Cons:

• While the SCP is well described, there isn't much on the organisation behind it.

Verdict: Upvote (would like to see more of this organisation)

Aleph_A 26 Jul 2015 10:42

I will upvote mainly because I find people losing their money for picking a four-leafed clover hilariously ironic.

On the other hand I am expecting to see more of this Trifolium Charities.

TL333s 26 Jul 2015 23:17

Eh, I dunno. Are all four-leaved clovers part of this skip? Or is it just that any infected will have at least four leaves? The rest doesn't really grab me.

Waterfire 27 Jul 2015 03:53

Just infected clovers.

Android487 28 Jul 2015 18:23

Upvoted, but I would have loved to have seen some "failure to pick" scenarios. Lightning strikes, spontaneous combustion… the possibilities for hilarity are unlimited.

Kalinin 28 Jul 2015 21:27

Not bad. The effect is somewhat amusing without being overly goofy, and the Foundation's response isn't something silly like engaging orbital lasers against known locations of four leaf clovers or whatever. The form e-mail thing is somewhat amusing as well. I'll upvote as a good example of what I imagined we would be getting as a result of the contest.

Unlike others, I don't think this needs extra stuff like people being punished for not picking the clovers or additional information on the charity. The former feels like silly moralizing, and the latter feels like forcing yet another GoI.

Eta Carinae 31 Jul 2015 11:16

When I first read this skip yesterday, for a while I simply didn't know if I liked it or not. So I didn't vote.

Upon rereading it today, I wonder what happened…!

A perfectly acceptable article, well-written and funny, full of unexpected surprises (OH NO, I thought, why money? Ruins everything!!!!! - Oh. Yeah. Charity. Of course. Okay).

I too would love to see some testimonies of people who couldn't pick up the clover because no money method of monetary transaction capable of transferring a value of at least US$4 (!!). And reactions from people at receiving the email… before application of amnestics… Tee hee.

Upvote.

EDIT: does it work with a credit card?
Oh, almost forgot: I keep wanting to see a pun in 'Ripens T. Pratense'… Does it mean anything or not? Cannot figure it out!

Last edited on 31 Jul 2015 11:20 by Eta Carinae Show more

Waterfire 04 Aug 2015 04:23

Credit cards are a method of monetary transaction, so I assume they'd work.

White clover's scientific name is Trefolium Ripens, while red clover's name is Trefolium Pratense.

coachskau 26 Aug 2015 12:07

Hell, I'd pick the clover. Very clean, the entire thing came across clearly, and I'd love to sign up for that newsletter. +1

Audio Adaptation

TheeSherm 10 Jan 2018 19:13

I like it, I enjoy when SCPs do nice things once in a while.

Anyway, here's wonderwall:

https://youtu.be/PUB8gIk1rjY

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