• News Post Time!

    Season one is over!  D:

    If you are like me, you probably spent all day at work sad that the next pony episode is way off in the horizon.  Just because we have a huge gap doesn't mean the fun is over, though!

    This show has evolved past being just another internet meme/phenomenon. The amount of content created in just a few short months is astounding... just look at any of the archives!  Lauren Faust has given us an amazing world to work with, and it's something we can't take for granted. I doubt any of you want to see MLP fizzle out.

    I'll be hosting events as long as people are still willing to contribute and join in. This site won't go anywhere. It might slow down a bit with the lack of news and episodes to rip apart for pony music videos, but I will still do my best to keep it going, even if that means creating ridiculous onion news and selling myself for content!

    Now on to the plans... after the break!




    The Achievement .doc is still in-progress. We will probably start that after the 300-Word Story event. Hopefully it will be fun! So far, most people seem to like the idea. It's not a flawless system, obviously, but it does give everypony something to do!

    Friend-Offs
    These will continue to be regular events, though monthly events might be a bit much if the population dwindles too low. If content is really difficult to come by, I might start pulling the stories from these and giving them their own separate posts again. The last one was just too large to do that without spamming the blog for a week.

    Epic Story Subsections
    A huge amount of you are here for the fanfiction. We recently discovered the fifty person limit in Google Docs, which is pretty astounding if you think about it.  I always figured fanfiction was a small part of the population here... guess not! There are some massive story series going on right now (Fallout Equestria and Antipodes for example, two of many), and hopefully more will be added as time goes on. I'm thinking of adding a section to the archive, or even the side bar, showcasing current five-star epic-length stories in progress. They are the closest thing we have to actual episodes.

    Fanfiction in General
    If you haven't tried reading fanfiction yet, I would highly recommend it. I know there is a stigma... hell I wouldn't have touched it with a 10 foot pole before this show, but some of these stories are just straight up publisher quality. I could recommend my favorites, but I don't want (to) (look) (biased). If you hit up the archive, most of the (5 Star) stuff is well worth reading. I'm planning on going through all of them and adding some additional tags to split stuff up, and maybe even a (6 Star) tag for stuff that has exceeded fifty (50) five star votes.

    More Events
    I want to have at least two events a month. It's difficult to get these set up right now due to the load of content (not that I want that to slow down! Even if I do complain about how full my email is to everyone. :3) I might add another author or two to help me out if things don't slow down too much.

    Closing
    So with that, hopefully we have some stuff to look forward too while we wait it out. I'm sure I will think of more to talk about, but I'll save that for the five million news post!

    You guys are the driving force of this community. Without the insane amounts of fan-made content, I bet MLP would just be another niche cartoon in the bowels of /co/.  Our remixes and PMV's have flourished around the internet! Our writing has bombarded every single fanfiction website out there! And our screencaps/art have spawned more memes than all of 4chan combined.

    We only ever received twenty two minutes of official pony a week. That is a meager .21% of the week. The rest was all original content.  We have an entire chan dedicated to pony that has survived more 4chan raids than Habbo Hotel! And threads still run on both /b/ and /co/ 24/7 even with our numbers so spread out across various websites now.  I doubt we are going anywhere.


    The Great and Powerful Trixie!
    The Great and Powerful Trixie! /on


    Art by MADMAX because she is CELESTIA TIER 

    The Great and Powerful Trixie! /off

    Fan Stuff

    Season 1 Meme Gallery
    Every..single..episode.

    Another Brony Speech!
    Soundcloud Brony Speech


    -Cereal edited it and snuck links in! Pfft!

    53 comments:

    1. I am all for keeping the site alive. Long live MLP and thanks as always for your hard work Seth.

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    2. As long as fanfic continues to pop up, Ill continue visiting

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    3. I sooo happy to see that everyone will try their best to keep this going. I know I will, with all this support MLP will never die!!!

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    4. This is it. My mission - read EVERY single piece of Fanfic posted on the site. Currently in progress, and progressin' well enough! (Already read through ALL of the 5-Stars content - *sunglasses*). I am not going anywhere, I have a huge fanfic to care about~!

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    5. That picture is the cast taking a vacation before the start of filming for season 2. Where did you find that? But I don't think we're going anywhere I have plans for writing at least 5 fics this summer before I head back into school. The content generated is some of the best I've seen in any fandom. It's amazing how much this show has inspired people to create so MUCH art visually and in audio forms. Keep up the good work

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    6. I came across that Meme Gallery a half-hour ago. I still say Steven Magnet should been the meme for ep. 2.

      I, for one, don't plan on going anywhere during the gap.

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    7. Suuuuure, Cereal did it. that must be it Sethy *pats on the head*

      *grins* And I'm happy to offer help if it's ever needed either proofing stories (I'm best for grammar and spelling) and Anything else that'll keep me hoof-deep in ponies til the fall rolls about.

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    8. Thanks for all the hard work Seth.

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    9. Psh, I don't know what you're talking about. I spent all day listening to "At The Gala." It is an absolutely brilliant homage to the title track to the musical "Into The Woods!" Bravo, Ingram, bravo.

      I don't see myself going anywhere anytime soon! =D

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    10. By Celestia's beard! you are flooding us!

      I like it.

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    11. My life for Aiur!

      As for what's on the horizon... Remember Lion King? Yeah, you do. Two movies. Arguably a cartoon. Alive and well, huge swarms of fan content, millions of fans, all to this day.

      The circle of life will go on.

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    12. I'm currently working on an epic (and I sure hope it's worth 5 stars for all the time I'm putting in) and I have another for after I finish this one! (I also want to write a RDxSpitfire shipping. Silly RD, trying to impress her all night at the Gala.)

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    13. Six star, eh? I pray Arddun Lleuad or Chwe Goledau reaches that height.

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    14. I, for one, plan on remaining as active in the community as I can! I love the poni and you guys too much to leave any time soon! Plus, Antipodes ain't gonna write itself!

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    15. I think it would be appropriate to link the photo to CSIMadMax, or at least to credit her. She did an amazing job with it!

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    16. I know I won't be going anywhere! Long live ponies!

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    17. I approve! Especially the 6-star rating!

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    18. Do you think it would be possible to add in a music archive, you know for things like eurobeat, 8-bit, and other fan generated tracks?

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    19. Pony... withdrawal... must... have... Ponies.

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    20. Long live Ponies, and love live Equestria Daily! My fellow bronies, this this is only the beginning of a new age!

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    21. Long live MLP and the various webssites that go with it (especially this one)

      Can't wait for more events :D

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    22. >Six-star stories
      HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

      Narcissism aside, I'm sure writefriends and drawfriends will be able to keep this pony congo line going until next season! The brony community is amazing, and there's absolutely no way the pony love will fizzle out in the next few months!

      DONUTS WITH EXTRA SPRINKLES FOR EVERYPONY!!

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    23. Posts like this make the wait until Season 2 seem manageable.

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    24. Personally... I'm not to awful sad there will be no pony during the summer. I want to actually do stuff this summer, and I don't have to worry about missing any new episodes. I just wish it'd start again earlier.... (since for me school starts in August, and that'd be at least 2 or 3 months in school with no ponies! D:)

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    25. Ponies will be back just in time to ruin my grades again next semester. Until then, I'll keep hanging around and doing my part to keep the magic alive.

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    26. @Anonymous
      http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/02/videomusic-archive.html

      There is a section with everything split up specifically as you list it!

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    27. Ð┌. ÐërÞëñ§tîëñ Ð. WíñgböñërMay 7, 2011 at 2:00 PM

      I think every Friday we should watch all the episodes. It's what I plan on doing.

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    28. I'm... not really into fanfiction (to put it politely). So I guess there's little reason for me to stick around.

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    29. You DO know Lauren left the show months ago right?

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    30. Congrats to Seth and the rest of the team for keeping the ball rolling for the entire first season! Here's to the impending release of the second, and the continued success of EqD!

      Don't worry, I'll try and get the second episode of Camaraderie is Supernatural out quickly so you have something to post. :P

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    31. Also, I will be back for more updates on super ponybeat

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    32. I'm not worried either. If anything, this gives people like Urimas the time to work and concentrate on their projects.

      (And pardon the shameless plug: Myself, too. If I can get that JRPG to gel togetner)

      Long live the fandom.

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    33. Please keep up your work with ED Seth, its awesome and I need it :)

      Never touched fan fiction before ponies, and dear Celestia thats awesome too! Saying that where is the latest chapter of Paradise?!

      Can not wait for fall.

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    34. I'm very curious to see what happens during this while thing. Certainly the fandom won't die for a very long time.

      A really love the effort you guys got for this. I'm writing a fic myself to hopefully try to keep it alive.

      Love you guys. 'll see you guys in a bit =)

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    35. @Sethisto thanks for the link, I kinda don't check the media archive so I had no idea that was there, sorry.

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    36. ED has been my homepage since January and won't change just because my favorite show is taking a little break.
      During the summer I'll try my hand at Writefriending/Drawfriending like I've always wanted to. : 3

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    37. I'm certainly not leaving and will still be checking in a few times a day for any pony news. Besides, reading fan fics like Sunny Days and Bubbles has given me the itch to go through the archive and read a bunch of similar stories.

      Overall, I think we'll be alive and active all the way till season two! Should be a fun summer even without new episodes I think.

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    38. I feel like the 6 star idea should be more of a percentage based thing.

      For example, if a story has more than 50 5 star votes, and 75-90% of them are 5 star votes.

      That way a story won't stay 6 star if it gets a lot of low votes after reaching that status.

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    39. I bet somebody already pointed this out, but I will continue nonetheless:
      First is the problem with the friend-offs. Now I don't know if you remember, but the first had just under 20 posts - so I think we, as a community, are good.

      Secondly, a lot of the major artists (this includes writers) have left and this will, undoubtedly, slow down the creation and popularization of new meme's. However, different artists might get a chance to shine now (I am looking at you Plantman and Suckmyoff).

      For what it is worth (a bittersweet solace) I will stay active as artist on both /co/ and Ponychan (and maybe broaden it out to FiMchan).

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    40. I don't get all the memes on that gallery, what's with ep5, ep7, ep10, ep13?

      And others I'm not sure I have the right idea. Anyone mind posting a text list?

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    41. I can't find the link to the meme gallery. Anyone mind posing it?

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    42. @fireantDood im right there with you im starting at the top and not stoping till i get to the bottom>
      -Madman

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    43. I'm genuinely upset.

      Not so much because the season has ended, for there will be more, and I know patience.

      Mostly I'm upset because I want to contribute more to this fandom, cause you guys are so awesome, but can't figure out how I can do that.

      I have written one fan-fic, but writing more is very time consuming for me, and my story ideas generally come few and far between, plus I feel insignificant when compared to the rest of the awesome authors out there.

      My drawing skill is minimal unless it involves Mega Man.

      I have no musical capability, with the exception that I am fairly confident in my vocal performance ability (ie. I can sing), and while I have already written some lyrics, I don't have a microphone that will give me the audio quality that I want.

      So I am disappointed that I can't contribute more to this awesome fandom, cause you guys are awesome, and I wanna contribute.

      Sigh......

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    44. I REALLY hope they keep "Derpy Hooves" in season 2.
      We need to make sure all of the bronies in the biz know this!

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    45. I intend to help keep the community alive; I have a couple story ideas in the works at present, which will hopefully come to fruition soon =D

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    46. Hey, it all sounds good to me. I won't be going anywhere, so I'll continue to frequent here and submit stuff. I'm personally looking forward to all of the stuff you've got planned this summer.

      Also, a big THANK YOU to you, because we all love this site. :)

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    47. i plan on continuing to contribute to the site. besides still needing to finish dragon your hooves, plus wanting to add a third part to sparkle kitten, i already have three other story ideas in mind.

      a lack of new episodes will not keep me from my poni ^_^

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    48. ya! bring it on! I dont think this summer will be all that bad cause of all the we have the fans creating. can't wait to catch up on some fanfics.

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    49. I love that picture! OMG Luna with a flower in her hair! *hugs her tight* I for one am going to visit here every day so long as it exists.

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    50. I for one will continue to visit during the summer.
      Oh and for the record, I would totally buy you for content.

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