Serious LA '92 [SCP RP]

[beets]

This could only work if it was horror-focused and not just a drawn-out day of boring combat roleplay-- yes, the SCP forum has a whole lot of interesting stuff-- but it's ultimately the shock and morbid curiosity that makes the SCP lore any interest at all. Shoving players into the boots of a bunch of paranormal-hunting die hards doesn't really seem very appealing, the shock value of encountering something out-of-this-world isn't there. Stick with first-contact, which means civilians trying to rationalize whatever crazy shit they're seeing. How characters react to that sort of thing would be interesting to explore in roleplay.

If there was going to be an SCP RR, set it in a small town and emphasize the horror aspects to it. No big government operations or warring factions crap. The Global Occult Coalition is non-essential to the setting, and is not at all the focal point of what's GOOD about SCP, just scratch that part out completely.

1992 LA doesn't really add much? LA's too big and bustling of a city to capture that real country "things escaped-from-government facility and are terrorizing my local town" feel. We don't need race-tension roleplay in SCP (not that tnb could portray that accurately anyway, haha). Speaking of escaping from government facilities, whatever happened to the mist RR? That's another great setting.

 

[Agent Eva]

This could only work if it was horror-focused and not just a drawn-out day of boring combat roleplay-- yes, the SCP forum has a whole lot of interesting stuff-- but it's ultimately the shock and morbid curiosity that makes the SCP lore any interest at all. Shoving players into the boots of a bunch of paranormal-hunting die hards doesn't really seem very appealing, the shock value of encountering something out-of-this-world isn't there. Stick with first-contact, which means civilians trying to rationalize whatever crazy shit they're seeing. How characters react to that sort of thing would be interesting to explore in roleplay.

If there was going to be an SCP RR, set it in a small town and emphasize the horror aspects to it. No big government operations or warring factions crap. The Global Occult Coalition is non-essential to the setting, and is not at all the focal point of what's GOOD about SCP, just scratch that part out completely.

It's not really, and because it's nothing new with SCP nor is it new overall. It's blain, been there and done before (Better than I could or an RR could provide). I wanna try and reach another feeling, and that's the shock of realizing that Humanity actions between each other can still shock you more than that of Lovecraftian design. That as large an enigmatic the Foundation is, it's still apart of the rules and restricts as any other corporation or non-profit organization. So what can they do? Do what any Organization that needs no restrictions or rules holding them. And so how low are they willing to go? Watch and see.

And it's not a drawn-out day of combat, it's gonna focus on other things. I ensure you, but trust, when I say. Going that route is not gonna be fun, it's just doing what people expect beat by beat. And I hate witnessing something that I can count 10+ tales (SCP or not) have done. No offense to you or those works, but there other ways of expressing shock or morbid curiosity.

 

[snuggles]

what

that didn't make any sense and i have no idea what you're trying to say.

 

[Agent Eva]

what

Lovecraftian Horror or Horror similar to that has been done to death, especially within SCP. But never once has someone devel into the paradox that is The Foundation's Moral Code Or The Foundation way of staying afloat.

Though I assume you don't know much about SCP, which if you are I apologize. It's coming from a lot of experience with SCP lore.

 

[_Vintricus]

rather than SCP rp with a containment team as the focus, have a group of civilians do the aforementioned, but include someone or a few players who are the deep-cover observers and have them be the rational guide for the chaotic events, since they deal with it every day.

if you want to have a containment team involved, have them be like COTA - only there to help the ambiance and probably only there briefly, seeing as containment teams are more or less identical to COTA, being the throw-away henchmen.

 

[Agent Eva]

rather than SCP rp with a containment team as the focus, have a group of civilians do the aforementioned, but include someone or a few players who are the deep-cover observers and have them be the rational guide for the chaotic events, since they deal with it every day.

if you want to have a containment team involved, have them be like COTA - only there to help the ambiance and probably only there briefly, seeing as containment teams are more or less identical to COTA, being the throw-away henchmen.

That's not what I'm trying to do like I said. That's been done before, The Task Forces are humans, there are tales that express that too. It's Foundation looking itself in the mirror, not citizens first time.

 

[Nerdbird]

isnt durfort your hl2 character lol

 

[Benji Dooble]

god i cant wait for the revolution

 

[Vicaderous]

The Task Forces are humans, there are tales that express that too. It's Foundation looking itself in the mirror, not citizens first time.

Doesn’t sound good, paper or real. I can see what you are saying, it’s the journey of the purgatory, seeing what got you here, why you’re here and who you really are, what you’ve done and what other people - things (SCPs) - see you as. Could come out like a real treat, but still seems like a hard thing to pull off.

Risky, really. I’ve never been one for SCP rp, serious or dark rp personally, but maybe this will be different. I would explain how this could go, but that really wouldn’t do much to the suggestion.

 

[Polioman]

There is already a list of SCPs to choose from for this because SCP-043 is The Beetle which is pretty much a record that actually speaks the music playing it. You could try for maybe SCP 100 or 052 or something else because the list goes from 000 to 3000 SCP files so there are many too choose from that can be geared towards either one single scp or more than one like maybe facing 2160 with the scp 1124 along with it.

 

[Owain6521]

http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1006

i've decided on my character

 

[Agent Eva]

isnt durfort your hl2 character lol

No a throwaway.

 

[Scone !]

As a note, interesting or not, don't expect this proposal to get much traction until after the zombie RR, as that's where the focus is gonna be. Make sure to bump this afterwards if you really want it.

 

[Agent Eva]

Doesn’t sound good, paper or real. I can see what you are saying, it’s the journey of the purgatory, seeing what got you here, why you’re here and who you really are, what you’ve done and what other people - things (SCPs) - see you as. Could come out like a real treat, but still seems like a hard thing to pull off.

Risky, really. I’ve never been one for SCP rp, serious or dark rp personally, but maybe this will be different. I would explain how this could go, but that really wouldn’t do much to the suggestion.

Risky but it's the best approach.

 

[Agent Eva]

As a note, interesting or not, don't expect this proposal to get much traction until after the zombie RR, as that's where the focus is gonna be. Make sure to bump this afterwards if you really want it.

I will, I just wanted to get this thread posted.

 

[Agent Eva]

There is already a list of SCPs to choose from for this because SCP-043 is The Beetle which is pretty much a record that actually speaks the music playing it. You could try for maybe SCP 100 or 052 or something else because the list goes from 000 to 3000 SCP files so there are many too choose from that can be geared towards either one single scp or more than one like maybe facing 2160 with the scp 1124 along with it.

The SCP is original and I'll just change the number.

 

[Polioman]

ok but make sure to check the scp list to not get it confused with any other scps

 

[Scone !]

Every SCP number from 1 to 3000 is taken (or will be soon enough) so, uh... pick something higher

 

[slug]

Every SCP number from 1 to 3000 is taken (or will be soon enough) so, uh... pick something higher

tfw no SCP 504

The lab logs are even better.

Spoiler

Item: One mature SCP-504 tomato
Subject: D-504-1
Spoken: "Is a hippopotamus a hippopotamus or just a really cool opotamous?"
Result: No change in velocity.

Item: One mature SCP-504 tomato
Subject: D-504-1
Spoken: "What's an archeologist? Someone whose career is in ruins."
Result: Tomato clocked at 124 mph. Subject suffered a broken nose.

Notes: It appears that SCP-504 has a certain "taste" in jokes. This might indicate sapience. I hope not. - Dr. Blast

Item: One mature SCP-504 tomato
Subject: D-504-2
Spoken: "Three tomatoes are walking down the street- a poppa tomato, a momma tomato, and a little baby tomato. Baby tomato starts lagging behind. Poppa tomato gets angry, goes over to the baby tomato, and smooshes him… and says, Catch up."
Result: Tomato clocked at 264 mph. Subject rendered unconscious.

Item: One mature SCP-504 tomato
Subject: D-504-3
Spoken: "So, I was going to bed, and my brother told me, 'Goodnight! Don't let the bedbugs stick their proboscis in your skin and suck your blood!'" *pause* "Good luck on a healthy dermis!"
Result: Two-second pause before activity. Tomato clocked at [REDACTED]. Sound barrier broken. Subject killed.

Item: Three mature SCP-504 tomatoes, each from a different crossbreed
Subject: D-504-4
Spoken: "If you have dentures, don't use artificial sweetener, cause you'll get a fake cavity."
Result: All three tomatoes clocked at exactly 145 mph. Subject injured, two teeth dislodged.

Item: One mature SCP-504 tomato, split into quarters
Subject: D-504-5
Spoken: "I tried to walk into Target, but I missed."
Result: All 4 pieces clocked at 212 mph. Subject severely injured, right eye destroyed by piece of tomato.

Item: One mature SCP-504 tomato
Subject: CD player playing "Harmful If Swallowed" (2003, Dane Cook)
Result: At [REDACTED], tomato clocked 167 mph. CD player destroyed.

Notes: It works with recordings? Dammit. Didn't even have to deal with Class-Ds in the first place. - Dr. Blast

Item: Three mature SCP-504 tomatoes, one for each test subject.
Subject: After the introduction to the following news item, Bomb blows hole in Lenin statue, the three following jokes were made.

Test Subject 1: Ooh, that's gonna leave a Marx.
Result: Tomato number one 'twitched', but did not displace from its original location.

Test Subject 2: BBC is just Stalin the good news.
Result: Tomato clocked at 152 mph. Chipped tooth and hairline jaw fracture.

Test Subject 3: That blows.
Result: Tomato clocked at [REDACTED]. Subject is hospitalized with a massive skull fracture.

Notes: I thought we'd just established that recordings work in place of live subjects! I know how much you guys hate the Class-Ds, especially D-504-012 (poor guy might not even recover before termination rolls around), but I'm making it clear that whoever oversaw this round of testing is getting a serious reprimand. The same goes for whoever leaked its video logs to the staff. - Dr. Blast

Item: One mature SCP-504 tomato
Subject: Television playing the SNL Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton skit.
Result: Tomato reacted as if 'confused': slow-motion video shows three separate bursts of speeds in excess of 200mph, two incidences of motion at normal throwing speeds, and one unprecedented instance of backward motion, all in the one trajectory. Dr. King hypothesises that the tomato was unsure whether or not to 'take it seriously'.

Item: One mature SCP-504 tomato
Subject: A portable computer playing a pre-recorded engineering joke.
Transcript: "2009 is going to be a complex year. We already know the real part; we still have to find the imaginary part".
Result: Supersonic blast detected; computer was completely vaporized by the tomato's kinetic energy. Sensor readings indicate an approximate speed of 3500 km/h (2174 mph).

Item: One mature SCP-504 tomato
Subject: A portable computer playing a partial audio recording of the Monty Python sketch "The Funniest Joke in the World".
Transcript: "Wenn ist das Nunstruck git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!"
Result: Tomato explodes. Debris clocked at 137 mph. Computer heavily coated by debris. Keyboard ruined by exposure to liquid matter - all other components proved functional after cleanup.

 

[Agent Eva]

isnt durfort your hl2 character lol

Besides a new leaf, she can be redeemed.