Have some news.
A Brony Manifesto
Another essay has popped up, similiar to the one posted yesterday. If you are interested in reading these, you can find the link here!
Mumble Live Readings Update
"To the Nth Dimension" is first in line for the Mumble Live Reading thing I plugged last night. It will happen on Sunday July 17th at 4:00 PM East for those interested in listening in.
Pony-mon Card Set #2
For those of you pokemon card style pony game scene, another set has been released. You can find all of them here!
Celestia Medium Font Revamp Hits Version one
It's finally out of beta. Version one of the Celestia Medium font, upgraded with all sorts of symbols I will hopefully never encounter in whatever career path I choose, can be found here!
Egophiliac Art Presentation on July 23
Over in New York, they regularly meet up once a month and pony it up with a bunch of other bronies. This isn't the full convention like last time, but they do tend to pull in the numbers. This time around, Egophiliac will be presenting her art for everyone to see, and answering questions on why she is so awesome. If you are in the area, you might as well check it out!
At least I hope Ego is a female. Someone yelled at Cereal for it earlier! That DA Page is so ambiguous!
The Anime Show Discusses Pony
Another live discussion group has brought up the pony topic. If you are interested in checking it out, head over to this link!
Peter New (Big Mac's/Hoity Toity's Voiceover) Mini-Interview
A crazy brony bothered poor Big Mac with a bunch of random questions! Have some!
1. Do you like character you voice?
Answer: Eeyup. Yes, I do.
2. Can you relate to Big MacIntosh in anyway?
Answer: Of course. Big Mac has an avuncular or fatherly quality that I like to think I help bring alive in him: smart, patient, helpful and observant.
3. What's it like voicing the most awesome pony ever?
Answer: There's a responsibility to voicing him that I haven't really felt with any other character because I have so many great fans out there. So I'd say the answer is: it's humbling.
I'm glad he likes us!
Equestria Chronicles Shuts Down
The MMORPG Equestria Chronicles has closed it's doors. The team's leader had to quit due to real life getting in the way. Confound this real life!
DA Artist looking for Feedback on Poster Printing
Maximillian Veers over on Deviant Art wants to know what people think about selling massive brony posters. You can find the DA page and vote for it here!
Comic: A Girl and Her Fed adds ponies!
Another comic gone pony! You can find it here!
Beatles Album Cover Contest
"The Ponies" is a huge project dedicated to ponifying the entire Beatles Album. The creator is looking for people to help design an album cover. If you are interested, check out the rules in this google doc!
Equestria Daily News
Nightly Roundup break..maybe?
I'll be honest, I can't really keep up with all of these events going on. I might take a few days off from the nightly roundup to work on scheduling Ponies Around the World / the Brony Day event post / the PMV Comedy thing. You probably have noticed these roundups becoming more and more brief. I do want to throw some personality into them. I just don't have time.
Anyway that's all for the news! Off to do a bunch of other stuff!
82 comments:
FIRST
Hurr durr second.
Don't burn yourself out Seth.
Do whatever you have to, Sethisto.
Replace the nightly round up with Ponies Around the World?
What's this? Nightly Roundup being posted before five in the morning? It's a Christmas Miracle!
Yes lol, Ego is a female.
Texel is not tho. He is a cyborg.
...I thought Peter New was Big Mac's VA. That's who we have listed over on TVTropes...
I demand that you take a break.
That and I just submitted a comedy PMV...
You do whatever you want seth, we won't force you into anything. (Unless it's something we want)
Equestria Chronicals no mo? oh wells...
Yeah, Seth, I must say I am concerned about your workload. Everypony needs a break! I don't know if pouring more on Phoe and Cereal is a good idea, maybe add a fifth (if you count Tek) to help handle the work load?
its ok seth.
all ponis need sleep eventually.
otherwise your mind breaks and you become evil pinkimena
Yeah, I thought Peter New voiced Big Mac.
An event manager might be an idea to add to the crew :)
Get a minion to do it, lol you seem to be the only one suffering with all the emails. You should get an email which everyone can send through and you and your people(minions) can access and, delegate work-load from there
I hate you seth.... so much...
Take a vacation some time sethisto. I've said it before and I'll say it again; a week without pony is, for the vast majority of us, preferable to you burning out, then having no pony at all.
And it wouldn't even have to be a week without pony. tek, cereal and phoe could help out, and you could perhaps recruit more helpers.
@Blaze
Er woops, wrong person from the email.
I do like these round ups for telling me about the different webcomics or major events, but if you feel like you can not continue them. Do as you must.
I do really like these nightly round ups, but you work so hard for us! I'm sure everypony understands.
Hooray for Egophiliac! She (yes, she is really is female) is one awesome artist. :D I hope her presentation goes really well!
Well that's an awesome bit of news from Peter New. I'm really glad the VAs appreciate their fans! :D
And to echo what others have said--don't burn yourself out. Seriously, if you need help I'm certain there are a ton of bronies who would be more than happy to help fill in. All you need to do is ask. :)
Seth, I swear. You take way too good care of us bronies. You need some time yourself. I'd be happy to help, if I knew what to help with. Though I am just another brony that covers most of the bases. Idk, my point is, you need some YOU time Seth.
I think a weekly roundup would be alot less work on you Seth. Take it easy!
Neat, I get mentioned for 'yelling' at Cereal.
Get someone else to help you update the blog?
Yeah Seth, don't kill yourself trying to get all this done. I think everypony is happy with what you can give us because you're pretty good about giving us tons to work with as is...
Take a break whenever you can Seth, no pressure.. :)
About the Egophiliac Art Presentation on July 23, where and when exactly is this event taking place in New York? If everypony is welcome then I might be able to participate. At least I would love to attend!
You should deffinitly get some form of shared email system, so you can spread the workload over all the minions at your disposal. And possibly recruit new minions, and Seth, you really need a week to just...sleep.
So, is Ponies around the world gonna be about 50is, once each day? That's kinda what I got out of it. You could always do an evening round up... and, you know, go to bed early!!!
You seem to be as bad as the Cutie Mark Crusaders about going to bed, you night Owlowiscious! :D
Don't burn out man!
Seriously, it's OK if some news that happens during the night doesn't post until the next morning or even GASP!!! the next evening roundup!
Besides, if you go to bed earlier, I'll have an excuse to go to bed earlier and follow my own advice!
If you need a break, take a little break. The Nightly Roundups are nice and all, but I'm sure everyone can live without them for a couple days or so. lol Everyone needs a break sometimes.
New banner lacks Octavia Q_Q
You should definitely get the help of more minions, and structure the email system so different people get sent specific emails. This is becoming much for a single brony to arrange, and I guess you know that too at this point. So, by Celestia's sake, take someone you trust, and let him/her help you as well with this. You will mahe s/he happy, it will make us happy, there will be less workload for you, and there will be more poni for everyone!
But really, if you don't want any more help, at least ask around (you don't own a blog for nothin') for competent bronies who could write scripts for you and help automate much of the repetitive work you do each day. It would mean a huge chunk of time saved, I'm sure.
Whatever the case, I'm loving all the effort you put into this, and thanks again. <3
Maybe after all these events you should take a holiday. Take a break to where ever the winner of the Ponies around the World competition is. See some sights, meet some new ponies, that sort of thing.
I SUPPORT YOU SETH YOU TAKE A REST YOU DESERVE IT!! NAYC!
It never hurts to take a slight break if burnout is imminent.
I'm pretty sure there are a ton of bronies around that would jump at the chance to do some minion-bidding around here, for that matter. :)
If you need to trim down your workload, by all means do it. You really bust your butt for us on this blog and I'm sure that everyone would be fine with you taking it east to catch your breath. After all, nobody wants your head to a-splode, that'd be gross.
Man that pony mmo shall be missed....
Also i dont think Seth is the only one with sleeping problems. Im looking at you minions...
You should definitely take a break if you feel the need. Last thing anypony here wants is you overexerting yourself. Primarily, because nopony wants to see you risking your health.
Sounds like you could do with some help seth. I'll work on building a robotic twilight for you maybe- All i need is the MOD's schematics for big dog and some papier mache...
In all seriousness it's time you looked for another blog mod.
seth seriously, take a break and get some rest...or the next thing you know you'll swaying back and forth in front of something that shows your reflection going "wooooowoooooooooowoooooooo" there was an entire episode similar to your problem you know...
It's okay to skip some seth, maybe a weekly round-up?
Or get somebody else to do it. I'm sure Cereal is good for something.
Also, Fluttershy evolves into a tree :3
If it means fewer posts with the Stupid and Obnoxious Trixie heading them, then I'm okay with a break from nightly round-ups.
I think I'm going crazy or have a virus. Anypony else seeing "Best Blogger Tips" next to everyone's names?
Oh wow, that essay was rad. Well written, thought-provoking. Congrats and thanks, GabuEx. :)
@techdude300
I don't, but it's indeed there in the HTML code of the page, with a link to some commercial page. Indeed, this is strange. Sethisto, any notion what may be going on? Is this legit?
Repeating what everyone else says but it needs to be repeated. If you’re tired Seth than take a break. We don’t need Daily Roundup’s to live but everypony needs a rest once in a while.
Really sad the Equestria Chronicles is shutting down, I loved it there. Some great ponies are on there, and we wouldn't mind you taking a brake. I know this site much be a bitch to maintain (web designer here).
I still have my Pokémon Card Deck. It was modelled about a deck called "Insanity" and only had 8 Pokémon. I devoured every tournament with it >:3
Thanks for posting my interview, Seth. Only one person at the forum I was at wanted to talk to Big Mac's voice. I'm sure things would have been different here at Equestria Daily. I'm glad I could contribute. -John Cuellar
Thank you for working so hard to feed our pony addiction, Sethisto! Whatever you need to know, we're behind you by about 20%... I mean 100%!
Well, I didn't know much about Equestria Chronicles, but it's sad to hear it going under.
Seth, you need more help!
Seth, you certainly treat us far too kindly --- Stop it. Stop it at once.
I'm truly saddened by the loss of the Equestrian Chronicles project. I must say that I was looking forward to that more than any other project in the works. I hope the devs finally get that time off they craved, though.
Honestly, Nightly Round-up is one of my favorite things on this blog and I'd be devastated if it stopped happening. There's nowhere else I could go to find all these little media snippets that are popping up. Maybe you could get someone else to help?
Seth, you need to leave Cereal or Phoe in charge for a day and take a break. On a separate note, all these comics turning pony are insuring our global takeover *insert crazy fluttershy laugh*
Dear Seth, try to give the nightly roundup to Phoe/Cereal!
Seth, get Cereal's ass to work with those events. Or get another Mod. As the blog is getting bigger you need more staff to manage it. Its the natural way of things.
Im very sad that you are getting so worn out lately.
Awww.. The nightly roundup is my favourite thing on the site. It gives me something to look forward to each day :(
Sethisto, please, we demand you to take a break and reduce your workload! Maybe try to get some more people to take care of EQD? This applies to Phoe and Cereal too. We don't want you to be overworked. I'd like to believe that we can do with less than 24/7 pony. Actually, I'm already a bit behind on your updates because of work and a derping internet connection. FOR CELESTIA'S/LUNA'S SAKE GET SOME SLEEP!
REALITY SUCKS
Seth, you take as much time as you need. Get some sleep; go for a walk; go have coffee with a young lady. I think the consensus here is that you need a Applebuck Season style intervention where some purple unicorn forces you to stop working so hard. Because we all love ya, Seth. *hug*
To the Equestria Chronicle staff if you want to help continue on a pony mmo our 2D one is always open to C++ coders and artists/spriters :)
You are overworked! Maybe you could ask for more volunteers that have free time and could pitch in for a thing or two. I would do so if I didn't have college classes on top of work at the moment.
the MMORPG was probably a bad idea anyway (imo).
But it's a shame that he couldn't finish it.
Well from that pic...Seth finally made me believe that The Great and Powerful TRIXIE Is the BEST PONY OF ALL TIME
Then again that's because i'm a sucker for the color combo gold-black
Anyone knows where Seth lives =)???
I think you need more people on the ED team...
The brony manifesto was quite touching, it left me thinkings. Thanks to the author and you for posting it :)
I'd personally rather see the fanfiction and drawfriend posts cut than the nightly roundup.
@Sethisto
See? Everypony in here is telling you the same thing. Cut back, take some breaks, have people pitch in... and of course come to the AZ Brony Meetup and relax!!! :)
yeah, have somepony else (perhaps tek?) cover the nightly roundups, seth, or take a break. we care about your well being!
SOUNDS LIKE SETH NEEDS A KITKAT BAR!!!!! LOLOLOLOL
(HuffytheMagicDragon)
Seth, go rewatch Applebuck Season and realize you must either get more help in organizing things or TAKE A BREAK!!!
High-hoof to GabuEx for that fantastic essay! Very intuitive, and something everypony can learn a lot from!
I do enjoy the round ups but do what you have to do my friend.
While I enjoy and look forward to the nightly round up, the welfare of the people providing it eclipse the NR in importance. Do what you need to, especially if that's relax and take a breather.
Starting to hit the 2 million pageview mark
We don't need personality seth. In fact i perfer it when its just straight the the point news. I don't need to hear Trixies opinion on everything
@Anonymous
+1
What we need is more editors to do the grunt work and assemble these sorts of things, that way Seth can actually sleep for once.
While Cutie Mark Failure Insanity Syndrome is funny in the cartoon, it is not IRL. Get some well deserved rest Seth.
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