Disaster Den
Disaster Den is an SCP: Secret Laboratory (or SCP:SL) community. It is best known for being the current maintainers of the US West official SCP:SL servers, as granted by Northwood Studios, the game's developers.[1]
 | |
| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Established | 2018[2] |
| Owners | Kira (2018-2022)[3] Archer (2022-Present) |
| Registered Members | 4,911[4] (as of July 12, 2022) |
| Joining Process | Participation |
| Social Media | |
| Discord | Discord server |
| Patreon | Patreon |
Member parodies
The Walking Den
The Walking Den (a play-on-words referencing the post-apocalyptic television series The Walking Dead) was a series of parody videos directed, edited, and produced by Archer. They featured the profile avatars of members from Disaster Den overlayed onto the faces of characters from various fictional universes, such as from the anime television series Fate/stay night and Attack on Titan. Some episodes were tied together with dialogue and plot, while others focused on the comedy of certain members being personified by characters and their situations.
The series was achieved through the use of key framing and the utilization of the audience's inability to understand spoken Japanese. For an episode with scripted dialogue, the original subtitles were replaced with the desired text.
The earliest mention of the series was on October 4, 2018 by Archer in the general channel of the Disaster Den Discord.[5] 2 spinoffs were produced by Archer, being Heaven's Den (referencing the anime film series Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel) and Fear the Walking Den (referencing the spin-off television series Fear the Walking Dead).
The episodes originally released on the YouTube channel Zabivodka, owned by Archer, but were taken down.[6] A Google Drive folder containing all episodes for The Walking Den and it's spinoffs, out of order and unmarked, was made known on December 31, 2019.[7]
| Season / Episode | Title | Runtime
(minutes) |
Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 / Episode 3 | Nate VS Vesper | 2:49 | Link |
| Season 3 / Episode 1 | Donald VS Archer | 5:09 | Link |
| Season 3 / Episode 3 | Another Intro Parody | 1:31 | Link |
| Season 4 / Episode 1 | TED's Obsession[8] | N/A | N/A |
| Season 4 / Episode 2 | Vesper Goes Rogue | 2:21 | Link |
| Season 4 / Episode 3[a] | TED's Death[9] | N/A | N/A |
| Season 4 / Episode 3[a] | Good Admins[10] | N/A | N/A |
| Season 4 / Episode 3[a] | The Furry War | 1:29 | Link |
| Season 4 / Episode 4 | Project Peanut | 4:35 | Link |
| Season 5 / Episode 1 | NSFW Box | 0:15 | Link |
| Season 5 / Episode 2 | Bagel Really Leaves | 1:37 | Link |
| Season 5 / Episode 3 | Admin Showdown[11] | N/A | N/A |
| Season 5 / Episode 4 | Archer's Secret | 3:12 | Link |
| Season 5 / Episode 5 | Jason's Death | 0:37 | Link |
Heaven's Den
Heaven's Den was a sequel to The Walking Den.
| Episode | Title | Runtime
(minutes) |
Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 1 | Something Is Out There | 3:53 | Link |
| Episode 2 | They're Summoned | 5:58 | Link |
| Episode 3 | The Reveal | 3:01 | Link |
| Episode 4 | ???[12] | N/A | N/A |
Fear the Walking Den
Fear the Walking Den was a sequel to Heaven's Den.
| Episode | Title | Runtime
(minutes) |
Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 1 | They Return[13] | N/A | N/A |
Finances
The primary method of income is Patreon, encompassing a single US$2.50 tier. The total number of patrons and received income is made public, being 110 patrons donating $193 per month as of July 13, 2023.[14][b]
History
Chronology of events
2018
On May 10, Kira announces the Discord server attained 500 members.[15]
On June 24, Kira announces that one of the SCP:SL servers was granted US-WEST official status by Northwood Studios.[16]
On July 29, Kira announces the Discord server attained 1,000 members.[17]
On October 8, Kira submits a ping to a generic role advertising a server run by their girlfriend. They submit another advertisement on October 9 with a ping to all server members.[18]
On December 11, Kira advertises the Kurva Gaming Discord server, citing that "inner drama" caused them to lose a chunk of their member base.[19]
2019
On January 12, Kira announces that the results of a poll indicated that a NSFW channel would not be created.[20]
On January 17, Kira sends an announcement asking certain members to stop "pretending to be furries/degenerates". The cited motivation for the announcement was due to the behavior causing prospective members to be dissuaded from joining. They note that this does not apply to people who are genuinely exhibiting the relevant behavior.[21]
On February 2, Kira announces that the ability to post media in the server's #general channel is revoked and requires a separate permission that staff must assign.[22]
On April 7, Kira announces the Discord server attained 2,500 members.[23]
On June 12, Kira announces that a member named Face won a contest to design a Discord banner and animated logo. They allegedly won a $20 Steam gift card.[24]
On June 18, Kira announces that until the traditional summer vacation period ends members with "freebie steam accounts"[c] will be prohibited from joining to curb an influx of hacking players.[25]
On July 24, Kira sends out a staff application. This is notably the first time that staff were petitioned for in a public manner.[26] The application closed 2 days later on July 26.[27]
On April 7, KKira announces the Discord server attained 3,500 members.[28]
2020
On January 7, Kira announces that a DDoS attack against Disaster Den was repelled with little effort.[29]
On March 20, Kira announces that due to consistent complaints of toxicity, and bad actors taking advantage of leverage in the rules, that they were updated so as to "tight up the way [Disaster Den] handle[s] things".[30]
On April 7, Kira announces the Discord server attained 4,000 members.[31]
2021-2023
On May 4, 2021 Kira announces that they are taking a hiatus due to dissatisfaction with how members handle issues regarding Disaster Den.[32] They return from this hiatus 5 days later on May 9.[33]
On May 5, Hynx announces that the role of administrator is splitting so that there will be administrators specifically for Discord and SCP:SL, rather than administrators acting the same across all services.[34]
On August 28, 2022 Archer announces the Discord server attained 5,000 members.[35]
On September 16, Kira announces that he is stepping down and transferring ownership to Archer.[3]
On April 4, 2023 Archer announces that they are taking a hiatus due to a family member passing away.[36]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Each message in Discord announcing the episode from Archer stated they were Episode 3.
- ↑ Given that there is only 1 tier, numerically, the community should be making more per month than what Patreon reports. It is likely many members are paying less than the minimum $2.50, as Patreon permits patrons to pay custom amounts.
- ↑ It was later clarified that the technical restriction from joining affected any Steam account that had not spent at least $5.
References
- ↑ Announcement of official server status
- ↑ Oldest public message in Discord server
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Announcement of Kira stepping down
- ↑ Server information command issued via Dyno on July 12, 2022
- ↑ File:DisasterDen40.png
- ↑ Snapshot of broken link to an episode of The Walking Den
- ↑ File:DisasterDen33.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen34.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen35.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen36.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen37.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen38.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen39.png
- ↑ Snapshot of the Disaster Den Patreon on 7/13/2023
- ↑ File:DisasterDen6.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen7.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen8.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen10.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen11.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen12.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen13.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen14.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen15.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen16.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen17.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen18.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen19.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen20.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen21.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen22.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen23.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen27.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen29.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen28.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen30.png
- ↑ File:DisasterDen31.png
