• Nightly Roundup #32

    Definitely a lack of drawfriend today!  So have one from yesterday.

    Tomorrow will be huge though right?

    So..Much...news. 

    Pony Episode Chronology Version 2

    RusselH has modified the hell out of his Pony Episode Chronology from a few days ago. Apparently someone sent it early without his consent. The new version can be found at the post! Or here!



    Bronies for Good Drive on Ponychan

    A bunch people over on Ponychan have teamed up to do some crazy charity drive. Ideas on what exactly to do are currently storming over at this thread. If you are interested, go check it out!


    Tropecast Top 10 Guilty Pleasures

    You can find Friendship is Magic hangin out right next to Pokemon, Wrestling, and Yu-Gi-Oh, over at the Tropecast Top 10 Guilty Pleasures section of Webcast Beacon. Now we just need games to go with it like everyone else!


    Icelandic Subtitles

    Another brony has released a subtitle set! This time it's all in Icelandic. You can find the files for it here!


    Malaysian McDonalds Ponies Slightly Limited

    Sadly, the bronies over in Malaysia got a bit shafted on their McDonalds toys. Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle, Cheerilee, and Pinkie Pie are the only characters available. It is currently unknown if the rest of the set will be available later on. At least there is still ebay!


    "Ask A Pony" Blog Listing

    Apparently there are a ton "Ask a Pony" blogs out there. Enough to warrant an entire portal style google doc. You can find it here!

     I'm pretty sure the Trixie ones are the best though. 








    Space Shuttle Pulls off a Sonic Rainboom

    OmigoshOmigoshOmigosh.  This is from Space Shuttle Atlantis busting out a sonic rainboom.  Looks like it actually exists guys! It may not be a giant explosion of light covering a hundred mile radius, but I'll take what I can get! 









    Comic: Alex's Guide Posts Ponies

    Another webcomic artist has gone pony!  I'm pretty sure this is going to be a requirement for all of them soon. You can find all of them here!


    Story of the Blanks Featured at Blistered Thumbs


    The gaming website Blisteredthumbs.net has included "Story of the Blanks" in their recent Delightful Treats of the Week post.

    If you guys haven't played it yet, I would highly suggest heading over to newgrounds and giving it a shot.  It's short, but totally worth it.  Might want to do it with the lights on though. 




    British Facebook Brony Hub

    A group for british bronies is currently recruiting more over on facebook!  You can check it out here!


    Roleplaying Forum: Afternoon in Trottingham

    Another RP forum has popped up!  This one promises less rules, and encourges insanity.  Sounds like my old Dungeons and Dragons group.  You can find it here!


    Party City Picks Up Pony Stuff

    Looks like Party City has some custom style birthday stuff available, along with that semi-creepy Rainbow Dash dress from a while back.

    So if you need thank you cards, or banners, you know where to find them!  



    New Tinychat Channel Up

    Apparently all of the tinychat rooms died out!  So they made a new one! You can find it here!


    Brony Movie Night / Gaming Clan Communities

    A few new communities are looking for more people to fill out their rosters! Have a list!

    Brony Movie Night Steam Group


    Colt Recon - Free Play Games and Counter Trike

    [EBC] Equestria Bad Compony (360) - Battlefield Clan



    Equestria Chronicles "Craziest Fanfic Ever" Event


    The people over at the grimdark RP forum, Equestria Chronicles, currently have a fanfiction contest under way, have some copypaste!





    The contest itself is called "Craziest Fanfic Ever Contest," where the contestants have to
    write a piece of pony fan fiction that is 2000 words or less under following basic guides:

    1. Your fanfic may contain canon or original characters. It may also include ponies from the site.
    2. Your fanfic does NOT have to be in line with the site plot or canon plot.
    3. Your fanfic MUST include a strange ship.
    4. Your fanfic MUST incorporate the phrase "But really, I don't want to. It's just too hard and I don't like it that way."
    5. Your fanfic can be any genre. Normal, crossover, grimdark, clopfics. Anything.
    6. Staff members may not enter, because they are judging.
    7. You may enter as many fanfics as you want.
    8. No plagiarism. All fanfics must be of your original creation.
    9. Please no more than 2,000 words. We want these to be on the shorter side.
    10. Submit your fiction to: staff.equestria@gmail.com

    More information can be found in this post:  http://equestriachronicles.forumotions.net/t183-craziest-fanfic-ever-contest

    We are also offering a free art commission to the winner. Here are some examples of the pony art I have done on
    commission for members of Equestria Chronicles: [ONE]  [TWO]  [THREE]  [FOUR]


    Pony Dresses

    Someone over at Polyvore is taking existing designs and combing them to match ponies!  Sadly most of us aren't really capable of wearing dresses (in public at least), but they are pretty neat regardless! You can find them here!


    My Little Musical Auditions Ending Soon

    The My Little Musical project is currently holding auditions for various roles.  On July 17th, casting will be closed, so if you are interested in participating, head on over to the ponychan thread here for more information!



    Worms Reloaded: Pony Speechbank Demonstration Video

    Earlier I posted about a Worms Reloaded mod that adds pony speech to everything.   Someone created a video to demonstrate what exactly the mod does! You can find it here!


    Pony Call to Arms!

    A game called "Own This World" where players from various GPS locations team up and declare war on other coordinates has a small following of bronies that are teaming up to literally take over the world.  If you are interested in helping out, hit up the ponychan thread here!



    Equestria Daily News

    The Ponies Around the World event is absolutely insane right now.  There are over 50 entries already, and we still have 4 days left.  I don't think I can handle extending it sadly.  I might try making this a monthly thing though.

    Some of these locations are amazing!  I really need to get out more..



    That's it for the nightly news! Probably a few typos in there, but this one is pretty beastly and I have a bunch of stuff to do still.

    61 comments:

    1. I don't even want to know the scientific explanation for what that shuttlecraft pulled.

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    3. Sweet, right as I was about to give up and shut down my computer! :D

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    4. Wait...Malaysia no more applejack? Damn.

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    5. Dat fucking writefagJuly 10, 2011 at 3:27 AM

      Good bye, last space shuttle in history.

      Now we will never reach Mars...

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    6. @Scribejay It broke the awesome barrier.

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    7. I have a feeling that 1. the shuttle pic will be shopped within 12 hours. 2. If there is a clip of the shuttle pulling off the sonic rainboom, there will be a video of that with the sonic rainboom bgm.

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    8. I think that Bronies for Good charity idea is great. So many talents and love in our community. Why not put some of that talent and love to use with helping those in need or helping make the world just a little brighter?

      As for MLPFiM as a guilty pleasure... certainly without a doubt guilty here. But aren't we all? lol

      Also, blogs dedicated to answering questions ponies have for me? It's more likely than you think... silly ponies, thinking they're me. 6_9

      I saw the photo of that spacecraft a little while ago when someone posted it elsewhere. Pretty neat. Sonic Rainboom... not quite all the way across the sky... but hey. It's there!

      Dang, another webcomic featuring the ponies. They know doing so will garner them a lot of attention, they're not stupid. ;)

      And ooh, the dresses look nice. This brings the Rarity in me out. I've never really been much of a dress person myself to be honest. But I may be persuaded to get one of these. They're cute.

      Hmm, musical auditions. I haven't seen that. Doubt I'll have time for anything like that, but it's worth taking a look at.

      Also, dang, still need to go get a my Ponies Around the World pic done. I have to wait til I get the chance to get out again and have the time. I hope I can!

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    9. On a somewhat unrelated note, Gizmodo posted the "There's a Pony For That" video. Should garner a bit of attention to the community.

      The article: http://gizmodo.com/5819685/my-little-pony-is-somehow-making-friendship-ponies-for-your-iphone

      Night everypony.

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    10. If we can make a half sonic rainboom, imagine what we can make in the future once we find how to make stuff even go faster!

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    11. Well least they have Twilight i wonder if the Mcdonalds near me have em. Also as for story of the blanks i kept failing miserably....

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    12. Listening to that guilty pleasure thing right now...not too bad.

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    13. @Ridict

      pfft "faster" that is old school in the future we just need to take 1 step to cross continents

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    14. I can never make it past the first group of ponies, I fail at that game.

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    15. >Ponies Around The World

      Damn... If only I had a pony I could get the Seattle Space Needle. Oh wells :/

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    16. When I clicked on the rp forum link, I was simply sent to the main blogger site. Is this intentional?

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    17. The chronology still isn't right, though, because Pinkie Pie describes the climax event of "Sonic Rainboom" in "Griffon The Brushoff."

      ...jesus fucking christ, I'm nitpicking the chronology of a TV show, which I vowed I would never do, because I vowed I'd never get so involved in a fandom that I fucking knew something about the chronology in the first place. And what am I involved in? "My Little Pony." What happened to me?

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    18. That thing with the space shuttle is probably the most awesome thing I'll see today.

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    19. Wow that Space shuttle is really cool.

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    20. Hahaha, I just find it amusing that my friend did the dress thing on that site. A while ago. XD I always thought they were cute.
      And she's right, Applejack is good to design for; Rarity should do it more often. :l

      Sonic Rainboom~

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    22. Lets see the shuttle thing is new and I've seen a lightning orbs before.

      Cute comic.

      "Story of the blanks" is pretty popular and needs a fanfiction master to put it in a written format.

      Wish I could join the fanfiction fun but my stuff sucks.

      Of those 50 entries my two (Mostly a) joke entries must not be a part of the 'ponies around the world'.

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    23. Interesting night.
      Happy 17 Million!

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    24. *Buy a Banner from Party City*
      _______________________________
      |"Our little girl is turning 21"|
      |________Happy Birthday_________|

      ಠ_ಠ It's not a girl

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    25. >see "craziest fanfic ever" thing
      >don't even read the rest

      We already know the craziest fanfic ever is cupcakes. No contest neccesary.

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    26. The shuttle pulls off half of a Sonic Rainboom? Maybe they will preform a full one when we eventually go to Mars.

      So most web comics has done ponies, a lot of news websites have done ponies, and even MI5 has done ponies. It won't be long until full domination, or at least a joke in a Simpsons episode.

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    27. Dash's dress. It's all under two-hundred bits till you get to the purse she'd never carry. Dash and purses? Does not mix, even though I see pegasui carrying one on their wings.

      Personally, I'll stick to a messanger bag covered in pins and not wear a dress with strategically-placed holes.

      Also, I don't recall that kids' dress model wearing brony shoes.

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    28. played through story of the blanks...I agree with the lights on recommendation. That game would make a good ep or one shot fanfic...

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    29. >The gaming website Blisteredthumbs.net has included "Story of the Blanks" in their recent Delightful Treats of the Week post.
      Story of the Blanks isn't delightful or a treat.
      It scared the hell out of me.

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    30. oh lawd, a strange shipping project? that REQUIRES SOMETHING CRAZY?

      I cant wait to see the results.

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    31. You just HAVE to go an encourage people to write messed up junk for the "craziest" story contest and reward them for it. Yeah, what are standards anymore anyways?

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    32. That chronology is far better than it was.

      Good job.

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    33. Tears of a ValedictorianJuly 10, 2011 at 8:16 AM

      @Anonymous

      I know, right? I mean, I really like the Venture Bros too, but it's not like I'm checking a Venture Bros fan page seven times a day, and looking at Venture Bros fanart and being all "Oh wow, someone drew Hank Venture wearing adorable socks! That. is. so. awesome!"

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    34. Tears of a ValedictorianJuly 10, 2011 at 8:24 AM

      And Story of the Blanks is so great. Atmospheric, creative, and working within the confines of 8bit makes it work probably way better than it would have if it had been done professionally for the PS3. Applebloom makes a great lead to, would love to see more.

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    35. The "rainbow" in the space shuttle is probably something of the camera (the cone is because of the sound barrier). Good looking nonetheless.

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    36. Story of the Blanks?

      Definently play it with the lights on. I didn't the first time I played. I can never. Sleep. Again.

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    38. Thanks for the mention Seth!

      I also wanna add than even though we at [EBC] are planning for Battlefield3, we are more than open for suggestions on any other games members would like to play.

      Story of the blanks is an interesting little experience. Loved it!

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    39. Godspeed STS-135!!!
      What a finale though! If you've got to end a shuttle program, a sonic rainboom might be the coolest way ever to do it!
      You know, I reall like the Bronys for Good idea. There are a ton of us out there; we could SO do good in the world. =)

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    40. THIS IS THE DEUS IMPERITOR OF AFTERNOON IN TROTTINGHAM.

      http://trottingham.freeforums.org/index.php

      A REMINDER OF WHERE WE ARE TRULY LOCATED.

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    41. I was a bit disappointed that Applejack's outfit doesn't include galoshes.

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    42. I thought the Sonic Rainboom was an old mare's tale, but it seems NASA pulled it off

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    43. The Last Space Shuttle Mission - 20% cooler than all the others.

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    44. Thanks for posting my Worms video! *brohoof*

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    45. Huh, it errored on my last post.

      Anyway, I now have a URL to go with my name, finally! Come ask my ponyblog some questions if you like.

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    46. They sould make some pony ties.

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    47. I'd really like to participate in that Own The World thing...but why the fuck isn't it for PC's? Who owns a smartphone?!

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    48. Going nerd: what the Shuttle did was break the sound barrier, what you're seeing is a Prandtl–Glauert singularity, a vapor cone produced when you break the sound barrier.

      All the shuttles do it as they have to achieve an orbital speed of 17,580 miles per hour ~ Mach 22.89.

      Shuttle speeds are far beyond anything Rainbow Dash could ever hope to achieve. A lot more then just 20% cooler.

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    49. Just wanted to say, that those aren't Icelandic subs, those are Icelandic scripts :)

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    50. No offense to the person who put this together of course, because I realize these aren't their dress designs, but I swear nobody knows how to make a good dress anymore. These are all sleeveless, tight fitting.. to me they look like night gowns, or something a slut would wear, not nice dresses.

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    51. NASA: Atlantis...You're a GO for Sonic Rainboom...
      Atlantis: Roger...pushing 20% cooler button NOW...

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    52. Grrrrrrr.... how do you get past the 3rd zombie? He moves too quickly!

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    53. @Anonymous
      Mach 22.89!? O MY GOSH WTF BBQ!!!

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    54. Some information I have found has suggested the origin of the photo to be from the May 11 2009, STS-125 launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

      The link below leads to an even higher resolution shot of the most AWESOME space shuttle trick EVER!!!

      http://rocketry.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/shuttle-shock-cloud.jpg

      High res pics make this at least 20% cooler.

      Atlantis, we will welcome you back to Earth with wishes of a safe journey and open arms. Please make us another Sonic Rainboom when you land or something! That would be like THE BEST DAY EVER!!! /)639(\

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    55. @Luna It was /very/ difficult to find anything particularly rainbow-y. Trust me, I tried. T.T I did my best though, and I do think a messenger bag would do nicely for Dash.

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    56. @Scribejay
      (Hopes no one already said it)
      It's magic. I ain't gotta explain nothing.

      In all seriousness, The fact that the shuttle pulled off a sonic rainboom makes that shuttle 20% cooler.

      Also, I was down there to see it launch.

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    57. The light had to be perfect for that effect..
      anything going trans-sonic with a good back-lighting will produce that effect.

      That pic is 20% Cooler than any other shuttle launch pic.

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    58. Maybe it's just me, but I was expecting a lot more entries for Ponies Around the World. With all the ponies that read this I though Seth would be buried in pics. Then again, it's probably gone up since this update.

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    59. ok, the blank flanks game, that was getting to silent hill levels of freak out. I'm shaking now

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    60. The link 'Colt Recon - Free Play Games and Counter Trike' only links to the Blogger home page

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