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Editorial

With 7k in the dust, Series VIII being open, and new contests and content coming from the Community Outreach team, expect a busy sprint to the end of the year! In the meantime, relax and enjoy this new edition to the Site News!

- By WhiteGuard

September 3rd

7K Results and Trivia!

Artwork by Aethris

7k is over! Congratulations to all of the participants and a special congratulations to our winner, HarryBlank! Below are the entry rankings as well as stats and trivia about the contest which can also be found on the Contest Hub. After reading these, please check out Luxaiko's story on "What is a Kcon?" directly below!

Podium

🥇 FIRST PLACE: SCP-7000 ("The Loser") - Written by HarryBlank 🥇

🥈 SECOND PLACE: SCP-7777 ("Heptaphobia") - Written by Yossipossi 🥈

🥉 THIRD PLACE: SCP-7333 ("Business Lizard") - Written by Zyn 🥉

All Entries

SCP-7000 - The Loser by HarryBlank at 464
SCP-7777 - Heptaphobia by Yossipossi at 332
SCP-7333 - Business Lizard by Zyn at 282
SCP-7999 - Meet Me in the Stars by fabledtiefling at 264
SCP-7005 - The Neon God by Tufto at 253
SCP-7001 - Site-19 by PlaguePJP at 251
SCP-7500 - Luck of the Irish by Tstaffor at 216
SCP-7700 - Dr. Cimmerian Almost Goes Out On a Limb by Doctor Cimmerian at 215
SCP-7676 - The Grand Symphony of 1976 by S D Locke, notgull, simplexityyfvs, hoah2333 and yuuki410 at 206
SCP-7007 - Misfortune Gorge by Grigori Karpin and Vivarium at 189
SCP-7726 - So long, and thanks for all the fish. by Uncle Nicolini at 186
SCP-7666 - UNDERVEGAS ORIENTATION: The House Loses by Rounderhouse at 176
SCP-7002 - The Hungry Season by bigslothonmyface at 167
SCP-7003 - Three White Horses by TheyCallMeTim at 166
SCP-7004 - Insane, Wailing, Feral. by Ecronak and AnAnomalousWriter at 163
SCP-7320 - Serendipity by Raddagher at 157
SCP-7100 - At Rainbow's End by Captain Kirby at 149
SCP-7006 - Initiative by Liryn, Ihp, LizardWizard, DarkStuff and Djoric at 146
SCP-7997 - Corporate Apotheosis by LORDXVNV at 137
SCP-7200 - boats. by smlt and aismallard at 132
SCP-7600 - Six Feet Under by Ralliston at 126
SCP-7070 - Amaranthine by Dysadron and J Dune at 124
SCP-7300 - PLANKTON!!! by Ellie3 at 123
SCP-7290 - Bullet Hell by Weryllium at 116
SCP-7013 - Thirteen Indeed by Fishish and Jack Waltz at 115
SCP-7400 - Your Honor, League of Legends by Calibold and sherf at 112
SCP-7015 - Mangaka in the High Castle: Melancholy of the Rising Sun by Veralta and thd-glasses at 111
SCP-7900 - A Place to Drown in by Its a Bad Idea at 105
SCP-7043 - Murphy Law in… Skip 7000 - THE MONTAUK FALCON! by cwazzycwafter at 102
SCP-7008 - A Single Plastic Rose by TheCommunity at 102
SCP-7770 - Stomachache by Sonderance at 92
SCP-7800 - Samsara by Aftokrator at 91
SCP-7010 - We Will Endure by stormbreath and Lt Flops at 89
SCP-7009 - All Roads Lead To Rome by Esoterica at 88
SCP-7766 - New World Order by JakdragonX at 84
SCP-7998 - Eel Days by AnActualCrow at 81
SCP-7555 - ATHAZAGORAPHOBIA by Dr_Moist at 80
SCP-7776 - The UnWell by Dr Balthazaar at 79
SCP-7153 - I'll tell you anyfin! by TheCommunity at 77
SCP-7011 - MICROMANAGEMENT by LAN 2D at 76
SCP-7622 - Alcoholics Anomalous by JayKillbam at 75
SCP-7616 - SCP-7616-ARC - The Ballad of Captain Adrian and Primrose Fatish Von Trevil by Fantem at 74
SCP-7020 - The Voyagers by swordlover87 and QoDaX at 73
SCP-7077 - Where Sky Meets Sea by Elenee FishTruck and DodoDevil at 72
SCP-7147 - What Could Have Been by Nitro147 at 68
SCP-7771 - As Luck Would Have It by Dr Asteria and weiserthanyou at 67
SCP-7222 - Pool Boy by Tyumen at 64
SCP-7780 - Something Wicked This Way Comes by A Random Day at 62
SCP-7772 - Mr. Rogers in a Bloodstained Sweater by OthellotheCat at 62
SCP-7711 - Alone. by Agisuru at 57
SCP-7030 - What Comes to Pass by weizhong at 56
SCP-7314 - Horn of Plenty by Kothardarastrix at 56
SCP-7654 - SCiPCoin by Alexander the Jar at 53
SCP-7778 - Chancemaker by stoner99 at 53
SCP-7501 - My Best, Oldest, and Newest Friend by MrIverson at 53
SCP-7037 - Lucky Clover by Dr Trintavon at 53
SCP-7890 - M.T.F. S.O.L., S.N.A.F.U. by Anorrack at 50
SCP-7390 - Grimsley Trudge by Jack Ike at 48
SCP-7714 - Fortunate Souls by TheDarkArtist, AvocadoMilk and SphereFinale at 48
SCP-2001-EX - Maman, Why Does My Head Hurt? by Annabelle Dillard at 47
SCP-7316 - Bets Against The Void by Jackyfudge, meltedbee and Florita at 47
SCP-7888 - A Reminder by Penton at 47
SCP-7012 - chaos you are my angel by Fish^12 at 46
SCP-7755 - A Hole Dug With a Rabbit's Foot by Crow-Cat at 45
SCP-7760 - Unfortunate Events by Jacob Conwell at 45
SCP-7268 - The Spark of Life by Blindbeard at 44
SCP-7014 - Praise Be Unto Thee, Oh Dice Gods by Uncannyon at 43
SCP-7050 - The Great Filter, and What Lies Beyond by Space_Kaiser at 43
SCP-7150 - A Series of Misfortunate Events by slashannemoo at 43
SCP-7205 - Just A Number by ManyMeats at 43
SCP-7117 - The Cycle of PHOBOS by The Son of Man at 42
SCP-7996 - Losing Interest by andromedaz at 39
SCP-7473 - Every Pearl's Insides by basirskipreader at 38
SCP-7027 - Noblesse Oblige by jackVS at 37
SCP-7101 - Ms. Fortune by Roufhous at 37
SCP-7162 - Lo Barato Sale Caro (Pinche Rana Envidiosa) by Agente Shuffle and Doc slash at 35
SCP-7016 - Mutually Assured Destruction by Cydhra at 35
SCP-7017 - The Platonic Conspiracy by Ethagon at 34
SCP-7023 - The Last Remaining Variant by Utylike at 30
SCP-7733 - The Limits of Plausibility by Monkeysky at 30
SCP-7140 - Mysterium by WormAlmighty at 29
SCP-7166 - Never Strikes Twice by MasonDHoyt at 27
SCP-7085 - Pluck by RadioactiveRADS at 25
SCP-7199 - Do Me a Favor and be Grateful for Yourself by winkwonkboi at 24
SCP-7995 - And Wash This Place Clean from Sin by Sound Chaser at 24
SCP-7250 - You Make Your Own by Maxyfran73 at 24
SCP-7420 - Worst Case Scenario by Rhineriver at 24
SCP-7042 - Mother Nature's Sketchbook by Arclund at 23
SCP-7107 - Arrested Epiphany by Deadcanons at 22
SCP-7802 - Decrease the possibility of containment failure. by Dr Hormress at 22
SCP-7515 - The Parhelion Effect by DrRoses at 21
SCP-7974 - TTRPGhost by RoweLucian at 21
SCP-7019 - Premonition by Attila the Pun at 20
SCP-7447 - Alfredo With A Side of Quantum Entanglement by J T K C at 17
SCP-7177 - Business as Usual by Blue Foot at 17
SCP-7018 - The Long Winding Road by MetalRavioli, Cole 13 and TopDownUnder at 16
SCP-7994 - Calamity Jack Kennedy by Dr Phil McClaw at 15
SCP-7111 - A World of Chance by ClownSlayer at 14
SCP-7878 - Moving Past The Feeling by Felixou at 14
SCP-7707 - SPONTANEOUS LOVE by riftwqlker at 14
SCP-7123 - Dice with Death by RossBossARTS at 14
SCP-7208 - The Dice Always Land by Agent Henson at 13
SCP-7021 - Out Of Luck by Moonhorse96 at 13
SCP-7350 - Kancra Bodas by nahyesq at 12
SCP-7022 - Providence by GreenGolem at 11
SCP-7171 - Skywatching by Abrethe, Sirslash47 and Nyelo at 11
SCP-7060 - A Place of No Fortune by FluffyDog00 at 10
SCP-7024 - Lucky Cola (or the dirty secret of why it tastes so good) by Jakuwoski at 10
SCP-7231 - Reaper's Spear by Percevale at 10
SCP-7046 - Unwilling Blood by XHAWK77X at 8
SCP-7075 - "Twins" by redredred at 8
SCP-7599 - The Odds, Eternally In His Favor by GoldenChanges at 6
SCP-7490 - Have Faith, and Take Some Chances by Strange Matter at 6
SCP-7986 - Destiny's Waves by DigitalPrincess234 at 6
SCP-7134 - Born 'Neath a Lucky Star by Pinoccappuccino at 4
SCP-7381 - Recovered Device from Jupiter by Ruskied at 0
SCP-7489 - Better Luck Next Time by fairydoctor at -1
SCP-7025 - Cotton Observation by Doctor Zurvan at -4
SCP-7099 - Pseudepigrapha by Karathh at -7

Stats and Trivia

Luckiest Award

Luckiest¹: SCP-7878 - "Moving Past The Feeling" by Felixou

Vote-based Awards

Most Discussed²: SCP-7000 - "The Loser" by HarryBlank

Best Grade³: SCP-7020 - "The Voyagers" by Swordlover87 and QoDaX, with all upvotes

Electioneer⁴: SCP-7000 - "The Loser" by HarryBlank

Freshman Class⁵: SCP-7107 - "Arrested Epiphany" by Deadcanons as the only surviving entry with a new object class

I'm So Meta Even This Article⁶: SCP-7700 - "Dr. Cimmerian Goes Out On a Limb" by Doctor Cimmerian

Break-Out Performance⁷: SMLT⁸

Unsung Hero⁹: SCP-7268 - "The Spark of Life" by Blindbeard

Most disliked by people with good taste¹⁰: SCP-7400 - "Your Honor, League of Legends" by Calibold and Sherf

Most Interactive¹¹: SCP-7006 - "Initiative" by Liryn, LizardWizard, Ihp, DarkStuff, and Djoric¹²

Most Media¹³: SCP-7007 - "Misfortune Gorge" by Grigori Karpin and Vivarium

Comeback King¹⁴: SCP-7166 - "Never Strikes Twice" by MasonDHoyt

Best in Class

Safe: SCP-7007 - "Misfortune Gorge" by Grigori Karpin and Vivarium

Euclid: SCP-7000 - "The Loser" by HarryBlank

Keter: SCP-7777 - "Heptaphobia" by YossiPossi

Thaumiel: SCP-7005 - "The Neon God" by Tufto

Neutralized: SCP-7500 - "Luck of the Irish" by Tstaffor

Pending: SCP-7003 - "Three White Horses" by TheyCallMeTim

Apollyon: SCP-7004 - "Insane, Wailing, Feral." by Ecronak

Archon: SCP-7600 - "Six Feet Under" by Ralliston

Trivia

Longest: SCP-7006 - "Initiative" by Liryn, LizardWizard, Ihp, DarkStuff, and Djoric

Shortest: SCP-7290 - "Bullet Hell" by Weryllium

First Posted: SCP-7400 - "Your Honor, League of Legends" by Calibold and Sherf

Last Posted: SCP-7013 - "Thirteen Indeed" by Fishish and Jack Waltz

MAST's Nightmare¹⁵: SCP-7390 - "Grimsley Trudge" by Jack Ike

Tagless¹⁶: SCP-7008 - "A Single Plastic Rose" by Anonymous

Stand-out Voters

For users who cast more than 100 votes in the contest (on non-deleted entries)

Ethagon: 105 votes
Maxyfran73: 110 votes
MuseofScience: 112 votes
Weryllium: 116 votes
MikuKaneko: 117 votes
totallynotenby: 118 votes
LightlessLantern: 119 votes
Whatthedogdid24: 119 votes

September 2nd

So, what is a Kcon anyway?

A little over a month or so ago, you may have noticed an absence of articles or perhaps a lack of authors overall! Well, it was that time of year again when everyone runs to their writing stations to prepare for the newest k-con!

Most of the 6000s have already filled up, meaning everyone was getting ready to place their first dibs on their favourite 7000 slots, including the triple ‘O’ spot itself. If you’ve ever wondered how we choose who gets what or why everyone is freaking out so much about this contest specifically, then this article is for you!

In the past, we have had six of these k-contests, each pulling the best of the best from the community and giving us the first article to start the new slots. So far, that's included a top 15 article of all time; SCP-5000. Five of the six have made it into the top 35! That may seem low, but out of the approximate 7000+ SCPs, that cracks at being in the top 0.5%.

K-con winners article votes at time of winning.

If you haven’t guessed already, to win the contest you must achieve the most upvotes of all other participants at the moment of the contest's closure. The prize for all that hard work? A pretty number.

That doesn’t sound too impressive, but winning the contest comes with massive bragging rights and is not something anyone takes lightly. It takes insane amounts of skill, dedication, and, dare I say, luck to make it to number one and stay there. With all the competition, everyone is fighting for reads, and critique is harsher than ever.

The prizes don't end there, though. Everyone who participated picks in order of their position what slot they’d like to take in the new slots/It's first dibs on numbers that are usually stolen off the bat, such as; 7500, 7999, 7777 and 7001.

As hard as it sounds, winning is an extraordinary and honourable position. Don’t let fears about being new, inexperienced or being a lesser-known author deter you from participating. Many new or unestablished users have gotten their foot in the door just by participating due to the high influx of activity on the site while the contest occurs. There's also a unique method introduced to keep users from drafting too far ahead; themes.
Every k-contest has a theme chosen at the very start, this year’s being “Luck.”

Themes are an interesting way of keeping authors on their toes and providing a challenge or perhaps a prompt that keeps the contest less spontaneous and random. The theme is usually known by very few staff, so you should never be worried that someone has an advantage over you.

K-con winners article votes as of recently.

Past themes have included Urban Legends, Sci-fi, Horror, History, Mystery, and Nature. Though, if you go through the winners of each respective theme, you’ll often find that the theme is tied in loosely, playing its role but not defining the entry in its whole. Themes are a fun guideline, encouraging thinking outside the box.

The thousand contests are a time for celebration, collaboration, and a peak in the site’s creativity. Whether you participate or not, whether you write or create in wholly unique ways, it’s a time when we can relish the spotlight we deserve.

- By Luxaiko

Features Last Month

Front Page Features

Every month, an article is selected from each of the three common article types: SCP, Tale, and Group of Interest Format. These three articles are displayed on the front page for the month to bring further recognition to them.

If you would like to view the previous front page features, you can view the archive for the SCPs here, the archive for the Tales here, and the archive for the GoI Formats here!

SCP Article

SCP-6599 by J Dune and PlaguePJP: HOGSLICE

WALDO.aic currently tracks all known accounts under the username “HOGSLICE.”

Tale

Úlla na Folla by Neatpicky

The Library was always a quiet place.

GoI-Format

Lloyd! by Aloices

He's very good at Monopoly, mind you, even if he says he doesn't practice often.

Reviewers' Spotlights

Works are featured on the site’s front page as part of the Reviewers’ Spotlight, which acknowledges the time and effort spent by forum reviewers helping other authors develop and edit and their works for the mainsite. Each month, community members are encouraged to nominate forum reviewers who have been both particularly helpful and active. Members of the Forum Criticism Team will then discuss the nominations, and select four prominent reviewers to choose the month’s Reviewers’ Spotlight front-page features.

If you would like to view previous spotlights, you can view the archive for them here!

1st of August

SCP-6739: An Absence Of... Something? by NDHeckfire [Featured by DrApricus]

Foundation personnel are allowed to visit and use Site-400's cafeteria as usual.

9th of August

Down With The Sickness by The Great Hippo [Featured by Alzin Cdag]

It feels like her brain is slathered in honey and her head is filled with ravenous, vengeful wasps.

17th of August

SCP-5392: The Voyage of the Tachyon Express by Tao McCawley [Featured by fairydoctor]

[Please, for everyone's sake, come back to the table. You have nothing to lose by talking.]

24th of August

SCP-3262: Babyblade by Jack Waltz [Featured by Dr Sage Evergreen]

[SCP-3262's first anomalous effect manifests when it is used to cut food.]

SCP Data & Trends

All the goings-on of the site condensed into bite-sized takeaways! Is there a statistic or figure you would be interested in knowing? Let us know and we can feature it next time!

We're still recovering from the loss of our data infrastructure in the Wikidot outage, so please bear with us if our stats are more rudimentary than before.

Thank you so much for reading the SCP Wiki's Site News!

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