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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Live Reactions & Discussion)

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A thread to discuss My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and the tie-in media.

All of the usual forum rules apply. In addition, please remember that the thread is discussing a kids' show, and it's primarily focused on the work itself, not the fanfic — in particular, we don't want to see lewdness creeping in.

     Original OP text 
I don't know WHAT the Hell happened (I blame shenanigans) but we're going to start from scratch. Post your feels for this awesome show again! Naow!

Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 26th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM

Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#51176: Feb 20th 2014 at 4:47:08 PM

Seriously, you'd think Fluttershy would be the first choice.

Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#51177: Feb 20th 2014 at 4:50:40 PM

^^ Because best pony is best gender?

KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#51178: Feb 20th 2014 at 4:51:38 PM

[up][up] I suspect some amount of Hype Backlash.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
KuroiTsubasaTenshi Streamer from Twitch Since: May, 2011
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#51179: Feb 20th 2014 at 4:52:41 PM

Man, I wonder if they kept that "Please insert disk #(absurd number here)" joke in that log in Secret. I bet most the kids these days wouldn't even get it (I may have owned the 3.5" floppy version back in the day >.>). *Waves old man cane.* Git off my lawn!

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storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#51180: Feb 20th 2014 at 4:56:10 PM

YES! They finally beat Pokemon Tower!

Who needs Xbox live when you've got steam eh?

This. Consoles have long ago lost the justification for their existence. Watching the PS 4 and Xbone desperately try to pretend that they're still relevant would be funny if it weren't so sad.

Also speaking of Steam, there's another Humble Bundle going on.

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kegisak Element of Class Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Element of Class
#51181: Feb 20th 2014 at 4:56:17 PM

Them ost disks I've ever seen in a game is four, for some of the PS 2 Final Fantasy games.

Birthright: an original web novel about Dragons, the Burdens of Leadership, and Mangoes.
Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#51182: Feb 20th 2014 at 4:56:47 PM

Well multiple CD games was a thing for awhile, so it might still work.

[up]That was the PS 1 games. I think all the PS 2 Final Fantasies had one disk.

edited 20th Feb '14 4:57:54 PM by Crowfall

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#51183: Feb 20th 2014 at 4:59:47 PM

@Story Then again there are still games for the 360 I'd still go after so consoles are not THAT out of interest.

edited 20th Feb '14 5:00:13 PM by Starscream759

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Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#51184: Feb 20th 2014 at 5:02:07 PM

Yeah, the Xbox especially is putting a lot of effort into being a "home entertainment system" instead of a "game console." If this isn't the last generation of dedicated proprietary game consoles before they're replaced by some kind of all-in-one entertainment system with an universal format for games, the next one almost certainly will be.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#51185: Feb 20th 2014 at 5:02:10 PM

@Story: And now they're going after Snorlax. This ought to be fun.

As for consoles vs. PC, consoles have one big thing going for them: You usually don't have to worry about constantly updating your video card/sound card/whatever to make sure it can run everything. One of the main reasons I never did any PC gaming is because it was just too annoying to buy a game and find out that I don't have the specs for it.

edited 20th Feb '14 5:03:42 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#51186: Feb 20th 2014 at 5:05:56 PM

Yes, consoles have the appeal of just getting the game and playing it for fun.

The appeal that current generation is systematically destroying with installing and constant need for patches because taking at least a week to playtest is a thing of the past.

crimsonstorm15 shine on from A parallel universe Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#51188: Feb 20th 2014 at 5:14:01 PM

By far the worst thing about the PS 3 was that almost every time I turned it on to play something I needed to spend half an hour downloading and installing an update. Not sure if the new gen is as bad about that but I sure as hell hope not.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#51189: Feb 20th 2014 at 5:20:50 PM

@Crimson: Indeed the 3DS is awesome.

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Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#51190: Feb 20th 2014 at 5:22:24 PM

Yeah, console gaming's biggest strength has always been accessibility of the technology. All you have to do to be sure a game is going to work on your console is make sure the box says the right console's name on it. Most people simply don't have the technical know-how, or just the inclination, to upgrade a computer just to run a certain game, so consoles aren't likely to go away entirely anytime soon.

What is likely to be going away in the foreseeable future are proprietary consoles that only play games made with the matching proprietary format, and treat gaming as their primary function. So instead of having Xboxes, Playstations, and Nintendos, we'd just have game consoles that play any game you put in them, the same way DVD players play any DVD and not just Sony-, JVC-, Samsung-, etc. specific DVDs depending on who made your player. In fact, these new generic game consoles will probably also be DVD players (assuming another format hasn't usurped it), music players, DVRs, and so on. The Xbox One is already heading in that route. All that really needs to happen at this point is for either the big three to give up on proprietary formats, or someone else to develop a console that can read and play proprietary disks.

IkeAndMike Exists for some reason from Earth Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
Exists for some reason
#51191: Feb 20th 2014 at 5:22:28 PM

Hmm.

Isn't it rather convenient that Twilight found a book about the clash between Celestia and Nightmare Moon, and the Mare in the Moon story just a few days before the Summer Sun Celebration?

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kegisak Element of Class Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Element of Class
#51192: Feb 20th 2014 at 5:22:49 PM

I need to get more games for mine... only one I have is Pokemon Y.

Then again, I have enough Steam games left still that it's hard to justify...

[up]I'm gonna have to call Theory of Narrative Causality on that one. Though being Watsonian, I guess Celestia could have given it to her, or planted it for her to find or something. Celestia obviously had a handle on everything that was happening there, so it's not impossible or even unlikely that she had a hand in Twilight finding out about everything.

edited 20th Feb '14 5:24:41 PM by kegisak

Birthright: an original web novel about Dragons, the Burdens of Leadership, and Mangoes.
storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#51193: Feb 20th 2014 at 5:22:51 PM

Man, I wonder if they kept that "Please insert disk #(absurd number here)" joke in that log in Secret. I bet most the kids these days wouldn't even get it (I may have owned the 3.5" floppy version back in the day >.>). *Waves old man cane.* Git off my lawn!

I think they changed it to something console related, but I don't remember what it was.

Yes, consoles have the appeal of just getting the game and playing it for fun.

That's how it used to be, but thanks to all the DRM and digital downloads nowdays, it's often harder to get a game set up on a console than PC. I think Yahtzee did an article about this.

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Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#51194: Feb 20th 2014 at 5:24:10 PM

@Story

That's what I said. Consoles trying to be like PC ruins them. Unnessesary installing, patches making the process of playtesting overlooked all the time, and so on.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#51195: Feb 20th 2014 at 5:28:15 PM

@Wryte: I wholeheartedly approve if that happens. The console wars were always dumb anyway. Honestly, that was the worst when I was growing up. I couldn't afford both a playstation and a nintendo, so I never got to play half of the games until years later.

@Ike, Kegisak: My guess would be that Celestia directed her to brush up on the history of the Celebration or something under the guise of preparation, and then steered her towards figuring out the NMM thing. We never find out why Twilight was reading that book.

edited 20th Feb '14 5:30:07 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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IkeAndMike Exists for some reason from Earth Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
Exists for some reason
#51196: Feb 20th 2014 at 5:28:58 PM

Kegi- yeah, good point. I'm just wondering what would've happened if Twilight didn't know about the elements of harmony when NM returned.

JT- same to you.

edited 20th Feb '14 5:31:59 PM by IkeAndMike

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Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#51197: Feb 20th 2014 at 5:38:37 PM

^^ Absolutely. It completely sucks when a game you're just dying to play is only available on a console you don't own, but you're not about to drop almost $600 just for one game. The proprietary system we have now is one of those ridiculous business arrangements that no consumer base would ever accept if it hadn't just been the way things were from the very beginning of the market.

RhymeBeat True colors from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
True colors
#51198: Feb 20th 2014 at 5:44:18 PM

I personally think the Elements of Harmony 2 parter were less loads of coincidences and more Celestia being a good GM. Step 1(. Ask bookworm student to research Summer Sun Celebration. Step 2) Send her to Ponyville and ask her to make friends. She will inevitably ignore this so put the other bearers directly in her path. Pinke is known to throw parties for everyone. 3) Let Twilight do the rest. If she was making friends specifically to use the Elements it wouldn't be true friendship.

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#51199: Feb 20th 2014 at 6:01:06 PM

The Skype thread had a bit of a chat on a similar topic. That Celestia and Luna aren't gods, just that they've had the time and experience to get a lot done. powerful maybe, but I think Twi's actually a little more powerful than celestia in terms of power, but is unskilled by her standards. Celestia doesn't have godly amounts of power, just really, really good at planning ahead.

KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#51200: Feb 20th 2014 at 6:03:37 PM

Well, if knowledge is power, Celestia has at least a millennium's worth. tongue

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...

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