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Postby londonarbuckle (?) » Sat Feb 28, 2015 9:34 am

Unikitty wrote:That reminds me, I saw the "Adventures of the Cutie Mark Crusaders" DVD at the store the other day. I'd forgotten that it was even coming out. To be fair, I don't buy the character-specific sampler DVDs :v:


AV Club is doing some kind of giveaway of that DVD. I saw it on there yesterday and didn't really know what it was.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Feb 28, 2015 1:59 pm

And even as far as character sampler DVDs go, that one is sub-par. It included Pinkie Pride despite the fact that the CMC have jack shit to do with that episode.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Sat Feb 28, 2015 6:58 pm

Delayed response to an older post ...

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The Doctor wrote:I'd still like to see some nods (from the comics) that don't require set up. I agree you can't make episodes that require reading the comics. But tossing in Kibitz as the Royal Butler would require no set up. And I'd absolutely love to see Tiberius hanging around in the background of a Luna scene.


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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Wed Mar 04, 2015 9:44 am

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Postby Stone Cold Jane Austen (?) » Wed Mar 04, 2015 9:47 am

In other news, water is wet, and fire burns. This report brought to you by Masters of the Obvious.

e: Yes, I know he's joking around :-P
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:21 pm

There's some rumblings... I think a date is coming sooner than later.
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Postby Lorce (?) » Wed Mar 04, 2015 9:30 pm

It's bound to be before June 30th at least. :-I
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Postby Stone Cold Jane Austen (?) » Wed Mar 04, 2015 10:24 pm

Yeah, I think there's an announcement coming in the next few weeks.
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Thu Mar 05, 2015 4:24 am

Great, now there are two Wylies!
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Postby Stone Cold Jane Austen (?) » Thu Mar 05, 2015 5:01 am

Wylie's av is more of the aftermath of what is going on in this av.

It seemed appropriate to bring back cider-loving Cheerilee for St. Patrick's Day :-P
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Postby Headless Horse (?) » Thu Mar 05, 2015 5:12 am

BRB, registering my OC Shamrock Shake
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Postby Stone Cold Jane Austen (?) » Thu Mar 05, 2015 5:13 am

...Dammit, Headless, why didn't I think of that :gonkity:
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Postby Wylie (?) » Thu Mar 05, 2015 5:55 am

Postin' more Best Teacher Pony in this thread :memories:
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:00 am

But neither of y'all are special flowers :-/
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Postby Stone Cold Jane Austen (?) » Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:01 am

You're not using a Celestia avatar right now, either :gotcha:
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:16 am

That's because it is PPPPonysona month. Also Mist Dancer worships Celestia, because in Ponyfinder she's a literal goddess, so it's just as good :dwi:
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:14 pm

So we can start counting down: less than 30 days away. And I can sleep a bit later too, 11am.
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Postby Aramek (?) » Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:16 pm

Which one of you is planning on livestreaming it, so I can concentrate on getting on your good side this far in advance?
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:47 pm

Both Robotzor and Wharrrrrrgarbl have almost completely vanished. We might have to rely on streams hosted by people who aren't us.
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Postby Wylie (?) » Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:40 pm

From the OP:

The not quite as long as last year's ponyless summer will be upon us.


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Postby drunkill (?) » Thu Mar 05, 2015 9:28 pm

Intensify hype! :twonk:
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:17 pm

Wylie wrote:Oh Kefka, you card.

Season 3/4 hiatus: 280 days
Season 4/5 hiatus: 329 days

Is... is this what sunlight feels like...?

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Postby Pocket (?) » Fri Mar 06, 2015 7:04 am

Fizzbuzz wrote:Both Robotzor and Wharrrrrrgarbl have almost completely vanished. We might have to rely on streams hosted by people who aren't us.

You know what's sad? My dad's computer has a capture card that he's never used but presumably doesn't want me "borrowing" only to mail it halfway across the country.

Then again, if any of us can actually afford to get HD cable with more than just the basic channels, they can probably afford to splurge on a capture card of their own.
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Postby Highbrow Dash (?) » Fri Mar 06, 2015 10:06 am

SlateSlabrock wrote:Season 3/4 hiatus: 280 days
Season 4/5 hiatus: 329 days

Is... is this what sunlight feels like...?

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Still better than Gravity Falls.
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:34 pm

Pocket wrote:You know what's sad? My dad's computer has a capture card that he's never used but presumably doesn't want me "borrowing" only to mail it halfway across the country.

Then again, if any of us can actually afford to get HD cable with more than just the basic channels, they can probably afford to splurge on a capture card of their own.



Aren't there a dozen other bronies offering a stream? Yes, some might fancy themselves a DJ and play music during the ads or want to put on their own preshow. :-P
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:52 pm

I did like what Hax used to do, playing the Hardware Store PMV before the stream. :allears:
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Postby Aramek (?) » Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:07 pm

Scuderia Ferrarity wrote:

Aren't there a dozen other bronies offering a stream? Yes, some might fancy themselves a DJ and play music during the ads or want to put on their own preshow. :-P

Well, yeah, but, I like keeping it in the family if at all possible, y'know? :v:
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Postby Pocket (?) » Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:17 pm

I always found myself having problems with the other streams. Either they would run their own ads during the show instead of over the commercial breaks, or they would put some dancing baloney in front of the screen the whole time, or the picture quality would be shit even compared to a 360p YouTube video, or...

Granted, I seem to recall that both of our streams had the issue of only streaming at a high bitrate so either I could barely watch them or I couldn't watch them at all. By the end of the season I got in the habit of just waiting until I could download the episode.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Mar 07, 2015 1:56 am

I will hopefully find good stream(s) and link them in #ponyday topic in the minutes leading up to the episode, as usual.

The options will probably be dramatically different. Not sure if Xyro will continue streaming or not, for example - justin.tv has since been closed. Haxmega was also on justin.tv. I will do some scouting on April 3rd.
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Postby Wylie (?) » Sat Mar 07, 2015 4:43 am

Didn't justin.tv get folded into Twitch somehow? I imagine it'll be there somewhere.
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Postby Wayoshi (?) » Sat Mar 07, 2015 6:01 am

Twitch is mainly for video games - I really don't think anyone can successfully run a TV channel feed on there. Also, there's native 20 second lag.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Mar 07, 2015 1:35 pm

Yeah, you're not going to find any FiM streams on Twitch, as they're terribly adamant about streaming only video games and stuff directly related to them. Hopefully there's some other half-decent streaming site out there that we'll be able to use.
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Postby Davyinatoga (?) » Sat Mar 07, 2015 2:56 pm

It's all the more reason that it sucks that justin.tv was absorbed by its sister site, Twitch. I guess the company just didn't see as much a demand for non-gaming streaming. Though, part of me wonders why the two sites were even segregated in the first place, considering accounts made for one place were compatible with the other.
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Postby fenster (?) » Sat Mar 07, 2015 4:26 pm

Pocket wrote:I always found myself having problems with the other streams. Either they would run their own ads during the show instead of over the commercial breaks, or they would put some dancing baloney in front of the screen the whole time, or the picture quality would be shit even compared to a 360p YouTube video, or...

Granted, I seem to recall that both of our streams had the issue of only streaming at a high bitrate so either I could barely watch them or I couldn't watch them at all. By the end of the season I got in the habit of just waiting until I could download the episode.


The rule for streams has always and should always be: Don't expect perfect quality ever from American streams. Our internet is just too poor most of the time to keep up any good quality, and even if you can get the quality properly streamed out it'll most likely be reaaally expensive to actually keep doing it for weeks on end. Especially for a stream where you aren't going to make any money.

So if you really are some stickler for quality on your first time viewing something, don't expect the streams to be good. It was lucky enough we had what sources we had already. :pinkieshrug:
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sat Mar 07, 2015 5:19 pm

Yeah, it's a shame, I loved Wharrbargl and Robotzor's streams...anyone else have any software to set up their own stream?
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Mar 07, 2015 5:26 pm

Davyinatoga wrote:Though, part of me wonders why the two sites were even segregated in the first place, considering accounts made for one place were compatible with the other.

Branding is my guess. I think it was easier to market Twitch to gamers, game developers, esports tournament organizers, etc., if it was billed as the gaming stream site instead of just a part of Justin.tv.
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Postby Dexanth (?) » Sat Mar 07, 2015 10:53 pm

It's actually pretty fascinating, I think it was TechStuff that did a podcast on this last year. In short, Justin.tv when it was made was meant to be like a livestreaming site for real life stuff - like the first thing was literally 24/7 feed of the titular Justin who was one of the founders, hence the name.

Eventually, what happened was that they spun off Twitch as a way to be more focused on gaming streams, and way back when you needed a certain level of popularity to be allowed to have a Twitch Stream. Eventually anyone was allowed to make Twitch streams - before that you had to start off on Justin basically, then become a partner or whatever. And then they realized oh hey Twitch is far more monetizable, and that combined with Justin never really taking off in any substantial way beyond gaming, well...Twitch had brand recognition. Justin didn't. And so the parent fell before the child.
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Postby Stone Cold Jane Austen (?) » Sun Mar 08, 2015 1:35 pm

There's always season passes from iTunes. If previous seasons are anything to go by, you might even end up seeing some episodes early. :v: It doesn't help you with seeing things live, obviously, which is the option most of you want, but it's a way to watch.
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun Mar 08, 2015 1:44 pm

Unikitty wrote: It doesn't help you with seeing things live, obviously, which is the option most of you want, but it's a way to watch.

That's the problem, though. Our fandom moves so quickly that you are considered out of the loop if you haven't seen an episode by the end of the day on which it airs. It really isn't feasible for most folks to buy expensive premium cable/satellite packages if FiM's the only show that they'd watch out of all those channels. Unfortunately, that business model just hasn't caught up to the digital age.
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Postby ROBOT B9 (?) » Sun Mar 08, 2015 2:10 pm

Yeah, it's a shame that if you miss the episode by half an hour, if that, it's already too late to hide from anything. Makes it annoying hiding from spoilers.
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