Don't miss it. A classic, Anti-memetics United vs Memetics Division SC!…
Special Containment Procedures: Any verbal or written reference to the official title of SCP-8571 (
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Foundation Champions League™
) found in any Foundation record must be automatically redacted and filtered to prevent its proliferation. The original nomenclature may only be mentioned and/or used in controlled environments, under the constant supervision of the Memetics Department and with the authorization of a Level 4 member of said Department.
Any reference to the title of SCP-8571 is forbidden in any context.
All communication systems must include semantic filtering capable of automatically interrupting communication upon detection of an attempt to transmit SCP-8571 .
Any SCP-8571-1 entity must proceed immediately, without communicating with other personnel, to undergo an emergency amnestication at the nearest medical wing within the facility with access to Class-C amnestics. During this period, only the minimum necessary communication is authorized.
In the case of disposable personnel, they must follow the safety guidelines applicable to the medical area.
Description: SCP-8571 refers to an easily spreadable cognitomemetic agent that causes those affected (SCP-8571-1) to believe in the existence of a fictional soccer league. The transmission vector for SCP-8571 is the spoken or written form of the competition's official name (
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Foundation Champions League™
). Such exposure can occur through reading the term directly or hearing it spoken. Viewing graphic representations of it, such as logos or associated team crests, is not dangerous, but it does pose a risk of lifting the veil.
After weeks of searching, it has been confirmed that said soccer league does not appear in any verifiable records held by civilian sources, national or international sports organizations, nor the Foundation's own databases.
After being exposed to SCP-8571 , affected individuals immediately develop a set of detailed memories corresponding to SCP-8571 's current league season. These memories are indistinguishable from genuine memories, causing SCP-8571-1 instances to confirm that they have personally attended each and every match of the current season, including not only soccer statistics such as scores and goal scorers, but also other details such as physical sensations, smells, ambient sounds, and emotional states linked to the results..
The implanted memories are consistent across instances, improving the coherence and cohesion of the story generated by SCP-8571 . Match results, individual statistics, and league standings are identical regardless of which instance is queried..
The most significant and important aspect from the Veil's perspective is that the 20 teams participating in SCP-8571 have names that directly refer to internal structures, facilities, and departments of the SCP Foundation. The SCP-8571-1 entities use these names with complete confidence, without perceiving any inconsistency. The risk of classified information leaks resulting from the memetic infection is considered severe among both Foundation personnel and civilians.
The origin of SCP-8571 is unknown. The most widely accepted hypothesis is that it may be a failed experiment designed by one of the Foundation's former Anti-Memetics Departments sometime after the institutional reorganization of [DATA NOT FOUND]. No documentation has been found to corroborate this; other possible origins are still being investigated.
SCP-8571 does not possess any direct lethal or debilitating properties. Instances of SCP-8571-1 do not exhibit any physical problems or serious cognitive impairments. The primary threat is informational in nature: widespread exposure would compromise the integrity of the Veil on a potentially global scale.
Addedum-8571 .1
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Classification ███
Season 20██ — 20██
The following classification table was compiled by Dr.No██ based on independent interviews conducted with 16 SCP-8571-1 instances. Since SCP-8571 has no verifiable existence in any external source, the only way to document data from the active season is through the direct testimony of infected subjects. The collected data has been cross-referenced across all instances to ensure consistency. The rate of agreement between instances was 100%. However, discrepancies were observed in the subjects' emotional responses to the results, making it clear that SCP-8571 is capable of influencing emotions in different ways across different subjects.
Audio Log Transcript - Log-8571 .1
Date: 02/28/2023
Interviewer: Dr.No██
History: Excerpt from an interview between Dr.No██ and D-49182, subject number 12.
[BEGIN LOG]
Dr.No██: Can you describe the teams you remember seeing this season?
D-49182: Absolutely. I watched all of them, really, but to be honest, the team I was rooting for the most was Guards FC, MTF Athletic's classic rival. To be fair, putting team colors aside, the team I enjoyed watching the most—because of their ultra-offensive style of play—is Anti-Memetics United. They've got a great lineup. They slipped into international spots this year. In fact, I'm surprised you didn't see the crazy game they played against those suckers from AC Site-19—they scored six goals against them.
Dr.No██: "Site-19"? What do you mean by that?
D-49182: You haven't heard of AC Site-19?! Well, with the shitty season they've had. Honestly, it's worth forgetting.
Dr.No██: Please continue with the list.
D-49182: Right. Um… Other teams I can remember… There was also Memetics Division SC, the Researchers, Site-23 Rovers, Applied Thaumatology FC… Come to think of it, that team just got promoted; they didn't look like much, but look at them now—they're right in the middle of the table.
[2-second pause]
D-49182: Alpha-9 City, New Ethics, Site-17, AC RAISA, Site-06, █████████████ FC—
Dr.No██: [interruption] "█████████████"?
D-49182: Yeah. It's a really bad name for a soccer team, I know. But that's what they're called. Then there's Site-88, Site-45 SG, ███ FC, and Real Anomalies, who are at the bottom of the league this season, poor things. They've only won four games all year.
Dr.No██: Do you remember the exact score of a particular game?
D-49182: All of them.
[3-second pause]
D-49182: I remember the scores of every single game. In detail. Is there one in particular you wanna know??
[END LOG]
Following the conclusion of the interview, all registered SCP-8571-1 instances were amnestified using Class-C procedures to prevent the accidental spread of SCP-8571 and to prevent a potential breach of the Veil.
Table of results for this season obtained from the various interviews:
| Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
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| 1 |  Guards FC |
38 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 89 | 34 | +55 | 88 | |
| 2 |  MTF Athletic |
38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 76 | 31 | +45 | 83 | |
| 3 |  Anti-memetics United |
38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 71 | 38 | +33 | 78 | |
| 4 |  AC Site-19 |
38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 68 | 42 | +26 | 74 | |
| 5 |  New Ethics |
38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 63 | 44 | +19 | 70 | |
| 6 |  Memetics Division SC |
38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 58 | 47 | +11 | 66 | |
| 7 |  Researchers |
38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 62 | |
| 8 |  Site-23 Rovers |
38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 54 | 51 | +3 | 58 | |
| 9 |  Alpha-9 City |
38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 56 | |
| 10 |  Applied Thaumatology FC |
38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 49 | 40 | 0 | 54 | |
| 11 |  Keter Union |
38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 47 | 52 | -5 | 52 | |
| 12 |  Site-87 |
38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 51 | -6 | 50 | |
| 13 |  Site-17 |
38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 46 | 55 | -9 | 48 | |
| 14 |  AC RAISA |
38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 43 | 57 | -14 | 45 | |
| 15 |  Site-06 |
38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 40 | 59 | -19 | 42 | |
| 16 |  ████████ FC |
38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 38 | 62 | -24 | 39 | |
| 17 |  Site-88 |
38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 64 | -27 | 37 | |
| 18 |  Site-45 SG ↓ |
38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 33 | 71 | -38 | 32 | |
| 19 | ███ FC ↓ |
38 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 78 | -50 | 27 | |
| 20 |  Real Anomalies FC ↓ |
38 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 91 | -69 | 18 | |
Pl: Games Played · W: Winned · D: Draws · L: Lost · F: Goals in Favor · A: Goals Against · GD: Goal Difference · Pts: Points · ↓ Descend
Council FC
ISD FC ↓Incident-8571 .1
Date of the incident: 01/11/2023
Time: 09:14 AM
Affected sites: Site-14, Site-19, Site-36, Site-37, Site-50, Site-119, Site-120, Area-02 and Area-14.
Estimated number of infected personnel: 9,000-10,000 employees | 800-1,200 disposable staff.
On January 11, at 09:14, Dr. █████, Director of Site-14, head of the Foundation's internal telecommunications network, and a member of the Telecommunications Department, accidentally placed a call to several Foundation facilities. The remaining facilities remained safe thanks to pre-established security systems designed to prevent potential cognitomemetic incidents. The affected facilities were quickly locked down by unaffected personnel to prevent widespread contamination among staff, anomalies, and civilians.
BROADCAST · SITE-14 · CH-021
09:14:33 — 09:15:51
"Good morning to all Foundation staff. This is Dr. █████, Director of Site 14. I hope you're having a productive day."
"I'm reaching out briefly to remind you that this evening at 8:00 p.m., one of the most anticipated matches of Matchday 27 of the
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Foundation Champions League™
will kick off: the highly anticipated derby between Guards FC and MTF Athletic. As you know, the two teams are separated by just ten points in the standings, and a win for either side would put them within striking distance of first place for the first time in three seasons."
"Just a reminder that the cafeterias at all locations connected to the network will be showing a live broadcast. Take advantage of your break to watch the game."
"Site 14 is with the Guards, just in case anyone had any doubts!"
"That's all. Have a great rest of the day. Site-14, over and out."
END OF BROADCAST · Duration: 01:18
The message was received across several offices, common areas, laboratories, Class-D cells, and guard posts at various affected sites. Despite efforts to quickly cut off the transmission, it could not be interrupted until 09:14:51, 18 seconds after it began. By that time, the reference to SCP-8571 had already been broadcast in its entirety.
The first reports of a mass infection began to come in from Site-14 at 09:17, just three minutes after the transmission. At 09:45, the Category 2 Veil control protocol was fully activated at the facility level by direct order of O5-██, initiating one of the largest memory erasure operations in recent history.
Due to the large number of infected individuals, the following measures were implemented:
PHASE I.-
Class-D — Critical Priority
The SCP-8571-1 entities among the disposable personnel were identified as the group posing the greatest risk to the integrity of the Veil. Unlike Foundation personnel, who already possess prior institutional knowledge, the memories implanted by SCP-8571 provided these instances with a vocabulary and a complete conceptual framework regarding the Foundation's internal organization: site names, departmental designations, and, in some cases, inferences regarding the nature of the anomalies contained within their respective sites due to "strange behaviors on the field".
The amnestication procedure for all SCP-8571-1 instances belonging to disposable personnel was initiated simultaneously at 10:30 a.m. at all affected facilities via the airborne administration of Class-C amnestics through the cell ventilation systems. Subjects who had already developed significant resistance to this class of amnesics were processed and terminated immediately following a brief verification period to confirm the failure of the procedure.
PHASE II.-
Civilian Staff — High Priority
Civilian staff without access to classified information underwent a specific Class-C amnestic procedure. This group was isolated in designated quarantine zones at 10:15 a.m. and processed in small groups over the next eight hours. After verifying the treatment's effectiveness, they were returned to their regular posts.
In the case of this group, their resistance to amnestics was significantly lower than that of Class-D personnel due to their much lower consumption of standard doses.
PHASE III.-
Foundation Personnel — Moderate Priority
The approach to handling the Foundation's staff was more gradual. Since these staff members were already aware of the institution's existence and its general structure, the risk of breaching the Veil was considered significantly lower. The main threat in this group was the disclosure of confidential information to potential adversaries or colleagues who were not authorized to access such information.
An internal directive imposing a media blackout was issued at 10:05 a.m., before most of the infected staff had left their workstations, instructing everyone not to discuss the content of the broadcast until further notice. The directive was followed by most of the affected staff. The number of information leaks dropped dramatically.
The amnestic treatment administered to Foundation personnel was applied selectively: researchers with access to high-level classified information who, as a result of the implanted memories, might be able to establish connections between the nomenclature of the SCP-8571 teams and actual classified projects were treated as a priority. The rest underwent individual psychological evaluations and were treated accordingly in the weeks following the incident.
