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WhaPAM. read it in its sandbox phase…… goes hard as fuck
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Where do I even start with this note? There's a lot going on here I'm sure you're wondering about, so here:
So… this is a proper Wikidot Level ! page. I have officially made it real here and I am so very sorry. If some remember, I was originally planning on making a joke version of Level !, where the end joke was gonna be links to here and here!
But after everything that's happened to the level on Fandom, with all the deletions, rewrites, etc. I got a brainblast of an idea for a different approach to it! So in the span of a week and a bit, I wrote all of this out. I was really rollin' in the idea you can tell lol
The choice of the lowercase was initially to make it easier for me to speedtype it all out, but after showing it off to some people and asking some of them what they thought of it, it ended up sticking with me, and so I kept it! (And again, see the most convincing reason in the author note)
If you're wondering how I've been, I've been doing pretty well! Break is doing some good and I've been getting lots of stuff done! I hope all of you are doing wonderfully to!
Anyways, that's all! Feel free to ask me anything else in here! Or I'll probably add in any extra notes I missed talking about in here kjsdhfjksdhfks
Such an interesting take on Level !, isn't it? I like how instead of merely adapting the concept to the wiki's standard, you completely inverted it, it opened up a brand new lecture, ideas and themes much more profound than the tale's inspiration point.
The format-screw was also very much necessary. I don't think a formulaic page would have done justice to the ideas and themes you are playing with here. Indeed, the theming, the colors used, the all-lowercase text, all of this further adds to the charm of your tale.
I don't have much more to say other than bravo!
(account deleted)You managed to handle the topic and idea of ! but with ample subtly and nuance. That's very impressive. Honestly just really good.
A bit unsubtle, but still interesting. A nice twist on a classic level.
i love how you just casually used a nested collapsible in the author section btw lmao
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A bit unsubtle, but still interesting. A nice twist on a classic level. by 
jan Jejasa, 21 Mar 2023 18:44
Re: A bit unsubtle, but still interesting. A nice twist on a classic level.
Nested collapsibles are such a nice way to contain image credits, been using it for a bunch of my pages!
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PrinceBun, 21 Mar 2023 19:12
"that forum post could very well be real out there! we just haven't found it yet!"
"… you sure you wanna find that version of this place?"
Laughs in Level 124 lmfaooo.
In all seriousness, Eden, I figured I'd give a proper review for this tale, since I deem the topic deserves it.
When I think of Level !, I think of a level whose core concept, imo, is rather weak and goofy, even if I personally think that's the aspect that gives it its own charm.
At the time of turning that into a proper article, though, there'll obviously be a nearly unsurmountable barrier in the way of writers. "How do you turn such a bad concept into an actual good thing", people has been wondering for months, years even.
I like your take. No clinical article, no level, nothing. Just a tale with two people and the portrayal of the ruins of what once was the very manifestation of hell itself. It's a formula that very much works, since it dodges the main choking obstacle: it takes Level !'s concept and puts it in the "back", as if it were in the deepest point of the wardrobe, instead of giving it the main highlight, even if readers still know it's back there.
This means, the essence of Level ! is not lost. If anything, the overall vive it conveys may have been altered as a sacrifice; as a necessary evil. Here's where everyone's personal opinion comes in. A portion of the community will like it for sure, it's really well done. But I'm sure there will be other people not entirely convinced by it, since in the end, it can never be the same as the original.
In my personal opinion, I deem your choice very respectable and intriguing. You worked with Level !'s idea in a much creative way I wouldn't have thought of. While it's true perhaps another, different approach may still exist out there yet to be discovered, your article, as I see it, gets the job cleanly done. You were able to grab Level !'s concept and make a page up to standards from it, and I think that's really neat.
While I may agree with the user above in that it maaaybe feels a bit unsubtle at some very few parts ― in my case, when near the end, I felt as if the message of "perpetual changing of the Backrooms" you conveyed was being directly directed (kill me) towards off-universe readers a bit too much for my liking; I'd have loved for it to be more diffuse, tho this may be a me thing mostly ― there's no denial in the fact that, as a whole and overall, this is pretty good. Your tale generates good tension that, even if the real thing never came in the end, makes up for a solid piece. And I say it again, I respect you a lot for picking up something like Level ! and having the patience needed to turn it into a great, working take up to standards and with its own personality: your own.
To me, it was a fun read. From tense atmosphere, to unexpected surprise, to existential reflection. I had fun, you gain my upvote. Well done in bringing Level ! to Wikidot's canon!
As a final note, I'd want to say, thank you, Eden, for still sticking around after all of this burnout. You are really hard working, and an invaluable member for this community. I hope you are resting well. We all wish to see you return one day when you feel with sufficient energy and motivation. See you around!
never expected any iteration of Level ! to make it on wikidot. nevertheless, good read! cool format — reminiscent of small talk on the fandom but with less romance and more mystery.
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Can't believe I never noticed you posted this after I spent several days making a half-finsihed SPaG critique on it. Great job!
Yeah, I +1'd it, don't you worry.
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