RPC-808 / Discussion

This is the discussion related to the wiki page RPC-808.

moist bread 01 Nov 2018 05:51

so what if you drank liquid dark matter

(hypothetically, i know it's impossible)

Xedric 01 Nov 2018 10:30

Think it up and add it as an experiment log.

Xedric 06 Nov 2018 08:24

THIS IS NOW OPEN TO COLLABORATIVE ADDITIONS

feel free to add your own test logs, just be sure they're in line with the existing experiments and lore. Feel free to ask me questions if you have any.

Von Pincier 06 Nov 2018 19:06

I want to add to this, but I'm having trouble figuring out the internal logic of this article, and how the liquids relate to their effects. Some of them like the bleach are obvious, but I'd love some clarification.

Xedric 06 Nov 2018 23:50

There is very little internal log. The page title is 'cup of chaos'. Don't bother trying to find consistency between liquid and effect. That's what the Authority is trying to do, but they literally can't. Coffee might keep you awake forever, or it might put you in a coma… or it might turn you into a car.

There's no consistency except that one liquid will ALWAYS do the same thing unless the person somehow perceives it differently.

DoubleDenial 07 Dec 2022 01:25

An earnest attempt at creating a simple and thought-provoking anomaly. I did enjoy this, but it was bogged down by a few points. Some of the effects are unnecessary or poorly explained. You can't just casually tell me about "human mitosis" without elaborating further.

The notes range from cute in-universe details and valuable information to mind-numbing, drawn-out explanations of events that the reader was just told about. The author shouldn't want to hold the reader's hand through the most obvious and telegraphed implications, but here they seem really insistent that you understand how "the drink is what you think it is" for no real reason. Of all the things in the article to explain? A shame, because I seriously have no idea what the hell this is supposed to mean:

Once RPC-808 has been sufficiently filled, no method has been shown to be able to empty it besides consumption by subject or termination of subject. Testing with CSDs shows termination to inevitably cause RPC-808 to be knocked over or otherwise spill its contents in 100% of recorded tests.

Pretty decent overall, though. 4/5

(P.S. Having a collaborative log directly in an article feels like a bad idea. I kinda wish that I knew this was collaborative before setting out to review it. However, from the edit history, it appears that only one third-party log was added in this article's >4 year lifespan, so it probably didn't make a huge difference.)

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