Vikander-Kneed Technical Media Hub

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@supports((display: -ms-grid) or (display: grid)) {
:root {
    /* header measurements */
    --header-height-on-desktop: 10rem;
    --header-height-on-mobile: 10rem;
    --header-h1-font-size: -webkit-calc(2rem + (2.5 - 2) * ((100vw - 18.750rem) / (60 - 18.750)));
    --header-h1-font-size: -moz-calc(2rem + (2.5 - 2) * ((100vw - 18.750rem) / (60 - 18.750)));
    --header-h1-font-size: calc(2rem + (2.5 - 2) * ((100vw - 18.750rem) / (60 - 18.750)));
}
 
#header {
    background: none;
}
 
#header::before {
    content: " ";
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    left: 0;
    top: 0.75rem;
    background-image: var(--logo-image);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: center -3.5rem;
    -webkit-background-size: auto 8rem;
    -moz-background-size: auto 8rem;
    -o-background-size: auto 8rem;
    background-size: auto 8rem;
    background-position: center top;
    opacity: 0.45;
    pointer-events: none;
}
 
#header h1,
#header h1 a,
#header h1 a::before {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    display: -webkit-box;
    display: -webkit-flex;
    display: -moz-box;
    display: -ms-flexbox;
    display: flex;
    -webkit-box-align: center;
    -webkit-align-items: center;
    -moz-box-align: center;
    -ms-flex-align: center;
    align-items: center;
    -webkit-box-pack: center;
    -webkit-justify-content: center;
    -moz-box-pack: center;
    -ms-flex-pack: center;
    justify-content: center;
    max-height: inherit;
    z-index: 0;
}
 
#header>h1>a>span {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    max-width: inherit;
}
 
#header h1 {
    height: -webkit-calc(100% - 2.25rem);
    height: -moz-calc(100% - 2.25rem);
    height: calc(100% - 2.25rem);
}
 
#header h1 a::before,
#header h1 a {
    text-align: center;
    line-height: 0.8;
}
 
#header h2,
#header h2 span,
#header h2 span::before {
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 0.15em;
    margin-left: 0;
    padding: 0;
    width: 100%;
    display: -webkit-box;
    display: -webkit-flex;
    display: -moz-box;
    display: -ms-flexbox;
    display: flex;
    -webkit-box-align: end;
    -webkit-align-items: flex-end;
    -moz-box-align: end;
    -ms-flex-align: end;
    align-items: flex-end;
    -webkit-box-pack: center;
    -webkit-justify-content: center;
    -moz-box-pack: center;
    -ms-flex-pack: center;
    justify-content: center;
    max-height: inherit;
    z-index: 0;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    pointer-events: none;
}
 
#login-status {
    min-height: -webkit-calc(var(--base-font-size) * 1.5);
    min-height: -moz-calc(var(--base-font-size) * 1.5);
    min-height: calc(var(--base-font-size) * 1.5);
    -webkit-border-radius: .0625rem;
    -moz-border-radius: .0625rem;
    border-radius: .0625rem;
    -webkit-border-radius: var(--border-radius-width);
    -moz-border-radius: var(--border-radius-width);
    border-radius: var(--border-radius-width);
    color: rgb(var(--pale-gray-monochrome));
    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
    -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
    -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    -webkit-box-flex: 1;
    -webkit-flex-grow: 1;
    -moz-box-flex: 1;
    -ms-flex-positive: 1;
    flex-grow: 1;
    left: 3%;
    right: initial;
}
 
#login-status .printuser {
    --wght: 900;
    position: relative;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    color: rgb(var(--swatch-menutxt-light-color));
    -webkit-box-shadow: none;
    -moz-box-shadow: none;
    box-shadow: none;
    padding: 0.25rem;
    margin: 0;
    font-weight: 900;
}
 
#login-status #my-account {
    --wght: 300;
    color: rgb(var(--pale-gray-monochrome));
    font-weight: 300;
}
 
#login-status #account-topbutton {
    border: initial;
    padding: 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.25em;
    position: relative;
    height: 100%;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    margin: 0;
    font-size: 1em;
}
 
#account-options {
    width: auto;
    padding: 0.5em;
    border-color: rgba(var(--bright-accent));
    background: var(--gradient-header);
    color: rgb(var(--swatch-text-light));
}
 
#account-options ul li a {
    color: rgb(var(--swatch-text-light));
}
 
#account-options li a:hover {
    color: rgb(var(--swatch-text-light));
    text-decoration: underline;
}
 
@media only screen and (min-width: 769px) {
    #search-top-box {
        right: 3%;
        top: 0.5rem;
    }
 
    #search-top-box-form>input,
    #search-top-box-form>input:hover,
    #search-top-box-form>input:focus {
        background: rgb(var(--black-monochrome));
    }   
 
    #search-top-box-form>input {        
        -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.125rem rgb(var(--swatch-menubg-dark-color));
        -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.125rem rgb(var(--swatch-menubg-dark-color));
        box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.125rem rgb(var(--swatch-menubg-dark-color));
    }
 
    #search-top-box-form>input:hover,
    #search-top-box-form>input:focus {
        -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.125rem rgb(var(--swatch-menubg-medium-dark-color));
        -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.125rem rgb(var(--swatch-menubg-medium-dark-color));
        box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.125rem rgb(var(--swatch-menubg-medium-dark-color));
    }
 
    #search-top-box-form input[type="submit"],
    #search-top-box-form input[type="submit"]:focus, 
    #search-top-box-form input[type="submit"]:hover {  
        border: none;
        border-left: 0.0625rem solid rgb(var(--swatch-primary-darkest));
        -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.125rem rgb(var(--swatch-menubg-dark-color));
        -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.125rem rgb(var(--swatch-menubg-dark-color));
        box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.125rem rgb(var(--swatch-menubg-dark-color));
    }
 
    #search-top-box-form input[type="submit"] {
        background: rgb(var(--swatch-primary-darkest));
        color: rgb(var(--swatch-menutxt-light-color));
    }
 
    #search-top-box-form input[type="submit"]:focus, 
    #search-top-box-form input[type="submit"]:hover {
        background: rgb(var(--swatch-primary));
        -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.125rem rgb(var(--swatch-menubg-medium-dark-color));
        -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.125rem rgb(var(--swatch-menubg-medium-dark-color));
        box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.125rem rgb(var(--swatch-menubg-medium-dark-color));
    }
}
 
#page-title {
    text-align: center;
}
 
@media only screen and (max-width:768px) {
    :root {
        --header-h1-font-size: -webkit-calc(2rem + (2.5 - 2) * ((100vw - 18.750rem) / (60 - 18.750)));
        --header-h1-font-size: -moz-calc(2rem + (2.5 - 2) * ((100vw - 18.750rem) / (60 - 18.750)));
        --header-h1-font-size: calc(2rem + (2.5 - 2) * ((100vw - 18.750rem) / (60 - 18.750)));
    }
 
    #header h1,
    #header h1 a,
    #header h1 a::before {
        top: 0.25rem;
    }
 
    #header h2,
    #header h2 a,
    #header h2 a::before {
        top: 0;
    }
 
    #header h2 span {
        margin-top: -webkit-calc(var(--header-height-on-mobile)/2 + var(--header-h1-font-size)/2 + .25rem);
    margin-top: -moz-calc(var(--header-height-on-mobile)/2 + var(--header-h1-font-size)/2 + .25rem);
    margin-top: calc(var(--header-height-on-mobile)/2 + var(--header-h1-font-size)/2 - .25rem);
    }
}

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@supports((display: -ms-grid) or (display: grid)) {
    @media only screen and (min-width: 769px) {
        #side-bar .close-menu {
            display: block;
            position: fixed;
            top: 0.25rem;
            left: 0.5rem;
            width: 3rem;
            opacity: 1;
            pointer-events: all;
        }
 
        #side-bar .close-menu img {
            color: transparent;
        }
 
        #side-bar .close-menu::before,
        #side-bar .close-menu::after {
            content: "";
            box-sizing: border-box;
            position: fixed;
            display: block;
            top: 0.25rem;
            left: 0.5rem;
            width: 3rem;
            height: 3rem;
            padding: 0;
            margin: 0;
            text-align: center;
            pointer-events: all;
            cursor: pointer;
            -webkit-transition:
                opacity var(--sidebar-transition-timing);
            -o-transition:
                opacity var(--sidebar-transition-timing);
            -moz-transition:
                opacity var(--sidebar-transition-timing);
            transition:
                opacity var(--sidebar-transition-timing);
        }
 
        #side-bar .close-menu::before {
            --mask: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml version='1.0' %3F%3E%3C!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN' 'http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd'%3E%3Csvg height='32px' id='Layer_1' style='enable-background:new 0 0 32 32;' version='1.1' viewBox='0 0 32 32' width='32px' xml:space='preserve' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' xmlns:xlink='http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink'%3E%3Cpath d='M4,10h24c1.104,0,2-0.896,2-2s-0.896-2-2-2H4C2.896,6,2,6.896,2,8S2.896,10,4,10z M28,14H4c-1.104,0-2,0.896-2,2 s0.896,2,2,2h24c1.104,0,2-0.896,2-2S29.104,14,28,14z M28,22H4c-1.104,0-2,0.896-2,2s0.896,2,2,2h24c1.104,0,2-0.896,2-2 S29.104,22,28,22z'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
            z-index: -1;
            background-color: var(--toggle-icon-color, rgb(var(--sidebar-links-text))) !important;
            -webkit-mask: var(--mask);
            mask: var(--mask);
            -webkit-mask-repeat: no-repeat;
            mask-repeat: no-repeat;
            -webkit-mask-position: 50% 50%;
            mask-position: 50% 50%;
            -webkit-mask-size: 60%;
            mask-size: 60%;
        }
 
        #side-bar .close-menu::after {
            z-index: -2;
            background-color: var(--toggle-button-bg, rgb(var(--swatch-menubg-color))) !important;
            -webkit-border-radius: var(--toggle-roundness, 50%);
            -moz-border-radius: var(--toggle-roundness, 50%);
            border-radius: var(--toggle-roundness, 50%);
            border: var(--toggle-border-color, rgb(var(--swatch-border-color))) var(--toggle-border-width, 0.25rem) solid;
        }
 
        #side-bar:focus-within .close-menu::before,
        #side-bar:focus-within .close-menu::after {
            opacity: 0;
        }
 
        #side-bar {
            display: block;
            position: fixed;
            top: 0;
            left: -webkit-calc(var(--sidebar-width-on-desktop)*-1);
            left: -moz-calc(var(--sidebar-width-on-desktop)*-1);
            left: calc(var(--sidebar-width-on-desktop)*-1);
            z-index: 10;
            -webkit-transition:
                left var(--sidebar-transition-timing);
            -o-transition:
                left var(--sidebar-transition-timing);
            -moz-transition:
                left var(--sidebar-transition-timing);
            transition:
                left var(--sidebar-transition-timing);
            height: 100%;
            overflow-y: auto;
            overflow-x: hidden;
            margin-top: 0;
        }
 
        #side-bar:focus-within {
            left: 0;
        }
 
        #side-bar .side-block {
            margin-top: 1rem;
            background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0, 0);
            -webkit-border-radius: 0;
            -moz-border-radius: 0;
            border-radius: 0;
            border-left-width: 0px;
            border-right-width: 0px;
        }
 
        #main-content::before {
            content: "";
            display: block;
            position: fixed;
            top: 0;
            right: 0;
            z-index: -1;
            opacity: 0;
            -webkit-transition:
                opacity var(--sidebar-transition-timing),
                width var(--sidebar-transition-timing);
            -o-transition:
                opacity var(--sidebar-transition-timing),
                width var(--sidebar-transition-timing);
            -moz-transition:
                opacity var(--sidebar-transition-timing),
                width var(--sidebar-transition-timing);
            transition:
                opacity var(--sidebar-transition-timing),
                width var(--sidebar-transition-timing);
            margin-left: var(--sidebar-width-on-desktop);
            background: rgba(var(--swatch-menubg-black-color), .3) 1px 1px repeat;
            padding-right: 0;
            width: 100%;
            height: 100vh;
            pointer-events: none;
            z-index: 99;
        }
 
        #side-bar:focus-within~#main-content::before {
            width: -webkit-calc(100% - var(--sidebar-width-on-desktop));
            width: -moz-calc(100% - var(--sidebar-width-on-desktop));
            width: calc(100% - var(--sidebar-width-on-desktop));
            opacity: 1;
            pointer-events: all;
        }
 
        #content-wrap {
            display: -webkit-box;
            display: -webkit-flex;
            display: -moz-box;
            display: -ms-flexbox;
            display: flex;
            -webkit-box-orient: horizontal;
            -webkit-box-direction: normal;
            -webkit-flex-direction: row;
            -moz-box-orient: horizontal;
            -moz-box-direction: normal;
            -ms-flex-direction: row;
            flex-direction: row;
            width: -webkit-calc(100vw - (100vw - 100%));
            width: -moz-calc(100vw - (100vw - 100%));
            width: calc(100vw - (100vw - 100%));
            min-height: -webkit-calc(100vh - -webkit-calc(var(--final-header-height-on-desktop, 10.125rem)));
            min-height: -moz-calc(100vh - -moz-calc(var(--final-header-height-on-desktop, 10.125rem)));
            min-height: calc(100vh - calc(var(--final-header-height-on-desktop, 10.125rem)));
            -webkit-box-flex: 2;
            -webkit-flex-grow: 2;
            -moz-box-flex: 2;
            -ms-flex-positive: 2;
            flex-grow: 2;
            height: auto;
            position: relative;
            margin: 0 auto;
            max-width: inherit;
        }
 
        #main-content {
            width: 100%;
            position: initial;
            max-height: 100%;
            padding: 2rem 1rem;
            width: 45.8rem;
            max-width: 45.8rem;
            margin: 0 auto;
        }
 
        @media not all and (min-resolution:.001dpcm) {
            @supports (-webkit-appearance:none) {
                #side-bar {
                    -webkit-transition:
                        left var(--sidebar-transition-timing),
                        padding-right var(--sidebar-transition-timing),
                        background-color var(--sidebar-transition-timing);
                    -o-transition:
                        left var(--sidebar-transition-timing),
                        padding-right var(--sidebar-transition-timing),
                        background-color var(--sidebar-transition-timing);
                    -moz-transition:
                        left var(--sidebar-transition-timing),
                        padding-right var(--sidebar-transition-timing),
                        background-color var(--sidebar-transition-timing);
                    transition:
                        left var(--sidebar-transition-timing),
                        padding-right var(--sidebar-transition-timing),
                        background-color var(--sidebar-transition-timing);
                    padding-right: 0;
                    background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0, 0);
                    pointer-events: all;
                    overflow-x: visible;
                    overflow-y: visible;
                    z-index: 999;
                }
 
                #side-bar::-webkit-scrollbar {
                    opacity: 0;
                    -webkit-transition: opacity var(--sidebar-transition-timing);
                    transition: opacity var(--sidebar-transition-timing);
                }
 
                #side-bar .close-menu::before {
                    z-index: 999;
                }
 
                #side-bar .close-menu::after {
                    z-index: 998;
                }
 
                #side-bar:hover .close-menu::before {
                    opacity: 0;
                }
 
                #side-bar:hover {
                    left: 0;
                    background-color: rgba(var(--swatch-menubg-color), 1);
                    padding-right: 0;
                }
 
                #side-bar:hover::-webkit-scrollbar {
                    opacity: 1;
                }
 
                #side-bar:hover~#main-content::before {
                    width: -webkit-calc(100% - var(--sidebar-width-on-desktop));
                    width: -moz-calc(100% - var(--sidebar-width-on-desktop));
                    width: calc(100% - var(--sidebar-width-on-desktop));
                    opacity: 1;
                    pointer-events: all;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Info

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More by Grigori Karpin

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Mission Statement:

Here at Vikander-Kneed we like to pride ourselves on being at the bleeding edge of media and communications technology. Our goal has been the betterment of the person and society through unbiased but aesthetically pleasing communications.

If there’s a better world out there, then it’s up to all of us to achieve it together. Efficient and entertaining media is the most important step on the road to Utopia.

Won’t you join us in this Better Tomorrow^TM?

Our Credentials:

Techniques we’ve mastered in the pursuit of communications excellence:

• Radio/Television/Internet Broadcasting!
• Movie Production and Distribution!
• At Home Entertainment Distribution!
• Black Magic!
• Entertainment Content Production!
• Instructional Content Production!
• Murder!
• Psychological Warfare!
• Graphic Design!

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Keep an eye out for products labelled Vikander-Kneed Technical Media.

We’re everywhere media is sold.

We’re here for you!

What’s this all about?

Vikander-Kneed Technical Media is a cursed media Group of Interest. They have their fingers in all aspects of media production and distribution, utilizing the anomalous to do so.

Focused mostly on the unsettling or the sickly humorous, Vikander-Kneed has produced radio shows, instructional VHS tapes, exercise DVDs, bonus features on entertainment DVDs (such as director’s commentaries), documentaries, music, and streaming services.

In existence since the 1950s, Vikander-Kneed’s activities and distribution of content are a significant threat to normalcy, and the anomalies connected to their activities have an unpredictable set of capabilities. So far, their mode of operation and overall mission is completely opaque to the Foundation.

Articles

Introductory articles:¹

• SCP-5889 – AMnestic by Grigori Karpin & Dysadron
• SCP-5904 – Inhuman Resources by Grigori Karpin
• SCP-5897 – History is Written by the VKTM by Grigori Karpin

Additional Articles:

• SCP-5379 - The Taped Confession by HarryBlank
• SCP-5479 - A Movie of You by Grigori Karpin
• SCP-5681 - Gehenna Arcade by Grigori Karpin & Vivarium
• SCP-5417 - 'Cize Up!: A Vikander-Kneed Technical Media Program by PlaguePJP
• SCP-5698 - Economic Migration by Grigori Karpin
• SCP-5358 - Vlorschidia by winkwonkboi
• SCP-6123 - VKTM presents: Media and You by Grigori Karpin
• SCP-5974 - The Interactive Fiction by HarryBlank
• SCP-5571 - American Backyard by Grigori Karpin

Tales:

• A Culinary Broadcast by FluffyDog00

Contributing

Anyone can contribute an article under this GoI, of course.

Some basic guidelines:

• This isn’t torture porn. Although we have violence and horror in these skips, this isn’t about extreme gore.
• These articles should be focused on the implication of horrific violence, social commentary, comedy, and the ways media affects every one of us.
• Additionally, there’s no face of this company… no Wondertainment or Anderson equivalent, we don’t get to see how VKTM operates from their perspective: if you want to characterize their motives or behavior, keep it vague and keep it restrained to the media itself (like in 5904)

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Please do not write about the deep lore specific origins of Vikander-Kneed. I think it’s way more fun, at least for the first bit, to have no lore. Just a bunch of crazy shit happening to people because of cursed media.

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I think the secret is that the description almost seems bland with just a hint of the baseline anomalous effect, then something is revealed in the media itself that’s definitely anomalous and also horrific, either through absurdity or existentialism (or both).

Anything that is connected to media in all its forms is game, just try and focus on balancing humor, implied horrendous violence, and the unsettling and you’ll hit it right.

I’m available by PM on IRC or Wikidot if you have any questions or want to bounce an idea off me: Grigori Karpin.

Footnotes

1. Read these three to see what the boundaries of a VKTM article is like, what the possibilities are, and get a feeling for the overall tone. Obviously, it is not necessary that you completely mimic the style as a contributor, but it helps to know what the GOI is about… or in actuality, what little I am willing to say about them.

‡ Licensing / Citation

Cite this page as:

"Vikander-Kneed Technical Media Hub" by Grigori Karpin, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/vikander-kneed-technical-media-hub. Licensed under CC-BY-SA.

For more information, see Licensing Guide.
Licensing Disclosures

Filename: VKlogotransparent
Author: Grigori Karpin
License: CC BY-3.0
Source Link:
Additional Notes: created by me.

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Filename: RecruitmentFlyer
Author: Grigori Karpin
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
Source Link:
Additional Notes: created using the below 4 images

Filename: newscaster
Author: Tom Hilton
License:CC BY-2.0 Generic
Source Link: LINK
Additional Notes: Edited by Grigori Karpin

Filename: Concert Scarecrow 040
Author: Patrick Gaudin
License: CC BY 2.0
Source Link: LINK
Additional Notes: Edited by Grigori Karpin

Filename: Adult Outdoor Spors
Author:Seattle Parks and Recreation
License: CC BY 2.0
Source Link: LINK
Additional Notes: Edited by Grigori Karpin

Filename: nothing on tv
Author: Robert Couse-Baker
License: CC BY 2.0
Source Link: LINK
Additional Notes:

Filename: VKTM welcomes you
Author: Grigori Karpin
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
Source: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/local--files/grigori-karpin-s-author-page/VKTM%20Welcomes%20you.mp3

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Filename: RecruitmentFlyer2
Author: PlaguePJP
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
Source Link: LINK
Additional Notes: used with his express permission

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