Um. I need to ask something.
What *is* "The Backrooms" ... ? I don't mean what is the fictional world concept about, but what do you call the way that people are ... playing? Making? this ... RPG? Game? Campfire Story?
If you aren't familiar people interact with "The Backrooms" mostly by making up new areas that can be explored. It's like a RPG where everyone is the DM.
Is there a word for this?
@futurebird As others already said, mythology/mythos seems like the best descriptor to me, but it's almost like we need a new term for this sort of thing.
The development of it reminds me of the Slenderman phenomena from years ago. Both originated from an image on a forum, spawned YouTube short film projects that further defined the mythos, and the overall lore is continuously developed and evolving from the additions of all the fans.
Hmm, this is a fun question to ponder..
Also I'm fascinated by how everyone treats changes to the THREE wikis as "history"
"This level used to be this way, now it's that way"
The SCP universe kind of did that, but it was more formal and stilted. The people playing this world just keep aggregating more changes and ideas.
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