SCP-1210 / Discussion

This is the discussion related to the wiki page SCP-1210.

page 1 of 3123next »

Aelanna 16 Mar 2012 17:16

Before someone ambushes me about my taxonomy…

The taxonomic assignment of C. megalodon has been debated for nearly a century, and is still under dispute with two major interpretations; Carcharodon megalodon (under family Lamnidae) or Carcharocles megalodon (under family Otodontidae). Consequently, the scientific name of this species has been commonly abbreviated to C. megalodon in literature.

Courtesy of Wikipedia.

VAElynx 16 Mar 2012 17:28

A wave of what?
The information might well be redacted, but saying an anomalous wave holds little information - all that it says is that it is something periodic.
As such , I don't think it would appear in a scientific report. Same with "disappeared and were never found" - more like "are classified as MIA"

That said, i'm slightly meh about the object itself.

EDIT: And downvote removed upon fixing.

Last edited on 16 Mar 2012 19:13 by VAElynx Show more

DiskElemental 16 Mar 2012 18:11

It's a wave of pure time.

Communism will win 16 Mar 2012 18:52

I'm going to second what VAE said here. Nondescript waves are one of my pet peeves, and until that's fixed, I'm downvoting.

---

if your reading this your gay

RJB_R 16 Mar 2012 18:56

Gotta say, I see potential in this one. +1 pending improvements. If it doesnt get better ill probably downvote.

---

Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!

StillBlue 16 Mar 2012 19:01

No vote from me.
While I like the general feel of the article, and a vauge promise that 'there is more to it', I just don't find it all that interesting. There is a hook, but the bait's just not meaty enough.

morscata12 16 Mar 2012 19:44

I assume the radar is "resetting" the area a bit, altering aspects of the zone to the way they were in the prehistoric past. It seems to be copying chunks of space from that specific time frame into the present day. The SCP might paste a chunk of sky over where a person had been (effectively making them vanish), or paste a prehistoric shark into the water. Does the radar then just pull/replace full lifeforms, or can it chop them up by grabbing an incomplete segment? It seems to be chopping up landscape and buildings without making distinctions..so it might end up doing the same for lifeforms. If that's the case, then the island is going to start claiming some body parts (prehistoric and present-day). Also, if airborne creatures started showing up, it would be a noticeable breach if a full one ever showed up and escaped.

Also, the global sea level back then was about 100 meters lower than it is today. When sections of the sea that are at most 100 meters deep are replaced, they would be replaced with air/land. That probably causes some nasty turbulence/whirlpools in the ocean. I don't know if it would be necessary to put in the article, but I did want to bring it up.

Scordatura 16 Mar 2012 19:54

While reading through the first part of the article, my feelings were decidedly 'whatever.' Once I got to the addendum, I thought 'okay, I like this now.' Upvoted.

emissary666 16 Mar 2012 20:03

I've been obsessing over Call of Pripyat recently and feels like something out of that game, so upvote!
However, it feels like something out of a game; not entirely sure if it is intentional or not, it is very good if it the relation is unintended and not as good if the connection was intended.

(account deleted) 16 Mar 2012 20:39

This is kinda, meh.

Communism will win 16 Mar 2012 20:42

It feels like SCP-084 but worse.

---

if your reading this your gay

The Gaz 16 Mar 2012 23:23

Someone better go out and get that megalodon punched.
_{Bagsy not me.}

Kinda neutral on this, I like the whole 'changing local spacetime' hook, but it feels like there's not enough of it. Scarcity of information is good sometimes, but it feels like it should have an incident log or something just to keep it going.

page 1 of 3123next »