Sunday, July 3, 2011

Nightly Roundup #25

Night Pony edition!

Inb4 Trixie isn't a Night pony! Trixie can be ANYTHING.

On with the news!




Fanfiction Checklist Updated! 

For those of you who don't know about this pile of awesomness known as the Fanfiction Checklist, it's something that has been hangin out in the archive for a while.  It lists pretty much every fic in there, sorted by character, type, star rating, ect and gives you the ability to check mark the stuff you have already read.  The guy running it regularly keeps it up to date.

You can find it here, along with all instructions on copying your own.  

And also the quick update page here!


Old Lauren Faust Interview

This one is from years ago, but apparently Lauren Faust has been interviewed before.  She sort of hints at wanting to create something with female characters who aren't shallow and flawless.  Looks like she got her wish! It's an interesting read, and you can find it here!


Killing Floor Ads "Dog and a Pony Show" Achievement

Whether this is pony related remains to be seen, but apparently the monster killing survival game has added a potential shoutout to the brony community in their recent update.  You can find their achievement list here!




Ponies in the Workplace

I'm thinking of starting an event up with something like this.  "Ponies invade the workplace" might be a fun one.  This one is from Jerry who is a department manager at a grocery chain in New York. Let me know what you guys think in comments.





Equestria Gaming Art Contest 

This month's contest over at Equestria Gaming involves drawing something that includes their logo somewhere!  You can find all of the information here!


Super Dash Dev Blog

Another blog has popped up for a currently-in-progress pony flash game!  If you want to give feedback, or follow it's progress, you can find the site here!


Ponies Invade APB's Billboards

Apparently these are bid on, and someone likes pinkie pie enough to buy her a slot for all to see.  It's a pretty neat image actually.

There is a pretty big brony presence over in the new reloaded version of the game.  I'm glad it's still going!




Friendship is Madness Podcast

Another podcast has popped up! This one has actually full time female cast members.  That is pretty groundbreaking!  You can find it here!


New York Brony Convention Compilation Coming Soon!

A bunch of information on that New York Brony convention that came up last week is being compiled for a massive post in a few days.  Everything from the crazy Hoity Toity cosplayer to the various presentations, it looks


Equestria Daily News

Remix War Submission Tomorrow!

The remix war round two is finally complete.  Tomorrow at 4:00 PM (Pacific time) the entire compilation will be going up.  There will also be a Synchtube channel hosting everything in a giant playlist for everyone to talk about. 


Side Bar Buttons Color Scheme

I'm adding some side bar buttons soonish, but I'm having a really hard time deciding on what colors to make them/their borders/the text inside.  Any ideas? :p

Sections I will have up there:
Events (Current competitions/events going on here at the site)
Chat (The chat room that mysteriously disappeared but totally still exists)
Forum(If I ever have time to set one up..)
Archives
Achievements
Other stuff



And that is all for the nightly news! Yay~

66 comments:

Roman500 said...

The APB thing is pretty cool.

Anonymous said...

What about David Tennant?

Anonymous said...

How in the flying f*ck does a killing floor achievement have anything to do with the brony community? The world doesnt revolve around you, l2blog.

Thattagen said...

Wikipedia on "Dog and Pony Show":

"The term has come to mean an elaborately staged performance, presentation, or event designed to sway or convince people. It is often used in reference to a series of informational events put on by a company or group."

Ooooooh, so that's why. Brony reference is still questionable, in that case, but I'm sure not many people knew the term before FiM.

Anonymous said...

@Anonymous Wait!? What about David Tennant?

Feloua said...

The ponies in the workplace sounds great. My only problem is how do I get a pony onto an US Air Force Captain's desk without getting my hindquarters chewed?

Anonymous said...

@Anonymous
He's a cool guy.

Anonymous said...

try not to poke her eye out with you horn, trix.

Ihaveanamebecause? said...

a ponies invade the workplace event needs to happen.

TheSwift0704 said...

Forums? GO FOR IT! As for achievements? How whould that even work?...

==Maverick== said...

FYI the Super Dash game isn't a Flash game :) Its a standalone app, which is the reason it cant be embedded. Thanks for the feature!

Anonymous said...

@Feloua

Meh, I think they'd be cool with it, especially if it was a Rainbow Dash.

Anonymous said...

So I don't know if anyone noticed, but ponychan is back online! :D

Feloua said...

@Anonymous True, might improve his mood by 20%. Come tuesday night he shall have pony on his desk.

D. Shadows said...

Side Bar Color schemes.

Events (G&P Trixie colors)
Chat (Fluttershy colors)
Forum (Rainbow Dash colors)
Archives (Twilight colors)
Achievements (Applejack colors)
Other Stuff (Pinkie colors)

If you think about it, it kind of makes fitting sense. We just need something for Rarity's colors.

Anonymous said...

@D. Shadows

Doesn't make any sense, fluttershy the SHY one reprrsenting a social 'chat' instead of a character like Pinky? You failed, gtfo.

Anonymous said...

@Anonymous
I noticed! 502's are now on my fake hit-list that totally doesn't exist ;)

Also, I also think Dr. Who is a pretty cool guy, eh regenerates and doesnt afraid of being a pony.

Anonymous said...

^Redundant "also"
That's it, I'm going to bed before I ruin another post.

Interrobang Pie said...

The Remix War was great this time around, had real great fun taking part too.

Anonymous said...

@Feloua

I have always thought that they Brony takeover would not be complete until we see a Pinky Pie decal on a tank or Dash on a plane.

Ponies in the Workplace needs to happen.

Also... Forums ftw!

Gozer the Equestrian said...

The checklist tool is pretty cool, but I really thought I had read mroe than 10. Oh well. "Fallout: Equestria" and "Ballad of Twilight Sparkle" are long.

Anonymous said...

Trixie is a night pony because her cutiemark has a MOON on it.

Anonymous said...

@Anonymous

So she has a moon on her moon?...wait you meant nightmare, dumbkoph

Anonymous said...

seth u said 2 drawfriends

Xiagu said...

Oh look, the new nightly roundup! At 4 am. Well, let's see what happened tod- *see picture*
HHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

SnowDrop said...

Whenever the remix war is over, someone should definitely throw them all in a torrent. X3 I'm absolutely ADORING all of these remixes, shout outs to all the talented producers who are making them. :3

SnowDrop said...

@D. Shadows

How about the drawfriend/media stuff for Rarity...? >.>

Anonymous said...

@Anonymous

*Her cutie mark IS a moon....
grammarnazi

MikeOShay said...

I think the "Dog and Pony Show" thing might be based on the common phrase that the episode's title is a joke on. I hadn't heard it much until MLPFIM either.

GOD WHERE DO I GET THAT RAINBOWDASH "HANG IN THERE" POSTER?

You should almost unquestionably base the sections on the mane cast, and the extra one should probably go to Derpy (Other Stuff).

My thoughts:
Events = Applejack
Chat = Pinkie Pie
Forum = Fluttershy
Archives = Twilight Sparkle
Achievements = Rainbow Dash
Other = Derpy

BronyMike said...

@MikeOShay Oh. By the way, this is me. I was too lazy to log into my BM account.

Gallant Vision said...

I d'awed at the pic up top. LunaxTrixie must be done more! XD

Lovecraft said...

I've heard the phrase "a dog and pony show" used before FiM ever came out. I was surprised that more people hadn't actually.

I really doubt the achievement in Killing Floor is a nod to the pony fandom. The game is having a circus sideshow event going on right now, so it's more than likely a coincidence.

Shadix-CF said...

@Anonymous

Because one of the episodes I believe is called " A Dog And Pony Show "

Midnight said...

heeeyyyy, another podcast! nifty!

Anonymous said...

@MikeOShay

Once again, as anither guy stated, why wiuld Fluttersy have anything to do with the chat or forum themes?nitsnlike younguysWANT to betray her character

Anonymous said...

I must admit, all these "game mentions pony in context of well known saying" are beginning to grate.

ZMorris said...

Awesome job finding that Cat's Don't Dance interview. I love reading about animators and seeing their production art. Also more evidence that Lauren is awesomesauce.

Anonymous said...

sigh, anything with the word 'pony' in it nowadays is a "potential brony shoutout" to you, isn't it.

Marcoooootje1 said...

Yay it's taking over moar!

Anonymous said...

Looks like we have a few trolls in the comments today

Anonymous said...

I just have to say, that picture is adorable. Makes me want to like Trixie. and Luna.

YTM said...

Haha this post seriously amazed me. Jerry is a very good friend of mine and actually sent me a different picture of that area earlier yesterday. Imagine my surprise to check the round up this morning and find him in it. Freaked :3

Anonymous said...

Does anypony know which server the APB bronies play on? There's 4, and once you join one your stuck with it, I've encountered a surprising lack of bronies on Colby NW.

Everypony Radio said...

I doubted our station for a second there... But we'll also be playing the new songs as well as the synctube. :D

So we can spread these new awesome songs along with the Synctube channel.

WOOT WOOT!!!

Anonymous said...

Now if I had the balls, and the ability. I would totally tack a big picture of Pinkie Pie to the back of my Budweiser truck and do my delivery run for a week with it.

==Maverick== said...

I need to print out a big picture of RD doing her smile-with-hoofs-squishing-face-at-podium pose and post it in front of a urinal at work...would that count? :D

Interrobang Pie said...

@Anonymous Would'nt a picture of Derpy Hooves make more sense for that situation?

Anonymous said...

That is the most adorable picture I have ever seen.

Supemonday said...

For the side bars i think it would work like this

Events = Pinkie Pie
Chat = Applejack
Forum = Rarity
Archives = Twilight Sparkle
Achievements = Rainbow Dash
Other = Fluttershy

Anonymous said...

Yeah, I hate to actually agree with trolls but that achievement thing is NOT an MLP reference, just one to the old saying. If it had entailed something between a unicorn and a dog-monster, THEN that'd be a ref! But it's in a zombie carnival or something so.. nope.. it's to the saying.

Firleycat said...

Wait, There is people playing APB? I thought everyone just quit after making their avatars.

I would love to do the workplace pony thing, but we get in trouble at my job if we put our own things up after the "What do you think of the managers?" incident.

Anonymous said...

The colors for the new buttons should be the coat colors of the mane cast ;)

ArtAttack said...

Can't wait for the remix war to be up!

GhostWolf said...

@ZMorris

I agree. It is sad that CDD is a relatively unknown (I think the studio that formed for it only made CDD and then shut down) - it is still one of my favorite animated movies of my childhood. Now that I know Lauren Faust worked on it, I like it even more.

Off to watch it again!

Anonymous said...

Poster URL: http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/147/1/1/hang_in_there_by_stinkehund-d3hch0t.png

StarGater93 said...

@Anonymous "I think David Tennant is a pretty cool guy. eh kills aleins and doesnt afraid of anything."


Seriously though, what? WOT?!

ActionScripter9109 said...

"Everything from the crazy Hoity Toity cosplayer to the various presentations, it looks"

It looks WHAT?! I must know!!

Anonymous said...

Sure, why not, Ponies should be on The Office!
(HuffytheMagicDragon)

Anonymous said...

Killing Floor, Abusement Park, Pony... inb4 scootabuse.

Anonymous said...

@Feloua

Gun for one of the Vietnam Pony pics.

Björn Samuelsson said...

I have done some mild ponification at work.

* The bottom image at http://www.lu.se/vision-group/people/postdocs/bjoern-samuelsson.
* The favicon for http://home.thep.lu.se/~bjorn/ and linked web-pages related to my teaching.
* Problem 3 in the April exam for classical mechanics and special relativity: CMC-related with pony pictures included (http://home.thep.lu.se/~bjorn/fyta12/klass/TentaMekRelApril11.pdf).
* Problem 3 in the June exam for electrodynamics: first sentence means "Steven has a magnet." (original text in Swedish is available at http://home.thep.lu.se/~bjorn/fyta12/klass/TentaEMJuni2011.pdf).

Anonymous said...

@Feloua Well you could always say it was a gift of a flying pony which is totally cool and which is supposed to represent loyalty like the ones of the US Air force to the country and such (going with rainbow dash of course)

Kill me, I'm a PONY said...

Want Wall-E/Pony crossover video. Now.

Anonymous said...

Now I don't care for Trixie in the least outside of a couple of fics I've read, but that ain't a moon on her flank, that there be a cape. Unless you think the moon is blue and sparkly somewhat deformed at the bottom.

And what's all this talk of David Tennant? I'm getting excited.

Anonymous said...

Of course Pinkie gets that billboard space, she is the best pony. Seriously considering downloading APB now.

Tylendal said...

I might stick up a poster like that in the back room at work. Only problem is everyone would know it was me.

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