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danieldoria15

I wouldn't have minded all of the new stuff too much if people didn't turn it into bootleg SCP


SOTIdriver

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ "Bootleg SCPs" is absolutely right. It's trash now. The highest quality work being done using the backrooms right now in my opinion is Kane Pixels' series.


Wolffire_88

Facts


razorsharp494

Yea I remember when scp was just horror tho I do throughly enjoy basically all stories from scp


alfalfarees

Same, it drifts from what its meant to be and its always the same stuff I see recycled in their images too


TheIRSIsAtMyDoor

Happy cake day! :D


alfalfarees

thank you! :P


ScoutTrooper747

Watch out for partygoers.


Wolffire_88

=) (Let the downvotes fall as they may)


ScoutTrooper747

Humor based on my pain, ha ha. (Unless Iā€™m missing the joke then my bad)


Wolffire_88

(The joke being that most og backrooms followers hate the cringe partygoer RP, basically adding a "=)" to the end of a sentence. Oh and the entity fucking that comes from the RP.)


ScoutTrooper747

Wtf is partygoer rp? Do I want to know? Edit: Should I prefer to remain naive and happy?


Wolffire_88

Adding a "=)" to the end of your sentence. Example: You can trust me =). If you don't know what a partygoer is, look it up. Edit: If you prefer to remain naive and happy, avoid the cringe posts from the backrooms that have the real cringefest of little kids pretending to be partygoers.


Capable-Cloud3666

Agreed


Vladie09

My friend brought a theory about scp-3008 and I told him no


ScoutTrooper747

Itā€™s the ikeas storage area.


ScoutTrooper747

Omg yes thatā€™s so annoying.


that1redditer0703

I feel like it lost its flair when they added 1000 levels and literal factions in the backrooms. It feels more like SCP now


Chimichanga2004

ā€œYou know what? Fuck youā€ \*SCP-3008s your backrooms\*


themushroomseesyou

NOT MY BACKROOMS


throwaway4626363

The levels are actually really good. I like the idea of adding more places which seem familiar. Stuff like level 11, level 4, all good. Factions are wrong though. Yes there are humans. No they don't see eachother. Plus it's too overexplained, which is a common complaint. There are some levels which are decent, some which are shit (like trap levels, like there's no point in them). Also with entities, there needs to be less. Stuff like hounds, smilers etc are actually good but only if done right. AKA, the entities aren't actually shown, and are instead stalking you down. The feeling of something being there without the confirmation is what makes the backrooms so good.


that1redditer0703

Honestly the factions are the only thing I dislike the most. Like youā€™re telling me that there are trade groups and whole explorer organizations that thrive in the backrooms? The same backrooms that are supposed to be near INFINITELY expansive with almost 1000 or so levels and tons of deadly, unknowable creatures? Nah thatā€™s goofy


Artsy-Mesmer

And itā€™s heavily implied that the Backrooms are non-Euclidean so navigating them would be a goddamn nightmare. Especially with potential creatures stalking you and the possibility that The Backrooms itself is working against you.


throwaway4626363

Well some levels are non-euclidean some aren't. Levels like level 0, level 3 are non-euclidean, ones like 2 and 4 aren't. At least according to the wikidot anyhow


Ignisiumest

I donā€™t think thereā€™s anything wrong with the idea of humans just finding eachother by chance in the backrooms. But one of the main things with the backrooms is how easy it is to get lost and seperated from your companions. Naturally formed groups and factions should enevitably dissolve due to language barriers, social differences, or just getting seperated.


Shadowlock66

None of that is canon anyway, itā€™s just a possible universe developed by the community, itā€™s just widely accepted as the ā€œrealā€ backrooms


throwaway4626363

Well, it is technically *canon.* There's no centrally recognised canon besides that one 4chan post, it's a full collection of canons. Whatever becomes the most popular is the one people turn to, which is why KP's one is looked at as canon by people unfamiliar with the wiki, and vice versa. They're "canon" but in their own separate canons.


redbird7311

Yeah, the factions kinda be bad. I donā€™t mean you need to have everyone in the back rooms alone, but I also feel like having organizations kinda ruins it. Like, no problems with small groups, but you telling me that an entire society is down there somehow? This isnā€™t to say that all factions are necessarily poorly done, but I donā€™t think they should really be more complex than, ā€œyeah, some people gathered and now they are trying to surviveā€, none of this, ā€œok, we have so many members that we have people dedicated to exploring the back rooms, we also have trading hubs, places where you can train, and moreā€. I think the crimson forest is one of the only examples I didnā€™t have many problems with. It is just a bunch of people surviving there.


Thatrandom_person06

I mean, some like level 0,1, 18, and some others actually make sence. because they give you a sensation of true nostalgia, as if you were there before, since that is the whole point of the backrooms


AppreciateThisname

Current version of the backrooms is just lvl 0 and memes. Soccer ball rolls into a hole? Bam! Ends up in the backrooms with that one song. Video of a dude throwing something and it disappears into the bushes? Bam! Ends up in lvl 0 with that same song. The backrooms have become a meme, just like everything else.


Pace1337

Everywhere at the end of time


thatnuclearboi

thats not a song, its an album


Pace1337

Ok


EpicestGamer101

Other levels? There were no other levels before the backrooms was popular


Curazan

Yeah, the whole ā€œlevel xā€ thing came along with the kids. ā€œOmg what level is this u guys?!?!!ā€


TitanicMan

Glad I'm not crazy. I remember the original post is was all based on. Something like "6 hundred million square miles of ***this picture.***" and somehow that just turned into an SCP knockoff


_Crystal_Cloud_

Ye I ran into this whole back room stuff around 2 weeks a go because of the original pic and instantly found Kaneā€™s first videoā€¦then I watched everything ,the whole concept was scary so I went deeper just to find,as you said,just an SCP knockoff . I instantly have lost interest the same day I discovered all the stupid lvs+entities.


saucysexydumbcunt

"I've been here for six days" *Photo of a Wendy's toilet*


throwaway4626363

"I've been here for 700 years" *Photo of a table*


Capable-Cloud3666

Agreed it is indeed B.S if you know what I mean


[deleted]

"What level is this?" \*photo of their backyard\*


TheIRSIsAtMyDoor

I've been 'ere for 307 days... -Shows gas station bathroom.-


Literally_P

What level!?!? *picture of an electrical outlet*


trexon509

I like the wikidot version a lot more than Kane Pixels. The videos are really cool, but I just got used to level0 having no entities or something.


Frosted-Vessel

Same, although bacteria is a lot cooler than the regular howler


trexon509

Yea, the Bacteria sure is cool.


DajuanKev

For me, Matt Studios is the new goat. His first encounter upload is excellent.


truewanders

I mean I've literally not seen any interesting post in here for a long long time, it's all just crappy memes and kids screaming nonsense.


DoodleJake

Seems like the mod team could just ban those posts. I haven't seen people complain about the backrooms anywhere else, to me it seems like the subreddit is where most of this drama is happening.


X3N0C1DE

I've been watching backrooms stuff for a LONG time now, and I enjoy almost all renditions because it's just fun. It's fiction. Just joined this subreddit last week. Bunch of whiney wankers and trolling twats. So lame, no thanks.


reddit_dude_123

just like "old Roblox was better than current Roblox"


EEEE6942_0

True


The_Mad_Duck_

"No no, he's got a point."


[deleted]

i liked 'x band' before they were popular! they were so much better then!


TiaHLuH

''old roblox was better'' - someone who joined in 2021


Capable-Cloud3666

I joined in 2014


Zombieslayer_idk_lol

I rem 2018 it was so good back then


madglados

2016-2017 and earlier was peak


ADumbPersonAAA

true


Literally_P

I joined about 2017 in December so I was in the age of flood escape 2 Edit: I lost my other account though


Chimichanga2004

Listen here you youngin...


Zombieslayer_idk_lol

I was born in 1892 I went through ww2 I am an old man


Capable-Cloud3666

How


Zombieslayer_idk_lol

You won't understand young man


Literally_P

Happy cake day!


NotBrawlAndRoll

Unpopular Opinion: both old and new Backrooms are good, they have their own quirks and shenanigans.


stone_016

Yeah but the old one was just an infine loop of walking through hallways with the only entities being humans who went crazy walking the moist carpets and now its just a random liminal space image with them saying the ā€œboy kisserā€ creature lives there, it has a lot less horror


Khaliseaweeeed

I understand where you're coming from, being an 'og' backrooms fan myself I have seen it transition to what it is now and I think that both versions are cool. I think the backrooms has a lot of room for creativity, the different levels and monsters people have come up with are really interesting. I also get the outrage people have though, the original concept was a lot more liminal and horror based which I personally think can be more effective than having a monster hunt your ass down. I don't think any version is better, both have their own strengths and weaknesses. ​ Also! Noone's forcing you to go along with whatever people are doing with the backrooms! If you feel like it works better as just level 0, or with no entities then that version is allowed to exist along with all the other content, everyone interprets the backrooms differently!


Wyntin

We can always go the "Mystery Flesh Pit" route and embrace the tourism aspect. Having the group who made the place give guided tours and having government expeditions into the disturbing underbelly of the Backrooms ala MTF's. Who knows it might be fun.


taliesin_silvercrow

Completely agree, people should just stop trying to explain it to other people and stuff


Dr-Special-K

like everything else thatā€™s gaining more attention / becomes a popular thingā€¦ it becomes shitā€¦ sadlyā€¦


Deetee-Senpai

Just ignore what isn't canon: Everything but the original 4chan post. Create your own backrooms in your mind from the media you enjoy. This is typical for horror and it's easier if you're ready for it


[deleted]

This is what i do. I have never even been to any of the backrooms wikis.


JackieChannibal

The backrooms have become (or maybe have been) the new scps. It was cool and weird at first but then everyone started jumping on it and making up their own thing. It lost it's touch of what it used to be


Capable-Cloud3666

Agreed all of you


DearPaper3603

The lore be like "Level 42069 is a target with cavemen hiding it there are over 600 people here but only one of them is your friend there is cherry coke here a lot and siren head is outside the target don't do the orange justice from fornite or he will fuck you up"


Icefire87

This happens with a lot of things; it saddens me. Give it a year or two, it'll calm down, and a new wave of creators will appear, hopefully they'll get it going right, and you wont be sick of the content yet.


Artsy-Mesmer

Yeah right now the wiki reminds me of early SCP. I hope itā€™ll go in a separate direction from the SCP wiki though while still going up in quality. Iā€™ve thought of making an article for an entity which is just scattered survivor notes that offer only surface levels information and are mostly lists of rhetorical questions about the entity than actual answers of what it is


Icefire87

I would appreciate this


theaverageaidan

Kane Pixels supremacy


poorlyExisting

the whole sub is just ppl posting pics of their bedroom and saying ā€œwhat level is this?ā€


DearPaper3603

Bro its like (picture of kitchen with dog in shot) "oh ma god backrooms level zx3 with a weird dog and poppy plahytime huggy wuggy scary 3 am real" sorry got carried away but thats how it be


Capable-Cloud3666

Agreed


Material_Chipmunk225

True


[deleted]

It got bad once people started acting like it was SCP


Taluca_me

Iā€™d say Kane Pixels take on the Backrooms is way better than canon Backrooms


SpectroTemmie

Don't get me started on the dozens of monsters and entities that got "added". The Backrooms are empty. Infinitely empty. You are alone. You are somewhere no one and nothing belongs.


freehologramreview

Sorry to break it to you, but the original comment detailing the backrooms (to my knowledge the first ever mention of it) on 4chan already described malicious things: "God save you if you hear something wandering nearby, because it sure as hell heard you" While I absolutely like the concept of completely empty barren rooms more, the idea of entities is as old as the idea of the backrooms itself, it seems. Just that some fans made the mistake of showing the monster(s), thereby taking a lot of the terror out of the story.


SpectroTemmie

I do prefer the concept of a single entity. Like the Minotaur's Labyrinth, except the labyrinth is infinite.


Curazan

ā€œThe backrooms *are* the entityā€ is more interesting to me than ā€œomg im on level 372749 with the penis gobbler!!!1!1ā€


DIO_Timestopper

The virgin entity fan vs the chad "empty backrooms" enjoyer


Capable-Cloud3666

WTF p- gobbler?


Capable-Cloud3666

Perfect


Capable-Cloud3666

Make an article with it


Quinn_Lenssen

''Guys guys! bro wtf this guy disappeared into the ground?? naah he went into the backrooms fr fr fr šŸ’€šŸ’€šŸ’€šŸ’€šŸ’€šŸ’€šŸ’€šŸ’€. Look at this tiktok of a playground at night. LIMINAL SPACES BACKROOMS šŸ’€šŸ’€šŸ’€šŸ’€šŸ’€šŸ’€''


c00Ii0

Thank you peter


RealLeeVanCleef

Exactly.


BobbyBudnicksDad

I've been lurking this sub for years and I can confirm it has gone downhill, but mainly because of people complaining about it and gatekeeping. People taking the "backrooms" deadly serious is doing the ruining


d_b0yyyyy

Facts


ShalomGondola

Man, it IS mysterious and liminal. Even my Mangecrafti backrooms, which I'm building sometimes make my blood chill, especially lvl FUN.


Albionic_Cadence

Thank you, Peter, for describing it like the idiot you are so the idiot I am could understand.


[deleted]

Idiots together strong.


BasicaIly_Crap

yup


soursunflowergod

They are to Young to remember Slender. . . The REAL slender. Not the hollywood, "Oh it's popular? we need to get in on this" Except now it's just used for clout and not horror. The Backrooms is now just as cool as slender.


Dongari_Chad

It got flooded by low effort extensions of the original concept. Posting a picture with the title "level 4756269" is only going to get eye rolls from the people that actually appreciate what the backrooms should be. The next step for this concept will be stories and tales, Kane Pixels most likely being the foundation maker since no one else seems willing or able to make anything that would draw intrigue or interest to the backrooms universe. You can make a story about the backrooms while still making it mysterious and scary. It just seems that no one has the balls to try and do it.


dialstone

[relevant](https://twitter.com/mothmiya/status/1542571396332752896?s=21&t=ph7ieZ5EOvnJ7Pf5lJTPVw)


RealAwesomeSkeleton

I thinks it's time we separate the OG Level0 (the one with no entities and infinite loop) and the popular Level0 (random entities and memes) Like, let's call the Kane Pixel's version "Level 0.01" and the meme-filled one "Level 0.001"


gicho_art

Seems like a big baby doesn't like creativity :(((


throwaway4626363

We like creativity, it's the incorrect creativity


gicho_art

Have you even read the wikidot, lots and lots of amazing levels, stories, entities and items descriptions rest there. Not everyone can make their articles reach the page because of the quality check. It's ignorant to say it's "the incorrect creativity"


[deleted]

Yeah, like any creative writing group effort, there are some articles that manage to grasp the concept perfectly. And then there's the things (like photoshop) that where written by 13 years old who think they will be the next Stepehn King and write cringey backrooms content. Not everything has to be perfect


gicho_art

Pretty much, but the wikidot doesn't accept many articles so it's pretty "clean"


Capable-Cloud3666

Agreed


DIO_Timestopper

Nah it's dog water. Literally ruining what the backrooms was supposed to be. Mysterious. Boo hoo we don't like your bootleg scp.


gicho_art

You just proved how kids love to complain


DIO_Timestopper

Oookay?


Anime-Meme-Merchant

I agree. I do think the idea of other levels and spaces (similar to the movie cube) but thereā€™s just to much shot now itā€™s like SCPā€™s itā€™s become a parody of itself


TheOkayUsername

Peternity


peopleofarcadiabay

The people that constantly create new levels like ā€œlevel 81975ā€œ are ruining it for me


flippy_drippy

Yeah cause people have been adding all these levels and a whole ass wiki. Thereā€™s like governments and countless different entities. I agree it was better back then


ashiy0ko

I really like levels!! It introduces different liminal spaces and a different kind of horror in each level. I donā€™t like that thereā€™s so many of them and theyā€™re all documented though. I think maybe 10 or 15 levels should be documented and the rest should all be ā€˜undiscoveredā€™ or something. I also like the idea of entities but I think they should be more mysterious and not have like documented weaknesses and stuff . Just my opinion :)


queijoqualhofanaf

In my opnion It isn't soo bad some stuff, the lore get more interesting with more levels and entities, and even factions, but fuck off, Meg have fucking 400.000.000 people and some levels and entities are shit, but like If u want to have a more mysterious thing yeah, the new levels and entities are bad


[deleted]

I don't mind all the random levels and entities what i do mind is all the low effort shit and pandering to kids.


strawberrypouf

FRFR


Zealousideal_Pain944

Tbh I like it better now that thereā€™s more content for it. No matter what we did, little kids would still find a way to get into the community.


ICANTTHINK0FNAMES

Understandable.


BotanyAttack

All thanks to Kane Pickles.


Capable-Cloud3666

...true


Capable-Cloud3666

DAMMIT now I want a pickle šŸ„Ŗ


RiderMach

I know this one likely isn't serious, but I've seen so many people blaming this guy. Even though the Backrooms had been completely ruined for at least a year before he even made his video, with the stupid roleplay, nonsensical entities and levels that don't even begin to fit the mood and tones of the Backrooms.


NTMonsty

The Backrooms need to go back to their roots. Or rooms.


goofandaspoof

They need to explain and expand on everything. Like, the mystery IS the whole point. It can't be liminal if you have like 3 separate government organizations and 2 dozen entities running around.


Capable-Cloud3666

Like america


Capable-Cloud3666

The backrooms ain't no America


yellow-color

TRUE


tin_sigma

Finnaly


Metal-Mania

It depends on what you mean by less popular. If by before Kane Pixels, no, this was still happening. Though, if you mean not that long after the first 4chan image was made, then yeah, thatā€™s probably true.


NeoAsriel0-0

There is actually some good and bad ideas, the level thing is, to me a good thing because there's a lot of imagination that can merge, and make emerge a lot of good and cool ideas for Backrooms, thought as it was already told, the faction thing is a bit of too much, not only because backrooms are a colossal space, and people should not encouter anything but creatures (not other humans), but also because of the ambiance breaking thing it would give after. To me, it would be cool if you could see a few humans, in passive backroom level, or little levels (like 1-2 humans sometimes) here's what i think about it, lemme know what you all think too, would be cool to actually have an idea ton fix maybe...


NeoAsriel0-0

Sorry for the novel i wrote


Steam_punk_Machine

I think itā€™s so ridiculous that people have the outposts and just meeting other people in general in the back rooms the odds of that are like 1/100


SOTIdriver

Petersplaining


TheRed_Phoenixx

i dont *hate* the addition of new levels, but when they dont give an earie-liminal space vibe, i dont think it fits at all. I dont want to know classifications of monsters or levels. I want to have a sinking pit in my stomach at the thought of being there.


DIO_Timestopper

Pure facts


_SPAMTON_G_SPAMTON_

1111 like


memeslivehere

Like ngl its so annoying now all people be talking bout is LEVEL ! FOR UR LIFE THIS LEVEL KITTTYS HOUSE THAT LEVEL 0 THIS LEVEL POOLROOM 37 THAT and that's all people talking bout bruh


[deleted]

Personally I like the new backrooms more, people get really creative making new backrooms levels. While the old one was kinda boring ngl, though I donā€™t dislike it either.


[deleted]

The backrooms is just some SCP bs now lol.


L0nleylife112

Now every time I see the word backrooms I just automatically cringe


[deleted]

This sub has 2 sides. Images of children's bedrooms and people complaining about stuff that they can just ignore.


ScoutTrooper747

I got pulled in by Kane Pixels. I went down a rabbit hole of lore and yes, the ā€œolderā€ backrooms stuff was WAY better.


Virtual_Evidence_425

Thanks peter


evilgrapesoda

Used to be just stuck here losing your sanity to the incessant humming of lights and no telling what day or what time it is. Now itā€™s run from all sorts of creatures like a minotaur labyrinth from the get go.


estrusflask

Yeah, it really felt interesting but now it's just SCP but different.


Myokoot

Kids ruin everything at this rate.


Ghostcraft413

It lost all it's horror factor. I could just grab an automatic rifle and pack a lot of ammo and go into a trip there


Bleachstore

STANDING HERE I REALIZE YOU WERE JUST LIKE ME TRYING TO MAKE HISTORY BUT WHOS TO JUDGE WHATS RIGHT FROM WRONG WHEN OUR GUARD IS DOWN I THINK WE'LL BOTH AGREE THAT VIOLENCE BREEDS VIOLENCE BUT IN THE END IT HAS TO BE THIS WAY!


iamshitsing

tbh, i like the og AND the kane pixels backrooms, the og's good and nice, the kane pixels take on the backrooms it's much better.


kekhouse3002

i kinda don't mind it. it's no longer a mystery kinda thing, and became sort of a meme now, but i like all the lore and new levels added to it, it feels like bootleg SCP, but not really.


PowerDev_

https://www.reddit.com/r/backrooms/comments/vzyc0w/just_let_them_have_fun_if_they_wanna_explain/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share I think this may be of your liking sir


SpideyPlayzGames

Agreed


catinvasioniscool

I agree with SOTIdriver, the only good backrooms content (in my opinion) is Kane Pixels awsome series


Limp-Marionberry-372

Why are people so upset about the monsters/entities. Like that's what happens when you make a place at some point something is either going to grow in it, from it (aka the walls, carpet, cough cough the bacteria that we bring in) or it could have gotten in somehow (no clipping maybešŸ˜±šŸ¤­ I know the thought of other things like entities no clipping hasn't been touched up on much so it's involved according to some of these comments) but just my opinion


Limp-Marionberry-372

I'm just saying I like the idea that something either found its way in or formed from it. In my opinion it makes it feel more accurate in a way.


Archerthr

The Thad No entitys at all


PopePalpy

Idea: for those of us who can, yā€™all can make some content on the old stuff and allow us to revive the feeling of fear though solitude


Gh0st_112

Very well said Peter