(account deleted) 15 Jun 2011 02:49
jesus this is good
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(account deleted) 15 Jun 2011 02:49
Sorry, but I don't find this even remotely interesting. And the picture looks shooped to me.
if your reading this your gay
I'm pretty much sold by the organic masses growing on buildings, plus all the cool little details through the article.
The picture is obviously a Photoshop job, and I wish the creator had left the building's middle line alone not at all a Photoshop job but looks like one, but it doesn't detract enough to be bothersome.
*grumble*
Eh, I've never been into the whole "creepy growing organs/tissues" thing, although I can see why other people might like it. In the end, it's entirely meh. It is well-written, I'll give it that.
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This grew out of a picture. A drawing of someone being slowly transformed in to a monsters heart, as they struggled and fought…
I have issues with the whole "loss of humanity" bit, and this seems to fit it for me. I know it's a narrow target, but it creeps the hell out of me, so i felt kinda drawn to it. Glad the writing is at least solid, of not the concept for you.
No problemo :)
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Actually, the picture is a piece of street art by a danish sculptor. You fail at spotting shoops forever.
Hey, it looks like an effect from the Warp tool or something similar from the low-resolution image. Jeez. ;)
In my defense, it's so much shinier and plastic-looking than everything else around it, to the point where it looks like CGI.
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I'm gonna have to stay neutral as well. It just doesn't do it for me. Nothing to downvote, but not much to really be interested or amazed by.
It's been shown to be airborne at times. I'm pretty sure any type of virus that cannot be easily detected in it's initial stages, and is highly contagious and lethal deserves to be a Keter.
Can't it still be locked up (in an airtight room, in this case), and not have to be worried about, though?
It's highly dangerous, but if it was fully contained, what more could happen?
The issue is that it grows in to inorganic structures as well, just at a slower rate. A easy locked-room solution isn't possible yet, so they still have to go in and cut it back from time to time.
Was pretty much sold by the end memo. I love the idea that the Foundation is actually losing objectivity by refusing to consider other possibilities than the obvious.
As the SCP goes, it's a solid bit of writing and a good concept. Kind of reminded of Creep from starcraft.
The last part saves it from a down vote, but it's not very interesting. Just quite dangerous.
*Any highlights or notes added in "*"s or "()"s are my own.*
"Sample tests have shown the genetic structure of SCP-673 to have no known counterpart among normal organics, and lacks *any* form of DNA or normal cellular composition" - If the substances lack ANY form of genetic material, how can genetic testing occur?
"Independent instances of SCP-673 are to be severed and isolated as soon as possible after initial discovery. Evaluation of newly severed instances is to take place within five to eight hours post-severing." - What if you can't evaluate it within 5-8 hours, if you're destroying it anyway? Field team just leave it in place until they can "evaluate it" and then incinerate it anyway, as per…
"SCP-673 instances found to have no research, production, or other value are to be incinerated immediately after evaluation. Instances added to the main contained mass are to be recorded and logged with Central Records." - Or do you just let them into the ever-growing mass of ultra-hazardous material with zero practical use, or just incinerate the useless Keter as indicated in the previous sentence?
"Containment cell must be cleared of all personnel for no less then 12 hours before SCP-673 can be replaced to primary containment cell. Temporary containment cell is to be flooded with NioX-9 for no less then 48 hours after SCP-673 removal." - So… it's obviously more dangerous to keep it in a temporary cell than in a regular one… Got it. Also, if it can be incinerated, why not just have the containment structure be a large-scale autoclave, and dispense with chemical sprayers, the need for ingress/egress to clean, and the lack of opportunities for escape into sprayer nozzles? It can infect anything, after all.
Just my depreciated .02USD.
Also, the similarities to SCP-763 and SCP-835 *are* quite pronounced, except this doesn't grow inside of people, or reshape the biomass to form a complex structure. Our Monsters Are Different.
Military Consultant, SCP Wiki
I'm with E4D on this one, logical errors are not pleasant in an article.
Vote reconsideration is contingent upon fixing!
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Re: Downvoted, HARD until a bunch of logical errors get fixed. by 
DrMagnus, 15 Jun 2011 15:26
let me do some tweaking. I appreciate the feedback, i'm rusty as all hell and really need it. granted, i'm probably not going to adopt everything, but you raise good points.
1: I'll edit this bit to read more clearly, i can see how it may cause confusion.
2&3: The bit i'm trying to get across with this is that new organs formed "in the wild", or during tests are isolated and evaluated within the 5-8 hour window. If the researchers think it's worth the risk to study, it's added to the mother mass, if not, they torch it. The unsettling bit is that these organ masses are human beings in many cases, who may still be capable of rational thought, or at least some kind of will. I see, however, that this might be a little hard to pick up on. I'll see what i can do to rephrase things a bit, but i'll have to think on it.
4: I might have to consider that, the only issue being that a large-scale autoclave might be more difficult to patch and otherwise maintain then a basic reinforced concrete room. As with 2&3, i'll have to noodle it a bit.
Incidentally, i'm going to need to re-read those entries…been out of the loop too long, and it's easy to step on toes when you forget where they are…
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