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8ismo8ismo 18 Mar 2024 10:39
in discussion Hidden / Per page discussions » RPC-055

If my balls chewed gum and got kicked out of Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory they couldn't have been bluer than they are now.

There is a very interesting escalation in the exploration logs that is pulled together by the anomaly's behavior in a very believable and engaging way, no matter how subtle. It notices people are coming, it begins searching for them, it finds them, and
Yeah that's it.

It's an unfinished article, in the sense it lacks a conclusion. It's completely open ended.

by 8ismo8ismo, 18 Mar 2024 10:39

http://rpcsandbox.wikidot.com/dusk-s-cool-creations-sandbox-2

(Note: This one is planned to be an acceptably short article so others can make future additions to it.)

Oh, yeah sure! It's made for collabs


They are rage, brutal, without mercy. But you. You will be worse.

by JokezmJokezm, 16 Mar 2024 22:25

Legacy crit gave over a month ago that I forgot to post to the forums. Most of it was given in DMs, so here's some snippets:


Re: The Elysian Plane by televisionisttelevisionist, 16 Mar 2024 13:40
Big MarkBig Mark 15 Mar 2024 07:58
in discussion Hidden / Per page discussions » Panzerboy

Very little to say. This tale is a concretisation of everything I and others had envisioned for RCPA. Good job Mann, you exceeded my expectations.

+5


Marco Marchi B. Mark

by Big MarkBig Mark, 15 Mar 2024 07:58
  • Quasi-Gamma is self-contradictory as it must both be easy enough to contained initially and impossibly dangerous to be recontained. Anomalies behaving as such usually underwent great changes during its containment, and usually warrant only a simple reclassification instead.
  • Epsilon was formerly an official Containment Rating for

anomalies that behave above our current perception. As such, there are aspects of their behaviors that cannot be contained or even observed.

here it again is a Containment Rating based on a certain anomalous property/hazard, the description for this version of Epsilon sounds more like an interesting Containment Protocols than a Containment Class.

  • Publicari seems to fit under the broader definition of an Uncontained anomaly. While not a secondary class, it is used as a tag for articles
  • Depending on the context, Released fits under the definition of an Explained/Neutralized anomaly. Some RPCs are not contained, merely monitored.
Re: Some Object Class Ideas by TTPYTTPY, 15 Mar 2024 01:18

This thread was archived due to a mistake in trying to rename a previous thread.

the barrier separating Earth from certain Elysian Planes weakens

Odd that the possibility of the Elysian being plural is just dropped like that with zero explanation. I was under the impression that the Elysian Plane was singular until here.

Suggest either making sure every mention is either plural or singular, or using the term "Elysian Plane" for the whole concept and introducing a secondary, distinct term for individual planes.

Earth's climate exerts no discernible influence on the Elysian Plane beyond their point of intersection. Likewise, the existence of the Elysian Plane doesn't manifest any meaningful impact on Earth's baseline meteorological conditions. Unfortunately, this property appears susceptible to change.

The phrasing here is really awkward because you're introducing this property as an absolute first, then adding "it's susceptible to change". I think it might be best clarified like so;

"The influence of Earth's climate on the Elysian Plane is generally limited to the point of intersection, and vice versa. Unfortunately, this property is susceptible to an entropic process."

In 1952, it was ascertained that the quantity and dimensions of the various intersection points on Earth have been gradually diminishing since their documentation in the late 19th century. This phenomenon has resulted in a convergence of Earth's and Otherworld realms' climates […]

I think these two sentences need some logical connecting tissue. How does one thing lead to the other?

Mr. Penglai

MISTER PENGLAI?

The wood engraving image at the bottom is broken.


Interesting stuff, I like how there's essentially zero jargon and everything's fairly open for expansion. I feel like everything that I could bring up are just ideas for more, but this doc is more of an intro to the concept anyway. The only thing I feel is missing is a bit more info on what the Authority's relationship with the Elysian Plane(s) is, maybe a bit here and there as to whether new Elysian Planes are still being discovered/created or their number only decreases.

Re: The Elysian Plane by AlmardukAlmarduk, 14 Mar 2024 17:19
RPC-631 "Fabric Fiend" Draft by DuskNeokaDuskNeoka, 14 Mar 2024 15:36

Quasi-Gamma: Given to anomalies who are relatively easy to contain, and can only be let out intentionally. Once let out, the entity is insanely difficult to retrieve and put back in its containment.

Epsilon: Contained by saying it is contained. Given to anomalies that have memetic hazards, infohazards, or cognitohazards that may apply to this. Containment is broken when the majority thinks it is breached.

Publicari: Has been stolen by a GoI or AoI. The anomaly is no longer in Authority Custody.

Released: Self-explanatory.

Some Object Class Ideas by DuskNeokaDuskNeoka, 14 Mar 2024 13:41

The Unamazed Incorporated is both an RPC and a GoI that steams from (of course) Amazing Co. They are a group of anomalous workers who were subjugated by Amazing Co who had escaped from the company and formed "Unamazed Incorporated" in order to prevent further sales from Amazing Co.

Umamazed Incorporated, by DuskNeokaDuskNeoka, 14 Mar 2024 11:30
Re: Need critique by TTPYTTPY, 14 Mar 2024 00:37

By itself, there isn't much to the article - it's two viking tribes that kill each other each night. The issues start when you realize how some claims in the article are so badly addressed that it borders on something that is the equivalent of the information you find in Pokemon games.
How are the Vikings wearing 11th century clothing but it is said that the anomaly is at least a thousand years old? Why does it need to rely on a technicality of 20 years?
Why are these Vikings kept on Earth if all of them should be kept either in Valhalla or Hel? Is the anomaly some sort of divine loophole where they summon dead Vikings to Earth, they fight, and then they're allowed to Valhalla?
This has been happening each night for the past thousand years. The victors never appear again. If say that around 75 people survive each night then 27 375 000 Vikings have come and gone. Not counting skip years. To put it into perspective, that is about a FIFTH of the TOTAL HUMAN POPULATION FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME.

These are all issues that can be explained in some way but the issue is that they are not, in any way shape or form. You can make assumptions, but the article absolutely lacks something essential to warrant understanding and logic.

It's fine
8ismo8ismo 13 Mar 2024 15:30
in discussion Hidden / Per page discussions » RPC-052

There is a lot of very evocative images and interesting collection of scenes. But the issue is that in the end it does not lead to some significant conclusion or point. It's a collection of separate moments, thematically and topically bound, but missing an end, something that puts a bow at the end. There's a dime a dozen articles of sleeping gods, their cults and their churches - this article doesn't go above such an article beside having very interesting imagery and language.

It's fine by 8ismo8ismo, 13 Mar 2024 15:30
MF_TOMBMF_TOMB 13 Mar 2024 00:29
in discussion Hidden / Per page discussions » Discord

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Blessings,
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by MF_TOMBMF_TOMB, 13 Mar 2024 00:29
MF_TOMBMF_TOMB 13 Mar 2024 00:28
in discussion Hidden / Per page discussions » GD-WEST

Cool- I love the images, too.


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by MF_TOMBMF_TOMB, 13 Mar 2024 00:28
MF_TOMBMF_TOMB 13 Mar 2024 00:26
in discussion Hidden / Per page discussions » Panzerboy

Yes- we need more tales, especially RPCA tales, on the site. I've been trying to write something like this for a long time. Delightful.

1 star


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by MF_TOMBMF_TOMB, 13 Mar 2024 00:26

Very interesting stuff. A few thoughts:

He saw that planets exhibited an unusual, static motion; as Venus, Mercury, and the moon weren’t undergoing phases, which implies that at that very moment, the planets were revolving around Earth under a Geocentric model.

Try this:
He saw that the planets exhibited unusual, static motion in addition to the absence of phases among Venus, Mercury, or the moon. These observations implied that the planets were at that moment revolving around the Earth; a geocentric model of space.

Although, how would he know the planets and the moon weren't 'undergoing phases' over the course of one night? It's not explicit but when I started reading this seemed like a discovery that happened at once instead of over the course of at least a few days of study. Specify that this is something he observed over like, a week or something.

Brahe believed that this "other" world was a hidden gateway to one of 9 realms as mentioned in the Poetic Edda. (footnote)

In that footnote, I would also specify what the Poetic Edda is- you describe Yggdrasil, even though the name isn't given in the actual article.

Incidences of inadvertent access to the Elysian Plane are not uncommon among practitioners of thaumaturgy, children, and individuals teetering on the brink of mental instability, with a subsequent return occurring upon the restoration of cognitive function.

That was a really hard sentence to pull off, but this looks good!

Organisms speculated to have originated from the Elysian plane include RPC-014, RPC-064, RPC-430, RPC-865, among others.

I'm a little unsure about that many crosslinks at once, and it seems a little random. If this is going to be canon, I would keep it to just anomalies you have written or gotten approval for. Even if they all are, you should name just one or two RPCs instead of four.

The Great Smog of London (1952).

The image is okay but the big black box looks a little silly. I imagine it'd look better without it. Also, the redaction in the associated paragraphs are a little excessive- we don't really see how pure information would turn people into what I assume are monsters. It's a bit boring and disappointing. I'd rather you cut it down to a sentence or two implying there's monsters than giving a spot for us to fill in like Mad Libs, lol.


Overall, I really enjoyed this. I hope this crit is enough to get this thang posted.


Blessings,
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Re: The Elysian Plane by MF_TOMBMF_TOMB, 13 Mar 2024 00:24

Bigger crit in DMs.

Re: North Korean RPC by televisionisttelevisionist, 12 Mar 2024 17:00

Love this stuff. Great images, too! The sort of thing the site needs more of. I'll have to come up with a page like this to accompany my Anomalous Materials list…


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by MF_TOMBMF_TOMB, 12 Mar 2024 03:50
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