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lady_ganesh ([info]lady_ganesh) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2010-03-05 20:15:00


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Entry tags:community: bad_rpers_suck, rp

An RP based on a wiki, with an admin of the wiki as a player...what could go wrong?
Okay, this was over on SF_Drama already, but the writeup on Wank Report was glorious and had better context. So here it is, courtesy of a mousey and with most of mousey's language intact (I cut some editorial and found some more links):

The SCP Foundation is creepypasta that evolved into its own wiki: it's a series of articles presented as the internal documentation of an organization that stores and studies supernatural or otherworldly entities and phenomena. It's got a convincing real-world horror bent and is fairly popular.

A while back, a few people decided to start a panfandom livejournal roleplay based on the SCP Foundation. Since there's a fair bit of overlap in audiences, Project SCP immediately garnered good word-of-mouth and a lot of interest on LJ's own RP-oriented anonymous discussion board, [info]rpanoncomm. In fact, one of the first people who applied to the game was [info]darksunlight, an admin of the SCP Foundation wiki (after he noted some misgivings about the idea). As one of the original contributors there, he applied for a character who's both part of the original SCP canon and his creation, one Dr. Bright.



Eventually, someone on [info]rpanoncomm made a thread here voicing some concerns about the game's operation. The thread soon turned to focus on Bright's behavior. The player apparently never used the same format as everyone else, at some point commented IC on his OOC journal, and disregarded information in the game's info posts, but what worried anon most was a thread (now deleted, sadly) in which Bright's player told someone who had just had an OC accepted that their character didn't belong there and that his would probably kill theirs. (In an RP with permadeath, even.) Note, again, that Bright, while Head Cheese of the wiki, is not a mod of the game.

The anon discussion was pretty calm and constructive, actually, with some talk towards identifying exactly where the problem is, and a bit about the concessions needed to successfully base an RP on an existing work. Even the game's head mod chimed in thanking the anons for their input.

And then, a couple days later, project_scp is closed. Naturally, rpanoncomm blames Bright immediately-- Link 2, Link 3.

On the same day, Bright's player makes a post to BRPS, bitching about some of the problems people have with him in reverse. It doesn't take long before sockpuppets angered by the death of project_scp show up, Bright starts deleting posts, and the wank reaches its full glory. I recommend this thread, which attempts to explain why players are not supposed to do the mods' jobs, as a highlight.

Eventually Bright-mun is banninated, but not before [info]rpanoncomm also starts discussing the BRPS post: Thread 1, Thread 2, Thread 3.

My favorite line: Dude, this guy is taking me back to my childhood. He reminds me of this kid I once argued with that was convinced that it could only be a poem or a song if the words rhymed.

And some people still just want to know where the game went.

EDIT: Thanks to [info]sisterelwood: kiyuu and el-hustino the mods both post "FREE AT LAST!" posts.

EDIT 2: And [info]cmdr_zoom finds a fic on the wiki that gives a fairly good idea of what fun this gentleman must've been in the game.

EDIT 3: Some bonus unfunny: a previous hit from darksunlight.




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[info]ekaterinv
2010-03-06 02:45 am UTC (link)
"To me, tact is just another way of lying." (http://community.livejournal.com/bad_rpers_suck/7391255.html?thread=135186199#t135186199)

Ah-hahahahahahaha glorious!

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(no subject) - [info]lady_ganesh, 2010-03-06 02:47 am UTC
They're all so beautiful! - [info]ekaterinv, 2010-03-06 03:11 am UTC
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[info]banerry
2010-03-06 02:55 am UTC (link)
I'm still completely boggling at all of this.

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[info]sisterelwood
2010-03-06 03:04 am UTC (link)
Thank God someone picked this up! I was hearing about this through my RPG and the context was pretty vague. I knew the wank was glorious judging from the BPRS post but now that I have even more info this is just fucking priceless.

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(no subject) - [info]pariforma, 2010-03-06 04:55 pm UTC

[info]ashu
2010-03-06 03:26 am UTC (link)
For some reason this as the "final" reply to the post amused me for some reason.

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(no subject) - [info]lady_ganesh, 2010-03-06 03:33 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]lady_ganesh, 2010-03-06 03:42 am UTC
heck I have a fitting icon as well - [info]ashu, 2010-03-06 03:45 am UTC
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[info]ladyofviolets
2010-03-06 03:35 am UTC (link)
Wow, so THIS is what happened. I remember reading the post and wondering wtf was really going on...

Thank you! *passes the popcorn *

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[info]soupspooks
2010-03-06 03:40 am UTC (link)
AH HA!

You know, I have to say I'm not at all surprised. I remember reading the original collection of articles on the creepy Wiki and really loving them . . . except for all bits of files involving Dr. Bright. Incredible amount of god-modeing even back then you know? I'm smugly satisfied to see that I had this guy pegged. :D

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(no subject) - [info]lady_ganesh, 2010-03-06 03:43 am UTC
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[info]kumquat_of_doom
2010-03-06 03:49 am UTC (link)
...I was wondering why that LJ name was so familiar.

Long story short, [info]darksunlight has form.

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[info]librarianmouse
2010-03-06 03:50 am UTC (link)
I think I have a new favorite macro.

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(no subject) - [info]researchgrrrl, 2010-03-06 04:34 am UTC
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[info]janegraddell
2010-03-06 04:01 am UTC (link)
That was beautiful, just beautiful...

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[info]ecchaniz0r
2010-03-06 04:22 am UTC (link)
...I'm just trying to think of how this game would WORK, based on how the SCP Wiki works.

I mean, how much of it would be composed of [REDACTED]?

(The only nonredacted report chunk I've seen was unfortunately just a dull grossout that used HALO's Flood as a jumpoff point but didn't go anywhere cool with that, and it ended up having the opposite of the intended effect - it seriously diminished the creepiness of the subject. Like, with the SCP, it's what we DON'T see that scares the fuck out of us. Telling us what the subject does and then saying 'there was an...incident' lets our minds fill in the gory details and scare the shit out of ourselves willingly and it's FUN that way. XD

And now, my marvellous and scintillating thoughts on yaoi, and the marvellous teal deer! Wow, I am a giant dork. Ignore this block of text, for the love of god. XD)


Also, if Josie the cross-dimensional kitty was not in the game, I will be very sad indeed.

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[info]cmdr_zoom
2010-03-06 04:24 am UTC (link)
I think that this short fic offers excellent insight into the character, and perhaps his creator as well.

One fine day in the Foundation, Dr. Bright finds the need to clean up some, small problems. A researcher has been asking questions, and, worse, questioning Bright. And so it is that Dr. Jack Bright calls Dr. Heiden to his office, for some... discussion.

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[info]brennalarose
2010-03-06 04:42 am UTC (link)
Holy shit. SCP wank!

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(no subject) - [info]bigbigtruck, 2010-03-06 04:53 am UTC

[info]loquaciousquark
2010-03-06 05:23 am UTC (link)
Also, side note: why is everyone jumping all over smallblackangel on that second page? I mean, I don't particularly agree with him, but the immediate CAPSLOCK response and the subsequent whiny sarcasm by terricsson and luna_hoshino to a lesser extent sure makes their side look pretty freaking idiotic. GUYS. IT IS ONE PERSON. IT IS OKAY IF THEY DON'T LIKE COMMENTSPAM.

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[info]eldena
2010-03-06 05:25 am UTC (link)
Oh man, this thing! It's just breathtaking how it blew up. It really is too bad about the game, but at least it made for a compelling BRPS post, I guess? But god, why are those last few people still going?

Anoncomm's having a pretty fabulous couple of days, between this and today's ... ... thing. And I'll give it points for diarrhea_cities too.

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[info]keieeeye
2010-03-06 06:19 am UTC (link)
I tried to read the recommended thread and my brain is just going in circles now. o.o

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[info]kitt_in_socks
2010-03-06 06:52 am UTC (link)
All I can say, is Holy fuck SCP Foundation RP. I have been reading through that site for the last week. What the fuck.

But now this is just sad. Way to go, Bright. Your current incarnation is a jackass.

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[info]ari_o
2010-03-06 08:02 am UTC (link)
MY OPINIONS EQUAL TRUTH?! I wish someone had told me this sooner.

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[info]sorchar
2010-03-06 08:38 am UTC (link)
Man, that SCP site is awesome. It reminds me of my short-lived Torchwood RPG.

Also, your icon makes me happy every time I see it. I know I've told you, but thought you might like to hear it again.

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[info]sadisticferret
2010-03-06 08:48 am UTC (link)
Somehow, I always knew that there would be SCP wank here eventually, and that Bright would be deeply involved in it. Now all that's left is for someone to get fed to 682.

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[info]digigirl132
2010-03-06 09:21 am UTC (link)
...damn, I knew I should have looked here before commenting to that post.


But anyway, I wouldn't be surprised if Bright makes an addition to SCP in retaliation to this sometime soon.

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(no subject) - [info]lady_ganesh, 2010-03-06 03:37 pm UTC

[info]twinno
2010-03-06 01:11 pm UTC (link)
I have a hard time following RP wank because I don't know much about RP in general, but I can with confidence say that [info]darksunlight is an asshat. I can tell from his comments and from seeing quite a few asshats in my time.

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[info]yhibiki
2010-03-06 01:27 pm UTC (link)
Y'know, tangentially related, people were calling him out for not following the LJRP culture's rules, and I suddenly realized that YES, this guy was acting like a culture-shocked foreigner. It sounds exactly like my classmates in Japan who went on and on about how Japan sucked because they did X or Y or Z and they didn't do it like THEY did it, back at home. Or like the French guy who was here for a while who wouldn't shut up about how Americans are A, B, and C and how the place was inherently inferior to France.

Maybe there needs to be an "intro to culture shock" course provided for all people new to LJ. Or the Internets, idk.

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[info]sarracenia
2010-03-06 06:08 pm UTC (link)
Bright's the doctor in SCP who has a tragic little brother who was experimented on, the ability to jump from body to body, and is an epic prankster with a giant list of things he's no longer allowed to do and who apparently regularly drives people to suicide if they flip him off on the freeway while simultaneously being deeply truly sincerely devoted to the foundation that used his brother as cheap medicine, right? Or am I conflating doctors here?

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[info]misachan
2010-03-06 06:41 pm UTC (link)
Okay, so what exactly was his problem with the OC?

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(no subject) - [info]yoritomo_reiko, 2010-03-06 07:05 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]yoritomo_reiko, 2010-03-06 07:20 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]lady_ganesh, 2010-03-07 12:46 am UTC
Mostly off topic
[info]risha
2010-03-06 06:55 pm UTC (link)
Completely aside from the wank, I got sucked into the SCP wiki last night. Can anyone explain to me what's up with Dr. Clef? I get the feeling from the 238(?) reports that he's an immortal being of some sort, but if it's explained fully elsewhere, I haven't been able to find it.

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Re: Mostly off topic - [info]kitt_in_socks, 2010-03-06 07:22 pm UTC
Re: Mostly off topic - [info]risha, 2010-03-06 07:52 pm UTC
Re: Mostly off topic - [info]kitt_in_socks, 2010-03-06 08:34 pm UTC
Re: Mostly off topic - [info]risha, 2010-03-06 08:52 pm UTC
Re: Mostly off topic - [info]duraniedrama, 2010-03-06 11:41 pm UTC
Re: Mostly off topic - [info]lady_ganesh, 2010-03-07 12:46 am UTC
Re: Mostly off topic - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2010-03-07 05:16 am UTC


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