Wow. I never expected this.

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I thought SCP-173 would be forgotten in a week of my posting it.[thread locked]

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Wow. I never expected this.

Moto42 30 Jul 2008 23:25

Hello, my name is Moto42, AKA "The USS Walrus". I am the original author of SCP-173.
When I posted it to 4Chan's /X/, I had not expected it to be remembered by anyone more than a week later, but had intended to make similar documents on about a weekly basis. Then I lost internet access for a week and a half and other interests pushed the project out of mind.
Then I found this place. Wow.
I'm really impressed with how you have all taken the original and run with it like this. A lot of these are very original and entertaining (The Coffee Machine being my favorite so far.).
I just wanted to say hi, and introduce myself now that I have found this site.

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Arcibi 31 Jul 2008 07:28

If you really are the guy who started it all, I'd love to see what else you might have come up with

As a side note, I'm kind of surprised that one of mine (the coffee machine) keeps coming up as one of the favorites of lots of people

I can't really take all the credit for it though, some dudes took what I thought was the lamest part of it (the "cup of Joe" thing) and turned it into greatness

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HK-016 01 Aug 2008 03:51

Holy shit.
What can I say?

• sorry
• thanks
• well done
• moar plzkthx
• tits or gtfo (if applicable)

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Kain Pathos Crow 30 Jul 2008 23:31

Hey dude, whassup? You written any more? We'd love to see them.

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Dr Gears 31 Jul 2008 00:37

Welcome, glad you stumbled your way back to the Foundation! Thanks so much for getting the ball rolling, amazing to see what you got started, huh? Take your time, get inspired, and post any new stuff you come up with.

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cyrus013 31 Jul 2008 02:18

if youre really the author of the original
then you must be at the very least
marginally awesome
that being the case
make something awesome
you can do it
i believe in you

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The Administrator 31 Jul 2008 07:47

Wow, are you really the guy who came up with calling them "SCPs" and the whole format?
Did you do any more? Glad to see you've made it here.
We'd love to see what else you've come up with.

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(account deleted) 01 Aug 2008 14:45

you come here as a god among men.

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Dr Gears 01 Aug 2008 15:38

Or an inspiration among geeks, one or the other…

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Sarcose 10 Aug 2008 10:53

…speechless!

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Kadin 13 Aug 2008 19:09

Dude, #173 is what got me into the SCP Project. Make some more backstory for it, I'd love to have a few more paragraphs.

I'd also love a little more on #030. The Homunculus is win.

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D-Mos 08 Jul 2012 07:47

You are lucky and I envy that Mr. Moto42 sir.

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RJB_R 08 Jul 2012 19:00

You probably ought to check the dates before you post. This thread is so old that the administrator made a post.

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

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TheGlyphstone 08 Jul 2012 21:34

Quick, someone get a quarantine up before -447 touches this thread!

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D-Mos 09 Jul 2012 11:31

i am aware of the age of this thread

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Bunton 09 Jul 2012 11:44

Then why did you post? It's poor form.

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D-Mos 10 Jul 2012 09:22

Just saying my personal opinion. Problem?

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Cryokina 10 Jul 2012 09:36

It's generally impolite to dig up ancient threads and post on them. It's common etiquette on basically every forum.

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Zanegar 11 Jul 2012 04:29

Alright boys lets keep this going! WHOOOOOOO!

PARTY IN THE DEAD THREAD!

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ToxicClay 12 Jul 2012 07:29

I'll bring the absinthe. We're going to make this one to remember.

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Runic 12 Jul 2012 10:12

We're gonna party like it's 2008!

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Kain Pathos Crow 08 Sep 2012 02:16

Why would you do this? 2008 was a terrible year.

2009 on the other hand…

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(account deleted) 09 Sep 2012 20:47

BITCHES WE PARTYING LIKE IT's 1999!

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Runic 11 Sep 2012 02:35

My personal favorite thing about the late 90's was how threads from over 4 years ago kept getting bumped for no reason.

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Felgraf 13 Sep 2012 15:30

RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE.

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Aelanna 13 Sep 2012 15:40

Please stop necroing threads. It's not funny.

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Bunton 13 Sep 2012 15:51

I don't know why this keeps happening on this thread specifically. That's about three times now, isn't it?

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Runic 15 Sep 2012 02:10

OH GOD IT KEEPS HAPPENING

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Felgraf 13 Sep 2012 16:02

Sorry, I was more trying to post a humorous comment on a thread that had *been* necroed (last post was a day or two ago, it looks like?). I suppose I wasn't fully awake yet.

I wonder, should there be a policy to lock threads after X months/years pass?

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Bunton 14 Sep 2012 14:00

I believe there are cases where it's better to necro and established threas than start a new one. For example, if a new translation sitr crops up after a few months, it would be most appropiate on the translation site thread.

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Draxal 14 Sep 2012 13:58

I think it's interesting this thread is still around. I was looking for it the other day to show someone that the creator for 173 had stopped by, but couldn't find the thread.

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