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This thread sucks, I'm going to have dozens of scp links tabbed for days now. Thanks a lot. I also agree that I prefer strange SCPs over super dangerous end of the world Keter BS. My favorite by far is the vending machine one. I'm a sucker for anything involving parallel worlds and realities. I also like anything dealing with long lost ancient civilizations.
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I like that the butler is nearly perfect at everything, except giving a haircut.
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Oct 4, 2014 03:14
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It's a nice detail that Deeds isn't supernaturally perfect at any task.
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I really like the SCPs that aren't even scary, just weird and bizarre. Like the Sea-Slug gentleman, or the talking horse, or the statue that only has any effect on Meerkats. Or stuff like an endlessly debating bathtub. Like, on the one hand its a bit silly, but its just so goddamn surreal. Ed: or stuff like this. I don't want to spoil it, but its a cool Keter class astronomical SCP thats not dangerous because it kills people or whatever, its because its so hard to suppress and the ever present danger of who else might see it. MinistryofLard has a new favorite as of 00:49 on Oct 5, 2014 |
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Oct 4, 2014 03:24
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Zekky posted:My favourite scp is probably http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-089. This one is great and is one of the few examples of the final pice being censored and it helps the story.
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348 is both sweet and a bit cheesy, and 1370 is adorably goofy. I'd forgot this website existed and have spent a good part of the past few days looking through the top-rated articles. 231 and that stupid Unstoppable Death Lizard are both highly ranked, but there are some gems there too. As stated upthread, 106 is genuinely pretty scary, in no small part due to the pictures used 
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MinistryofLard posted:Ed: or stuff like this. I don't want to spoil it, but its a cool Keter class astronomical SCP thats not dangerous because it kills people or whatever, its because its so hard to suppress and the ever present danger of who else might see it. We are here to protect you We are here to protect you from the terrible secret of space
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Oct 4, 2014 07:32
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I've always liked this one: http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-529 Short, simple, and kinda  to boot.I want one.
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Oct 4, 2014 07:58
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Unstoppable Death Machine Best Lizard Ever is somewhat ruined by the overexposure and that apparently some people use it as a cheap litmus test to show how oh my god so scary you guys other ones are (it's afraid of the goddamn sculpture? Come the gently caress on) and the fact that the photo used is a goddamn beached whale carcass. After some reading, my favorite scary one is probably "The Doorman", for being something that isn't directly harmful but such an effective and visceral psych-out it can lead to people wrecking themselves. I'm not sure about 134. On one hand, it's kind of adorable and I like the idea of them just helping out a plain old autistic kid (who takes her number very seriously). On the other hand, there's nothing really all that strange about her other than the freaky eye thing going on.
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Mazed posted:Unstoppable Death Machine Best Lizard Ever is somewhat ruined by the overexposure and that apparently some people use it as a cheap litmus test to show how oh my god so scary you guys other ones are (it's afraid of the goddamn sculpture? Come the gently caress on) and the fact that the photo used is a goddamn beached whale carcass. 682 being afraid of the sculpture is a nod to the fact that it was the first SCP ever written.
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Oct 4, 2014 12:43
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Techno Remix posted:I've always liked this one: http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-529 I always imagined that somewhere out there was a cat rear end just walking around and pooping forever
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I think that the best SCP files are the ones that are vaguely self-destructive, or at least force the Foundation into the position of "caretaker" rather than "emergency militarised containment unit." Half of the fun is making the Foundation worry about the fate of the object itself. Like with this one, http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1959 - It's an astronaut. He's been there for decades, stuck in orbit, unable to stop, constantly moving, completely indestructible and propelled by an inexorable and unavoidable force. It's clear that he wants to come down, or at least die. I also like it because it's short enough to give all of the information while also giving enough detail that there's clearly more story here than meets the eye.
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Boob Dylan posted:348 is both sweet and a bit cheesy
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Somfin posted:I think that the best SCP files are the ones that are vaguely self-destructive, or at least force the Foundation into the position of "caretaker" rather than "emergency militarised containment unit." Half of the fun is making the Foundation worry about the fate of the object itself. In the same vein, a group of Vietnam soldiers are trapped inside the Earth's mantle and have to shout in unison to contact the foundation. http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1594
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Slim Jim Pickens posted:In the same vein, a group of Vietnam soldiers are trapped inside the Earth's mantle and have to shout in unison to contact the foundation. NOT EATEN. USED AS LUBE. WORMFUCK.
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Techno Remix posted:I've always liked this one: http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-529 The established -est SCP is SCP-131, the Eye Pods.
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Boxman posted:The established There's a much more upvoted  version of a cute object SCP, the Builder Bear. Several people go out of their way to mention that they downvoted the Eye Pods because they think Builder Bear is better. In fact, Builder Bear is one of the most upvoted SCPs I've seen. Because apparently having a teddy bear SCP forcing a pregnant Foundation doctor's abortion, making a meat teddy bear out of the fetus, and having it [DATA EXPUNGED] another female researcher (the act is mentioned to be causing massive internal damage) is good writing. 
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Oct 4, 2014 18:35
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Beatniks manage to turn a VW van into a functioning spaceship, but starve to death due to grossly underestimating the distance to Alpha Centauri: http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1958
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Kopijeger posted:Beatniks manage to turn a VW van into a functioning spaceship, but starve to death due to grossly underestimating the distance to Alpha Centauri: The real problem came from not using tether for their EVA.
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my dad posted:There's a much more upvoted The reason I liked Builder Bear so much was because it showed what a bad idea it is to put an SCP object on "free roam" status because it seems cute or friendly. Your position that it's bad writing for SCP objects to do bad things seems wrongheaded in an unbridgeable way.
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Oct 4, 2014 20:04
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LaughMyselfTo posted:Your position that it's bad writing for SCP objects to do bad things seems wrongheaded in an unbridgeable way. I agree, which is why my favorite SCP is the the anemone made of poo poo and semen that rapes you with poop
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Lottery of Babylon posted:I agree, which is why my favorite SCP is the the anemone made of poo poo and semen that rapes you with poop No no no, SCP objects doing bad things doesn't make them well-written. But if it's there for a reason, a good reason, then it doesn't make the article worse.
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Oct 4, 2014 20:09
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I don't think that applies to Builder Bear either. Someone who is probably 14 crams every grimdarkedgy cliche they can think of in one place, applies some wacky randomness (ears! lol!) and gives it a number, nothing about that has a good reason. e: LaughMyselfTo posted:The reason I liked Builder Bear so much was because it showed what a bad idea it is to put an SCP object on "free roam" status because it seems cute or friendly. My Lovely Horse has a new favorite as of 20:17 on Oct 4, 2014 |
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Canemacar posted:Here's a good one. Tupac Shakur as a crime-fighting ghost/angel who clowns the whole organisation. It was the dopest poo poo he ever wrote. In '94.
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Oct 4, 2014 20:40
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I've always liked this old one, "Tibetan Rope to Heaven".
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Canemacar posted:Here's a good one. Tupac Shakur as a crime-fighting ghost/angel who clowns the whole organisation. This is my new favorite SCP.
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Another one I really like. Just a really gnarly lizard.
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MinistryofLard posted:Another one I really like. Just a really gnarly lizard. What a total lizard-bro. I would lean so many sick nasty shredding moves from him and then feed him a dozen crickets.
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My favourite Foundation story is the second Cold Harper story, a transcript of a meeting between Nixon, the head of the Global Occult Coalition, and several high-ranking military officers. The prequel and sequel are worth reading, but not as memorable as the June 2, 1972 transcript. It's about Nixon explaining to everyone in charge of nuclear weapons that if a certain code word gets activated, they need to launch everything they've got at one island in the Arctic.
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AATREK CURES KIDS posted:My favourite Foundation story is the second Cold Harper story, a transcript of a meeting between Nixon, the head of the Global Occult Coalition, and several high-ranking military officers. The prequel and sequel are worth reading, but not as memorable as the June 2, 1972 transcript. It's about Nixon explaining to everyone in charge of nuclear weapons that if a certain code word gets activated, they need to launch everything they've got at one island in the Arctic. Reminds me a little of A Colder War.
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That's not an SCP but it's very much in a similar vein. I'd recommend it and also going in blind.
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Frostwerks posted:That's not an SCP but it's very much in a similar vein. I'd recommend it and also going in blind. Just finished it- it's clean, tense, and has a drat satisfying ending. I suppose if there's one thing I'm grateful to the SCP stuff for, even the badly-written stuff, (partial spoiler:) it's that they come up with their own polysyllabic tongue jams. (real spoiler:) You know, rather than defaulting to Lovecraft's words.
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Frostwerks posted:Reminds me a little of A Colder War. Holy poo poo.
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Sentient telepathic Australian spider: http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1470
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I really like the phrase "weakly godlike agencies" from A Colder War.
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Somfin posted:Just finished it- it's clean, tense, and has a drat satisfying ending. I was reading the discussion page on the SCP trilogy and someone actually brought it up lol. There's something about the polar regions that make for awesome "impossible" poo poo. I guess it's the remoteness and hostile, alien environment. This is also why The Thing owns.
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Daraken posted:
It's also ripped pretty much 1:1 from Terry Pratchett.
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Frostwerks posted:I was reading the discussion page on the SCP trilogy and someone actually brought it up lol. There's something about the polar regions that make for awesome "impossible" poo poo. I guess it's the remoteness and hostile, alien environment. This is also why The Thing owns. Plus, it forces us to confront just how weak we really are as humans. We freeze, we dehydrate, and we die out there, faster than we like to admit. It's harrowing, and it's local. We can't even go most places on our own loving planet. How the hell does humanity as a species have the balls consider itself special or superior?
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Frostwerks posted:I was reading the discussion page on the SCP trilogy and someone actually brought it up lol. There's something about the polar regions that make for awesome "impossible" poo poo. I guess it's the remoteness and hostile, alien environment. This is also why The Thing owns. The Thing has no bitches. That is why it's good.
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DicktheCat posted:The Thing has no bitches. That is why it's good. 
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