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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Wed Nov 16, 2016 5:06 pm

I'm glad they got rid of the bowing.

:pcstare: Even though I'm the all powerful sun horse, just pretend like I'm not.
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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Wed Nov 16, 2016 5:23 pm

:prettywings: IGNORE ME!
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Wed Nov 16, 2016 6:07 pm

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Postby Angel Beat (?) » Wed Nov 16, 2016 8:12 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote::prettywings: IGNORE ME!

Wish granted. :gotcha:
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Wed Nov 16, 2016 11:15 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote::prettywings: IGNORE ME!


And the staff writers said, "sure thing." :ponynet:
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Thu Nov 17, 2016 2:34 am

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Postby Mechanical Ape (?) » Thu Nov 17, 2016 5:57 pm

:ponder: There has to be an invisible sun
That gives its heat to everyone

:pcstare: That's me! I'm right here!

:ponder: There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope when the whole day's done

:pcstare: Sigh.
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Postby Captain Rufus (?) » Thu Nov 17, 2016 7:36 pm

Mechanical Ape wrote::ponder: There has to be an invisible sun
That gives its heat to everyone

:pcstare: That's me! I'm right here!

:ponder: There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope when the whole day's done

:pcstare: Sigh.


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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Fri Nov 18, 2016 4:54 am

Bask in the sheer overwhelming awesomeness of this picture!!!
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Postby Zebran (?) » Sat Nov 19, 2016 7:02 pm

Soft Snow wrote:Bask in the sheer overwhelming awesomeness of this picture!!!
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And this one

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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Sat Nov 19, 2016 9:02 pm



Season 6 Look Back. Image
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Postby Sailor Yue (?) » Mon Nov 21, 2016 4:29 am

Do those pics have sources?
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Mon Nov 21, 2016 4:49 am

http://agrol.tumblr.com for the Lookback.
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Postby Sailor Yue (?) » Mon Nov 21, 2016 5:07 am

Thanks. It's hard to do that on mobile.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon Nov 21, 2016 10:52 am

In general, you should always link the source when posting a picture, especially if the artist didn't sign the picture or include a link (as with the picture Melanoma posted, for example). YouTube videos don't really need a separate link since the video itself is the source.
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Postby Zebran (?) » Mon Nov 21, 2016 11:15 pm

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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Sat Dec 10, 2016 12:25 am

New Death Battle trailer.



Place your bets now!
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Postby Captain Rufus (?) » Sat Dec 10, 2016 7:54 pm

That is a battle that would not happen. Pinkie and Deadpool would just start throwing parties and eat more junk food than an entire Phish concert would.
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Sun Dec 11, 2016 4:54 am

There is speculation going around the fandom that the fight will end in a tie because two fourth-wall breakers really can't die and will just end up rewinding the video or something. Pretty much the same ending when Chuck Norris battled that Sega guy.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sun Dec 11, 2016 7:26 am

:wingsright: Squirrel Girl wins.
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Postby Davyinatoga (?) » Sat Dec 17, 2016 3:20 am

Has there been any word on when season 7 is expected to start?
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Sat Dec 17, 2016 3:31 am

Davyinatoga wrote:Has there been any word on when season 7 is expected to start?


Spring 2017 :party:

And then the movie comes out in October.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Dec 17, 2016 3:48 am

I just hope DF doesn't show the premiere on the day before Easter (which if they do show it then, would be April 15) again.
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Postby Zebran (?) » Sun Dec 18, 2016 3:06 am

Highbrow Dash wrote:
Spring 2017 :party:

And then the movie comes out in October.

This soon?! Not going to be a long season hiatus then. Hooray!
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun Dec 18, 2016 4:11 am

Were you around for the gap between seasons 4 and 5? We spent nearly a whole year without a new episode. Believe me, that was not pleasant.
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Postby Zebran (?) » Sun Dec 18, 2016 2:29 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:Were you around for the gap between seasons 4 and 5? We spent nearly a whole year without a new episode. Believe me, that was not pleasant.

I tuned in during the hiatus between season 1 and 2 so yeah, I've gone through that. Looks like we'll see the new season air next March or April. Six months from October 22nd would be April 22nd. Sorta got accustomed to new seasons taking 6 months to 1 year to release.

Since I have nothing better to do right now, let's go over previous season hiatuses.
Season 1 - 2: 4 months
Season 2 - 3: 7 months
Season 3 - 4: 9 months
Season 4 - 5: 11 months
Season 5 - 6: 4 months

The gap between seasons has been widening until season 6 came along. If those hiatuses were consistently 4 months, we'd likely be at season 8 right now but better quality over quantity. Would probably be for the better if the off-seasons to average ~9 months if it means better episodes and story arcs.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Sun Dec 18, 2016 3:45 pm

Melanoma wrote:The gap between seasons has been widening until season 6 came along. If those hiatuses were consistently 4 months, we'd likely be at season 8 right now but better quality over quantity. Would probably be for the better if the off-seasons to average ~9 months if it means better episodes and story arcs.

I don't know if we'll ever get a straight answer about the decision to drag things out like that, but I wonder how much the timing on renewing the show has affected things. Season 3 seems to have been rushed through writing very quickly, and season 4 wasn't picked up until after "Magical Mystery Cure" was already written. Season 5's eternal winter was even more baffling. But now... I'm not going to complain about short season breaks, but did they simply make up their minds about running the show at least until the movie? Or did earlier seasons take longer to produce as well?
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun Dec 18, 2016 8:27 pm

Maybe the recent practice of splitting each season in half over the summer has relaxed things. At the very least, perhaps it gives Hasbro an earlier chance to decide whether to renew FiM for another season, by looking at the performance of the first half and making the call later that summer.
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Mon Dec 19, 2016 6:45 am

The answer to the gaps between S3 & S4, and S4 & S5 is simple : Equestria Girls.

EQG/Rainbow Rocks were made by the same production team making the show. After those 2 they were split off into their own teams, and as a result the show stopped getting held back for EQG movies to be made. That's why if you look, Jayson Thiessen used to run everything, whereas now he's on the movie, EQG has Ishi & Katrina, and the main show is Jim Miller - because there's 3 teams in existence now so they can maintain each workstream without slowing the others.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon Dec 19, 2016 1:11 pm

The hiatus between seasons 3 and 4 didn't seem to me like it was all that long, though. MMC aired in February 2013 and S4 started in November that same year. Sure, that was a bit longer than the first and second summers, but I chalked that up mainly to S3 being only 13 episodes long. As far as I know, that was due less to EqG and more to Hasbro only ordering 65 episodes back when FiM began.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Mon Dec 19, 2016 4:36 pm

I dunno, it felt pretty long to me. Not as agonizing as the wait for season 5, but I remember watching fanfic updates dry up and forums getting pretty quiet in the last few months before season 4. I suppose if you really liked Equestria Girls, that would've taken some of the sting out of it.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon Dec 19, 2016 8:56 pm

It's worth remembering what all happened in 2013; after all, that was a rather tumultuous time in our fandom. The official announcement of Twilight becoming an alicorn caused a lot of people to be upset. Details of EqG began really coming out right after MMC aired, inspiring confidence in very few people, and then the actual movie itself was not very well recieved overall. By the time the fandom cooled off from that, Down With Molestia began in August and went on to become a shitstorm rivaled only by that whole business with Derpy's name. I think that, by the end of it all, people were left very worn out until S4 began and breathed life back into us.
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Postby Zebran (?) » Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:12 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:It's worth remembering what all happened in 2013; after all, that was a rather tumultuous time in our fandom. The official announcement of Twilight becoming an alicorn caused a lot of people to be upset. Details of EqG began really coming out right after MMC aired, inspiring confidence in very few people, and then the actual movie itself was not very well recieved overall. By the time the fandom cooled off from that, Down With Molestia began in August and went on to become a shitstorm rivaled only by that whole business with Derpy's name. I think that, by the end of it all, people were left very worn out until S4 began and breathed life back into us.

Come to think of it, most of my former brony friends gave up after season three. 'T was an awful time to be a brony.
Whether or not history will repeat itself remains to be seen. As long as a balanced level of hype prevails, things should continue smoothly from here.

Expect the worst but hope for the best -- but above all, stay curious, my friends. :pinkietoot:
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon Dec 19, 2016 11:17 pm

After the ridiculous outrage over Ted Anderson and that one issue of the comics in 2014, our fandom really hasn't had any major meltdowns since. Maybe that's just part of our fandom calming down overall.
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Postby Zebran (?) » Tue Dec 20, 2016 12:29 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:After the ridiculous outrage over Ted Anderson and that one issue of the comics in 2014, our fandom really hasn't had any major meltdowns since. Maybe that's just part of our fandom calming down overall.

Brings me back to those days I used to postulate a lot on the fanbase and its evolution. :pinkieshrug:
What unpleasant memories that go along with it but I digress. :unimpressed:
It could be that many of the hot-blooded ones among us are simply gone -- be it whether they jumped onto a different hype train, they ragequit from all the drama or simply grew thicker skin. Probably all of the above. Bronies also used to be this "new and interesting" thing and it's understandable that some wanted in on the buzz in addition to whatever else may have pushed them in. Nowadays, though? We're old news -- yesteryear's fad.

Once in a blue moon I may reminisce on the fanbase's earlier phase when spirits were much more kindered and... innocent... and reminisce I would over this song.

That kinship early on... it was captivating like nothing else but that might speak more of my own susceptibilities and vulnerabilities than anything else. Even if I could go back in time to experience it all over again, I wouldn't -- it's clear enough to me how all that went south. I was naive -- plain and simple.

Aaand way to get side-tracked.

Suppose we're veterans, in a sense. Depending on how early one was in on this brony phenomenon, well, there was a lot to see and experience, most definitely. A lot of us are different in character from when we were deep within the fanbase and the fanbase deep within us, weren't we?
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Tue Dec 20, 2016 10:22 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:After the ridiculous outrage over Ted Anderson and that one issue of the comics in 2014, our fandom really hasn't had any major meltdowns since. Maybe that's just part of our fandom calming down overall.

From what I see elsewhere, anyone who was freaking out over Twilight's power levels and whether the comics were doing something SJW something mumble grumble has already disappeared or settled into a "the show sucks, I'm retreating into the fandom" mindset. They're just a constant background drone of, "How dare you like this episode when the show is always bad?" now.
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Wed Dec 21, 2016 6:23 pm

Guess what video just came out!~ A Death Battle
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The battle kinda did surprise me. Not what I was expecting but it is what I hoped for.
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Wed Dec 21, 2016 7:49 pm

Fizzbuzz wrote:The hiatus between seasons 3 and 4 didn't seem to me like it was all that long, though. MMC aired in February 2013 and S4 started in November that same year. Sure, that was a bit longer than the first and second summers, but I chalked that up mainly to S3 being only 13 episodes long. As far as I know, that was due less to EqG and more to Hasbro only ordering 65 episodes back when FiM began.


EQG plays in too. If you assume that each season takes about a year of production to pull off, as in they work to have the animators doing things constantly - and if you look at Jim Miller for example, ponies is his entire resume the last 6 years - then a half-season means 6 months of extra free time. And yet despite that, S4 came out ~2 months 'late' relative to S2, and that's with the S3 premiere also pushed back from September to November.

And I'm saying that too in part because it came up at a panel at a con, or some con-related event.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Wed Dec 21, 2016 9:01 pm

Oh, yeah, if you'd heard that straight from the show staff then that makes sense.

That reminds me of how the show production panel at BronyCon this year was effectively canceled due to Jayson Thiessen having to pull out right before the con. Is it weird that it was one of the panels I was looking forward to the most?
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Wed Dec 21, 2016 9:41 pm

Nope! Seeing as how the actual animators, etc, tend to know way more about, like, everything relative to the writers or VAs.
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