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Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Foundation personnel assigned to SCP-XXXX are to be monitored throughout assignment. If it is determined that the effects of SCP-XXXX have manifested, effected personnel are to undergo hypno-amnestic memory-repression therapy and be reassigned to a different project. Contents of SCP-XXXX's file beyond its containment procedures are locked under Level-3: Need To Know clearance.
Nintendo Co., Ltd. is actively working with several Foundation front companies in order to mitigate the effects of SCP-XXXX through new releases and attempts to discourage events held where SCP-XXXX may propagate in favor of events featuring newer releases.
Medical treatment for injuries suspected to be related to SCP-XXXX influence is to be supplemented by hypno-amnestic memory-repression therapy. Victims of injuries caused by SCP-XXXX's effects are to be recommended to retire from e-sports and competitive play.
Whilst complete containment is possible, the relatively benign effects of SCP-XXXX when compared to the potential expense of eliminating its mode of transmission has lead to the decision of a policy of mitigation of its proliferation.
Description: SCP-XXXX refers to an anomalous fixation with competitively playing Super Smash Bros. Melee for the Nintendo Gamecube. SCP-XXXX can be triggered by the knowledge of the game's potential competitive nature, but exposure to this information does not guarantee exposure to SCP-XXXX.
The game, competitive play with the game, and any hardware used to play the game is not anomalous. Exposure to SCP-XXXX can only be suspected once a player exhibits two or more behaviors believed to coincide with exposure to SCP-XXXX including, but not limited to:
- Analysis of frame-data of the game in excess of 10 hours in one sitting.
- Acquiring legacy hardware supported by the Nintendo Gamecube with the express purpose of modifying it for personal use.
- Practicing fighting techniques in game in excess of 10 hours in one sitting.
- Sustaining injury in the course of playing the game
- Exclamations and expressions uncharacteristic of the player outside of gameplay and inconsistent outside of Melee gameplay (i.e. "That's sick!")
A method exists to determine SCP-XXXX influence rather than normal human fixation with the game involving a player's APM when playing the game. At this time, the only reliable method of determining APM is to utilize software designed to count user-inputs. Attempts to measure APM via observation of the user or gameplay provide inaccurate results due to both the anomaly and the fast-paced nature of competitive play.
SCP-XXXX's effects to not constitute a compulsion to play. Rather, it is categorized as an abnormal obsession to optimize one's play at the expense of other wants, needs, or desires. Prohibiting those under the effects of SCP-XXXX from playing the game cause the subjects to theory-craft better play, modify hardware, expose themselves to other media resembling Super Smash Bros. Melee, and observe gameplay or media related to the former activities.
The difficulty involved with determining the influence of SCP-XXXX paired with the history of Super Smash Bros.' competitive scene prior to the manifestation of SCP-XXXX has led to current containment procedures. Current trends predict an eventual end to observed SCP-XXXX effects due to Foundation containment strategies in coordination with Nintendo, which includes:
- The most recent introduction of the more "competitive" and "faster" Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch along with financially encouraging Melee players to move to the new platform.
- Foundation front companies purchasing legacy hardware when financially feasible.
- Coordinating with Nintendo to produce new Gamecube-style controllers making anomalous APM impossible at the hardware level.
- The ongoing coaching and training of current Top Melee Player [fName] "HungryBox" [lName] encouraging slower play and discouraging players potentially showing signs of SCP-XXXX influence.
Addendum: Notes for addendum:
- first confirmed case is M2K
- SCP identified after documentary
pic links to include:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hungrybox_at_GOML_2017.jpg - confirmed SCP-XXXX negative
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mew2King_and_S2J_at_SXSW_2016.jpg - confirmed SCP-XXXX positive
